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and fires flare across russia as a heat wave tears through over 1.5 million hectares of land. in siberia. welcome to tokyo, where for the next three weeks bbc world news will be broadcasting from this stunning location above tokyo bay to bring you the latest on the most contorversial olympic games for a generation. a games delayed a year and now proceeding in a global pandemic. and with just four days to go until they get under way, the olympic village has been hit by a fourth coronavirus case. so far, two south african footballers, a czech beach volleyball player and an american gymnast have all tested positive for covid 19. 62 cases in total have been reported among the athletes, media, contractors and other personnel. all of this is a concern for the japanese public, especially in tokyo itself where cases continue to rise. but the international olympic committee insists that these positive cases do not post a wider threat to the population. we heard from some people in tok ....
and heroic effort to safe her baby and her mother, we ll hear from the police officers who rescued them from under a car. happy tuesday, thanks for joining us. in a few hours, a handful of lawmakers will begin their investigation of the january 6 capitol on the the attack on the u.s. capitol and it will further highlight the deep political divide in congress. the house select committee will hear from four police officers who battled insurrectionists. newly released videos are expensed to sho expected to show how dangerous the assault was. many republicans have consistently opposed the investigation. kevin mccarthy has lashed out at speaker nancy pelosi and as well as two republican lawmakers that she chose for the panel. more from ryan nobles. reporter: the house select committee designed to investigate the january 6 insurrection is preparing for their first hearing, it will feature police officers who were on the front lines defending the capitol that day. we d ....
each the national past time in the form of baseball s all-star game becomes a hostage to the politics of the day. we will talk with the house minority leader in just a bit. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight live from philadelphia. good evening, peter. good evening, bret. the president argued that wednesday made it easier to vote early or boy mail because there was a global pandemic. that was good, but that when republican lawmakers try to limit certain pandemic era provisions, because they say they are concerned about voter fraud, that is historically bad. this is election subversion. it s the most dangerous throat voting in the integrity of free and fair elections in our history. peter: the president s problem is with states hoping to tighten election laws and require voter i.d. including texas. they want to make it so hard and inconvenient that they hope people don t vote at all. that s what this is about. texas republicans can t do ....
breaking point? we have you covered with anita vogel. hi, charles. we re near the finish line of the long july fourth holiday weekend. experts were predicting business as usual. almost. 3.5 million people were expected to travel by plane over the weekend. the most since the pandemic started, a lot of folks are flying home right now in the air as we speak. many experienced long lines across the country. airports were packed. the whole system, airports, rental car agencies and the like are rusty after a year off of the kind of crushing travel that we re used to. so what does this mean for the rest of the summer? first of all, there will be a shortage of workers everywhere you go. at the airport, the tsa is so short of employees that they re asking for volunteers and looking to hire 6,000 new workers. they re offering $1,000 bonuses. it s not a bad deal if you re looking for a new job. the tsa is predicting staffing shortages at 130 airports across the country and rental ....
where ever it goes even if it leads to trump s doorsteps. let me ask you something, will you call trump? let me say this, we ll have a good commitment and professional investigators and we ll have the best that we have to offer to help us to conduct this investigation. where ever the facts lead us, chris, we ll call. the facts lead you to trump, will you call trump? if the facts lead us there and our investigators say that best interest, we ll look at it. there is something ironic and poetic that this is all happening when the country is celebrating the american reserve aleutian and others are fighting an american evolution. the footage released by the new york times this week paints a frightening picture of what was happening on the steps of capitol on that faithful day of january. reporter: some hear as words to call for action. you have to show strength. you have to be strong. yeah! take the capitol building. take the capitol right now! we ll be ....