that an active legal case was ongoing and that was the reason for the delay, and today, we were expecting an update on this amid intense media speculation around the world and we didn t get one. the ioc saying they wouldn t be drawn on that speculation. they wouldn t say which athlete or team was involved in this. they wouldn t say which organisation was handling this matter. theyjust called for patience and said it would be resolved as quickly as possible. meanwhile, the athletes who were involved in that team event and others who were involved in future competition have been back in competition and training, but the issue here is that some of the medallists from that team event are due to be flying out of beijing and as yet they haven t got their medals. around 270,000 people in the uk have signed a peition calling for west ham defender kurt zouma to be prosecuted for animal cruelty. two cats of zouma s have been taken
well, this is fast becoming the major news story here at the beijing winter olympics, and just to recap on how we ve got here. on monday afternoon the team from the russian olympic committee won the figure skating team event, helped by the teenage sensation camilla valieva making 0lympic history when she landed two quadruplejumps, and the medals in that event, with the gold for the russian olympic committee, silverfor the usa and bronze forjapan, should have been awarded on tuesday evening, but mysteriously that ceremony didn t take place. yesterday we heard from the international olympic committee that an active legal case was ongoing and that was the reason for the delay and today we were expecting an update on this amid intense media speculation around the world and we didn t get one. the ioc saying they wouldn t be drawn on that speculation. they wouldn t say which athlete or team was involved in this. they wouldn t say which organisation was handling this matter.
time. when i asked them who was the better student, they were absolutely not unequivocal. is that a double negative? they wouldn t say. good to see both of you. coming up in our next hour, democratic presidential contender julian castro. we ll be right back. ntender jul. we ll be right back. or child. or other child. or their new friend. or your giant nephews and their giant dad. or a horse. or a horse s brother, for that matter. the room for eight, 9,000 lb towing ford expedition.
tonight? he s in the dog house, obviously with, donald trump. i mean we will see if this turns out to be a firing offense. white house chief of staff said to me, quoting jim baker, this isn t just a firing offense. this is a hanging offense. as he once said about don reagan. but six months ago i would have said that guy who had a lock on the title worst white house chief of staff and modern history was don reagan, the disastrous white house chief for ronald reagan. i think kelly is giving him a run for that title. not only has it been his complete inability to speak truth to donald trump, built now the one thing he spoegsedly is good at is making the trains run on time in the west wing and turns out to be a complete illusion. and he s saying well there are no pranz of firing him tonight. they wouldn t say. that you made the point in the
kind of the push/pull that people are thinking is going on right now at the white house and we ll have to wait and see how that shakes out. peter, they are hawking me to get to a break. before we do, one question on our way out the door. the resignation of mr. porter at the white house. do you expect he ll be gone by this time tomorrow? and do you think there is real concern that this has materially damaged john kelly standing as chief of staff? well, we don t know when he s going to leave. they wouldn t say. he simply handed in his resignation without a departure date. what it does do is raise a lot of questions. the staff of the secretary of the president of the united states sees all the paper, supposed to see all the paper that goes do him. if somebody did that without a security clearance or only an interim security clearance because of this case involving his, not one, but two different ex-wives, that raises real concern. how did that happen? more than a year he s been servin