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The president of the united states is willing to lie about whats going on to try to get his way and thats one reason why youre seeing president numbers continue to plummet.ntinue maria: what an extraordinary state of affairs. you hit it right on the nose. meanwhile, these democrats who are avoiding doing their job are testing positive for covid. we see that covid numbers are up at the border, illegals bringing in not just human trafficking and narcotics, illicit narcotics killing americans but a...

Two of the worlds top golfers have dropped out after testing positive. world number one jon rahm of spain and number six bryson dechambeau of the u.s. organizers say 15 athletes have tested positive for the virus so far. will ripley joins me. covid cases are up again this weekend in japan. how is it playing out at the games? >> reporter: first of all, jon rahm, you know, this is the second time he tested positive. he had to drop out of the memorial tournament back in june. he was quoted as sayin...

Real bad actor in the sense of being highly transmissible, for the most part the vaccines work very well against it, particularly in protecting you from severe disease leading to hospitalization. you let the virus circulate, you may get a variant that is even worse. >> dr. fauci, you mentioned breakthrough infections and for those of us, im fully vaccinated. how concerned should i be if i were to test positive for covid, what would the impact be on me, someone vaccinated, testing positive for co...

>> reporter: all right. the first ever skateboarding competition at the olympics. six-time world champ nyjah huston said he thinks that skateboarding can bring new energy to the games. they were there in person and it did. it was fun. it was edgy. there was great music playing while the skaters did their thing. it was hometown hero yuto horigome winning the first ever gold in the olympic sport of skateboarding. the 22-year-old grew up eight miles away from this park. he is the son of a tokyo tax...

Break-through cases. people who are fully vaccinated testing positive for the virus, but the difference between the vaccinated and those who are not is more apparent than ever. >> here is the truth, if youre fully vaccinated youre safer with a higher degree of protection, but if you are not vaccinated, you are not protected. of course, all the covid-19 deaths and hospitalizations are today among the unvaccinated people. and i know -- i know this has gotten a bit politicized but i hope its starte...

Tokyo, notably without fans, several american athletes wont be there either after testing positive for covid-19, raising suspicions whether he was vaccinated. swimmer anthony martin said he wasnt. >> i dont want to risk anything. >> reporter: it is still possible to get covid post vaccine. but some still prefer the freedom of choice over a threat of health. buffalo bills wide receiver, tweeting, if youre squared of me, stay clear or get vaccinated. i my die of covid but i would rather die actual...

Cont contagious. while the rate of people getting fully vaccinated is falling. >> yeah. the rate of new infections is now four times higher than it was just a month ago. look at all the red on that map. cases are actually rising faster right now than in the pandemics first surge last spring. its hard to believe. vaccinations are now at their lowest daily rate since the end of january, with only about 250,000 people becoming fully vaccinated per day. in some areas, the delta variant is leading to...

A small but growing number of athletes are testing positive. even inside the olympic village. >> so excited to go to tokyo, but also like terrified. to fly all the way there and then test positive. >> reporter: athletes tested for covid daily, asked to arrive five days early and leave two days after. you can see how packed its. some 18,000 athletes and officials will be staying in those buildings. you can see a lot of their national flags on the sides. most of the venues are in tokyo, japan inve...

Times undoubtedly sad. when you saw the banks of empty seats, you heard the banks of empty seats, you heard the protests outside, it rather —— the protests outside, it rather —— the depleted parade of nations, there is no escaping that fact and i think organisers will be anxious that there was not any more athletes ruled out by testing positive, none of the big finals or names are affected or that it contributes to cases arising in the community. but despite all of that, as far as the or...

The games kick off tomorrow amid growing covid concerns. number of cases linked to the games is now 91 n. tokyo now reports there are 2,000 new covid cases one day out from the games. salina wang reporting on a olympics mired in controversy. >> the first lady starting her first trip overseas, in a country day by day fright to keep the olympics going. even before the games have officially started. as biden travels in more olympic hopefuls are set to travel out after testing positive for covid-19....