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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., showing no signs of letting up today. right now, more than 90 million americans are under excessive heat warning, and advisories. high humidity mixed with sweltering temperatures are pushing some heat indexes into the triple digits. the national weather service warns it will feel extremely oppressive. philadelphia could see its hottest day in more than a decade, and boston is forecast to possibly br ....
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 starting the final leg, but andre degrasse gets shot out of the canon, the world s fastest man, the defending olympic champ, going to the finish line grabbing canada s first gold in the event in 25 years. he just battled covid recently, ....
Kamila valieva becomes the first woman to score more than a 90 for a short policemrogram with e of 91.8. she is graceful, she is powerful, she s pulling off performances that were unthinkable just a few years ago. the russian olympic skaters are so good that u.s. skater karen chen in this event said, she s not capable of doing what they do. the two-time olympian chen fell on one of her jumps, finishing fifth in the short program. teammate vincent jo, he planned to execute five quads, but landed only two, finishing third. as a result, team usa slips to second in the team event behind the russian olympic committee. but elsewhere on ice, the u.s. women s hockey team dominating the roc, 5-zip, improving to 2-0 here in beijing. hillary knight getting the party started for the defending olympic champs. ....