i think that if the ioc had started _ place? i think that if the ioc had started planning - place?tarted planning and - place? i think that if the ioc. had started planning and doing a much betterjob of planning a year ago, a much betterjob of planning a yearago, it might a much betterjob of planning a year ago, it might have been possible to do this safely, and i would have been glad to participate in that risk assessment. i think right now, with the delta variant now widespread, everywhere, not just in a few countries, and it is likely to be coming to japan, where the vaccination rates are low, i do think this is a very risky proposition. but we have been arguing there were ways to make this a safe, but it required a better assessment of risk and a better set of controls than the ioc has put in place.— has put in place. thank you very much _ has put in place. thank you very much indeed. - has put in place. thank you very much indeed. thank . has put in place. thank you i very much indeed. thank you. the german chancellor says the world must hurry in the battle against climate cha

we have been told repeatedly by the ioc _ and widerjapan.e been told repeatedly by the ioc that these - and widerjapan. we have been told | repeatedly by the ioc that these are going to be safe, secure games. how reassured are you by the provisions that have been put in place? this a that have been put in place? as a scholar of the _ that have been put in place? as a scholar of the olympic _ that have been put in place? is —. scholar of the olympic games, i've seen a lot of statements from the international and the committee over the years that are absolutely not true. it is in their self—interest to assure over and over again that these will be safe and secure games, but we're already that they are not necessarily safe and secure games. the international and the committee has a lot of money writing on the semantics and i think that is from the key driving factor moving forward with them —— on these olympics. 74% of the ioc revenues come from rectally from broadcaster fees, which means they are perfect we have to have a made—for—tv event wit

the writers of the letter remained critical of the ioc. am going to bring a little bit from that letter to you. here is what the letter says. we emphasize that neutrality is never neutral. as a reflection of society at large, white supremacy and racism, sexism, able is him -- ablesim, to name a few. systemic injustice is implemented into every fabric of the institutions governing global sports. to eradicate them they must proactively review the policies, practices and procedures that make up their existence and reinforce systemic injustices. staying neutral means staying silent and staying silent means of supporting ongoing injustice. that comes from a letter written to the international olympic committee by a group of athletes and educators who say athletes should have more freedom to protest during the olympic games. let's go back to the phone lines and let's start with billy who was calling from new york. good morning. caller: good morning. how are you? host: just fine. go ahead. caller: excellent. i would just like to say that i do --

what have you made of the ioc- around his olympic games.d their role in these olympic games, and, isuppose, the questions for the future of the olympic games? i questions for the future of the olympic games?— questions for the future of the olympic games? i have been very concerned — olympic games? i have been very concerned with _ olympic games? i have been very concerned with the _ olympic games? i have been very concerned with the way _ olympic games? i have been very concerned with the way the - concerned with the way the international olympic committee has handled the tokyo olympics. if you don't want to take it from this political scientist, take it from the medical scientists who have been jumping up and down for a long time saying that these olympics should be cancelled because they are a risk to global public health. an editorial excoriated the ioc that pointed out a number of shortcomings in the preparations, safety preparations, for athletes and those inside the olympic bubble from having multiple people in a room to having them

i asked her to assess to ioc�*s covid safety playbook.sing those efforts since the beginning. i think they have forgotten an important mode of transmission, which is that there are likely to be small aerosol particles that people can inhale, and the playbooks do not consider that mode of transmission at all. right, i mean, they have worked in pretty close liaison with the world health organization in terms of looking at the risks and the sort of protocols they should adopt. should they simplyjust be going — should they be more strict than that? i think one of the things that i proposed with my colleagues about two months ago now is that they do more a careful risk assessment, particularly for the different kinds of sports. so a sport that is indoors, involves teams or people in close contact with each other are at much higher risk than sports that are done outdoors and singly. but if you look at the playbooks, you don't see any delineation in terms of risk by type of sport or venue. right. you would also, i understand, prefer to see all a

>> unfortunately, the ioc approach banked on vaccines.would mitigate or stop the spread. what it means is very important but not the be all and end all. they're not full proof. not every one can be vaccinated. there's a lot of teenager and child athletes who can't be. further more, what the ioc did was ignore the rest of the science and it failed to invest in measures like state of the art ventilation and air cleaning that would actual ly control an stop spread. you have to anticipate that covid might be there, which it is. instead of taking that approach, they invest in hygiene. hand washing is great. it's no protection against covid. >> what would happen now? >> exactly. that's a good question. a number of athletes are disqualifiied despite taking recautions. the athletes have to bear if mind since the more thanes the ioc advised aren't protecting them, what can they do. we still know the safest place is outdoors. stay outdoors where ever possible. make sure you have a mask that is effective as possible. n-95 masks are more effective. w

is going _ significant revenues, so the ioc is going to _ significant revenues, so the ioc is goinggoing to want to _ significant revenues, so the ioc is going to want to keep _ significant revenues, so the ioc is going to want to keep its - significant revenues, so the ioc is| going to want to keep its sponsors and broadcasters _ going to want to keep its sponsors and broadcasters as _ going to want to keep its sponsors and broadcasters as happy- going to want to keep its sponsors and broadcasters as happy as - going to want to keep its sponsors i and broadcasters as happy as can be. and that _ and broadcasters as happy as can be. and that means — and broadcasters as happy as can be. and that means some _ and broadcasters as happy as can be. and that means some events - and broadcasters as happy as can be. and that means some events like - and that means some events like marathon and race walking have been moved where it's cooler, while others are taking place in the early morning or in the evening. but increasingly, it's notjust a battle for a medal. it's also a battle against the

the ioc's advice, drink more water. linsey? >> james, thank you. >>> and now to the urgent hunt for suspects after the terrifying scene at washington national stadium. a night at the ballpark turning into chaos. the sound of rapid gunfire from outside forced the game to come to a stop. three people outside the stadium wounded. d.c. metro police are looking for this car, believed to be involved in the shooting. elizabeth schulze is in washington. >> reporter: tonight, the search for suspects in the shooting outside washington, d.c.'s, nationals park is under way, after gunshots sent frantic crowds fleeing and taking cover. d.c. police trying to find this vehicle they say was involved in the shooting near the stadium's third base gate. >> padres put three more on the board. [ gunshots ] 8-4. >> reporter: in the middle of the sixth inning saturday night, rapid gunfire echoing across the stadium, halting the nationals/padres game. >> into the nationals dugout to get away. into the padres dugout now, too. >> reporter: some fans runn

members and staff will arrive vaccinated here in japan. >> reporter: a doctor who advised the ioc one the ioc is the drunk guy in the bar determined to get behind the wheel of his car. he's always behind the wheel of his car. all we have been trying to do is to get him home without killing anybody on the way. >> reporter: this doctor says she and other medical experts gave the ioc safety recommendations in recent weeks that she says the ioc didn't take like installing extra strength hepa filters at its venues. >> the ioc's plan to open a window for a few minutes every half hour is just laughable. >> reporter: tonight so many trends in japan are going in the wrong direction. tokyo has just reached a six-month high for new daily covid cases, more than a thousand new cases per day for several days running. the city is on its fourth covid-19 state of emergency. only around 20% of the country's population is fully vaccinated. anti-olympic protests have been staged in major japanese cities. a recent poll showed nearly 80% of people in japan say the games should not go ahead as scheduled. >

there was detail in the bidding documents submitted to the ioc. part is the reuse of existing infrastructure. 85% of the infrastructure is already in existence and will be temporary for the games. that will reduce the cost of eating for an hosting the games. the ioc were concerned and encourage more cities like brisbane to be able to participate. there's a partnership being developed between the austrian government and the queensland government to assess and build the infrastructure that will be required. shery: there has been a lot of skepticism in recent years over the economic benefit for stadiums. it seems like we lost you for a second. i was just asking about the economic impact for brisbane coming from the games. >> the projected economic impact for queensland is in excess of $8 billion, as projected and $17 billion for australia nationally as we come out of covid and recover from the last 18 months or so. in terms of employment, it's about 120,000 jobs, 90,000 of those and southeast queensland, so a significant contribution to the growth an

so i am encourage the japanese government and the ioc decided to carry on. during my time with the ioc to work very closely and have peace through sports. those which can instantly mobilize that energy. we are thinking how we can mobilize to be generated by sports that's my working very closely with the ioc leadership in that every april 6 was generated by international human sports day so on that day to have a meaningful event so the corporation and energy would be used to bring peace and harmony. 's i'm happy to do this with your initiative. >> going back to look at your legacy can you make a different decision on? >> there are many so i felt that could be reformed much better. when people say that the five most powerful people the most powerful members united nations with those powerful messages and with those veto power countries. a lot of people had been killed. and those that have become refugees and more than 5 million people and this is a tragedy and not even those humanitarian issues. that there should be the first jurisdictions with humanitarian su

does a governing body — in this case, the ioc — prefer to deal with individual markets?sual. with really big rights — so the likes of fifa - or premier league, they sometimes do it territory by territory— because you are able to get more rights revenue by doing _ it like that. but actually, we've seen a slight shift even from the likes of uefa who sold their women's. champions league rights globally because they saw an opportunity there. - so what we might end up seeing is rights holders shifting a littlel more towards regional sales, i just for their own ease, i guess, as they're only dealing with one . person instead of several different companies within the territories. andrew, i know that it sort of seemed to take people in the uk a bit by surprise, that discovery and eurosport had the olympics — did discovery undercook it slightly in terms of promotion and advertising in the uk? i don't think so. i think, obviously discovery+ is a new service in the uk, so i think people are still getting familiar with that service. and up until this month, in fact, sport did not fe

puts the ioc and a hard position.in, it was the last city standing. it really loses its appeal, nobody wants to go for it, let alone any emerging or developing countries, so i don't think we will ever see, unless the ioc changes drastically, the games a place like brazil. is there a case that the olympic should be held on the repeat cities to prevent wastage? absolutely, absolutely, if you mentioned this 30 billion that tokyois mentioned this 30 billion that tokyo is about to spend, what did they mostly spend it on? facilities and infrastructures. they need to obviously be reused, so remember those horrible pictures from athens and rio when those things fall into disrepair because they are not used. there is really an argument, we think, to spread it out, and make good use of these facilities and reuse them. at the moment... thank you, doctor alex budzier. thank you for your thoughts, sorry to cut you. that is all from me. have a great rest of your day. stay safe. the heatwave is coming to an end. it may not feel like

the ioc bans protest on the medal stand.hey should be able to do what you want. protesting is a human right. how on earth are you going to enforce this? abby, i think the answer here, however, is medal stripping, taking off the team. there's a lot of things that the olympic committee can do to deter these athletes from breaking their rules. if they do break them, there's stated consequences. >> abby: absolutely. the end of the day, the ioc does run the rules. so i was thinking back. i was in the shower thinking about what i would do if i was on the u.s. women's national soccer team. if someone did choose to stand, are they considered protesting? they're protesting against the other people protesting? it's very confusing. i was thinking, if i chose to stand, which i would, i would tell the media instead of kneeling against something, i'm standing up for something. i'm standing up nor the freedom of speech that we get because military members went overseas, lost their lives. some people can't even stand for the flag. i'm stand

the ioc likes to talk about how athletes are first. that is one of their mantras.with the international olympic -- paralympic committee. we need sure the case of becca meyers come how poignant that is. it is so heartbreaking. it is hard to take that slogan who put athletes first" when you hear that. an important study came out the compared percentage of revenues that olympians get compared athletes from other sports like the international basketball association, national football league, english premier league a football over in the u.k.. what they found was with the other leagues, the other professional leagues, the athletes took in between 45% and 60% of the revenues. with the olympics, olympians only take 4.1% of the revenues. 4.1% compared to 45% to 60%. olympians are not even getting a fair share of the money pie. that has to change. one exciting thing we're seeing is athletes around the world begin to come together and organize around these issues and support each other. groups like global athlete and athlete-led groups fighting for justice, groups like the a

i by the ioc to not show these images on official channels?— on official channels?n official channels? i think it's a little bit strange just _ on official channels? i think it's a little bit strange just to - on official channels? i think it's a little bit strange just to benefit i little bit strange just to benefit from social media considering it was broadcast live as well. so it seems to be a social media banned from what's the guardian story is is saying. it also seemed very odd because the rules of change in the olympics. you can make peaceful protest as long as it doesn't interfere with events and things like that. i do think it's an odd standpoint to take. i do think they will be a bit put off by the end questioning why they can't show their solidarity in the way that they want to. it will be interesting to see how it plays out. dint; to see how it plays out. any insiuhts to see how it plays out. any insights lizzie, _ to see how it plays out. any insights lizzie, as _ to see how it plays out. any insights lizzie, as the - to see how it plays out. any insigh

the first advance startsj in a few hours' time when the ioc hopes the focus is the joy of sports.al video committee revealed a new word in the olympic motto — together. at this year, most metals will be one in silence. today, we hearjust how close they games came into being scrapped altogether. we close they games came into being scrapped altogether.— close they games came into being scrapped altogether. we had doubts eve da . scrapped altogether. we had doubts every day- there _ scrapped altogether. we had doubts every day. there were _ scrapped altogether. we had doubts every day. there were sleepless - every day. there were sleepless nights. cancellation would've been the easy way for us. we could have drawn on the insurance that we had at the time and moved on to paris 2024. but in fact, cancellation was never an option for us.— never an option for us. even now, the threat — never an option for us. even now, the threat of _ never an option for us. even now, the threat of cancellation - the threat of cancellation hasn't gone away. the head of the games committee won't rule it o

we know the ioc president _ games. we know the ioc president this _ games.sident this week - games. we know the 10c. president this week finally admitted to some sleepless nights in the build—up to this. so many concerns and a various range of issues here injapan. let's get the view from somebody here in tokyo. i'm joined by a local bar owner in tokyo, fumiki yukawa. in normal times, if we didn't have a pandemic, if you had lots of overseas tourists coming in, this could have been a boom time for your business? of a boom time for your business? of course. i have a bar right in the — of course. i have a bar right in the middle of tokyo, with a lot of— in the middle of tokyo, with a lot of hotels around so before the pandemic, iwould have a lot of— the pandemic, iwould have a lot of people from abroad. i would — lot of people from abroad. i would say about 85 countries, people — would say about 85 countries, people from around 85 countries would _ people from around 85 countries would visit my bar in 12 years. iwas — would visit my bar in 12 years. i was hopin

and the ioc.> it will be incredible, positive thing for smo more athletes that may or may not be in the same situation that are going to look to her and she's inspiring athletes. she's allowed for it to just be something that can be accepted by people. and i think that took a lot of bravery. >> now, she says the ioc does have resources in place for the t athletes. they realize they need to do more for these athletes who want help and perhaps more importantly, brianna, john, ensure athletes they have a safe space to speak out. simone biles is a powerful step toward letting other athletes know it's okay to do what she's doing. >> absolutely. she's really paved the way for athletes to talk about this more openly. no question about that, coy. and her statement that this is all made her realize she's more than just her accomplishments, lovely and sad all at the same time. >> it is. she is in a unique position because she doesn't have anything to prove? everyone knows she is the best. look at her record

according to the ioc, the show must go on. brent: you are watching dw news.er a short break, i will be back to take you through the day. tonight, there is now nothing standing in that nordstrom two pipeline between russia and germany, and ukraine is worried. we will be right back. ♪ ■oÑxll9úú >> emmanuel macron's special meeting this us the protocols are to be adjusted. meanwhile, morocco is to sue the authors of the news story for defamation. french police under pressure as a legal move brings accusations of human rights violations.

the ioc is recommending a tailored approach to changing the usmj, and i'm sure that will receive plenty of attention today and healthy debate. but changing behavior and prevention is the key ingredient to addressing adverse behavior before it becomes unlawful behavior. i understand that the prevention line of effort is interested in identifying and amplifying the most effective prevention measures. i am interested in how dod and the ioc view current prevention efforts and what tools work most effectively. the climate and culture line of effort does give me some pause. more data on the command climate is helpful, but i want to fully understand how the ioc recommendations fit with our existing command tools. they recommended additional qualitative and narrative tools for officer performance evaluation. that recommendation focuses on the needs to have officers with transformational leaders. i would hope this desire goes beyond the social acumen cited in the report and also reflects credibly on a variety of effective leadership styles. empathy is important. dr. hicks, i'm interested in the

the ioc as always keeps looking forward.mpics underway today. after being postponed from last year, cricket's brand new hundred competition has just started this evening. over the next 32 days, the men's and women's competitions will run side—by—side with eight brand—new teams featuring many of the world's best players competing to reach the finals on the 21st of august at lords. our women's sport reporter jo currie is at the oval. the oval on a hot summer day. when essentially cricket but this evening perhaps not as we have known it before. this is the hundred. 18 from all across the _ before. this is the hundred. 18 from all across the uk. _ before. this is the hundred. 18 from all across the uk. cricket _ before. this is the hundred. 18 from all across the uk. cricket has - all across the uk. cricket has undergone — all across the uk. cricket has undergone many _ all across the uk. cricket has undergone many revolutions| all across the uk. cricket has - undergone many revolutions over the years but this can be the biggest

this decision was not made lightly by the japan's olympics committee, the ioc and other, but they are basing a major surge right here in japan for the last two and a half weeks. case numbers have been doing up to their highest level since may. they're very concerned about the highly contagious delta variant. as a result, even though people signed up to enter a lottery to sometimes spent more than a thousand bucks for tickets, those tickets will have to be refunded. the only people who might be allowed to attend are vips, foreign dignitaries, ioc committee members and sponsors. the first lady, dr. jill biden and her team are assessing whether it will be feasible for her to attend the opening ceremonies as was originally planned. they have a team arriving here today to make an assessment on the ground. obviously optics are a major concern. even those world leaders want to come and support their athletes who are going to be traveling from hundreds of countries, thousands of athletes and their delegations from all over the world, the fact that many people in this host country don't want t

the ioc is recommending a tailored approach to changing the usmj, and i'm sure that will receive plenty of attention today and healthy debate. but changing behavior and prevention is the key ingredient to addressing adverse behavior before it becomes unlawful behavior. i understand that the prevention line of effort is interested in identifying and amplifying the most effective prevention measures. i am interested in how dod and the ioc view current prevention efforts and what tools work most effectively. the climate and culture line of effort does give me some pause. more data on the command climate is helpful, but i want to fully understand how the ioc recommendations fit with our existing command tools. they recommended additional qualitative and narrative tools for officer performance evaluation. that recommendation focuses on the needs to have officers with transformational leaders. i would hope this desire goes beyond the social acumen cited in the report and also reflects credibly on a variety of effective leadership styles. empathy is important. dr. hicks, i'm interested in the

this one is outside the hotel where ioc president thomas bach is staying., three covid cases have now been confirmed. across the city, 1,400 new cases on saturday. despite this, when i sat down with the governor of tokyo, she told me the games must go ahead. translation: i believe that not holding the olympics is even - sadder than holding it during these dire times. i do not want to show the world that we have lost to covid—19. there is still meaning in holding the olympics in tokyo, despite the current situation. this was wembley stadium in london a week ago, but with just 20% of japanese vaccinated, there will be no scenes like this in tokyo's olympic stadium. governor koike concedes ifjapan had moved faster on vaccines, things might have been different. translation: | agree, i it would have been better. if we had a faster vaccination rollout, we may have been able to have spectators at the olympics. but the speed of vaccine rollout has now increased immensely. not fast enough. this is kyoto, japan's ancient capital and number one tourist site. by now, t

what the ioc want to do was protect the ioc want to do was protect the future of the olympics and geto the games and we have four really good ones to watch out for. the likes of surfing, which will be brilliant to watch. there is also karate, the home of karate. that is only here for this 0lympics but we also have skate boarding and we also have sport climbing. so definitely there is going to be an awful lot of athletes we suddenly hear about that we will want to know more about. let's hear from one who will be competing in the skate boarding. she is from kimberly in south africa and she is 15 years old. this is her story of herjourney to the olympic games. i am very proud to represent south africa, it is such an honour because i am always dreaming about south africa on a bigger stage. the olympics never crossed my mind. it is quite unreal. parents don't support their children skateboarding because they feel there is no future in skateboarding, and skateboarding is finally a part of the olympics. i feel like it gives options and parents will finally support their kids on theirjourney.

the ioc, the government of japan, and local leaders. >> james, thank you. >>> back here at home, news of a high profile arrest. tom barrack, the chairman of former president trump's inaugural committee, has been arrested and charged for illegally lobbying for a foreign country, and of lying to the fbi about it. here's terry moran. >> reporter: tom barrack is a billionaire businessman and one of donald trump's best friends. >> and i'm here because donald trump is one of my closest friends for 40 years. >> reporter: trump chose barrack to chair his 2017 inaugural committee, which raised a record $107 million. >> welcome to the 58th inauguration of the president of the united states. >> reporter: today, barrack was arrested in california on federal charges. failing to register as a foreign agent, obstruction of justice, and lying to investigators. prosecutors say barrack used his connection to trump to act as an agent for the united arab emirates, even working with uae officials to insert a line into one of then-candidate trump's 2016 campaign speeches. >> we'll work with our gulf allies

a south korean ioc official who was fully vaccinated, testing positive at the airport. and a vaccinated czech volleyball player becoming the third athlete inside the olympic village to test positive. >> stop the tokyo olympics! >> reporter: over the weekend, small protests calling for the cancellation of the games. i met kyoko ishikawa. she's been to every summer olympics since 1992. are you worried that this olympics will create more coronavirus in japan? >> i hope this olympic will be completed with limited risks. >> reporter: the big issue is contact tracing. when two members of the men's south african soccer team tested positive, 21 members of their squad had to self-isolate. this could derail the entire olympics. david? >> james, thank you. >>> in the meantime, back here at home, the first capitol rioter has been sentenced to prison on felony charges. the image of him seen around the country and the world. after breaching the senate chamber. what the judge said to him about this image and his role. here's terry moran tonight. >> reporter: paul hodgkins joined the m

we have been discussing with the ioc, and the ioc says if we disclose the name of the country with highson is. that's all the sport for now. thank you very much. now to cuba, where the president, miguel diaz—canel, has dismissed last week's historic demonstrations against the communist government as a lie. thousands took to the streets of havana and other cities last weekend, demanding freedom, democracy and more covid vaccinations. more than 100 people have been arrested since the protests erupted. the president had earlier accused the us of provoking the demonstrations. speaking at a pro—government rally in havana, mr diaz—canel denounced what he said was a "false narrative" over unrest on the caribbean island. translation: we have come together to once again - denounce the us blockade, aggression and terror. we couldn't put off this rally. the enemy has once again gone all out to destroy the sacred unity and peace of citizens. they are encouraging and clarifying disrespect and the discretion of property, threats and harassment of citizens and families. right now, what the world is se

nonetheless the ioc president is focusing on the history of this event. >> they will be his tore rickes in the last couple of years.the way how the japanese overcame so many challenges in the last couple of years. the earth wquake and now the coronavirus pandemic. >> reporter: so of course the ioc wants that to be the legacy of these games and not that the tokyo 2020 olympics turned into a superspreader event with a new dangerous delta variant spreading around the world. >> all right. will ripley joining us live from tokyo. many thanks. >>> it was a pivotal game four in the nba finals. and now the series is truly up for grabs. here is patrick snell with our minute in sports. >>> yeah, we'll start with the nba finals as giannis and his bucks look to even the series. 26 points on the night and with just over a minute left, how about this, outstanding crucial block and bucks go on to win it, sear i raries level at two a pi. >>> and in the aftermath of the country's euro 2020 final defeat, sancho saying that hate will never win and to all the young people hold your heads up and keep chasi

this one is outside the hotel where ioc president thomas bach is staying.sage to him is pretty blunt. over at the olympic village, three covid cases have now been confirmed. across the city, 1,400 new cases on saturday. despite this, when i sat down with the governor of tokyo, she told me the games must go ahead. translation: i believe that not holding the olympics is even - sadder than holding it during these dire times. i do not want to show the world that we have lost to covid—i9. there is still meaning in holding the olympics in tokyo, despite the current situation. this was wembley stadium in london a week ago, but with just 20% of japanese vaccinated, there will be no scenes like this in tokyo's olympic stadium. governor koike concedes ifjapan had moved faster on vaccines, things might have been different. translation: | agree, i it would have been better. if we had a faster vaccination rollout, we may have been able to have spectators at the olympics. but the speed of vaccine rollout has now increased immensely. not fast enough. this is kyoto, japan'

the ioc's advice, drink more water.>> a small but enthusiastic caravan of daca supporters went on a mobile protest through oakland this afternoon. they're responding to friday's ruling by a texas judge who declared the program illegal and blocked any new applicants. daca blocks the deportation of people who came here as children and stayed. in group is urging congress to pass a federal d.r.e.a.m. act to defend daca. >>> the list of candidates seeking to replace gavin newsom as governor has narrowed down and one prominent republican who said he was running is not on it. larry elder's name was nowhere to be found. the final list will be released by the state on wednesday. a spokesperson for elder says she expects him to be on the ballot, though. ballots will go out the week of august 16th and the election is on september 14th. >>> don't forget you check out the abc7 news documentary about california's last recall in 2003. it's called "total recalled." see how arnold schwarzenegger became governor. you'll find "total recal

previously because of the restrictions around covid, and there's a lot of efforts being made by the iocre that the separation between the athletes and the community here in tokyo protects both the community in tokyo and the athletes so considerable effort being made. quite strong protocols to support the games continuing safely. shery: richard in -- very exciting that you get to host the olympics for the third time. rio de janeiro, 2016 games, it struggling after hosting the olympics. abandoned facilities. we know that fiscal risk has been a big issue. how is the public taking it? >> the fact that the queensland delegation went to tokyo to accept or push this final part of the bidding process through was pretty controversial, because as you know, a lot of australians cannot get back in. they cut down on caps when it comes to hotel quarantines, so that was pretty unpopular, but look, with half of the population here under lockdown, it is good news and we will take it as something that we can celebrate. the market opens, sydney and seoul, coming up next. this is bloomberg. ♪ let's get a q

i think that the mitigation measures put in place by the ioc make a lot of sense.ing, the isolation that you mention, the high vaccination rate, it gives this event a chance. there are always human factors and the possibility but thanks to go wrong when they are put in place, so hopefully what we're seeing now with the that have been identified other working as expected. we been identified other working as “meted-— been identified other working as waded-— as expected. we are seeing these positive _ as expected. we are seeing these positive coronavirus l these positive coronavirus cases, we have had four within the village but we know there have been 62 in total from the contention that have come in now. how do you take into account those numbers, and whether that shows that the system is working, or whether there is a possibility that that might pose a risk to the widerjapanese population? i wider japanese population? i don't widerjapanese population? i don't find the cases we are seeing comforting, but i don't think it is unexpected. we will see cases continue to

the man in charge of the ioc described it as a day of hope.ere in the uk, there's growing confusion over the government's plans to relax covid isolation rules for key workers in the food industry. and find out why the price of the beans in your coffee is soaring. and i talk to the supermodel who's given up her career, saying it's incompatible with her muslim faith. hello, welcome to bbc news in the uk and around the world. after months of uncertainty and a build—up marred by controversy and resignations, the delayed 2020 tokyo 0lympics are finally under way. even though the japanese capital is under a state of emergency because of covid, 0lympic officials still managed to pull off a thoughtful opening ceremony watched by millions globally. joe lynskey has more. as the flame was lit, the sights felt the same, but the sound was empty. this was naomi 0saka, tennis�* grand slam champion, marking the start of a games in the silence. at this olympics, the backdrop is inescapable. this opening ceremony was different. it was solemn. let us all take a

the ioc meanwhile has been adamant the games would go ahead and from the ioc�*s point of view.s the games are on vision. in trying to do it the safest way possible. now to wimbledon where the top seed, ashleigh barty, has reached her first women's singles final with a straight—sets win over the former champion angelique kerber. she'll play karolina pliskova on saturday. here's chetan pathak — at the all england club. before we go, a drawing of the bear 's head by leonardo da vinci hasjust bear 's head by leonardo da vinci has just sold forjust over $12 million. measuring only seven centimetres squared, had a bear, the very original name, is a silver point drawing on pink beige paper. —— head of a bear. it previously belonged to the british painter and collector sir thomas lawrence before being sold at $1863. it sold for $11 million in 2001, clearly well worth it. that's it for me, goodbye. hello there. the next few days look pretty unsettled, with low pressure always nearby, so we're likely to see sunshine and showers notjust for friday, but into the weekend and into the start

what the ioc are saying is, they want full transparency.hat transparency will help that. the other thing, of course, the athletes are arriving only five days before their event and then they have to leave two days afterwards so it minimises their time injapan. to give you an example, for the media as well, we had to have three negative tests before leaving and it has been very rigorous. we are in bubbles and movements are restricted and i have had a covid test every day since i have been here. they are trying to control things very tightly and with a high degree of transparency. 0ne a high degree of transparency. one other thing to note, it is notjust when you arrive injapan. an example of how things can go wrong is the australian athletics team, they were delayed on their arrival because they had an unconfirmed test in their squad. they had an unconfirmed test in theirsquad. it they had an unconfirmed test in their squad. it meant they had to stay in quarantine in australia until the person was tested negative and then they were able to tr

the ioc is keeping a daily tally of positive cases. it's now at 55, that's a combination of foreign visitors and locals. but the ioc says it's proof their detection system works but thoundofeoe ming to their city which is under a state of emergency and seeing the highest number of covid cases in six months. >> as you noted those games just days away. all right, james longman for us right there in tokyo, thank you. >>> meanwhile back here at home president biden vowing to fight back after a federal judge in texas ruled the daca program is unlawful. the program protects undumed immigrants who came to the united states as children. the president saying the justice department will appeal the ruling. in the meantime the department of homeland security says it will keep processing requests for renewals for people already in that daca program. so for more on all this let's bring in abc's political director rick klein. good morning to you. always great to have you on a sunday. let's start with that judge's ruling against the daca program. pres

>> the ioc and wada would have to do it.happening. >> them making the decision not to have fans. they have all these athletes, now, that they are putting out on social media who are saying, oh, it sucks i'm not going to have my family there or friends. is this the right call? >> you have to say with such a small percentage of japanese citizens vaccinated and states of emergency throughout the country. and what their health experts are saying and political figures there are saying. it is the right move. i mean, this whole thing is looming as a disaster. every olympics has cost overruns. they're in the billions and billions and covid is only making it worse. and they can't recoup much of it because there's no tourism. there's no fans and -- and paying spectators. >> you think it will change it in a way that will make it like so much less than it would have been, otherwise? >> yeah, atmospherics are part of sports. think of even the nba, in the bubble. we watch the games. some of them were very good games but they didn't have t

we have been discussing with the ioc and the ioc says if we disclose the name of the country, with highes rider of slovenia has effectively wrapped up the 2021 tour de france title. he won the stage time trial in 35 minutes and 53 seconds, a full 21 seconds ahead of his closest rival. he now leads by five minutes and 20 seconds ahead of sunday's parading to paris, putting him on course to win the title for the second year running. the headlines on bbc news... more than 150 people have now died in severe floods across western europe with hundreds of people remaining unaccounted forthe german president has been visiting one of the stricken areas. the uk health secretary sajid javid says he has tested positive for coronavirus and is experiencing "mild" symptoms. let's turn to afghanistan now, where high—level talks between afghan political leaders and the taliban have begun. afghan government sources have told the bbc that peace negotiations are off to a good start but have warned that the window for negotiations is closing fast, as taliban militants continue their unexpectedly rapid advan

2020 officials maintain the athletes are safe. >> the ioc and tokyo 2020 are clear that the olympice variants like delta and over 11,000 athletes from all over the globe, the ioc has layered in a number of safety measures. masks, distancing, all of it to try to stave off a superspreader event. but the major question looming is, will these positive cases show that the protocols are working or underscore the feeling that holding the olympics was ill advised in the first place. >> we had real concerns about the potential for transmission at the olympics well before delta as a variant took hold around the world. when that did happen, it only heightened our concern. >> and sanjay is joining me from tokyo. sanjay, you have at least two fully vaccinated athletes from the u.s. testing positive for covid. what does that say about breakthroughs in the general population? >> yeah, this is going to be really interesting to follow this, kate, because as you know, the cdc in the united states, they don't recommend that a vaccinated person get tested even if they have been exposed as long as they

here outside the ioc�*s luxury hotel, anger has been mounting, protesters saying organisers have put 10c— and the japanese government which is so unfair. it means even through this pandemic and the disaster, the government has prioritised protecting the ioc. it has lost control of its autonomy and has been manipulated. in a sign of how divisive these games have become, a host of topjapanese sponsors have shunned the opening ceremony. and with tens of thousands of foreigners converging on tokyo, these are among a growing number of athletes who have tested positive since arriving, ending a dream they have spent years training for. i don't think it is putting it too mildly to say this is the biggest test that the summer 0lympics has ever had. if it does go wrong in a really significant way, i think the image of the games will be altered. if that is changed after tokyo, then it won't have been worth doing it. so let us now go to tokyo... the first to be broadcast in colour and by satellite, tokyo's revolutionary hosting of the games in 1964 marks japan's recovery after world war ii. the