having trouble in high school, that he could be a voice and role model for them. you can understand why he would be so concerned about wanting to deal with mike pence. he did say after he competes, he told me this on the 17th, he would certainly be willing to entertain a conversation with the vice president. >> and the vice president did try to clean this up to a certain extent. i want you to know we are for you. don't let fake news distract you. i'm proud of you and all of our great athletes. and my only hope for you and all of team usa is to bring home the gold. go get 'em. it would be nice if there could have been a clean breaks between the politics and the olympics. thank you for reporting it. it should be just about the olympics, but it never is. thank you for being with us this morning. enjoy it. i look forward to your coverage >> reporter: chris, thanks so much. take care. thank you. >> i think the fake news moniker loses some of its punch when you use it every day and you use it wrong. >> that's the hope. philadelphia getting ready to celebrate their champion