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>> sorry, james, because of the delay, there is a little crossback, but let me just add for you what the ioc's president's response was, which was absolutely disgusting. upon receipt of this meaningless russian letter that is full of stupidity of all of this, they say it should be available to all regardless of race or sexual orientation. the games themselves should be open to all, free of discrimination, that applies to spectators, media, and of course athletes. we would oppose in the strongest terms any move that would jeopardize this principle. that is of course, a lie, because they are not...

Russian deputy prime minister writing a letter to the international olympic committee about this. and it is -- i'm just going to go through a couple of the lines. it is breathtakingly absurd. he said these legislations, meaning the anti-gay laws, apply equally to all persons irrespective of their race, gender and cannot be regarded as discrimination, based on sexual orientation. so in his head, because it is illegal to say anything positive about gay or straight people, then that is not discrimination, no one can say it. >> it is utterly preposterous. and the excuses they are giving are ridicu...