the government s handling of the covid pandemic. hello and a warm welcome to the programme. it s 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 kilom
to pennsylvania s lehigh valley, the president issued a plea to americans who are holding out on getting their shots. we still have a people a lot of people who are not vaccinated. the pandemic we have now is a pandemic of the unvaccinated. so please, please, please, please, get vaccinated. protect yourself and the children out there well routers reports that the white house has also mandated masks in federal buildings and hotspots. 60% of u.s. counties have up from 63% from just yesterday. and yesterday, the agency issued another change for the a vaccinated. the cdc now recommended they get tested after exposure with someone with covid even though they don t show symptoms. the cdc says that the vaccinated people did not have to get tested unless they did experience symptoms. the washington post is covid surge on the white house writing, quote, this landscape, and some say, the administration s less than clear messaging, is complicating biden s efforts to show that he
capitol physician, official mandate from him. i have nothing to say about that. except we honor it. leader mccarthy says it s against the such. he s such a moron. why did the house speaker speak out? because house republicans are playing down covid as it makes a comeback across the country. as far as the former president goes, he has so far failed to sabotage a bipartisan infrastructure plan that just cleared a major hurdle in congress. is trump losing his grip on the gop? good morning, and welcome to morning joe, it s thursday, july 29th, it s good to have you all on board with us. senators celebrated with us yesterday after finally coming to an agreement on a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. the break through came after weeks of disagreements over sticking points such as public transit, how to fund it and all of that. within hours of announcing the deal, senate majority leader, chuck schumer, moved to hold a procedural vote exactly one week after the prev
a country in crisis. a year after the deadly beirut blast scarred lebanon we have a special report. and wildfires threaten parts of greece as strong winds fan the flames through the countryside north of athens. hello and welcome. let s start with the olympics and day 5 action is well underway in tokyo with medals events in the pool and on the water. australia s ariarne titmus picked up a second gold medal and an olympic record. our sports presenter, sarah mulkerrins, is in tokyo with the details. a brilliant olympic games so far for the australian. they call her the terminator, such is her dominance and ferocity in the pool. a couple of days ago she won gold in the 400 metres freestyle in that epic duel she had then with the american star katie ledecky. and today it was even more of a dominant win for her. she had a slow start but she came through to finish in that stunning time. a really interesting race, katie ledecky had finished fifth, that s the first time in 36 i