Cianti. Politicians wants the finer things in life but never on their own dime. Swalwell prides himself on coming from the humblest of parents. His dad was a police chief, and his mom was an administrative assistant. But he group in dublin, california. Which was ranked the best place to live in 1994 by money mag. He thinks you should get free stuff. But he s the one getting fry stuff. He likes to live high on the hog. Thousands of dollars spent on fine limos and luxury hotels. Not a single dollar came from his pocket. It all came from donors and corporate lobbyists. And he goes on tv and screams big money needs to get out of politics. We need a voting rights act that would get rid of dirty money and dirty maps. It s gerrymandered. Just because donald trump is gone, it doesn t mean corruption within racism and bigotry are gone. Next time they may not be so patient to wait tore an investigation. Back to it. In the last three months his campaign spent over 20 grand on hotels. And of cours
Inspiring moments, no question that covid hangs over these games. Overnight three new cases were identified in the olympic village pushing the total number related to the games to 110, and we ve barely begun. Much of what is to come will feel familiar, the competition, the performances. And of course the pageantry. But some things will feel very strange especially events in svevenues built for thousands holding just hundreds or even completely e. Let s bring in dr. Sanjay gupta who is live at the event for us. Good morning, just set the scene. It is as laura mentioned the covid olympics and it is being held in a city under a state of emergency. Reporter: yes, i mean the scene is that in many ways it is a tale of two cities. You know, you have excitement and you have anxiety. You have the excitement of the olympics for sure, but you have the anxiety of the fact that this is the first really the first global gathering of this size since the pandemic began. So athletes will be tested obvi
Hospitality. We are being by this administration. Yet, you have got 1. 2 million people come across that southern border. They are not telling them oh, wait a minute, have you been vaccinated? the teammates getting their super bowl lv championship ring just 31 diamonds. Brian: that s got to be john hardy. Steve: it is. Brian: he is going to close our show today. If is he as hard of a tv star there is in nashville. He hails from california. You cannot hear his song and not drink a beer. It s physically impossible. Ainsley: his last name is pardipardi but pronounced party. Brian: he is going to close our show today. Steve: it s a friday in the summer we always have our allamerican concert series. Today mr. Pardy is the party. Ainsley: ains is there a mrs. Pardi? that would be a great last name. Steve: looks like a e. Ainsley: we have gone through the worst year ever people are yesterday to have fun again. Steve: you don t have to go on vacation, ainsley. It s friday. Ainsley: watch our s
We re not out of the woods yet. With the delta variant on the rise, that sobering warning from the cdc director in a call for unity as the nation reaches another crossroad in the pandemic. The question is, will americans listen. Plus, on the eve of today owes s opening ceremony, new cases of coronavirus hit a high. The question is, will the games go on? and, democrats consider adding a second antitrump republican to the committee task ed with the committee on the insurrection. It s way, way too early for this. Good morning. It s way too early. We ll be covering 16 days of the olympics. I even jonathan lemire. There s a lot going on. We ll start with the news. There s an elevated concern about the spread of the delta variant among the unvaccinated across the u. S. After months of progress. With a spike in new infections and hospitalizations, major hospitals are preparing for an influx of patients, if they don t already have them. Nbc news national correspondent miguel almaguer has more.