I m proud to salute the world s olympic athletes, and i thank the people of japan. The olympic experience brings out humanity s best. Teamwork and solidarity, talent, tolerance. It inspires and unifies us in troubled times. We re all in mourning for those lost to the covid19 pandemic. Every effort in tokyo has overcome enormous obstacles and demonstrated great determination. If we bring that same energy to our global challenges, we can achieve anything. That was u. N. Secretarygeneral antonio guterres with a welcoming message on the eph other of the summer olympic games in tokyo. About 950 dignitaries are expected to attend the opening ceremony when it kicks off on friday. Now, this is a video of jet fighters rehearsing on wednesday. But the director of the event has been fired, reportedly over antisemitic jokes he made years ago in a comedy skit. Meanwhile, more than a dozen athletes have dropped out of the competition after testing positive for covid19. Seven of them tested positive
emphasizing they re trying to reach out to passengers before they come to the airport so they know there is a cancellation or they know there is a delay, they won t come. so they re trying to reduce the bottlenecks. all of this is due to the covid numbers, employees calling out sick and to weather problems. looking ahead there in the forecast, there is some troublesome weather across the country in the coming week, and i think the numbers of covid cases are also rising slightly in places. if you put all that together, and with new year s coming, you would think there would be more travel as the week goes on. probably we re in the middle of this. i don t think we re at the end of it, we re not at the beginning of it, obviously, so we re probably in the middle of this. the best advice is to check with your airline before you go to the airport to make sure your flight is taking off, when it s taking off and if there is a delay or cancellation. this study of a fourth vaccine do
hello, and welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world, i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom. it s a holiday weekend here in america, and airports are busy. if you re packing your bags to travel, we ll have a look at delays and what weather has in store for you. plus, personal data of millions of americans compromised by a massive cyber attack. what you need to know about the hack. and we are live at buckingham palace where king charles s birthday parade, trooping the color. announcer: this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. severe storms and two holidays may cause travel headaches for millions across the u.s. over the next few days. the bad weather is complicating travel for those celebrating father s day on sunday and juneteenth on monday. 60 million people are waking up today under severe storm risks. yesterday saw more than 8600 flights in the u.s. delayed according to flight aware. nearly 600 flights were c
nightmare. news tonight on what philadelphia s damaged i-95 will reopen. plus, as summer travel takes off, details for drivers on the cusp of your get-away. i m michael george with why gas prices are easing while other driving costs are rising. and later, a birthday parade fit for a king. 1,400 soldiers, 400 musicians, 200 horses, and a royal air force flyover as britain celebrates king charles official birthday as monarch. this is the cbs weekend news from chicago with adriana diaz. good evening. this juneteenth holiday weekend has begun with more than 40 million americans threatened by dangerous storms and blistering heat. tonight the greatest danger is from oklahoma to florida. large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes are possible. the latest severe weather follows this scary scene, a water spout on the gulf coast blew ashore in clear water. two people were hurt. and in perryton, texas, the clean-up is still ongoing after an ef3 tornado destroyed everything in its
[ ] welcome to fox news chance west point holiday show. i m sandra smith coming to you from the grounds of the united states it in academy, west point, new york. it s one of our oldest military posts at one of america s most fabled universities. the west point band is one of america s finest american musical organizations. we ll hear the musicians on stage as they perform in their annual holiday con certain. but first a look at how west point played a crucial role in our nation s independence before it became the press i juice military academy we know today. [ ] the academy sits on a plateau overlooking new york s hudson river. the location chosen in 1778 by george washington is no accidents. he thought west point was the strategic key to its defense by stopping the british advancements during the revolutionary war. 12 years later the college was established, dedicated to training professional leaders in warfare. in 1817 known as the father of west point. the general boost