The olympic games are under way in a world still very much in the grip of this pandemic. The virus forced a yearlong delay of these games. And once again the illness is surging there in japan. The risk made for a subdued opening ceremony, let s call it, in a nearly empty stadium. Even as fourtime grand slam tennis champion naomi osaka lit the cauldron, there was no doubt these olympics will be unlike any other we ve ever seen. The ioc did not require athletes to be fully vaccinated against covid. Just today the doctor for team usa estimated that 83% of the competitors were fully vaccinated. That s still a lot better than our country as a whole. Over half the nation remains unvaccinated. Cdc says today saw the lowest number of shots given since early january. That plus this super contagious delta variant continue to drive this surge in new covid cases. Cdc data are showing the sevenday average of new cases now the highest its been are you ready for this since the beginning of may. As we
been in the desert area. the infrastructure isn t designed to take on all of this water. take nothing for granted. the president is expected to fly over lahaina. expected to meet with first responders, victims of this disaster. we feel we re steam rolling this process. we re going over inch of space in lahaina and identifying anybody that is there. president donald trump has confirmed he won t participate in the debates. this is typical donald trump. he wants to suck all of the oxygen out of the room. desantis is in jeopardy. friday marks the deadline for d.a. s fani willis s command they turn themselves in. it s not just donald trump and the 18 co-defendants showing up, first, they all have to negotiate. it s hard to think someone with 91 indictments is the presidential candidate. djokovic is the champion in cincinnati after 3:49. definitely the toughest. that s why you never give up, man. never give up. city alcaraz, young man, on the rise. goo
that would be fit for public release. that is nowhere in the rules. i was to prepare a confidential report that was comprehensive and thorough of what is in the rules, mr. hur what is in the rules is you don t gratuitously do things to you don t add language you know would be useful in a political campaign. you weren t born yesterday. you understood exactly what you were doing. that s democratic congressman adam schiff pressing former special counsel robert hur on his choice of words in his report on president biden s handling of classified documents. we ll have much more on the political theater from that high stakes hearing in just a moment. meanwhile, on capitol hill today, the house is set to vote on a bill that could ban one of the most popular apps in america. plus, we ll have the latest on the cease-fire negotiations between israel and hamas, which appear to remain stalled now two days into ramadan. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednes
so we are intent on doing both. that is standing up for our people when they re attacked while at the same time working every single day to prevent the conflict from growing and spreading. that s secretary of state antony blinken laying out the priorities of the biden administration in the middle east which is becoming more volatile by the day following a deadly strike on three u.s. service members. and on capitol hill we ll bring you new details about the bipartisan border deal in the senate that are starting to leak out. we ll go through what s in the bill and the response from lawmakers. and meanwhile, the republican controlled house continues to focus on grievance over government as it moves forward with a possible impeachment of the homeland security secretary. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, january 30th. i m jonathan lemire, and thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin with the defense department, which has identified th
tank standoff. who will blink first over sending crucial fire power to ukraine. former ambassador nikki haley says it s time for a new generation to lead. guess who she has in mind for 2024? good morning. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. happy friday, everybody. i m christine romans. president biden saying he has no regrets over the way the white house handled the discovery of classified documents at his private think tank office and delaware home. as we found we found a handful of documents were failed were filed in the wrong place. we immediately turned them over to the archives and the justice department. we re fully cooperating, looking forward to getting this resolved quickly. the president s first remarks in a week on the classified document discovery. cnn s jasmine wright live in washington this friday morning for us. jasmine, mr. biden spent about 30 seconds addressing the documents, the very end of the comments on storm re