Testing sites are to be set up across england to ensure essential workers can avoid self isolation and keep working. And president biden warns that the us is facing a pandemic of the unvaccinated, as the delta variant of coronavirus spreads. Now on bbc news, click looks at how online shopping has exploded in the pandemic and how social media companies want a piece of the action. As the world tries to emerge from the pandemic, the way we go about our lives is bound to be different but exactly how is hard to say. On this week s show, we ll be seeing the buildings that are hoping to get to know us a bit better. And looking at how online shopping could be getting social. But first, we ll be finding out how the world of search is changing right before our eyes. The idea of visual search is nothing new. It s something we looked at a few years ago, where you search for something online by using a picture rather than words. But the idea does seem to be gaining ground now, as omar mehtab has
I m alison kosik in new york, and this is cnn newsroom. Olympic competitions are in full swing in tokyo with the longawaited start of the 2020 summer games. China has claimed the first two gold medals in women s tenmeter air rifle and women s a s weightlifting. Even as fireworks opened the games the virus that stopped them a year ago remains as dangerous as ever. Officials have documented 127 cases connected to the games including 17 in the past day. A dutch rower and portuguese surfer are latest forced out by a positive test. Cnn is live in japan, and world sport from atlanta. Hello, let s start with, blake. I know that you are at one of the few places japanese people can actually go to watch. Talk about what they re saying. Reporter: you know, it s not what anyone was hoping for, but some people want to experience the olympic atmosphere any way possible. For the people behind me, it means sitting in an auditorium on a beautiful day here to watch the games on a big screen and experien
Testing positive today. Plus wildfires are raging across parts of the west, firefighters driving through walls of flame trying to save homes and smoke from those fires is being felt across the country. It is drifting and blanketing cities all the way along the east coast. I saw some of that this week flying back to d. C. Meanwhile, pandemic penalty? the nfl is announcing that teams that experience covid outbreaks among unvaccinated players could be forced to forfeit games this season. Thank you so much for waking up early with us this saturday, july 24th. We have a special guest for you, kaitlan collins is here. That alarm went off early, kaitlan, i hope you got some coffee or apple juice as i prefer. I don t think i ve ever had this much coffee by 8:00 a. M. In my life, but i m happy to be here. Welcome. Welcome. We re glad to have you. We begin this morning with more evidence that the u. S. Is in the middle of a dangerous summer surge of covid19 fueled by the spread of the delta vari
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