let's look at karate, which is to debut at the tokyo olympics.he famous shout with the release of energy when performing an attacking move. it's fundamental for karate. yet, it was a concern of spreading droplets. so the japan karate federation introduced guidelines. since the mandated mask and face shields cut droplets by 98%, a tournament was allowed to go ahead in early october. and recently, another key competition took place with spectators. the national track and field championships, organized by the japan association of athletic federations. it's seen as a litmus test for next year's postponed games. over three days, 700 athletes participated in 30 events. but the federation allowed in only 2,000 fans and used apps to check the health of workers as well as athletes. and naturally, at the entrance, an automatic temperature testing system was installed. the federation plans to share its learning with other sports organizations. in another positive development, the japanese government is reviewing conditions to allow foreign athletes to enter

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next the conspirators turned their sights on the winter olympics. international comesnity together. the conspirators, feeling the embarrassment of international penalties related to rush' estate-sponsored doping program, cheating, took it upon themselves to undermine the game. there cyberattack combine the emotional maturity of a petulant child with the resources of a nationstate. they conducted spearfishing campaigns against south korea, as well as the international committee, olympic partners and athletes. during the opening ceremony they launch the olympic destroyer malware which deleted data from thousands of computers supporting the game, rendering them inoperable. though the conspirators took attack on north korea, this failed. cyber researchers attributed the attack to the sand worm team, as we do today. the destructive and disruptive malware attacks and related preparations were not the conspirators only malicious conduct alleged in the indictment. the conspirators supported hack and leak campaigns leading up to the french elections and continue their disrupting attacks as r

boycotted olympic gameslj that britain has never before boycotted olympic games. i didn't know that either. i know america boycott of the moscow olympics in 1980 and then the soviets responded by boycotting la for that but i think margaret thatcher was quite keen to do so in 1980 but she wasn't able to go ahead with it. that's because it is a really quite drastic measure. i suppose there romantic in me, ido measure. i suppose there romantic in me, i do love the idea of sport being above politics and way of bringing people but the atrocities ofa bringing people but the atrocities of a million muslims detained in the education camps and a litany of other human rights abuses. an cyber terrorism... could i get a quick response from david. it is sport about politics or not? well, i like to talk at length about it. next time. in1980l was to talk at length about it. next time. in 1980i was the person who was the standby presenter in london just in case the russians pulled the plugs on the uk... we've all been standby presenters, david. but for me sport and politics have

the fake snow china's hoping to create a nation of interest for its enthusiasm ahead of the winter olympics in 2022. this is the the way of business i'm joined now the an amber lyon thanks for joining us. we begin here in germany where the surgeon coronavirus cases has prompted the government to impose a so-called soft lockdown starting monday next week for 4 weeks we need fresh coronavirus aid will be needed to help prop up businesses up to 10 up 1000000000 euros is being made available to reimburse the lion share of companies lost sales as restaurants clubs and bars shut down for the month of november that it could mean the difference between being able to reopen after the lock down or going out of business restaurant owner christiane as freeney is nervous many of her customers are counselling their reservations out of fear of the coronavirus and she's also worried about the consequences of a fresh lockdown for the entire sector some free has run her restaurant near bonn for 20 years the spring lock down his is hard but business picked up again in the summer some print he says it would be

i won an olympic medal and was world champion. but throughout my sporting career, i was harbouring a secret. an eating disorder i now believe started as anorexia, later developing into bulimia. and i'm not the only one in sport to have gone through this. the doctor sat me down and she was like, "rebecca, you are dying." tonight on panorama, i want to understand why so many elite athletes seem to struggle with their eating. a lot more work has to be done before ultimately i think we have a system which really does get the best out of our athletes without brutalising them. there's a lot of athletes who still aren't comfortable about speaking out and we need to address why not. commentator: jackson is running very well indeed. to get in the mind—set of an elite athlete, you've really got to understand obsession. commentator: and it's a world record of 12.91. fantastic running. but that same obsession to succeed can have a really dark side. to be successful in an elite sport, you have to have a tough training regime alongside exercise

we start with a french boxer and olympic medallist whose hopes ofjoining the tokyo olympics were dashed souleymane cissokho won a bronze medal at the 2016 summer olympics in rio. now he's professional, the senegal—born frenchman says he can't wait to get back in the ring. souleymane, this was going to be another olympic summer, how did you feel when you heard it was cancelled? it was a very bad time, because i had a great training camp and i gave my best every time in training camp, so it was very hard. so, no tokyo. so, what have the last six months have been like for you, souleymane? i spent a lot of time in the us because i was there for training camp. i was supposed to fight in april and then injune, so they cancelled both fights. then i came back here because my wife was pregnant. and she gave birth at the end ofjune. so, congratulations! thank you very much. family is very important for me, so i spent a lot of time with family, in and out, and that is a good part of my life right now. let's hear a little bit of your story. how did you become to be a boxer? one of my friends was a

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because, you know, as a little girl, you dream of going to the olympics.ke you're being abused all over again. just one final test for her. raisman knows exactly what it's like to feel let down by those who should have protected her. beautiful, special floor routine, there. like countless others, she was sexually abused by usa gymnastics team doctor larry nasser. her powerful testimony in court helped put the prolific paedophile behind bars. abusers, yourtime is up. the survivors are here, standing tall, and we are not going anywhere. she now works with survivors of all types of abuse, and although the allegations here are ofa and although the allegations here are of a different nature, she is urging the governing body not to make the same mistakes that usa gymnastics has. it is so important for british gymnastics to really listen to the athletes. every single person who knew about it needs to be gone, and there needs to be accountability. gymnasts, once in defiance of gravity, now in defiance of a culture that simply must change. natalie pirks, bbc news.

i managed to make the home olympic games when i was 16.ven being treated, i didn't know there is anything wrong. looking back now, i had horrendous symptoms. and i don't mean howl had horrendous symptoms. and i don't mean how i could have gotten through, but i use that as, "if i can get to that, i get through anything." been an up—and—down battle, it gives me massive fatigue, you know, pain. it's really hard, it's an invisible illness, but i think anyone with crohn's colitis will tell you that the biggest trouble is the fact that you can look good on the outside and feel poorly on the inside, and no one can tell. but being a bit more open about it and outspoken about it has given me strength, and if i hear other people talk about it as well, that helps me. trying to make it less of an invisible illness, and i'm a lot better now about talking about my experience. and if i don't feel well, i speak out about it, rather than trust trying to deal with it myself. i got a great team around me who help support me and get me to do but i love, and h

and many olympics on the way to 2 judoka combined power lympics and a lympics blur the lines between germany and yemen between peace and war. i. think. it's a. month. in months can you come on you can't he got a good. and i mean. by that of. dizzy and intense deep in something big. this is to be gotten fundamental that. this stay. the limbic flame a symbol of peace and bright in somehow. that's what. it's an. absolutely. absolutely. and. he. pulls the t.v. . to get. off to 4 weeks returns to germany the trip has left its mark on him he's mentally and physically drained he seeks help from his old. trains here to restore his energy his long fight is far from over. and science is that and i know. this. and if you're interested so. camping in brandenburg is popular the. scope of 19 summer. lukash a game takes a break from the city in germany easy to come och region it's just the perfect spot for all those who for looking for anything why it's not many people and lots of nature either wait it's an adventure. and you take your own accommodation with you chickie you. know d.w. . the number

bass was a hard journey 5 years long i just cry if i want to go to the olympics i have to give 100 percent to be there. now fazli needs to meet the sporting requirements the selection also mainly in the hands of the i.o.c. . whoever has such a story behind them clearly deserves the support of international sporting bodies therefore we hope that common sense prevails. seek. after the sandbags hopes the federation will keep to its what so he can concentrate fully on his sports. they actually did i mean use as a reminder of our top story the european commission president those of us on the line says the u.s. began legal action against the u.k. government of prime minister boris johnson for violations of the brakes its withdrawal of green. that's it from me on the news team from all of us from edgiest up next the feed of youth news asia and more news from me the top of the art and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information are on the clock on our website that's. dot com as for talk. to. me. we can seem them. sometimes since none. of what connects. people the stronger the mud

even after the olympics we believe it will drive more people to participate in winter sports is not only for 300000000 people but a sport for all. beijing is funneling billions into the coming games in 2008 when china hosted the summer games the country 100 medals a success it would like to duplicate in 2022. thanks for watching. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news for. our corona update. covert 19 special next on d w. it was the 1st international tribunal in. the nurnberg trials. 75 years ago high ranking officers of the nazi regime were indicted by the allied forces. they were the 1st war criminals to be held accountable for their crimes. our 2 part series the friday in the dark starts nov 12th on g.w. . the coronavirus pandemic has spawned its own epidemic of dissent from ation social media is awash with it emanating from the political fringes and even from those at the center of power to journalists. there's all the gulf coast that ever covered coca-cola. you know why the judge a judge everybody

in only one full season of racing before herfinal olympics in 2022 was not facing her. was at good bit of timeout and a second year i had major surgery so missed most of that season and a seasonis missed most of that season and a season is the pandemic self the positive side of it is the body is fresh and it's a good place to build in shape and also i'm excited. i know it's not just in shape and also i'm excited. i know it's notjust about in shape and also i'm excited. i know it's not just about the in shape and also i'm excited. i know it's notjust about the metal now, i think it's about actually going out and enjoying it and promoting people not to give up. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. a big shock in the cards on the match e—mail mentoring in the champions league. 13 time champions are 3—0 down at half—time and below have more updates throughout the evening but for now the diet. —— for now goodbye. good evening to you. that time is edging up to six minutes to seven. you are watching bbc news. we will just take a few minutes to tal

russian intelligence officers a charge of the major hacking campaign targeting next year's olympic games. the new measures for the upcoming presidential debate mikes will be muted to cut out interruptions and insults. could be about to end more than 25 years of international isolation and boost its transition to democracy u.s. president donald trump says he's ready to take it off a list of state sponsors of terrorism that's likely to bring an injection of international investment and allow urgently needed relief have a morgan reports on the capital. this is one of the events that have kept sudan on a u.s. list of states ponces of terror and kept most foreign investors away for more than 25 years. in august 1908 truck bomb attacks on the u.s. embassies in kenya and tanzania killed 224 people and injured more than 4000 sudan was accused of providing a base for the bombers then president ominously she had already been accused of offering sanctuary to the likes of al qaida and its leader osama bin laden. but after you have negotiations by the transitional government president donald trump sa

in the olympics. and then he went to the olympics, and he won the olympic gold medal. any wrestling person would know. in iowa, dan gable is like a legend, and he's all over the country and the rest of the world, the greatest ever. and he goes to the olympics, and he never lost a point. and in the final, he had to wrestle the russian he was supposed to be unbeatable, but he was supposed to be unbeatable too. and he beat the russian and never allowed a point purity went through the entire schedule and never allowed one point. think about that. he won the olympic gold medal. and dan gable is getting the presidential medal of freedom. he's coming to the white house. that's pretty cool. thank you, jim. under my administration, we built the greatest economy in the history of the world. and now, we are doing it again, make america great again, right? now i go, make america great again, again. make it great again, again. and that's what we're doing. we are way i have schedule. i first three years, we increase family income by over $6,000 more than five times -- think of this,

she represented japan at seven olympics a as a speed skater an track cyclist. she won a skating bronze medal in france in 1992. >>> now turning to the world weather forecast, with our meteorologist. yoko? >> hello there. a little moisture from chom-hom, rainfall will continue to develop over the weekend. total rainfall could reach 700 millimeters and tokyo may have more than 300 millimeters through the next 48 hours. gusts can reach 160 kilometers per hour that could affect some transportation over the weekend. tokyo is expecting stormy weather on friday and going into saturday. temperatures will persist in tokyo on friday, but temperature also jump up to the mid or upper teens on a sunday afternoon when the typhoon passes. there's another tropical storm in the gulf of mexicoco. ththis is hurricane delta, whic had just been upgraded to a category 3 major hurricane. it will move north as it gains strength and could make landfall in louisiana by friday. as it does so, delta will be the 10th tropical see lone to hit the u.s. in a single hurricane season. done pour

. >>> training for 80,000 volunteers for the tokyo olympics and paralympics has resumed online due tohe coronavirus. the games have been postponed to next year because of the pandemic, and the training had been suspended. about 170 volunteers took part in a session on wednesday. they were briefed by staff from the tokyo games organizing committee on the history of the olympics and paralympics. the volunteers were invited to punch the air to show unity. they were all sent quizzes about paralympic records. >> translator: i hope the games will be memorable events for everyone. including me. >> organizers say the online sessions will continue until december. the volunteers will receive training in line with their specific roles from april. >>> meanwhile, the international paralympic committee will send a team of up to six refugee athletes to the tokyo paralympics. a refugee team took part for the first time in the 2016 paralympics in rio de janeiro. it consisted of an athlete from syria and one from iran. the ipc will select team members from a pool of refugee athletes who meet the eligib

. >>> sunday was international coming out day and the international olympics committee took notice. an opening ceremony took place in tokyo from the pride house. the ioc says the house is essential to achieving one of the olympic's main messages, unity in diversity. the pride house is japan's first permanent lgbtq center. it brings together corporations and entities based in tokyo to deliver products and fields such as education, culture and sports. as for the summer olympics in tokyo, it was supposed to be this past summer, but as we well know the pandemic pushed the tokyo games to july of next year. beginning july 23rd you can watch here on nbc bay area. fingers crossed. >>> the city of angels may be sleepy this morning. >> lakers fans celebrated late into the night as the team won its first nba championship in ten years. you can see a lot of folks gathered near the staples center seemed to be ignoring experts' advice, were not socially distanced, were not wearing masks, but things were calm. the lakers led by more than 30 points for most of it winning 106-93 and lebron james won

the 26—year—old has been speaking to the bbc olympic sports reporter nick hope about his journey andpes to help change perceptions about black swimmers people would say to me, stay on the athletics track, sick day out of the water, black people can't swim in those very hurtful to hear. i know lots of kids get bullied at school, i was one of them and people tried to throw acid at me. i remember my blazer and school close changed colours it was so embarrassing to walk around and know that people have picked on me. i was not really sure whether was my razor whether because —— my race 01’ sure whether was my razor whether because —— my race or whether it was because —— my race or whether it was because i was different. me going through what i went through at school, i felt i through what i went through at school, ifelt i got through what i went through at school, i felt i got to suppress any feeling that i had. coming out in 2018, sankey gained a new perspective about life after surviving the manchester arena terror attack 12 months earlier. owsley 30 metres away and that day has really

this has been rushed through one senator saying it's gone so fast it would make you see in ball the olympic sprinter jealous of they have tried public opinion by saying look this is going when people are voting there's more than 30000000 people have cast their votes in the u.s. presidential election and therefore they should wait until the next president comes in they have argued that it's going to be

he certainly in the olympic cycle of his career. one of the things you see in this year is that is a very good young writer and anyone in that position who does not get a good result in the year start, the contract after that. it could make life difficult for him to the next 24 life difficult for him to the next 2a months. life difficult for him to the next 24 months. being forced back to the drawing board once again, the second time, losing it at such an early stage too. they lost their leader the tour de france and they've come to the sick and grantor of the year in three stages and they've lost a leader there, so, the team to receive the past few seasons commending these events, is now going hunting for stage wins or whatever they can get. not a team like us that have a big budget, level of strong writers and its number they need. officials needed to examine the photo finish to decide who won. eventually arnaud demare on the right of the picture was given the victory, ahead of peter sagan and davide ballerini. portugal'sjoao alme

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russian intelligence officers charged in a major hacking campaign targeting next year's olympic games and the french elections. combating a surge in coronavirus cases across europe curfews and lockdowns a re-imposed as phase grow of worse to come for the winter. and accused of beatings in torture in the democratic republic of congo with the support of the military new video emerges of abuses committed by fighters loyal to a wanted with. sudan could be about to end more than 25 years of international isolation and boost its transition to democracy u.s. president donald trump says he's ready to take it off the list of state sponsors of terrorism that's likely to bring an injection of international investment and urgently needed debt relief to the morgan reports from the capital. this is one of the events that have kept sudan on a u.s. list of states ponces of terror and kept most foreign investors away for more than 25 years. in august 1900 attacks on the u.s. embassies in kenya and tanzania killed 224 people and injured more than 4000 sudan was accused of providing a base for the bombe

now has a clear way forward to next year's olympics in tokyo he's hoping to represent the refugee teen. and from the international canoe federation. we've now decided it will support site competing for the i.o.c. as refugees. fled iran in 2015 after taking a selfie in front of milan cathedral at home that was viewed as him converting to christianity punishable by death germany gay fans a place to train and compete he's since been working hard both out on the water and in the complicated process of severing ties with the iranian rowing team who wants him to avoid a conflict with iran the international community federation had insisted its rules mentioned can grant him refugee status even though he has documents proving otherwise. this was a hard journey 5 years long i just cry it's if i want to go to the olympics i have to give 100 percent to be there. now fazli needs to meet the sporting requirements the selection ultimately in the hands of the i.o.c. . whoever has such a story behind them clearly deserves the support of international sporting bodies therefore we hope that common sense

lympics even after the olympics we believe it will drive more people to participate in winter sports's not only for $300000000.00 people but the sport for all that. beijing is funneling billions into the coming games in 2008 when china hosted the summer games the country 100 medals a success it would like to duplicate in 2022. and finally a russian tupolev 154 has made the model's final commercial flight before being retired by owner airlines l. the russian government agencies and the army will operate the plane designed in the mid 1960 s. if lou 1st soviet carrier aeroflot and was the backbone of russia's air transport system for decades it was seen as the soviet competitor to boeing's legendary tried at the 727 though it never came close to its rivals international sales production of the 154 seized in 2013. and that's all from us thank you very much for watching. it's their session for spectacular pictures. it's their passion for nature. it's their complete devotion that makes the best wildlife photographer others in the world. fascinating and to come at a. confrontational and sti

yet of all media plenty more ahead on the news hour including hacking the winter olympics and the elections in front of us we have the latest on the involvement of the russian intelligence officers plus. i'm joined here in the suburbs of minneapolis one of the many suburban belts in swing states where the u.s. presidential election will likely be decided. on sports news we look ahead to the return of the champions league with 2 with europe's biggest club set to face off on tuesday. but 1st organizers of sunday's presidential election in guinea have dismissed the main opposition candidates victory announcement so supporters celebrated in the capital. and else has when president alpha condé described as irresponsible and dangerous official results aren't expected for several days for more on this let's bring in nicholas hock his following the developments for us from the car that's in neighboring senegal so it looks like guinea is heading towards a post electoral crisis. that's right i mean after this announcement made by jell-o. before the election commission had to say anything well that re

charges 6 of russian military officers over alleged hacking attacks on ukraine the winter olympics and the french election. thank you for joining us around one in a 195 people in the world is now known to have tested positive for corona virus and the true number is likely to be much higher 40000000 cases have now been diagnosed a worldwide that's according to a tally by johns hopkins university in the u.s. the total has jumped by $10000000.00. in just one month due to increased testing the u.s. accounts for just under a face with more than $8000000.00 making it statistically the worst hit country in the in the world it's closely followed by india a country that is trying to improve the number of tests it can carry out and 10300000 cases are in latin america with 5 countries those of brazil argentina colombia peru and mexico accounting for 80 percent of them well let's go live now to monica who joins us live from rio de janeiro so monica tell us more about the picture in brazil and also crucially about news of an experimental vaccine which of course is the kind of news we all want to he

the moscow olympics. the republican leader opposed two of these forceful but peaceful actions, and he waffled on the third. but when we asked him what he would do about aggression in southwest asia, he suggested blockading cuba. even his running mate wouldn't go along with that. [ applause ] he doesn't seem to know what to do with the russians. he's not sure if he wants to feed them or play with them or fight with them. as i look back at my first term, i'm grateful that we've had a country for the full four years of peace. and that's what we're going to have for the next four years, peace. it's only common sense that if america is to stay secure and at peace, we must encourage others to be peaceful as well. as you know, we've helped in zimbabwe-rhodesia where we've stood firm for racial justice and democracy. and we have also helped in the middle east. some have criticized the camp david accords and they've criticized some delays in the implementation of the middle east peace treaty. well, before i became

hospitals, even the olympics, and leading to $1 billion in financial losses we're live with new developments overnight. >>> show of support. well wishes pouring in for jeff bridges, the beloved star revealing he has been diagnosed with cancer and has started treatment. his emotional message to fans about his fight and his future >>> those stories, plus monday night delight. >> end zone, kelce. >> football fans treated with two games with big wins for the chiefs cardinals >> christian kirk, about 80 yards to the house >> while baseball fans get ready for the long-awaited start of the world series today, tuesday, october 20th, 2020 >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today," with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hey, everybody. good morning welcome to "today. it is a tuesday morning. we're so happy that you're joining us nice to see you, savannah. >> it's a busy morning we're so glad you're with us at the top, we're sending out love to jeff bridges he was just on our show last week and we adore him. he's announced that he's been diagnosed with cancer. h

the uk thwarted russian plots to disrupt the olympics., but apparently there we re the pandemic, but apparently there were other efforts going on to disrupted. kind of kind of a tenjames bond thing. kind of a ten james bond thing. it's almost like being controlled by this weird country, weird country leadership does playing pranks on the rest of the road and unpleasant way. we‘re being told is this was a response to the fact that russians got in this mass doping activity a few years ago and so, members of the russian authorities that they would get their own back by messing up the tokyo 0lympic get their own back by messing up the tokyo olympic games. the last laugh is on everybody because they did not get a chance to. daisy, jack thinks this will be an incredibly weak james bond film. do you agree? anything that has to deal with hacking does seem a bit nerdy and a basement somewhere, but hacking is big business now. notjust as far as disrupting lives, but also financially and a lot of these russian hackers who are linked to the russian g

her talent taking her all the way to the olympic games.me, the first latino to make a u.s. women's gymnastics team wasn't thinking about breaking barriers. she was driven to be the best she could be. >> the 1972 olympics was on. my sister and i were watching it and of course olga corbitt was the star that year. >> reporter: gymnastics lessons followed. by age 13, the southern california native had become the top fee nai female gymnast in te country. >> this is my medal i got from making the 1980 olympic team. of course, we didn't get to go. >> reporter: in 1980, president jimmy carter announced a u.s. boycott of the moscow olympics to protest the soviet union's invasion of afghanistan. she set her sights on 1984, a long wait for take female gymnast. >> being 4'9" when you begin and then all of a sudden you're 5'4". >> reporter: she placed fourth in the team and helped the team win the silver. >> ply silver medal means a lot to me, to stay at the top of the sport that long is hard. >> reporter: five years after winning the silver, she faced

an international olympic committee is recognizing it.he message was read by the ioc's president recognizing the house. the committee says the house is essential to achieving one of the olympic main messages, unity in diversity. >> we should be recognized and people recognizing as an issue. i think that is the first step. then we could take the next step towards, okay, how do we make better society or a better culture? >> the pride house is japan's first permanent lgbtq center. they put together corporations based in tokyo to deliver projects in fields such as education culture and sports. as for the summer olympics in tokyo, those games are supposed to be played in the past summer, but the pandemic had something to say about that and pushed the games to next year. july 23rd, you can watch the olympics right here. >>> okay. there is a new ability at the smithsonian. the exhibit marks the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage showing the ways young women have spoken up, changed expectations and used their voices to effect change. >> it's n

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in iran in the canoeist has been boosted it has bit to represent a team of refugees at the tokyo olympics next year say. trains and competes in germany after fleeing his homeland back in 2015 while now after all change he's one step closer to realizing his dream. issiah is more motivated than ever nearing in refugee now has a clear way forward to next year's olympics in tokyo he's hoping to represent the refugee team of 3 youths and from the international canoe federation. we've now decided it will support site competing for the i.o.c. as refugees. fled iran in 2015 after taking this selfie in front of milan cathedral at home that was viewed as him converting to christianity punishable by death germany gay felt a place to train and compete he's since been working hard both out on the water and in a complicated process of severing ties with the rainy and rowing team wants him to avoid a conflict with iran the international community federation had insisted its rules meant it couldn't grant him refugee status even though he has documents proving otherwise. bass was a hard journey 5 years lo

russian intelligence officers charged in a major hacking campaign targeting next year's olympic gamesand the french elections . combating a surging coronavirus cases.

their alleged targets including the olympics and the putin critic who survived a poisoning breaking his silence. what he now demands from president trump >>> the plans to return the boeing 737-max to the air soon after two deadly crashes. should you feel safe flying in one? >>> and how the holiday shipping crush could cramp your gift giving this year >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening, everyone 15 days to go and you might expect candidates to be hammering their closing arguments. president trump is instead hammering dr. anthony fauci in some of his most explicit terms yet calling the nation's top infectious disease doctor a disaster after fauci called out the white house for hosting a covid superspreader event. it all comes as the president tries to regain critical ground in a western battleground state while the biden campaign focuses on florida where early in-person voting is under way. geoff bennett has the latest. >> reporter: president trump tonight trashing dr. anthony fauci come complaining to his campaign staff about the country's top infection dise

. >>> six russian officers charged with cyber attacks including the olympics >>> winter is showing signs in what we call 2020. "early today" starts right now good morning i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. the global war against coronavirus continues as the war has topped 44 million covid infections 8.2 million and 75 million and 52 million respectively. there's a dramatic rise in new infections available icu beds are critically low in some states. here's nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: frances, wisconsin is among those states seeing a record number of covid cases the state had already opened an emergency field hospital near milwaukee. now this new drive-through testing site as demand for testing soars. the parking lot of a major league ballpark transformed into wisconsin's newest drive-through testing site the cars started lining up an hour before testing started. on friday they saw a record number of covid cases, nearly 3 rkds 800 what are your symptoms >> i've had a pesky cough since saturday and fatigue we all want to get back to work and have life as normalal as possible, a

he believes athletes should advocate for racial or social justice at the olympics. out against one of the game's rules saying no kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted at the games. meeting with organizers preparing for the 2021 games. he said the olympic organization created a social justice team to work with athletes on how they can change that rule. our home was burned to the ground in the tubbs fire. the flames, the ash, it was terrifying. thousands of family homes are destroyed in wildfires. families are forced to move and higher property taxes are a huge problem. prop 19 limits taxes on wildfire victims so families can move without a tax penalty. nineteen will help rebuild lives. vote 'yes' on 19. >>> 4:56 right now. you know the a's are not going down without a fight, but the astros still lead the best of five series 2-1. game four is today. with their backs to the wall, the a's got a win they certainly needed yesterday keep their season alive. a three-run homer. i don't want to spoil it there. i want you to see it. ti

according to the indictment, the accused hacked into the 2018 winter olympics in south korea and deletedata from thousands of computers related to the event. it says the hackers also disrupted ukraine's power sply in the middle of winter and harmed the operations of a health care system in the u.s. state of pennsylvania. officials also accuse the russian members of disrupting the 2017 election in france through hacks that targeted political party officials. british government officials who participated in the investigation said the attacks also targeted organizations involved in the 2020 olympic and paralympic games before they were postponed. the tokyo games were originally scheduled to be held this summer but were pushed back until next year due to the coronavirus pandemic. justice department officials say the timing of the indictment was unrelated to the upcoming u.s. presidential election but said voters should feel confident that their ballots will be counted properly. >>> u.s. president donald trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic is at the heart of the race for the white ho

next, the conspirators turned their sights on the winter olympics.s related to russia's state sponsored doping program, that is cheating, took it upon themselves to undermine the games. there cyberattack combine the emotional maturity of a petulant child with the resources of a nationstate. they conducted spearfishing campaigns against south korea, the host of the winter games as well as the international olympic committee, lipid orders and athletes, then during the opening ceremony, they a lot -- they launched the olympic destroyer malware which deleted data from thousands of computers supporting the games, rendering them and operable. although the conspirators took steps to pin the attack on north korea, this second false flag attempt failed. cybersecurity researchers ultimately attributed the attack to the sand worm team as do we today. malware attacks and related preparations were not the conspirators only militias it's -- malicious conduct, they also supported hack and leak operations in the days leading up to the 2017 french elections and the c

winter olympics in korea now the kremlin spokesperson trip is called had this to say about it. because he's just because we need to go through a special service of never launched any hack attacks and especially not against willing to games now u.k. adjoined in the indictment in a seemingly concerted effort with the united states accusing the alleged intelligence officers undermining efforts to hold russia accountable for its use of nerve agent love each other on foreign soil referring to the claims by the british british government that russia highly likely used the nerve agents in the great britain now another charge is the alleged breach of the chemical watchdog the o.p.c. w. now the group of 6 that has been described as officers in the unit 7454 have all the russian main intelligence directorate the g.r.u. now the their instrument of choice in the what they have been accused of various malware including one called not. now following its massive 2017 outbreak the united states officials blamed the outbreak often on a moscow something that's kremlin has denied despite the fact