seem to be inspiring more people to get the vaccine. the daily number of first doses has doubled since the start of july. republicans have turned and said to their favorite scapegoats, immigrants. joe biden has taken to himself to try to single out florida over covid. this is a guy who ran for president, saying he was going to, quote, shut down the virus, and what has he done, he s imported more virus from around the world by having a wide-open southern border. as the biden administration is allowing people to come across the southern border, many of whom who have covid, most of whom are not really being checked for covid. those who do have covid, some have been released into our cities. and americans all over this country. ought to be damned angry what s happening to their country. total invasion. people are going to die because of people coming in illegally with covid, with the fentanyl drugs that are crossing the border. joining me now to get into all of that fooli
its covid lockdown. hello and welcome to the programme. i am live in tokyo for day 10 of the olympic games. we start our coverage today with news that the czech republic and poland have offered to help a belarusian sprinter who was ordered home from the games by her country s olympic officials. krystsina tsimanouskaya was due to compete in the women s 200m event on monday. but after posting a video complaining about being entered into another race at short notice, she says she was told to pack and taken to the airport. she then contacted police, and uploaded a video on social media, appealing for help, and the flight took off without her on board. ramzan karmali reports. surrounded by police and safe. that is what belarusian athlete krystsina tsimanouskaya believes for now. the sprinter was due to be honest darting blocks later today but says she was forced to pack before being taken to the airport in tokyo against her will. translation: i asked the international olympic comm
its covid lockdown. it s eight in the morning in singapore, and 9am in tokyo where the czech republic and poland have offered to help a belarusian sprinter who was ordered home from the games by her country s 0lympic officials. this is her krystsina tsimanouskaya. she had been due to compete in the women s 200m event on monday. but after posting a video complaining about being entered into another race at short notice, she says she was told to pack and taken to the airport. she then contacted police, and uploaded this video on social media, appealing for help. the flight took off without her on board. tsimanouskaya has said she believes she s now safe i m joined now by sarah mulkerrins in tokyo. the international olympic committee says it has asked the belarus authorities to clarify what happened. it comes of course against a backdrop of ongoing protests against president lukashenko of belarus who the opposition accuse of stealing the election, and repressing any dissent
of fears, not tried to ratchet up any hysteria. masks on, or off? one school districts battle against its own state, in order to enforce a mask mandate. we will talk with the superintendent about the bold action to take the state to courts. this is not about, a debate about a mask mandate, for those who can make their own decisions, and have means to get vaccinated. everyone knows what to do, the guidelines are in place. this is all about the children and their health. plus, former president trump putting up a fight, defending his alleged actions after that bombshell report, that he pressured the justice department to comply with his big lie. he is not giving up his baseless claims. and, under fire after making blistering comments of a black widow store scarlett johansson, how she is taking on the media giant, and the major groups that are taking her side. good sunday morning, everybody. candace reminded me it is the 1st of august, a new month, turning over a new le
on those new mask rules on the hill. on the january 6th select committee and for movement on infrastructure talks. we start with that updated mask guidance as every state across the country is seeing a surge in new covid cases. mike memoli is outside of the white house. shaquille brewster is outside of a medical center. i also want to bring in dr. vin gupta. thank you all for being with me today. mike, it is a big step for the biden administration, walk through the rules and what they have played. they are indoors or outdoors. they were quick to go out of the rose garden that day. the cdc is announcing dwlaed in states with high or substantial transmission rates right now in terms of the covid virus, specifically the delta variant, they re recommended that individuals need to wear masks even indoors. they are potentially transmissing this to others and that is something they want to avoid. we should need is guidance and not mandates. when we talk about the federal workforce,