enough to do what is called bending the curve of this why didn't the right direction correspondent james rhyno joining us from new york city tonight james thank you very much stay safe and stay healthy. well it was only a matter of time 4 weeks or 48 hours in the end it took japan of the international olympic committee 2 days not a month to agree to postpone the summer games in tokyo today the japanese prime minister announced that the games will be pushed back into 2021 the decision came after weeks of pressure from athletes to postpone colliding with weeks of resistance by the games organizers in japan. the tokyo olympics are off the decision came suddenly but was not unexpected after weeks of debate and speculation in order to safeguard the health of the athletes and everybody involved in the olympic games that we have to postpone the olympic and paralympic games or talk you were 2022 the year or 2021 with the aim to have feet there are the latest in summer time $21.00 it's a decision that was not taken lightly or willingly but pressure had been mounting from athletes and sports federations