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The shadow the covid is playing too well. as a vaccinated person in japan, he caught covid. taylor, first to you, i can't imagine how disappointed you are. you're wapping the opening ceremony in quarantine. areasymptomatic? and what happens, and how are you feeling about all of this? >> well, obviously i'm devastated. that's the biggest one. i tried to take all the right steps to get me here and to get me here safely and to be able to perform and go out for my country, but i guess that's how -- this is the hand i was dealt, and i'm trying to deal with it as best as i can. i've had a tremendous...

But at the end of the day from a public health point of view, we have to isolate and separate people who are covid-positive testing, even if the at the moment they're asymptomatic. the reason is they can still transmit the virus to other people unfortunately. >> doctor, team usa's doc has revealed that 100 of the 613 athletes are still not vaccinated. it is a higher vaccination rate than the national average, but does that number still concern you, and does that put other athletes at risk? >> well, it considers me a lot and the reason is we should not be having events or opening up businesses ...

With former president obama, and there's an anticipation the democrats could lose the razor thin margin they have in the white house. the mentioning they hope going into the midterms is going to be showing the infrastructure plan they can get through, showing the president's accomplishments with covid and covid relief package, but a lot depends on what's going to happen the next couple of months in washington in congress with regards to these big spending proposals the president has as to whether or not he's going to have that as a tool to sell going into the midterm elections. >> shannon, bot...

Here, it will reach tokyo on tuesday or skirt it. but they're already concerned about some of the effects. they're rescheduling the rowing that was supposed to begin on monday. they're now going to row tomorrow instead. you know, the forecast is still uncertain as these storms are, but there are some growing concerns. back on that -- on the issue of covid, which will continue to be a story throughout these games, you mentioned the number 127, and i keep on reminding people that it's important to put this in context with the thousands of people that are credited for these games. so that's 127 a...

Frustration over covid, more guns, less cops, all of that fueling america's summer of violence. >> our thanks to tom and the police chief, by the way, in d.c., who also said they connect the surge in crimes to marijuana and said it's something residents need to look at right now. they seem to feel there's some sort of drug war taking place even though it's legalized in the city. >> oh, wow. coming up, trump launching into campaign mode. the first pivotal test for his agenda, of course, post-trump. are voters buying what he's selling? and jasmine crockett joins velshi live on voting rights....