i was invited to visit peru with vida usa to see how it works.a ships surplus medical equipment, supplies, and medicine to peru and more than a dozen other latin american countries. this helps provide free clinics to people who might otherwise never see a doctor. this searing poverty is in a country that is better known for its stunning beauty. let me take you on a tour. [ chimes clinking ] just hearing the name of the country peru makes many people think of its rich history, and it's the location of one of the seven wonders of the world. this is what people think of when they think of peru, the beautiful machu picchu area, and it is absolutely spectacular to be here in person. tourists can see traditional methods of cleaning and dyeing wool from llamas or alpacas out in the country. [ flute playing ] they can enjoy authentic peruvian music, or in the big city of lima, capital of peru, visitors can see museums with incredible artifacts. [ marching music playing ] or they can try and get close to the metal gates of the presidential palace and watc

the coach, years earlier, had been on usa or should have an on usa gymnastics radar after it receivedomplaints about him, including one that said somebody do something about this guy or he is going to rape someone. from that court case, there were a lot of documents that we were able to follow to develop the story. we worked probably six months on a story with -- also with my colleague tim evans. we published on august 4 2016, story basically saying that usa gymnastics did not report all complaints of abuse to authorities immediately, which of course, is what you should do. , mimidmorning, day of publication, we received any now from rachael denhollander. don't know if this is going to apply to what you're doing, i was abused by a doctor at usa gymnastics, not a coach. homehe invited us to her in louisville. my colleagues and i split up the various tips. ael toened to get rach follow-up on. i went down to louisville with a photographer. what we found was pretty much what the world saw when rachael spoke last week -- stay home to my mother of three, all five and under, a lawyer, a very

in a letter the usoc says it is clear usa gymnastics culture needs fundamental rebuilding. and will require all-new board members to undergo harassment and ethics training. in response, usa gymnastics says it embraces the requirements and appreciates the opportunity to better the organization. >> in bold the usa gymnastics and michigan state university are taking heat for how they handled complaints against nassar. with victims saying nassar could have been stopped decades earlier. independent investigations are now being launched into usag and msu as new information is revealed about how the institutions are defending themselves. nbc's senior national correspondent kate snow has more. >> they were zetsche irg. >> reporter: for lyndsay who was captain of the jicgymnastics te and he abused her hundreds of time, the sentencing is just beginning. >> people who need to be held accountable get what they deserve for not speaking up when they should have. >> reporter: usa gymnastics now says it supports an independent investigation to figure out what went wrong. michigan state uni

. >> the former team usa gymnastics doctor accused of abusing countless young women, sentenced up to 175 years in prison. the courtroom erupting in cheers. and for survivors, a sigh of relief. but has their fight only begun? >> this is way bigger than him. this is about the institutions that protected him. >> plus, flat earth? >> i'm still a lit until the closet. >> they're finally letting their flat flag fly. >> my senses tell me that the earth is flat. >> at the flat earth international conference where skeptics gather from across the globe. >> it's not a globe. >> people claiming the earth is flat. what they want you to know. a. >> one, two, three -- >> we're not crazy! >> and elton gone? what legendary singer elton john told us about his upcoming retirement. >> what is it that you want to leave with people as you exit the stage? >> but first, the nightline file -- hey hun. look at all this extra room i have on this king size ikea bed. are you wearing a... duvet cover? why yes. yes i am. where's mom? we finally redid our bedroom and she's prettttttttttty into it. what's your dream

there were people according to records we have at usa gymnastics and according to usa gymnastics' ownof allegations and conducted a five—week investigation before they report it to the fbi. so there are multiple people in multiple roles who knew something about larry nassar. thank you for coming on the programme. have you seen nassar. thank you for coming on the programme. have you seen the film spotlight? not recently. there was a line in that film about the abuse within the catholic church that if it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a village to abuse one. and again, ithink it takes a village to abuse one. and again, i think we have seen in the indianapolis star case that this is notjust a failure of indianapolis star case that this is not just a failure of the indianapolis star case that this is notjust a failure of the coaches are all the governing body, is a collective failure of everybody who has been involved with larry nassar. that is the parents, the fellow athletes, the media who probably had this right under their nose. i think

after the sex abuse scandals, three executives resign from the board of usa gymnastics.ar on the predatory starfish — will australia's multimillion—dollar deal do anything to save the barrier reef? there is a last—minute deal to keep the us government in business, but not for long. congress has approved a temporary spending measure to fund the federal government, ending an acrimonious debate and a 3—day shutdown. it's now been signed by president trump to allow government to function for another 2.5 weeks. laura trevelyan reports from washington. the motion is agreed to. this was the moment the impasse was broken and the way cleared for the government to reopen. the scene in the senate was the result of behind closed doors negotiations between centrist republicans and democrats. in return for voting to fund the government for the next few weeks, democrats got this. assuming that the government remains open, it would be my intention to proceed the legislation that would address daca, border security and related issues. democrats had said they wanted a deal to protect the

three executives have remind —— resigned from usa gymnastics.out to be sentenced for sexually abusing dozens under his care. athletes have been giving testimony, for five days, many saying they felt betrayed by usa gymnastics. the bbc‘s rajini vaidyanathan has been following developments at the court house in michigan. she explained what us gymnastics has been saying over the resignation of these senior officials. there is no mention of this ongoing case, but they say that this is just part of a change at the top. but of course, it's connected to what's going on and what's been going on in the courtroom at the end of the corridor from where i am standing. now, i've been speaking to a lot of the young women who have been sharing their stories in the past week and all of them of course want to make sure that larry nassar, the man who they say sexually abused them when they were much younger, is given justice. they want to make sure that he spends life behind bars. but the other thing they will want to make sure is that usa gymnastics is held accou

where was usa gymnastics in all this.y severed ties with larry nassar in 2015 over athletes' concern but it never told michigan state so nassar continued to practice there for another year. >> if usa gymnastics had simply in 2015 picked up the phone and called the michigan state police he would not have been able to month molest for another year. >>. >> it is absolutely the darkest stain in usa olympic history. >> under threat of the olympic committee the entire board of usa gymnastics announced it would resign. >> little girls don't stay little they return to destroy your world. >> it was those women giving statements one after another. >> touching innocent little girls. >> the anguish. >> scared every day. >> the anger. >> how much i [ bleep ] hate you. >> their bond formed through bravery. these women vow now to meet every year on this date when justice was served. >> this is the beginning of our fight. >> it really is. >> and not just with what's happened to us but fighting for other victims of abuse. >> behind every

for example, they think that usa gymnastics, the medallist cla u d ette usa gymnastics, the medallist morton to the court saying that the spore's governing body needs to be completely restructured eight restructured. and newspaper investigation which began the ball rolling on this investigation, found that several reports of sexual abuse to officials at usa gymnastics went com pletely to officials at usa gymnastics went completely uninvestigated. so we heard after the sentencing that the us olympic committee will be putting together a third—party independent investigative team to look at how abuse of this scale was able to go on for so long. also this hour — us president donald trump has said that he is willing to be interviewed by robert mueller under oath. he's the special counsel investigating potential russian meddling in the 2016 us election. the president's comments came after a report in the washington post said mr mueller‘s questioning would focus on mr trump's decisions to oust national security adviser michael flynn and fbi directorjames comey. the air agency save the childr

in addition it says all usa gymnastics staff must complete safe training. if usa gymnastics does not meet the conditions it would be decertified. >> we need to hold these organizations accountable. usa gymnastics, msu, they need an independent investigation. this is bigger than larry nasser. we have to get to bottom of how this disaster happened. >> usa gymnastics released a statement saying it embraces the requirement but it did not say whether the full board would resign or not. the victims also accused michigan state university of ignoring their sexual abuse claims against nassar. today students at msu are planning to protest how the university handled the reports. he was the school's sports medical doctor. earlier this week he was sentenced up to 175 years in prison. the msu board will also meet today to discuss the resignation of pamela simon and her replacement. >>> new this morning president trump is denying new reports that he ordered the firing of special counsel robert mueller last summer. a source with first-hand knowledge has told nbc news that

but where was usa gymnastics in all of this?, is alleged in a lawsuit to have ignored a complaint from an athlete's family in 1998. he led the 2012 women's olympic team in london to gold, and also owns that michigan gymnastics club. >> if they wanted to be an elite gymnast or go to the olympics, that was the gym to go to. >> you should know what that doctor is doing to your athletes. >> reporter: he denies violating protection policies, though his coaches privileges were suspended this week by usa gymnastics which had already severed ties with dr. nassar, in 2015 over athletes' concerns, but it never told michigan state, so nassar continued to practice there for another year. >> if usa gymnastics had simply in 2015, picked up the phone and called the michigan state police, he would not been able to molest for another year. >> reporter: usa gymnastics in a statement released this week said, usa gymnastics supports an independent investigation. >> it is absolutely the darkest stain in u.s. olympic history. they care more about med

. >>> plus, changes are coming to usa gymnastics after the larry nassar sex abuse scandal, and it's starting with the board. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. >>> president trump reportedly wanted to fire special counsel robert mueller and only backed down after a white house lawyer threatened to resign instead of carry out the order. this happened last june, according to "the new york times." hena doba is here in new york with more on this story. good morning, hena. >> good morning, anne-marie. according to the paper president trump demanded mueller's firing. "the new york times" citing four people familiar with the request by the president. according to "the new york times" president trump ordered the justice department to fire special counsel robert mueller last june. the president reportedly cited conflicts of interest, including that mueller had been interviewed to return as fbi director the day before he was appointed special counsel. "the new york times" says president trump only backed of

the olympic committee the usa gymnastics board six days to resign.it place by febr 28th and usa gymnasticsus indep investigation on whether anybody knew aboutbuse and didn't report it. in a statement they said, we understand that the requirement us enhance our ability to build a culture of empowernt wit an increased focus on athletes' safety and well being. swept t a south korean hospital this morning. at least 37 e fire broke out in a first floor emergency room. smoke and flames quickly spread. most of the victims died of suffocation. three hospital staff were among the dead and more than 100 were injured. 14 condition. there were no sprinklers in the hospital and the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> well, the suspect in the kentucky high school shooting is being held on preliminary charges of murder and assault. held for the victims. two students were killed injure. the 15-year-old suspect appeared in court yesting determine a motive. prosecutors want to try him as an adult. "morning news" now, oprah winfrey rules out and why the media mogul says she won't run for the white ho

if you look at in the united states, we have had problems with usa swimming, usa tae kwon do, judo.we have had it in the cub scouts. you hear stories about piano teachers. predators look for opportunities to prey on children, and organizations, sports, especially sports, where you spend a lot of time with your coaches, you put in so much time and so much effort, it is a breeding ground for abuse if people are not careful, if people are not paying attention and looking for the warning signs. laura: thank you very much for joining us. >> thanks for having me. laura: you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, here is something you don't see every day on the morning commute. a wallaby takes a hop on the highway. self driving cars are a big focus for every major automaker around the world. their development will transform the industry and the way it is regulated by government. our reporter has been in motor city at the detroit auto show checking out the vehicles that could soon be hitting the roads near you. reporter: this is a self-driving vehicle tes

>>> tonight new fallout from the sex abuse scandal rocking usa gymnastics and michigan state. the university's president resigns, and congress is demanding answers. who knew what when and why weren't so many young girls protected from a predator doctor? >>> breaking news on immigration. president trump now proposing a path to citizenship for nearly 2 million dreamers. what he wants in return from democrats. >>> in this raging flu emergency a 12-year-old boy dies. his family says they thought he had a cold. tonight how to tell the difference between a bad cold and a potentially deadly flu. >>> what oprah is now saying about a potential run for president. >>> and flyer beware. those cheaper seats could end up costing you more. what you should know before you buy your next ticket. >>> this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening from los angeles and welcome to our viewers in the west. tonight the prison door slamming shut on dr. larry nassar for up to 175 years is not closing the door on serious questions about the institutions accused of inaction over his years

more than 150 women accused nassar of sexual abuse among them some of the biggest name of usa gymnastic fierce five, most recently simone b iles writing this -- alley said she too was abused by the espn doctor. >> it's not anything we are happy or want to share, it's not something we want to think about but usa gymnastics is ignoring us. >> celebrities like chrissy teigen and bell said they would pay any fine show spoke out to break nondisclosure agreement. perfect speaki in november 54-year-old nassar pleaded guilty to 7 counts of first degree criminal sexual assault an ten girls three under the age of 13. >> for those involved i'm so horribly sorry this was like a match that turned into a forest fire out of control and i pray the rosery every day for forgiveness for their -- i want them to heal. >> prosecutors are seeking a sentence of 125 years. >> it's breath taking, very upsetting that he has had access to so many women, girls in so many different venues. very upsetting. >> john manling represents more than 100 of the accusers says nassar had a different face to his patients. >> wh

laura: today, three board members of usa gymnastics resigned. it comes as former team doctor larry nassar is about to be sentenced for sexually abusing those under his care. there have been emotional statements for days at the courthouse. the bbc's rajini vaidyanathan is in lansing, michigan, and joined us a short time ago. what exactly is u.s. gymnastics saying about the resignation of these officials who have been widely criticized for months? rajini: well, there is no mention of this ongoing case. they say this is just part of a change at the top. but of course it is connected to what has been going on in the courtroom at the end of the corridor from where i am standing. i've been speaking to a lot of the young women who have been sharing their stories in the past week, and all of them of course want to make sure that larry nassar, the man they say sexually abused them when they were much younger, is given justice. they want to make sure he spends life behind bars. but the other thing they want to make sure is that usa gymnastics is held acco

anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> tonight new fallout for usa gymnastics. members of its board of directors stepping down as the sentencing hearing for former team doctor larry nasser stretched into a fifth day. in court more of his accusers bravely came forward to confront nassar. >> reporter: another day of heart breaking emotional accounts of abuse at the hands of disgraced former usa gymnastics doctor larry nassar. 15-year-old anne miller said after years of abuse her mother is still being billed by michigan states university. >> msu sports medicine charged me for those appointments. my mom is still getting billed for appointments where i was sexually assaulted. >> reporter: former patients of nassar who was fired in 2016 will not be billed. nassar who is 54 pleaded guilty to multiple counts of child sex abuse. part of his plea deal includes having to listen to his victims. today as many as 150 accusers have come forward. krystal wakeman says she was 16 when she was abused and she told her mother at the time. >> but she didn't believe me because my sist

usa gymnastics, where is the honesty and transparency? >> reporter: still, raisman says her love of the sport is stronger than the evil in nassar and his enablers. >> i am here to tell you that i will not rest until every last trace of your influence on this sport has been destroyed, like the cancer it is. >> powerful statements. usa gymnastics is responding. >> they say the final camp will end on sunday even though they've maintained all along they never had any knowledge of this abuse. >> thank you, lindsey. >>> we turn to the 13 siblings allegedly held captive and tortured by their own parents and right here for the first time the images from inside one of the homes where the family once lived and what they reveal. tonight our matt gutman with the doctors now treating the children, what we now know about their conditions. >> reporter: tonight new images of the squalid turpin home, walls smeared with human fifth. images like these are part of a mountain of evidence california prosecutors are pouring through which they say could lead to

is up the survivors are here standing toe and we are not going anywhere on monday three leaders of usa gymnastics the national governing body for the olympic sport resigned under pressure among nasser's latest accuser is byles one of the most decorated gymnast in olympic history on twitter she said she dreaded returning to the training center where she was abused this week usa olympics announced it will close the texas center that haunts are whether the organization can regain the trust of dozens of women who say it failed to protect them remains an open question for. our. want to one hundred not joins us live from chicago central going tell us more about how events unfolded in court. well lauren before sentencing larry nasser turned around to the dozens of victims in the courtroom and he apologized and he said your words i will carry with me for the rest of my life then the judge in that case ensured that the rest of those days would be spent behind bars by sending its sentencing him to a range of forty to one hundred in seventy five years in prison that is in addition to a sixty year

dr larry nassar gets up to 175 years in prison after heart rending testimony from team usa gymnasts. we were ultimately strong enough to take you down. not one by one but by an army of survivors. i will carry your words with me for the rest of my days. a veteran us diplomat quits his role advising myanmar on the rohingya crisis — saying aung san suu kyi lacks moral leadership. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme. south korea showcases security — with a smile — as it gears up for the pyeongchang winter olympics # i'm still standing, after all this time.# and — still standing — but goodbye yellow brick road. eltonjohn says he'll quit touring to spend more time with his children. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. it's 9am here in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in michigan where the former doctor for the usa gymnastics team, larry nassar, has been sentenced to 175 years in jail for sexually molesting teenage athletes. thejudge said nassar remained a danger to young women and did not deserve to walk free again. his senten

guilt that belongs to him and the us —— to usa gymnastics and others.her heart that training to compete in tokyo 2020 she has to return to the same training facilities where she was sexually abused. and we also know that larry nassar, the team usa doctor was found guilty and pleaded guilty last november over a number of cases. telus more about that. he did. those were child pornography charges and he is due in court tomorrow for what is expected to be ata tomorrow for what is expected to be at a three—day sentencing process regarding various accusations of criminal sexual assault, to which he has already pleaded guilty. he was sentenced at the end of last year to 60 years in prison, he could be sentenced at the end of the sentencing hearing to life in prison. today, one of simone biles colleagues, gymnastic colleagues, ali raisman to twitter to pledge her support for simone. she said you are incredible, iam support for simone. she said you are incredible, i am shaking reading your post, i know we will all get through this together. now it —— now she has

secretary of state say that the usa was not willing to negotiate with the taliban entirely but that it was willing to negotiate with what he called moderate voices among the taliban now we've heard from donald trump that there will be no negotiations with the taliban no talking to the taliban whatsoever there's no talking to the taliban we don't want to talk to the taliban we're going to finish what we have to finish what nobody else has been able to finish we're going to be able to do it now we've heard a response from the taliban essentially mocking the united states and saying that if the usa wants to find them it knows where their office is located in the city of doha at this point we are not hearing moves from either side the taliban or the united states about resuming negotiations so at the moment it appears that the violin.

and the usa.my shere but europe and the usa. —— tunisia but europe and the usa. —— tunisia but europe and the usa. when you get this are people in these countries in this region you get isis recruitment spike going up, you get migrants, illegal migrants going across in boats and drowning, trying to get italy, trying to get degrees, it is a problem for the eu and the us and they really need to wa ke and the us and they really need to wake up to it. well, this is an issue on going in tunisia right now and, as you say, it is an economic issue that has sparked a protest which often leads to other things and that is what we saw in iran at the beginning of the year. we have seen it in iran. that is more contained, you are likely to get isis recruitment over there. sadly the government has clamped down on it. we have not seen it happen in saudi arabia yet. when you look other countries which are quite closed economies, those are the ones looking for some kind of movement towards democracy which does have

secretary of state say that the usa was not willing to negotiate with the taliban entirely but that it was willing to negotiate with what he called moderate voices among the taliban now we've heard from donald trump that there will be no negotiations with the taliban no talking to the taliban whatsoever there's no talking to the taliban we don't want to talk to the taliban and we're going to finish what we have to finish what nobody else has been able to finish we're going to be able to do it now we've heard a response from the taliban essentially mocking the united states and saying that if the usa wants to find them it knows where their office is located in the city of doha at this point we are not hearing moves from either side the taliban or the united states about resuming negotiations so at the moment it appears that the violence and chaos in afghanistan is going to continue no middle east affairs expert ali risk relates to the latest move by the pentagon is a fact to be tantamount to an admission of failure in afghanistan. same in some horrific attacks launched by the taliban an

she says the governing body usa gymnastics has a lot to answer for. the governing body usa gymnastics the governing body usa gymnastics has a lot to answer for. i know doctor nassar is a monster but those people around him who have been protecting him, those are real monsters too and they need to be held accountable. the focus of this sentencing has been on the survivals of larry nassar‘s abuse and perhaps the biggest victory for them is not just seeing him behind bars but knowing that together they founded the collective strength to confront him. a jury's been told that a man accused of carrying out the finsbury park terror attack last june kept smiling and even blew a kiss at the gathering crowd after ploughing a van into muslim worshippers. darren osborne from cardiff is accused of murder and attempted murder after the attack in north london which left one man dead. an imam who was one of the first on the scene told the court how he stopped the crowd attacking the driver of the van. from court, daniel sandford reports. witness after witness described how the van revved its engines

gymnastics the school could lose millions of dollars in donations usa gymnastics could lose millions in sponsorships dion estabrook al-jazeera still ahead on al-jazeera. but america first does not mean america alone. as president donald trump declares america even for business but insists trade must be fair. test china's ban on ivory forces artisans to find new ways to use their skills. how i want it's been a rather wet week a disturbed wake forest in parts of the mediterranean but things will improve as we go through the next couple of days here's our offending area of low pressure still swirling away across the south the first cyprus syria lebanon jordan seeing some rather wet weather will gradually ease as we go through the next couple of days this is the same in tel aviv for same behavior a making its way across southern parts of israel through the gaza strip and now it's pushing further eastward so easing across a good part of iraq into the northwest of iran turning to snow as it does so twelve celsius in tehran on saturday it will be coldest and as we go on through sunday that

into usa gymnastics >>> he will spend the rest of his life in prison but the investigation into usa gymnasticsssar is just beginning. the probe into how he was able to abuse nearly 160 young women is the focus of investigations from michigan to washington, d.c. chris pollone reports. >> reporter: many big questions remain after a long time michigan state university doctor was sent to prison for molesting young athletes and now the state attorney said he will get to the bottom of it and appointing a special prosecutor to lead it. >> it is abundantly clear that a full and complete investigation of what happened in michigan state university from the president's office down is required. >> reporter: this week more than 150 women confronted the doctor in court. women he treated both at michigan state and in the olympic training program, usa gymnastics. >> we are here, we have our voices, and we are not going anywhere. >> reporter: nassar will serve at least 40 years in prison. but in a friday night protest people on the michigan state campus said that is not enough. they want to know how he was abl

there are, and a lot of these athletes have held usa gymnastics culpable.ersity where larry nasa —— larry nassar had his sports medicine practice. these are allegations which first surfaced more than 20 yea rs which first surfaced more than 20 years ago. they were consistently either ignored or swept under the carpet and there has been a cry from several people involved in this for those people also to be at least brought to light and brought to justice so that this never is allowed to happen again. david, thank you very much indeed. police in california are saying they have rescued a family of 13 brothers and sisters being held against their will by their parents. some were changed to their beds. the parents have been charged with torture and child endangerment. the alarm was raised on sunday morning. one girl escaped and said her brothers and sisters were being held captive at their home south—east of los angeles. some were shackled to their airand appeared angeles. some were shackled to their air and appeared malnourished, very dirty. the parents have be

gymnastics the school could lose millions of dollars in donations usa gymnastics could lose millions in sponsorships dion estabrook al-jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera. they're making it up that they let me go they were begging me to stay here as diplomat bill richardson denies he was asked by man as government to step down from an advisory board on the range of crisis the internet is the internet of information now we have the internet of money new money meets old money the world's financial elite discuss the future of digital conses such as because. from the clear blue sky of the doha moony. to the fresh fruits and breeze in the city of la. what has been a rather wet week a disturbed wait for eastern parts of the mediterranean but things will improve as we go through the next couple of days here's our offending area of low pressure still swirling away across the south the first cyprus syria lebanon jordan seeing some rather wet weather will gradually ease as we go through the next couple of days this is the same in tel aviv for same behavior a making its way across southern parts

usa gymnastics is accountable. the u.s. olympic committee is accountable. my teammates and friends have been through enough and now it's time for change because the current and future gymnasts do not deserve to live in anxiety, fear or be unprotected like i was. >> i also want to bring in paul to our conversation with jean casarez about this. paul, when you listen to what jordan weaver is saying and so many other victims and you look at the totality of what has happened here, it makes you think of the sandusky child molestation epidemic at penn state. it makes you think of the catholic church sexual assault epidemic that we saw. i do want to also point out, we're looking at live pictures here of nassar coming into the court in lansing, michigan, in his prison uniform as we're going to await the sentencing phase. paul, you still with me though, right? >> yes, i am. >> i wonder as you listen to jordan weaver there, many of the survivors looking at usa gymnastics, they are looking as well at the usa training facility, the karolyi ranch, that officials are inve

usa gymnastics‘ former doctor awaits sentencing as more and more victims speak out.ittle girls don't stay little for ever. they grow into strong women that could destroy your world. and a californian couple is charged with torturing their 13 children. they were held captive, close to starvation, some chained to their beds. hello to you. foreign ministers from 20 countries have been meeting, to try to exert concerted pressure on north korea to give up its nuclear ambitions. the group is made up solely of countries which were involved in the korean war more than half a century ago, but two key international players, north korea's neighbours russia and china, are not there. a press conference has just got under way after the day's session of talks, in vancouver. the canadian foreign minister, chrystia freeland, said that countries agreed sanctions on north korea would be strictly enforced. the 20 nations represented here in vancouver have agreed that we must work together to ensure that sanctions imposed on north korea are strictly enforced. we also agree that we must t

gymnastics the school could lose millions of dollars in donations usa gymnastics could lose millions in sponsorships dion estabrook al-jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera a country divided we look at the challenge ahead as the president of honduras begins his new. my. trial by theater a new play confronts a strain his policies on immigration. because some very wet weather pushing towards southern parts of the u.s. at the moment at present we've got this band of cloud which will make its way across the great plains not a little area of cloud just pushing in across texas and that will ease its way towards louisiana as you go on through saturday with some very heavy downpours the to join up they'll make their way across the appalachian chain gradually push further east was suddenly winds and look at those temperatures fourteen celsius in d.c. and getting up into double figures that for new york a fourteen as well for san francisco up towards the pacific northwest here we're looking at rain sleet and snow some very strong winds driving in a day power of low pressure bringing some rather n

and aly raisman speaks out on the "today" show exclusively telling hoda kotb she has not heard from usa gymnastics after larry nassar was given a life sentence after abugz youse on y girls. >> have you been contacted by usa gymnastics? >> no, nothing. >> not after what happened? >> nothing. >>> good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. president trump, the anti-globalist disrupter is trying to take over the world's elite traveling with an entourage of cabinet secretaries at the expense of the swiss ski resort. after climate change and making an entrance, he's trying to make nice to his critics. >> some of us have had a really great relationship. although some people don't necessarily believe that, but i can tell you that i have a tremendous respect for the prime minister and the job she's doing. and i think the feeling is mutual from the standpoint of liking each other a lot. >> joining me now is msnbc's ali velshi with a busy day already in davos. ali, this meeting with theresa may with disagreements, she still has an interest in trade deals with the u.s. because of brexit

they want to talk about not only what's happened in usa gymnastics but sexual abuse in usa swimming andkwon do. earlier today on msnbc, new york congressman carolyn maloney spoke about what exactly they want to look at. >> we ought to look at the olympic committee that was created by congress in 1978 and they complained to them. they complained to everyone. and michigan state university failed to protect their students. they received federal funds. we have a federal responsibility to listen to it. >> i think what's very clear, if anybody thought this was going to end with the sentencing of larry nassar, they're sadly mistaken. today mark hollis, the a.d. at michigan state resign. the board of directors is meeting at this hour. they're talking about nationwide search for a new president. luann simon, the profit msu stepped down earlier this week. a lot is happening and a lot has to change because this is unconscionable. >> thank you, anne thompson. larisa boyce. thank you. i'm completely blown away by you and your fellow gymnasts and what you have done. thank you for coming on and helpin

in the case of usa gymnastics, that is why it is so diabolical, in my opinion, because you are takingletes who are striving, young girls at that age, trying to be the best they can be and play for their countries, and the people who are supposed to safeguard them, train them, and help them get to that level are the ones that are bringing them down. that is why it is so difficult for them to really even say anything in the first place, because they feel like either they are going to wreck their own chances of getting to their dreams, which is the only thing they have wanted to do for so long, or they may not actually be believed, and a lot of times they have guilt about it. there are so many things going on in that dynamic, and it is very difficult. i really applaud all of those women who came forward and got their day to say what happened to them and to really see justice done. christian: part of the problem, it seems to me, in athletics in the united states, as was the case with the football abuse scandal here in the united kingdom, is that the governing body did not feel it had the