a patent on this phrase because they determined that it is derogatory term. there is a follow-on case before the patent office related to the team. so, we expect them to take action. we hope the fcc will look at this issue as well as them communicating this issue. and we certainly are going to look at the tax code because right now, america has enough problems instead of giving a tax break to somebody who continues to perpetrate really what is a very racially slurred word to native-americ native-americans. i agree with that, senator. look, you re the chair of the senate indian affairs committee. you re not new, you ve been dealing with these issues for a long time. a lot of people want to characterize the way that native-americans feel about the issues and cite certain polls that might have come out. what are you hearing from american indians, native-americans in your district, around the country about how they feel about the washington team s name? well, toure, i don t care
a dozen new covid cases reported among athletes, with the pandemic not close to being over in tokyo. we are live there, going one on one with japan s prime minister in an exclusive, new interview on whether the games are worth the risk, and we re live here at home with health officials in overdrive coast to coast, breakthrough infections leading headlines, mixed mass messaging creating confusion and controversy and so is a new nfl rule. we re all over it this hour. the blockbuster case filing in front of the supreme court. mississippi formally asking justices to overturn roe v. wade, a case and a decision that could make abortion illegal nationwide less than a year from now. what you need to know, coming up. good morning, i m hallie jackson in washington with our nbc news team starting us off. keir simmons in tokyo, cal perry outside los angeles, antonia hilton in provincetown, massachusetts and dr. natalie