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Have you ever wondered what happens to various structures built for the Olympics after the games have ended? One New York structure was turned into a prison!

Infrastructure bill before a very long process that also the house of representatives has to get involved in very soon. garrett? >> not even a moment to catch their breath on the bipartisan nature what they will accomplish before turning to the next bill. over at the white house, the president obviously this is a huge milestone for the president. he's been pushing behind the scenes to land a bipartisan deal. can you put into context how big this moment, this vote will be today for the president and perhaps also the risk of spiking the football too early. this is only going to pass one chamber....

And finally, 9% that's the chilly drop in ratings the olympic opening ceremonies saw compared to 2014. nearly 29 million people tuned in compared to the 31 million that watched the sochi olympic games ceremony. the ceremonial coverage on nbc lasting more than three and a half hours fueled certainly by rachel's opposition. pete: yeah i was going to blame her but i'm going to credit her. well done rachel. all right well her family holds one of the worst human rights records in the world, but that's not stopping the liberal media from making kim jong-un's sister the star of its olympics coverage....

There's a slight thaw in inter-korea relations because of the olympics but it's not in theory a bad idea to listen to what the north koreans have to say if there is such a meeting but let's see what happens. i'm not holding my breath on any kind of break through unfortunately. >> as we tee up for the opening ceremonies here for olympics coverage, give me a sense of what you're watching when it comes to the much-discussed north korean and south korean athletes competing, how you see that playing out diplomatically, not necessarily from a sports world perspective. >> well, diplomatically i think...

If you think of the greatest moments that people watch the olympic viewing has been russia very us the u.s., the hockey games. you name it. this is what people thrive on when they watch this stuff. i will say this though. olympics coverage is so engrained in the u.s. as a tradition, sports viewing, that, you know, net-net, still might have the cache to make money. i think that's why you don't see advertisers say we're not touching it with a ten foot pole. >> it undoubtedly will work. that's because the storytelling around the journey, this is a lifetime journey for these athletes. if you lose ...