Overnight, former president donald trump arriving in new jersey after an attempted assassination on his life during his rally last night in pennsylvania. Pete: trump says a bullet pierced the top of his right ear as he then ducked to the ground before standing back up moments later, defiantly shaking his fist. One rallygoer was killed in the shooting, two others were critically hurt. Trump survived by a mere half inch. The fbi identifying the suspected shooter as 20 theyearold as thomas matthew crooks of bethel park, pennsylvania. We will warn you, there s a photo of what appears to be the dead gunman on a rooftop nearby. Rachel: investigators say crooks took position on a roof 11300 yards from the 130 yards from the pose if yum and opened fire before being shot and killed. Capitol police will hold a virtual security briefing for house offices later this afternoon. We re now going to show you the full, unedited version of the moment that those shots rang out. Watch. Take a looked at wh
More than 120m. A very warm welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the world. We are just hours away from the opening ceremony for the much troubled tokyo 2020 olympics. They were postponed last year because of the pandemic but now, the wait is almost overfor more than 11,300 athletes trying to get their hands on an olympic medal. Despite being postponed, the games are not clear despite being postponed, the games are not clear of covid there have already been more than 90 confirmed coronavirus cases in tokyo directly linked to the games. Celebrations at the opening ceremony will be the most subdued of any olympics in history. But our tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield hayes has still managed to track down some excited fans. Finding olympic fans in tokyo these days isn t so easy. But on this rooftop at least, it s a different story. Skateboarding is in the olympics for the first time in the hope of attracting young new fans, and it seems to be working. Translation: i
Vaccinated person that i ve still diagnosed with covid19. Plus who still hasn t gotten the vaccine and can they be convinced to get it? and the bipartisan infrastructure deal facing another hurdle this hour. Progressives are not happy. Some promise to tank a top biden priority if they don t see action on voting rights. A pathway to citizenship and police reform. Up nfirst today, the war chz changed. The war has changed. That s the rethink everything take away from a brand new alarming cdc document that says delta covid variant is as infect x as chickenpox and new precautions are needed. Days ago scientists put the delta variant on par with the common cold, believing each infected person transmit the virus to maybe two other people. The new analysis says each infected person on average is actually infecting eight or nine others. Cnn national correspondent christen holmes with more on the alarming, alarming findings. Christen? yeah. John, i mean, there s no doubt about it. These are incr
Renewed friction between the us and china. Beijing rejects a plan by the who for a second visit to the country to investigate the origins of covid 19. This the response from washington: deeply disappointed, their position is irresponsible, and frankly, dangerous. Live from our studio in singapore. This is bbc news. It s newsday. Welcome to viewers around the world and in the uk. It s seven in the morning in singapore and 8am in tokyo where the much troubled 2020 olympics will finally open in a few hours time. After a year s delay due to covid 19, the wait is almost over for more than 11,300 athletes trying to get their hands on an olympic medal. There s already been a total of 91 coronavirus cases in tokyo directly linked the games. That s after a sixth member of the czech olympic team tested positive in the last few hours. Beyond the athletes village, daily covid infections in tokyo are now higher than at any time since january. And with no fans allowed into stadiums, there s less i
A very warm welcome to bbc news to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe we are just hours away from the opening ceremony for the much troubled tokyo 2020 olympics. They were postponed last year because of the pandemic, but now the wait is almost over for more than 11,300 athletes trying to get their hands on an olympic medal. But despite being postponed, the games are not clear of covid. There s already been more than 90 confirmed coronavirus cases in tokyo directly linked to the games. That s after a sixth member of the czech olympic team tested positive in the last few hours. Beyond the athletes village, daily covid infections in tokyo are now higher than at any time since january. And with no fans allowed in the stadiums, there are still calls for the games to be cancelled, despite a cost of $12. 6 billion dollars. Celebrations at the opening ceremony will be the most subdued of any olympics in history. But our tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield hayes has still manag