And what s in a name? cleveland s baseball team changes their s to try and avoid offending native americans. Hello and welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. The delayed 2020 tokyo olympics are finally underway. It follows months of uncertainty, and a build up marred by protests and the resignations of senior japanese officials. But for the athletes, the day is here. 11 gold medals are up for grabs on saturday. And day one of the official olympics schedule is packed, with plenty of key events to keep an eye on in the coming hours, including the first gold medal. It s expected to go to the winner of the 10 metre air rifle for women. And the final is due to start in the next hour. Then we look to the cycling, because the 234km men s road race starts in about an hour s time and is expected to take around seven hours. Slovenia s tadej pogacar goes in this fresh from winning the tour de france. Of course, there is tennis just two weeks after wimbledon, the compet
closely watched governors races. big names to the campaign trail in the final stretch. pennsylvania may be the most significant senate race in the country. john federman is looking to reassure voters as he continues to recover from a stroke you suffered in may. all is closing the gap. holding a rally in harrisburg this hour. looking live at that rally. they are getting ready. all the races across the country and the issues affecting you. let s start with rich edson. he is in pennsylvania at that event that is about to get underway at this moment. good afternoon. this event has just started. the candidate will be speaking in just a short while. a union government headquarters. he has been rallying union workers throughout the weekend. did so in philadelphia yesterday held a rally at temple university yesterday trying to turn out student boat. just wait until election day. about nine days from now. his opponent, doctor s, has been on his mind as of late. hitting him often i
Ahead of mid-term elections, former US President Barack Obama was heckled by a protestor during his Michigan rally on Saturday while he was campaigning for Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
Came home thinking he was jesus. christina coleman live in san francisco at the site of the pelosi home where this attack occurred with more and what is happening today. christina. hi, eric. paul pelosi is in the hospital. recovering after that brutal attack. a successful surgery friday to repair of the head fracture that he suffered from this incident. right now he is doing well. he said so far so good. the house speaker broke her silence on her husband attack and released release a statement to her colleagues a violent man broke into our home, demanded to confront me and brutally attacked my husband paul. our children, grandchildren and i are heartbroken and traumatized by the threatening attack on our pop and go. the suspect shouted where s nancy, where s nancy after breaking into their home.
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