the benefit of our presence? moreover, how can we trust the ccp to protect and care for our athletes. the answer is we can't and shouldn't. joining me now is mike pompeo, fox news contributor and former secretary of state. mr. secretary, these olympics are poised to be a massive p.r. coup for presidency and yet we're -- for the president and yet we're plowing right away. >> good evening, laura. glad to be with you. i've been asking for our athletes not to go to beijing for a while now. i regret that the leadership in the united states and the i.o.c. failed the olympics. i saw carl lewis run. we were sitting on high-up seats in the l.a. coliseum. i love this event. we shouldn't prop up the president. this will be known as the genocide olympics. what's taken place in western china is nothing short of genocide.