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The nhl and its players association have been discussing the matter. most major american sports leagues, including the nhl, are seeing more players and team staff testing positive each day. as cnn s brian todd reports, the coronavirus is proving to be the toughest opponent yet. it s the raiders and the browns. reporter: tonight the world s most popular sports leagues are flailing, struggling to figure out when they can hold contests and if their schedules can even survive the winter and the omicron outbreak. it is moving fast. it s moving fast in the world, and it s moving fast in sports. and while there is a bit of a playbook now for how the leagues have dealt with it, different than in march 2020, omicron is proving to move through these locker rooms and these teams at a much higher rate of speed. reporter: the national hockey league has just paused its entire schedule for a few days until just after christmas, after covid outbreaks affected several teams. ....
Crucial portions of their seasons trying to keep games alive. it s the raiders and the browns. reporter: tonight the world s most popular sports leagues are flailing, struggling to figure out when they can hold contests and the their schedules can survive the winter and the omicron outbreak. it is moving fast in the world and moving fast in sports. while there is a bit of a playbook now for how the leagues have dealt with it, different than in march 2020, omicron is proving to move through these locker rooms and these teams at a much higher rate of speed. reporter: the national hockey leak paused its entire schedule for a few days until after christmas after proven outbreaks affected several teens. after christmas, one nhl reporter says, it s nobody s guess. there is no guarantee they will play or resume their full schedule next week. what they re doing is calling a brief timeout. giving the players, the time and staff the time they normally get. we ll see where we are on box ....
To be up there together when you locked eyes? it was pretty special. we i mean, first of all it just meant a tremendous amount to me to be able to represent my mom and dad, our sister christina. we did a little hi mom in zero g. one of us was upside down in zero g. hopefully we got it right. what did you experience that matters to all americans? well, listen, we have to build a road to space so that our kids and their kids can build the future and keep earth as this beautiful gem of a planet that it is. that s going to take decades and decades to achieve, but you have to start, and big things start with small steps. stephanie ruhle with jeff bezos. less than three days to go until the opening ceremony at the tokyo olympics, but competition is already getting under way, and with covid the invisible opponent tom llamas in tokyo tonight on how the athletes are trying to stay safe. reporter: tonight the world s greatest athletes, including japan s naomi osaka, have two ....