00:25It's very soon we, of course, all know
00:29about the geopolitical situation around the world and we said it many times, FIFA or football
00:39can certainly not solve geopolitical conflicts around the world. What we can however do and what
00:47we will do is use football and use the World Cup to bring people together, to build bridges,
00:56to foster understanding and peace between people from all over the world. The World Cup is a unique
01:04occasion and opportunity for everyone in the world to come together in a joyful, peaceful atmosphere.
01:14Our priority and the priority of the three hosts, Canada, Mexico, United States, is to host the World Cup.
01:23These teams and their fans will be welcomed for a safe and secure World Cup.
01:32Any time a city or state is hosting a large sporting event or any sort of event, obviously security is
01:39going to be of concern.
01:41But it's a special concern here because you're talking about 104 total matches across the World Cup,
01:47where each one is essentially its own Super Bowl. And it's not just what's happening in the stadium,
01:53and we're talking about tens of thousands of fans in each stadium when these things happen,
01:58but also these side fan events that themselves can have thousands of people. And all of this combined creates
02:05kind of a huge security challenge for the cities and the stadiums that are hosting these events.
02:11And they've been dependent on federal funds that have been stalled for months and this week were finally released
02:17and are on their way out now. But it's forcing them to play catch up and to get in shape
02:23for each of these games as they happen.
02:25Planning in many places is behind where the officials would like it to be for security. And then also, President
02:31Trump's aggressive immigration crackdown
02:33is looming over the entire event, with images of masked men going through U.S. cities and even tourists who've
02:40been apprehended
02:41in airports on their way into the country. Just for some perspective, we're talking about having to hire security personnel,
02:49also having to buy equipment, for instance, anti-drone equipment or drone monitoring equipment,
02:54and also software licenses that can help them manage the security around all of these events.
03:00This would be hard to do in a matter of months, even in a more relaxed setting, but obviously with
03:05pressure on it could be even harder.
03:07We're already seeing major events being stopped. So the Bahrain and the Saudi fee Formula One, both of those were
03:14cancelled this past weekend.
03:16So we're seeing caution around major events unfolding. What's concerning now is seeing how does the implication of airspace shortage,
03:25what is that going to do in terms of travel? The anticipation is that we're looking at air travel increasing
03:31about 30 to 40%,
03:32but that is all a hypothesis based on how long the military action continues and how rapidly we're going to
03:39be able to bring the price of oil back down
03:41and increase the capacity of flights. But we know that there will be an impact because, again, the price of
03:47oil is going to increase,
03:48increasing fuel costs, and the number of seats that are available for global travel are distinctly down.
03:54But when we look at the World Cup, fans coming from, for instance, and teams coming from Europe and the
04:00UK,
04:00it won't be an issue because there are direct routes in. If you're coming, however, from Asia and Africa,
04:05that's where they're going to get stung because we're looking at about 40% coming across from those areas.
04:11And the easiest way to travel is through the Middle Eastern corridor.
04:15Why are you going to be using the lightest?
04:15I'm not sure. I've always been to the deaf and difficult people out there,
04:20so I'm happy to be hearing you're going to change the opportunity to be in.
04:20And I really want to take over the world and be happy to be in.
04:20And I'm being careful because there is genuinely changing the way.
04:24You want to be a lawyer in the world and be a lawyer in the world.
04:25When I am a man in the world, but I'm a lawyer in the world,
04:27with me and I'm a lawyer in my mind.
04:27And I do think it's my lawyer.
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