and defenders resigning and fort first time, we re hearing from the other staffer, the former staffer who filed a criminal complaint. i know the truth. he knows the truth. what he did to me was a crime. plus the senates s infrastructure bill passing a crucial vote, setting it up for final passage within days. in just hours, details on the next step for that larger $3.5 trillion bill, what the new key details mean for that time line ahead. good morning, i m lindsay reiser in for hallie jackson. vaughn little yard and dr. tom frieden, vaughn, we ll start with you in florida, that state is breaking all kinds of the wrong kinds of records with hospitalizations topping all-time pandemic records for seven straight days. what s the situation like on the ground today? reporter: the latest posting out of florida, hospitalizations down to 14,000 floridians in florida hospitals with covid. this is a situation where records are being broken on a daily basis now consistently. just t
scared to return home and fears for her family s safety. and jamaica s elaine thompson herah becomes the first woman in history to win gold medals for the 100 metre and 200 metre races at back to back olympics. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in the morning in singapore and 6pm in washington, where president biden has said that andrew cuomo should stand down as governor of new york after an investigation found that he had sexually harassed women while in office. mr cuomo has denied allegations that he harassed 11 women, many of them young, by engaging in what the investigation described as unwanted groping, kisses, hugging and inappropriate comments. mr biden said he had not read the details of the investigation, but he said he stood by his comments from earlier this year that if the investigation found against mr cuomo, then the governor should go. back in march, you said if the investigation confirmed the allegations against gover
it may be five or ten years. i m sarah mulkerrins in tokyo, where day 12 is getting under way with the women s swimming marathon here below me on odaiba beach. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in the morning in singapore and 7pm in washington, where president biden has said that andrew cuomo should stand down as governor of new york after an investigation found that he had sexually harassed women while in office. mr cuomo has denied allegations that he harassed 11 women, many of them young, by engaging in what the investigation described as unwanted groping, kisses, hugging and inappropriate comments. mr biden said he had not read the details of the investigation, but he said he stood by his comments from earlier this year that if the investigation found against mr cuomo, then the governor should go. back in march, you said if the investigation confirmed the allegations against governor cuomo, then he should resign. so, will you now
tonight at ten. we talk to the sprinter from belarus who refuses to return home from the olympic games. krystina timanovskaya tells the bbc that she asked poland for protection because of serious concerns for her safety. translation: i can t go back to belarus now, of course. it is definitely not safe for me. i have no idea when i can go back. it may be five, or ten years. during the day, the belarus opposition leader held talks in downing street, urging the uk to put pressure on the ruling regime. we are fighting for rule of law in our country, for democratic changes and mrjohnson gave me to understand that they will be with us. we ll be live in belarus to ask how the widely criticised president lukashenko is likely to respond. also tonight. a tanker has been hijacked by armed men in the gulf of oman and ordered to sail to iran. men in the gulf of oman the number of drug related deaths in england and wales is at the highest level since records began. at the olympics, a sensa
constructive the conversations were. he is going to have his sleeves rolled up and be very engaged moving forward. reporter: yet the president s schedule didn t indicate that today with all meetings being conducted at the staff level. the president will not be meeting with lawmakers today. we ll see. the president is always open to meeting with discussing and communicating with lawmakers. there is a lot of work that needs to continue that can happen with senior staff members. reporter: a lot of work indeed with the $1.2 trillion infrastructure plan up for a vote early next week. along with the broader $3.5 trillion plan to expand education and health care, address climate change, and more. on capitol hill, cnn s manu raju pressed speaker pelosi on the plan cost. have you settled on a price tag no, we didn t talk about that. this is not about price tag. this is what is in the bill. reporter: it is of course about both but pelosi remained optimistic democrats would