from could to should. and on schools, dr. fauci speaking out against governors in states like florida and texas who have been blocking mask mandates. i can tell you that those of us in the public health sector are really very concerned when you have authorities at a higher level be that at the level of the state, a governor, what have you who tell local health people that they can t do things that are obviously important for the safety of people. i ll be speaking with kentucky s democratic governor andy basheer and we ll be bringing you president biden and he s running 45 minutes late already. let s start on the covid crisis. morgan chesky in dallas. there s still debate over masking in texas and no debate in hospitals and major cities are over capacity due to the variant. tell us what s the latest. reporter: yeah, andrea, hospitals all across the state are facing a shortage in staff while having to try to deal with this surge in patients that in some cases is closing
gymnastics in prime time, women s gymnastics i think u.s. members this is their shot it won t be in paris 2024. yeah, for the first time skateboarding is an olympic sport getting ready today. a busy day getting place there in tokyo where it is 8:00 at night but the temperatures causing quite a bit of problem it s in the 80s right now at night. we have reporters and analysts following the olympics right now. americans will hear firsthand from capitol police officers. that hearing will get under way on tuesday despite the tensions of the selection of the committee members themselves. julie sirkin is joining us. what do we expect to hear from from these officers. first i want to take a moment to read the words of one of the officers that will testify on tuesday. he said i can be fine now and see or hear something and the next thing i get tears and get emotional. i try to be strong. but i completely broke down. he is getting set to steph on tuesday with the three oth
too early for us. and former aid to the george w. bush white house, elise jordan and also katty kay on the way this morning. in the united states covid cases are on the rise again driven up in increases in places with low vaccination rates. and now the former surgeon general is suggesting the cdc should once again ask everyone to mask up indoors. nbc news correspondent kathy park explains. reporter: no signs of covid backing down. in los angeles county a 700% increase in positive cases in just the last month as masks go back on while indoors. i think better safe than sorry for sure. reporter: former surgeon general on mask weighing, the premature guidance was wrong. the cdc should be advising to vax it and mask it. the current surgeon general defended the cdc s decision on masks for the fully vaccinated. they gave communities and individuals a flexibility to make decisions about what to do with masks. reporter: across america, cases rising in all 50 states some hi
texas democrats used to block a redistricting proposal in 2003, but the latest move is not without risk as jane reports the lawmakers could be arrested. she writes this. under the texas legislature, the quorum of 2/3 is required for the legislature to conduct business and they could be compelled to report to capitol and they could be tracked down. the white house press secretary a short time ago teeing up the speech by calling the republican push for voting restrictions across the country, the worst challenge to democracy since the civil war. and with that, we will bring in our guests, priscilla thompson in texas, and the digital reporter the aforementioned jane tim, and playbook political reporter eugene daniel. and priscilla on the ground, as i understand it, you have the lawmakers in the airport in austin ready to board planes ready to come here to washington. yeah, and that is exactly right. we began hearing the murmurings of this picking up yesterday and i was in the c
now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. my guest is one of the most brilliant scientists in the world and he s african. his ground breaking research is helping tackle diseases that kill thousands every year. cameroonian born professor christian happi gave up a successful career at harvard university in the united states and moved back to africa. he s setting up a world class laboratory in nigeria, which will have a pandemic early detection system. he believes africa could become a global centre of knowledge about infectious diseases such as covid. how realistic is his vision? professor christian happi in ibadan, southern nigeria, welcome to hardtalk. how worried are you about the third wave of covid in africa? we ve seen some countries are quite badly affected, such as south africa. thank you. i m very concerned about a third wave of covid in africa. we ve seen countries like south africa, uganda, kenya, liberia, sierra leone a