that the olympics has been going on. and the same contrast is true for the pandemic. inside the fence, daily testing means things have been kept pretty well under control, but outside, the pandemic is now out of control. critics say the olympics has sucked away resources, leaving the city without enough covid testing kits or vaccines. it has left a scar on the japanese society, meaning, you know, people are divided. and above all, the games left health in economic debt. if you look at numbers in tokyo, it s just exponentially increasing. there s no doubt japan s record breaking haul of medals has brought realjoy to the host nation. but as the olympic roadshow leaves town, the olympic host city has been left facing a medical crisis. rupert wingfield hayes,
critics say the olympics has sucked away resources, leaving the city without enough covid testing kits or vaccines. it has left a scar on the japanese society, meaning, you know, people are divided. and above all, the games left health under attack. if you look at numbers in tokyo, it s just exponentially increasing. there s no doubt japan s record breaking haul of medals has brought realjoy to the host nation. but as the olympic roadshow leaves town, the olympic host city is being left facing a medical crisis. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. let s once again join our sports editor dan roan in tokyo for some final thoughts. just give us your assessment of the
administration s, this is not about a critique of the biden administration. we have to push back against the cyber activity against the pipeline or the ability to build out a pipeline in the northeast. they matter. 16 places that we ll defend american cyber defense? that is not good policy and it s not good for the american people. martha: there s no doubt that we need to build up a serious cyber front that has very clear red lines act interfering with any american operations whatever is over. i do want to ask you about this before we let you go. with regard to afghanistan. the way that this administration is pulling out. they want to be out by september 11th. this is a quote from prime minister karzai. he said
longer needed. there s a lot of money allocated. now that we re martha: how much? how much money falls into that category, senator? i d say probably moves around a little bit. i d say off the top of my head, over $100 billion. over a fifth of it would go into that category. and things that you look at and say, that is reasonable. it looks as if the need is not there as we originally perceived. so that s number 1. number 2, we encourage bringing the private sector in to leverage capital, if you will, to create more infrastructure. it s been used as a infrastructure bank in states, it s been used in other countries, it s successful. so we think it s another way to leverage a lot of dollars in order to create infrastructure. martha: there s no doubt in my mind there s money kicking
out the mission of nato that we ve all got to be in this together and pay our fair share. so i don t see that going for a bite and right now but maybe he has a different thing to say at the end. greg: dana, the fact is is that as long as joe doesn t eat a live dog on tv the press will call this a raving success. dana: there s no doubt. this is the first. all the headlines, america is back, everyone is smiling. and the biggest issue for them media and a lot of europeans is the climate. remember that, pulling out of the paraspinal cord was the thing that really made everybody mad during the trump administration so tone and demeanor will be different but getting the media coverage on the first part of this trip will be a layup. greg: i think it was a myth, whenever trump showed up in these foreign countries, people were excited and they knew where he was coming from. they don t know where