Bidens agenda. And the new concerns about the cost of living and inflation drives up prices, putting a squeeze on your wallet and texas authorities are taking new steps to try to hold back the flood of migrants who continue to cross our southern border. We have Team Fox News coverage today. Mark meredith reporting on the president , hes in wilmington, delaware. Alex hogan is in new York City on inflation concerns. Bill malusian is in texas on the border crisis. First, lets go to david spunt, live in washington, with how the feds are trying to tackle crime in our cities. Reporter crime is a serious problem, not here in washington, d. C. Only but in other cities big and small across the United States. The justice department, the Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on thursday a Strike Force to combat Drug Trafficking in the United States, to help curb the problems. Still, authorities on a local and federal level feel a bit overwhelmed because of the rise in crime. Case in point, w
Coming up in sport, more than one of the bigger shocks of the olympics so far as austrias Ana Kiesenhofer upsets the odds to win the womens cycling Road Race. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Its day two of the olympics, and the Sporting Action has brought us just the sort of Unpredictability And Excitement only these games can bring. An unexpected Gold Medalfor Tunisia in the pool and the first medals for Team Gb with a silver in taekwondo for Bradly Sinden and a Judo Bronze for chelsie giles. The womens Road Race resulted in a huge shock earlier in the day. Lucy hockings is in tokyo for us. Day two has produced some extraordinary performances and some real upsets as well. The day started with a big upset in the Womens Road Cycling race the austrian Mathematician Anna Kiesenhofer took gold, she has not had a professional contract since 2017, she raced ahead with more than a0 kilometres remaining, it was an amazing race, and in fact she has a phd in ma
Around the world. Im Alison Kosik and this is cnn newsroom. Here is a snapshot of olympic medals awarded so far in tokyo. China the most at 9, the u. S. At 8. The u. S. Leads with five gold medals, japan with three and Team Usa with two. Coy wire is following the competition in tokyo. Americans used their advantage in the Swimming Pool to get on the board today. Tell me how they did it. Reporter since munich, Team Usa was shut out of medals on the Opening Day of competition at the summer olympics. Things changed day two. American men finishing one and two in the 400 meter individual med lay. Chase kalicz wins his first gold and the first for Team Usa at the games in tokyo. He won silver in rio. When he was 8yearold he was on a Ventilator And Feeding tube for eight months as he fought an acute disorder of the nervous system. C K K Kalisz says fell sps like the g. O. A. T. I dont know if everything has sunk in yet, not being in the water, not competing. A lot of emotions ran through my b
Competition for olympic medals isnt the only thing heating up right now in tokyo. So is the weather. Olympic athletes are now competing in grueling heat and humidity. Theres a tropical storm on the horizon. China leads right now with the four Gold Medals, followed by japan with three. The u. S. Has the most medals overall with seven, including one gold. On saturday, skateboarding and surfing made their olympic debuts. But some of the athletes say they miss the Excitement And Energy of live spectators. Covid remains a serious concern. At least 137 cases are now linked to the games. Top american Golfer Bryson Dechambeau wont be competing after he tested positive just before he was due to leave for tokyo. A top draw this sunday is japanese Tennis Star naomi osaka, who lit the olympic cauldron. She played and easily won her first olympic Singles Match after bowing out of the French Open earlier this year. Patrick snell of Cnn World sport is standing by in atlanta with the latest on the com
The last Borscht Belt comedians. Out speak up, be offended enough people should car to speak 9out speak up, be offended enough to make an issue out of it. Duncan and later, how american g. I. S changed the way the japanese ride the waves. This is the Cbs Weekend News with Jericka Duncan, reporting from the new york. Duncan good evening, thanks for watching. Americas Covid Recovery is being threatened by a summer surge. Hospitalizations and deaths are up nationwide. The highly contagious Delta Variant is giving new urgency to the Countrys Vaccination Push but thats actually lacking. Seven months after the first shots only 49 percent of americans are fully vaccinated. We begin tonight with Cbs Lilia Luciano in pasadena, california, lilia, good evening to you. Reporter good evening, jericka. That national Vaccination Rate is nowhere near enough to stop the spread of the Delta Variant and now Health Officials are bracing for an even bigger spike in infections. Tonight, there are new fears