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seeing cases in the u.s. >> plus, the u.s. is condemning russia's attack on the ukrainian port city of odesa, just one day after a deal was struck to get vital grain shipments moving again. we're live in ukraine. "new day" starts right now. hello, everyone. it is sunday, july 24th. thanks so much for waking up with us. it is nice to be with you again alex. >> it is early, but being with you makes it just that much easier. >> that just put a big smile on my face. thanks for that. we have a lot of news to get to, we start with the brutal heat wave baking many parts of the u.s., showi...

Tausaga-Collins won the world championship with a throw of 69.49 meters according to CNN Sports.

Jamaica, the heavy favorite here, but the foursome of melissa jefferson, abbie steiner, jena prandini and t.t. terry using their speed to pull off the improbable. terry, a brilliant anchor leg in this race, finding just enough juice to hold off a surge by cherica jackson, one of the fastest women in history. the americans stunning the defending olympic champs by .04. the first gold for the u.s. in the event in five years and eight overall. team usa was the favorite in the men's 4 by 1 after sweeping the 400 meter dash and even without fred curley who got hurt in the 200, the u.s. has the lead ...

Coy, it has been another terrific performance for the ice princess. not quite gold but still pretty impressive. >> impressive. the free slopestyle final for women. eileen gu, she is capturing the hearts of spectators here. biggest crowd in the snow park. folks wanting to snap the pictures and already winning the gold in the big air competition. gu puts down another solid performance to win a silver. she was holding heart hands above her head. the 18-year-old has another opportunity to win another medal. the lowest scoring qualifier to olympic champ. she already won bronze at these games in big...

Alpine events. in her debut, the defending giant slalom olympic champ missed a gate seconds into her run. she didn't get to finish the race, laura and christine. she said she won't ever forget this, but she also says that this is the type of thing that drives her to keep working. next opportunity to medal for mikaela will be the slalom in a couple days. it is an event she won gold in the 2014 sochi games. the legend of the 15-year-old sensation is continuing to grow. the russian olympic committee has become the first woman ever to land a quad jump in olympic competition. she won the free skate...