My exclusive interview. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with Lester Holt good evening. Theyre still known as the 2020 olympics, and now 12 months for tokyo for Olympic Organizers and some american athletes, it may feel like we are still stuck in that awful year tonight, just days before the opening ceremony, two members of the usa Gymnastics Team are in quarantine after one tested positive for covid both alternates on the team who learned of their status after arriving in tokyo. In japan, where Covid Cases are climbing, officials are relying on strict protocols to protect athletes and others working at the games. A system that has so far identified dozens of covid positive individuals. Our Tom Llamas is in Tokyo Tonight and has late details reporter tonight, the olympics in a tugofwar with the pandemic the first american athlete here testing positive for covid kara eaker, an alternate for the superstar womens Gymnastics Team. The 18yearold from the Kansas City Area was vaccinated sh
And after the fire and fury, comes the landlside well talk to Journalist Michael Wolff about his new book documenting the final days of the Trump Presidency. Hello and welcome. Big changes to Covid Restrictions have been made in england and scotland. Wales relaxed some rules on 17july. Northern ireland is set to ease rules on 26july. So, after well over a year of being in lockdown, what has changed . In england, facemasks are no longer mandatory but they are still required in some businesses and shops and on some public transport. The government suggests they should be worn in crowded indoor spaces. All social distancing is scrapped. There are no limits now on how many people can gather indoors or outdoors in any situation. The guidance to work from home is also lifted. Though the government expects people to start returning to work gradually. People whove had both vaccines can now travel to Amber List countries without having to isolate on return. That does not include france, though,
Hundreds of people were charged for their alleged role in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. More were rounded up in Florida than any other state and many of the people arrested, charged and sentenced to prison were in the Tampa Bay area, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.