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Simone biles returning for a dramatic comeback. james longman in tokyo. >> reporter: tonight, the return of a champion. simone biles catapulting herself among the ranks of olympic greats. she performed a near flawless routine. taking home the bronze -- her seventh medal. shes now tied with 90s phenom shannon miller as the most decorated american olympic gymnast. >> i honestly wasnt even expecting to medal on beam. i just was trying to go out there and hit a good beam set and compete one more tim...

Gymnasts. joining us now from tokyo, sports analyst christine brennan and also a "usa today" sports columnist. good to see you. so much anticipation for her comeback. it has been quite a week. how did she look today? >> she did a great job. it was bronze medal performance, it was thought gold or silver, but it it doesnt matter. she got up back on to that beam, exactly a week since she left during the team competition. weve basically lived with her and all of the stops an starts all the way throu...

Virus, but are they more dangerous to children? >> so far the data shows that it is not more dangerous than previous strains, but youll notice were seeing a lot more cases of children, and that has to do with the fact that more and more people are vaccinated except for children. so they are becoming kind of the newer great proportion of the pandemic of the unvaccinated. >> our thanks to dr. patel. here in tokyo, it is quickly becoming one of the most anticipated events of these olympics. simon...

Gymnastics superstar returns to olympic competition hours from now. will riply is joining us from tokyo. biles withdraw from four events citing mental health but will compete, were now told, in the balance beam final. what is the latest? >> thats right, wolf. the final chapter of simone biles trouble tokyo 2020 story will be written in the coming hours. it is no doubt going to be dramatic. tonight, one of the greatest gymnasts of all time aiming for a comeback in tokyo. simone biles will compete...

Final gold in a womens long distance event. incredible stuff here in tokyo. >> it was great to see that comeback, coy wire, thank you so much. christine timman skia from belarus is seeking asylum in poland after refusing to get on a polite leaving tokyo for home. she said that she feared being arrested in her home country. cnns selina wang is in tokyo with the latest and belarus is a country that has been horrible, imprisoned many dissidents. how is this playing out there. >> reporter: well ri...

Attorney general in december to declare it corrupt so he could fight congress. the panel is back with me now from a campaign perspective, $100 million in the bank is a big deal. the question with trump is how does he spend it? does he spend it on the 2022 elections or does he save it for 2024 comeback? >> hes never been known to spend a lot of money or time, frankly, on other politicians. i think he will give some of it away to the midterms. but i think his focus in the midterms is going to be c...

Former president wont lack resources as he plots a comeback.

In the sudden—death knockout for third, along with japans masters champion hideki matsuyama. and a remarkable story in the womens shot put. making history as the first athlete to compete in five different olympic shot put finals, new zealands dame valarie adams took bronze, capping a remarkable comeback to the top level of her sport after the birth of her second child in 2019. a wonderful story and she really is a hero back home. and, the american gymnast, simone biles has withdrawn from anoth...

The hud secretary under obama. who is on the march for democracy in texas and congresswoman mad lean dean. another hour of velshi starts right now. good morning. saturday july 31st. im ali velshi. we have a ton happening. lets get to it as the highly infectious delta variant of the coronavirus rips through the nation, alarming new data reveals how easily it can be spread even among fully vaccinated people. president biden is warning that covid-related restrictions could make a comeback. well d...

And max verstappen, who he crashed into last time out at silverstone. the dutchmans fans booed hamilton loudly afterwards. i have never booed any team before in any other sport because its just not in my character, but of course i want one team to win more than others, but i have seen that it, we have grown up around it, we know what it is, but... we do have to be so careful with our words, particularly as there are young kids watching. and before we go... a special part of any olympic journey, ...