A ban on most spectators into the road of olympians who think we somehow care about their political views. They will be great performances but how boring the leader. What a contrast to our wonderful collective memories olympics past, our rivalry with the former soviet union that made beating the key team the true miracle on ice, the mind blowing next 6 performances of dominic dogs and who could forget the mesmerizing gliding to the pool of michael phelps. And whether it was president reagan opening the 1984 olympics or bill clinton at the 1996 games in atlanta we rallied because we loved the country and we left our athletes and for a few weeks we all put our differences aside about pretty much everything else, but today things are different. Now there are millions of americans disgusted by the us woman soccer team not because they lost to sweden but because they use the international stage to insult our nation. This isn t what the olympics is all about. The international olympic commit
Of ten have not had the jab. Nine years in prison for incitement to secession and terrorist activities. Pro democracy activist tong ying kit is the first person to be convicted under hong kong s new security law. And it s an epic battle between a star and her studio, s scarlettjohansson sues disney for streaming her latest movie. Hello, and welcome to tokyo, where on day seven we have now reached the midpoint of the games. And a day where we ve seen a former teaching assistant who partly crowdfunded herjourney to the olympics become team gb s first female gold medal winner in the bmx. Beth shriever followed up team mate kye whyte s stunning silver medal in the men s race to become the first british medalists in the sport since it was made an olympic event back in 2008. In the pool, duncan scott won silver in the men s 200m final to keep alive his hopes of a historic haul of four medals at a single games. No british athlete has won four medals at any one games. New zealand have claimed
Colorado, and the golden gate of california. America is coming back. And on this july 4th, we celebrate our nation s independence and our renewed freedom to come together. Tonight, the largest fireworks show on television with dazzling displays in cities all across the usa, and powerful musical performances including the beach boys with john stamos, billy ray cyrus, black eyed peas, blues traveller, brad paisley, chicago, flow rida, cool and the gang, nelly, neo, reo speed wagon, sammy haggar and the circle, tasha cobbs leonard and tricia yearwood. Now a special cnn event. The 4th in america. We are live in washington, d. C. With spectacular views of the u. S. Capitol and national mall. Look at the crowds already gathering at the lincoln memorial. Our country has been waiting for this moment. A time to celebrate. You can see people are gathering to do just that. And soon, fireworks will light up the monuments on this very special independence today and you will see it happen live right