of europe. and i would hope that they would, they would commit to building something like a united states of europe because i think a, a, europe of nation states would likely return in europe to, into war levels of dysfunction and economic misery. so that's a very strong statement there and how do you feel about that? because that is the charge and we've, you know, and it was all around the break. the debate here is that the brussels wants too much power and it is tried to one size fits all. i mean, it was at least the claims that were made by the briggs. it tears ok. now i ask you, did they learn anything from it? because there are there, we've all agreed on this program and said euro skepticism is on the rise. what is exactly means is very unclear to me because it seems to me, it is more of a demand for reform and not to got the entire project. go ahead, allen. well, i do understand the letter being signed by the circle populous parties. like you is the bull, you integrate, the less efficient it becomes gross becomes less. most of its major policies of fail, the years fail, europe stagnate. 100 i

, which is represented by the institution themselves, which would like to build kind of a united states of europewhich we definitely oppose. and there's another approach which is now in the minority, i have to admit, and this is represented by hungary as well. and this approach says we need strong european union, but a strong european union must be based on strong member states. and that's why we do not support any other competencies to be brought to brussels from the member states. and this is the core of the issue, this is core of the debate. we do have among ourselves, but i would like to underline again the goal is to make the european union stronger and definitely brussels thinks differently in this regard. yes, i mean, the philosophical debate about the future of europe is something that's been going on for decades. and i dare say, it will go on for decades more. but there is a much more day—to—day problem here, which you as foreign minister, as chief diplomat of your country, you have to wrestle with. and that is that many eu leaders, that is heads of state as well as the institutions them

>> you see a lot of parallels, either when it comes to disinformation question in the united states, and countries in europe and so forth and a lot of parallels when it comes to this strain, populace outrage by social media and authoritarian liberal leaders are able to harness and leverage and exploit the narrative, they have been a pioneer doing that but there's also a lot of things to it. we are seeing with other leaders in the united states and democracies as well i want to come back to something you said earlier about china not being the leader. when you think of surveillance censorship, disinformation, persecution, often one thinks about china. >> rights. the nuance is this, china has demonstrated broadly seeking, the ways in which technologies can be used for repressive ends and the evidence of that particular when it comes to persecution of the leader minority is a chilly model that others were two excellent examples but comes to individual theater positions, i think there are a couple of important aspects, one is a lot of leaders can't embrace the chinese model without public backlash. so look at th

don't know what caught and would be a russian behavior without the direction of a west of the europe of the united states. because unfortunately, always it don't so well can be worse. so that the, in this regard, i also don't see real alternative to the european invest in action and behavior, russian, violation of human rights and rule of law. well, it couldn't really be much worse. their behavior could is, i mean, they've invaded a sovereign state. they kill that political opponents on european territory. they hack into your election systems. what could actually be worse than signaling if such a thing is possible that the sanctions don't matter a job to them. they're going ahead with the disruptive behavior. well, i will not elaborate here, and i guess that you understand very well that well, there are steps which always can be worse because i remember before 2014 they were also majority, i guess western politician who said that it will never happen, that the threshold will affect its neighbors? well, it happened 2014. so the to say today that it cannot be worse. well, unfortunately it can. you've been

united states. it's not exclusively so. the interesting thing is you have heads of state who got the luxury of hesitancy. in the u.s. and europe, we've got plenty of vaccine. we've got plenty of money and good health care. we don't get the vaccine. if you go to places like sub-saharan africa, there are huge majorities of people who are clamoring for the vaccine. it's really a luxury and privilege to say that's ok. it's easy for them to do that. most of the people around them are going to be vaccinated and they will have some protection. put yourself in the position of a country that has low vaccine rates. the hospitals are being overrun. you would probably roll up your sleeve and ask your neighbor to do that. we have to think how privileged we are in the u.s. the first thing we can do is get our shot. we can support giving shots to others who need it desperately. host: joe is in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. caller: i have a question, it's more about the dynamics. we give them 2 billion doses. the problem with thorough world countries like kenya, when you get into congo, fats want, they do not have the infrastructure to take care

across the globe through the for example, the united states interference in the middle east of the united states. indifference to central america, europe's indifference to africa, and the last century. i mean, these things have a cause and effect. so this, this is not new, these mass migrations are something that has been going on for a long time for all kinds of reasons, not the least of which is the involvement of western power. so what do we, you know, every country has these problems, the united states shouldn't be lighting people starving and wanting water, like some of the nations you've cited, you know, we have to act humanely and we have to project to the world that we care. and we should care, and that's as simple as that. well, and i promised i was gonna let you have that punch. you really are here it is. you might not want to give it though after i asked you, this is the campaign issue every time, especially for republicans, they say it over and over same campaign points. and yet when they have power, they don't do anything to make it better, which allows this conversation to continue. why not? what? because the republicans in

, we don't know what could and would be a russian behavior without the direction of a western europe of the united states. because unfortunately, all of a sit down so well can be worse. so that the, in this regard, i also don't see real alternative to the european invest in action and behavior, russian, violation of human rights and role of law. well, it couldn't really be much worse. their behavior could is, i mean, they've invaded a sovereign state. they kill their political opponents on european territory. they hack into your election systems. what could actually be worse, but they're signaling if such a thing is possible that the sanctions don't matter a job to them. they're going ahead with their disruptive behavior. well, i will not elaborate here, and i guess that you understand very well that well, there are steps which always can be worse because i remember before 2014 they were also majority, i guess western politician who said that it will never happen that the russia will affect its neighbors? well, it happened 2014. so that to say today that it cannot be worse. well, unfortunately it can. yo

question that leads onto the next conversation in the next part of the program, do you think there is friction between europe and the united stateseurope and china? europe and the rest of the world as we start to see europe doing what it wants to do, imposing carbon border taxes and trying to set the rules? judy: we are going to see complex. interestingly, china realizes the problem. the europeans have a problems with china and chancellor merkel knows that climate change is a concern. but frankly, if europe wants to have this, they cannot do it without extending a globally. it is extremely complicated and we are going to have lots of tension with all the more reason for dialogue. europe cannot be an island on this issue. alix: hang tight with us, you are sticking with us and up next we will talk about president joe biden and angela merkel signaling those warmer times for the two countries. but nord stream 2 is still front and center. this is bloomberg. ♪ alix: live from new york. i'm alix steel with guy johnson. this is the european close. president joe biden and german chancellor angela merkel are signaling warmer ties between t

of europe this hour. volkswagen accelerating towards higher returns as batteries and software drive profits. big aspirations in the united statesceo herbert diess will join us later this hour. the bank of england removes pandemic restrictions on british banks, allowing them to significantly increase dividends. the ecb much more cautious, signaling it will take steps to avoid excessive payouts. speaking in washington, the u.k. trade chief downplaying the chances of a u.s. trade deal by the end of this year. we will hear from her in just a moment. let's take a look at where we are with u.s. markets, european markets first. the stoxx 600 down by 0.1%. the dollar is on the front foot on the back of that cpi number in the united states. alix: let's get to that cpi number. definitely higher than expected, the highest recorded since 2008. but the bond market is telling you it is transitory, and all you have to look at is the curve. five 30's, flatter by about 100 basis points -- by about four basis points. you have front end yields rising and back in the yields going lower. that means inflation now may be a hike sooner than we thought

at a boil and likely to stay that way is the reason as simple as the recovery in the united states and much of europe and the developing world, the recovery from the pandemic and the spurt of economic growth that has followed it? >> yes, i think we are now in what we call the post covid recovery air travel, i just heard that the cbo has said 7.4% for the u.s. i'm reassured because that's the number we had three weeks ago and we have the world economy recovering at 6% although we know the variant, the virus, hangs over it. between february and august oil demand is going up 8.2 million barrels a day. >> i just want to ask a question with our investor guest last hour his thesis is that oil will be at $80 or $90 for the rest of the year because opec has no reason to lower the price to stop u.s. from gaining market share because firms like exxon aren't necessarily trying to gain market share. >> add to that, kelly, also you have capital dismrip on the part of thele producers who we're going to see a minor increase of maybe 200,000, 300,000 barrels a day in u.s. production i think the countries have gotten

don't know what could and would be a rush and behavior without the direction of a west though, for the europe of the united states. because unfortunately, always it don't so well can be worst. so that in this regard, i also don't see real alternative to the europe and invest in action and behavior via russian violation of human rights and thrown a law when it couldn't really be much worse. their behavior could is, i mean they've invaded a sovereign state. they kill that political opponents on european territory. they hack into your election systems. what could actually be worse? there? signaling if such a thing is possible that these sanctions don't matter a job to them. they're going ahead with the disruptive behavior. well, i will not elaborate here, and i guess that you understand very well that well, there are steps which always can be worse because i remember before 2014 they were also majority, i guess western politicians who say that it will never happen, that the pressure will attack its neighbors. well, it happened 2014. so that to say today that it cannot be worse. well, unfortunately it can. you've bee

in fact, some of the biggest purveyors of this equipment relate to liberal democracies come places like israel, countries in europe as well as the united states. one of the interesting things with it comes to the diffusion of this type of technology is it's not just, it doesn't originate from china. it comes from a variety of vendors, a right of countries many of which are democracies themselves. >> host: so steven feldstein, is privacy a thing of the past? >> guest: i think at least as we have conceived of it probably is. i think the idea that with smart phone which are essentially devices for surveillance in one form or another, whether for monetization reasons or for law enforcement or political reasons, but the fact that those are ubiquitous, that we rely upon digital life and digital devices and the internet of things to do, to really conduct all of our business, i think that has to change our conception about what is guarded unintrusive eyes of others. the fact is that so much of this now in our data is out there in the open. we can still come up with ways to construct frameworks and transparency about how our data is being used. in tha

don't know what could and would be a rush and behavior without the direction of a west though, for the europe of the united states. because unfortunately, i always don't so well can be worse. so that in this regard, i also don't see real alternative to the europe and invest in action and behavior via russian violation of human rights and rule of law. well, it couldn't really be much worse. their behavior could is, i mean they've invaded a sovereign state. they kill that political opponents on european territory. they hack into your election systems. what could actually be worse than signaling if such a thing is possible that the sanctions don't matter a job to them, they're going ahead with their disruptive behavior. well, i will not elaborate here, and i guess that that you understand very well that well, there are steps which always can be worse because i remember before 2014. there were also majority, i guess, western politicians who say it, that it will never happen that the russia will attack its neighbors. well, it happened 2014. so that to say today that it cannot be worse. well, unfortunately it can. you'

this hour that i am presenting is packed full of stories, whether it be china, europe, parts of the united statest necessarily be specifically linked to climate change. give us your take on what is going on in the world at the moment. we are seeing a huge number of unprecedentedly severe weather and climate related events, and evenif and climate related events, and even if — even if they are noisy and variable, like the weather changes all the time, so we can't always specifically say climate change caused this fire all caused this flood, the climate changes implicated in all of them. it is moving the inflow of large—scale environmental conditions, that make these events more likely. the fires, floods, the heatwaves, the animal as weather patterns, the echo chambers, all the other impacts. —— anomalous. these patterns of changes have been predicted for a couple of decades, so they are with us and going to get worse. we have heard world leaders say, angela merkel, chancellor of germany, recently, that we cannot ignore the crisis in terms of climate any longer. we have got the gathering of world le

you reports showed some of the both europe and united states facing a major change in the way the world is rubbing. and it's very important that we understand each other and try to have as close coordination as possible during the .

i think we're going to see more of that here in the united states, and i think we're going to see more of that in europe. we cannot continue to play with fire when more and more risk is coming up, a variance would be taishan, can come back and cause us all to have to look down again. we can't do that again. kaplan, director of medical ethics at the language medical center in new york city. mr. kaplan is always we appreciate your time and your insights tonight, valuable stuff. thank you. thank you. the, the british government has denied allegations of hypocrisy after 3 black english footballers were targeted with online abuse. racist social media posts were directed at marcus rash for jaden santo and soccer after their midst penalties help italy, when sunday's euro 2020 final but players in campaigners have called out the government for fueling the abuse after comments about players taking a ne after the hate came to love this mirror living and play a marcus rash for now covered in well wishes after it was defaced following england . here a 2020 final of italy. these are the true england fans, one girl l

was was the son of a basque sheep herder who came over to the united states at the earliest part of the 20th century. 1906 his father dominic lack salt left the pyrenees region of europe in hopes of making a better life for himself and like a lot of young basketball at the time. he found himself in the far western portion of the united states and began working as a sheep herder. and so paul laxalt was born in 1922 here in reno, nevada at the saint mary's hospital. he grew up in carson city attended carson high school got his law degree and then for a short period of time in the early 50s served as the district attorney of ormsby county, which is now carson city. that was his first kind of instance of being in political office. from there. he kind of worked his way through the rungs of the political system in nevada becoming the lieutenant governor in 1962. became the governor in 1967. and that's kind of an important point in 1967 when he was running for governor. ronald reagan was also running for governor of california. two men had met in 1964 at a barry goldwater rally in california. where ronald reagan was speaking and obviously ronald reagan would have been notabl

i think we're going to see more of that here in the united states, and i think we're going to see more of that in europe. we cannot continue to play with fire when more and more risk is coming up, a variance with mutations that can come back and progress also have to look down again. we can't do that again. kaplan, director of medical ethics at the language medical center in new york city. mr. capitan is always we appreciate your time and your insights tonight, valuable stuff. thank you. thank you. the. the british government has denied allegations of hypocrisy after 3 black english footballers were targeted with online abuse. racist social media posts were directed at market rash for jaden santo and we call you soccer after their mist penalties help italy when sundays, euro 2020 final but players in campaigners have called out the government for fueling the abuse after comments about players taking a ne after the hate came last, this nearer living and play a marcus rash for now covered in well wishes after it was defaced. following england's, you're a 2020 final off to italy. these are the true england

guess in terms of the delta variant wave in the major developed economies in terms of most of europe, the united statesu.k. is ahead. that's the first point. the second point is that there has been a clear shift in strategy from the u.k. government. ultimately, the strategy is herd immunity. therefore, success in achieving herd immunity would certainly remove some of the uncertainty that we have that's been coming into the financial markets in recent weeks because of pickup and delta variant. in other words, the next three or four weeks are going to be really important. daniela just in the u.k. suggest that we might get to a peak around the second half of august. we will go through some nasty figures in the meantime. some suggesting up to 100,000 cases per day. a time of uncertainty ahead but then ultimately, if herd immunity evidence starts to come into the data towards the end of august, that's a good potential turning point for the markets believing what happened in the u.k. could ultimately happen in europe and the united states. vaccination rates have come up in europe. u.k. is still ahead but the

. >> reporter: the study compared specific brain injuries involving thousands of patients in the united states and europeand ucsf radiology professor says the patterns stayed consistent with some injuries producing more problems, others less. >> even though it's going to stay here with the blood, there's a big area of bleeding. the patients do -- they tend to do well over type. >> reporter: both doctors are excited about the power of a recently approved rapid blood test that can identify markers associated with concussions and traumatic brain injury. >> prelimmary indications say it is a good testify and helpful. >> reporter: potentially screening out patients who may not need a ct scan and associated radiation making sure others who might have slipped through receive the scans now proven to be be a fourful tool in treating concussions. and researchers are look at patterns in specific types head injuries to identify which are more likely to produce higher risks of brain damage. >>> still ahead, bay area dodged a bullet when it comes to what if you could push a button and less carbon would be put into the

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of europe. coops of like where california is for the united states where you have the excessive fires in place there, the elements can advance. and over 10,000 hectares of land consumed every year across places like portugal. and there are the maps. you can see the comparison especially when you take it into portugal and compare to spain. 80% less forest area, but more area of land consumed. when it comes to europe as a whole, here is the drought coverage across the balakins. and so warnings as a result. and we have a massive dome of high pressure much like we saw in the western united states. this is what is happening across eastern europe, it is in the range of 105 to 110 degrees. and you will see that is well above the average where it typically is hot this time of year. so excessive heat on top of the fire conditions. >> elements unfortunately though weren't paying much attention to you, do not be offended. pedram javaheri, thanks very much. >>> and gymnastics sensation simone biles bows out of another olympic event. we'll get reaction and talk about the immense pressure she is under, that is ne

and going into it to talk about how many areas of common interest there are between the united states and germany given it's the economic powerhouse of europe. it's climate change is fighting global pandemic so that the world can be ready for the next one. working to see that countries get vaccines that they need for the co backs program. and also making sure that they can use their technologies to develop new green technology using that sort of intellectual capacity that's available in both nations to benefit the world. so it was very clear that they were working to see how they could collaborate and also collaborate when it comes to another grave concern for both countries. that china very quickly, the issue of human rights coming up both saying that they believe that there is a responsible to lead in this area to adhere to human rights to, to, to stand up for human rights without specifically talking about the persecution of the chinese. we're minority in that country both said that they would challenge china when they felt it was necessary. so it's clear that they work to set aside some of the tensions of donald trump, the predecessor a

united states and europe. and specifically germany. you have many acute issues like the north spring to pipeline, like the ongoing corona pandemic, and the question of cove it vaccine wavers patent wavers the united states. joe biden is for it, angular michael is against it. and then you have, and of course the travel, the travel, you know, americans can go to germany and the european union but, but, but the reverse is not true. and angle america and the european union more, more widely speaking. we like to see that change and of course the big issues, number one being climate change. and of course china, russia hash, the state of democracy in a very kind of last the big picture sort of way. so there's a lot of issues both in the near term and an acute sense and long term going forward, you know, looking at the next many years, in fact, beyond angle, america and even beyond. joe biden. no matter how many terms, one or 2 he might serve, and i just want to let you know, and our viewers know that we'll have a lot coverage of the event to add johns hopkins hopkins, that coming up later this hour. but william, of course, a lot will depend obviously on wh

and the search for him could encompass all of the united states and possibly europe kron 4 reached outry via e-mail as well as cell phone. but there was no answer and no reply. dan kerman kron 4 news. >> wildfires property damage stepped up enforcement and poor air quality. all part of the potential fallout from a legal fireworks officials once again sounding the alarm about the looming threat posed by illegal fireworks heading into the 4th of july holiday weekend. kron four's rob fladeboe here with details now live from san jose. rob. >> that's right. vicki san jose saw a huge spike in illegal fireworks last year with a at least 30 preventable fireworks related fires, firefighters, especially worried about the east foothills in places like this that are in close proximity to neighborhoods were illegal. fireworks have been reported in the past years. more. the entire south bay and beyond is at risk. but the east foothills as seen from san jose's communications hill. >> or extremely dry fire officials came together wednesday to sound the alarm because of the drought fuel conditions acro

state of the pandemic right now? >> i think given the state of the pan determine take is reasonable the first variant that spread across europe, asia, and the united states and killed hundreds of thousands on people was replaced by the alpha variant. if you are infected with the a va variant. this is a highly contagious virus. we're still talking about mask mandates and we did it last year. it only takes two shots, three to four weeks ag part, and yet fewer than 50% of people in this country have gotten it. it is normally frustrating to me. >> can you clarify the risks? we talked a lot about breakthrough cases and i think they are very frightening. how relative is your risk comparatively speaking? >> i think the term breakthrough should be reserved for those that despite being fully vaccinated are not hospitalized or killed by this virus if is 9955% of people. they are unvaccinated and 93% that are hospitalized, so it protects against that. that is what you care about if is doing what it is intended to do. and i think it doesn't work if you don't get it. that is the problem with the current vaccine. it doesn't work as a concept. >> i know a lot of

today for the first time the european union pulled ahead of the united states in its vaccination numbers. europe has now gotten doses to a higher percentage of its population than america has, which is remarkable when you consider that the united states has had way more vaccine doses for way longer than the european union. but here we are. with the world health organization reporting that the united states had the highest number of new covid cases in the world last week. and now new worrying news breaking just tonight. the "washington post" has obtained an internal cdc document that says the delta variant of covid-19 not only spreads much more easily than other variants but may cause more severe illness as well. the "post" writes tonight, "the document is app internal centers for disease control and prevention slide presentation shared within the cdc. the document strikes an urgent note, revealing that the agency knows it must revamp its public messaging to emphasize vaccination as the best defense against a variant so contagious that it acts almost like a different novel virus, leaping from tar

guest: you see a lot of parallels with what you're seeing with regards to the disinformation question in the united states and countries in europe. there are a lot of parallels when it comes to this illiberal strain, this popular outrage stoked by social media and these authoritarian leaders are really able to harness and exploit it for their political advantage. it is something president duterte has been a pioneer in doing, but it has a lot of links to what we see with other leaders in the u.s., in liberal democracies, as well. host: i want to go back to something you said earlier about china not being a leader. when you think of surveillance censorship and disinformation, persecution, often one things about china. guest: right. the nuance is this. china is demonstrating kind of, broadly speaking, the ways in which technology can be used towards oppressive ends. the evidence of that in particular when it comes to xinjiang is a chilling model that others have looked to as examples. when it comes to individual leader decisions, i think there are a couple of important aspects. one is which, a lot of leaders cannot embrace the chin

don't know what could and would be a russian behavior without the direction of a west though for europe of the united states. because unfortunately, i will race it don't so well can be worse. so that in this regard, i also don't see real alternative to the european invest in action and behavior via russian violation of human rights and law when it couldn't really be much worse their behavior could is, i mean, they've invaded a sovereign state. they kill that political opponents on european territory. they hack into your election systems. what could actually be worse, but they're signaling if such a thing is possible that the sanctions don't matter a job to them. they're going ahead with the disruptive behavior. well, i will not elaborate here, and i guess that you understand very well that well, there are steps which always can be worse because i remember before 2014 they were also majority, i guess western politician who said that it will never happen that the russia will attack its neighbors. well, it happened 2014. so that to say today that it cannot be worse. well, unfortunately it can. you've been extr

of critical race theory. it's a very intense controversy with conservatives on one side liberals on the other, and increasing cultural and political divide in the united states and europe ledgers that us back collective of musicians and artists is sewing seeds of descent in cuba, in an effort to destabilize its government the group in question is called the sun is see, the movement is made up of a cube, wrappers, musicians, artists, and journalists, washington has allegedly spend millions of dollars on them to gain sway among cuba, marginalized youth and movement. members of spoken out and supportive american sanctions, the former president trump, and even military intervention in cuba. earlier we spoke to the author of the investigation editor in chief of the grey zone, max blumenthal, what amazed me aside from the fact that the wall street journal in rolling stone have credited this group of artists and performers with providing in their words the catalyst for the day of protests we saw in cuba was that the national endowment for democracy in arm of the u. s. government, that bank roles regime change operations abroad actually laid out an explicit strategy in 2009 to

countries, israel, the united states, uk, considerable portions of the population have been vaccinated the united states proximally third has been fully vaccinated. where is europequickly trying to catch up and the rest of the world not doing so well as you look down towards the bottom of this graph, ghana, venezuela, bangladesh. but that does not really captured the inequality in terms of vaccine distribution according to the w.h.o. the world health organization the high and middle income countries have cornered the market on vaccines. there controlled by 81% of the vaccines that have currently been distributed to populations which is really startling in this contrast. no of course you probably heard they're supposed to be a kovacs international effort to distribute vaccines more equitably, 2 billion vaccines to 92 poor countries by the end of 2021. is that actually happening? not really. kovacs is not meeting its goals. by the end of march, this march at expected 100 million doses distributed. the only reached about 38 million doses. now it's not just a question of availability for the vaccine although that is a major issue permits also the infrastructure nece

more prevalent and the north as well the idea that the united states was the last best hope for democracy for all of these oppressed nations and europe for example, and that if the experiment of republicanism failed in the united states, it would inevitably fail in the rest of the world. so that's where unionists were really arguing the south has to come back into the nation and prove that democracy can work and also starting to argue that it's the confederates who are actually the european style tyrants, so and that they were again those were the southerners who are making the arguments that would have been are similar to the way that northerners saw themselves again still within this international context of this international contest over what nationhood means? right, and if i and i can build off of that a little bit and another one of our wonderful audience questions about we have a question asking whether all of this rhetoric was just pr for white southerners or just a way to justify their actions. was it how sincere was it? you know, that's kind of something we've gotten to already but when you talk about white southerners, you

of the united states. for instance, the delta variant is ascending, so places the japanese people at risk. remember, as good a job as we've done in the united states and parts of canada and western europe and the nordic countries, that's about it. we have athletes coming in from all over the world. so this is going to create this crucible of covid-19. i don't see how this goes well it would have been better to canceled, or at least -- the problem is japan needed help. the world did not offer the help. if the world wanted olympics, all hands on deck, they would have ensured that -- nobody really kay to the aid of japan. that's part of the problem. >> clearly the olympics are going to go on. tokyo officials will meet later with it is members of the international committee on whether to allow spectators. i take it you think they shouldn't do that. >> yeah, it's really hard. it's just asking for trouble in terms of transmission. then you have to ask, what is the point? there's no life in the olympic village or in the city, holding activities with no spectators, it's really not the olympics as we know it. so it's a tragedy that both the government and the world didn't organize this better m