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entirety on tuesday actually it doesn't because he still simmering from anger that he had earlier at the suny berks turn the cameras off and walks off saying very dishonest about me. i've never had that experience with him. i think was partly to do with the interrogation about the stolen rigged election as he puts it and partly because by then he kind of convinced himself he shouldn't of given me so much time and thought he did i think president donald trump watch the whole interview actually will calm down i suspect to give me a call and i'll thank me [laughs] from one of the best interviews he's given in a very long time. >> hannity: i'll tell you one big difference that he can sit for an hour any talk about any topic at length with great specificity and i would argue our current president cannot. that to me has now become very apparent of the american people. let the audience decide. coming up part two of my interview with piers morgan now i'm and ask him what he was really thinking when he walked off the set of good morning britain and why he got mad at bill marr coming up. ♪ ♪ - hell

portland and of course our problems are consuming in my argument is that if wehi think historically, suny erkind of not trying to offer you literary saucier but i do think that proportion creates more room for hope and so is not as though the was a once upon a time and suddenly the election happening in the world ended, during the 2016 election was representing of the interesting it victory of perennial and i would argue destructive but it surely perennial forces in american life.. and anybody who wants to say that this is not who we are, does not know anything because of course it is who we are and the point of the country is to try to not be that 51 percent of the time. i think we are doing that right now actually, 93 united states senators, and something like 65 federal judges, the supreme court of the united states, they may have savedt the republicans, he and mike pence. but what if the supreme court had taken one of the voter fraud cases and just kicked it back and said were creating chaos that would flow through the inauguration date and who knows what would have happened but don't

suny brockport will host anthony bottom this april. he was convicted of killing patrolman waverly jones and joseph in 1971. the school also told students who may be, quote, traumatized by a large police presence on campus during the engagement, that because there were going to be so many cops, they didn't have to go to class. the professor who stepped down, daniel varrenti, joins us right now. dan, what was it about this event that you just said, i have had it up to here, i can't take what the school is doing? >> good morning, steve. it started in 2020 when the college president disseminating e-mails where she drew conclusions about law enforcement actions that had taken place in the country and even in rochester, new york, where she was condemning law enforcement for their actions without having any of the facts. then fast-forward to now, inviting a convicted murderer to college, wanting that individual to speak to their students goes everything i have worked for and believed in. that was enough for me to say i have had enough of teac

of course, kharkiv, suni, mariupol, these remain hot and remain massive targets for the russian forces to break through and try to go deeper into ukraine from those. so i think the images that we've been seeing in the past day are far from over. and we're going to continue seeing devastation like this. until something is done to prevent this kind of, these kinds of strikes in ukraine because otherwise, there's nothing much that we can do. >> romeo, it's been described as war crimes. it is clearly the targeting of civilians. for as sturdy and defiant and strong, the ukrainian people are, what is, what can you do? how do you defend yourself against these indiscriminate attacks against civilian centers? >> i mean, you can't, right? that's why they're made. to instill terror. we've seen this playbook before. we saw this in 1999. we've seen this playbook over and over in syria. this is what the russians do when they have no other method of subduing the population. and they have been successful in the past. they have no reason to think they won't be now. ukrainians though, we have seen the s

. >> you had a great shot from the olympics of suni lee who won the all-around competition performing on the beam in tokyo. >> yeah, this was just a beautifully captured image by doug mills, who is our white house photographer and he was through the trump administration and just capturing this fantastic athlete, perfectly framed, you know, she went on to win the gold. just, you are know, a great, great sports photograph. >> jeffrey, i'll note that doug mills is an american treasure and a great guy, knowing him from the white house. let me ask you about a heart wrenching photograph here from the mexican border, if you could describe to us what we're seeing here, the emotion plain as day in this image. >> yeah, this image by daniel is -- the story behind this is this woman with her children was migrating up from i believe honduras and they got near in wares there and said we're going to put you on a bus and take you over the bridge. they took them over the bridge and then they walked back and she thought she was in america but she was actually back in mexico and this is like the moment

. >> suni lee wins gold. >> katie ledecky is basking in the glory of having made olympic history like again and again and again. >>> number two, a big theme in 2021 was athletes continuing to campaign for mental health awareness. >> sorry -- >> no, you're super good. >> okay. i think we're going to take a quick break. just -- we'll be back in one moment. >> naomi osaka revealing press conferences give her anxiety and she had dealt with depression since winning her first open title in 2014. the four-time grand slam winner pulling out of wimbledon and the u.s. open to work on her mental health. >>> and number one -- major breaking news out of the olympics. we just learned simone biles has pulled out of the team compet competition. >> at the end of the day we're not just entertainment but humans. there's things going on behind the scenes we're trying to juggle with. >> she put a spotlight on mental health. no matter who you are, it's okay to not feel okay. she's going down as one of the greatest olympians ever for the impact she's having. >> she'd return to competition to take the bronze

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closing arguments begin monday skp. >>> and now to this just a few months after american gymnast suni lee brought home an olympic gold medal, she says she was targeted in a racist attack. >> lee told pop sugar she was pepper sprayed while in los angeles for her appearance on dancing with the stars. you'll recall that attacks against asian americans rose dramatically during the pandemic. here to discuss is pop sugar associate editor of trending and viral features. thanks for being with us. this is terrible. explain what happened here. >> yeah, hi, thank you for having me. i'm excited to be here. i think, you know, as i mentioned in the interview, i'd spoke to suni about a month ago on october 5th and she had told me that about a week prior, she found herself facing a racist attack while she was waiting for an uber after a night out with her girlfriends who were all of asian descent. they were startled by this group speeding by, and they were yelling awful racist slurs, and insisting them to go back to where they came from, and one passenger, suni told me sprayed her arm with pepper spr

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what suni lee is saying this morning. it is friday, november 12, 5:00 a.m. exactly here in new york. thanks for getting up early with us. i'm christine romans. >> and i'm laura jarrett. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. we will have some extraordinary reporting this morning from the poland belarus border this hour. we start with breaking news overnight from washington. the january 6 committee giving a top aide in the trump white house an ultimatum. the panel is now demanding former chief of staff mark meadows show up for a deposition and hand over documents today or risk criminal contempt. this after his attorney made it clear that meadows had no plans to cooperate until the courts ruled on trump's claim of executive privilege. >> and that, by the way, is now delayed as well. a federal appeals court has paused the release of trump white house documents to the select committee. the national archives was supposed to start handing them over today, including handwritten notes from meadows himself. cnn's daniela diaz is live on

what suni lee is saying this morning. it is friday, november 12, 5:00 a.m. exactly here in new york. thanks for getting up early with us. i'm christine romans. >> and i'm laura jarrett. welcome to our viewersth

an olympic gold medalist setting her sights on scoring the mirror ball on "dancing with the stars," suni lee is in the house. plus, we have a special performance from amy grant. i'm so excited. oh, my god. i'm so excited. i'm going to lose my voice more with that performance. but first, with selma, 13th, and when they see us, she is one of the most impactful creators and talented of our time peered she has to cope projects out right now, one is called "colin in black & white" which premieres on netflix on october 29th and the other is "home sweet home" and you can catch that on nbc. everybody please say hello to ava duvernay! ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] oh, my gosh. i want that dress bear that's my favorite color. we called each other. >> ava: yes, we did. >> kelly: how are you? >> ava: i'm good. >> kelly: i was backstage like weight, i've never met her. you are so badass. >> ava: thank you, as are you. >> kelly: i'm a very busy woman but you are far busier than me. >> ava: busy, but blessed. booked and busy and blessed. >> kelly: i love that. you are so busy that i said even shonda rh

you have the suni and kurds voting along sectarian lines. many of them paid for the demands with their lives. some 600 of them demanding an end to the sectarian, the backward looking form of politics that has so been problematic in iraq over the decades. no sign that's going to change. many people have turned out with the polls. >> sam kiley, thank you for that. appreciate it. >>> sports for you now. the red sox pushed the rays to the brink of elimination. coy wire has this morning's bleacher report. hey, coy. >> it is marathon monday in boston. the red sox and rays battled it out. top of the 13th tied at 4 with two outs. runner at 1st for the rays. blast to right center. looks like a home run but upon closer review you'll see the ball hit the wall, bounce back in and off of hunter renfroe. by rule it's a ground-rule double. sox out of the nick and to the bottom of the 13th, christian vasquez is gone. you know it's a good night when you can barely find home plate because your best mates are there waiting for you to celebrate. red sox win 6-4

. >> ana and suni. >> and we'll tell you why. >> more information later. it's a tease. >> we'll tell you why in a couple minutes. should i introduce the vice president? okay. so vice president -- what happened is that they both apparently tested positive for covid, no matter how hard we try, these things happen. they probably have a breakthrough case and they'll be okay, i'll sure, because they're both vaccinated. >> so what we'll try to do now is an interview with the vice president remotely. >> so joy behar did go on to interview kamala harris remotely. the vice president did not come into contact with the show's hosts. >> jonathan, white house reporter for the associated press, susan page, best selling author and long time bureau chief for usa today, and cynthia, former federal prosecutor in the civil rights division of the justice department. a good friday evening to all of you. how critical are these next few days for joe biden's next term? >> extraordinarily critical. we've had the president himself become far more personally involved with the negoti

but to watch like the hmong community, suni lee's family together, who like supported her gymnastics and they got to be together like being in that crowd and that must have been -- >> seth: and there was the swimmer from alaska, the same thing. just, you know, the community. >> yeah. >> seth: also it's really fun to watch people, like, like a group of people that are pounding and urging someone on. >> yeah. >> seth: you've seen this. there's a lot of talk about celebrities not taking showers >> oh, yeah. >> seth: you are following this? >> yeah, i have seen that. >> seth: gyllenhaal not showering a lot. dwayne johnson, has come out, three showers a day. >> three a day >> seth: yeah. >> well. i mean, there is a lot of body to wash on dj. >> seth: a lot of rock >> a lot of rock i feel like i want to get judge judy's take on that. >> seth: okay. >> i feel like whatever judge judy says i would agree with >> seth: you would just see the decision >> yeah. i always agree with her decisions for the most part. but if she said, "like who cares? shower whenever you want." i'd be like, of course

list or make it easy for them is bad, but you've got to remember back in the battle days when that suny and she were trying to kill each other in large numbers in baghdad. they could tell by the name, the accident, the clothing other iraqis were wearing what tribe they were from what they were doing pretty gotcha are those intel networks too. kennedy: it is like a dance off. what is over the horizon surveillance? why is joe biden so optimistic about it? why do i feel like this is a fruitless pursuit? >> is going to be highly effective until we wake up one day we missed something huge in a bit very bad thing happen. that is but over the horizon are beyond the horizon, both surveillance and airstrikes are. this is effectively on-demand we can't say that now, un- piloted. [laughter] it's a new term. so were not on the show you can man all you want around here. >> you have uavs and different strike aircraft that will bring it if they have too. then of course satellites and other fun gadgets and the spy world. >> obama screwed everything up with that. that's it piss them off us all the droni

up until now, the taliban has done nothing but occupy suni -- the tele-banner sun -- taliban are suni -- occupy sunni provinces all around the shia settlement in the middle of afghanistan. china will pay the taliban whatever it costs to settle down afghanistan, possibly allow them to put a pipeline through to china so they can increase their influence throughout the entire middle east. host: those are donald's thoughts. we will hear from alan in wisconsin, the republican. caller: good morning. my comment is i think we armed the taliban for maybe 8 years. do not blame trump, do not blame biden. we stuck our nose in and we pay for our consequences. that is all. host: clarence page? guest: he is right about that. it is interesting, talking about china again, china is an example of a country that we call communist. it calls itself, pianist -- itself communist. the government controls it, but since 1980, they have had the freedom to be capitalist in their various enterprises in cooperation with the government, and they have prospered as a result. i was over there 12 years ago. it blew me a

they are suni, the iranians are shi'a and they never read off the same hymn sheet. as history has always told us, your enemy's enemy is your friend, and they are an enemy of the united states and iran is welcoming a large swath of u.s. troops disappearing from their border. and we've also seen extraordinary scenes, jonathan, of afghan military personnel pouring acrossta the border int iran in advance vehicles with advanced equipment. no doubt provided to them by the united states which the iranian defense ministry will be very happy to get their hands on. that's the military side of it. the humanitarian side of it is that the iranians have opened up three border crossings on this very porous border between afghanistan and iran. they're housing refugees there in temporary housing. and as you know, jonathan, iran has roughly 2 1/2 million afghan refugees here, mostly undocumented, and they're going to be seeing a lot more pour into this country as the situation continues to deteriorate in afghanistan. and it's a very, very difficult life for them here in iran, jonatha

up until now, the taliban has done nothing but occupy suni -- the tele-banner sun -- taliban are suni -- occupy sunni provinces all around the shia settlement in the middle of afghanistan. china will pay the taliban whatever it costs to settle down afghanistan, possibly allow them to put a pipeline through to china so they can increase their influence throughout the entire middle east. host: those are donald's thoughts. we will hear from alan in wisconsin, the republican. caller: good morning. my comment is i think we armed the taliban for maybe 8 years. do not blame trump, do not blame biden. we stuck our nose in and we pay for our consequences. that is all. host: clarence page? guest: he is right about that. it is interesting, talking about china again, china is an example of a country that we call communist. it calls itself, pianist -- itself communist. the government controls it, but since 1980, they have had the freedom to be capitalist in their various enterprises in cooperation with the government, and they have prospered as a result. i was over there 12 years ago. it blew me a

there came the rise of caeleb dressel and suni lee and a bright promise of others. alyson felix's two medals raised her to five games. it makes her the most decorated track athlete in american history. there was the enduring excellence of usa basketball, extending record championship runs for both the men's and women's teams. nine medals from u.s. wrestlers, and the breakthrough gold for the american women's volleyball team. the united states once again on top of the world with 113 total medals including a leading 39 gold ahead of china and the russian olympic committee. meanwhile, thousands gathered near the eiffel tower yesterday to celebrate the handover of the olympic flag from tokyo to paris which will host the summer games in 2024, but not before the olympic torch passing through beijing for the winter games in less than six months away. >>> turning now to be able, toronto blue jays hosting the boston red sox, two runs, two outs, two runners on base. george springer connects for a three-run go-ahead homer. toronto hangs on to beat boston, 9-8. they beat them o

suni lee is taking back a full set before she starts college this fall with a gold in the individual all around competition. >> this medal means a lot to me because there was a point in time where i wanted to quit and i just didn't think i would ever get here, including injuries and stuff. so, there are definitely a lot of emotions. >> reporter: simone biles withdrawing from the women's team final and four individual events due to mental health concerns and a bad case of the twi twisties. the star gymnast returning to compete in the balance beam and ultimately walking away with the bronze medal. >> i'm pretty happy. i wasn't expecting to medal. i just came out here and just tried to do a good beam set, zwrous have one more opportunity to compete at the olympics meant the world to me. >> reporter: after she won, she talked about the significance of young girls seeing her take gold. she says it means they get to see someone like themselves up on that podium and it means that even they can accomplish the biggest of goals. of course, simone biles showing the world what courage and resili

. >> suni lee is one we have been watching, too. she did not medal this morning, and she was disappointed in getting bronze in the uneven bars final, and here's why. she said she was distracted by social media. she said she would probably delete twitter. you competed before twitter was a thing and before social media was on the internet, and can you imagine adding that on all you face in the games? >> i cannot. i shared this story. in '96, mary lou retton came to our training and she said don't listen to anything anybody is saying, and that's if you read the newspaper or watched tv, and it was easy to not pay attention to what people are saying about our team, and these girls are in a different position, and for lee to say it. it's okay to step away from the social media and focus on what is most important to you. for these athletes, there have been so many obstacles, and no fans and no family over there, that's enough distraction. you know, she's disappointed with bronze because she was expected to win gold, but watching from home

teammate suni lee is also competing as she looks to add to her individual all-around gold and her bronze on the uneven bars. it follows yesterday's floor routine win with jade carey. the usa men's basketball team took good with this morning's victory over spain. kerchlt durant scored 13 to help team usa to pull away after trailing by as many as ten. usa wins, 95-81. american record holder valarie allman took gold for the discus. american brittney reese secured her third olympic medal at her fourth around find games and team usa's rai benjamin won. american sara robles is now the first woman to win multiple medals. meanwhile on the sand, beach volleyball duo, ross and klineman are two wins away. they will face either brazil or switzerland in thursday's semifinal match. and in the pool this morning, arguably the most dominant u.s. team at the game, women's water polo is headed to the semifinals after beating continent rival canada. take that, canada. the last three world championships, the last world cups and last five pan american games, they are a dynasty. time now for the weather. and l

gymnastics confirmed biles will take part in tuesday's individual balance beam finals with teammate suni lee. this after withdrawing from the team finals last week citing mental health concerns. she also withdrew from four individual finals in this year's games. she is one of the most celebrated olympians in recent years and we wish her well tomorrow. the news continues. we hand it over to chris for "cuomo prime time." >> you've got to be a little worried about it, though, right, coop? she's got a lot of pressure on her. there's been some beautiful understanding about health is health, pain is pain. i just hope she's doing this on her own terms and that everything is okay. >> the pressure has to be so intense. >> yeah, but this is not any other sport. i've learned a lot about gymnastics. as you know we got the little one that does gymnastics. a friend of mine owns gyms on long island. you can't be spinning around and doing all the things that they do

athletes in the balance beam final tomorrow, suni lee and sloimone biles. can't wait to watch you both. biles helping the usa win silver in the women's team event but opening up about her anxiety and uncertainty as she pulled out of four events where she would have been a strong favorite to win gold medals. tuesday's balance beam final going to be the last chance to make the podium here at tokyo 20tok tokyo 2020. >> good for her. unfortunately wasn't meant to be for team usa in soccer, was it? >> no, it wasn't. no olympic gold at all. the history bid is over. the u.s. women's soccer team can't add olympic gold to the world cup title they claimed in france two years ago. they lost their sim emifinal th canada. one of canada's players only goes by the name quinn and is nonbinary is the first openly transgender athlete in history to be guaranteed an olympic medal. >> lastly, another historic moment for laurel hubbard, the openly transgender woman to compete. how did she do? >> the women's super heavyweight plus 87 kilogram didn't go the way she would have like

navengs tweeted out we're so excited to confirm you'll see two athletes tomorrow in the balance beam, suni lee and simone biles. can't wait to watch you both. this, after simone biles pulled out of the competition citing mental health. this will be her last chance to win an individual medal at these games. christine brennan, wow, this is a big turnaround. we saw the video that simone biles put out of how difficult it was for her with the twisties, losing herself during these tumbles. she feels well enough to try the balance beam? >> reporter: that's right, john. this is a very big development in the continuing story, which is now a week old, of simone and what she has gone through, and the journey she has taken us on. and i don't think there's any doubt this will be the most pressure-packed minute in these olympic games and frankly one of the most nerve-racking pressure-packed moments of olympic games in memory. that's how big a deal this s when she's on that balance beam, four inches, any mere mortal, it's hard to stand on that thing. she'll be flipping and doing all the amazing things sh

athletes in the balance beam final tomorrow, suni lee and simone biles. can't wait to watch you both. >> this is going to be something. this announcement comes after biles pulled out of the team and all around competition citing mental health. this is her final opportunity to secure an individual medal at the tokyo olympics. coy wire live in tokyo with the breaking details. event after event simone biles pulled out of. the last chance to do it and she's going to try, coy. >> huge news, john. it was a day by day evaluation process for team usa. most importantly, for simone biles, determining whether or not she felt well enough to compete in the four individual competitions for which she qualified. but the day before each of those competitions there were statements released saying that she would withdraw. but biles was seen here earlier today in tokyo heading to the gym to watch jade carey compete in the floor exercise. she won gold, by the way. congrats to jade carey. she also cheered on her teammates to individual medals yesterday. it was a waiting game i

over in gymnastics from suni lee brought home the third medal, winning a bronze in the uneven bars. lee, who is just 18 years old stepped in for simone biles and became the first asian-american woman to bring home a gold in the all-around competition. what a day that was. and then to the medal count. as it stands right now, the united states has topped china for the most medals of any country, winning 59. but still falling short of china's 24 gold medals. japan, great britain and the russian olympic committee round out the rest of the top five countries as well. >>> so star gymnast simone biles has pulled out of monday's floor event final and will make a decision about the only remaining event sometime this week. the news came in a tweet from usa gymnastics which also offered support for biles. many athletes have rushed to defend her decision to take care of her mental health, including figure skater adam rippon in this heartfelt instagram post. >> we aren't talking about an up-and-coming athlete here. we're talking about an athlete who has already proven themselves under the highes

and the women's all-around went to suni lee from team usa. it was an especially big deal for asian-americans, especially in the hmong community. the h mong are an ethnic group with roots in china. tens of thousands of hmong soldiers fought alongside the u.s. in the vietnam war. today there are enclaves in minnesota and fresno, california. in a piece for nbc think, minnesota public radio's nancy yang writes, "hmong people do not regularly see themselves in national news stories ore celebrated as part of the national conversation. lee has elevated a community that has for decades felt invisible and forgotten by america." now, look, i'm not going to tell you how you should show up. there are better experts than me to guide you on that. you'll meet one tomorrow night. more on that in a second. but these folks did amazing things as they charged into the unknown. that's not easy to do. even if you know what you're doing. which gets me to something more personal. an announcement about the future of this program. maybe you already heard. this fall i

she could barely sit steill as she watched suni lee stepping up and extending a run of five all-around olympic golds. the st. paul, minnesota, sunni bringing it. the women's vault and bars, finals are scheduled for sunday. the floor final is monday and the beam final is tuesday. scary moment here, poppy, during a semi final at bmx racing. connor fields crashing to the ground in turn one and two other riders fell on top of him. and he left the venue in an ambulance. usa cycling has confirmed that fields is awake and stable and awaiting further medical evaluation. le remain in the hospital under observation and we're wishing fields a quick and full recovery. and novak djokovic falling in the semi-finals to germany. he was trying to become the first man ever to win all four majors and an olympic gold medal in the same year. steffi graf is still the only person to ever do it. djokovic could still claim the grand slam if he wins the u.s. open which begins next month. and just moments ago, drama here in tokyo, the u.s. women's national team betting netherlands. team usa win 4-2 on penalty ki

>> reporter: mika, you know, just talking about suni lee. the psychologist of athletics has been the conversation for the past few days and one of the fascinating things was to see how the other women really stepped up without simone biles. simone biles has dominated for so many years and suddenly, yesterday, a gold medal was a possibility. so it wasn't just the americans. you know, it was also the brazilians, russians, you really saw them reach for that opportunity. and just makes suni lee's achievement all the more stunning. talking of the psychology guys, we've been watching the canada/brazil game, women's soccer going through extra time. i don't know how you're feeling about team usa taking on the netherlands in just an hour or so's time, that's going to be a nail biter with the women's soccer. >> very excited about that. and keeping our fingers crossed. talk about swimmer ryan murphy taking second place in the 200 meter backstroke, losing to a russian and afterwards hinting that the race might not have been clean. i'm curious, you sense

suni strong, an emotional win after going through all that she's been through. this is her moment and she says she's embracing every bit of it. >> with covid and my family and everything else, this medal definitely means a lot to me because there was a point in time where i wanted to quit. i didn't think i would ever get here, including injuries and stuff. so there are definitely a lot of emotions, but i'm super proud of myself for sticking with it and believing in myself. >> 18 years old, brianna. favorite book is harry potter. favorite movie "finding nemo" she wanted pizza and got her pepperoni. you deserve it. awesome, awesome stuff. >> oh, he is so does. she's been known for her uneven bars and turns out she's got it all. she's the whole package, coy. it's amazing to watch. thank you so much for live for us from tokyo. >> you got it. >>> so when suni lee was in tokyo clinching the gold medal, her family and friends were gathered thousands of miles away in minnesota. [ cheers and applause ]. the 18-year-old beat a packed field to become only the sixth america

tonight, let's celebrate usa olympian suni lee, now the women's gymnastics all around champion. the first hmong-american to win at the olympics. her dad has supported gymnastics from the very beginning, when he couldn't afford a balance beam for sunni, he built her a homemade version in the backyard. that wouldn't be missed ill there today. that is our broadcast for this thursday night, with our thanks for being with us, on behalf of all my colleagues at the networks of nbc news, goodnight. goodnight. >> rachel is on a much deserved vacation, this was the announcement in the newspaper two days after christmas in 1901. under an all caps headline, vaccination in boston. quote, notwithstanding the fact that some 400,000 people have been vaccinated in boxing since january the 1st, the board of health ordered that all the inhabitants of this city be vaccinated or re-vaccinated forth with. they explain that although there is been a remarkable cooperation throughout the city, the medical profession and the people in general having acquiesced to a most remarkable extend in its request f

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still won a gold medal in today's individual all-around gymnastics final. 18-year-old suni lee becomes the first asian-american woman to win that title. she's also the first hmong american to compete in the olympics. back home in minnesota, here's how her family reacted the moment she clinched that medal. >> simone biles cheered on suni from the stands with her teammates posted this congratulatory instagram story. i love it. we are six days into the games and nbc's steve kornacki has the latest on how america has been stacking up against the world so far. hey, steve. >> hey, alicia. greetings from japan. yes, that gold medal you're showing there, the reaction that suni lee won in gymnastics, that certainly adds to the count for the u.s. they now have 14 gold medals at these games. they're actually right now second in the world. china just added one in the last few hours, so china is still leading the way in golds with 15, the u.s. right behind it at 14. there's a bit of a streak on the line here for the united states. the last two summer games before this, they ended up finishing with

american suni lee winning the gold in the individual all-around gymnastics and making history, the first asian-american woman to win the gold in this spot. >> this medal definitely means a lot to me because there was a point in time where i wanted to quit and i just didn't think i would ever get here, including injuries and stuff. so there are definitely a lot of emotions but i'm super proud of myself for sticking with it. >> her family and friends are super proud as well. you can see some of them reacting there. the news is out. but if you want to watch the whole thing you'll see how lee did when the competition formally airs tonight on nbc. that does it for me. "the reidout" starts right now with alicia menendez in for joy. hi, alicia. >> hi, ari. thank you so much. and good evening. i'm alicia menendez in for joy reid and we begin "the reidout" tonight with the latest flash point in the covid culture war. required mandates for masks and vaccines. with president biden today asking federal workers and contractors to get vaccinated or else face testing. >> every federal government employ

hoping to watch the olympics all around competition and not knowing what's going to happen. 18-year-old suni lee became the first asian-american woman ever to win gold for team usa, she grew up practicing on a family built, there was special focus on her family during competition. when she won, for your enjoyment, here is how they reacted the moment it happened. >> a little bit of bonus in the difficulties for her. >> now a big release sequence right now. here back off. that was flawless. >> if you didn't see it last night, go watch the profile on her whole family, it is so beautiful. a little bit of joy in these ridiculous times we live in. thank you for letting us into your homes during these extraordinary times. "the beat" with ari melber starts now. >> thank you very much. i am ari melber. president biden delivers a major address of what came late today of what he calls the pandemic for the unvaccinated. >> every federal government employee will be asked to attest their vaccination status. a mask is not a political statement, it is about protecting yourself and others. >> biden using his

gymnastics gold from suni lee. they have a watch party, look at this reaction. i can tell you here while i was watching my phone on peacock, when you look up clutch in the dictionary, let's have a picture of suni lee. i thought that for a moment was the nbc news room here. totally clutch. and on so many levels, chris. if this had been a completely normal week and she pulled out the gold she is clutch. it has not been normal. simone biles pulling out for the team event. the fact that she had to go on and perform flawlessly with simone biles in the stands. the amount of pressure on her shoulders and she pulled it off. the mood was overwhelming joy and a bit of relief. you could see her exhale. i think a lot of people felt the same way if is also worth pointing out that the headlines were all about simone biles going into the games and understandably so but we didn't realize there was another super star on the team, and it was suni lee. one of the silver linings, or gold lining in this case is that she got her moment in the sun. >> also quickly. covid. >> yes, a u.

so she got out of the way, she let the three other young ladies suni, grace, and jordan, who just did beautifully, win a silver medal. i think that was incredibly selfless of her. >> how encouraged should we be that simone biles is saying she now realizes she's more than just her accomplishments or there's been this outpouring of support to allow her to feel that way? >> i think we should feel very encouraged, and i think it's a great message to young athletes who aspire to be olympians and world champions and soccer players and nfl football players that, yeah, you have to dedicate every single thing that you have to your sport in order to be the best. there's no question. but it doesn't define the human being who you are. you're more than that sport. and i think that's a healthy balance that every athlete needs to have because what was clearing the way to gold to the olympians you showed who, by the way, are the most successful olympians in history, they didn't have the balance and it really impacted them mentally. they went through extreme depression, thoughts of suicide. and this i

american suni lee in the mix for medal contention. we'll be watching. and joining us now, sports journalist carrie champion and kenny main, cohosts of tokyo tonight on peacock. your nightly destination of olympic highlights, interviews, and the game's biggest story lines. >> kenny has the same bald eagle tattoo on his shoulder and chest we saw the olympic swimmer with the gold medal have. so carrie, we have been it seems americans have been transfixed by one story obviously, extraordinarily compelling story, but at the same time there are a lot of olympians doing a great job out there, winning medals, and seeing their dreams come true every day in tokyo. how is the u.s. doing, how is team usa doing, what have you been inspired by thus far? >> you know what, i think we are leading to the medal count, it changes. but i am excited everyone had the same attitude and approach. it took an extra year and a half to be here, year and some change. we're all experiencing a global pandemic. more importantly, we still have to represent and do our best. for so many a

. >> two years ago, he was about to drive suni to nationals, when he fell head first off a ladder. >> his foot slipped, he landed headfirst on the ground and he was powerlines from the waist down. suddenly, competing felt impossible. i saw my dad right before suni i was about to leave and i was like, i don't even want to go to championships anymore. my dad comes. first john urged her to go though >>. you worked so hard for this i told her, just go. i will be okay. >> she thought about him the whole time. i >> was just like, he is probably watching right now. i just know he would be so proud. suni shocked everyone, finishing second. >> i knew she was nervous, on top of that she had me to worry about. it was amazing. >> i hung all my metals on the stuff -- the shelf my dad made me. the pandemic shut her gym down, her parents contracted covid, she lost an antidote to the virus. >> it was hard but, i feel like when i come into the gym, it kind of helps me forget about everything. my safe place is the gym. >> what have you learned about yourself in the last year? >> i'm a pretty strong per

our report tonight from nbc news correspondent kate snow. >> reporter: sunisa lee, suni, knows a lot about how to handle life's twists and turns. >> i mean, it's just so fun, flying from one bar to the other bar. >> reporter: do you feel like you're flying? >> yes, you're literally flying. >> reporter: she grew up in st. paul, minnesota, surrounded by siblings and a large extend family. her parents moved here from laos, she's the first lao american to compete for team usa with a huge family cheering her on. >> we're all family, we're all related somehow. >> reporter: her olympic dreams started young and she found a partner in her dad, john. >> my dad is like my best friend. he's been through the whole journey with me. he would give me pep talks and make me feel better about myself. >> reporter: but two years ago he was about to drive suni to nationals when he fell head first off a ladder. >> his foot slipped and he landed head first on the ground. he was paralyzed from the waist down. >> reporter: suddenly, competing felt impossible. >> i saw my dad right before i was about to leave.

i don't want to be the reason you don't medal, and those three came together, along with suni lee and they won a silver medal against russia. she came out and cheered them on. will she come back. it's unclear. she needs time. she's pulling out of the all around, which she won gold in. i want to remind you guys, four years ago in rio, now is she going to compete tuesday through sunday of next week in the individual events she competed for. and look, if she doesn't compete, it's her life, she's done so much. she's still considered the greatest gymnast of all time. but if she does compete, it will be one of the biggest comeback stories we have ever seen in olympic history, and even saying this, i feel uncomfortable saying this because it shows the pressure that she's under and she mentioned this, she's the face of the olympics. and that's true, she's the face of the tokyo games. this is not like rio where we had michael phelps, and katie ledecky, we have caeleb dressel here in swimming but it's really about simone biles, you know, the goat, the greatest of all time. everything was riding

. >> reporter: teammates suni lee, jordan chiles and grace mccallum stepping up. biles cheering them on from the sidelines. but in the end, it was a silver medal behind russia's gold. biles saying that she stepped aside to take care of her mental health. >> i say put mental health first. it's okay sometimes to even sit out the big competitions to focus on yourself. >> reporter: another shock. japan's naomi osaka dealt a crushing blow. the tennis superstar, number two in the world, losing to czech republic's marketa vondrousova, ranked 42nd. osaka telling reporters, "i definitely feel like there was a lot of pressure for this." and the u.s. now leading in overall medals. the alaskan assassin, lydia jacoby, upsetting teammate lilly king in the 100-meter breaststroke. jacoby, alaska's first olympic swimmer to win gold, placing her small town of seward on the map. fans reacting all over her hometown. now, the big question, will simone biles compete in the individual competition? well, she says she's taking it one day at a time. david? >> we're rooting for her. james l

. >> reporter: teammates suni lee, jordan chiles and grace mccallum stepping up. biles cheering them on from the sidelines, saying that she stepped aside to take care of her mental health. >> i say put mental health first. it's okay sometimes to even sit out the big competitions to focus on yourself. >> reporter: and japan's naomi osaka dealt a crushing blow. the tennis superstar, number two in the world, losing to czech republic's marketa vondrousova, ranked 42nd. osaka telling reporters, "i definitely feel like there was a lot of pressure for this." >> reporter: the alaskan assassin, lydia jacoby, upsetting teammate lilly king in the 100-meter breast stroke. will simone biles compete in the individual competition? she's taking it one day at a time. >> james, thank you. >>> when we come back tonight, the newest heat wave now set to the newest heat wave now set to grip much of the country.usiness have a black owner. that needs to change. so, i did something. i created a black business accelerator at amazon. and now we have a program that's dedicated to making tomo