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outstanding. so, let s get to it. i m hallie jackson, joining you this morning from st. louis on assignment on a story we will bring you soon. all the action is back home in washington where nbc news team is. leigh ann caldwell on capitol hill and mark murray. we expect this news conference to begin any minute. it s slated to start at the top of the hour. we know sometimes house speaker pelosi runs late. we don t have any indication that will happen right now. as you and your team pointed out there s a couple of big questions for her as we come on the air. number one, specific reasons for booting jim jordan, congressman banks as well. and, second, is she going to fill those seats? and if so, with who? do you have any insights from your conversations with sources? reporter: that s right, speaker pelosi threw a bombshell in the process when she said she was not going to approve two of leader mccarthy s choices to serve on this select committee. speaker pelosi was mostly ....
the tokyo olympics get under way this week but there is already a growing number of athletes and officials testing covid positive or being forced to self isolate. in the olympic village, two players and a coach for the south africa men s football team have the virus. eight members of team gb athletics team are also in isolation after being in close contact with positive cases. and us tennis player coco gauff has announced she is not going to tokyo after testing positive. despite the worsening covid situation and strong public opposition to the games, the governor of tokyo has told the bbc it would have been worse to cancel. from tokyo, rupert wingfield hayes reports. with five days to go, the anti olympic protests are not going away. this one is outside the hotel where ioc president thomas bach is staying. their message to him is pretty blunt. over at the olympic village, three covid cases have now been confirmed. across the city, 1,400 new cases on saturday. despite th ....
reverse plans to continue working rather than self isolate after receiving a official coronavirus alert. we did look briefly at the idea of us taking part in the pilot scheme, which allows people to test daily, but i think it is far more important that everybody sticks to the same rules. two athletes and an official at the tokyo olympic village have tested positive for coronavirus just five days before the start of the games. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. the german chancellor says the world must hurry in the battle against global warming and promised financial aid after the floods in germany and parts of western europe killed more than 180 people. angela merkel has been visiting the affected areas in germany this morning. more heavy rain has caused further flooding in southern germany and austria overnight. let s cross to my colleague kasia madera, who s in the german town of sinzig. sinzig is one of those towns in western germany that ....
hello, thanks very much for joining us here on bbc news. the tokyo olympics get under way this week, but there s already a growing number of athletes and officials testing covid positive or being forced to self isolate. in the olympic village, two players and a coach for the south africa men s football team have the virus. eight members of team gb athletics team are also in isolation, after being in close contact with positive cases. and the american tennis star coco gauff has announced she s not going to tokyo, after she tested positive. despite the worsening covid situation and strong public opposition to these games, the governor of tokyo has told the bbc it would have been worse to cancel. rupert wingfield hayes reports. with five days to go, the anti olympic protests are not going away. this one is outside the hotel where ioc president thomas bach is staying. their message to him is pretty blunt. over at the olympic village, three covid cases have now been confirme ....
and taliban negotiators issue a joint statement committing to further talks until agreement is reached. and american golfer wings the claret jug and american golfer wings the claret jug on his open championship debut. bath and all the day s sports coming out. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the german chancellor says the world must hurry in the battle against global warming and promised financial aid after the floods in germany and parts of western europe killed more than 180 people. angela merkel has expressed shock at what she called surreal destruction caused by flash flooding on a visit to one of the worst hit towns schuld in the west of germany. more heavy rain has caused further flooding in southern germany and austria. with more, here s our europe correspondentjenny hill. we really need help here, she says. and outside the village shop, you can see why. as in so many other parts of western germany, people in this town still ....