simone biles, perhaps the greatest gymnast of all time and maybe the best athlete on earth right now, announced moments ago that she will not compete in tomorrow s all-around gymnastics competition for team usa at the olympics. usa gymnastics says she s withdrawing to focus on her mental health. and she has their support. this is a move that comes one day after biles pulled out of the team competition following a stumble during a vault. coy wire is joining us now live from tokyo. coy, tell us what does this mean for tomorrow s competition? yeah, brianna, jade carey will take her spot in the individual all around and the highly anticipated events of the summer games will now go on without the athlete that everyone wants to see. the individual all around simone biles could be the first woman in 53 years to repeat at the olympic champ and means that biles who is already the most decorated american gymnast ever will miss out on at least one more potential medal that she could
teenager [inaudible] we would talk, here and there she was a really nice person. and then something good ann s two daughters, katie and wendy escaped. but, that left ann and little thomas, just three years old unaccounted for, somewhere upstairs we put the fire out, and then started to check the bedroom for occupants nothing good after that. upstairs, firemen found little thomas, on the floor, beneath the window, died of smoke inhalation. the chief felt his way through debris, lingering smoke and ruin. a crawled over to the bunk bed, that is where we found a victim, in the bunk bed. that person was secured in the bunk bed. both hands and legs were secured. tied up? yes, tied up. now, that put a different complexion on things. this was not just a fire. so, what did that tell you? right there, this keys up this is a crime scene. we basically extinguish the fire, left everything as is. and then the forensic investigator at the time took over. the one
hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. whenjoe biden moved into the white house he made the issue of voting rights one of his key platforms. but the democrats attempt to push forward a bill to make it easier for people to register and to cast their vote has failed to win the necessary support in the senate. they onlyjust managed to keep all 50 democrats onside, and failed to win over a single republican. in fact many republican led states have enacted additional limits on voters access to the polls. and the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell described this for the people bill as a partisan plan to tilt every election in america permanently . so what are the republicans objecting to? what are democrats trying push through? the bill would ensure the right to vote by mail remember many democrat voters cast their ballot this way in 2020. it would protect the right to cast a vote in the run up to election day. the bill would also allow ballot dro
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. thousands of migrant children are being held in a camp in texas, which is ridden with disease, is insanitary and is lacking medical resources. an investigation by the bbc has revealed the facility at fort bliss in el paso as grossly overcrowded. children are sleeping several hundred to a tent, with shortages of clean clothes. staff working there say that illnesses such as covid and flu have affected hundreds of children in recent months. our correspondent hilary andersson sent this special report. deep in the chihuahuan desert of west texas is a tented camp holding thousands of migrant children in conditions that are alarming. these are the camp s white tents. it s set in a military base. we weren t allowed near it but you can glimpse it from the road. there it is, there it is. it s just down there, behind these white buildings. these pictures are the world s first look inside. they were taken secretly by employee
hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. thousands of migrant children are being held in a camp in texas, which is ridden with disease, is insanitary and is lacking medical resources. an investigation by the bbc has revealed facility at fort bliss in el paso as grossly overcrowded. children are sleeping several hundred to a tent, with shortages of clean clothes. staff working there say that illnesses such as covid and flu have affected hundreds of children in recent months. deep in the chihuahuan desert of west texas is a tented camp holding thousands of migrant children in conditions that are alarming. these are the camp s white tents. it s set in a military base. we weren t allowed near it but you can glimpse it from the road. there it is, there it is. it s just down there, behind these white buildings. these pictures are the world s first look inside. they were taken secretly by employees who are banned from filming or speaking about conditions. the t