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Exercises off the coast of ireland. the russian government issued that statement this week warning that no one should get in their way while they are doing these live fire exercises in the sea off the irish coast. that statement though was not meant for, like, the nation-state of ireland overall. it was not a warning for irelands navy. but it really was was a warning for these guys, fishermen from county cork who say they plan to disrupt russias war game exercises next week which are scheduled t...

To familiar ground. they are watching the competition from the olympic sports park where the 2002 games were held in salt lake city, utah, and nbcs gadi schwartz is right nearby. i wish i was there in park city, utah. it looks beautiful and i want to go skiing, seeing those mountains, but gadi, i know you talked to some of the families who normally would be cheering in the stands, of course, but theyre instead watching back at home so what have they told you about watching their kids perform tha...

It wont be pretty. expect congress to become unquote unhinged. that was an understatement, of course. the president got impeached about part of this. it shows there was early warning what might happen if the aid was frozen and one of the things we unearthed in the story. >> they were telling him this was good for america for ukraine to have this aid. >> thats right. later on in this summer you have a crescendo and senior cabinet officials, esper, pompeo, bolton, when he was national security adv...

Rain maker. hes a donor lure. so it is a benefit to having him on the podcast but it also comes at a time when trumps popularity is sagging. theres been multiple polls looking at that. hes obviously facing a lot of heat with the january 6th investigation and, of course, after that very controversial speech where he talked about potentially pardoning january 6th rioters. so it does offer him a little bit of legitimacy. at the same time we also know that he is not on good terms with senate majorit...

Would it be fair to say that some people in the town have hated you? oh, yes. probably an understatement, really. many felt they were exaggerating the problems. 30 years on, i met one of the councillors whod had his own tussles with the sons. many people in the town thought they were barmy and bad for business, didnt they? well, yes, yes, they did do. and they were characters. but, there again, i suppose i was a character. and, you know, this is democracy. they were right, werent they? lets say ...

The water quality now is excellent. excellent, excellent. so victory? yes, yes, yes. it took a long time and it took a big fight, but can i say, yorkshire water have come on board with us. we are now friends with them. you are friends with yorkshire water? yes. but not everyone in the town thought they were heroes. far from it. many thought they were a bit barmy and, even worse, bad for business. the people of scarborough have been victims of misinformation. the sons of neptune have done this to...

And we took that advice. and just kind of let them do their thing. and-- >> did they say, "do you mind if we set up here? " or-- >> they actually-- i dont think they even asked. i think they just did. >> really? >> yeah. >>cause they sort of suspected you. >> yeah, they kind of suspected me. and i dont think they really-- maybe they were trying to put heat on me or something. >> maybe. >> yeah, i dont know. yeah, they kind of suspected me. and i dont think they really-- maybe they were trying to...

Remember. firstly because of covid—19. the restrictions here are much tighter than they were at the tokyo olympics last summer when there was a degree of freedom here. everyone involved in the games is effectively locked in a bubble. he cannot go anywhere apart from your accommodation for the family is. that said, there have still been positive covid—19 cases mainly at beijing airport as people arrive but the authorities are confident they are keeping it under control. also because of covid�...

To china. eileen gus final run stole the show falling to her needs when she heard the score. >> that was the best moment of my life i cant believe what just happened. >> reporter: gu was born and raised in the u.s. but wanted to compete for her mothers homeland to support female athletes. in the stands today some political stagecraft. the head of the ioc sat next to chinese player peng shuai. >> stephanie, after our story last night i think a lot of us have been thinking about casey dawson, the ...

There but was working and not taking part in a party. its up to the met and the investigating officers whether that argument holds any weight for the but i dont think its an understatement, it is an overstatement, i should say, that were borisjohnson to be fined by the police then i think it would be incredibly difficult for him to stay on as prime minister. a prime minister who has effectively broken the law i think with the pressure politically, not least of his own party would be absolutely h...