The governments handling of the covid pandemic. Hello and a warm welcome to the programme. Its day three of the olympics and we have all the latest from japan. Sarah mulkerrins is Live In Tokyo for us, where the first medal of the day has gone to norway. Tell us all about it. It certainly tell us all about it. It certainly has. Welcome to Tokyo Bay early on Monday Morning in the japanese capital and the behind me is where the triathlon took place. It is also where we saw that False Start occur. What happened is that all triathletes were on the pontoon and ready to dive in, half went in but there was a big Lack Boat covering one half of them so they were blocked from entering into the bay here and they had to pull the swimmers already in the water back onto the pontoon and then they finally got under way. They had a 1500 metres swim around the bay here and then on their bikes for a0 Kilometres Cycle around the streets of tokyo and then they transitioned into that ten kilometre run. And
he s still got. it we heard nelly, we heard chloe bringing the house down. this has been an incredible show of talent. so many inspirational remarks honoring this federal holiday. it is now a federal holiday, juneteenth. and it s all about freedom. we are back with juneteenth on cnn. i m sara sidner along with van jones. it just keeps getting better and better. there are moments from now where we will talk to some of the folks that you saw on the stage. some of the headliners, kurt franklin, big freedia the members of swv. we will hem it up with them. i m proud to be an american. i am proud of kurt. it s an unbelievable show. you have the young folks. i guarantee people who had never heard of chloe, they now know who she is. i ll tell you what, charlie. he has still got it. he brought the house down. i love seeing people who love their craft and can do it for their entire lives. it s beautiful. now, speaking of a little surprise, a little coolness, a little duet, we saw s
of the highest profile visit to china by a us official since president biden took office. it s been five years since a secretary of state has met with chinese counterparts, and us officials say expectations for the meeting are low. tensions have been steadily growing between the countries. joining me now to discuss the trip is jacob stokes, senior fellow for the indo pacific security program at the centerfor a new american security and former acting special advisorfor asia policy to then vice presidentjoe biden. thank you so much for being with us on bbc news. how crucial do you think these talks are? i crucial do you think these talks are? crucial do you think these talks are? i think this is an important talks are? i think this is an important trip. talks are? i think this is an important trip. as - talks are? i think this is an important trip. as you - talks are? i think this is an | important trip. as you said, the secretary of state from the united states has not be
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