Themselves. Christine, just clarify something for me, does the u. S. Require all athletes to be vaccinated . Is It Potential that this person who has come down with it was vaccinated . Reporter john, the u. S. And the tokyo organizers do not require vaccinations. And i think thats really the root of the problem here. If everyone had been vaccinated, vaccines were required, you would be have a very different story going into the opening ceremonies, but theyre not. That means unvaccinated athletes can absolutely be here and they are here. Michael andrew, one of the stars of the u. S. Swim team told me a week ago or so that he was not vaccinated. Ive written about that. So, there are certainly theres one. We know one of the alternates, one of the Gymnastics Alternates said that she was not vaccinated. Again, we do not know if she is any way involved with this Breaking News. Yes, unvaccinated athletes from the u. S. And unvaccinated athletes from Around The World. Again, that contributes t
Jeff bezos is about to Lift Off to the edge of space and back. The flight comes on the anniversary of another historic mission. Its One Small Step for man. One giant leap for mankind. More than five decades after Neil Armstrong mesmerized man with his step into space, Space Tourism and beyond that, the privatization of space. This is a project 20 years in the making for bezos. The founder of blue Origin And Amazon will be the second billionaire to blast off from earth in his own spacecraft. Richard branson and his Virgin Galactic soared to the skies from New Mexico earlier this month. The youngest and oldest humans will be on the blue Shepherd Rocket along with Jeff Bezos and his Brother Mark. Wally funk was trained to be an astronaut in the 1960s. Part of the group known as of the mercury 13. They never made it to space because only men were sent at the time. Women proved they could pass the rigorous physical requirements that nasa had set up. Also aboard today, an 18yearold, recent h
For christine romans. Just three days until the olympics officially begin, but competition actually starts today. Softball kicks off the a 8 00 p. M. With Australia Versus Japan and the u. S. Faces italy at 11 00 p. M. Eastern. And the rest of the Games Cant come soon enough for the organizers. Tokyo just reported its second highest increase of new Cases Sense january 21st. Blake essig is live in tokyo for us. Another day, another Athlete Testing positive for covid. What is the feeling in tokyo right now . Reporter you know, as far as athletes are concerned, generally speaking some are worried and for good reason by no fault of their own after a lifetime of preparation, their Olympic Dream could be cut short if they catch covid19 or are considered a close contact with someone who testS Positive. Now, that fear has been realized by two american athletes already who tested positive for covid19 including katie Lou Samuelson and kara eaker, an alternate for the womens gymnastics team. Whil
Alternate gymnast who reportedly had close contact with her. We were talking with her last night. Shes had multiple Covid Tests come back positive. She has no symptoms. Shes been vaccinated, and because of the tests coming back positive, they went ahead and isolated her by herself in her hotel room, and shes under quarantine. So this news comes just a day after Tennis Star Coco gauff tested positive here in the u. S. Forcing her to withdraw from the games. In japan, the International Olympic Committee says there are now 61 cases linked to the tokyo games, and that includes staffers. Cnns Selina Wang joins us now from tokyo. Lets start with kara eaker, how is she doing . Reporter its a huge disappointment for her, after training, preparing for so long, going through all of the covid restrictions, finally gets to japan, a big disappointment. As you heard her father say there, she was fully vaccinated, thankfully not showing any symptoms. Take a listen to what else he had to say to our cn
Romans, we begin this morning with an extraordinary sight in cuba. Thousands of ordinary cubans taking to the streets demanding more food, Medicine And Relief in the midst of a pandemic driven economic crash there. White house officials have expressed support. Patrick oppmann has the latest from havana. Thousands of protesters took to the streets here in havana and across cuba on sunday demanding change. This is something that almost never happens here that people engage in antigovernment protests. The government does not permit it, usually theyre shut down very, very quickly, and many people are just too afraid to openly criticize the government. On sunday it was a very different picture as thousands of people did just that. They said they were sick of Energy Shortages and empty store shelves, many complained about the governments coronavirus response. The economy here has been deeply, deeply damaged. The economy was already ailing before the pandemic. Now with more than a year with v