Being held without spectators for one change and also covid 19 cases are going out for spectators and athletes. On thursday, tokyo reported close to 2000 new coronavirus cases, up by more than 600 compared with the same day last week. This chart shows the seven Day Average of daily Covid Cases in the capital. So far this month, a total of 91 cases directly linked to the olympics have been recorded. 0rganisers say these are isolated. Theyre keen to disassociate the games from any connection with cases in the wider population. Sebastian coe is a double olympic Champion And President of world athletics. He spoke earlier to the bbc s garry richardson. I do know that the protocols that were put in place the tracking, the tracing, the isolating, which is working and is testament to the amount of work that has already gone into this i believe will be enough to maintain a safe and secure games. And the rising numbers were talking about, nobody is entirely sure, garry, whether these are not gen
Legislative session right now. But this will not go far. They will not have a quorum, it seems meaning that they dont have the votes to really do any work. And that is because in an extraordinary move overnight, a majority of the states democratic lawmakers left texas and are now in washington, d. C. In order to block republican efforts to pass new voting restrictions. The democratic lawmakers are now vowing to remain out of the state until The End of this Special Session, which could mean weeks out of the state. It comes as President Biden will be delivering a highly anticipated speech on Voting Rights today. Cnns Dianne Gallagher is live in washington following the texas lawmakers as they plot the next move. So diane, what is happening . Reporter so the texas lawmakers who flew on the private planes leaving the state of texas in the effort to deny quorum which is about to happen, watching the House Floor right now to see when they will reconvene. That is their first accomplishment of
Have the votes to overcome republican opposition. Bidens allies are calling on him to do what hes resisted doing so far, urge his fellow democrats to get behind a change in the filibuster rules. The filibuster should not stand in the way of democracy. Reporter as biden issued his call to action, the Texas Legislature was engulfed in chaos. We are not going to buckle to the Big Lie in the state of texas. Reporter the states democrats are in washington after fleeing texas in a Lastditch Effort to stop the passage of a new restrictive voting law. Biden calling out texas republicans today. In texas, for example, republicanled State Legislature wants to allow partisan pollwatchers to intimidate voters. Reporter but those texas democrats are calling on washingtOn And the president to do more. We cant hold this tide back forever. Were buying some time. We need congress and all of our federal leaders to use that time wisely. Reporter now, jake, Al Sharpton spoke with President Biden after that
After the biggest protest in decades. Good to have you with us. Voting rights in the u. S. Are Front And Center today with a major address from President Biden and an old fashioned Texas Standoff over new election restrictions. White House Press Secretary jen s psaki offered this preview. To lay out the moral case why it is a form of Suppression And Silencing and he will redouble his commitment to using every tool at his disposal to continue to fight to protect the fundamental right of americans to vote against the onslaught of Voter Suppression laws based on a dangerous and discredited Conspiracy Theory that culminated in an assault on our capitol. And meanwhile democrats flew to washington late monday, and that are absence would deny republicans a quorum and keep them from voting on new restrictions. Dianne gallagher has more. Reporter there are two separate bills that were introduced in the Special Session, and both do contain a whole slew of restrictions to the Voting Processes and
they lost the fourth and final match in ahmedabad. the group representing health service trusts, nhs providers, hasjoined unions in saying the government s proposed 1% pay rise for health service staff in england is not enough. ministers have defended the rise, saying the pandemic had placed unprecedented strain on public finances. here s our political correspondent, iain watson. if government ministers thought nhs staff in england would be grateful to be exempted from a public sector pay freeze, well, the reality looks rather different. those who run hospital trusts, as well as the unions, are calling for the government to look again at the proposed 1% rise, and claim that, as part of a long term plan for the nhs, ministers had previously planned to put up pay by twice as much this year. the assumption is 2.1% which is actually enshrined in an act of parliament so we have got a strong legal basis here to say that that pay rise was there, and obviously that was all set out pr