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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 ...

Retracting the accusation and saying shes safe. where is she? come on. why would anybody buy this? lets bring in someone who is demanding action, former tennis pro pam shriver. its great 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 shuai is healthy and free. 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...

Considering a diplomatic boycott of the games in order to send a signal there, and thats about human rights abuses much more broadly in china that weve been tracking for years, but also when it comes to peng shuai, cnn reached out to the olympic committee to ask for a reaction to the situation. i want to read for you what they said in response. experience shows that quiet diplomacy offers the best opportunity to find a solution for questions of such nature. this explains where the ioc will not c...

The wta and maybe the usta, and not necessarily a government 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 the...

Or 04, stop the human rights completely or were pulling the olympics out of china. they had that leverage and failed. the ioc fails time and time again. this is one athlete and in two and a half months the ioc olympic committee will be in charge of several thousand athletes. many will want to speak out and well see what happens then. it could be very troubling. >> kristine, thanks for being here. appreciate it. fareed zakaria takes an in-depth look at chinas liter and iron fist xi jinping and ...

Olympics in china, 2008 beijing summer games and now the upcoming 2022 winter olympics. everyone wants to do business in china. all the corporate sponsors, all the sports leagues, everyone. you want to give that 1.4 billion person market. that makes sense. but theres something also overlooked in this conversation and thats china desperately wants to be given that sense that it belongs and it wants to be a major player in the sports world, so this matters to them, too, and i think thats where wha...

Because at the end there is maybe bigger issues in some peoples minds as to whats going on. i think the focus has to be on peng in this situation. 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 like to hear a video from her or something, like real proof that she is all right. the eyes of the world will be on beijing in february for the winter olym...

Before easter break we would shut down the house, vote down a rule, do something. the leverage skyrocketed at that point. just for people that have been watching this through the months, watching negotiations forever in the halls, what ended up making the difference? how did they get to this point? >> i think there was trust on the house side and the moderates on the senate side. there was a meeting a couple weeks ago that has not been reported of what went down. major players here behind the sc...

Theyre saying, okay, so we can get this done, were going to get this other half over the line, were going to trust that this gets done in the senate. now, thats going to be shaky trying to make sure senators manchin and sinema get on board with whatever the house passes, getting through the birdbath to make sure the provisions fit within the reconciliation process. so were not done yet. theres a lot of policy and politics to be worked out still. hopefully they get it over the line two weeks from...

Weapon or let this bipartisan infrastructure bill get out of the house without the rest of the social spending. now theyve taken a leap of faith. theyre saying, okay, so we can get this done, were going to get this other half over the line, were going to trust that this gets done in the senate. now, thats going to be shaky trying to make sure senators manchin and sinema get on board with whatever the house passes, getting through the birdbath to make sure the provisions fit within the reconcilia...