, and the ccp because the former head of the ioc's media operations no consults for china. here is the state media touting the connection. beijing is ready for the winter olympics facilities are fantastic according to beijing 2022 senior consultant and that he, the former head of media operations of the ioc. drew, you have to hand it to china because they know who to hire her to get the lingo just right for the big p.r. coup. >> absolutely correct. and this goes on through the ioc and all the big corporations where they put people in place that they can make puppets and do what they want to do to achieve their goals and it is really, really sad. yeah, you know, it's like the fox watching the hen house. it's cliche. it is really side and when people wake up to this and see that -- it shows you how the ioc handles the feng shui situation. at a video call that nobody else got to see. she was fine. would like to ask him if that was his daughter if he field -- >> laura: about him. i am mentioning in today because he is the most recent business type or multimillionaire or billion

the ioc. enough is enough. >> laura: we love our athletes but it's despicable that we are in participating in this propaganda for president xi. we salute your efforts and whether or not they succeed you stood for what was right and that will be remembered, thank you so much. in the face of catastrophic failure, the white house seems to be encouraging drinking and violence! want to? the last bite explains. ready to turn your dreams into plans and your actions into achievements? explore over 75 programs and four-week classes at national university. your future starts today at nu.edu. if you're a democrat and feeling kind of down after one year of biden, jen psaki has since the age of advice. >> my advice to everyone out there who is frustrated, sad, angry, peeled field those emotions, have a margarita, do whatever you need you can wake up on monday and keep fighting. >> all kidding aside, that might be the best advice from a government official, at least in the last year that i've heard. >> i'm

i expect continued radio silence from the ioc. as you know, martha, a number of us, republican and democrat, have been asking the ioc for years now to move the games, to not host them in beijing with the ongoing genocide, rape, torture, sterilization and abortions of uighur women on top of hong kong and the threats too taiwan. i called for a full boycott and the administration's diplomatic boycott does not go out far enough. at home, the democrats preach social justice but at the end of the day, we don't think american taxpayers should be subsidizing the ioc as a 401 c 4, which means it's a social welfare organization, to turn it's back on these types of atrocities and put our athletes in a position of threatening their safety and also having to choose between competing or turning a back on their values. >> and it's clear that they have moved away from their original mission of sport and, you know, companionship and human rights. time after time, they have been citing with the chinese communist party over human rights. it's about

they that there they are forced under labor conditions, brainwashing, forced sterilization and the ioc allowing what i'm calling the genocide game can go forward as a stain on the olympics and i'm disturbed that these games take place in the shadow of concentration camps. glorifying the ccp and normalizing their genocide is simply unacceptable. and putting us olympians in jeopardy as they travel to china is unacceptable. american athletes who have ever spoken out against the ccp or who speak out against the ccp while in the country could face arrest and up to life in prison. we cannot turn a blind eye to the ccp without properly preparing our athletes for the dystopian reality of china. i supported the diplomatic boycott because it's a way to stand up for american values that without being ashamed of our athletes. we can root for team usa without giving the ccp propaganda opportunity and victory to spread lies and whitewash their crimes. and if our olympians speak out against the ccp's atrocities the state department should ensure that they are protected . and just as jesse owens showe

my next guest is looking to hold the ioc accountable. here now is michael waltz, florida congressmanflor. sir, i am stunned, although i don't know why i am that the ioc, which gets some money from the u.s. taxpayers is funnelinge almost a billion dollars to communist china for the games. o what can we do to prevent our money from going along with it? alora today i introduced legislation to strip the ioc of its tax exempt status. it's listed as a five to one c for social welfare organized and itt shouldn't be doing anything. but as it turns a blind eye and aids and abets a chinese communist party with mass , torture, concentration camps, stamping out freedom in hongco kong, threatening taiwang and the list goes t on and on , not to mention covering up covid that's killed nearly six million people around the world. the lastli thing we should be doing is subsidizing withs taxpayer dollars nbc's contract alone with the ioc is seven and a half billion. think of the tax bill just there and half of the ioc revenue comes from american corporatio

and the ioc is 800 billion into beijing for its infrastructure. again, the tax -- the american taxpayer should not be subsidizing an organization that rightly took a stand against apartheid in south africa for 30 years, and banned any olympics there but is turning a blind eye to genocide, and the only difference really is the amount of money involved, and enough is enough. we need to take a moral stand in line with our values and our morals. >> i want to press you there, congressman. in announcing the bill, you note that quote, the corporate partners for the 2022 genocide olympics should be ashamed to be associated with the ioc, and the chinese communist parties propaganda ploy. you list coca-cola as one of those sponsors, one of many, that company along with several others that profit mightily make political contributions. kevin mccarthy's got -- $2 million to political campaigns. would you renounce donations affiliating from corporations profiting from china? >> i will renounce any that are sponsoring this genocide olympics, and they have lobbie

what should happen with the ioc? >> i think, first of all, the united states putting economic pressure on the international olympic committee would make them start to take this thing a little more seriously. they seem to think that they're a dictatorship and they can do have whatever they want whenever they want, to whomever they want. and like i spoke last time, they are at the end of the road, and the ceiling is falling in. like they say, the house is on fire, and they better wake up to it and try and resolve these issues as quickly as they can. they can't keep sticking it under the rug. arthel: do you think there needs to be a reorganization at the top there at the ioc? >> well, not only a reorganization at the top, i think their bylaws are outdated. i think they need to reconstruct their bylaws and look at themselves in terms of where we are in modern times. arthel: got it. >> we could put a new head on, but if the body is still the same, the snake's just as poisonous no matter who the head is. arthel: gotta an -

ioc must have known olympics in china would be a mess. why did they let it happen in the first place i feel ioc deserves so much more wrath than they are getting. >> it's incredible to me that we are two years into this pandemic. they covid out how it got leaked from the wuhan bob and we are going to trust the ccp? we are going to send our athletes, greatest athletes to compete in the beijing olympics? it's insane if you think about it if there's no reason for this to happen. we should delay of limp games, rebid it and find a place safe, democratic, to host the games and allow athletes to be safe and protect american lives first and foremost. kennedy: sent them back to salt lake city or vancouver. beijing just had the game, 14 years ago. they don't deserve them again. they are corrupt and awful and it's sad athletes have to be in opposition but marie, i'm going to disagree with jason a little bit, the athletes have worked their whole lives, a lot of them only get one shot just because corrupt body like the ioc makes a series of horrible d

d between the international olympic committee, the iocen and the ccp because the former head of the ioc is media operations now consults fors china. >> now here's the state media touting the connection. beijing is ready for the winter olympics and facilities are fantastic according to beijing22 . 2020 two senior consultantt anthony edgar, the former head of media operations of the ioc, drew, you got to hand it to china because they know who to hire to get the lingo just right for the big pr coupe . that's absolutely correct. and this goes on through the ioc, guccifer and all the big corporations really just they they put people in place that they can make puppets and do what they want them to do to achieve their goals. and that's really, really sad. yeah, you know, like the fox watching the henhouse, you know, it's just it's the olde. cliche. it's it's really sad. and when people can wake up to this and see that , you know, they showed exactly how the ioc and tv are together, how they handled the punctuality situationha. we had a video call that nobody else got to see. she was fine. you

for getting to this. >> i think your anger at the ioc is rightly appropriate are appropriated. it transplanted political with the senator's, if the senators believe strongly, i'm not saying they shouldn't but they believe so strongly america should not dissipate in the olympics, that's what we should take. i'm not going to malign -- we can't convince the chinese to allow us into china to investigate the wuhan lab i'm fairly certain and bc outward to be able to take cameras into camps or anywhere and expose that nor i think bc will engage in anything other than promoting american athletes from all a lot of talent will be there. the real issue here, i understand both arguments, should we participate the olympics? our efforts even becoming? i understand the argument they train hard, a lot has been invested and i can understand people coming down from easily understand america taking the position for wta which has tournaments and not allowing athletes to participate but it's senators are so serious they should have done this in october, november and urged america to not participate

that's exactly in almost all likelihood what's going on at the ioc. they're terrified as an organization and institution and as individual members to cross the chinese communist. their terrified what the it means. >> martha: this is the number of depths that china claims they've had. 5,699. does anybody believe that? this is a population of 1.4 billion people. they say they've lost 5,699. we know their vaccine doesn't work. it's proven ineffective against omicron for sure and potentially others before that. before i let you go, i want to ask you about this breaking news story that deals with russia and ukraine. the reporting is that the biden administration says we have information that indicates russia has already prepositioned a group of operatives to conduct a false flag operation in eastern ukraine. we've seen this happen before, before world wars, actually, where people are infiltrating and they attack in order to provoke a reason for russia to come in. what do you think? >> martha, i don't want to comment on classified intelligence. i have no re

if we are worried about anyone who might engage in political speech getting thrown in jail, the ioc has done something wrong. about the host country you've selected, that's a horrible country that doesn't deserve the games, doesn't the ioc deserve more? >> i'm happy you shine the light on this, not too long ago i noticed, the celtics speaking out, we need more of that. what you see out of this communist regime is fear of their own people, that's why they do this. we can talk about this press conference but at the end of day, there's a reporter who called into question the president capability in the east wing, east room of the white house to his face. he's not going to be hauled off and sent to jail because of a question but he would be if that took place in beijing. [laughter] kennedy: the obama administration spied on him and made very difficult for that reporter so he's arty been subjected to that but it takes nard to call truth to power in a free country like the u.s. do not to xi jinping, you are in a torture camp. >> exactly right. kennedy: brad, bring us home. >> we can't even gu

we have a statement from the ioc and organizers tell us this. the positivity of arrivals testing is 1.53%. for regular screening testing inside the closed loop, 0.02%. the ioc adds and emphasizes there is no infection inside the closed loop. we know nearly 11,000 people, we're talking about athletes, officials, volunteers, media, they're all set to arrive in beijing for the winter games. the closed loop system we've been reporting about for the last few weeks, that is up and running. it covers all stadiums, venues and accommodation. and to get into the closed loop system, all arrivals have to test negative twice before flying into beijing. all athletes and participants, they have to stay inside the bubble and undergo daily covid-19 testing. fully vaccinated participants, they can enter the closed loop with that quarantine. if you're not vaccinated, you have to go through 21 days of quarantine once you touchdown in beijing. whether or not you test positive for covid as we talked about before, if you test positive, you cannot compete, you cannot t

and the ioc chose alibaba as its exclusive provider of cloud services for the entire games. that's another company we consider national security risk. how can any of this be good? >> well, it's not, and it's sort of a vision of our future where china gets to set the terms. it has the money, it has the power, it has the technology, the power and i think the reality is the ioc is weak but it's not alone. women's tennis association stood up at that's pretty unusual. australia is standing up at if we allow china to gain the kind of economic leverage that we were talking about, over us, that will be our future, everybody works for somebody and we've already seen with -- people will kowtow and i think the critical issue here is that's also going to be determined by the military balance. the military balance, which is severe and deteriorating dramatically, even as we are gathering in europe and not getting europeans to stand up, which is what they should be doing, and they the front lines on the ukraine situation. if the chinese move on taiwan, which i differ with colonel mcgregor,

eligibility criteria for trans athletes does not take into those very principled guidelines that the ioc outlined principles that were focused on inclusion, on nondiscrimination, and nonpresumption of sfadvanta. >> those require the documentation of sport specific testosterone levels. leah thomas seen here in photos from the dailymail.com has mostly shied away from public comment but did speak to the swim swam podcast last year about her transition, including testosterone suppression >> have experienced a lot of muscle loss and strength loss. >> the complex issue something olympian caitlyn jenner weighed in on this interview with fox news >> number one, biological boys, i have said from the beginning, should not be playing in women's sports we need to protect women's sports >> the heart of the controversy lieberman argues is not about fairness but about fear. >> at the end of the day, this is not only about lia thomas this is about the way in which people are deeply afraid of trans and nonbinary people and our full existence and access to rights and public space. >> in a statement, the u

ioc officials insist the games will be safe for athletes. what we will have surveillance systems in place to make sure that should anything happen, either in the build up to the games are draining them. that we will recognize it very quickly and respond very quickly . cybersecurity risks are also beginning to pop up around the games. they might 2022 app allows athletes to submit health data, medical history and other vital information, but it may be at risk for encryption breaches . a report by a watchdog group says that vulnerabilities could lead to athletes data being accessed by chinese internet providers. the ioc responded to the report, saying that they are looking at it closely and added that competitors are not required to download the app. we work closely with the u. s olympic committee. the athletes are going the president's looking forward to cheering. the biden administration will also monitor any security threats that may impact american athletes. it's called for a diplomatic boycott of the games. the president made a very clear

coming up next, xi jinping holds a rare face-to-face meeting with the ioc. details on that and china's headwinds ahead of the olympics opening ceremony. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> we're expecting clear steps from russia that will contribute to a de-escalation of the situation. >> germany and france are united, discussions within nato and the eu, but also, as the two european partners in the normandy format, we've made it clear that military aggression, which calls into question the territorial integrity of ukraine, will come at a high price. in parallel to this, we're preparing a reaction and response in case of aggression. shery: that was french president emmanuel macron and german chancellor olaf scholz. ukraine's far right leader says she opposes sanctions on russia and once the u.s. is starting a new cold war. the french presidential front runner spoke exclusively with bloomberg's caroline connan. caroline: note that the european union, which is asked all countries to abandon diplomacy, is totally absent from the discussion. we were sidelined. we don't ev

should preface this by saying no one could have anticipated covid, no matter what the venue s but the ioc deserves all of the disdain and disgust that comes their way for going back to china yet again. they were in beijing in 2008, they go to sochi in 2014, they're shameless about this stuff. so this takes place not only amid covid, as did the tokyo games of a year ago, but as you mention, the restrictions on press freedom and the sense that everyone there is being monitored in some way. we had that feeling in 2008 in beijing, i think if anything it's been ramped up now, and any -- it isn't just nbc, any network that broadcasts big sports events is simultaneously in a position, it's quasi journalistic at best, you're reporting a news event and what surrounds it in the case of the olympics isn't just what's confined to one game in a stadium, you're reporting an event but you're also promoting the event. newspapers and cnn and whatever other outlets don't pay a rights fee to cover the white house or whatever they're covering. nbc pays a huge rights pheaa long with the production costs. they

ivan, i wonder how the ioc, how china are reacting to this outbreak. do they think it threatens the games at all? >> you just had a big meeting, the first one between the ioc president thomas bach who arrived in china and xi jinping. the covid case is growing within this kind of olympic covid bubble that they call the closed loop, as you mentioned, some 15 new cases reported, and the organizing committee, they have conceded they have some issues, they had some complaints about the rooms that people are sent to in isolation within the closed loop about cleanliness and the food that is being given to people when they test positive and they have to go into isolation for days at a time. but also within the general population in the chinese capital. china had this strict zero covid approach to covid, to the virus, since it was first discovered two years ago in wuhan. and they successfully kept the numbers down, but now the authorities say they have clusters of both omicron and delta in the general population, in beijing, which is walled off from the olympic

and i think the reality is,k yeah, the ioc is weak but it's not alone. i mean, yeah, the women's tennis association stood up buta that's pretty unusual. australia's standing up. but if we allow i chinaow to gan the kind of economic leverage that we were talking about over us, that will be ourwe future because you know, everybody works for somebody and we've already seen with john'v saina and the nba and you name it,h people will kowtow. and i think the critical issue here is that that's also going to be determined by the de balance, the military balance, which is severe and deteriorating dramatically even as we're dithering in europe and not getting the europeans to stand up, which isuropop what they shoulde doing and they should be taking the front line on the ukraine situationon. if the chinese move on taiwan, which i differ with colonel macgregor, i do think that's a very real possibility that'sne going to determine determine the geoeconomictermine map. and if we don't get that right, we won't be able to preserve our prosperity and ultimately our free

even with the world cups, it is even in conflict with the summer games, the ioc -- they don't like the idea as well because 2032, that is scheduled for the summer games. that would be a problem. the only ones in support are all of the african nation states. because they do stand to earn a profit. but hopefully he will come to his senses and we do not see that materialize. >> chris, thank you. a new exhibition in the southwestern german city is drawing attention to the beauty and the plight of the world's coral reefs, under threat from climate change. museum crowd source of the project from crochet fans from around the world, using just your fingers, hooks, and yarn, they fashioned a masterpiece of handicraft in honor of a natural wonder. take a look. ♪ reporter: a living wonder, rendered in crochet. thousands of women have spent our after our -- hour after hour in deep concentration with their needles. a collective effort mingled with an ecological message. >> literally we started our project about the great barrier reef, if it ever died out, it would be something to remember it by.

maybe we should communicate more clearly with the ioc going forward. >> dana: maybe she was a place, doug, where they actually get snow and don't have to make it all. president xi is always there watching what is happening with the u.s. and ukraine, but also what happened in afghanistan. your thoughts about whether china should be a part of this calculus when we are thinking about russia and ukraine? >> look, china is a big part of anything that we do globally around the world. whatever continent you go to, china has very serious and deep involvement. i remember being in nigeria one time at a road that was paved it looked like the day before. who built it? china, and they got every mineral resource that they could, they are doing this in country after country. >> dana: jackie, this is going to be pretty interesting. i read this morning that 36 athletes have tested positive for covid before they even left their countries to get to china. the opening ceremonies on friday. this is a big propaganda opportunity for china. does the white house have any sort of counter programming that it's

you blame the ioc? do you blame the international community for not stepping up? the athletes have been training their entire lives for this the moment. brian: mike, you actually changed world relations. you changed ian bremmer's curriculum. we had interest rates double what they are right now. that's win, that's olympics at make placid changed the mood in the nation. >> we need another 1980. we need a moment where our country comes together. they come together watching our athletes compete. you put a jersey on that says u.s.a. when we watch our athletes compete we feel a part of them. i don't know what athletes in beijing or what sports. but we'll be able to watch one of our athletes stand on the poad yunl and seeing our -- on the podium and seeing our flag raised a little higher and hear the anthem. brian: no reason for the russians not to take ukraine? >> they are not related. the americans made very clear, china bilaterally as well as with oural lids, the australians and the u.k., there would be hell to pay. biden has misspoken on three occasion. americans tol

american athletes heading to beijing next week to compete in the 24th winter olympic games called on the ioc. >> and the biden administration take every step necessary to keep america safe. >> but unfortunately, i haven't heard a word from them on what they're doing about it. >> the biden administration says it will not send any diplomatic or official representation to beijing to protest chinese human rights abuses. it's an ongoing genocide as we speak. >> and a diplomatic boycott is just a joke. florida republican congressman mike waltz says a diplomatic boycott isn't enough for on the verge of sending. >> our athletes and companies to beijing. >> and flying the american flag, giving the chinese communist party this global propaganda platform show that the united states is unyielding and unapologetic advocate for human rights. >> and unafraid of speaking the truth and upsetting jersey to she and his communist party lawmakers are also putting pressure on the companies sponsoring the beijing olympics. >> 25 republicans on the house energy and commerce committee sent letters to coca cola air b

american athletes heading to beijing next week to compete in the 24th winter olympic games called on the ioc and the biden administration take every step necessary to keep america safe. >> but unfortunately, i haven't heard a word from them on what they're doing about it. >> the biden administration says it will not send any diplomatic or official representation to beijing to protest chinese human rights abuses. it's an ongoing genocide as we speak. >> and a diplomatic boycott is just joe florida. republican congressman mike waltz says a diplomatic boycott isn't enough for on the verge of sending. >> our athletes and and companies to beijing. >> and flying the american flag, giving the chinese communist party this global propaganda platform show that the united states is unyielding and unapologetic advocate for human rights. >> and unafraid of speaking the truth and upsetting to she and his communist party. lawmakers are also putting pressure on the companies sponsoring the beijing olympics. >> 25 republicans on the house energy and commerce committee sent letters to coca cola air bnb and to

dr. krishna would ioc mar is director of the do global health innovations center. he says, a 4th shot might offer some extra protection, but thinks most countries will stop at 3. we should remember that about 52 percent of everybody in the world has been fully vaccinated, but that rate is only about 10 percent across the continent of africa. so we still have a lot of work to do to get 1st 2nd doses to be protected. and also for the 3rd dose is that we have more and more data is highly protective relative to 2 doses, especially for omicron so well there may be a little bit of relative additional protection with a 4th dose. i don't think that beyond special circumstances with a very high risk population that, that's going to become the norm for many countries. the good thing is the global vaccine supply is picking up pretty significantly. we're now producing over a 1000000000 and a half doses a month. we've got new vaccines, especially the protein sub unit vaccines that are coming online. so the supply scenario looks promising over the coming weeks and months. but we

instead, the ioc will invite groups of selected spectators as part of an adapted programme to ensure the safety of athletes during the pandemic. it had already been decided that fans from outside of the country would not be sold tickets, now the general chinese public will not be permitted to buy them. just before we go... you might remember the former tottenham player christian eriksen, who dramatically collapsed with heart failure during his country denmark's match against finland in the euros. he had to have a defibrillator implanted. well, he has been speaking to premier league side brentford about the possibility of signing with them to come back to play the game in england. more on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. thank you very much. more now on the teenagers who've been arrested in manchester as part of the investigation into a siege at a synagogue in the united states. the man responsible — malik faisal akram from lancashire — was shot and killed by police near dallas in texas, after he took a rabbi and three other people hostage during a service. the

the ioc urges congress to continue to support strong funding for shsp. afg grants are key to public communications especially since 50% of fire departments still lack enough portable radios to attempt a full shift. the safer grants are used to address staffing shortages by all manners of fire departments. though great progress has been made in emergency communications there's still room for improvement. many members are mentioning how 911 calls from jurisdictions are being improperly routed. we should be able to do better in an emergency and this highlights a need for 911 infrastructure to catch up with other commercially available technology. rm the availability is critically important. the 4.9 gigahertz ban was set aside for safety. last october the fcc issued a an order to set up a system of state licenses to commercial entipties. the ioc urges congress to continue to monitor these proceedings to protect critical public safety communications in the six gigahertz ban. public safety and emergency response are the pinnacle of team sports with no higher e

the ioc allowing what i am calling the genocide games to go forward is a stain on the olympics. i am deeply disturbed that these games will take place in the shadow of concentration plans, clarifying the ccp and normalizing their genocide is civilly unacceptable. including -- putting u.s. libyans in jeopardy as they travel to china is undetectable. american athletes who have spoken out against the ccp or while in the country could face arrest and up to life in prison. we cannot turn a blind eye to the ccp without properly preparing our athletes for the just -- dystopian reality of china. i supported the double medic boycott because it is a way to stand up for american values without punishing our athletes. we can root for team usa without giving the ccp the propaganda opportunity and victory to spread lies and whitewash their crime. if our other bids speak out against the atrocities, the state department should ensure they are protected. just as jesse owens showed in our filler that the area nation was not superior, i know our athletes will show the chinese that we will take on

why did the ioc think it was okay to get involved in politics in south africa and took a stand against apartheid for 30 years and all of these corporation as greed but now when it comes to an ongoing genocide in china, they're willing to turn a blind eye? a great question. the reason is the amount of money that they're making. >> martha: a great question. americans have to open their eyes to this issue and the companies sponsoring the olympics and involved so deeply in china. you brought a lot of attention to it. we want to bring attention to your new little guy. his name is army. 9 pounds, 5 ounces born january 7 to you and your wife. the sister of the doctor who we love here on fox. so congratulations. how are you sleeping? >> oh, great. we have our amazing mother here to help. my wife, julia, is a trouper with a big boy. we're just blessed. our hearts are full. >> martha: i had a nine pounder. it's not easy. thank you very much for coming in. god bless army. he's a doorable. >> go armie has a new meaning. >> martha: is that his full name or nickname? >> it's short for armond, which

equally, if they want to do that on social media during the games they need to know a, what the ioc rules are and be, at the local laws are. we will make sure they are properly educated and informed as they go along. joe root wants his england players to harness the 'desire, fight and pride' that they showed in the last test. the draw in sydney was certainly an improvement after the three heavy defeats that saw australia keep hold of the ashes. both teams are now in hobart ahead of the final test that starts on friday. patrick gearey reports. from sydney to hobart the route to one of the worlds most challenging yacht races and the final stretch of england's yacht races and the final stretch of england's choppy ashes odessey. their stomachs have settled a little after that last test in sydney. scoring the first century of the series and they batted through the final day for a draw. all that while many of their coaches at covid and many of their players had injuries. after such in an emotionally tiring weekend physically in front of the guys, difficult week. having a couple of days to just

their loss of the brain power and loss of staff we have ioc hunting finding pushing for defining the police better challengers says bring into being launched a federal death penalty for convicted cop killers. we do not have that now. when you say to that idea? >> on the federal level we have the death penalty still exists. but i tell you, that is just political theater on both sides of the aisle. it shows they do not have an understanding of what the real problem is. we need more cops on the street. we need to give the cops the ability to do their job. when you have awoke das when you have state legislatures passing laws making it more -- hard for people to do their job, going at this atmosphere you have right now where lawlessness pervades. when the d.a. like the guy from new york city writes on it multipage memo telling everybody all the crimes he's not going to commit that's what the problem is it. it creates an era of lawless it's a start off with petty crimes i now it's rising up to the level of killing cops in record numbers. we've got to stop this in turn the ship around. we h

but the ioc policy is no testosterone suppression. the logical point is they vary on it. young girls are afraid to speak out. they speak anonymously. they are afraid to speak out because the woke culture we live in is very sad. >> they're being supressed in so many different ways. coming up fans are serious after music superstar adele postponed her las vegas residency just 24 hours before it was supposed to open. some of them flying to vegas from across the world for the big event. that story ahead. age is just a number. and mine's unlisted. try boost® high protein with 20 grams of protein for muscle health. versus 16 grams in ensure high protein. boost® high protein also has key nutrients for immune support. boost® high protein. hearing is important to living life to the fullest. that's why inside every miracle-ear store, you'll find a better life. it all starts with the most innovative technology. like the new miracle-earmini, available exclusively at miracle-ear. so small that no one will see it, but you'll notice the difference. and now, miracle-ear is offering a t

the international olympics committee told cnn that sustainability is central to the ioc's work and vision of building a better world through sport, and all upcoming olympic games of that committed to carbon neutrality. the beijing olympics committee did not respond to our request for comment. china has stood by its green games narrative throughout its walk-up to the games. state tv touting the beijing olympics going green in all sectors. perhaps hoping the world looks only at their renewable efforts, rather than remembering what was. david culver, cnn, beijing. >>> a family of seven was saved from a devastating house fire by a toddler. two texas parents say they were asleep when the blaze started earlier this month. they were recovering from covid and had lost their sense of smell. that's when they young son saved them with the words "mama, hot." >> to think that a 2-year-old wakes up at 4:30 in the morning and comes in and wakes us up, i mean -- it's nothing short of a miracle, in my opinion. >> he saved our entire family. i mean, he is our little mini hero. >> the family did lose their

we should weigh in with the ioc going forward but it seems odd to be have this debate or conversation just a week before the olympics. china has behaved in certain ways over the last many years that they've gotten to olympics in this century. maybe we should communicate more clearly. they choose a place where they get snow in don't have to make it all. he's obviously watching what is happening with the u.s. and ukraine. but also what happened in afghanistan. your thoughts about whether china should be a part of this we think about russia and ukraine? >> china is a big part of anything we do globally around the world. whatever continent you go to china has never being in nigeria at a red this paved the day before who built a customer china to get every resource they could their genetic country after country. to be pretty interesting have tested positive for colored before the even left the country to get to china to opening ceremonies are on friday for this is a big propaganda opportunity for china. does the white house have any sort of counter programming that it is planning? >> they

we're waiting for this meeting to happen between the ioc and peng shuai, this possible dinner. it will be another stunt, a media stunt that will happen probably in the next couple of days. so let's see how that pans out. as far as the women's tennis association, which is the only governing body that's taken a strong stand, as far as i know, they have still not heard anything from her personally so we're going to stay on top of this and find out just how she's doing. but this issue clearly is going to be part of the olympics, not to mention what else they have to deal with with the covid restrictions and everything else. a lot to happen with these olympic games coming up in addition to, we hope to see, some amazing performances from some winter sport athletes as well. >> exactly right. we'd love to focus more on the athletes and less on all that's going on around them, but it is what it is. thank you, patrick. >>> thanks for being here. really appreciate it. "inside politics" with john king starts now. ♪ >>> hello and welcome to "inside politics." i'm john king in washington.

american athletes heading to beijing next week to compete in the 24th winter olympic games called on ioc and the biden administration take every step necessary to keep america safe. >> but unfortunately, i haven't heard a word from them on what they're doing about it. >> the biden administration says it will not send any diplomatic or official representation to beijing to protest chinese human rights abuses. it's an ongoing genocide as we speak. >> and a diplomatic boycott is just a joke for to republican congressman mike waltz says a diplomatic boycott isn't enough. we're on the verge of sending. >> our athletes and and companies to beijing. >> and flying the american flag, giving the chinese communist party this global propaganda platform show that the united states is unyielding and unapologetic advocate for human rights. >> and unafraid of speaking the truth and upsetting to she and his communist party. lawmakers are also putting pressure on the companies sponsoring the beijing olympics. >> 25 republicans on the house energy and commerce committee sent letters to coca cola air bnb an

the ioc says it spoke with her last week. will meet with her during the olympics. you've been very outspoken about this. how do you see this development? >> i don't like it at all, kate. this is continuing the pattern that the chinese government have been implementing since this whole saga began with peng shuai. number one, squash everything from the internet. they did that successfully within china about peng shuai, about the allegations. even about tennis for some time. then deny everything. they've had peng shuai publicly deny it. then the third part of it is attack people who question. did you see the press conference with the foreign minister, spokesperson from the china government yesterday, attacking someone from bloomberg who had the gall to ask what's the story with peng shuai? what's going to happen? there are a group of activists in australia, kate, where i'm covering the australian open, that have printed t-shirts for people to show up at the women's final which happens later tonight. where is peng shuai? so we'll see what happens with that tonight. i'l

the ioc calling for silent diplomacy to better handle the matter. bach now in beijing is expected to meet with her soon. but that meeting happening behind closed doors, inside the so-called closed loop. that's the olympic bubble holding the athletes, the personnel, the incoming media, kept separate from the rest of china. this as the number of new covid-19 cases continues to rise and spread across the mainland. china facing a renewed challenge to halt this latest surge. snap lockdowns, mass testing, contact tracing, all of it stepped up as they work to show controlling the virus, calling it an imported threat. even dating back to wuhan. a consistent propaganda effort. and threatening to cast a dearing shadow over these games, growing he knows the between russia and ukraine with russian president vladimir putin expected to meet president xi on the sidelines of the opening ceremony. these olympics playing out amidst an increasingly divided world. david culver. cnn, beijing. >>> turning now to our money lead within just a week of the public outcry that

i did agree with the boycott diplo diplomatically, ask ioc move the olympics. that's not going to happen. i don't think we should punish the athletes but i think they're going to stand up solidarity against the human rights violations and take home the gold. like jesse owens showed hitler the arian nation was not sup superior, the americans show the chinese we'll take home the gold and not them. >> thank you very much and oh, happy birthday and happy 60 there to you. >>> the biden administration has a new plan for americans to get rapid covid tests but will they come in time to combat the omicron wave? we'll talk to the surgeon general next. stay with us. and the foods i love. i like that the ww personalpoioints plan is built jusust for me. download the ww app todayy for a 14-day free trial. nicorette knows, quitting smoking is freaking hard. you get advice like: try hypnosis... or... quit cold turkey. kidding me?! instead, start small. with nicorette. which can lead to something big. start stopping with nicorette ♪ ♪ ♪ hey google. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

i asked ioc move the olympics. that's not going to happen. i don't think we should punish the athletes but i think they're going to stand up solidarity against the human rights violations and take home the gold, too. like jesse owens showed hitler the arian nation was not superior, show the chinese that we're going to take home the gold and not them. >> thank you very much and oh, happy birthday and happy 60 there to you. >>> the biden administration has a new plan for americans to get rapid covid tests but will they come in time to combat the omicron wave? we'll talk to the surgeon general next. stay with us. some people have joint pain, plus have high blood pressure. they may not be able to take just anything for pain. that's why doctors recommend tylenol®. it won't raise blood pressure the way that advil® aleve® or motrin® sometimes can. for trusted relief, trust tylenol®. narrator: on a faraway beach, the generation called "our greatest" saved the world from tyranny. in an office we know as "oval," a new-generation president faced do

beijing organizers and the ioc believes strictly enforcing these measures should prevent the spread of covid 19. it is really important that that those preventive measures are in place for everybody from now to avoid to contract the virus and spoiled what is coming up, which is a travel in the next days in the next weeks. the winter olympics officially kick off on february 4th in london. alex hogan, ktvu fox two news. okay well, now we've got some really cute news out of germany to share with you. five oriental small clawed baby otters born in november, making their public debut this week. they have been lying inside their den with their mother for the past two bonds, oriental small clawed otters are endangered species and normally only give birth to one or two cubs in a litter. so zookeepers were pleasantly surprised to find that this mother had given birth to five babies. when the otters are fully grown, they will be distributed to other zoos around the world to help preserve their species there, so guilt sure are . mm hmm. coming up here on the floor of mural to honor the life of be

i guess i interpret it the same way i interpreted peng shuai's quote, unquote, video visit with the ioc. in my mind, he's basically become a pawn now of the chinese government, yao ming, which i'm really surprised and, quite frankly, very disappointed about. because he was a great nba player. certainly, arguably, the most recognizable chinese athlete all around the world. so it seems to me that he's being played for a pawn for the chinese system, for the chinese government. it's worrying to me that he's said this and made these comments. peng shuai, we haven't heard from her since she appeared with yao and a couple orr ather athl. the chinese approach in these situations has been simple, deny this ever happened. they had peng shuai do it herself, deny the allegations that peng had put out against the official from the chinese government. number two, squash all the news, which they did on their own internet. you couldn't even search the word "tennis" for a time being. then sort of attack the people that are attacking them. saying, why are you turning this into a political situation? spor

beijing organizers and the ioc believes strictly enforcing these measures should prevent the spread of covid 19. it is really important that that those preventive measures are in place for everybody from now to avoid to contract the virus and spoiled what is coming up, which is a trouble in the next days in the next weeks. the winter olympics officially kicked off on february 4th in london. alex hogan, ktvu fox two news. a new report shows people living in santa clara county or exceeding goals to conserve water in november. water use countywide dropped 20% beating the 15% emergency goal issued by the santa clara valley water district. when the district declared a drought emergency in june, the san jose water company made the same request, but after months of failing to meet the target and announced plans for a $7.13 surcharge for each unit of water above that amount, according to the mercury news, the possibility of higher water bills likely helped in the conservation efforts. all right, let's get you outside. no rain to speak of right now, mark tamayo. it is a little bit cooler than w