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Borisjohnson, a referendum on taxation, immigration and on green taxes that nobody wants. my position is this, lots and lots of people feel politically homeless and the voting with people and issues are not tied to the same parties. i think that is a healthy thing. hagar think that is a healthy thing. how much of an _ think that is a healthy thing. how much of an affinity _ think that is a healthy thing. how much of an affinity you have with north shropshire? what do you know about the area? i n...

American television is the single greatest source of revenue for the ioc. many ioc delegates remain ticked off at the u.s. because a free press blew the cover off the salt lake bidding scandal. mitt romney had to come in and set the thing straight. the whole thing was up in the air. whole thing might have fallen apart. they have long memories about this stuff, and the ioc and many of those delegates act in a high-handed way. and in that sense, you can see where the affinity for authoritarian nat...

When the winter games were in salt lake since there was an olympics on american soil, yet american television is the single greatest source of revenue for the ioc. many ioc delegates remain ticked off at the u.s. because a free press blew the cover off the salt lake bidding scandal. mitt romney had to come in and set the thing straight. the whole thing was up in the air. whole thing might have fallen apart. they have long memories about this stuff, and the ioc and many of those delegates act in ...

Future presidential career. she doesnt care that she is doing nothing for the american people. carley: california governor gavin newsom has kicked off book tour. he has a new book out about his experience with dyslexia, in the meantime, look at these crime statistics in california. san francisco, larceny up almost 17%. los angeles robbery suspect 4%. beverly hills robberies up 6%. newsom is on the record saying this is a mayoral problem. is he calling on mayors to get the crime crisis intact. wh...

Machine, with all that implies and a few other things, and orchestrated from beijing, there was an effort to have me fired. nbc would have none of it. then they said well accept a full public apology in primetime, and i wouldnt do that. eventually it went away. >> didnt they apologize. didnt nbc try to walk that back. >> there was some sort of boiler plate thing, it was in august. everyone had gone on vacation, and a pr man put out one of those sorry if anyone was offended statements, bebut not ...

Offended statements, bebut not with my approval. in 2008, president bush was there. in fact, he was seated next to vladimir putin when it became clear that russia had invaded georgia. and i mentioned the human rights record, not as often as i would have liked. networks tend to be timid about these things and i put the question to president bush when i was able to interview him. did the same thing about putin and russia when sochi hosted the olympics. here is china hosting an olympics again, what...

An affinity with people who had my sort of political views but certainly had friends much more conservative and much more liberal than i am, and i dont think my kids do. >> thats true. >> actually really looking at genes jacket and his nail polish but thats mostly what im interested in. its good. >> i dont have the jacket. i have the nail polish. but i need both. it goes together beautifully. that does it for us this morning. stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. hey there. im ste...

Wasnt just a u.s. official diplomatic delegation present. it was led by then the u.s. president george w. bush, who was on hand, enthusiastically participating, accompanied by the first lady, as well as his father, the former president george h.w. bush, who was the honorary captain of the u.s. olympic team. you know, fast forward 14 years, and the ties between the worlds two largest economies are much more strained right now, max. >> absolutely. ivan in hong kong, thank you. earlier olympics s...

Attempt to get me fired, there were protests outside 30 rock. they demanded a complete public apology in prime time from me, which was not forthcoming. and as you mentioned, in 2008, we brought it up. in 2014, in sochi, the question of the iocs strange affinity for authoritarian regimes was also brought up. >> yeah. >> and here they are, back again in beijing. and the ioc now is complicit, to a certain extent. >> so -- so let me ask you about the ioc, bob, because you know, to a certain extent, ...

Government can be criticised in the same way as the governments of other countries. but the familiar pattern that jewish people around the world are made to feel unsafe when israel is in the news is disturbing. manyjews do feel an affinity with israel. but for some, its more complicated. i want to talk to someone for whom israel is a part of theirjewish identity but who is also outspoken in their criticism. so im meeting up with francesca. shes part of a group of britishjewish activists who camp...