>> our thanks to cnn's alexandra field in new york there. now to a travel advisory for americans. u.s. citizens who are outside the country with expired passports will be allowed to use them temporarily to return directly to the states. officials hope this will help ease travel challenges created by the pandemic. this special travel period lasts until the end of this year. meanwhile, the u.s. state department is warning americans to avoid traveling to japan because of the surge in covid cases there. it's a huge blow for tokyo of course which is already under intense pressure to cancel or post own this summer's olympic games. now less than two months away. we will have a live report from tokyo later this hour with more reaction to this travel advisory. coming up, we are tracking the international fallout after a brazen move by belarus and the arrest of a dissident journalist. plus myanmar has detained this american journalist as he was trying to leave the country, now he's being housed in a