house to the standoff underway right now at our southern border. today is the deadline for texas governor greg abbott to allow federal agents access to shelby park in eagle pass. a hub for illegal border crossings. the biden administration wants the razor wire fencing there gone. but defiant texas officials now declaring that they will not comply. in fact, the national guard there is putting up more razor wire. matt finn is live on the ground with more. our panel is standing by. matt whitaker, tom homan and tomi lahren. first to peter doocy that was directly out of the white house briefing. peter, good afternoon. good afternoon, trace. we know half of this country s governors, 25 of them, all republicans, sent a letter to this president saying that they stand with governor abbott in this effort to secure the border on his own. it doesn t sound like this white house is putting any stock at all in that letter. instead, they keep directing people s attentions to the senate neg
uefa has doubled the prize money for the women s european championship next year, to be hosted in england. the 16 qualified teams will now share 16 million euros. the total prize money for the men s euro tournament last year was 371 million euros between 2a teams. us athletes have been told they must be vaccinated against covid i9 if they are to compete at the beijing 2022 winter olympics and paralympics. united states olympic and paralympic committee guidelines say the health and well being of all athletes is top priority . and british born gary hunt, has retained his world series cliff diving title with victory in italy. hunt nailed a difficult back three somersaults and four twists. he now competes for france, and this effort secured his ninth world crown. now, there s been a great deal of attention on the lasting effects of heading the ball in football,
everyone s map. vladimir putin may end up regretting it. dear friends, ladies and gentlemen. let me declare that 126 session of the international olympic committee open. thank you. these are the putin olympics. the games in sochi, russia, designed to showcase a leader in command of his people. putin spent years lobbying to win the games for russia and now the country has spent a record $51 billion making it the most expensive olympics ever. that s 2.5% of russian gdp. in the u.s., that would mean spending $400 billion on the olympics. or as one dutch newspaper illustrates with this graphic, the sochi games will cost more than all the modern winter games combined. $265 million for a ski jumping venue, six times more than the original estimate. $371 million for an amusement
original estimate. $371 million for an amusement park locals call putin world. it s not yet finished. $8.7 billion with at b for a rail link project awarded to the state rail company run by a ppu pal. it s a curious mix of grandiosity and bungling. the first time the olympics are being held on the edge of a war zone. pair of creepy toilets thrown in for good measure. in the meantime, preparations continue. there was word that russian authorities have hired a pest control firm to exterminate thousands of stray dogs around sochi. as local animal rights workers tell the new york times, many of these strays were pets abandoned by families whose homes were demolished to make way for the olympic venues. these are not the kinds of reports vladimir putin wants to get out because vladimir putin wants everyone to know this is not your father s russia.
let me declare that 126 session of the international olympic committee open. thank you. these are the putin olympics. the games in sochi, russia, designed to showcase a leader in command of his people. putin spent years lobbying to win the games for russia and now the country has spent a record $51 billion making it the most expensive olympics ever. that s 2.5% of russian gdp. in the u.s., that would mean spending $400 billion on the olympics. or as one dutch newspaper illustrates with this graphic, the sochi games will cost more than all the modern winter games combined. $265 million for a ski jumping venue, six times more than the original estimate. $371 million for an amusement park locals call putin world. it s not yet finished.