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Theyre going to support the games, they need to talk about what is happening in china with the ongoing genocide in the xinjiang province. it is absolutely unacceptable. mike: im old enough to remember jimmy carter not sending american at a leads to the moscow games. is that going too far? >> you know, look, these athletes are trained for a long time i would rather us take home the gold than china. i go back to the munich games with hitler and no better statement than jessie owens getting the gol...

And then heres the real question, will that be an effective deterrence to others and say you better cooperate with the committee because thus far it does not seem like there has been a lot of effective deterrence. >> i will vote for that, alex, and there has to be consequence to this. you know, if the separation of powers, if the balance of powers that is so essential to the operation of our democracy and the survival of our democracy is to work, then congress has to have power and has to build ...

You power the last four years were more than anything nixon contemplated. this would expedite infers metropolitan of congressional subpoenas protect against the use of pardon power, shield the just department from political interference, it would raise penalties for violating the hatch act and the emoluments clause many in the post-weargate period, republicans joined democrats and supported the reform it is, even though they reflected abuses of the prior republican biden administration. this tim...

The country prepare to defend itself against any future political violence? yes, there may be some missing pieces they take to the jail with them. but im confident were going to get the answers we need to protect the public. >> we didnt talk about john eastman. john eastman, did he answer any questions or did he take the fifth over and over? >> i cant comment on that. i think he made clear before his appearance he intended to assert the fifth. but as to how or what basis or how often, were not c...

In many places on free and fair election. for viewers i want to be clear. it sounds like, for now, you are putting a little cold water on peoples attempt to read into the letter a lot about the ultimate findings of the committee, which come later. youve said repeatedly it was about the -- you can add or correct to that as you see fit. and ill throw one more question, youve been working hard on the protecting democracy legislation, which would trump-proof and deal with some of the things you jus...

Know, the human rights issue that you just talked about, and the abuses. we have seen some countries follow suit, right, in its diplomatic boycott. canada, australia. others have not. do you think were hitting or will hit a tipping point or is what weve seen it? whats your sense? >> reporter: its a great question, and heres why. it really does shine a light on the challenges for president biden or putting pressure on china over his human rights records. so as you rightly say, canada, the uk here...

Source, and that may be true for a great many of them. but we are approaching the investigation from many different perspectives. i do think we are putting the pieces together. is it possible because some people like steve bannon would rather go to jail, rather thumb their nose at the law than help the country prepare to defend itself against any future political violence? yes, there may be some missing pieces they take to the jail with them. but im confident were going to get the answers we nee...

Have babies, which they did by forcing them to have a removable intrauterine devices by having abortions, by having their wounds removed, whether they liked it or not. so that is the basis on which genocide was found in this tribunal and it has not been found on that basis before. the chinese government denies all accusations of abuses in xinjiang. the chinese embassy in london has issued this statement, while this tribunal doesnt have any power of enforcement, it still has significance on the i...

This summit, which is, i would imagine, also going to play into his strategy for the calls later today? >> reporter: yeah, erica and jim. president biden is hosting this summit featuring about 110 countries as he looks to promote the defense of democracy against authoritarian regime. and also call out abuses when it comes to human rights issues. as the president opened this summit, he also acknowledged the threat to democracy that has been posed here at home in the united states and acknowledged...

——sean, that is all your sport for now. an unofficial tribunal looking into allegations of human rights violations in the chinese region of xinjiang has concluded that beijing has carried out genocide and crimes against humanity. in a finaljudgment, it accused china of torture, rape and religious destruction against muslim uyghurs and other ethnic minorities. the uyghur tribunal was set up in london to hear evidence of alleged abuses in xinjiang in a legal setting. it has no force in law, bu...