and as the cherry on top, the athletes now say that the artificial snow is often significantly more dangerous to compete on. naturally, all of this raises the question. why? why are we holding the winter games in a country that does not have natural snow? this on top of all the other scandals that are looming over the beijing games just makes the entire affair look farcical. if authoritarianism doesn't disqualify a country from hosting the olympics, if egregious human rights abuses are not a certain, and if having actual snow on the ground for athletes is no longer a requirement, then why not just hold the next winter games in the deserts of saudi arabia? why not? seriously. all right. thank you very much for making time for us. come back tomorrow night at 9:00 eastern on msnbc where you can catch my full interview with president biden's special envoy to iran, rob malley. we're going to discuss whether there's still time to revive the iran nuclear deal. plus stick around after sunday's show when msnbc films presents