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00:07It's another week at the 2026 Oversight Headquarters in Miami, and in the social media space, there's something cool happening.
00:14Like, what even is that?
00:15Keepy-uppies.
00:16Excuse me?
00:17Wait, keepy-uppies?
00:18You've never heard of keepy-uppies?
00:19What, like it's a thing?
00:20Oh, man.
00:22Yeah, no, it's great. It's really old.
00:25This is a big week, with FIPA about to unveil its official ball for the 2026 tournament.
00:30The team have been looking at ways to viralise the moment on social media, and it looks as if they
00:35might have literally stumbled across something.
00:38Whoa.
00:38Jesus. Head nice and still.
00:40Oh, my God.
00:41It's all about distribution away.
00:43This is so cool.
00:45Oh, sorry, Will.
00:47Yeah, no worries. Yeah, cool.
00:48Okay, bad luck. Just keep your head still, yeah?
00:51Oh, okay.
00:52Yeah, no, sorry. You're not crab.
00:54Okay.
00:55Nice, easy rhythm.
00:57Like, we should totally put this on the far corner, right?
00:59Right, like, oh, my God.
01:00Okay.
01:00Like, as a challenge, right?
01:01Yeah, right, right, right, right.
01:02I'm not thinking about feet. They're just doing their own thing.
01:04Like, hashtag, keepy-uppie challenge.
01:06Hashtag 2026.
01:07Like, you posted personal best, right?
01:08Right, I can totally see that.
01:10Okay, okay. Let's do it.
01:12Like, like, this is really cool, right?
01:14Right.
01:14Hey, you want to try?
01:16Me.
01:16Yeah, like, you should totally try this.
01:18Yeah, no, I'm good.
01:19Okay.
01:19Yeah.
01:20Fine.
01:21So, we had to work hard on this with the venues and the manufacturers and our alternative
01:25technologies team, but we got there, right?
01:27We made it.
01:28Viva.
01:29Absolutely.
01:29Meanwhile, in the meeting room, Sarah is wearing her sustainability and climate strategy
01:34hat in a big way.
01:36So, we are now able to say, officially, that the lighting in all public areas around all
01:40of our stadiums and all of our venues will be powered exclusively by onsite solar powered
01:45generators producing 100% sustainable electricity with zero environmental impact.
01:50Right.
01:51Well, that's really, I mean, that's really great.
01:53Yeah, that is something, right?
01:55Shine the light.
01:56Shine a light is the flagship initiative in her Better Place pledge to leave the host
02:01cities, North America, and ultimately the world itself in a better place after the 2026
02:06tournament than wherever it was before it.
02:08This is cutting edge technology.
02:10Yes.
02:10We're shifting the paradigm for how these events are managed around the world.
02:13Exactly.
02:13Yes.
02:14Because from now on, things are going to be different.
02:16Why not?
02:17Because they have to be, right?
02:18Bravo.
02:19Sarah.
02:27So, there's a chip in the ball, right?
02:30They put a chip in the ball.
02:32Like, who is this guy, right?
02:33Right, right.
02:34What they don't tell you is that chip is a Chinese chip.
02:37Okay, so this is not good.
02:38As in, it is a Chinese made chip, right?
02:42Need I say any more?
02:43These are not case.
02:44Okay, so you cannot actually say that.
02:45Yeah, right, right, right.
02:46But meanwhile, back in the world of balls, there's been an unforeseen development.
02:50Like, this is actually the same chip they're using in Chinese military drones and nuclear
02:55warheads.
02:56Of course, they don't want you to know that.
02:58What?
02:59Like, oh my god, that is so yikes.
03:00Oh my god.
03:00A copy of an email has appeared online, which claims that in early trials, players are unhappy
03:06with the new 2026 ball, which they say doesn't behave normally through the air, prompting
03:11a virtual overreaction on social media.
03:13All right, thanks for watching, guys.
03:15You know where I am.
03:16You can subscribe here.
03:17I'm also there on Instagram.
03:19Hashtag, things that I want you to know.
03:21In the meantime, no fear, no doubt, no sleep.
03:29Right, so that's it.
03:30Okay.
03:30Right.
03:31Okay, so this guy.
03:32So this has come from nowhere, right?
03:33Right.
03:33Totally.
03:34Right, like I've literally never heard of him, right?
03:35Right, so this is Thunderbird Stingray.
03:37What?
03:37Right, so that's probably not his real name, right?
03:39Right.
03:39I hope not.
03:40Like he has like this channel, like things they don't want you to know.
03:43Yeah, yeah.
03:43Right.
03:44Yeah, you see, for me, I'm sorry, but for me-
03:46I'm sorry, you're crap.
03:47For me, the guy's a nutcase.
03:48So that is not okay, okay?
03:49I mean, he's sitting in his bedroom, he has about 12 subscribers.
03:52So actually he has like 300, right?
03:53Right.
03:53Okay.
03:54Right, actually 372.
03:55Right.
03:56Okay, 372 other nutcases sitting in their bedrooms.
03:59Okay, so-
03:59I mean, I'm sorry, but it's hashtag grow up, get off your ass and get a fucking life, right?
04:03Yeah, right, right, right.
04:14Why would I do that?
04:16I don't need to.
04:17I don't need to tell him.
04:18Why would I?
04:19Okay, well, it's not his condo either, right?
04:21It's-
04:22By the next morning, it's already Tuesday.
04:24I don't care.
04:25So that's just a legal thing, right?
04:27That's just a-
04:28Okay.
04:29Well, yeah, absolutely.
04:30No.
04:31Absolutely.
04:31That is a plan and we will talk again soon.
04:34Okay.
04:34Absolutely great.
04:35Sure.
04:35Bye.
04:36Bye-bye.
04:37Hi.
04:38Morning.
04:39Just thought I'd pick up a coffee before I start.
04:41Absolutely.
04:42By the way, I know I should be drinking ashwagandha tea instead.
04:46Well.
04:46I know you left some for me in the survival pack in the apartment.
04:49Right.
04:49And I will start drinking it, I promise, but sometimes-
04:52Right.
04:53So the guy showed up to fix the garbage disposal?
04:55Yes, yes.
04:56Great.
04:56No, thanks very much for that.
04:58Sure.
04:58It was a spoon, apparently.
04:59It was my fault.
05:00I shouldn't have taken the thing off.
05:01Probably not, no.
05:02By the way, it's so great, you know.
05:04The condo?
05:04Really, honestly, I can't tell you, so-
05:06Well, you know I'm glad.
05:08Talking of the environment, I see that Shine a Light went live on the website this morning.
05:12Right.
05:13Looks great.
05:14Well, thank you.
05:14You had any reaction yet?
05:16Right.
05:16So, actually, as of now, not yet?
05:19Right.
05:20No.
05:20Still.
05:21It's early days, right?
05:22Absolutely.
05:22And it's out there now.
05:24Absolutely.
05:24Yeah, it's real.
05:25There you go.
05:26Saving the world again.
05:27Oh, now stop it.
05:28I bet you say that to all the sustainability girls.
05:30I probably shouldn't say this, but who knows.
05:33Maybe the world really can be a better place after all, right?
05:36Right.
05:36In spite of everything.
05:38Yes.
05:38So, that's all good then.
05:40Yes.
05:44Yes.
05:45They can control it whenever they want, like with free kicks or penalties, like there's
05:49actually a building in Beijing, like there's footage out there, like it's insane.
05:53Right, okay.
05:55Huh.
05:55I mean, fuck's sake, this guy can barely type.
05:57By nine o'clock, with stories about the chip in the 2026 ball now proliferating fast
06:02amongst highly trained conspiracy theorists online, the Strategic Operations Group, or SOG,
06:07has gathered in the meeting room.
06:08It can connect with any wifi network, wherever it is, using AI to bypass password and security,
06:12and they can harvest information from computers or phones on that network without anyone knowing.
06:16What?
06:17Exactly.
06:17Yes, I mean, you're kidding.
06:18Okay, so this is not a joke, okay?
06:20This stuff is out there.
06:21It's like, where do these guys come from?
06:23It's outrageous.
06:24There's another one somewhere, I saw it earlier.
06:26The ball can listen.
06:27Exactly, yes.
06:28Yes, well, listen.
06:29Yeah.
06:29Exactly.
06:30What to?
06:32Yes, I mean...
06:32What do you mean, what to?
06:33What kind of a fucking question is that?
06:35Okay, well...
06:35I mean us, I guess, in this case.
06:38Balls?
06:38Yeah.
06:38Christ.
06:39I mean, if that's true, you've got to say, it's impressive.
06:42Well...
06:42I mean, I don't know about you guys, but I don't find that easy a lot of the time, and
06:45I've got ears.
06:45Yes.
06:46Exactly so.
06:47The official f***er 2026 football is made by a**, who we're unable to name for legal
06:52reasons.
06:53And the pressure is on to establish, firstly, what the actual truth about the ball is, and
06:57then, crucially, whether that's going to be believable.
06:59I mean, perhaps before we get drawn any further into the whole, you know...
07:02We're looking at a bottomless pit of shit here.
07:04Yes, well, that's one way.
07:05Yeah, 100%.
07:05Yeah, so as I say, before we get drawn any further into that, shall we just back up a
07:09moment and try and establish a few facts here?
07:12Ah, yes.
07:12Interesting.
07:13Yeah, that'd be something.
07:14Yes, because just to be clear about what we're dealing with here, in terms of the optics
07:17of this...
07:18Exactly, yes.
07:18I mean, because, well, there is a chip in the ball, isn't there?
07:20Oh, yeah.
07:21Well, we know that, so that's actually true.
07:23Of course there is.
07:23I mean, otherwise, how are we going to know where it is?
07:26Yes, and so, just out of interest then, is it Chinese made, do we know?
07:30What, the chip?
07:30Yes.
07:31I mean, I don't know.
07:32Probably, right?
07:32How do I know that?
07:33Do we know that, Eric?
07:35Well, because I know Xeric's been working very closely with a** through all the development
07:39stages of this.
07:40Well, exactly.
07:40So, then perhaps we can say we are all Chinese now, yes?
07:44Right, okay.
07:45It is where we are.
07:46When?
07:47Okay, f**k.
07:49Okay, so, with something like this, the only people that are going to visit the website
07:52are people who already know that it's there, right?
07:54Right.
07:55Okay, totally.
07:56Right, and think about the people who already know it's there, is they already know it's
07:59there, right?
08:01Right, right.
08:01Meanwhile, Sarah is with the social media team, analyzing early reaction to her Shine a
08:06Light campaign.
08:07And with three comments posted on the website so far, two of them from Ian Fletcher, the
08:12main takeaway is that there hasn't really been one.
08:14It's like the people that you need to reach out to here are the people that are not going
08:16to visit the website.
08:17Okay.
08:18Like, they have literally no idea what it is.
08:20Right.
08:20Like, this is a huge audience, right?
08:22Right, totally.
08:22Yeah, right, it's huge.
08:24Yeah, right, right, right.
08:24But fortunately, as usual, they've got the whole of the internet at their finger and thumb
08:28tips.
08:29Okay.
08:30Okay, so apparently the Rolling Stones actually sang this song, Shine a Light.
08:33Okay.
08:34The Rolling Stones.
08:35Right, yes.
08:36Okay.
08:36Right.
08:37Ew.
08:37Okay.
08:38Wait, what happened?
08:40Not going to work.
08:41No way.
08:42Okay, sure.
08:42Their task is to find a way of connecting Shine a Light with a younger and almost universally
08:47unaware audience on social media.
08:50So wait, is that?
08:50Okay, so that's Keep the Uppies.
08:52Keep the Uppies.
08:52Right.
08:53For the ball launch.
08:54Okay.
08:54So cool.
08:55So cool.
08:55Like it's literally gone crazy.
08:57Right, right, right.
08:57Okay, but that's Will, right?
09:00What?
09:00Will?
09:00Oh, wow.
09:02No way.
09:03Will?
09:04You posted a video.
09:06Yeah.
09:06That's so cool.
09:07Yeah, so I've been practicing so I can do like my personal best.
09:09Right.
09:10Like that's your personal best?
09:11No, but the hat.
09:12Yes, again?
09:13In the video, you're wearing the Shine a Light hat.
09:15Yeah, no.
09:16Yeah.
09:17Okay.
09:17Okay.
09:18Oh my God.
09:18Yeah, so Ian Fletcher gave it to me.
09:20Like he said I could wear it.
09:21Okay.
09:21Okay.
09:21So like if Will was like, I don't know, like Cristiano Ronaldo, right?
09:24No.
09:25Right.
09:25No.
09:26Like, oh my God.
09:26Like, oh my God, shut up.
09:28Yeah, I know you're crap.
09:30Yeah.
09:33Yeah.
09:37Yeah.
09:37Yeah.
09:41Yeah.
09:41Yeah.
09:41Yeah.
09:41Yeah.
09:42Yeah.
09:42Meanwhile, the controversy surrounding the official ball for the Soccer World Cup took
09:46a more serious turn overnight, with President Trump posting on Trump that the governing body
09:52for world soccer should get rid of the Chinese chip in the ball, which he says can actually
09:57listen to what you say, and replace it with an American chip made by which he says
10:02is far superior anyway.
10:04Our sports correspondent Dan Howard has been following this story and is outside the White
10:08House now.
10:09Dan, this is a story that just got a lot more serious, right?
10:12That's right, Alex.
10:13As you say, this is a story that got more serious overnight.
10:16It's Wednesday morning, and the issue with the ball has got a lot more serious overnight.
10:21And with the President posting again in the last few minutes, this time suggesting that
10:25they should replace the Adidas ball itself, Adidas being a German company, of course, and
10:29replace it with a n***y ball.
10:30Right.
10:31Okay.
10:31Now we here at CNC News have approached FIFA for comment.
10:34Unfortunately, they haven't gotten back to us yet.
10:36And with the President...
10:38I mean, the idea of us dropping anything completely at this point.
10:41Yeah, uh...
10:42No.
10:43Excuse me?
10:44I mean, presumably, that would be, you know...
10:45No, no, no.
10:46Yes, so we can say this could be complicated.
10:49Complicated?
10:49Exactly so.
10:50Okay, you want to know how much the contract with the d***s is worth over the next 10 years?
10:53Well, uh...
10:53700 million dollars.
10:54Right, okay.
10:55700...
10:55Yes.
10:56It's not complicated.
10:57That's apocalypse now.
10:58Yes, and then when it comes to the idea of replacing the Huawei chip with the n***y chip...
11:02Oh, please.
11:02Okay, so these are just details, but first of all, n***y don't actually make their own chips.
11:07They're actually made out of either Taiwan or South Korea.
11:09Right.
11:10Yeah, and also, this is actually pretty interesting.
11:12I believe they currently supply the hardware for a lot of the US administration's own systems.
11:17Right.
11:17But like I say, those are just, you know...
11:19They're just facts.
11:20Yes. I mean, obviously, we need to get ahead of this pretty quickly.
11:22Absolutely.
11:23But when it comes to...
11:24But when it comes to exactly what the narrative is here...
11:27Okay.
11:27So what you have here is you have a fire here, and the forest is dry.
11:30Yes?
11:31Right.
11:31Right, we're on fire.
11:32Okay.
11:33Then in Mexico we have a saying.
11:35La manera de extinguir un incendio pequeño es con un incendio más grande.
11:38Ah, yes.
11:38Right, well, the way to extinguish...
11:40Yes.
11:40The way to extinguish...
11:41Yes, extinguish the small fire...
11:42Small fire is with a bigger one.
11:44Bigger one.
11:44Yes, exactly.
11:45Yes.
11:45So how do we do that?
11:46Bueno, then this is the question here, yes?
11:48Right.
11:49This is what I am saying.
11:49Yes.
11:50Exactly so.
11:51Yes.
11:53Also, nothing back from Lionel Messi, but they did ask us to send him the hat.
11:57Okay.
11:58Cool.
11:59Over in the social media space, having come up with the idea of mashing up their keepy-uppy
12:03ball campaign with Sarah's shine-a-light environmental initiative, all thanks to Will,
12:08the team has been busy reaching out to global sports stars to keep the ball up and wear the
12:13hat, but so far without much luck.
12:15Okay, so we keep going here, right?
12:17Like, it doesn't even have to be a soccer player.
12:19Like, it could be...
12:19Right, totally.
12:20Right, it could be anybody, right?
12:21Right, like, even Will has like 300 views now, right?
12:23Right.
12:24Yeah.
12:24Right, so it could be anybody, right?
12:26Right.
12:26Totally.
12:27Yeah, cool, yeah, it could be anybody, yeah, cool.
12:29And no one is more keenly aware than Sarah of what's at stake if they could somehow pull
12:33this off.
12:33Okay, so Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Chad Vandergriff, Mohamed Salah, Abidal Kapomer,
12:40Kylian Mbappe, Narendra Modi...
12:42Wait, Narendra Modi?
12:44Okay, wait.
12:44Yeah, like he plays for Real Madrid, right?
12:46Uh, so...
12:47No way.
12:47What?
12:48No way.
12:48What?
12:49They love the hat.
12:50Who does?
12:50Lionel Messi, his people.
12:52Okay.
12:52Lionel Messi?
12:53Whoa, no.
12:54They love the hat.
12:55They love the idea.
12:55He wants to do it.
12:56Okay, okay.
12:57Oh my gosh.
12:58Cool.
12:59Will!
12:59Yeah, I know, yeah, that's just like mental.
13:01Can I hug you?
13:02Uh, yeah.
13:03Could that be okay?
13:05Yeah, okay, cool.
13:11I'm so sorry.
13:12I just had to do that.
13:13Yeah, no, no worries.
13:14Yeah, cool.
13:27Wait, you're saying legally I have to tell him?
13:29It's another morning.
13:31And for Sarah, it's another cup of tea at the start of another day.
13:34Tell him.
13:35I don't care.
13:35What's he gonna do about it, right?
13:37Okay, so sue me.
13:39Go ahead, but you can tell him from me that I...
13:41Absolutely.
13:42No, absolutely.
13:43Okay, sure.
13:44Bye.
13:44Bye-bye.
13:45Oh, right.
13:46Oh, hi.
13:46I thought I might find you in here.
13:48Absolutely.
13:48Can't go on meeting like this, right?
13:50Yes, no.
13:51I was just...
13:51Oh, by the way, congratulations on the news about Messi and the hat.
13:54Right.
13:55I mean, that would be amazing if that happened.
13:57Sure.
13:57I mean, wouldn't it?
13:58So, his management has been in touch.
14:00Right.
14:01And they're asking about the issue with the ball.
14:02Right, yes.
14:04So.
14:04Yes.
14:05Right when we were this close.
14:06No, but I'm sure we'll find a way.
14:08I mean, in the end, it's just a problem.
14:11It's just a problem?
14:12Well, there are all kinds of problems, aren't there?
14:14And I think we're at a point with this one where the only way out of it is to find
14:16a solution.
14:17Right.
14:18I mean, that's literally the only way of dealing with it.
14:20So, no, I mean, it's exciting.
14:22Right.
14:22Yeah, so anyway, a big day, but I just wanted to find you.
14:25It's a bit embarrassing, but I think with everything going on, I managed to leave my keys behind in the
14:29flat this morning.
14:29Okay.
14:30I mean, locked inside, obviously.
14:31Sure.
14:32So, I was just wondering if...
14:33Sure.
14:33No.
14:34No problem.
14:35I have a spare set.
14:35Oh, great.
14:36Phew.
14:36So, I don't actually have them with me.
14:38Oh, okay.
14:39They're at home.
14:41Right.
14:41So, I could just bring them over to you at the end of the day, right?
14:44Uh, well, that seems a bit...
14:45I could meet you at the condo?
14:46Or I could come to your place.
14:48Right.
14:48Well, if it's better for you to come to my place.
14:51I mean, your place, actually, of course.
14:53Sure.
14:54With news breaking a few moments ago that President Xi is threatening to pull out of
14:58the summit, describing recent comments by President Trump about the Chinese-made computer
15:03chip in the ball as unacceptable and offensive.
15:06Our diplomatic correspondent, Andrew Duclair, has been following this story and is in Beijing.
15:11Andrew, this is a story that just got a lot more serious in the last few minutes, right?
15:15Well, Alex, as you say, this is a story that has gotten a lot more serious in the last
15:19few minutes.
15:20Meanwhile, it looks as if the issue with the official ball has got more serious still
15:24in the last few minutes, with China's President Xi Jinping now threatening to pull out of a
15:29scheduled meeting with President Trump at the G20 summit in Paris.
15:32The first meeting between the two men since the last time they met.
15:35Okay, so this is not good.
15:36Well done.
15:36President Trump, as is his way, of course, appears to be doubling down with a series of
15:41new posts, with another one coming in just in the last few moments, describing the
15:44new solar-powered generators to be deployed across all 2026 venues as Chinese fake
15:49tech.
15:50It's not good news for anyone, but especially not if your mission in life as the person
15:55responsible for sustainability and climate strategy is to make the world a better place.
16:00...saying they should be replaced instead with US-made diesel generators running on
16:04US gas, which he describes as common sense.
16:07For fuck's sake.
16:08Where's Sarah?
16:08Sarah.
16:09Yes.
16:09She's in the kitchen, I think.
16:10Yes.
16:11Okay.
16:11No, you're all right.
16:12She's gone.
16:14So, things are moving faster on here, yes?
16:17Exactly.
16:17I have good news.
16:18Zurich has been talking to the White House.
16:20Right.
16:20We have good relations there, as you know.
16:23Right, yes.
16:23Yeah.
16:24They have also been talking to Beijing.
16:26Okay.
16:26Who?
16:27Zurich now?
16:27Yes.
16:28Fortunately, we know our president is a personal friend with President Xi, of course.
16:32Right.
16:32Wait, a personal friend of President Xi?
16:34Ah, yes, yes.
16:35What the fuck does that mean?
16:36So, apparently they share a love for opera.
16:39What?
16:39Huh.
16:40Perhaps we can say this is the power of football and music working together, yes?
16:44Yes, well anyway.
16:44Opera?
16:45Yes.
16:45Anyway, we will be releasing a statement shortly, which we hope will de-escalate the situation.
16:50Great.
16:51Okay.
16:51And which, we hope, will be acceptable to all the parties involved.
16:54Right, okay.
16:55Then hopefully we can all get back to football.
16:56Yes, exactly.
16:57Exactly so.
16:58So, good news, yes?
16:59Yes, but hang on, I mean, how?
17:01How?
17:01I mean, what kind of statement?
17:03What's going to be in it?
17:04Ah, yes.
17:05So, we can say they are very keen to know this.
17:08Right.
17:08Actually, we can say super keen.
17:10Right.
17:11Ah, okay.
17:12Well.
17:13What do you mean is we're going to be releasing a statement?
17:15Well, fuck's sake.
17:17No, no, no.
17:17Perhaps we can say when the big moment arrives in the big game, this is where you find out who
17:22you are, yes?
17:22Well.
17:23No.
17:23You sure you want to know that?
17:24No mames, wey.
17:25This is not any party.
17:26This is the third World War, yes?
17:27Well, exactly, yes.
17:29Right.
17:30Meanwhile, as rumors surrounding the Chinese chip in the ball continue to proliferate on
17:34social media, and with President Trump and President Xi Jinping apparently in a standoff,
17:39the pressure is building on 2026 organizers to find a solution to this problem before
17:44it gets a lot more serious.
17:45I mean, so in terms of what we know, we know we can't replace the chip with a different
17:49chip, and we know exactly why we can't do that.
17:51We know we can't replace the ball with a different ball, and again, we know exactly why we can't
17:55do that.
17:56Right.
17:56So we're starting from a place where we know quite a lot already, so that's all good.
18:00Yeah, right.
18:01With the world's media watching, and what would once have been diplomats in both Washington
18:05and Beijing waiting for an official statement from , this is about as serious as it can
18:10get.
18:10Unless it gets more serious still.
18:12I mean, is there a way, and listen, if I had a better idea I would tell you about it,
18:15but is there a way we could just turn this thing off?
18:18Right, okay.
18:19Turn it off?
18:20You mean the chip?
18:20Right.
18:21So what do you mean, turn it off?
18:22Look, so I love technology as much as the next guy, so recently I've actually started
18:26sleeping with it, but in this case, it is the technology that got us where we are here,
18:31right?
18:32Well, yes, that's true.
18:33Right, so I'm just wondering.
18:34Okay.
18:35Okay.
18:35I mean, that's an interesting light to shine on this, isn't it?
18:38Interesting.
18:38Is it?
18:39I don't know.
18:39Fuck's sake.
18:40Nick.
18:40So, Nick, you don't seem to-
18:41So this is a chip, right?
18:43Right.
18:43Right.
18:43How do we know if it's on or off?
18:45Okay.
18:45How do we know what it's doing?
18:46Yeah, no, okay, yeah, fair point.
18:47So what, we get our guy to have a private word with President G at cosy fan-fucking-tute?
18:52Yes.
18:52Or, I don't know, maybe we cut a deal.
18:54Maybe they get to keep the chip switched on if they promise not to invade Taiwan.
18:57Yes, okay.
18:57You know, actually, that's not a bad idea, actually.
18:59I mean, what are we, what is this, a fucking high school slumber party?
19:02Okay, bueno.
19:03So what you have here, this is a runaway train, yes?
19:05Whoa.
19:06Exactly.
19:06Then when you have a runaway train, what do you do?
19:08Well, you do it so you make sure you are laying the track, yes?
19:10Right.
19:11Exactly.
19:12I'm sorry, but I'm struggling here.
19:13So this is instead of the fire, is it?
19:14Excuse me?
19:15Yeah.
19:15Fire?
19:16Obviously, this is not my area, but I'm pretty sure the train is on fire as well here.
19:20Exactly.
19:20Well, okay, yeah, got it.
19:21With the clock ticking, and the world waiting for a statement, the challenge is to find
19:26something acceptable to Zurich, Beijing, Washington, and conspiracy theorists the world over.
19:31And in an era of competing narratives, and with fact heavily circumcised, they need to
19:36find a story that's better than anyone else's story.
19:39Okay, so let's go back to the beginning and start again.
19:41Really?
19:41Hang on, haven't we done that once already?
19:42Well, sometimes when you tell yourself the story again, you see something that's been
19:45staring you in the face all along.
19:47Huh.
19:47Yeah, like disaster.
19:48Okay, so the chips are made by .
19:50Correct.
19:51And just to be clear, all the software is .
19:53Right.
19:54Well, no.
19:55Actually, I believe the ball-tracking software itself is actually US-based.
19:59Right.
19:59It's written by a bunch of 14-year-olds in Silicon Valley.
20:02Okay.
20:03Right.
20:03Okay.
20:03Right.
20:05Huh.
20:09By the end of the afternoon, with the press now gathered outside, there's a growing
20:13sense that something has got to happen.
20:16Hi.
20:17Yes, it's Ian.
20:18I'm not sure where you are at the moment, but I just wanted to say, just wanted to bring
20:20you up to speed, really.
20:21But in the meantime, Ian is having a brief moment in the kitchen.
20:25It looks like we're onto something, and if it works, then it could even be that this
20:28whole thing goes away as quickly as it flared up.
20:31So, for shining light and for, you know, saving the world, basically, that's all good.
20:35Yes, and then with the keys, I'm not quite sure what the plan was, so it might be good
20:39to firm up on that.
20:40Anyway, I hope you're well.
20:42I mean, I hope you're okay.
20:44Yes.
20:44So, anyway, we'll speak soon.
20:46Yes.
20:46Bye.
20:48Bye.
20:49Bye.
20:51Bye.
20:51Oh, right.
20:52Okay.
20:52Well, first things first.
20:54But eventually, after intensive track laying, and with the train still on fire, the time
20:58has finally come for someone to go downstairs and say something.
21:01There are a lot of TV crews down there now.
21:03Right.
21:03But we have said you will make one statement only, yes?
21:05Right, yes.
21:06And don't worry.
21:06I am there to protect you.
21:07Right, okay.
21:08So, in this situation, I am in midfield.
21:09I am controlling the game.
21:10You're just scoring the goals.
21:11Okay, yes.
21:12It's a perfect scenario.
21:13Yes.
21:13Oh, right.
21:14Yes.
21:14Okay, here we go.
21:15Yes.
21:15So, I've been in contact with Zurich.
21:17Right.
21:17What I can say to you is they are super happy with your statement.
21:20Right, okay.
21:20Super happy.
21:21Good.
21:21Exactly, yes.
21:22They just have one little thought.
21:23Yes.
21:23Okay, just to save time here, I'm going to be making the statement that we agreed on
21:26in the room, if that's okay.
21:27Ah, yes.
21:28Yes.
21:28Not some other announcement that I haven't seen yet and that I won't have time to look
21:31at until it's coming out of my mouth.
21:32No.
21:32Well then, in this case, we can say good luck.
21:34Yes.
21:34Well, thank you.
21:35Yes, thank you.
21:36Yes, exactly so.
21:38Si.
21:39Si.
21:39So, we are avoiding mentioning a d*****, a d*****, a d*****, a d*****, a d*****,
21:43or a d***** by name at any point.
21:45Right, yes.
21:45You can literally use any other words you like.
21:47Right.
21:47D*****.
21:48I added that one.
21:49Right.
21:49You got a problem with that?
21:53Great.
21:55Okay, so this is going to be great.
21:56Right, well.
21:57Good luck.
21:58Thanks.
21:58Yeah, good luck, mate.
21:59Yeah, cool, yeah.
22:00So, I guess I shouldn't say this, and I mean it as a compliment, but in case it helps,
22:04I'm glad it's not me.
22:05Yeah, me too, yeah.
22:05Yeah, 100%.
22:07Okay.
22:18So, thank you for gathering here for this, and welcome to Oversight.
22:23So, we've become aware, obviously, in the last few days, of a number of rumours surrounding
22:27the official ball in the 2026 tournament.
22:31So, it's a great opportunity for us to clarify things.
22:35So, for a while now, there has been a chip in the ball used in many, if not most, professional
22:40soccer games, and there's nothing different about this tournament.
22:43But soccer is nothing if not a global game.
22:46And every four years, the world comes together to celebrate that fact.
22:50So, it is no secret and no surprise to find that the chip in the 2026 ball is manufactured
22:56in China, just as it is no surprise to find that the software that controls it is written
23:01and created here in the US.
23:03So, what do those two facts tell us?
23:06They tell a story of two of the greatest nations on Earth, the US and China, working together
23:12in lockstep, united in creative and technical endeavour, whether it's this or the cutting-edge
23:17solar power generators across all our venues, and connected to the rest of the world through
23:23the power of sport.
23:24Soccer.
23:25The 2026 World Cup.
23:28We live in a complex and often troubled world.
23:32And I don't know about you, but that's a story we need to hear now more than ever.
23:37Who knows?
23:38Maybe the world can be a better place after all, in spite of everything.
23:45Mr. Fletcher, have you spoken with the President?
23:47Yes, thank you.
23:48Exactly so.
23:49Yes.
24:10Oh, hi.
24:11Hey.
24:12I hope you haven't been here long.
24:13This is so good of you.
24:14No, not at all.
24:15It's the end of a long day, and Sarah has come over with her spare set of keys to let
24:20Ian
24:20back into the apartment so i just wanted to say thank you me no i mean what for that was
24:25a
24:26brilliant thing you did oh no well i mean sometimes it's like with pilots and bad weather
24:30sometimes you can't go around it or over it so in the end you just have to go through it
24:34you know that's so true so i want to show you something okay you seen this i don't know depends
24:41what it is okay wow they just posted it on the far corner site that's amazing right right
24:52no he's definitely better than will right how many followers has he got 500 million on instagram
24:58right have you got 500 million hacks anyway i just thought you should see it well no that's amazing
25:05i mean well done basically well so really coming over here to let you in is the least i can
25:11do okay
25:11well anyway thank you it's very good of you oh okay so okay actually is that i mean has someone
25:23changed the locks okay i mean could that have happened okay so we should probably talk i guess
25:29right no look i mean it's fine i'm truly sorry about this no honestly really it's fine i'll phone
25:34the hotel it is not fine you know they know me i'm sure they'll be able to also you're not
25:37going back
25:38to a hotel tonight honestly you're not this is my fault no it's no it's not my fault i mean
25:43it's one
25:43of those things isn't it it's just you're not going anywhere there's room in my place right if you would
25:50like that right time has passed at 2026 oversight headquarters in miami director of integrity ian
26:02fletcher has been here for nearly three months in which time a lot has happened and with the opening
26:08ceremony now suddenly just eight weeks away there's a lot to think about
26:16now morning will oh yeah hey yeah morning that's great thank you yeah no worries yeah cool yeah
26:20anything you need to tell me about today yeah i don't know like what well no i'm asking you oh
26:25cool
26:25yeah no worries yeah cool oh yeah so there's this guy trying to get hold of you have a cottage
26:28oh right
26:29yes him yeah i don't know who he is no well as far as i can work out he's basically
26:33a headhunter
26:34okay what no i mean i think he's working on the 2028 olympics in los angeles isn't he yeah so
26:39he
26:39keeps phoning right like he's called again twice already this morning okay then i think you need
26:43to be a bit firmer with him yeah okay so next time he calls say that you've spoken to me
26:47we've discussed
26:48it and i'm sorry but this really isn't the right time i've got enough on my plate with 2026 as
26:52it is
26:52so i'm sorry but i'm not going to be speaking to him at this time okay okay yeah these people
26:58are pretty
26:58tough you've just got to be tough with them too oh you're cool you're tough yeah no worries you're cool
27:11okay so we are very lucky to have vincente with us today truly yes after all we know how busy
27:17he is
27:18absolutely right uh but he has done us the courtesy of stopping off in miami on his way back to
27:23mexico
27:23city actually it is an honor for us and and coming in today just to take us through his very
27:29incredible vision for the opening ceremony which i think you're going to find uh what uh can i say
27:34it's uh it's quite something exactly so gracias ryan gracias this morning as the opening ceremony
27:41takes shape the executive team are meeting its creative director vicente guajardo the renowned mexican
27:47film director who has been working in close approximation with 2026 lead events producer
27:52ryan hertz so first of all i want to say to you um this is a great honor for me
27:59to be creating this
28:00show on the world stage in mexico city now in this moment truly and what i ask you now please
28:07take
28:08everything you know about opening ceremonies closing ceremonies this kind of thing take everything you
28:14know everything you have seen and throw it away forget it yes it is gone well so exciting okay good
28:33regarded by many as a visionary especially by those who haven't worked with him
28:37guajardo broke through on the world stage when his film entanglement picked up the oscar for best
28:43film not in any language in 2021 his opening ceremony is to be a unique live collision between creative
28:49forces chosen from literally all over mexico when you make a piece of art you are in control yes you
28:56are in control and you are not in control it is a chemical reaction then you bring these people
29:03together and you say to them you are free now tell me who you are tell me who i am
29:10tell me
29:11what we are doing here tell me what this is and then in the end we know we find out
29:17yes
29:20truly i believe it is a kind of miracle
29:26right okay so well i think first of all just to say thank you vincente oh my god i mean
29:31that's really
29:31uh well it's amazing to hear about right gracias i told you right yes this is a great story we're
29:37telling here yes well uh and so just you know uh in layman's terms uh when it comes to telling
29:43our
29:43story uh in in terms of what's emerged from this amazing collaboration i mean what has emerged in the
29:49end excuse me you know just so we're all clear at this stage absolutely okay so then you are not
29:56listening
29:56yes well this is the point of what we are doing here this is the point when we arrive at
30:01our
30:01destination then we know where we are right we know it finally all of us for the first time in
30:06this
30:06moment and this is what we share with the world it is not before or after no it is unique
30:14in this moment
30:16we are alive it is not like anything else yes yeah like i said right
30:37okay fine the guy's a fucking genius terrific but apart from anything else there's zero reference to
30:42the u.s right zero in the opening ceremony right well or canada actually well no now that i think
30:49of it of course yes i mean what is this the mask of fucking zorro excuse me oh yes the
30:54wall i mean
30:55for fuck's sake meanwhile the senior executive team have repaired to the meeting room to unpack vicente
31:00wajardo's plans for the opening ceremony yeah so i mean ryan sure i'm sure i saw an early draft of
31:05what was going to happen in the opening ceremony at some point right okay uh-huh yeah absolutely okay so
31:09this was the opening ceremony bici yes i have it here right well i mean sarah for instance sure i
31:15seem to remember a whole sustainability strand running through it absolutely thank you ian no of
31:20course so we've been working with teachers and school children from disadvantaged inner city areas
31:24across all 16 host cities to raise awareness great using the stories they generated they came up with
31:30the beautiful story of chichamita right chichamita right so chichamita is a figure representing the chichimecas
31:36people okay the people who founded mexico city in the pre-hispanic period back before everything
31:41sure okay exactly yeah right so anyway yeah so he's not doing that what it's not happening he's not
31:47doing it yeah so so that document you got there the beachy one of the first things he did was
31:51he took
31:51that document and he shredded it right okay no no like he literally printed out a hard copy and shredded
31:56it in front of the team right literally one of the first things that happened vicente vicente what are
32:00you doing yeah so if a key step in dealing with a problem is to recognize you've got one in
32:04the first
32:04place i think we can say that we've achieved that exactly so and perhaps uh we can say dick yes
32:09okay
32:09so actually we've not even started with the problem here actually right so can i just say i can't tell
32:13you how great it is to be able to talk about this stuff yes for me this is so great
32:17good uh so uh i
32:18guess i was waiting for the the right moment to drop this um so the white house has asked to
32:23see plans
32:24for the opening ceremony right okay great the white house right okay no no no it's pretty clear that this
32:29is coming from the president himself right well yes oh and by the way at the moment he thinks he's
32:33making the
32:34opening speech but at the same time so does president shane bomb of mexico right just thought
32:37i'd throw that one in there for the fun of it yes and does vincenti know about this vincenti i
32:41mean
32:42have you told him right what do you think right okay for fuck's sake
32:53sala yes hi eric thank you so much for this sure i mean i'm hoping it's not going to take
32:57long whatever
32:58it is of course yes exactly so it's later in the morning and chief coordinating attache eric
33:04van de putrens has invited vp sustainability and climate strategy sarah campbell to meet a senior
33:09woman from hr for an open-ended discussion to establish whether she's okay it seems that an
33:15anonymous member of the public has contacted the oversight oversight department to complain about the
33:20professional conduct of a senior executive so i guess this is my fault i should have warned you of
33:28course it's not your fault i mean how dare he you don't know him what's beyond any doubt for sarah
33:33is that as well as being anonymous that person is also her ex-husband taking advantage of a junior and
33:39vulnerable female colleague right it's ludicrous it's legal jargon well i know it is he's a lawyer yeah
33:45i know he is i don't care he's coming after us coming after us right what does that mean one
33:51thing
33:52i do know though so i am not a vulnerable female well no exactly i am not no
34:22right
34:23right
34:23Ah, great.
34:25OK, no, no, no, no.
34:26You can say this is super interesting.
34:28So this is terrible.
34:30Uh-huh.
34:30Oh, gosh.
34:31It's Tuesday, and 2026 events producer Ryan Hertz is back
34:35to update the executive team on developments with the opening ceremony.
34:39And overnight, the White House has sent over a mood board
34:42of moods they'd like to see in it.
34:44I mean, perhaps the first thing to say here, Ryan,
34:47I mean, as a palette of, you know, of things,
34:49this looks pretty heavily US-focused.
34:51Uh-huh, yeah.
34:54Right.
34:54Oh, and I suppose that's one story to tell here.
34:57Excuse me?
34:57But I'm assuming that as far as Vincente is concerned...
34:59Please, I ask you, do not send me this shit.
35:02Right, yes.
35:02This shit, I do not look at it.
35:04Yes, but then also, just more generally,
35:07when it comes to our other friends and stakeholders in the whole 2026...
35:10We have the opening ceremony at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City for a reason.
35:15Well, yes.
35:15Yeah, just remind us.
35:17OK, so people have been playing soccer in Mexico for thousands of years.
35:20Thousands of years?
35:21Yeah.
35:22Since before the U.S. even invented itself.
35:24Excuse me?
35:25OK, well...
35:25OK, so the U.S. did not just invent itself, OK?
35:28Yes, it did.
35:29Did.
35:29They came here in their parks and invaded us from Europe, right?
35:31What?
35:32OK, stop it!
35:34Please, stop it!
35:36This is not about Mexico.
35:38Excuse me.
35:38It's not about the U.S. or even Canada.
35:41Sorry, Owen.
35:41No, sure.
35:42If you're telling the story of the Chichimecas people, you're telling the story of all of us.
35:46This is a story about the world before it all went wrong.
35:50Right.
35:50When people understood the land they lived on because it told them who they were.
35:53And we really need that story now, yes?
35:56Yes.
35:56We need to have that story told to us, like children.
36:00And this is our chance to tell it to the world.
36:05Yeah, can I just say, I'm with her.
36:08Yes, thank you, Sarah.
36:09No, sure.
36:11Then we can say in this moment, we are all Chichimecas.
36:14Yes?
36:15Yes.
36:15Yeah, understand.
36:16Well, so before we get into the solution-based phase of this, Ryan, that's it, is it?
36:20There's nothing else we need to know.
36:21Oh, yeah.
36:22Oh?
36:22Oh, yeah, there's more.
36:23Right.
36:23So, for the duration of the tournament, they want to rename the Azteca Stadium the Stadium of
36:28the Americas.
36:30Right.
36:31OK.
36:32Oh, interesting.
36:33The Stadium of the Americas.
36:35Uh-huh.
36:35Mm-hmm.
36:37Right.
36:43Oh, yes, like, I can do that for you.
36:45No, it's OK.
36:45Yeah, but that's like what I do.
36:46Yes, I know, but sometimes it's just good to have something to do with your hands.
36:50For Ian, after the meeting, it's time for a coffee.
36:53Yes, then there's this other guy trying to get a hold of you, not the other guy.
36:55Yes.
36:56Yeah, I don't know.
36:57He sounds a bit...
36:57Yes, I think I know who he is.
36:58He keeps asking for your personal number.
37:00Yes.
37:00Yes, so I didn't give it to him.
37:01No, good.
37:02Yeah, so anyway, I forwarded you the email he sent.
37:03Right, yes.
37:04Yeah.
37:06I suppose I should ask, really, did you read it?
37:08The email?
37:09Yes.
37:10Yeah, so like a lot of it I couldn't understand?
37:12No, well, probably just as well, I think.
37:14Yeah, just as well, yeah.
37:15There you go.
37:15Yeah, cool, yeah, no worries, yeah, thanks.
37:19You're sure you're going to meet up with him?
37:20Yes, thanks, Will.
37:21Yeah, no worries, yeah, cool.
37:27Right.
37:29Right.
37:31Absolutely.
37:32Although, you should probably know the Olympics in 2028 is not something I've been thinking
37:36about up to now.
37:37Like, there's enough for 2026, right?
37:39But I guess I was just curious to hear a bit more about the whole sustainability brief there,
37:44right?
37:44Meanwhile, with a headhunter on the loose, the opening ceremony finally coming towards
37:49them in one way or another, and change in the air, people are starting to think about
37:53the future.
37:53I will say, I'm not sure I've been headhunted before, so.
37:58Oh, well, that's kind of you.
38:00It's kind of you to say that.
38:03Right.
38:05Uh-huh.
38:09So, I wasn't going to talk to him originally.
38:11Right.
38:11I mean, I guess he's just some guy, you know, a headhunter doing his job.
38:15Well, yes, I know.
38:16He's been trying to get hold of me, too.
38:18Right.
38:18But this is L.A., right?
38:20Sustainability actually means something there.
38:22Like, they get it.
38:23I kind of invented it.
38:24You are serious.
38:25I don't know.
38:26And this is all to do with what's happened?
38:28So, this is not going to go away, right?
38:30What, you mean?
38:31He's not going to give it up.
38:32He's not going to stop.
38:33Okay, fine, but that's his stuff.
38:34And I'm not going to let him do this to us.
38:36So what?
38:37You'd leave?
38:38Well.
38:38I mean, how's that going to help?
38:40I don't know.
38:41Help us, I mean.
38:42So, what if this was a moment for a new start?
38:45A new start?
38:46Right.
38:47For us?
38:48What if this is a solution waiting to happen?
39:05Okay, well, so obviously quite a lot to think about this morning.
39:08Uh-huh, yep.
39:08Hi, Yasmin.
39:09Yeah, right.
39:09It's Thursday, and there's a lot to think about this morning.
39:13Overnight, the complex and sensitive issues surrounding the opening ceremony have become
39:16more sharply defined.
39:18I mean, Ryan, I suppose the first thing is, in terms of the boycott threat itself.
39:21Uh-huh, yep.
39:21I mean, how seriously should we be taking this?
39:24Sure, right, right.
39:28Yeah, so...
39:29Following rumours of the White House's plans to rename the Azteca Stadium the Stadium of
39:33the Americas, the Mexican team is now threatening to boycott the tournament altogether, and several
39:38other countries are threatening to follow suit.
39:40I mean, I suppose, basically, is this real?
39:42Excuse me?
39:43Or could it be part of some...
39:44Is it real?
39:44Well, I just mean...
39:45We changed the name of the stadium.
39:46They are not playing, okay?
39:48Right.
39:48And there is no World Cup, yes?
39:49Okay, well...
39:50It's simple.
39:50Well, good to get clarity on that straight away.
39:52Sure.
39:52This is an existential moment for the oversight team.
39:56If up to now they've been caught between seriously Hispanic and relentlessly American visions
40:00of the opening ceremony, they're suddenly facing a situation where there may be nothing
40:04to open at all.
40:06Unless they can find a common brink to walk everybody backwards from.
40:09I mean, let's think about this, because in the end this is about people, isn't it?
40:13People?
40:14Yeah, I mean, it always is.
40:15So, excuse my language here, but what the fuck does that mean?
40:17Well, so in terms of the White House, I mean, what is it that the President actually
40:21wants here?
40:22What do you mean, what does he want?
40:23He wants to steal the Azteca Stadium from the Mexican people.
40:26Well, that's something we need to talk about, obviously.
40:28No, it is not.
40:29But in the meantime, thinking laterally, is there anything we can offer him that might make
40:33him feel good?
40:34Huh.
40:35Anything we can offer him?
40:36I mean, just as a way of taking the heat out of this.
40:38Uh-huh.
40:38Yeah.
40:42Well, there's Greenland, I suppose.
40:44Okay.
40:45Greenland?
40:45Great.
40:46I mean, I'm thinking that would probably do it, right?
40:47Sure.
40:48I mean, Eric, is there a way of finding out if there's something that might work here?
40:51Maybe using a back channel?
40:52Ah, yes.
40:53I was thinking maybe through Zurich.
40:54Well.
40:54You know, just to bypass all the politics here.
40:56Then perhaps we can say, is there a problem in our world today that cannot be solved when
41:01great men share a golf cart?
41:02Excuse me?
41:03Yes, well.
41:04A golf cart?
41:05Huh.
41:05So for me, guys, that's not a back channel.
41:06That's more of a front channel.
41:08So then maybe there wouldn't be any problems in the world today if all these men were not
41:11playing golf, yes?
41:12Yes, well.
41:13Huh.
41:13Well.
41:13I think that's a bigger question.
41:15Uh-huh.
41:15Yep.
41:15Bueno.
41:16Yeah, no, I mean, to be fair, that's huge.
41:19Right, yes.
41:20And just so I know, I mean, hypothetically, in terms of any meetings or interviews or whatever,
41:24I mean, that could be done by Zoom, could it?
41:26Or, you know, right, yes.
41:28But beyond the opening ceremony, for Ian, this is a week with a number of things to think
41:33about and a number of people to talk to about a number of different things.
41:36I mean, thanks for getting in touch in the first place.
41:38I'm sorry I was so hard to get hold of, but absolutely, yes.
41:42And obviously, I'll get back to you and...
41:46Right, yes.
41:47Yes, no, I'm sure it will.
41:49Okay.
41:50Bye.
41:50Bye.
41:51Bye.
42:04Okay, so just to say before we start, I think I'm right in saying, Gabriella, Ryan isn't with
42:08us this morning.
42:09No, he's not.
42:10I mean, I'm not quite sure what the...
42:11So Ryan will not be with us because he's not here.
42:14Right.
42:14Yeah, no, he's gone, yeah.
42:15What?
42:15End of story.
42:16Okay, good.
42:17So, Eric, I gather we have intelligence back from Zurich.
42:20Well, really?
42:21So, Emily?
42:25Right, okay.
42:26So, what are we looking at here?
42:28Do you really want me to answer that or a picture of the president, yes?
42:31Yeah, on the big screen.
42:32Okay.
42:33Yeah.
42:33Huh.
42:34Friday morning.
42:35And with the opening ceremony crisis deepening and more nations threatening to pull out following
42:40the White House's intervention, it looks as if, thanks to some covert back-channel activity
42:44by Zurich, they may have found an answer to the question of what you give to the biggest
42:49man in the world to make him feel good.
42:51Yeah, so what we're saying to him is he's going to be sitting there watching, whether
42:55Melania's got her giant hat on, we don't know.
42:57Yes, well.
42:57Right, so he looks up and he pretty much sees himself on the big screen anytime as much
43:04as he likes.
43:05Okay.
43:06Huh.
43:06So, the information we have.
43:08This could be very helpful to us in the wider picture.
43:11Meaning what?
43:12If we could give him that, then some of the other stuff might...
43:14Well, who can say?
43:16Okay, so what I am hearing from their compspeople, we're going to need a figure here, yes?
43:20Oh, right, of course.
43:20A figure.
43:21Exactly.
43:21Okay.
43:22An actual percentage of available screen time compared to anyone else.
43:25Right.
43:26So, this is going to be fun, right?
43:27Yes.
43:29Okay.
43:29Okay.
43:30No, I'm not going to pay the thing for the Mexican president.
43:32No, that's not going to happen.
43:33Look, you're in the White House, we're talking about the American president here.
43:37It's become clear that the possible breakthrough will depend on detailed negotiations with the
43:41White House, the Mexican authorities, and various other parties as to the precise percentage
43:46of time that so-called dignitaries will have on screen during coverage of the opening ceremony.
43:52Okay.
43:52Exacto.
43:52Perfecto.
43:53Right.
43:53Absolutely.
43:54You got it.
43:55Great.
43:55Bye-bye.
43:56It's been tense and it's been difficult, but eventually it looks as if they might have
44:00finally got there.
44:0463%, guys.
44:05Right.
44:05That's a great outcome, right?
44:06Well.
44:07Vamos.
44:07What?
44:08It is an outcome.
44:09They asked for like 95, right?
44:10This is a terrific deal.
44:11So, just to be clear, because this is freaky stuff, when it comes to time allocated to shots
44:16of these guys during the ceremony, we're saying 63% of them will be a president.
44:21Right.
44:21Exactly.
44:22Jesus.
44:22Exactly.
44:23And in the meantime, we're saying to the Mexican president that she has 29%, yes?
44:27Yeah, well.
44:27Because she is Mexican and because she is a woman.
44:29Well, that's her shit, right?
44:30Excuse me.
44:31Look, do we want this opening ceremony to happen or not?
44:33Well, yes.
44:33I think we can say, yes, we do, yes.
44:36Yes, we do, yes.
44:37And in the meantime, Gabriella, would it be an idea to give the Mexican team a sort of,
44:40you know, an unofficial heads up that things are going to be.
44:43Okay.
44:43Yes, I'm doing that.
44:44Just to get the de-escalation process underway.
44:46Yes, so I don't want to be picky about this, but just before we get into some kind of de
44:50-escalation
44:50frenzy here, we have 63% Trump, I'm trying hard not to visualize that, by the way, 29%
44:57President Schoenbaum.
44:58Exactly.
44:58Because.
44:59Look, Don.
44:59So that's 92%.
45:01Right.
45:01Right.
45:02And the other 8% is our guy, right?
45:03Ah, yes.
45:04It's Zurich.
45:05Okay.
45:05So we know for sure our guy, as you call him, is always 15%, yes?
45:09Right, because.
45:10What?
45:10Always.
45:1115%.
45:12No, no, no.
45:12What are you, insane?
45:13Yes, completely.
45:13That's 107%.
45:15Right.
45:16107%.
45:16So actually, this is enshrined in the official statutes of the tournament?
45:19Yeah.
45:20Yeah, you see, I'm sorry, but for me, that's too much.
45:21We just negotiated this whole fucking deal.
45:24Yes, I mean, on the upside, I suppose the good news is, all we need to do now is just
45:27find
45:27another 7% from somewhere.
45:28What?
45:28Yeah, no, 100%.
45:29Yeah, so.
45:30Yeah, well.
45:31Okay, no, no, no.
45:31So we are not getting down below 63%, that is not going to happen.
45:35Bueno, Mexico is not going below 29%, yes?
45:37This is the whole history of our country.
45:39Right, um.
45:40Yeah, because I guess where I was going with this is, what about Canada?
45:44Excuse me?
45:44Oh, right, yes.
45:45Canada?
45:46Yeah.
45:46What do you mean, what about Canada?
45:47Well, I guess, you know, just, what about Canada, really?
45:50Yes, no, good point.
45:56Whilst the numbers are being re-crunched, this is a good moment for Ian to catch up with his
46:00assistant.
46:01Oh, these look nice.
46:02Yeah, no, so they're Eric's.
46:03Right.
46:04Yes.
46:04John?
46:05Maybe they're Eric's.
46:06Yes, I don't care.
46:08And it's a week where there's a lot to catch up on.
46:11Oh, yes, so Ryan Hurts would like to meet you.
46:12Oh, right.
46:13Yeah, for like a coffee or something, to talk about what happened.
46:15Yes.
46:15Yeah, so he's suggesting two weeks' time.
46:17Two weeks' time?
46:18Yeah, Thursday, yeah.
46:19He thinks he'll be out again by then.
46:20Right.
46:22I'm pretty sure I'm not going to be here, then.
46:25Okay, cool, so...
46:25In fact, I should probably say, well, you should probably know, in fact, you'll hear this soon
46:30enough anyway.
46:31I'm not going to be here, then.
46:34What, so...
46:34I'm not going to be here.
46:37I'm sorry.
46:43I mean, I've been talking to them for the past week or so, Zoom interviews with people
46:47in L.A. and so on.
46:49So one of the things about this particular role, for various reasons, it starts quite
46:52soon, well, really soon, actually.
46:55So if I was going to make a decision...
46:57And then here, we're not far off the opening ceremony now, so we're almost there.
47:02So in the end, I suppose it seemed as good a time as any, really.
47:05So is it a professional thing, or...
47:08Right.
47:09Or is it something more, you know...
47:12So this isn't what I thought was going to happen when I came out here.
47:14Any of it, I mean.
47:16I didn't think I was going to feel this way about someone.
47:18Not at this point in my life, anyway.
47:21Or any point in my life, really.
47:23But here I am.
47:24If that answers your question.
47:27Yes, well...
47:28I mean, yes.
47:47Ian Fletcher's shock decision to leave Miami and accept a senior role in the 2028 Olympics
47:52in Los Angeles is a reminder for everyone that nothing lasts forever.
47:57But sometimes, the big things in life can happen fast.
48:00And for Ian himself, this is a moment that could be not so much an ending as a new beginning.
48:05So, we're already? We're all here, yes?
48:07Well, yes.
48:08Yeah, cool, yeah?
48:09I suppose now is as good a time as...
48:10Although, hang on, where's Sarah?
48:12Sarah?
48:12No, she was here a moment ago, but I can't see her.
48:14Ah, yes, Sarah, yes.
48:16Where is Sarah?
48:17Yeah, I don't know, yeah.
48:24He called me in the car this morning, and he's going after custody now, if I go.
48:29Right.
48:31Where Sarah is, it turns out, is up on the terrace.
48:33Lily says, Mom, go. Do it. You deserve it. I'll be okay.
48:38She's 16, and she's a young woman.
48:42But I look at her, and there's a nine-year-old girl in there somewhere.
48:46I can see it in her eyes, and...
48:50I'm scared.
48:52Yes.
48:53I never used to be scared.
48:58I'm sorry.
49:01I'm so, so sorry.
49:10Okay. Okay, thank you.
49:12Having established where Sarah was and why, Ian's task now is to go back downstairs and deliver a leaving speech,
49:19in the knowledge that if endings can sometimes be new beginnings, they can equally often just be endings.
49:24What can we say about Ian Fletcher?
49:27Well, we can say it was an honor and a privilege to serve under him.
49:31But most of all, we can say thank you.
49:33Thank you, Ian, for steering us through dangerous waters, to within reach of safety and dry lands,
49:39before leaving us to take up your duty on another great ship out on the high seas.
49:44How we shall continue from now on, we can never know.
49:47But in the meantime, thank you, Emily.
49:49We would like you to have this as a token of our gratitude, and as a reminder of your time
49:55here with us in Miami.
50:04Well, thank you.
50:08Well, thank you.
50:09Well, first of all, thank you, Eric, for that.
50:12And then thank you for this.
50:15Yes.
50:19So, for me, this has been a quite extraordinary time here in Miami.
50:23When I arrived, I didn't know quite what to expect.
50:27Perhaps I was just as well.
50:29So, in some ways, I feel like I've only just arrived, and yet here I am saying goodbye to it
50:32already.
50:33Yes, so now I want to say thanks to you, because I think I can say I've learned a lot.
50:39I hope I have, anyway, about soccer, obviously, Phil, about the optics of Mexico, Gabriela, about Canadian logic, Owen,
50:47about all things Zurich, up to a point, Eric, literally everything I could ever want to know about the U
50:53.S. legal system, Nick.
50:55And then, perhaps, about what matters in our world beyond all that, Sarah.
50:59What's really most precious in our life, and how we can try to save it.
51:04And just so you know, this is not stuff I'm going to forget.
51:06I think I can say already that my time here in Miami is going to stay with me wherever I
51:10end up in the future.
51:12So, thank you for that, all of you.
51:15And for the alligator head, obviously.
51:34At the end of the day, it's coming to the end of Ian Fletcher's time in Miami.
51:39No, it's pretty cool, because the thing is, like, I've never actually been to L.A.
51:41Right, yes.
51:42Yeah, like, I was going to go once.
51:43Like, my parents, right, and go and stay with your sister.
51:45Yes.
51:46Yeah, but then my sister was like, no, we've got ants, you can't come.
51:48Right, ants.
51:49Yeah, I know, yeah.
51:50Well, we should probably talk about this.
51:51Yeah, I know, because apparently they can eat your shoes and stuff.
51:54Well, but, yeah, I know, you're mental.
51:55Yeah, no, because what they do is...
51:59Ah, okay.
52:00Yeah.
52:01Will, would you mind taking this?
52:02Yeah, no worries, you're cool.
52:03Great, thanks.
52:04Yeah, so take it.
52:05It doesn't matter, just take it.
52:06Yeah, no, cool, yeah, cool.
52:07Thanks, everyone.
52:55Okay, thanks for that.
52:56Yeah, no worries, you're cool.
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