From the pga with loads of cash. What role did financial compensation play in your decision . Id be lying if i said it wasnt a big part of it. Byron the outrage over its backer, saudi arabia, and its troubling history sportswashed from the conversation. Saudi arabia has been able to distract from its human rights record, killing and dismemberment of kamal khashoggi. Byron whats behind the sudden interest in golf. Girls of the world. Our linsey davis, the Emmy Awardwinning journalist and anchor on her new Childrens Book paying homage to trailblazers like carole simpson. I felt growing up and seeing her on world news on the weekend, she was planting a seed for what was possible. Byron lindsays message to other girls out there. And the nsync reunion. Fans who thought the boy band said bye bye bye to performing together got a big surprise. Aint no lie bye bye bye screams bleeding gums are serious, jamie. Dr. Garcia . Woah. Theyre a sign of bacterial infection. Crest gum detoxifys antibacterial fluoride works below the gumline to help heal gums and stop bleeding. Crest saves the day. Crest. Bye, bye cough. Later chest congestion. Hello 12 hours of relief. 12 hours mucinex dm gives you 12 hours of relief from chest congestion and any cough, day or night. Mucinex dm. Its comeback season. Now try Mucinex Instasoothe sore throat medicated drops. Business. Its not a ninetofive proposition. Its all day and into the night. Its all the things that keep this world turning. The gotos that keep us going. The places we cheer. And check in. They all choose the advanced Network Solutions and round the clock partnership from comcast business. See why comcast business powers more Small Businesses than anyone else. Get started for 49. 99 a month plus ask how to get up to an 800 prepaid card. Dont wait call today. Byron good evening. Thank you for joining us. On its face, the liv Golf Tournament series financed by the saudi government might seem like a long overdue facelift to a sport seemingly in need of a new look. But the machine behind the liv suggests something far more troubling. Heres abcs ashan singh. Reporter this is something youve never seen before. We are about to party lets do this reporter it isnt your typical Golf Tournament. This is liv golf. Were not from the country club. We love the game of golf. Were trying to have fun with it. Reporter its flipped the sport on its head. Forcing the pga tour into a fight for survival. The celebrity investors getting tangled in the fray. The likes of lebron james and even drake. Big investors coming to try and save an organization that for the longest time looked like this. Jack nicklaus and Arnold Palmer meet in a match that dangles 50,000 in first prize ton traditionally, pga events are quieter. Golf etiquette is kind what was you would think. Liv golf seeks to reinvent professional golf and make it more compelling to a larger audience. Its new, its disruptive, incredibly controversial. Reporter thats because behind liv golf is one of the Worlds LargestSovereign Wealth Funds backed by a country with a troubling history of political repression, restricting womens rights, and the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. Its the start of pro tour paying several golfers millions to leave the pga tour, but the money comes directly from the Saudi Arabian government. Saudi arabias been able to distract from its human rights record, killing and disrememberment of jamal khashoggi. Reporter saudi arabia has invested 2 billion into this new golf venture alone. And its triggering outrage across the nation. Some calling it sportswashing. Sportswashing is a form of information manipulation where big governments and big corporations included use sportsrelated content and the media stories tied to sports in order to alter the information that reaches their target audiences. Saudi arabia can use the media cycle of good sports stories in the United States to push out all those negative stories. Reporter its bankrolled by one of the largest investors in Global Sports. The Public Investment fund backed by the Saudi Arabian government. The pif owns a Minority Stake in disney, the Parent Company of abc news. And they have money to blow. Attracting the biggest names, pushing players from the prestigious pga tour with unmatchable, lucrative deals. What role did financial compensation play in your decision . Ill be lying if i said it wasnt a big part of it. Reporter someone hsaid financing that it comes from saudi arabia. When when you look at every industry, theres people that invest that you might not agree with. Reporter some people say its not distracting them from the truth. The mounting pressure for saudi arabia to explain the death of a journalist. How can you take hundreds of millions of dollars reporter you think this is a blatant attempt at sportswashing . 100 the definition of sportswashing. Reporter this type of saudi takeover isnt just happening in the world of golf. From mma to soccer to cycling and even formula 1, the kingdoms influence continues to grow across the Global Sports industry. According to global swf, an organization that tracks Sovereign Wealth Funds, pif has invested 13. 5 billion in over 20 sports since its insession. The crown prince, mohammad bin salman, known as mbs, on fox news whether its sportswashing, well continue to do sportswashing. Reporter twotime masters champion bubba watson is one of the many highprofile players who left the pga tour in 2022 and accepted a multiyear contract from liv golf, and he has no regrets. What do you say to the people who have been critical of liv and what theyre trying to do with the sport here . Im doing something thats fun, energetic, and new. If youre going to grow the game of golf, this is the way, i believe, to do that. So for me, its all about me and my family. So thats all i focus on. Reporter the 12time winner on the pga tour joined liv golf at the very beginning, jumping into an unfolding proxy war that started when pga commissioner jay monahan dropped a bombshell announcement on cbs. We made a decision last week to suspend those players. And theyre no longer eligible for tournament play. Pga tours first reaction to liv was very strong and very anti. And jay monahan, the commissioner of pga tour, said anyone who plays on the liv golf tour will effectively be banned from playing on the pga tour. Reporter was there any shock, given how long youd been a part of the pga . Did it feel like betrayal in some sort of way . I actually i threw in my resignation. So they suspended me even though i was out. I guess i put in my twoweek notice. Its the same job, just a different company. I have nothing against any of those guys that stayed. Dont have anything against the critics. Thats their opinions. Reporter while fellow top golfers dustin johnson, brooks koepka, Phil Mickelson were joining the new league, pga veterans were coming to the defense of the pga. Like current number two golfer in the world, rory mcilroy, telling bbc sports he would never join the league. If liv golf was the last place to play golf, i would retire. Reporter tiger woods reportedly turned down 800 million from the saudis to join liv, bashing players on cbs who left the pga tour. I think that what theyve done is theyve turned our their back on what has allowed them to get to this position. Reporter the backlash increased as fans discovered the money was coming from that statesponsored investment fund. Those early liv golfers being grilled on sky sports golf. Theres no danger youre also being seen as a tool of sportswashing . A saudi stooge . I dont condone human rights violations. I dont know how i can be any more clear. Saudi arabia obviously has a horrific track record with human rights, with human atrocities, that make people very uncomfortable. Reporter at first, the pga wanted to remind the public of that human rights record in an attempt to stop liv. Even allying themselves with the families of 9 11 victims who had been warning against saudi arabias investment in american sports. Some of the early criticisms that the pga tour launched against the liv golf tour were couched in moral terms. They latched on to the advocacy of the 9 11 families united, that the saudi government had this connection to the 9 11 attacks, and therefore, could not be trusted to be an actor in the American Economy or american society. It was about, you know, hey, were all on the same page here. I can share what i know about the kingdom and their involvement in september 11th. Reporter the kingdom denies those claims, saying . Their most recent statement, any allegation that saudi arabia is complicit in the september 11th attacks is categorically false. Jay monahan publicly aligned himself with the families affected on cbs. As it relates to the families of 9 11, i have two families that are close to me that lost loved ones. I would ask any player that has left or any player that would ever consider leaving, have you ever had to apologize for being a member of the pga tour . Reporter what do you say to people who do say that liv is providing shade for its financial backers, and who say that this is just a form of sportswashing . I have no comment on that. Im just again, point to the power what was were doing, the fact that were attracting a young audience, and ushering the sport into the future. That is good for the game of golf. That is good for sports. Reporter after over a year of tension and mounting lawsuits between rival leagues, an ironic twist. The Historic Organization of the pga caved, joining forces with liv golf. The pga says their back was against the wall, bleeding out money, and with big players abandoning ship. They needed capital, and they needed it fast. Monaghan told the New York Times thats why they took the deal. It was very clear that the pga tour was facing an existential threat from the 700 billion Sovereign Wealth Fund. And that Sovereign Wealth Fund was determined to control the future of our sport. Reporter monaghan announcing the new partnership side by side with the governor of the pif, yasser al ramain on cbs. Just this picture alone is going to surprise a lot of people. Its a historical day for the pga tour and the game of golf. Theres been a lot of tension in our sport the last couple of years. But what were talking about today is coming together to unify the game of golf and to do so under one umbrella. There had been so much rhetoric between the two leagues, between the two tours, it had been so combative, so fiery, so hostile. And for the announcement to come that, you know, the pif and the pga tour are coming together after everything that had been said was purely shocking. Reporter a decision many never saw coming. Jay monahan, the head of the pga tour, really let the families and 9 11 victims down, really let folks who care about the game of golf down. Reporter no one felt more deceived than the families of the 9 11 victims. We thought the pga tour shared our values, shared our commitment to never, ever being in business with the kingdom. Thats the way it felt. Until you wake up one day, and theyve turned on you also. You know . Byron our thanks to ashan. For more on this story, watch the full episode of impact by nightline, power play the booming business of sportswashing now streaming on hulu. When we return, girls of the world. My nightline coanchor juju chang sits down with abcs linsey davis with her new book chang sits down with abcs linsey davis with her new book and its powerful message. Things are getting clearer. i feel free. To bear my skin, yeah thats all me. Nothing is everything with skyrizi, 3 out of 4 people achieved 90 clearer skin at 4 months. And most people were clearer even at 5 years. Skyrizi is just 4 doses a year, after 2 starter doses. Serious allergic reactions. And an increased risk of infections. Or a lower ability to fight them may occur. Tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms,. Had a vaccine, or plan to. Nothing and me go handinhand, nothing on my skin, thats my new plan. Nothing is everything nows the time,. Ask your doctor about skyrizi,. The number one. Dermatologistprescribed biologic in psoriasis. Learn how abbvie could help you save. smelling ew. Gotta get rid of this. Tell me why because it stinks. Have you tried downy rinse and refresh it helps remove odors 3x better than detergent alone. It worked guys yeahhhh downy rinse and refresh. Skincarving next level hydration . New neutrogena hydro boost water cream. A vital boost of nine times more hydration to boost your skins barrier for quenched, dewy skin thats full of life. Neutrogena. Hydro boost. My hair was thinning all around my hairline. My dermatologist recommended nutrafol. Its 100 drug free and clinically tested. My hair is longer, thicker. Nutrafol is life changing for me. Get growing at nutrafol. Com. Ah mornings cough . Congestion . Im feeling better. All in one and done with new mucinex kickstart. Headache . Better now. New mucinex kickstart gives allinone and done relief with a morning jolt of instant cooling sensation. Its comeback season. Saves us 5 on the things we need. 5 off. 5 off. 5 of. And, as loyalty members, we get points toward mylowes money for the things we want. Oh, we want this. The all new mylowes rewars Loyalty Program is her. Download the app to joi, earn and save toda. Juju welcome back. Our next guest is an Emmy Awardwinning journalist, anchor of abc news live prime, world news on sunday, dear friend and colleague of mine, New York Times bestselling author out with her sixth Childrens Book. When do you find the time . I think whatever youre passionate about, you make the time. Juju there you go. Youre obviously an enormously successful pioneer, in your own right, journalist. What drew you to write childrens novels, especially this series . Were storytellers. Often were talking about mayhem, missing, murdered, chaos. Especially when my son was starting to get old enough to see what i do, i want to watch, i want to see what you do. I felt like, uh, maybe not. Juju maybe a highly redacted version. Yes. I feel the news is heavy and dark, quite often. This was a way for me to tell the good news, the uplifting and joyful stories. He kind of game me the first idea, unbeknownst to him, of what i was going to write about. Juju this is girls of the world. I want to turn the page to anchor girl anchorwoman, as you are. You think carole simpson, the former anchor of world news tonight weekend, the first African American woman to anchor a Major Network news broadcast. It appears there may be a reasonable chance for peace after a year of brutal civil war in bosnia. Juju you thank her and acknowledge her . Sure. That was important for me. In order to be it, you have to see it. Carole existed at the time she didnt see anyone else who looked like her doing what she ultimately did. For me, i felt growing up and seeing her on world news on the weekends, thats just an option, you can do that. Sublimb nally, she was planting a seed in what was possible. I fit i owed her that sense of gratitude. I felt that way about connie chung. Girls of the world celebrates equality and fairness. We see girls as artists and mechanics and doing things in the world. Why is it so important to portray it in that way . I felt like we need to affirm our girls, we need to plant these seeds of positivity. Were strong and were brave and courageous. Juju we also need to read this book to our boys. Ive read this book with my son so that hell get that message of, you know, my cousins, the women around me, my classmates, are capable, are equals. Juju i know this about you. You ar woman of faith. And that this book was published by xander kids, a christian publishing company. Yes. Juju tell me about how your faith informs your storytelling, especially with these books . I feel like my foundation is in faith. I feel a constant theme, a sublimb mall message of faith, whatever your belief is. Thats one thing im happy about in the illustrations. Were not just bringing everybody into the tent with regard to skin color, but also with religion. Whatever your background might be. We have two girls in wheelchairs, a girl with a prosthetic leg. Its very inclusive. I do feel like there is a thread of faith and belief in yourself in all of my books. Juju i know that you askasked, who inspires you . Your caregiver . Yes. Juju as working mom, caregivers are so important. Tell us about miss hester. She came when i was 2 years old with the thought that she was going to change my diapers. I felt like by the time she left, she had changed my life. She was really my best friend growing up. She really was kind of like that quintessential person who kind of shook you by the shoulders, said youre good enough. Whatever you want to do, you can do. I think that we cant have enough of that kind of reinforcement in our lives. Juju the book nods to the challenges in the world that were facing right now. You write that its time to make right all the things that are wrong. Why does the world need girls to use their voice and their power . We still havent had a woman at the helm of our country. The United States always talks about how were so advanced. Theres so many other countries who are way ahead of us. Theyre already had female prime ministers, female president s. When you think about the candidates, the people who put their names into the ring, in order to be considered . When we have a woman whos running for president , theyre an outlier. Theyre an anomaly. I dont know what the mindset is, but i do think that mindset needs to change. Juju i love it. Thats an excellent message to end on. Linsey, thanks for joining us. Juju, thanks so much for having me. Juju congrats again. Thank you. Juju you can find girls of the world wherever books are sold. Byron our thanks to juju and linsey. When we come back, nsync. Fans who thought the chances were gone of seeing the group together again, weve got good news. Gone baby youre go