around the world. we have reports this morning from louisiana, pakistan, california, and the white house as only early start can. and we begin with the big breaking news overnight, millions of women across the state of texas will wake up this morning to a near total ban on abortion. as of this very moment, as soon as your doctor find as fetal heartbeat, you cannot get an abortion in texas. there is no exception for rape or incest. and if your doctor goes ahead with it anyway, he or she risks getting sued in court for up to $10,000, not by the government, but by anyone who simply doesn t like it. and it is not just the doctor who is on the hook in court. it is the clinic staff, even the lyft driver who takes you to the clinic. he or she could be sued. this is all happening because the u.s. supreme court failed to rule on an emergency request to block the law before it went into effect late last night. the justices may still put it on hold, but for now, abortion even as ear
tulsa, oklahoma. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. we have reports this morning from dallas, jerusalem, miami, las vegas, tokyo and the white house. this is early start. i m laura jarrett. jack with christine romans on set after 15 months. back and vaccinated on the set, ready to go. i m christine romans. it s tuesday, june 1st, it is 5:00 a.m. in new york. we begin this morning with a move that is rocking the world of sports. top women s tennis star naomi osaka has withdrawn from the french open citing her mental health. andy scholes joins us this morning. if phil mickelson or rafael nadal pulled out in the middle of a major or grand slam the earth would shake here. tell us what happened with osaka. naomi osaka said she never wanted to be a distraction to the french open and she feels for her mental health the best thing is for her to withdraw from the tournament. osaka won her opening match and spoke on the court afterwards but not
surges could pro long the pandemic for everyone, allowing the mutations to spread. well with, not sure what we are hoping to accomplish. we are trying to prevent introduction of virus to the states. the new variant-617, that is in india, it s here already . the travel restrictions could serve a purpose. we need to clearly to be having restrictions this in place. india hit a record 400,000 cases this weekend. worst numbers last summer. and india is not the only global covid hot spot. turkey entered the first international lockdown. india s surge is a reminder that the viruses is evolving and adapting to us faster than we are adapting to it. how old is she? is her oxygen low. he is critical condition. how many places have you been to? 19. since morning, this morning, 16. reporter: have you tried taking her to the hospital? there are no beds. reporter: there are no beds. we tried, but there are no beds. they are not entertaining anything and refusing al
monday, march 1st, 5 a.m. in new york. a new month bringing new hope in the fight against coronavirus. shipping out to health centers nationwide as we speak. the cdc director signing off on the vaccine sunday after the fda gave it the green light. the j&j vaccine comes with a single shot and does not require storage at the ultracold temperatures like pfizer and moderna. those could dramatically speed up vaccinations. now only 4 million doses are ready. johnson & johnson has pledged to have 20 million doses available by the end of march and 100 million by the end of summer. we ll see in the second half of the year whether there will be a second dose recommendation for this vaccine. certainly one dose will keep you out of the hospital, keep you out of the intensive care unit and keep you out of the morgue. if i were not vaccinated now and i had a choice of getting a j&j vaccine now or waiting for another vaccine, i would take whatever vaccine would be available to me as qui
tested positive. plus, the first case of omicron reported in the united states. the question is what will president biden announce when he updates us on the fight against covid later today? and lockout. major league baseball shuts down for the first time in decades after owners and the players union failed to reach an agreement with four months left before the season. the question is opening day in jeopardy? it s way too early for this. good morning, kind of. welcome to way too early, the show that is going to be clear about this. games better not be lost. i m jonathan lemire on this thursday, december 2nd. we re going to start with the news. the inevitable has happened. the first case of the omicron variant of covid-19 has been dedeathed in california. the cdc announces the patient returned from south africa last week and developed symptoms a few days later. the person then tested positive for covid, and genome sequencing confirmed it was the omicron variant.