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Groups. religious-based as well as the aher corp. and peace corps to try to convince people to get vaccinated. >> sara sidner, thank you. first lady jill biden is now in japan. shell attend tomorrows opening ceremony. the city of tokyo reporting nearly 2000 new cases since yesterday. and the number of covid infections linked to the games specifically climbing to 91. the word from organizers tomorrows opening ceremony will proceed as planned. salena wang reports from tokyo. >> the first lady st...

The number of coronavirus cases linked to the games now stands at 91 and cnns selina wang is live in tokyo with more. selena? >> reporter: brianna, its going to be surreal tomorrow at the olympic opening ceremony to see that nearly 68,000 seat capacity national stadium largely empty, just 950 vip guests will be allowed. this as tokyo reports nearly 2,000 new covid-19 cases the highest in six months and behind me theres a growing line of people waiting to take a photo in front of five rings but t...

Year due to the pandemic. athlete training regimens have been compromised. allisoyson felix said she had t sprint in neighborhood streets. but they are finally here and it will be the pinnacle for most athletes careers. some gave up jobs to be here, they are not making much money, they are sacrificing family life. this is their one shot to make it all worth it. but athletes are being sent home just days before the moment they have been hoping for, testing positive for covid. we asked kevin duran...

Alex. ♪ ♪ >> julie: covid cases are surging at the border with 135 detained migrants in the the rio grande valley sector, testing positive for covid in just the first two weeks of july. this morning, therande valley border patrol chief reports that there are actually 44 agents currently have tested positive. there are five of them that are currently in the hospital, conditions unknown. former acting director of immigration and customs enforcement, ron vitiello, joins me now. there are so man...

New data for england shows that care homes in the north west had the most coronavirus deaths in the first wave of the pandemic, while the south east was hardest hit in the second wave. the heatwave across the uk has been continuing, and this afternoon, northern ireland has broken its all—time temperature record for the second time in five days. the gb womens football team off to a flying start at the tokyo olympics with a 2—0 win over chile. sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc spor...

American athlete testing positive for covid. what are you learning about that? >> reporter: kate, this is heartbreaking. taylor crabb adds to the growing list of athletes testing positive for covid-19. these athletes, they spent their lifetime preparing for this moment. this is their one shot. for taylor crabb and others, theyre testing positive after they already get to tokyo. so they had to go through all these hoops, all these pro protocols, only to have all their dreams derailed because of t...

100 balls to win a game, this is how you do it. the originals innings as they set a target of 136 for victory. when you are the tournaments youngest player you may be forgiven for a little trepidation. not 16—year—old, this her first ball. as time ticked all doing that on the invisibles were under pressure to hit runs. her half—century set up the finish. with host needing one run from three balls, did it room to spare. there it is, the oval invisibles making history by recording the first ...

. tonight, first lady jill biden headed to the tokyo olympics as another american athlete pulls out of the game after testing positive for covid. taylor crab saying he wont be participating. the fourth u.s. athlete to test positive for the virus as the olympic games are underway and you can see the stadium empty. will ripley is "outfront" in tokyo. >> reporter: even olympians are not immune from the cruelty of covid-19. the pandemic striking some of the worlds top athletes including a u.s. gym...

Opening goal at the sapporo dome, after 18 minutes with this close range effort. a deserved lead for great britain and the second half has got under way. still 1—0. the official opening ceremony for the games takes place on friday. this morning two athletes have become the first to become completely ruled out of the olympics after testing positive for coronavirus. chilean taekwondo athlete fernanda aguirre and dutch skateboarder candy jacobs are out. jacobs had tested positive in the athletes�...

May have a chance of small chance of an infection if theres a big spread going on but youre very unlikely to have serious consequences from that. its becoming very clear just how safe and effective the vaccines are when we need them. i hope well see more public officials making those kinds of statements. >> i want to be clear. i dont know if senator mitch mcconnell expressed skepticism but just this week hes saying if anybody is willing to listen, get vaccinated. thats a much bigger push than we...