been a tale of two cities. on the one hand the constant protests and fierce opposition to these games really hasn t changed. but at the same time many have tuned in to watch the games on tv and gather for any opportunity to experience the olympics in person. if you just take a look behind me, there are hundreds of people streaming in and out around the national stadium just for the chance to take a picture with the olympic stadium before the lights go out here in tokyo. but rather than a shift in support for the games as a whole, many i ve spoken to have said that they tuned in specifically to assume the atha support the athletes who work so hard to be here. and even though covid cases in the bubble have been relatively low, there is a surge in case count here in tokyo and around the country. despite a state of emergency order being put in place, medical professionals say they are not taking the current crisis seriously and i m told
tokyo summer games are down to their final hours before the olympic flame is extinguished and everyone goes home. blake essig is standing by in tokyo. i know organizers are playing things close to the vest about the closing ceremony. but what can you tell us? reporter: it ends where it all started right here at the new national stadium. but we don t know much about the closing ceremony but i can tell you that they have been rehearsing all day. and what we do know is that the theme is the world we share, organizers say the idea being that even if the world can t be together, we can all share the moment and open the door to a brighter future. and as we take a step back and reflect on the past two weeks, these olympic games have been anything but normal. we knew that would be the case. and here on the ground, it has
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