cbs jamie yuccas is in tokyo. reporter: team u.s.a. simone biles showed off her signature vault in training today with none of the usual spectators because of covid relations. while she crushed the landing but is unsure how she ll do the actual competition without the energy of a crowd. tonight more than 90 cases of covid in people connected to the games. u.s. volleyball player, taylor crabb and four other athletes sidelined by positive covid tests. first lady joe biden arrived in tokyo today ahead of friday s opening ceremony, as the city logged nearly 2,000 new daily cases alone, a six-month high. but the circulating virus isn t the only issue at these games, as preparations for the opening extravaganza continued, the events creative director was immediately fired after this video surfaced. a 1998 comedy skit in which he poked fun at the holocaust. so really the country needs the athletics to start happening.
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a lot of companies rely on the internet not just to do transactions but to persistently stay online. reporter: a string of recent cyber attacks from russian and chinese hackers has cost u.s. companies millions. the biden administration made cybersecurity a top priority. we live in a world of cloud infrastructure, and these companies will continue to innovate, that means we will continue to benefit from these innovations but probably also experience glitches like this. reporter: well, the interruptions lasted a few minutes for some, a few hours for others, and considering the hundreds of billions of dollars e-commerce generates every year in this country, any interruption can be significant, but experts say these glitches are just the price of internet convenience, norah. o donnell: mola lenghi, thank you so much. tonight the justice department is launching a crackdown on the wave of illegal guns plaguing america s cities. attorney general merrick garland visited chicago today j
to deliver our technology as-a-service. ok everyone, our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy. whoo hoo! ensure, with 27 vitamins and minerals, now introducing ensure complete! with 30 grams of protein. o donnell: for the first time in olympics history, surfing is an event at the summer games. four americans are looking to make waves, including one you re about to meet as he rides along with cbs carter evans. e reporter: with unmistakable style, pro surfer kolohe andino is at home in the water and in the air.
launch, cbs s mark strassmann is in van horn, texas where he watched it all today. good evening, mark. reporter: good evening, norah. in the company s methodical culture, today was just a step, but a huge step. (cheering) floating on cloud nine, more one than 65 miles above earth. here, catch. reporter: blue origin s four giddy civilian astronauts tossed ping-pong balls and skittles. who wants a skittle? reporter: for jeff bezos, the microgravity dream he first imagined as a five-year-old, watching the apollo 11 moon landing, 52 years ago today. it s one small step for a man reporter: blue origin s new shepherd rocket streaked skyward, its speed, peaking at three times the speed of sound. less than three minutes into flight, rocket and capsule separated. for one of the most improbable space crews ever, instant weightlessness, lasting several minutes. it felt so normal and
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