jillian: not a lifesaver the us women s soccer team. how do we get it together. remind us all. go team usa, kick the ball. do you like that? you are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning. let s get serious stuff. looking likely the children who do not receive the covid 19 vaccine will be told to cover up in the classroom. if you are under 12, as the president reportedly considers new guidance for unvaccinated americans. griff jenkins joins us from washington with potential changes and a resurgence of cases. the white house s public message of it is back, store masks, has got more complicated now. at a cnn townhall the president had this to say. we have a pandemic for those, if you are vaccinated, you are not going to be hospitalized and not going to die. people should get vaccinated. this comes as the administration is debating whether they urge vaccinated americans to return to mask language officials who spoke to the washington post cautioned f
hello, and welcome. it was raining, and spectators were banned. yet when the olympic flame was carried on stage, it was, at least, a tangible sign the tokyo games is now just two weeks away albeit a games that has been heavily disrupted by the global coronavirus pandemic. the flame was carried on stage in a lantern and handed to the governor of tokyo state. the ceremony took place a day after it was confirmed there would be no spectators in the olympic venues in and around tokyo, and an 8:00pm curfew would be imposed a decision with huge financial implications. the bbc s mariko oi is in tokyo. a hugely symbolic and important day, the arrival of the olympic torch, but a very muted one? indeed, and if the plan was for the torch relay to start today, of course a couple of days ago was that the decision was made to cancel the torch relay and replace it with flame lighting ceremonies to be streamed online across japan, and for the torch to get to tokyo there have been a number
massive migrant surge through a check point. one of the biggest groups i have ever seen. world knows the border is open. jeff bezos scheduled to fly into space on board his aircraft. i feel good about it and i think my fellow crew mates feel good about it, too. it s good morning wake up to a brand new way this morning nothing in my way. ainsley: louisville, kentucky, beautiful city. they have great it horses there. brian: man kiss is a a finalist on american idol from 1998, i think, it s a long time ago. remember, that was the hottest show in america for the longest time. steve: back in the old days. ainsley: my mom would vote. brian: multiple times. steve: everybody in our family, absolutely, figured out how to do it. there could be a charge. brian: now the whole country knows how to vote multiple times. they picked up on it. steve: a beautiful day in louisville. i was looking at the radar. it looks like it s going to be nice in west texas for the launch
get their covid-19 shots, practically begging as the dangerous delta variant sweeps the nation. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room . announcer: this is cnn breaking news. all of that coming in, but let s begin with the breaking news. the new forecast just out, just out from the national hurricane center for elsa. our meteorologist, tom sater is tracking the storm for us. tom, elsa is on the verge, i understand, of reaching, what, hurricane strength? that s correct, wolf. 5:00 p.m. advisory from the national hurricane center gives a sustained winds at 70 miles per hour. category 1 hurricane is at 74. even though we know the environment is not conducive to rapid development, it s not going to take much. we re mostly likely going to have elsa as a hurricane this evening. to give you an idea of how rare it is in the month of july to have a hurricane make landfall on the gulf coast o