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,
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 under way. 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 the first has been won in the last hour. china s yang qian won the women s ten metre air rifle event with an olympic record score of 251.8. it was a dramatic finish, as russian anastasia galashina was in the lead, until she scuppered her final shot, and yang qian was able to take advantage. switzerland s nina christen won bronze. so the start of a busy day with plenty to keep an eye on in the coming hours including cycling: the men s road race is under way, starting at mount fuji and is expected to take around seven hours. slovenia s t
that same day in elizabeth city, north carolina, yet another black life came to a premature end after a police interaction. andrew brown jr. was shot and killed by multiple sheriff s deputies who the suspect claims were carrying out search and arrest warrants. he joins daunte, adam toledo, ma khia bryant, george floyd, and breonna taylor, just to name a few other black americans killed by police. and that s just recently. also today, attorney general merrick garland announced the department of justice would investigate whether there was a pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful policing in louisville, kentucky, which may have led to the death of breonna taylor. we ll have more on that a little bit later. for several nights now, hundreds have taken to the streets in elizabeth city, north carolina, demanding that the sheriff release the body cam video. mayor betty parker has joined the calls, and so has governor roy cooper, writing in a tweet that brun s death is ex
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