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House officials. theyre pleading for national voting rights legislation to block what republicans are trying to do in their state and other states around the country. it has been eight days for them in washington thus far and probably weeks still to go before they can go home again. but this week that battle over voting rights crashed head first into americas battle against the coronavirus. several of the texas democrats have now tested positive for covid-19 in washington. last night just as we ...

Manchin compromise, a modified s-1, an accelerated hr-4, all those things would benefit us in texas. we have an all-of-the-above strategy so we can bring fair voting rights and have one standard in the country and thats the american standard. >> i know you had hopes of meeting with senator kyrsten sinema. its been reported as of yesterday that you have not met with any republicans. i wonder if any of those things have changed? have you secured a meeting with senator senator, been able to meet wi...

The airports chief commercial officer says that until further restrictions on travel lift, passenger numbers will remain low. passengers can travel to more destinations without quarantining. up to 100 destinations, 3a countries acrossjuly and august. that is certainly better than what it has been for the early part of this year. the markets that people love flying to from gatwick airport still remain very heavily restricted, still have the need for expensive testing, and we know that until those...

With experts calling for major reform. there is a lack of oversight, a lack of central funding, also a crucial lack of what one might simply call peer review. if no—one notices, then theyjust carry on cutting corners even more. its one of my big professional beliefs that one of the main reasons why we behave well and do good work is the thought that big brother is looking over our shoulder. in the coronial system, that is not the case. bosses at gatwick airport have said despite lockdown restr...

Quarantining at a hotel. >> as a parent you feel helpless to do anything except keep her spirits up and hug the heck out of her when she gets back. >> reporter: confirming the fellow alternate on the gymnastics team is also in isolation, shes tested negative. the alternates had been training in the same facility as the six athletes who will compete here, including simone biles. usa gymnastics said the groups were kept separate and protocols were in place. i visited the new gymnastics center wher...

Team was deemed close contact, theyre quarantining. once they test negative, they can then enter competition. this is a new rule now, they have to make sure the other countries theyre playing against with okay with playing them. this is clearly a fluid situation in these olympics, an olympics like weve never seen before. the other major headline were tracking, coco gauff, tennis superstar for team usa, testing positive back in america, she will not be able to travel to japan, a big letdown for t...

Speculation, stress tests, all of which the banks lobbied hard against. but the banks were wrong. in this pandemic, the financial system has performed remarkably well, a testament to those reforms. despite the near shutdown of the entire global economy in 2020, banks almost everywhere weathered the storm. thats because central banks supported them but also because they were well capitalized and well regulated. yet despite our many failures in fighting the disease, were talking very little about ...

Olympics that still so many are against, set to begin in just ten days. with tokyo in yet another state of emergency, nothing about these games will be normal. a massive testing and quarantining process is in place. athletes must arrive at the olympic village five days before their sports start, and they have to leave the country within 48 hours of finishing their event. and masks are mandatory at all times except when competing, with daily tests and tracking apps to monitor movement. >> no high...

Thats what were trying to prevent. we want to keep the town open. >> thats why im staying home. i just walked down. >> there are probably century people, seven or eight people that left your house when you told them to leave. youre not quarantining if youre mixing with other people. everybody here has it? oh, my god. >> yes, officer. i know thats why i was having a house party in my house. thats how i was quarantining. all of this to say, if there is one place you would want to mandate vaccines,...

High. so weve had a high death toll disproportionately among the elderly and what we did to deal with that was instead of quarantining elderly and make the most strenuously possible to protect them with quarantine the economy and shutdown the schools with incalculable damage, from children to their education and mental health, and all the restl of it. but toll from that in terms of mental health issues and education on the rest of it, we wont know for some years but we know its serious. this was...