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on that tour.

saying that he was concerned that law enforcement would be targeting his fans at those events, so instead had a big residency in Puerto Rico.

You mentioned the backlash that his comments have generated.

Let's play a clip here from White House Press Secretary Carolyn Leavitt.

Sabrina, I'm curious what you make of that, what that might tell us about the impact these comments are having and frankly, whether this is a political stance from a celebrity that could actually matter compared to, shall we say, the many that through the years kind of have not.

And finally, Sabrina, I'm curious what the reaction has been on the other side of the aisle to this from Democrats.

We've reported that Democratic lawmakers, for instance, have been far from united on whether they embrace calls to abolish ICE.

I'm wondering if there's sort of a similar conundrum for them here.

I've been speaking to Wall Street Journal politics reporter Sabrina Rodriguez.

Sabrina, thank you so much.

And finally, the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics are officially underway with the opening ceremony set for tonight.

That's Journal Sports reporter Joshua Robinson on the ground at the Games, who said that despite a potentially frosty initial reception, American athletes have a chance at history over the next few weeks.

Live coverage of tonight's opening ceremony begins at 2 p.m.

Eastern, ahead of a primetime encore.

And that's it for What's News for this Friday morning.

Today's show was produced by Hattie Moyer and Daniel Bach.

Our supervising producer is Sandra Kilhoff.

And I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal.

We will be back tonight with a new show.

Otherwise, have a great weekend and thanks for listening.