River in south wales. How a british surgeon who travelled to aleppo to treat victims of the syrian civil war nine years ago inspired a syrian boy to become a doctor we ve a special report. Also coming up this hour. With three months until the un climate change conference in glasgow the world wildlife fund joins forces with leading international artists to inspire global action. Team gb are looking to add to their medal haul at the tokyo olympics with 22 gold medals up for grabs in today s events. The first of the track cycling events are underway and there are high hopes for the team in three day eventing this morning. Meanwhile, the sprinterfrom belarus who says she was being forced to return home from the games against her will is seeking asylum in europe. More on that in a moment, but first for a full round up of the action at the olympics, let s cross to jane dougall at the bbc sport centre. Good morning. Qualifying for the women s team pursuit is under way with team gb up agai
remained relatively lower than previous peaks. some good news there. still, this new surge is causing major disruptions to daily life. thousands more flights cancelled today. airlines seeing critical staffing shortages brought on by covid, and the surge is also impacting sports. several college football bowl games cancelled. others now seeking replacement teams as the virus sweeps through the nation. the nhl, the nba and the nfl all forced to postpone some games, and this morning president joe biden joining his pandemic response team s meeting with the national governor s association. while he says the u.s. has made great progress, biden at mitts there are still some gaps in our response. this is not like march of 2020, the beginning of the pandemic. we re prepared and we know what it takes to save lives, protect people and keep schools and businesses open. we just have to stay focused and continue to work together. we went from no over-the-counter tests in january to 46 mi
done, but his biggest priorities are stalled because democrats cannot work out their differences. and wall street likes the new federal reserve plan to fight inflation, but how might tim pact you? we begin though with the coronavirus and with the big question. what does the rapid spread of the omicron variant and a sudden wave of major covid disruption tell us about the winter just ahead? president biden meets with his covid team today to discuss this moment s public health triple threat, the delta variant already causing a case surge and a health care system strained. new omicron variant cases are climbing exponentially and the third piece, the flu now making an unwelcome comeback. disruption is again way too easy to find. cornell and princeton and nyu among the colleges and universities shifting back back to online learning and several broadway shows now closing for the same reason. plus, the nfl, the nba and the nhl all seeing star players sidelined and games postponed. cn
news network to make it into port-au-prince since this latest outbreak of violence, david culver joins us now from there, what is the situation like the ground? hey, there anderson. yeah, we landed about three hours ago. it s tens but there s also this eerie quiet that you feel as you re making your way through the streets. and we were only driving for about ten minutes or so and compared to when we were here three weeks ago, i expected to see at least some livelihood it out on the streets, some activity there were no street vendors. folks were hurrying along and what local haitian told me it s because we were getting close to curfew 06:00 and you run the risk. if you are out after curfew, not to be ticketed or cited or anything, but rather potentially two have police opened fire on you. i mean, that doesn t tell you that type of situation that this city is dealing with. and really this country has found itself and it is a crisis that they have not faced in years is unprece
watching. our coverage continues tonight down 360. cnn s david culver, the first us television correspondent on the ground in haiti. what he is seeing with armed gangs controlling the capital and the world food program saying a third of the population is now fencing acute hunger. also tonight, the judge ruled and fulton county da fani willis decided she is staying on the trump case, but her lead prosecutor and former romantic partner has quit. take a look, what happens now and keep voters in a swing state. what undecided women in arizona, told by randy k about the issues they re weighing esident as part of our election year series on women voters, that 53% good evening. we begin tonight with haiti and cnn s david kovach, who has been trying to per days to get into the country and adjust now arrived. the country is in chaos with prime minister stepping down gangs now controlling the streets and ordinary haitians, millions of whom are going hungry, trying to survive. cnn