In an elaborate but rain soaked ceremony. In a world first, the olympic Opening Ceremony was held outside of the stadium wIth thousands of Athletes Sailing down the River Seine. Our Sports Correspondent Patrick gearey reports. Paris, never more spectacularly the cIty of lights. An evening drenched in sound, Colour And CIty of lights. An evening drenched in sound, colourand rain. This cIty of lights. An evening drenched in sound, colour and rain. This was always going to be a more watery Opening Ceremony than ever before. The River Seine but you cant play the plan the weather. Team gbs Flag Bearers were a rower and a diver. They are used to water. Yeah, definItely hasnt diver. They are used to water. Yeah, definItely hasnt dampened diver. They are used to water. Yeah, definItely hasnt dampened the definItely hasnt dampened the spirIts. Team gb are definItely out in full force and the fans on the Bank Arejust amazing. In full force and the fans on the bank are just amazing. I cant believ
Paris because the Opening Ceremony there is coming to an end, and we are expecting a glorious light show. It is of course known as the city of lights. There are something like 300,000 spectators who have been lining the banks of the seine watching those 10,500 athletes as they head towards the main area. Beautiful site there. I think maybe its even more beautiful because there is so much rain and clouds in paris this evening. Its the city of lights, the damp city of lights, but it still looks gorgeous. Want people enjoying the sights there. We will be bringing you more highlights as and when we get them. President biden has welcomed the arrests of two notorious leaders of mexicos Sinaloa Cartel in texas. Ismael zambada, known as el mayo, was earlier charged by us prosecutors with conspiracy to make and distribute fentanyl, the drug that has been blamed for the us opioid crisis. Arrested with him was joaquin guzman lopez, son of the jailed kingpin El Chapo guzman. The pair were detained
Welcome back to The Weekend. Congress returns to Capitol Hill Tomorrow after a seismic week in american politics. President biden continues to reassure democrats after his poor Debate Performance that he is the best person to beat Donald Trump in november. At least half a dozen democrats now tell Nbc News that the president s interview with George Stephanopoulos did little to salvage his campaign, describing bidens political situation in terms like heartbroken, doomed and an effing disaster. We should note, however, he spoke in those terms anonymously , of course they did. Meanwhile, five house democrats have publicly called on the president to step aside. Joining us now is democratic Senator Alex Padilla of california. Welcome, senator. Welcome, senator. Thank you for being with us this morning. Can we please start with the lots of conversation about Senator Mark Warner and Him Convening Democrats in the Senate Today via phone, or zoom, i am unsure. What do you know about this meeting
Tonight that i learned from you what actually happened at the capitol. On saturday i had no idea, consumed none of it. What that rally, what that thing that was supposed to be a rally turned out to be. Acres of free parking for everyone who showed up. Amazing. Yeah, when you think that every officer in the u. S. Capitol police and every officer in the metropolitan Police Department of washington, d. C. , were on duty because of that, plus all of the fences and it was like one dude and his dog and a woman doing yoga. Better to be over prepared, than under prepared, but my god, it was quite a dud. Lets hope that its a positive indicator about where this whole Election Fraud Thing really stands, that thats how much public support it could muster on a saturday. Yeah, yeah, i feel like all the other signs were bad, but that sign was good. Yeah, we will see. Thank you, rachel. Thank you, lawrence. Bob Woodwards Trilogy on the trump White House is now complete. First came fear, then came rage
675,000 estimated to have been lost in the 1918 flu pandemic. This is now the deadliest Disease And Mass Death Event in u. S. History. Today there was hope of shielding young children from the virus, that is parents who are willing to give them the vaccine. Pfizer says its vaccine is safe for children 5 to 11. And there has been heat on the Travel Ban over foreign visitors. The White House will allow fully vaccinated foreign nationals to fly into our country in november. And as mentioned, biden will make his debut at the general assembly tomorrow. This is at a time after the afghanistan withdrawal and when france is angry at us. We are committed to those alliances, the threat of leveling the economic playing field. Those are all issues we will continue to work with our partners on. The president s ambitious push to rebuild the Infrastructure And Safety net is running into the realities of the House And Senate, back in session for the first time since july. Looking to make the president