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Theyre accusing them of abuses. the question is how. its "way too early" for this. good morning and welcome to "way too early," the show that remembers pearl harbor 80 years ago today. im jonathan lemire on this tuesday, december 7th. well start with the news. a former national guard official is accusing two army generals over the january 6 siege on the u.s. capitol. the officer wrote a 36-page memo to the house select committee. he claims charles flynn and lieutenant walter pyatt repeatedly...

Are reaching a crescendo. tanya dendrinos, bbc news. the senior research on china with human rights watchjoins me now from new york. thank you very much forjoining us. i just want to talk to you about the response of the decision taken by the white house. it is a welcome _ taken by the white house. it is a welcome move. _ taken by the white house. it 3 a welcome move. many activists are anticipating it and working hard for this to come. the chinese government is using the olympic games to showca...

Tough on china and to go tough on china. as a democrat, as a liberal, hugh, with the human rights abuses discussed in the genocide discussed in china. i will also go and say this boycott is not enough. you cant penalize athletes that have worked for years. they need to be able to be in the olympics. olympics doesnt need to be in china. the united states and joe biden have enough power to convince, i believe, the rest of the world say you know what? we are not going to go there because of this ge...

Searched earlier today u.s. boycott olympics on china social media, it was not there. >> and the u.s. state department is backing and applauding the move, so taken all together, what do you think the real impact is? >> reporter: and christine brought up peng shuai is still an issue here. it is a massive headache for leadership. they are trying to figure out how to navigate this one in addition to a multitude of other issues. yeah, youve got the accusations of widespread human rights abuses again...

Together. utah republican senator mitt romney who ran the salt lake city winter games has been pushing for a diplomatic boycott since march. he wrote in the "new york times" on march 15th let us demonstrate our repudiation of chinas abuses in a way that will hurt the chinese communist party rather than our american athletes. reduce chinas revenues, shut down their propaganda and expose their abuses. here is how speaker nancy pelosi from may. >> so honor your athletes at home. lets have a diploma...

On beijings success in hosting the winter olympics. >> utah republican senator mitt romney who ran the 2002 salt lake city winter games has been pushing for a diplomatic boycott since march. romney suggests that would hurt chinas revenues, shut down propaganda and expose abuses while not hurting american athletes. a recent reagan national defense secretary found 47% for a full boycott by the u.s. olympic team and its athletes. 48% support for a diplomatic boycott and 60% support for a business b...

Success are good and it sounds fairly labour intensive. how realistic is it to scale this kind of project up nationwide? of proect up nationwide? thats a ve of project up nationwide? thats a ve aood of project up nationwide? thats a very good question. _ of project up nationwide? thats a very good question. some - of project up nationwide? thats a very good question. some of i of project up nationwide? thats a very good question. some of the l very good question. some of the solutions to this al...

About the fact that this diplomatic boycott was coming. athletes can still go but what signal does this diplomatic boycotts send? i still go but what signal does this diplomatic boycotts send? i think the sianal diplomatic boycotts send? i think the signal is _ diplomatic boycotts send? i think the signal is the _ diplomatic boycotts send? i think the signal is the united _ diplomatic boycotts send? i think the signal is the united states i diplomatic boycotts send? i think| the signal is the un...

To reporters earlier today >> those politicians who clamor for boycotts for political self-interest or showing off and hyping things up. no one cares if they come or not and no influence on beijing success in hosting the winter olympics. >> john: utah a republican senator romney with 2002 salt lake city games pushing for diplomatic boycott since march. romney says that would hurt chinas revenues and shut down propaganda and expose abuses while not hurting american athletes. or consult republican...