korea he had invested so much time and energy in face-to-face diplomacy with north korea s dictator kim jong-un, he is predicting that there is a chance that north korea may end its moratorium on inter-continental ballistic missile launches and on nuclear tests. if that happens, that will ratchet up tensions dramatically on the korean peninsula. the biden administration says it s been reaching out to the north koreans, but has not received any response to have some kind of talks. back to you. all right, ivan watson, thank you for that reporting. the beijing olympics are just four days away now, but new covid cases continue to rise. china reported at least 37 new cases among olympics personnel on sunday, bringing the total to 176 people who tested positive for the virus so far. steven zhang joins us live from beijing on this. steven, it sounds like most of these cases were caught at the airport, which is a good thing.
available for sale to the general public. also many of them have seen their travel plans for the lunar new year which coincide with the games being disrupted because of the increasingly tightened regulations in and out of beijing. i think, laura, that is why we are sensing quite a bit of frustration, even annoyance this time around by talking to people and reading social media posts. laura? steven, thank you. appreciate it. coming up for you, president trump saying the quiet part out loud about his effort to overturn the 2020 election. why his gop colleagues are not distancing themselves from his assault on democracy. and two of ahmaud arbery killers have reached a plea deal. how the arbery family is reacting ahead. i brought in ensure max protein, with thirty y grams of protein. those who trtried me felt more energy in just two weeks!
the spanish superstar rafael nadal rallied back from two sets down. it puts his name in the record books, the 21st grand slam, the most ever by a men s tennis player. he beat russia s daniil medvedev on rod laver arena sunday. congratulations. and we ve been counting down for weeks and we re still counting down because the wait for the beijing winter olympics is almost over. as you can see there on your screen. with just four days to go before the opening ceremony, not everything unfortunately is going to plan. do dozens of olympic personnel have tested positive for covid-19 and so has the chair of the international olympic committee s athlete commission. cnn s steven zhang is with me for more.
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