For christine romans. Just three days until the olympics officially begin, but competition actually starts today. Softball kicks off the a 8:00 p. M. With australia versus japan and the u. S. Faces italy at 11:00 p. M. Eastern. And the rest of the games can t come soon enough for the organizers. Tokyo just reported its second highest increase of new cases sense january 21st. Blake essig is live in tokyo for us. Another day, another athlete testing positive for covid. What is the feeling in tokyo right now? reporter: you know, as far as athletes are concerned, generally speaking some are worried and for good reason by no fault of their own after a lifetime of preparation, their olympic dream could be cut short if they catch covid19 or are considered a close contact with someone who tests positive. Now, that fear has been realized by two american athletes already who tested positive for covid19 including katie lou samuelson and kara eaker, an alternate for the women s gymnastics team. Wh
Lost the election was there for all of us to see. We all saw it, we saw it from this position, talking to you every night unfold in realtime. But i ll admit, even as someone who s covered it, day by day felt the danger, worried about where democracy was headed, was up late at night worrying about it, culminating in the january 6th insurrection, even eyes someone very tuned into the news did not quite put all the pieces together at the time. The latest reporting we are getting is a good occasion to revisit it all, look at it in hindsight, now you ve probably seen the news from the new book by two great washington post reporter carol leoning and phil rucker, they report that as trump ceaselessly pushed false claims about the 2020 presidential election, general marked a milley chairman of the joint chiefs of staff grew more nervous, telling aides he feared the president and his acolytes might attempt to use the military to stay in office. Milley described a stomach churning feeling as he
Due to so many millions of americans not getting vaccinated. Investors are afraid the surge in the virus will hurt the u. S. Economic recovery. Airlines such as united, delta, and american were hit especially hard today what else other companies tied to the economic recovery such as general motors and caterpillar. This brings us to our health lead and the dire warnings from public health officials, cases, hospitalizations, and deaths all up in the united states. 99. 5% of the deaths are among people who are not fully vaccinated. 99. 5% of them. The u. S. Surgeon general says he s still worried about what s to come. As well as lagging vaccination rates and misinformation, lies about the vaccine running rampant. And now we re learning american athletes are among those testing positive in connection with the olympic games in tokyo, including a member of the u. S. Women s gymnastics team just four days before the opening ceremonies. Now, we should note, this athlete is fully vaccinated and
Community and pro america show. Now according to reuters the damage was from an electrical storm and heavy rains a leading democrat california s governor newsom said this. The ocean is literally on fire we cannot afford climate action. Could there be a statement that is as stupid or shallow or cynical and fall says that one? the ocean was not literally on fire the gas elite from a pipeline was on fire it was put out and cleaned up in hours. It was an accident so why did he lie and suggest climate change was the culprit and climate action is the answer? because this is what democrats do. They lie about climate all the time. To be clear that s not denying the reality of climate change but the democrats deny climate change reality in favor of the dark climate fantasy. The world will end in 12 years if we don t address climate change. The existential threat. The existential threat. It is an existential threat. Lesson 12 years before there is irreparable damage done to this country. Steve: