The champs elysees to the place de la concorde. The first of 11 days of sporting action takes place on thursday as france hosts a summer paralympic games for the first time. So the opening ceremony is complete. And after tokyo had no fans due to covid, and rio was dogged by financial issues, the pressure is on the french capital to rival or even better london 2012. Beyond the sport, however, those involved say they re mindful of a secondary purpose for the games. It is always important, we are here winning at least four medals but we are part of the incredible global movement, the paralympic movement which on and off the field want disabled people to be recognised in society. Those performances on the field can only help us in that cause. Now to the us open tennis, where the wimbledon champion barbora krejcikova is out. She was beaten in the second round by the romanian qualifier elena gabriela ruse ruse, beating the czech player 6 4, 7 5 to reach the third round of a grand slam fo
Also painted the skies above with the french flag. A,500 athletes made up the parade from the champs elysees to the place de la concorde. The first of 11 days of sporting action takes place on thursday as france hosts a summer paralympic games for the first time. So the opening ceremony is complete. And after tokyo had no fans due to covid, and rio was dogged by financial issues, the pressure is on the french capital to rival or even better london 2012. Beyond the sport, however, those involved say they re mindful of a secondary purpose for the games. It is always important, we are here in elite sport. Winning medals is what we re about, but we are also part of an incredible global movement, the paralympic movement, which on and off the field of play wants disabled people to be recognised wholly in society. Those performances on the field can only help us in that cause. Now to the us open tennis, where the wimbledon champion barbora krejcikova is out. She was beaten in the second r
White and red fireworks. The patrouille de france also painted the skies above with the french flags, 4,500 athletes made up the parade from the champs elysees to the place de la concorde. The first of 11 days of sporting action takes place on thursday as france hosts a summer paralympic games for the first time. So the opening ceremony is complete, and after tokyo had no fans due to covid and rio was dogged by financial issues, the pressure is on the french capital to rival, or even better, london 2012. Beyond the sport however, those involved say they re mindful of a secondary purpose for the games. It is always important, we are here winning at least four medals but we are part of the incredible global movement, the paralympic movement which on and off the field want disabled people to be realised in society. Those performances on the field can only help us in that cause. Now to the us open tennis where the wimbledon champion barbora krejcikova is out. She was beaten in the second r
And heart issues in children. And a Chicago Police officer is out of a job after being charge ld with the capitol riot. Hear how his former chief is commenting. And this year, the Westminster Dog Show, brings about the change something not 19 in the shows 145year history. Well tell you all about it. We appreciate you joining us bright and early this saturday, june 12th. Thanks so much for starting your morning with us, amara, always great to see you. Thank you, how are you doing, boris . Good, hanging in there, muggy weather in d. C. Hopefully a little sunny today. Same thing here. Under way right now, the worlds Major Economies are meeting for day two of the g7 summit. On the agenda, Building Back the Global Economy post pandemic. Plus, competing with china and finding a Global Health declaration to make sure another crisis like the coronavirus never happens again. Yeah, joe bidens first outing on The World Stage as president is a chance to put his america is back mantra into practice
And heart issues in children. And a Chicago Police officer is out of a job after being charge ld with the capitol riot. Hear how his former chief is commenting. And this year, the Westminster Dog Show, brings about the change something not 19 in the shows 145year history. Well tell you all about it. We appreciate you joining us bright and early this saturday, june 12th. Thanks so much for starting your morning with us, amara, always great to see you. Thank you, how are you doing, boris . Good, hanging in there, muggy weather in d. C. Hopefully a little sunny today. Same thing here. Under way right now, the worlds Major Economies are meeting for day two of the g7 summit. On the agenda, Building Back the Global Economy post pandemic. Plus, competing with china and finding a Global Health declaration to make sure another crisis like the coronavirus never happens again. Yeah, joe bidens first outing on The World Stage as president is a chance to put his america is back mantra into practice