Competition for olympic medals isnt the only thing heating up right now in tokyo. So is the weather. Olympic athletes are now competing in grueling heat and humidity. Theres a tropical storm on the horizon. China leads right now with the four Gold Medals, followed by japan with three. The u. S. Has the most medals overall with seven, including one gold. On saturday, skateboarding and surfing made their olympic debuts. But some of the athletes say they miss the Excitement And Energy of live spectators. Covid remains a serious concern. At least 137 cases are now linked to the games. Top american Golfer Bryson Dechambeau wont be competing after he tested positive just before he was due to leave for tokyo. A top draw this sunday is japanese Tennis Star naomi osaka, who lit the olympic cauldron. She played and easily won her first olympic Singles Match after bowing out of the French Open earlier this year. Patrick snell of Cnn World sport is standing by in atlanta with the latest on the com
Hello, welcome to bbc news. The biden administration has unveiled its plans to share millions of unused covid vaccines with the rest of the world. To start, they will distribute 25 million doses immediately, with a goal of handing out 80 million by the end ofjune. Of that initial batch, i9 million will be allocated to covax, the global facility designed to distribute vaccines fairly. The remaining six million will go directly to countries experiencing surges and neighbours. They include mexico, canada, south korea, and ukraine, among others. President biden s national security adviser, jake sullivan, has outlined the criteria for vaccine distribution. We ve received requests from all over the world, and a number of important factors went into our decision about how to allocate these first 25 million vaccines. These factors included achieving global coverage, responding to surges and other specific urgent situations and public health needs and helping as many countries as possible who r
As boss. I believe that voters determine the leader of the republican party, and president trump is the leader that they look to. I support president trump. Voters support president trump. He is an important voice in our republican party, and we look forward to working with him. The republican voters have unified in their support and their desire to work with president trump. Smoke, sand, sirens, and few signs of truth. An overnight escalation of violence in the middle east. Israel firing tank shells into gaza and amassing troops on the border. Hamas rockets are an aroundtheclock threat to israelis. Jewish and arab mobs now clashing on city streets. We ll go live to the region in the hour. First a page turning, lifechanging moment in the covid pandemic. The rdc says if you are fully vaccinated, you can ditch the mask or at least put it in your pocket or purse. The president celebrated this moment thursday at the white house as evidenced of what america can do when it comes together. An
pandemic began. vaccine hesitancy remains a major hurdle, new data show getting to herd immunity will be a big slog here in the united states and a pair of drug company ceos say staying protected could well make periodic covid vaccine booster shots, part of our new normal. we begin the hour with a moment of choosing for the republican party. florida s ambitious republican governor thought it, okay today, you see it right there, to give fox news exclusive rights to a bill signing. exclusive access to state business. that is how putin and g do business, it s not how democracies are supposed to work. here in washington, and in wyoming, the pressing gop choice is between the truth or trump. between principle or power. congresswoman liz cheney will lose her house leadership post, the price for refusing to let the former president s election lies two unanswered. in washington cheney has few remaining allies, even though don t have the courage into defying the gop s leader. th
we ve taken one more giant step. this bill will get checks out the door. many lying in bed at night staring at the ceiling wondering, will i lose my job or insurance or my home? over 85% of american households will get direct payments of $1,400 per person. we have just this. former president barack obama applauding former vice president, obama tweeting elections matter and we re seeing why. congratulations to the biden administration and to the american people on a covid relief bill that will improve the lives of families across the country. our congressional correspondent jessica dean on capitol hill and jessica, the senate passage that was the major hurdle, the president s relief plan had to clear and it wasn t easy but of course, raiding in the final h hours and when will americans see the payments? reporter: now the bill will go back over to the house and the vote is set on tuesday so they ll move pretty quickly here. once that passes the house and just passing those