women's skeet shooting and joins chilean taekwondo athlete fernanda aguirre and dutch skateboarder candy jacobsould be no replacement for hill, who won silver at the commonwealth games in 2018. a tough one for amber hill to take, but there's better news for british 400 metres hurdlerjessie knight who will still be allowed to compete at the games, despite being told to isolate — along with five other team gb athletes because a passenger on their flight to tokyo tested positive for coronavirus. knight and the others have been given the green light to resume training. as an athlete you didn't know it could happen. just because of the current situation and you just knew, i'm just relieved that i haven't tested positive. i'm actually in a good position, i'm healthy and to be honest, yeah, i'm spending a lot of time in my room but i can relax and i can focus on the whaen thing and the one reason i'm here. i can focus on the whaen thing and the one reason i'm here. despite the opening ceremony taking place on friday, team gb have already got their competition underway, in women's football and they got

women's skeet shooting and joins chile's taekwondo athlete fernanda aguirre and dutch skateboarder candy jacobs covid tests. the british olympic association says there'll be no replacement for hill, who won silver at the commonwealth games in 2018. well, in a statement, hill says she's "devastated" to be missing out a tough one for amber hill to take. there's better news for another british olympic hopeful, though. 400 metres hurdlerjessie knight will still be allowed to compete at the games despite being told to isolate, along with five other team gb athletes, because a passenger on their flight to tokyo tested positive for coronavirus. knight, and the others, have been given the green light to resume training, and she's been talking to our sports correspondent natalie pirks. i u nfortu nately i unfortunately was one of the ones who was within two rows of somebody who was within two rows of somebody who tested positive on the plane. it was no one from team gb. we had been rigorously tested. 14 days prior to leaving for tokyo. so i think i have just been quite unlucky in that sense. as an athle

women's skeet shooting and joins chilean taekwondo athlete fernanda aguirre and dutch skateboarder candy jacobsut because of positive covid tests. the british olympic association said there would be no replacement for hill, who won silver at the commonwealth games in 2018. in a statement, hill has said that she's "devastated" to be missing out on the tokyo 0lympics. despite the opening ceremony taking place on friday, team gb have already got their competition under way, in women's football. and they got off to a winning start — beating chile 2—0 in sapporo. manchester city striker ellen white scored both goals — the first from close range in the first half before this flying volley in the second half made sure of the points from great britain. their next game is against hosts japan on saturday. a huge win in one of this morning's other games. sweden beat four—time women's football 0lympic champions usa by three goals to nil in tokyo. so just a couple of days to wait then, till that tokyo opening ceremony but today we've found out the hosts for the games in 2032... brisbane has been awarded the

women's skeet shooting and joins chilean taekwondo athlete fernanda aguirre and dutch skateboarder candy jacobsho will still be allowed to compete at the games, despite being told to isolate — along with five other team gb athletes because a passenger on their flight to tokyo tested positive for coronavirus. knight and the others have been given the green light to resume training. as an athlete you did know it could happen. just because of the current situation and you just knew, i'm just relieved that i haven't tested positive. i'm actually in a good position, i'm healthy and to be honest, yeah, i'm spending a lot of time in my room but i can relax and i can focus on the one thing and the one reason i'm here. despite the opening ceremony taking place on friday, team gb have already got their competition underway, in women's football and they got off to a winning start — beating chile 2—0 in sapporo. manchester city striker ellen white scored both goals — the first from close range in the first half before this flying volley in the second half made sure of the points from great britain. their n

her name is candy jacobs.f a worrying glimpse to other athletes who have yet to arrive here about what they face if they too test positive. >> sounds like a tough situation. >>> here at home the delta variant is driving up covid cases all across the country. the cdc now saying vaccinated people in some areas with high transmissions should wear masks again indoors. eva pilgrim is back with the latest. good morning again, eva. >> reporter: good morning, robin. yeah, we have heard repeatedly that this delta variant is different and now the cdc says they have the science that shows this variant acts in a way unlike previous variants. overnight pfizer's ceo albert bourla making the case for booster shots saying some studies challenges the protection after six months talking to former white house adviser andy slavitt in a podcast. >> we can see that there is a drop in the protection of infections and there is a drop in the protection against hospitalizations but only for people or mainly for people that they are six

this morning a dutch skate boarder candy jacobs became one of the first to pull out of the games after arriving in tokyo. she's tested positive for covid-19. but it is unclear if she was staying in the olympic village. with competition already started, head of the organizing committee says a last minute cancellation of the games is still astonishingly an option. tokyo just reported its highest daily covid-19 case increase since january. blake essig is live in tokyo for us. the head of this organizing committee i thought was really stunning to say that this 11th hour cancellation is possible, but how likely is that to actually happen? >> reporter: yeah, you know, it seems more political at this point begin how unpopular these games have been for months with the general population. but there is no question health and safety remain a big concern and all those organizers maintain that the olympic village is a safe place to stay, team usa gymnastics has decided to stay at a hotel in tokyo rather than stay at the olympic village to better be able to control athletes and their safety. it is h

dutch skateboarder candy jacobs is one of those athletes who tested positive here in tokyo. she took to social media yesterday to say that she was heartbroken and that she did everything in her power to prevent this scenario and took all the precautions but sadly there's no question that this story will continue to repeat itself in the days and weeks to come. kim? >> absolutely. blake esseg in tokyo, thanks so much. >>> u.s. first lady jill biden has just arrived in tokyo to lead the u.s. delegation at the olympics. it's her first solo trip abroad as first lady with at least two diplomatic events also scheduled for her five-day stay in japan. the white house says the first lady and president biden both feel it's important to support the nation's athletes including cheering them on at friday's opening ceremony. >>> well, back in washington top biden health officials are holding talks on revising mask recommendations for vaccinated americans. and with the delta variant now making up more than 80% of cases, these conversations are becoming more urgent. now, it comes as the dail

candy jacobs is a dutch skateboarder. she was put into a tiny hotel room here in tokyo. she's only allowed 15 minutes of fresh air a day. she's had minimum human contact. she said the whole thing has been very, very difficult to go through, and this as the covid count here in japan is going up every single day. 3,800 new cases in the last 24 hours, that is a new record, and we are now seeing 198 cases inside the olympic bubble. robin. >> all right, james, thanks. whit. >>> back here at home, and with the delta variant driving a summer surge, pfizer is again making the case that booster shots may be needed because its vaccine's effectiveness goes down after six months. all of this happening as 45 states are now seeing an increase in new covid hospitalizations. our trevor ault is live at a hospital in tampa with more on that story. trevor, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. so these breakthrough infections and new research on the delta variant is certainly causing some alarm. the cdc tightening its mask recommendations and booster shots are becoming a serious d

chilean taekwondo athlete fernanda aguirre and dutch skateboarder candy jacobs are out.solate earlier in the week, but they're now back in training. we have our own environment. we have our own living environment, which we have secured. it's got a big footprint, around it so british athletes can enjoy that in a really, really positive way. you look out across tokyo bay and we've got this big footprint of fresh air, which the athletes can go out and enjoy, so it's a very, very relaxed environment. arsenal have pulled out of their preseason tour to florida because of a number of coronairus case within their travelling party. the squad were due to fly out tomorrow to compete in the florida cup, which everton and inter milan are also involved in. the club did not specify how many members of their touring group tested positive, nor if any were players. it was a thrilling end to england's third t20 against pakistan with a three wicket victory at old trafford, to make it a 2—1 series win. adam wild has more. this is the noise cricket has longed for. 22,000 inside old trafford.

women's skeet shooting and joins chilean taekwondo athlete fernanda aguirre and dutch skateboarder candy jacobsn a statement, hill has said that she's "devastated" to be missing out on the tokyo olympics. she said, "there are no words to describe how "i'm feeling right now. "after five years of training and preparation, i m "absolutely devastated. "although i don t have any symptoms, i will now isolate "as per the government guidance. "i would like to wish the best of luck to all of team gb." despite the opening ceremony taking place on friday, team gb have already got their competition underway in women's football and they got off to a winning start, beating chile 2—0 in sapporo. manchester city striker ellen white scored both goals. the first from close range in the first half before this flying volley in the second half made sure of the points from great britain. their next game is against hosts japan on saturday. a huge win in one of this morning's other games. sweden beat four—time women's football olympic champions usa 3—0 in tokyo. brisbane will host the 2032 olympic and paralympic games

candy. more still ahead on the news. al, including a deadline approaches for the police to arrest south africa prize, the former president jacob's zoom up before the court. hearing india, the prime minister, that under mowdy, biggest overhaul of his cabinet, coming on defiantly handling the pandemic. and when the basketball biggest dollars returns to the n b a finals, the bass does the action coming up in sport with peter and that asia is imposing tough. new corona virus restrictions to contain is deadliest wave of the pandemic. another record of more than 34000 new infections were reported on wednesday. and for the 1st time that were over a 1000 deaths about 7 times the day, right, a month ago. and the government says it's only going to get worse. johns hopkins university track shows overall about 2400000 cases and nearly 63000 lives lost. since the pandemic began, the government is importing emergency oxygen supplies, the hospital filled and overflowing with sick patients. the more contagious delta variants 1st sweat through indonesia, densely populated java and is now spreading through its many islands. jessica washington rep