stadium and the national mall, organizers say hosting the event would confer incalculable benefit. let alone what people spend during the games. >> they renovated a bunch of more areas using the olympics as a hub. they think they can do that for the rest of the city. >> reporter: if washington prevails in the primary, the city advances to the so-called general election of 2017 when the international olympic committee will make a final collection. in washington, james rosen, fox news. >> how about that. a dream together. the summer games in our country in 1996. you may remember that. we have new developments about the freedom of the press sources tell fox news james