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Overseas this morning, let the people watch. thats the message coming from japans government just within the last few hours reversing course and letting some spectators, some into the olympic games in tokyo, one month from tomorrow by the way. tokyo resisted calls to cancel or postpone the games for a second time instead bracing for a spread among athletes staff and possibly spectators. why? listen to this. only 6% of people in japan are fully vaccinated. shots limited to health care workers and...

Done a great job of energizing those folks. that speaks volumes. you mentioned it earlier. this is like they are going from the olympic sized pool to i dont know what because youve gotten now 30, 40 plus candidates that are jumping in. for her to have that degree of enthusiasm i think portends well for her. and i think people are excited about her. she has clearly tapped into something so as these other candidates on the left look at what theyre going to do to announce or be different than whate...

Olympic sized swimming pool. the idea is maybe you can open some narrow gap and get some of these kids out quickly. but you what were seeing from inside this cave from the maps see is that several areas are still very flooded.you what we inside this cave from the maps see is that several areas are still very flooded. it is a big ask and it is not getting any better. think about it, everything they have been pumping out now has been water that showed up since the kids went into the cave. they hav...

Underground flood diversion facility. providing guided tours. they have pumps in place set up when you have multiple typhoons per year and significant rain theyre seeing right now. its capable of diverting the water into different rivers and allowing water levels to recede a little bit. taking out the amount of water equivalent to an olympic sized swimming pool. pretty fascinating sight down there. >> that is impressive. >> i think i learn more from you than any other meteorologist. >> thank you...

Heavily fortified. the embassy is set up to be self-sufficient and the embassy can take a lot and it has. >> reporter: the 104 acre compound is bigger than the vatican, with 22 buildings, apartments and even an olympic sized swimming pool. about 200 marines and u.s. army personnel with diplomatic security agents and contractors now guard the complex. but thats a far cry from the thousands of u.s. troops that once patrolled the secure green zone. officials say for now, most of the americans will ...

800,000 olympic sized swimming pools. its come often at a high cost. the health of a nation. in the new hbo documentary "gas land 2," filmmaker josh fox goes beyond pir teyrotechnics. >> my name is josh fox. its been five years since the first proposal to drill thousands of gas wells came knock being at my door. with thousands of cases of water contamination, air pollution and health problems across the u.s. -- >> we have found no instance of hydraulic fracking. >> joining us now, josh fox. than...

Really. >> should put that out there. >> fantastic. >> chick olympics. do you like that? >> i dont mind. gold medal. bring it on. chicks are great. >> so if you were in the eastern time zone, you probably didnt see any of the closing ceremony. a great performance by the who. >> the who, i know. awesome. >> people on the east coast didnt get a chance to see it. nbc decided to run "animal kingdom." >> instead of the who? >> "animal practice." >> big fan of the show. im a big fan of the show. >> ge...

Successful program that provides health coverage for virtually every american senior. thank you for that, congressman mcdermott. and thank you for your time this evening. >> youre welcome. good to be here. coming up, bill clintons big moment. why republicans should be very worried. about the case hell make on the economy at the democratic convention. and weve got an olympic sized fight brewing in the republican party. dick cheney goes after sarah palin. this is getting fun. stay with us. ♪...

So this will get significant coverage. remember, its not -- i think hes going to sufficient interest the comparisons to the huge crowds president obama got as condition obama. checking out that commander in chief box, do people see him as someone ready to lead on the world stage? this trip, his campaign hopes, will speak to that. >> fill in the gaps that well have more on later in the day on the "wall street journal"/nbc/"wall street journal" poll. chris cillizza, thank you. that does it for us ...

For the fire department or you know, he was a firefighter and he was, you know, he worked as an emt. you know, he had that training, that background. and also, as well as he was looking to re-enlist as a navy s.e.a.l. and that was something that we had discussed about him, you know, working to get back into the military and eventually pursue his ultimate goal, professionally, to become a navy s.e.a.l. >> we are so sorry and sorry for your loss. thank you for sharing with us your thoughts today, ...