. >> gene lopez, united states olympic coach for the sport of tae kwon do. >> behind the medals and mediaention, gene lopez allegedly hid a dark secret. one that heidi and the watchdog organization created to protect young athletes like her are still grappling with more than a decade later. at 20, heidi won a gold medal at the 2002 pan american games in ecuador, a giant step towards making her olympic dreams a reality. but then heidi says she found herself alone with lopez in his hotel room after the >> he like through me on the bed and kind of jumped on top of me. then he came behind me and dry humped me. and ejaculated in his pants. >> reporter: shocked and struggling to comprehend what she says happened, she initially kept the alleged assault a secret. >> since the age of 11 years old, i'd had this dream of going to the olympics. and that's what i had been working so hard for. i wasn't willing to jeopardize my chances of winning an olympic gold medal. >> reporter: but it turned out heidi was not alone. over the course of the next decade, heidi and multiple other women came forward to r

alone at olympic games, questions the integrity of the olympics movement. >> reporter: the united states olympicuote, athletes have the right to know they're competing on level playing field. unfortunately today that's being denied. appears to be another chapter in systemic and pervasive disregard for clean sports by russia. russian athletes are not competing under home country but roc, russian olympic committee, after a state-sponsored doping scandal in 2014 at sochi. we'll have to see what happens as this unfolds in the court system. from the beijing cluster here, go to the mountainluer and downhill skiing with mikaela shiffrin, another bad day, finishes in 18th. she's competed in four events at these olympic games, yet to make the podium. scheduled for one more, alpine combined, thursday here in beijing. on the flip side, great performance by san francisco's eileen gu. free slopestyle just missed gold. won gold in big air last week and has halfpipe later this week. and carmel's sigourney who won bronze in pyeongchang. team usa going for gold in hockey. usa/canada, bitter rivalry. after u.s. b

olympic stadium. he won gold in the 2018 games in south korea. when john learned this week he would be carrying the flag to the united states, he called back home tobeen chosen to carry the flag for the united states olympics at the olympics opening ceremonies. >> oh, my goodness! >> john's eldest son luke could not wait to share the news with his third grade classmates at great lakes elementary school in superior, wisconsin. >> today is to be the flag bearer t united states. >> now that is a good day of show and tell. we will be rooting right along with luke and his classmates for john and team usa curling as they begin their pursuit of another gold medal beginning wednesday against russia. our first low goes to the low temperature inside the olympic stadium for that opening ceremony friday night, hovering around 20 degrees. while the world athletes bundled up, one of them oiled up instead. nathan became a viral star while carrying the flag. he went to high school in virginia and was a track and field star at princeton will compete in skeleton, presumably with a shirt on. carrying the torch for a shirtless, oily tradition started in 2016 famously

obviously people are upset, including the united states olympic committee, and former skaters like tara few multiple years. so this has been seen and met with heavy controversy, but the point remains this woman is allowed to continue to skate. she's predicted to win several more golds and we will see her back on the ice. >> thank you, steve. four years after the parkland massacre. are our students any safer in school? i'll speak with an advocate next. i'll speak with an advocate next need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ what happens when we welcome change? we can make emergency medicine possible at 40,000 feet. instead of burning our past for power, we can harness the energy of the tiny electron. we can create new ways to connect. rethinking how we communicate to be more inclusive than ever. with app, cloud and anywhere workspace solutions, vmware helps companies navigate change. faster. vmware. welcome change. are you tired of clean clothes that just don't smell clean? downy unstopables in-wash scent boosters keep your laundry smelling fresh way longer than detergent alone. if

the court of arbitration for sport's cited valjevo status as a minor for its decision, the united states olympictee criticized the ruling writing, in part quote. this appears to be another chapter in the systemic and pervasive disregard for clean sport by russia. the world anti doping agency also expressed concern and plans to investigate the 15 year old skaters, entourage. in doesn't seem to change. we still have the old generation of coaches and doctors who are working with minors with the athletes valley. ava tested positive for a heart medication back in december. the results did not come to light until last week after the russian olympic committee won gold in a team skating event. russia's anti doping agency will now investigate, though many are skeptical of the outcome. valley ava returns to the ice tuesday for the women's individual event if she finishes in the top three, the international olympic committee says there will be no medal ceremony during the games . it would include an athlete who, on the one hand has a positive a sample, but whose violation of the anti doping rules has not y

this comes with the united states warrants. russia could invade ukraine at any time. and at the beijing olympics to veteran american snow border show, it is not such a youthful sport. after all, we speak to our sports corresponding in china to will also give us the latest on some big controversies. ah, our next by cert, welcome to the program. germany has warned against travel to ukraine and told its nationals to leave the country following fears that russia is planning an imminent invasion. my german foreign minister and alina burbock said that the crisis was escalating. while on a trip to egypt, she told journalists that she and nato allies were still working on a diplomatic solution. germany is a latest country to issue a travel warning to the region in recent days. there is a german 4 minister so we will keep our embassy in kiev open, but reduce the entire diplomatic staff there. that includes this economy, employees of our partners and the german teachers abroad. family members will also leave the country now. our concert general and annette's set up in 2014 will be temporarily relocated to

. >> reporter: the united states olympic committee is disappointed in the decision adding athletes havehey are competing on level playing field. unfortunately today that right is being denied. two former olympians and nbc figure skating analyst tara lipinski and johnny weir agree. >> there is a slap in the face to the olympic games, to our sport and to every athlete that's ever competed at the olympics clean. >> for me i think it will leave a permanent scar on figure skating. >> reporter: the decision a win for russia, whose athletes are unable to compete under their country's flag because of a state-funded doping scandal date back to the sochi olympics the russian olympic committee tweeting support after the ruling the ioc says the sample was taken on christmas day at the russian figure skating championships and processed by a swedish lab proved by the world anti-doping agency it is unclear why it took six weeks for the positive result to be reported. since then the russian olympic committee says valiyeva has two clean test including one here at the olympics but the orc's gold medal in

united states and the west. ♪ ♪ president put an end sheet take the world stage at the beijing winter olympics pretty warning thelies not to interfere with their affairs. that as the united states supports thousands of troops to eastern europe and members of congress prepare for eight near certain invasion of ukraine by moscow breakups are going to do prepared to defend our nato allies were.

res. 505, commemorating the success of the united states olympic and paralympic teams in the past 24 olympic winter games and 12 paralympic winter games and supporting the teams in the 2022 olympic winter games and paralympic winter games. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. wyden: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. wyden: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of s. res. 504 submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: without objection the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 504, commending and congratulating the coffeeville community college red ravens men's basketball team on winning the 2021 national junior college athletic association division 1 men's basketball championship. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. wyden: mr. presid

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you got to go back and youtube, a cat who boxed for the united states in the olympics. and mark brayland mar. yeah, he was a bad the tallest welterweight i ever saw. my man was quick like sugar re quick, so go back and watch mark freeland, and you'll be proud of the name say, i think we're actually like this. oh yeah. yeah. oh, that's cool. well, he was one of my faves when i joined the hard to believe in 198437 years ago. we must be near 60 now, but he could box up. all right, you're going out on the all yours all night tour with russell dickerson. i'm telling you, brother, i just did a road gig in washington, d. c. a while back is different out there. now that i hope you're ready, because this is covert and the arm a crowded, it's made the road a trip. the place right now, did i already know? i actually came up the road there. bentley, did my own leg of the cross country tour this fast ball is kind of right before on the crime. here we were dealing with delta darian and i was really fortunate to not get thick and nobody on my team. but i know how crazy it is. out ther

olympic committee. >> representing united states of america -- ♪♪ ♪♪ >> to be able to skate on olympic ice, it's somethingt, we made it, like, we're here. >> team usa, so dangerous. >> mikaela shiffrin, absolute control. >> i still don't fully grasp the medals i've won. >> jamie anderson is golden once again. >> the feeling of winning is like an addiction. >> this is a dream, dude. >> i want to relive it. >> many critics said we could never win in the gold medal game. >> the united states wins gold in pyeongchang. >> ah-ha, i got you. >> making it look easy. >> you think of these moments that you dream of, performing beyond where you feel like you're at. >> those are the moments that you only really get from the olympics. >> what a weekend for some of the biggest names in team usa, as this opening ceremony is done in beijing. now it's time to get to the competition. we'll have it for you every day and night in prime time for the next two weeks. back with savannah guthrie and our china experts, andy browne and jing tsu. savannah, two opening ceremonies in beijing, if 2008 was about the theatrical spekt cal

official trip to the middle east with a visit to jerusalem's holocaust museum. joy from united states at the winter olympics of skater, nathan chen glides to gold to the music of elton john the true rocket on the berlin international film festival is ready to open its doors with some restrictions in place in costume screenings are back here. take a look at the most hotly tempt movies. ah, i'm fil gail. welcome to the program. we begin with a diplomatic drive to avert conflict in ukraine senior diplomats from russia, ukraine, germany, and france are holding more negotiations here in berlin. massive buildup of russian troops and weaponry on the border with ukraine has prompted fairs of an invasion as something moscow denies its planning. the w's and nick connelly takes a look at what winter just 50 kilometers from the ukranian border. these were some tanks on what moscow says, a routine drills, same goes for missile systems and tens of thousands of troops. estimates put the total number of personnel as high as 130000. that's almost half the size of ukraine's army, and u. s. intelligence reckons that the russi

official trip to the middle east visits to jerusalem's holocaust memorial joy for the united states at the winter olympics. a skater nathan chan glides to go to the music of elton john the true rocket on the berlin international film festival gets ready to open its doors in person. screenings are back with some coded restrictions in place. to take a look at the most hotly tipped movies. ah, i'm fil gail, welcome to the program. or will begin with a diplomatic drive to avert a conflict in ukraine, senior officials from russia, ukraine, germany, and france. all the war talks here in berlin. massive build up of russian troops and weaponry. ukraine's border has prompted fears of an invasion which moscow denies you w's. nit conley report, just 50 kilometers from the ukrainian border. these were some tanks on what moscow says. a routine drills, same goes for missile systems, and tens of thousands of troops. estimates, put the total number of personnel as high as 130000. it's almost half the size of ukraine's army. and us intelligence reckons that the russians could significantly increase that contingent at shor

in olympic hockey, the united states was eliminated in a dramatic fashion in the quarter finals by slovakia would just 43 seconds remaining in regulations for vakio sport, a tie in goal to bring the game into overtime. the game was ultimately decided in a shoot out with about his goalkeeper saving all 5 shots. so bucket will face when, who knocked out canada. in the semi finals you're watching it over your news up next to ended up a news asia profiles in courage. what the world can learn from the women in writing with fire india's 1st documentary to be nominated for an oscar that's coming up in just a moment and a whole lot more with my colleague deerish bandaging for now. thanks so much for watching. are more intelligent than most people think. psychology professor john pillay has proved it. hell you as with scientific studies, of course, with the secret of a friendship with dogs and starts february 25th on d w.

and we're gonna turn a sports now to the beijing winter olympics, where the united states has prevailed for to over canada in a clash between ice hockey heavyweights, the group stage meeting was missing north, america's n. h. l. stars, after the pandemic forced the league to stop its players from attending, but to useful sides still provided an entertaining game with us now in the driving seat in group a there has also been more joy in beijing for us. snore snowboarder, excuse me, lindsey jack bellis. who picked up her 2nd gold of the games? the 36 year old teamed up with nick baumgartner to secure victory in the inaugural snowboard. cross mixed event. he did his job by winning the men's race. jack bellis then benefited from 2 rivals crashing in the women's race. she added gold, her individual title on wednesday, jack bellas and bound gartner had waited for 5 and 4 olympics respectively for gold medal. 5 and dw corresponded jonathan crane joins us now from beijing to tell us more. so jonathan, more gold for jack of bellas. she waits 5 games and 2 golds come at once. indeed, what's that

olympics. i'm going to ask you about what we have seen from major world players including the united states. the olympics. is that enough in your view? >> you know, so diplomatic boycotting is good but not enough. it is not enough. it still shows that, obviously, there are a lot of problems happening in the country. but it is not enough. i feel like -- i feel like we should definitely tell our athletes not to go in a country like china, because china is going to use this for its own propaganda. i just hope that now the world sees what's going on, and i hope that athletes can educate themselves about what's going on. but it's not too late. i encourage all the -- unlike speaker pelosi, i encourage all the players over there to speak freely and say whatever they want to say, because it will impact a lot and it will help so many people. >> yeah. speaker pelosi saying she was worried if they did, that they could be put in harm's way, it could be bad for them. enes kanter freedom, thank you for the conversation and sharing your perspective on the important issue here on the show. >> huge thanks. i

on the ice, she competed for the united states at the 2014 winter olympics in sochi. that was before the coven 19 pandemic cut her career short. she's now the host of the believe in figure skating. podcast on the believe podcast network. i'm pleased to welcome to the dave former figure skater, paulina edmonds believe it's good to have you with us. and i want to begin with something that you tweeted on the decision to allow camilla believe it to compete. let's pull this up and show our viewers. you wrote, i strongly agree with the decision to allow camilla to compete. it's disheartening to see that the rules are rules for some athletes who get 0 leniency and not for others unlevel playing ground on so many ways. a failed test is a failed test. this is not clean sport. and yet we saw today an athlete who failed. a drugs test was allowed to compete at the olympics. what went through your mind when you saw that? yes, i strongly disagree with the decision to allow chronology competes at the end of the day, a band substance was found in her task samples and as a athlete has

our viewers watching on pbs in the united states and to all of you around the world, it is good to have you with that. we begin tonight in beijing with the winter olympics do to open this week. the united states and other nations are staging a diplomatic boy cap -- boycott. covid-19 cases are also weighing the athletes who are arriving. beijing insisting that the games will be safe. >> arrival at the airport in beijing. chinese workers in protective gear welcome the incoming olympic teams and their baggage. then it is a pcr tests before a trip to the venues in the olympic village or similar tests are to follow on a ily basis. cautn is the watchword china's cross-country desk -- skiers are being shielded. >> with this team, we have been staying in china the full-time for the past two years. they have been extremely careful. we have not competed internationally for two years. >> foreign athletes who have already alive, one out of 25 have already tested positive for covid-19 and have isolated. it is not clear if they will all get the negative test that they need in order to complete ash competes. china is using the pizzazz of the games to distract from hum

olympics. >> reporter: it's not unusual for united states citizens or residents to compete for other countriesthe olympics. and some fans of eileen gu say it's not fair to hold her responsible for the actions of the chinese government. but china is a special case because it does not allow its athletes to hold dual citizenship, and when gu was asked whether she formally renounced her u.s. citizenship to compete, she chose not to answer. >> i've always been super outspoken in my gratitude to the u.s., to the u.s. team as well. they have been nothing but supportive to me, and so for that, i'm forever grateful. >> reporter: and when the games are done, it would appear gu is headed back to the u.s. the san francisco university high school grad has already been accepted to study at stanford university. in san francisco, sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. >> it is a fascinating story. eileen gu, by the way, could win multiple gold medals in beijing. >>> here's what's coming up tonight on nbc. shaun white, chloe kim, mass shootings mikaela shiffrin. >>> stanford college republicans hosting pence at a

, n s have come here at the olympics and she called about mind boggling that a very disappointing day again for mckayla schiffer who is a real metal hype for the united states, corresponded in jonathan crane there from the badge in winter olympics. thank you very much. something as it from me and the news team a for now don't go away. the up next is the business news with daniel winter here in the studio. this, of course, 20 more world news analysis and debate as well as sports and business news for you on our website d w. gov. com. i'm gab alphas in berlin. thanks so much. ah ah ah, they've had no peace for for decades. the people of iraq country is devastated and there's no end to the violence how did it come to this.

time for sports now and return to the beijing winter olympics, where the united states has prevailed for to, to over canada, in a clash between ice hockey heavyweights, the group stage meeting was missing north, america's n. h. l. stars, after the pandemic forced the league to stop its players from attending, but to youthful side still provided an entertaining game with the u. s. now driving in the driving seat, i should say in group a there has also been more joy and begging for the american snow border. lindsey jack bellis picked up her 2nd gold of the games. the 36 year old teamed up with nick baumgartner to secure victory in the inaugural snowboard. cross mixed event. he did his job by winning the men's race. jack ballad. jacqueline bellis rather than benefited from 2 rivals crashing in the women's race. she added gold to her individual title on wednesday. jack bellas and baumgartener had waited 5 and 4 olympics respectively for gold, no and dw corresponded. jonathan crane joins us now from beijing to tell us more. so jonathan, more gold for jack of bellas. she waits, 5 games and

to the middle east for the visit to jerusalem, articles, memorial, joy for the united states of the beijing winter olympics as nascent chen rockets to gold while skating to alton john and hope so high, the covey 19 won't steal the show as the bowl in international film festival opens today. bring run out of the most anticipated films. ah, i'm so gale. welcome to the program. when we begin with the diplomatic drive to avert conflict in ukraine, in a few hours senior diplomats from russia, ukraine and the west will begin bo negotiations here in berlin. the sweat of a russian invasion has prompted a flood of high level activity, making sense of the facts as proved, far from easy t w's. an economy in ukraine takes a look at what we know just 50 kilometers from the ukranian border. these russian tanks are on what moscow says, a routine drills, same goes for missile systems and tens of thousands of troops. estimates put the total number of personnel as high as 130000. that's almost half the size of ukraine's army, and u. s. intelligence reckons that the russians could significantly increase that contingent at sh

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olympics due to open. later this week, the united states and other nations are staging a diplomatic boy caught in protest of china's human rights record. and that's the only thing that is casting a chill over the games. growing numbers of cobra 19 cases are also worrying athletes and officials. beijing insists the games will be safe arrival at the airport in beijing. chinese workers in protective gear. welcome the incoming olympic teams and their baggage. then it's a p c r test. before a trip to the venues in the olympic village where similar tests are to follow on a daily basis. caution as the watchword, china's cross country skiers are being shielded from foreign rivals. their norwegian coach tells us with this team we have been staying in china full time for the past 2 years. so and they have been extremely careful. we haven't actually computed the i the nationally for 2 years. of the foreign athletes who have already arrived. 125 of tested positive for coven 19, and have isolated. it's not clear whether they all get the negative test result the need in time to compete. the opening ceremony fireworks hav

environment but when it comes to the olympics this was a failure and the people of the world saw right through it. mike: it would be interesting to see if the united statesers can pressure the international olympic committee to basically make sure that it's a reward to host an olympics not given to those who are offenders in the world stage. >> let's bring it back to greece to honor you, mike. mike: that's great, thank you so much. great to have your perspective. >> thanks, mike. >> happy president's weekend. mike: bill hemmer interviews kirby. lucas tomlinson right after the break. ♪ ♪ ♪ mike: violence spikes at ukrainian's eastern border and russia extends training with belarus. lucas tomlinson is live from western ukraine with the very latest, hello, lucas. lucas: hello, mike, moments ago we heard that swiss air holds cancel flights between tomorrow and end of the month over fears of russian invasion. as you mentioned belarus has said they will extend russian forces inside its country. the joint military exercises were supposed to end today, here is belarus' defense minister confirming the news. >> first of all, the steps are aimed to prevent war, our

olympics. the united states has taken two, canada now four. the u.s. the quarterfinals against slovakia. we're going to head to the slopes now. more heartbreak for mikaela shiffrin in the women's alpine combined. mikaela was in fifth after the downhill but dq'd during the slalom run. just so difficult to watch her struggle on live tv. mikaela's fifth event, and she has yet to medal at these games. her last chance is on saturday in the mixed team event. over to the halfpipe. it's the skiers' turn, qualifying runs tonight. reno's david wise is the only person to win gold in this event since its debut at the sochi games in 2014. going for his third at age 31. he advances to the finals no problem. finals on friday. on the women's side, we've got another three-time olympian and 31-year-old. brita sigourney from carmel. brita advances to the finals with two of her teammates, san francisco's eileen gu, who competes for team china advances no problem. she comes in first in the qualifiers. it's her third event at these games. she's already won gold in big air a

olympics. here's what she said. the united statesanted to send a message with the diplomatic boycott over china's human rights abuses. few were foreign dignitaries and the absence of foreign spectators are not necessarily bad things in the eyes of beijing. in fact, communist party leaders likely exhaled a sigh of relief that they had an excuse to close off the games. foreign spectators might call unwanted attention to the repression of the uighurs and crackdown on freedoms in hong kong. a full-scale boycott for example would have been harder for china to ignore. that comes from maura elizabeth cunningham, co-author of "china and the 21st century: what everyone needs to know." we want to know what you think about china hosting the olympics. are you concerned? richard is calling from durham, north carolina. good morning. caller: i wonder if you are aware two things the african-american community should seriously consider. that the chinese have listed 800 million of their people out of poverty and the chinese have defeated the west in t

up to past olympics they ran ad campaigns everywhere with the issue of china's human rights abuses front and center they appear to be keeping a low profile, at least here in the united states>> reporter: for the beijing olympics in 2008 coca-cola ran commercials like this, attaching its brand to china this year, not so much. >> what most of the olympic sponsors have decided to do is to be much more quiet about what they're doing in the united states, in europe. >> >> reporter: during a congressional hearing in july coca-cola's vp of human rights was grilled about the company's position. >> not condemn the chinese government's practice of holding hundreds of thousands of people in concentration camps, you're not willing to say that? yes or no. >> to our clear policy on this, we respect all human rights and condemn any abuses >> reporter: beijing is under fire for human rights, and sponsors have come under pressure to distance themselves from the games but inside china the same issues are controversial. companies like coca-cola are marketing heavily around the games to attract chinese consumers. here, coca-cola has released logo cans and set up olympic stations at retailers

underway and literally charge opening of the winter olympics and beijing, wherever the olympics go. geo politics, united states and other nations. a diplomatic boy of the event in protest, china's human rights narratives can t along with the athletes. chinese capital is the 1st city to both the summer and winter game. put the winter games in beijing, though about a 1000 kilometers from where the 1st coven cases were detected in the hot while in saint john trying to incarcerate hundreds of thousands, the weaker most reprogramming. and the stage is set for opening ceremonies designed to send the world a message posting for mega events and winning gold medals on the international stage is a part of china's soft power strategy to improve china's image in the world. and ceremonies are actually very political events. its politics presented as art. every thing that we saw was imbued with symbolism and with meaning. the final torchbearer, a weaker from seems young and the majority ethnic con chinese bearing the torch with her sending a message of ethnic harmony. a very touchy subject for china. it was in attempted by

olympics and she codle that mind boggling. so a very disappointing day again, for mckayla schiffron who was a real metal hope for the united states. i'll corresponded and jonathan crane there from the beijing winter olympics. thank you very much, johnson. the festival jerry has been handing out the top prizes at the belin international film festival. the golden bat went to spanish director coliseum . on a film i'll cut us, tells the story of a family of peach farmers fighting for their future in spain. my colleague nicole foolish has more from the belly, another berlin is a lucky place for carla seaman in 2017. she won the barely not his best 1st feature award. 5 years later, she triumphantly returns with her. follow up, phil, medicated as claiming the golden bear for best picture. i think i consider myself like a little of this, please of really money. this is truly our if him home. i think maybe i should just move here because every time we come something a raising happens. her movie is about her real home. the town of al got us in catalonia, it tells the story of a family of peach farmers threatened to be kicked off the land t

olympics in tokyo. finally, the united states is quite hypocritical in this instance as well. ave the biden administration that has carried out a diplomatic boycott against china and these olympic games joined by very few number of countries, i might add, but many people are looking at the u.s. wagging his finger china and say, hey, what about of who's invited in a guantanamo bay tortured and time again, waterboarded time and again? what about those kids in cages at the border? what about the unquestioning support for israel as they carry out an apartheid system against palestinians? well my friends would point out what is happening in china right now, we're seeing crimes against humanity happening as defined in the rome statute that created the international criminal court , the rest of the world is definitely seeing some hypocrisy from the u.s. seeing with these olympics that sports are more than sports in the beijing gives our stark reminder of that. amy: you've also pointed out, jules boykoff, in your pieces, the right wing resistance against the games, going as far as stok

united states won the gold medal in a shootout. >> the united states wins gold in pyeongchang! >> theirs is unlike any rivalry in sports history. a true subset of two. sustained and fortified across years. across olympics. there are other teams from other nations, but they are almost always rungs on a ladder that only two can climb. the names change. for canada from haley from wickenheiser to marie philipp leman. for the united states to maddie rooney. but the game does not change. every inch of ice won is ice earned. every goal is a catharsis. every save a reprieve. there is no margin for error. it's almost unfair. there is no regular season in which to carve legacy. no signature victories short of the final. all is prelude. >> the united states and canada facing off. >> so again they prepare for the inevitable. a lifetime's worth of work is defined in 60 minutes. or more. >> we are headed for a shootout. >> a tense battle to find slivers of daylight. equals judged only by the other. >> what an incredible way to sum up an incredible rivalry. it obviously has our attention. but guess what? it's catching the attention of some superstars as well. justin bieber. you know he's canadian-born. well, he's tw

week of muslims in john province or several countries, including the united states, us diplomatic boycotts. the international olympic committee has refused to comment on matters. it considers political correspondent invasion, jonathan crates, spoke with. i see present thomas back about politics and the impacts were charged backwards. clearly pains to reiterate the stance that it's a politically neutral organization. indeed, the question of whether sports and politics should mix with a central theme of the press conference. so the, i see the answer is clearly no, but when i was asked specifically about the weakest and their oppression that no comment felt especially jarring. now, human rights groups have urged athletes to use that platform at these games to speak up on such issues. i asked bark whether he could guarantee athletes safety for them to do this in china, he avoided answering that instead made some bizarre comparison about athlete protests and an actor playing 100 on the stage. but athletes i see, allowed to express themselves at certain times and faces at the olympics, just not during their event for duri

they finished a hate of the united states and looking at another aspect of the winter olympics in beijing over to flapping catch my fabi and how the china present itself as the house of the games was it with all the effort? well, i think the conclusion is rather mixed. i mean, of course, they want a lot of metals, a record number of gold medals em during the sports events, but they certainly didn't gain anything in terms of soft power. i'm well to be fair . i mean, the major scandal the, the big disaster did not happen. so i think many government officials are just happy that it's finally over. and that also the safety concept, the cobra concept and state and tucked. but yet it was really a, quite a complicated games and it was basically behind close doors, separated from the population. so i would say i'm china presented itself as a quite isolated nation. yeah, of course that was the pandemic, but also politically diplomatically the games were boycotted by several countries. did anyone in china care about that? what i mean the state me to here barely touched that topic, but i would say y

viewers worldwide have tuned in, making it the most watched winter olympics in history, according to the chinese government. in the united statesings were down more than 50%. chun felt that it was a huge success. their olympic bubble, this closed loop that effectively prevented covid from either leaving the loop or coming in. so, of course, at the expense of all of the enjoyment and fun, basically, for athletes and participants of the games, because they had to stay within this closed loop. they could not venture out anywhere in china outside of this highly guarded perimeter. so the authoritarian view, hey, you know, for the greater good, we guarded covid from the country. but from the individual western perspective, they didn't get to go out and have fun. it didn't feel like the olympics for those athletes. china got a lot of questions about its human rights record, which is abysmal. it got a lot of questions about taiwan and hong kong and deflected those questions and deflected questions about peng hsueh, who announced her retirement in a very careful ly constructed interview. and they're pretty happy about that. and they're

and russia's efforts to push back against the united states and the west. ♪ ♪ president put an end sheet take the world stage at the beijing winter olympicsre with their affairs. that as the united states supports thousands of troops to eastern europe and members of congress prepare for eight near certain invasion of ukraine by moscow breakups are

they literally charge opening of the winter olympics and beijing wherever the olympics go. geo politics follow. united states and other nations are teaching a diplomatic boy condra the event in protest at china's human rights record. narratives compete along with the athletes. chinese capital is the 1st city town was built this summer and winter game put the winter games in bay jingo about a 1000 kilometers from where the 1st cobit cases were detected in blue hot. while in sin jar china, incarcerated hundreds of thousands of weaker museums, reprogramming them. and the stage is set for opening ceremonies designed to send the world a mess. hosting sport to mega events and winning gold medals on the international on stage is a part of china's soft power strategy to improve china's image in the world. and ceremonies are actually very political events. it some politics presented as art. every thing that we saw was imbued with symbolism and with a meaning. the final torch bears a weaker from shins, young, and the majority ethnic han chinese bearing the torch with her sending a message of ethnic harmony. a very tou