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Started her speech there, this new test to stay policy that the biden administration is looking to imp implement. highly, when do we expect this to take effect, the test-to-stay strategy? >> good question. the positivity rate, for instance, during the last surge and really since the beginning of the pandemic was what we looked at in various communities to decide should schools stay open or do kids need to quarantine? heres the difference. if the schools have the resources, and thats a big if whe...

Opening curtain. everyone was seated already. new outbreak in post pro sports. the league postponed games. the nba and nfl updated protocols for the holiday season, issuing new mask requirements and restrictions and the like. speeding up the team asymptomatic players can get back to the field or courts after testing negative. companies are cracking down on the unvaccinated. new orleans this morning becoming the first public school system in the nation to mandate vaccines for children 5 and up....

And howard spring australia. listen to her describe her experience. >> you feel like you have done something wrong. its inhumane. you are literally nothing, because i washu so distressed. please let me out for a walk or a run. i was in a little box and i cant move. i am anxious. i am feeling not well. i need to get out. they said we will get some valium prescribed to you. >> tucker: just medicate it away. this is happening to a lot of people in australia. a senator critical of covid restrictions...

Camp. >> you feel like you have done something wrong. its inhumane. you are literally nothing -- because i was so distressed. please let me out for a walk or a run. i was in a little box and i cant move. i am anxious. i am feeling not well. i need to get out. they said we will get some valium prescribed to you. >> tucker: just medicate it away. this is happening to a lot of people in australia. a senator critical of covid restrictions was forced into a quarantine camp despite testing negative fo...

Classroom, and no, i dont think it was a mistake for quarantining. what were finding is that when students are testing negative, theyre able to be back in school, and we have to give them the best opportunity to learn in the classroom. but we also want to make sure were not compromising safety. we know enough now to know that if a student was around someone that has covid-19 but tests negative that they should be able to have the opportunity to learn in the classroom where they learn best. >> ye...

Making a plan might feel like homework, but it will help you and your family stay safe during an emergency. >> neil: all right. foreign travelers will be welcome in this country beginning in november as long as they have been vaccinated or prove that theyre testing negative for the virus. its a start. dr. richard besser with us, the former acting cdc director. doctor, good to have you back. you think its safe right now as long as they have met the criteria, that they have been vaccinated, can sh...

Would argue here, is increasing the charge to persons who are not vaccinated simply adds the amount of risk, the additional health risk that that employee would pose and therefore, its permissible to do that. >> so, its in line with some of the other requirements that companies can enforce, like getting vaccinated, like testing negative for the virus, that this is within their realm, its when governments try that that it gets to be a slippery slope. this is clearly the direction that were going ...

For them to be picked up after testing negative. >> they say theyre trying to make the best out of a horrible situation. to speak what used to be four or five, 6%. its over in excess of 60% positive. we have to protect our citizens no matter what. >> and eagle path texas, a special response team spent the week tracking down illegal immigrant workers, many of whom they caught trying to board moving trains. all of these illegals trying to get past troopers. dozens eventually apprehended, including...

Elsewhere, the day has been affected by coronavirus. just a day before the start of the track and field events begin, sam kendricks, the world pole vault champion, has withdrawn from the games, having tested postive. he had been expected to contend for a medal in tokyo. the argentinian pole vaulter, german chiaraviglio, has also tested positive. he tweeted that the games are over for him, but better news for the australian track and field team, they have resumed training after having to isolate....

But better news for the australian track and field team — they have resumed training, having earlier had to isolate, but three of their team who were in close contact with kendricks are still isolating as a precaution, despite testing negative. those three are expected to compete when the time comes. thats all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. thats bbc.co.uk/sport. mike, thank you very much. today marks day 6 of olympic games action in tokyo w...