The militant group in afghanistan. Happy monday, everyone. The Tokyo Summer olympics are in full swing despite the pandemic and with a tropical storm on the horizon. Organizers are now adjusting their Mask Policy on the O Olympic podium allowing athletes to take them off for a photo. And the quest for gold is heating up, too. Let me show you where the Medal Count stands at the moment. It could change quickly of course with 21 Medal Events on monday. Meanwhile officials have confirmed at least 153 covid cases linked to the games so far. One of the new cases was a resident of the Olympic Village bringing the total number of cases from the village to 16. Now, japan as i mentions also bracing for a tropical storm thats expected to bring rain and strong winds this week. Cnns World Sport Patrick snell in atlanta. Lets start with patrick. And patrick, lets start with the current Medals Table and reflect a bit more if we could on that particular win from the Team Usa perspective. Reporter yeah
Year. Cnna Jeff Zeleny joins us from the White House. Jeff, the decision in Afghanistan Sounds very troubling. Will President Biden address all of that . Reporter alisyn and victor, were told he will address the condition in afghanistan but will also address what he believes is no longer in the national Security Interest of the united states to remain engaged in the longest american war in afghanistan. Of course, hes the fourth u. S. President to deal with afghanistan, 20 years nearly to the month after this began, of course, in the wake of 9 11. This war began. So President Biden Today will not call an immediate end to it, but this has been happening Day By day, week by week. More than 90 of u. S. Combat troops already leaving or in the process of doing so. So were told that President Biden will say that he does not believe it is worth it for another generation of american young Men And Women to engage in an intractable Civil War. He will be pressed on the safe passage for afghan inte
Brand new hour. Good to be with you. Im victor blackwell. And im alisyn camerota. At this hour in washington The Spotlight is on Voting Rights. The focus is to protect and expand americans right to vote. As you know republican legislatures across the country are passing bills to restrict Voting Rights. The Vice President also warning how dangerous these new laws are. Heres what she said. These laws create obstacle upon obstacle. These laws make it harder for you to vote because they dont want you to vote. And so i will say again your vote matters. Your voice matters. Of course that event discussing voting comes on the same day the governor of texas called a Special Session to push through a restrictive voting bill. Much more on that in a moment. But first cnns Jeff Zeleny is at the White House. Jeff, the White House said today the president plans to deliver a major sweep on Voting Rights. What do we expect from the meeting thats happening . Reporter we do know President Biden momentari
This applies, and this recommendation applies to all the condos east of collins avenue, shamplain tower south, the building that collapsed is on collins avenue. so to the east towards the ocean all of the buildings are recommended to hire a structural engineer, a geotechnical engineer to look at the plans, the foundation so core samples can be taken and analyzed. alison, one of the big issues they re studying right now is saltwater intrusion, did that have an impact? it could have, maybe not. we don t know. it s very early in the investigation. what can be done now is to study these buildings. what is the impact of the saltwater intrusion that s happened over the years to these buildings, and is that posing a risk to the buildings still standing? if it is saltwater intrusion, that building is not alone. yeah, yeah. rosa flores there for us in surfside. thanks so much.