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Saying this requires quiet diplomacy. the ioc must fulfil its claims and responsibilities in this case and demonstrate that athletes really are at the heart of sport. it has significant leverage and influence to exert in this case, especially with the beijing olympicsjust around the corner now. in a country where few are allowed to challenge senior authorities without paying the price, concern grows by the hour for peng shuais safety. natalie pirks, bbc news. a story about an extraordinary music...

Olympic committee is only saying this requires quiet diplomacy. the ioc must fulfil its claims and responsibilities in this case and demonstrate that athletes really are at the heart of sport. it has significant leverage and influence to exert in this case, especially with the beijing olympicsjust around the corner now. in a country where few are allowed to challenge senior authorities without paying the price, concern grows by the hour for peng shuais safety. natalie pirks, bbc news. we have a ...

Long it took, how much fighting there was among democrats to get this far, to get to this point today. now that youre there, now that you got this legislation across the finish line, i know youre a strong supporter of it, how do you feel about how this went and any sort of lessons learned? i think the biggest lesson is unfortunately the republican party has become the party of no with regard to so many priorities of our constituents, whether its affordable childcare or investing in workforce tra...

Tweeted she is "devastated and shocked", adding: "this must be investigated and we must not stay silent." shes not alone. we would like actually to hear, like, a video from her orsomething, like, real proof that, yes, that shes all right. the eyes of the world will be on beijing in february for the winter olympics. but so far, the international olympic committee is only saying this requires quiet diplomacy. the ioc must fulfil its claims and responsibilities in this case, and demonstrate that at...

That youve got this legislation across the finish line, and i know youre a strong supporter of it, how do you feel about how this went in any sort of lessons learned? >> i think the biggest lesson is that, unfortunately, the republican party has become the party of no, with regard to so many priorities are very constituents. whether its affordable childcare, were investing in workforce training, or universal pre-k, or even fighting climate change. and so, we have to, basically, come together as ...

23—time grand slam singles champion serena williams has tweeted she is "devastated and shocked", adding: "this must be investigated and we must not stay silent." shes not alone. we would like actually to hear, like, a video from her orsomething, like, real proof that, yes, shes all right. the eyes of the world will be on beijing in february for the winter olympics. but so far, the international olympic committee is only saying this requires quiet diplomacy. the ioc must fulfil its claims and r...

Retracting the note saying she is safe. why would anybody buy this? lets bring in someone who is demanding action, former tennis pro pam shriver. greats to see you. >> thanks, chris. good to be with you. >> what should happen? >> what should happen? we should have absolute certainty and proof that peng shue is healthy. its absolutely difficult the wta has 11 tour stops in china. theyre a huge business partner. but i believe steve simon, the ceo when he says we dont get the right answers and get ...

Thing? >> i think thats all that womens tennis has control over right now is to use the leverage that we have and realize that, you know, we have other partners that we can partner with that have the same core values that we have as an organization of about 50 years thats helped build the biggest professional womens sport on the planet. and its been done on the core values of equality and treating women fairly and listening to what they have to say, and not censoring them. >> the key is action. ...

He looked for the better angels in people. he had guts and he had courage. im saying to you, chris, there are of the 435 people in that place, there are some on both sides who are sickened by what they see. youre right to some degree that theyre in power, they want to stay in power. but thats not everybody and thats not the way all of them think. some of them are realizing -- you know liz cheney she says they come up to me quietly. at some point they will not. and if a small band of those folks ...

Bryan jr. went to the prosecution and asked them for some kind of a plea deal. and as you said, that plea deal was rejected. i got to say, the timing of that sounds really strange. pretty much the testimony is done in this trial. today theyre going to go over the charging documents. so why you would think at that time you might have some leverage with the prosecution to work out a kind of deal for your client is hard to understand. but kevin gauff at times has been difficult to understand. so we...