speaker nancy pelosi told american athletes to be careful about protesting. i would say to athletes: you are there to compete. do not risk incurring the anger of the chinese government, because they are ruthless. that anger seen here, a dutch reporter dragged from his camera live on air by a chinese official. senator marsha blackburn says no one should be told not to speak out. allowing a u.s. broadcast network to be there broadcasting these games, and the chinese communist party has said they are conducting extreme censorship, but they have to approve everything that is going to go out about china. nbc universal is paying $7.75 billion to the games. corporations have been called to pull their sponsorships of the
genocide of uyghurs, and reports showing around 3 million people have been forced into detention camps described by survivors as modern day concentration camps. on capitol hill today, speaker pelosi warned american athletes to stay silent for their own safety. but republican martha blackburn tells fox news, the wrong advice. listen. this is disgusting to tell our athletes don t tell us what you are seeing, keep your mouth shut. a lot of hypocrisy when it comes to the u.n. leadership and the biden administration, pelosi s comments, treating the games, allowing a u.s. broadcast network to be there. sponsors and broadcasters are the largest contributors to the i.o.c. for the games, and nbc universal is in the middle of a 7.75 billion contract for the broadcast rights, another ten
are the woke nba, nike and hollywood china apologist? calling out corporate sponsors backing in the olympics and some demonstrators staged a sit in outside nbc headquarters today in new york calling on them to cancel their broadcast of the winter games nbc universal has $7.75 billion contract to broadcast the olympics through the year 2032. anita. most unusual olympic games, christina coleman live in los angeles thank you for that report christina. here are some other headlines and around the globe. in austria at least eight people have died after three deadly avalanches in the western part of that country between yesterday and today. heavy snowfall followed by warm weather made conditions more dangerous than usual in the region. in sweden officials are ending all covid restrictions including limits on a restaurant capacity and rules requiring masks on public transportation. denmark and norway also ended
has become a political tool for the chinese communist party at the state department. there is diplomatic boycott underway. their main concern is that the ioc stayed silent about china s ongoing genocide. lawmakers on capitol hill are speaking out. michael waltz says the ioc rot runs deep, take a listen to speaker nancy pelosi yesterday. now the ioc turns blind eye with 2022 winter olympics, just to bolster their bottom line. gillian: u.s. corporate sponsors and broadcasters are largest contributors to this year s game. nbc universal in the middle $7.75 billion contract for broadcast rights and coca-cola facing backlash from government watch dog group, they say coke is staying silent about chinese
aisle. i respectfully disagree with the speaker because you cannot normalize what they are doing and to go there and act like all is well is to normalize it, the brutal behavior. this is disgusting, to tell our athletes don t tell us what you re seeing and keep your mouth shut, we know there s a lot of hypocrisy when it comes to the un leadership. when it comes to the biden administration, pelosi s comments. human rights activists are side of nbc s headquarters in new york calling on them to cancel their broadcast of the games. a 7.75 billion dollar contract to broadcast the olympics for the year 2032. arthel: thank you.