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power in the olympics. the big question is what athletes will be allowed to say? what protests will they be allowed to engage? would they bell wear a small lapel pin with an if that athlete says some pro-gay rights, will punishment be meted out? and joe, this seems to be overshadowing, you know, the sports that will be involved. right? that s where we fall into the love for the olympics, obviously, it s a time of year we all get patriotic and turn to our television and we watch with our families and all of that spectacle that comes along with it, but there are some pretty interesting story lines, with the money that s being spent, you know, the $51 billion. because putin is trying to put
issues. this would hit the press and hits real people. i think this is a perfect opportunity. it is a way to have conversation. it is certainly a protest. but it is a dialogue. and that dialogue is very important. i don t know if that will happen. because the olympics, i mean, we re focusing on russia. but the olympics themselves have a rule 50, an athlete can t engage in any protest. i was at the buenos aires conference where they elected the new president. we asked what about a tiny little lapel pin with a rainbow flag, would that be considered protest? he laughed diplomatically, we ll have to cross that bridge when we come to it. we don t know what the olympics will do to enforce this you must be a good guest rule. it is hard to control the olympians. you re always hearing stories of whether that is parties or just, you know, getting saying things maybe they shouldn t or getting into trouble. it is also interesting from the international dialogue about human rights. you ve got
macy s thanksgiving day parade. all right, jay, what are you up to now? reporter: good morning. you can see the floats lined up behind me on 77. what you see first is hello kitty, one of the newest floats, along with papa smurf. the balloons are lined up. if we come back to street level, you can see the floats lined up as well. everybody is ready to get these things going. it s an exciting morning. part of these floats that will be in the parade this year, we have a float that honors and represents the first responders to hurricane sandy, an important part of the theme of this year s parade. they want to make sure everyone here watching remembers the tragedy a few weeks ago. and everyone will be wearing a lapel pin, part of those rememb remembering those lost in hurricane sandy and remembering there s still a lot
to come in here and dictate to the primary voters that they ll invalidate their decision, that would be pretty radical and that could be the backlash for the republicans if they did that. there is a reason that claire mccaskill is not wearing a lapel pin for him. in the primary, this ad going on and on and on about how many departments and the federal government todd akin wants to cut about and his family values. todd akin, missouri s true conservative. hear that republican primary voters in an overwhelming republican state? the mccaskill democratic campaign tried to get them to pick todd akin. if you re running against a guy like that, forget the head winds. democratic candidate congratulations.