infantry fighting vehicles for the next phase of the war where they would like to go on the offensive themselves later this spring. we are working with them to get the equipment to do that, we re training them on the best way to go about that. and every phase of this is tailored to what we think their operational needs are, and that s going to continue. while i have you, i want to get your thoughts on this. the u.s. today joined more than 30 countries to call on the international olympic committee to reverse its decision last month to enable russia and belarus athletes to join the upcoming olympic games. why was it important for the united states to take this stance? look, i will let the decision of the u.s. olympic committee speak for itself. it is not a policy decision that comes before the white house. it wouldn t be appropriate for me to offer a view on it. but certainly nothing to contradict anything they decided. but do you support that decision? i have to look at it more
operational needs are, and that is going to continue. while i have you, i want to get your thoughts on this. the u.s. today joined more than 30 countries to call on the international olympic committee to reverse its decision last month to enable russian and belarusian athletes to join the upcoming olympic games. why is it important for the united states to take this stance? look, i will let that decision of the u.s. olympic committee speak for itself. it s not a policy decision that comes before the white house. it wouldn t be appropriate for me to offer a view on it. but certainly, nothing to contradict anything that they have decided. but, do you support that decision? i have to look at it more carefully, honestly, before just going out and commenting on it. jon finer, thank you very, very much. i know it s incredibly busy day today. thanks for joining us. we will continue this conversation for short down on the road. up next, what will vladimir
development. sure is. thanks very much for your reporting. we really appreciate it. three former u.s. snowboarders claim their coach sexually abused them and now they re taking legal action. they re suing the national snowboarding federation and u.s. olympic committee, as well as their former coach peter foley. the suit accuses foley of using his position of trust to, quote, cohers sexual acts through force, manipulation, emotional abuse, intimidation and retaliation. no response yet from foley s attorneys. cnn sports analyst christine brennan, also a column fabulous for usa today. it s always good to see you what more do we know about the allegations included in this lawsuit? what we know is that this is a story, unfortunately, we ve become so familiar with, whether it be gymnastics, figure skating, soccer, here we go again. we re talking about athletes abused while they re competing, while they re representing the
start to moderate sunday especially into monday, so taking boston, for example, temperatures dropping to 7 below zero tonight. windchill will make it feel much colder. we ll warm up to a balmy 18 degrees by saturday, but then we re back above normal by sunday. the good news, it s short lived, but it s going to be extreme and people need to definitely take precautions. a balmy 18 degrees, i have to say i am happy to be down here in washington and out of the way of this. i hope everyone in its way is very careful out there. jennifer grey, thank you very much for that reporting. coming up next, it s shockingly good, but is it too good for the fed? what today s blockbuster jobs report could mean for future rate hikes and the big recession debate. plus, they claim their coach sexually abused them and that the u.s. olympic committee and others covered it up. the accusations rocking the u.s. snowboarding world. police make an arrest after two rare monkeys were stolen
organizations, national snowboarding organization and u.s. olympic committee. what are the allegations against them? what are they aused caused of doing or not doing? the u.s. ski and snowboard federation, the national governing body for the sport, is accused of misleading and not taking this to safe sport and trying to have their own investigation. once something is going to safe sport, started in 2017, only recently, to deal with these issues, the u.s. center has to take control. you can t have officials from the national governing body meddling. u.s. olympic and paralympic is the organization overseeing all the national governing bodies. it would be logical in this case to sue them, whether or not that ends up being found to be proven in a court of law, we will see. the good news here is that the u.s. opc has new leadership. there was a reckoning with usa gymnastics as you recall, the horrors of larry nassar, the hundreds of women abused in gymnastics, and thankfully, the