Protecting the u. S. Capitol on january 6. How the committee is zeroing in on the former president s role. It is wednesday, july 28th, 5:00 a. M. Here in new york. I m laura jarrett. And i m crieshristine romans. We re live in beijing, washington, nairobi and tokyo. And that is where we begin with breaking news this morning, simone biles has pulled out of the gymnastics allaround final to focus on her mental health. Coy wire is in tokyo for us. We know takes pressure cooker, we know the olympics is high stress, high pressure. Takes pree know the olympics is high stress, high pressure. And simone biles saying mental health is more important here. Yeah, especially at the olympics because these opportunities only come once every four years. Biles considered the most dominant gymnast of all time now crowned a champion by many for putting her mental health first on the world s biggest stage. Usa gymnastics releasing a statement saying that simone will continue to be evaluated daily to deter
Five years now, tried to tell paul ryan, off and on air, before he endorsed donald trump the day or two after he called him a racist, that he s a bully and you don t you don t negotiate with bullies. And you don t grovel, because when you grovel with bullies, they spit in your face. And that s what s happened time and time again with republicans. And, you know, again, all this groveling what has it gotten the republican party? minority status in the senate, the house, they ve lost the white house. They now seem to be their two main planks right now seem to be voodoo when it comes to health care, letting people die. They re on the side with wild antivaxx conspiracy theorists. And then basically forgiving the violence of what happened on january the 6th. Trying to forget the violence, ignore the insurrection. So voodoo and violence. That s really not something that a party wants to side up with. But, mika, again, though, on this personal front, you cannot suck up to a bully. It never wor
Stamina and mental acuity of joe biden, competence in the future is plummeting as a new abc ipso poll has found optimism in the countries that cratered nearly 20 points since may among democrats and republicans and a stunning 26% among independents. And that s not all. Biden is now under water with independents on crime, gun violence and immigration. Add to that the spike in total disapproval on handling covid and the economy compared just to march. So, ask yourself why are democrats and their unquestioning left wing allies still obsessed with all things donald trump? well, what else do they have to talk about? they don t want to talk about rising inflation with the cost of food going up. The cost of lumber going up. The cost of used cars going up. The cost of energy going up. They don t want to talk about the violent crime plaguing america s communities. We ll have more coverage this week of more shocking violence caught on tape in this country and they don t want to talk about the ev
our border is being overrun. and this administration, in my view, is complicit. brett favre want the politics out of sports. i know when i turn on game, i want to watch the game, not politics. [explosions] steve: a third night a fox news alert. a minnesota city seeing a third night of violence after the shooting of daunte wright. brooklyn center police say more than 60 people have been arrested. demonstrators setting fire to a dumpster outside an apartment building and apparently many other things as well, brian. brian: fires also set at a police bureau in portland as police declare a riot for a second night. when is it not rioting in portland. and in columbus, ohio. officers used pepper spray to clear protesters who tried to break into that station. ainsley: so we now go to griff jenkins is he in washington as the now formed officer involved in the dawn thai write shooting could face charges today, right, griff. that s right, brian, ainsley and steve good morning. the
can this year s nominations help the golden globes restore its reputation? live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news, it s news day. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and 1am injohannesburg south africa where key information about the severity of the latest covid variant has begun to emerge. the country was the first to identify omicron and doctors say early indications are the number of deaths and people needing intensive care is lower than at the same stage in previous waves of the virus. our africa correspondent andrew harding reports. behind their mouse south africans have watch the oma crown spread through their country. although hospitalisations are climbing here the early data is now being widely shepherded as encouraging. take the number of people needing oxygen or intensive care in the city where i am was first detected. in intensive care in the city where i am was first detected. intensive care in the city where i am was first detected. in the past