Geopolitical rhetoric swirling around. chinese new year happening but it feels nothing like a celebration, isa. hopefully as the games kick off, all of the attention can be switched over to the athletes and their journeys. let s hope so. it s been such a long journey for the athletes. we wish them, of course, all the very best. coy wire in beijing. russian president vladimir putin is in beijing for talks with chinese president xi jinping ahead of the olympics. tensions are said to be high on the agenda as well as trade and china is the only major power backing russia in the standoff with the u.s. officials say russia is preparing a propaganda video for
It s going to take time. not going to happen very quickly because there s no smoking gun solution. all of these things add up. we know the economy nerds are going to have fun trying to make sense of what all of these numbers mean in the jobs report. mark zandi, moody s chief economist, thank you very much. thank you. the olympic games officially kick off in a little over an hour now at the opening ceremony but how many athletes will we actually see walking? coy wire is there in beijing for this morning s bleacher report. coy, some people deciding to stay safe and not walk at all? reporter: yeah, that s right, laura. good morning to you. frustrating juxtaposition for the athletes. they want to get excited but it is tough. geopolitical rhetoric swirling around. there were two chain link fences around the figure skating arena. threat of covid. one of the biggest names deciding not to walk. team u.s.a. s star figure skater nathan chen told me earlier he is not participating in part
Plumes of smoke behind us. that s oil fires, suicide car bombs used by isis to push peshmerga back. they re never sure quite how safe they are, either side, as we saw getting pot shots taking out of them, suicide bombers popping out of holes in the ground. according to the afp news agency, turkish prime minister has said their jets took part in coalition air strikes over the city. that throws potentially a big geopolitical span into all of this. iraq has been very clear they want turkey out of this. turkey is part of anti-isis coalition. they may have been in the air. we can t tell from here who s been bombing who. that may well anger the pro-iranian shia militias who are saying they want to get involved in the mosul fight but shouldn t be a part, according to the official plan here. so all these geopolitical bits of fiery rhetoric swirling here. all eyes frankly on as these forces move down this road towards the city of mosul, where there are 1.2 million people
If people on the right and sarah palin are reasonable for all of this and this rhetoric is so pitched, how come this isn t happening every day? why isn t the vast exception to the rule? there s no logic in any of the assertions they re making. none. that was rush limbaugh responding to the giffords shooting and overheated rhetoric swirling around. how does the tea party fall into the angry political discourse? joining us now, judd phillips. when you first heard about the incident, what was your reaction? i was stunned. it was unbelievable that a