it s important to remember even though olympic organizers estimate 85% of people living in the olympic village will be vaccinated, only about 20% of the japanese population has been fully vaccinated. that means a lot of people living here are vulnerable if the olympics turn into a superspreader event. because of health and safety concerns, these olympic games have been and continue to be deeply unpopular with majority of the japanese people who feel olympic organizers are holding these games against the will of the people. and when all is said and done, it s the people of japan who will be left to deal with the consequences. now a poll recently released shows that nearly 80% of people in japan say the olympic games should not be held. tens of thousands of people from 28 countries including japan were surveyed, and more than half, close to 60%, say that the games shouldn t go ahead. this poll was conducted after the ban on spectators and increased border control measures were put in pla
areas that are conservative, and public health shouldn t be about politics. public health is public health. it s science, it s medicine. and what i expect, what i think we should all expect is that every republican senator, congressman, state senator, state congressman, governor, mayor, is on a microphone every day telling their constituents that they should be getting vaccinated in order to protect themselves. and here s a another response to this ongoing pandemic. a handful of communities have reinstated indoor mask mandates. but listen to what the former fda commissioner, dr. scott gottlieb, said about that. i don t think it s the right move. i don t think you can tell people that have been vaccinated they have to wear a mask. i think it s likely to be the exception. i think you re likely to see very few states and municipalities do this because there s not going to be a lot of support for mandates at this point. so you just talked about the importance of messaging on the fe
better than silence. right. hearing the fans noise sometimes adds great motivation that a lot of athletes need in order to perform their best. thank you so much. appreciate it. all right. coming up, new york governor andrew cuomo is in the hot seat today facing questions from the new york attorney general s office about allegations of sexual harassment against the governor. plus, deeply disappointing. those words from president biden after a court struck down a program that shields undocumented immigrants from deportation. bway®. has so mucw they couldn t fit it in their last ad. so, we gonna have to go fast. ready? there s new steak, deli-style turkey, belgioioso® fresh mozzarella, hickory-smoked bacon, new hearty multigrain, and steph curry juggling avocados for some reason. dang, that s too much for 15 seconds. this past year has felt like a long, long norwegian winter. but eventually, with spring comes rebirth. everything begins anew. and many of us realize
the house. mothers have to be careful with their children, she said. always hold their hand walking with them because there are a lot of evil people and you never know who is near. that is unbelievable. that was mj burkett from wabc in new york. launch day is looming. jeff bezos is about to blast into space. a look ahead into his launch next.
what s taking so long? it is our obligation and our constitutional prerogative as congress under article 1, section 4 of the constitution to make laws pertaining to the conduct of federal elections. and so when you have state legislatures that are making it more difficult to vote on the basis of lies so that they can gain a partisan edge in elections that offends the basic principles of our constitution and demands federal response. we ve talked about a lot of obstacles and hurdles. what keeps you optimistic? look, let s return for a moment to a celebration of congressman lewis life and legacy. and congressman lewis represents and stood for courageous defiance of racism. he was a titan of the civil rights movement. his self-sacrifice paved the way for passage of the civil rights act and the voting rights act. he was also someone who urged us to focus on our shared humanity