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
And striking gold. The u. S. Finally winning its first olympic Gold Medal of the tokyo games and in a stunner one of the top athletes in the world is sidelined after Testing Positive for coronavirus. Also a State Of Emergency in parts of the west as wildfires are burning out of control. We are on the front lines for you. It is sunday, july 25th, and we are always grateful to have your company. Good morning, boris. Good morning, christi. Always great to see you. You as well, thanks. So this Summer Surge of the Coronavirus Pandemic that we have been talking about seems to be worsening across the u. S. Cases are headed in the wrong direction while Vaccination Rates have stalled. Yeah, it is not a pretty picture. Nearly every state is reporting an increase in infections as the more transmissable Delta Variant of the coronavirus surges. Look at all the red on that map. New numbers showing under half the population of the u. S. Is fully vaccinated. 49 . The rise in infections and hospitaliza
Comes to capitalism. Plus Jonathan Turley, joe concha, and Senator Marsha Blackburn all on deck. Sandra a Rocking Show coming up here with begin with the Supreme Court handing down a pair of major rulings in the last couple hours including a huge victory for religious freedom. Hello and welcome, i am Sandra Smith in New York and this is america reports. Look whos here. Great to see you, i am Trace Gallagher and for John Roberts. The justices siding unanimously with the catholic Foster Agency in philadelphia saying he could legally exclude samesex couples. The court also Upholding Obamacare and a 72 vote. Sandra Chief Legal Correspondent Shannon Bream has more. Thank you for joining us. What do we know . What happened the last couple hours . Lets start with the religious liberty case. Advocates are celebrating unanimous decision in favor of a catholic social Services Group in philadelphia. Working with the city placing children into Foster Care but the city barred them when they realize
Place in rotterdam. So the usual year of Vision Fever is heightened because all of these people have been waiting so long for this moment. The usual euroVision Fever. Within the past couple of hours, the new York State Attorney General s office said its investigation into the Trump Organisation, run by former president donald trump, is now a criminal probe and not purely civil in nature. The company, led by the former president , has been under investigation for over two years by the Manhattan District attorney. Im joined now by the bbc s will grant, in washington. Just explain for us the significance of this latest line we have had from the New York Attorney General . Line we have had from the New York Attorney General . Well, it is very important, york Attorney General . Well, it is very important, isnt york Attorney General . Well, it is very important, isnt it . Is very important, isnt it . What this is essentially is the look at the operations and the situation behind the scenes o
We begin in the us because New York is lifting most of the remaining covid 19 related restrictions. Offices, restaurants, museums and theatres will no longer be subject to capacity limits either. Heres samira hussain. There is certainly more people out on the streets of manhattan these days, especially if you compare it to this time last year, at the height of the covid 19 pandemic. That said, even though there is an easing of restrictions, it is not being felt in every single neighbourhood. Take this one for example, lower manhattan, Wall Street is just a few blocks away. Many businesses here depend heavily on Office Workers but they are not coming backin workers but they are not coming back in droves. And that will have a direct impact on all of the businesses that operate within the neighbourhood. I caught up with a few of the businesses around here and have a listen to what had to say blue if we do not have the officers, we do not have work and we are slow. figs officers, we do no