us details on such a busy week in civil rights. certainly not all good, but we will carry on. i m calling on president biden to rise up and end racism at the border and help haitians. later, a week of legal headaches, as the walls are closing in on former trump, not just the former guy, but his children as well. first, my colleague rich ar. they forces are backed by russia, it is believed. analysts fear russia could use this infighting in ukraine as a pretex to for invasion. vice president harris also meeting with ukraine s president in germany. he warned of unprecedented.
and got the 15 minutes of fame i think this past week. if you go back further, five-week stretch between the kentucky derby, the preakness and belmont, even at the kentucky derby, rich ar, which you recall, he was complaining of churchill downs talking about how inhospitable they were and complaining about a blanket given to california chrome for the saddle that had california misspelled and he starts this massive conspiracy that if you listen to him closely, went back to the kennedy assassination and then all the nasal strip type controversy. this is a guy who s a coowner. not an owner very long. he is just crying for attention out there. well, one racing analyst told me the racing establishment here, they don t think he should come back and they don t expect him to have another triple crown horse. we have to get him on the program to defend himself here. talk up. since you re not going to be having dinner with him any time
4.5 million people took the underground that day, the highest number ever. rich ar? ancient but much loved, annabel. what about the sales of merchandise in stores and online? there was concern early on when the olympics first started that folks weren t showing up, tourists were staying away, they weren t buying. well, that s proved not to be the case. merchandise is selling well according to the organizers. it s estimated 750,000 people have visited the megastore in the olympic park, i think most were there on the day i was in it last week. it was unbelievably pack. some items reportedly sold out in three days. britain is suffering economically right now, but there is some good news. according to visa, visitors to the uk have spent more than $1.4 billion in the last two weeks. and those from the u.s., you ll be interested to know, have been spending the most. and there are plenty of more unusual items up for sale, too, as perfect souvenirs of this incredible games. lots of objects