Hes glad to have an extra year to prepare for tokyo. Translator i want to push ahead so ill be in good shapes for the olympics next year if they happen. Jude doak coonosho won gold. Hes the ace on the japanese team. But his training is restricted because athletes have to practice social distancing. Translator to be honest, i havent been able to think about the Tokyo Olympics yet. Nonot being able t to t train he me enjoy judo more. The postponement of the tokyo games is expected to cost several b billion dollars. Organizers are considering ways to reduce spending in over 200 areas. Those include cutting the number of spectators. They plan on focusing on savings in around 50 areas. Theyre planning to announce the overall increase in costs in the next few months. Meanwhile nhk learned the organizing committee of the world event is studying measures to prevent infections. Sources Say Committee officials have more than 400 proposals for antivirus steps. Theyre using the basketball venue at
Translator we decided that we need to raise the alert levels too warn residents that infection is spreading a surge in cases was rorted late last week when daily infection numbers topped 200 for totals have dipped slightly since monday, but numbers remain higher than in previous weeks. Experts say its becoming more difficult to figure out how people became infected. And theyre concerned that trend will continue. Translator in four weeks, the number of untraceable cases could be 16 times as many as now. That means about 1,200 people. If it continues t to double, eit weeks from now the figure will increase by 256 fold. The governor is once again calling on residents to stay within the prefecture unless crossborder travel is absolutely necessary. Shes also asking people not to visit restaurants and night clubs that arent practicing proper safety measures. The rise in infections is not limited in tokyo. 450 cases were confirmed across the country on wednesday, the highest since the nationw
Weeks. Nearly 5,300 people tested positive so far in the city of about 14 million. The increase comes one week after the Central Government lifted the state of emergency for the tokyo metropolitan area. That prompted the governmentt t bebegin easing requests that sa many businesses close. Officials have been monitoring the situation a and say its worsening. Translator this is aimed at making residents aware of how much infections arere spreadingn tokyo. It doesnt mean were changing our plans to reopen social and Economic Activities but we want people to refrain from nighttime activities. Tokyo officicials are particularly concerned about infections at bars and night clubs. Roughly a third of the 90 cases confirirmed inn tokyo over the t week have been linked to these kinds of establishments. The businesses pose a problem for people in charge of chasing infection routes because employees have contact with so many strangers. Japan is pushing forward with plans to make covid19 tests simpl
Over 146 officer fatalities per year. That is a shocking number. One officer killed somewhere in america every 60 hours. All right. But the good news is that numbers are going down. If you go back to the 1970s we were averaging 231 officers killed in the line of duty each and every year. That means the 146 number i cited is 37 lower than it was 40 years ago. That is at a time we have double number of officers serving and putting themselves at risk. Would you have expected that number would have gone up, not down. There are a number of factors that are responsible for that and i have enumerated some of them in my written testimony. I want to just spend a moment though reemphasizing the leadership that the attorney general of the United States eric holder, has focused on issue of officer safety and wellness. Im not sure he is getting enough credit for his leadership. Just a few years ago, when deaths were spiking, 171 officers killed in 2011 he held a summit in his office with about 40 L
Recall scandal will not disappear with a quick fix. The lawsuits are coming. Charlie gasparino reporting that gms board has lawyered up. With us now, kelly blue book Senior Analyst carl brower and Trial Attorney david stone who has a ton of experience in big corporate litigation like this. Thank you both for being here. What weve been hearing more and more now is this criminal accountability. And senator Claire Mccaskill was all over the airwaves this weekend, but basically she wants this to be criminal. Take a listen. You know, we have the Citizens United case which our Supreme Court said corporations were people. That was hard for some of us to kind of get our arms around, but if, in fact, they are people, then there needs to be some criminal accountability depending on what the facts of the investigation show. I know Justice Department is taking a hard look at all of this including the bankruptcy filing. Tracy all right, carl, i want to talk to you first because now the big issue is