say oh, by the way, in response to a subpoena, i am not going to answer those questions. i mean, it is just outrageous but it is also a matter of the clock ticking. i mean, this is just not time to have a legal fight with these people. steve bannon remember, he he is actually under indictment but that case is on a slow boat to nowhere. the committee just doesn t have the time or the resources to fo force recalcitrant witnesses to testify at this point. thank you, all, very much. so we have more breaking news tonight. it comes from the winter olympics in beijing where the medal ceremony for the figure skating team event is on hold and a gold for russia is in jeopardy. cnn sports analyst, christine brennan, one of the premiere figure-skating reporters on earth, broke this story and joins us now. christine, what on earth is going on with these doping allegations? yeah, john, i mean, the russians are living up to their their reputation or living down to it.
doping allegations, but as far as the ioc is concerned, legal issues prevent them going any further in terms of the team, a person, and when this may be resolved. stay with us on bbc news. still to come, not so modern man: the discovery in france that shows homo sapiens may have arrived in europe a lot earlier than we thought. there s mr mandela, mr nelson mandela. a free man taking his first steps into a new south africa. iran s spiritual leader, ayatollah khomeini, has said he s passed a death sentence on salman rushdie, the british author of a book which many muslims say is blasphemous. the people of haiti havej flocked to church to give thanks for the ousting - of their former president,
but not hearing other. the russian figure skater caught up in doping allegations, at the winter olympics. we will have an update from canada, where truckers are now blocking a second bridge over their protest over covert macro sections. warnings about what will have over the economy and on trade. what impact. let s begin with breaking news, here in the uk, dame cressida dick is expected to resign. the bbc news political editor laura kuenssberg has tweeted. the met commissioner is bearin bear in mind, the mayor has been
democratic voters and the democratic voters said, wait a minute, my kid now has for a year been sitting at home at school while other schools are opening and you re debating whether or not paul revere s name or abraham lincoln s name should be on the side of the school? we just want our elected officials, our leaders in government to get things done. we want them to do their jobs, and never more than ever has it come to light during the pandemic where we need these people to actually do their jobs. we will see where it goes from here. coming up this morning, the latest in the racial discrimination lawsuit against the nfl. the league just hired a very high-profile foreign to help with its defense. we ll tell you who it is. plus, russian doping allegations are holding up medal ceremonies for american figure skaters but they re getting a consolation prize from the ioc. we will explain next on morning joe. we will explain next on morning joe.
going to answer those questions. it is just outrageous and also a matter of the clock ticking. there is just not time to have a legal fight with these people. steve bannon, remember he is actually under indictment. but that case is on a slow boat to nowhere. the committee just doesn t have the time or the resources to force recalcitrant witnesses at this point. thank you all very much. we have more breaking news tonight. it comes from the inwith theer olympics in beijing when the figure skating team ceremony is on hold and a gold for russia is in jeopardy. cnn sports analyst, christine brennan, one of the premier figure skating reporters on earth broke this story and joins us now. what on earth is going on with these doping allegations? reporter: yeah, john, the russians are living up to their reputation or living down it to. the lifetime achievement award