with a 6-1 victory over new zealand. cbs jamie yuccas is there covering it all. hi, jamie. reporter: hey adriana. these are games of masks, quarantine and saliva tests. which impacted beach volleyball, when the czechoslovakian team had to forfeit to japan. after a year-long delay, japanese tennis star naomi osaka lit the olympic cauldron, opening the games. this stadium was closed to the public by covid. but that did not stop masked athletes from proudly marching with their country s flags. the family s and u.s. flag bearers cheered them on from home. it was sure overwhelming. no, i was not prepared for this. i thought i was going to be able to, you know, stand, but it just hit me hard. even though i would like to be there, to hug her, it doesn t
away without it. but i have a 12-year-old, a kid, and my goal is to get him back to school this fall with a mask on. always helpful. dr. jha, thanks for guiding us through. we ll see you here next week. in the meantime, there s also concern over the virus at the summer olympics. the opening ceremony today joyful inside and the protests outside. concern there over holding the games amid this pandemic. and the new numbers tonight inside the olympic bubble. abc s james longman in tokyo again tonight. reporter: tonight, an evening of celebration and of protests as the tokyo olympics gets under way. while tennis star naomi osaka lit the olympic cauldron, marking the official start of the summer games, outside protesters, concerned about holding the games during a pandemic, clashed with police. listen to that. that s the sound of police shouting at protesters. there are quite large crowds of them on this street down here below where we re not allowed to go because we re in the olympic
not? this is a tough question. if you are in an area with a lot of infections happening, it makes sense to have all kids who are unvaccinated masked up. you may argue in some places like vermont you could get away with it. but i have a 12-year-old and my goal is to get him back to school this fall with a mask on. always helpful. dr. jha, thanks and we ll see you next week. in the meantime, there s concern over the virus at the summer olympics. the opening ceremony today joyful inside and the protests outside. concern there over holding the games amid this pandemic. and the new numbers tonight inside the olympic bubble. abc s james longman in tokyo again tonight. reporter: tonight, an evening of celebration and of protests as the tokyo olympics gets underway. while tennis star naomi osaka lit the olympic cauldron, marking the official start of protesters concerned about holding the games during a pandemic clashed with police. listen to that, that s the sound of police shouting a
this is bbc news, the headlines. the delayed 2020 tokyo olympics have got under way with a modest opening ceremony, reflecting the impact of the pandemic. the stadium was almost empty and the show included a moment of silence to honour covid victims. japanese tennis star naomi osaka lit the olympic cauldron marking the official start of the 32nd olympiad. the head of the international olympic committee thanked the japanese people and described the occasion as a day of hope. more than a hundred people have died in western india, after monsoon rains triggered landslides and flooding. many low lying areas in india s maha rashtra state have been completely submerged. there s confusion and growing criticism over the uk government s plans to allow some key workers in england to take daily covid tests instead of self isolating.
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