this coming from the white house. say what you will about foreign policy, but sometimes the policy of sport has implications and the united states is now announcing it will no longer participate in the paraolympic games in sochi, this after the olympic games have just wrapped up, the paraolympics getting under way in sochi and the united states saying it s no longer going to send a presidential did delegation. now, that is significant. but it does mean that the athletes will still be able to compete. and the president says that he continues to strongly support the u.s. athletes in their competition in sochi. but that there will be no american delegation going. and with that, i want to get to cnn michelle kosinski live outside the white house. i read statements like that and think that s interesting. but i just don t know whether there is a lot of teeth to something like that. maybe you could put it into context for me, michelle. reporter: that has been the big question about all of t
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and i see the skiing thing, the adaptability skiing thing, and i made the reservation before he could say no. he just rocked the skis. we were there five days. that is the happiest, longest period of time he s been happy in five years. it was amazing to watch. and i said, that s it. that s the ticket. went home, put the house on the market and that s why we re here. so we re talking five months out of almost six years that he finally has a reason to get up every day. see i made the paper? regardless of how catastrophic one s event might be, you can still push forward. my goal is to go to the paraolympics. so to have this goal in front of me, it s a feeling you can t describe. i ve taken steps and i ve
prosecutors will determine whether charges could be brought against him and his associates on the state level. bulger was convicted monday of racketeering and 11 murders. jon: there s growing outrage today over a decision to bar a young athlete from the paraolympics. a committee ruling that victoria arland cannot compete because she basically is not disabled enough. this despite her being confined to a wheelchair since she was 11 years old. rick leventhal in our new york newsroom with this very unusual story. reporter: jon, according to the rules, anyone competing in the paraolympics swimming world championships must be permanently disabled. so victoria was ruled ineligible because one doctor suggested there s a slight chance she might one day walk again. victoria was struck with a pair of rare neurological disorders as a child that put her in a coma and left her paralyzed from the waist down.
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