the start of the games in terms of sam kendrick, the american poll to. he's not just an athlete, he tested positive, he was set to be one of the big stores, a truck, and failed to take time world champion, the one the bronze medal in re i wouldn't be contented for gold again and again would come down to the integrity of competition in other competitions and other sports, if you test positive, covet 19, then perhaps there's an event you can play next week or you've got time to recover . they can reschedule the olympic 15 test positive. that's it around. so that is the concern. all the athletes have here in terms of the australian team because of a close contact of 3 of their plates with kendricks briefly for about 2 or 3 hours today. the entire team wanting to sell for installation. those 3 close contacts of subsequent test the negative. after taking pcr tests, it means that they'll be allowed to carry on training, but will so far slate in between the training sessions. but the rest of the team is now free to carry on as normal, or is normal, as can be in

correspondent: sam kendricks was not just another athlete making up the numbers.rld champion in the polevault, wo a bronze medaln in the real games, so he would have been a strong contender to win the title at these olympics. the integrity of competition will be affected by covid-19 at these olympics. in other tournaments and competitions, it is another chance for a an athlete coming around the corner. but at the olympics, you test positive for covid-19 or are identified as a close contact at the wrong time, your chance of winning a gold medal is gone. this happening at a time when tokyo and to pay on is recording record numbers of covid-19 cases -- when tokyo and japan is recording record numbers of covid-19 cases. the tokyo governor saying the surge should not be related to these games. that is obviously a line olympic organizers are keen to push, saying as far as they are concerned the athletes here are the most tested community in the whole world. as far as they are aware, not a single case has been transmitted from the athletes village to the wider community.

american pole vaulter sam kendricks has tested positive for a coronavirus.es for six consecutive days. and rain in october with the uk's wettest day on record. it is all charted in an annual assessment of the climate. the uk is getting wetter, warmer and sunnier. we can see very clearly from our observation that the uk climate is already changing. so climate change isn't something that is just going to happen in 2050, or we need to worry about towards the end of the century. we are seeing this very clearly in our observations now. the report compared the most recent three decades with the 30 years before, and found an average of the uk were 0.9 degrees hotter. for rainfall, the country was an average of 6% wetter. and 2020 was the eighth sunniest year recorded in the last 100 years. new defences are under construction, like this tidal barrier in lincolnshire, to cope with future storm surges. but the reality is flooding is having a devastating impact now, with some homes being flooded again and again. changes that seem small are having a very big effect on p

sam kendricks is ruled out of the games of the testing positive for corona virus. ah, the evacuation has begun of thousands of afghans who assisted the united states over the past 20 years. 2 and a half 1000 task guns are expected to depart cobbled by sunday 1000 more still waiting to hear when bell leave. charlotte bellis reports from cobble. the 3 years ali was a translator for the us army in his home province at home. and in may, he took a bus to cobble for an interview at the us embassy and his waited suits thing at this guest house. last week he was approved for evacuation, but he has heard nothing more. when i wake up in the morning in the morning to check it again, but there was nothing. so i called to my other friends, but nothing happened. and he said they be patient. ali is one of about $20000.00 africans who replied for a special immigrant visa. those who worked for at least 2 years for the us government or military eligible. the process has been long and advocate the se, increasingly confusing. a lot of people have received, offers to relocate them and

sam kendrick is tested positive because 19, he is out of the games. ah, well, trinity is president his bowing to crack down on corruption and is demanding the return of billions of dollars. he says was stolen from the public. chi sites also dismissed the chief at the national tv station. just days after he froze parliament, prime minister, and assumed executive powers. this report from julian wolfe, the streets of denise's, capital are mostly com. but on wednesday, the president again moved to tightened his control of the government. speaking in a televised interview, president k say he'd accuse politician of corruption costing the country billions of dollars. the money stolen from the tin is young people must be restored. a decision will be made to take measures against the perpetrators who have taken these public funds. we will deal with these people in a proportionate manner. that accusation is disputed by another. the largest party in the government coalition, donaldson, united nations. these have been raised by rival policies many years ago and r

sam kendricks won olympic bronze in rio five years ago.is also his coach said thankfully his son is not experiencing any symptoms. what about the knock—on effect? we have already seen that an argentinian pole vault has returned a positive test as well. he has tweeted on social media that the games are over for him. better news is you are mentioning all 68 members of australia's track and field team who had been isolating as a precautionary measure, most of them nearly all of them now have been able to resume training. one pole walter who was enclosed contact along with other close associates have been able to resume training. there has been a lot of talk, mike, on the mental health pressure on some of the athletes here in tokyo. yeah, he's still only 2a and dealing with all the pressure of being called the new michael phelps. he has a second gold medal now for america. the first individual gold so that will release some of the pressure and ease the mental health side of things you would hope at least as he looks to become one of the most s

then you probably do remember sam kendricks. he is the pole vaulter who stopped midrun to stand and salute for his national anthem. that's sam kendricks, olympian champion from the state of mississippi. he's made his school, his state, and his nation very proud, and by all accounts he was expected to be a contender for the gold medal this year. but after testing negative for the covid virus three times, sam received a positive test result earlier today. the time frame is different in tokyo, but it was on thursday. and under international olympic committee rules, he was immediately disqualified from competition, even though he had previously tested negative three times, even though he has already had the coronavirus, and even though a follow-up test administered to u.s. olympic standards came up negative. the rules are you got to wait six days. well, guess what? his competition is friday. and adherence to high-bound rules like that will bar him from it the olympics. no consideration for the fact that his tests -- one of thousands

elsewhere, the pole vaulter sam kendricks, seen here winning the world title in 2019, has been ruledpositive for covid. three australian athletes who came into contact with him are self—isolating. but it has been a memorable day for ireland as they won their first gold of the games. paul o'donovan and fintan mccarthy in the lightweight double sculls. although they are not getting too carried away. gold medal winning athletes, how does that sound ? it's all right, yeah. you can't complain, really! i heard the streets are filled with porter down in skibbereen, so i will be rowing through that now for the next while. and after ireland's first ever gold in rowing they have certainly got plenty to celebrate. water has been both a blessing and a curse for britain today. windsurfer emma wilson guaranteed a medal, we just won't know which colour until saturday. rowing ends tomorrow but we could see more success in the swimming pool because british swimmers are through to all four of the finals. this has already been written�*s most successful swimming in —— successful olympics in swimming. o

world champion sam kendrick dropped out after . growing concerns in the olympic village. the competition continues. >> those track and field events starting up on friday, part of a packed schedule including the women's soccer team. i'm wearing their jersey today. that team is featuring a lot of hometown california players and bay area connections. so you'll have to check that out at the quarter finals game against the netherlands. i think the team is hoping for the same result, a win. live in tokyo, i forgot where i was for a second. i'm liz mclaughlin, back to you. >> thank you very much. >> you have to admit suni lee's gold medal generated so much gratitude and emotion especially places here. atn as an athlete and as a person. but some of the most intense feelings of pride are resonating through the small and close knit american community in the bay area. st woman of her ethnicity to be elected to city council. >> i think we should get a holiday today to stand up and celebrate. it has been such an inspiration and we're just so thrilled and happy to have our sister win g

just a day before the start of the track and field events starting, sam kendricks, the world pole vaulted postive for covid. he had been expected to contend for a medal in tokyo. and the argentinian pole vaulter, german chiaraviglio, has also tested positive. he tweeted that the games are over for him. but better news for the australian track and field team — they have resumed training, having earlier had to isolate, but three of their team who were in close contact with kendricks are still isolating as a precaution, despite testing negative. those three are expected to compete when the time comes. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. mike, thank you very much. today marks day 6 of olympic games action in tokyo with team gbs action in tokyo with team gb�*s women's hockey squad back in play. in a repeat of the rio final, where the team won gold, they are facing the netherlands in their quest for a podium position. team gb pulled off a victory in 2016 thanks to the goalkeeping skills of maddie hinch in the p

>> reporter: norah, american pole vaulter sam sam -- sam kendricks is out of the game, sidelined by a positive covid test. it's morning here, 81 degrees with 85% humidity. i can tell you it's so oppressive. organizers are moving events have the day. norah. >> o'donnell: tough for the athletes. thank you. disgraced cashed nail theodore mccarrick has been charged with sexually assault ago teenage boy in 1974. he is the first cardinal in the u.s. to be charged with a sexual crime against a minor. the 91-year-old mccarrick was defrocked by pope francis in 2019 after a vatican investigation found he sexually molested children and adult. we learned the u.s. economy grew by 6.5% in the second quarter, clearest sign to have the economic recovery from the pandemic recession. consumer spending surged for a second straight quarter up by an annual rate of 11.8%. one year after nine u.s. service members drowned in a training accident off california, families of the fallen are taking steps to make sure it never happens again. nearly a dozen marines including a general have been disciplined in the a

training, and it has a knocked down affect , put into lockdown because they were in contact with sam kendricksall three were in isolation pending further tests and precautions, and it really shows, laura, while we talked for the last few days on medals, and fun stories and celebrations were taking over, it is a reminder that anything can happen in these games. laura: absolutely. the other drama of the games has been the american powerhouse gymnast simone biles, who had to withdraw from two events this week, but tell us who she was cheering on today in this fairytale ending. sarah: absolutely. it was a great story for sunisa lee, who went on to win gold in that women's all-around event. she said before the games, coming into it, she never imagined she would win gold in such a simone biles dominant event, but simone biles was cheering her on of the arena last night, and she said that simone biles helped her deal with the pressure coming into it, as over the last day or so, all the pressure and focus was on her, because such is the u.s. dominance in this event, they won gold medals in this event

pole valter sam kendricks. born in oceanside, he tested positive. sadly for him, his olympic dreams are dashed before he can compete. let's end with a smile. team usa softball and for all the little league parents out there like myself. this is the ultimate pay off right? all the years taking your kids to practices and games and tournaments. this is the payoff. congratulations to our team. a lot of appreciation for their family, friends and coaches. back in the bay area. >> so when i step on the field last night, i'm like oh, my gosh. i was that little girl, like blonde at the time, and running around in my pleasanton looking and it's surreal and an honor. >> i can remember countless tournaments driving all across the bay area. you know, and just constantly practicing, getting stuck in traffic. trying to avoid traffic. you know, all of it. >> so excited to put softball, you know, on the big stage and show young girls, it's a dream for them and it's possible. >> oh, it's so fun to watch softball, they win the silver, and so much love for everyone bac

field kicking off tonight, another american athlete has tested positive for covid, pole vaulter sam kendricks hoped to contend for gold. now he is in isolation. there were upwards of 3800 new cases in tokyo on thursday, another record high with the virus spreading mostly outside of the olympic bubble. >> tom now with me here in tokyo. track and field is now starting up, but there is still some gymnastics. >> that's right, lester, and there are still lingering questions about simone biles and whether she'll return to the original events. many are asking when will we see suni again? monday and tuesday. >> tom, thanks very much. >>> as the virus spreadsly in the u.s., many are wondering about booster shots, even though a third of the population has no protection at all, with just190 million havi miguel almaguer with the latest. >> reporter: today israel becomes the first country to announce booster shots for anyone over 60 who is fully vaccinated at least five months ago. tonight here at home, renewed debate over if and more likely when americans will need one of their own. >> no american needs

athletes who tested positive for the coronavirus yesterday, including an american pole vaulter sam kendricks and a bronze medalist from 2016. so he has been sent home. first in isolation and then on his way home back to the united states. but yet the city of tokyo continues to deal with these case surges. >> so is there any effect on the upcoming competitions with the pandemic. >> thankfully no organizers have done a really good job of isolating everybody in what they're calling the olympic bubble and i'm included in that as well. we have been tested so many times justine 96 hours before it left the country almost 2 weeks ago. then 72 hours before a left the country. when i arrived in japan, i had another covid test at the airport before they let you go through customs the first 3 days we were here daily saliva tests. it's even more rigorous for the athletes they are tested every single day and 6 hours before competition. so they want to make sure that the athletes village in particular, they're calling it the most tested and safest place in the world. more than 300,000 tests. also that agai

pole vaulter sam kendricks is one of them. it's been an agonizing run for the world champion, who is now the seventh u.s. athlete to test positive. and he'll now miss competing in these olympic games. >> heartbreaking break. and james joining us now from tokyo. james, team usa now at 38 medals after that stunner from suni lee. the u.s. currently in the lead. who do you have your eye on now? >> reporter: well, cecilia, the u.s. has a few opportunities to increase the medal count in the pool, swimming finals today. track and field events begin today, as well, and the u.s. women's soccer team, they go up against the netherlands in the first of the knockout rounds. cecilia? >> james, thank you. >>> we're going to turn now to the billionaire founder of an electric truck who promised to revolutionize the industry, pleading not guilty to fraud charges. but prosecutors say he lied about nearly every aspect of that business, incdihi att shows and prosecutors now say those lies cost investors moneys of millions of dollars. here's eriell

the start of the track and field events in so if you double will champion american po, both the sam kendricks is now out of the games of the testing positive cove. 19, as is an origin, time pole vaulter will record hold on. do plants. it says the whole field is spooked. it's hard to, to react to because it's still doesn't really feel real right now. because i mean, as far as an hour ago, i was still preparing myself for, you know, a, a big battle with sam. because, you know, i feel like come in here that he's of course, one of my, one of my main rivals and somebody that's definitely going to was going to push me in an entire file. all of the posters are pretty, pretty spooked out. right now. i was, i mean i was going to possibly meet up with sam yesterday, but i got a phone call from his my girlfriend, and then i ended up not mean up with him. so that was a, i think that was a, that was a pretty lucky, lucky dodge. right there. and yes, so right now i've been good and so we're all pretty spooked out right now. this is the 1st, the lympics in many track and field athletes will be wearing so ca

both sam kendrick is now out of the game to 15 positive because 90, as is an origin time poll, voltage will record holder on the planted, the whole field to speak. it's hard to, to react to because it's still doesn't really feel real right now. because i mean, as far as an hour ago, i was still preparing myself for, you know, a big battle with sam because, you know, i feel like come in here that he's of course, one of my, one of my main rivals and somebody that's definitely gonna was gonna push me an entire file. all of the publishers are pretty, pretty spooked out. right now. i was, i mean i was gonna possibly meet up with sam yesterday, but i got a phone call from the history my girlfriend, and then i ended up coming up with them. so that was a, i think that was a, that was a pretty lucky, lucky dodge. right there and yes, so right now i've been good and so we're all pretty spooked out right now. the number of positive cases of current of ours, the still reaching record levels in the host city. so kids reported more than 3800 new infections on thursday. it's the same story across the

paul volter, sam kendrick has been ruled on the competition, had been training with australian pole vaulter. curtis marshall, last year the 20 year old was the headlines. the news continues here on al jazeera right off the inside story. news, news, news, news president. we shuffled his cabinet, hoping to show up his popularity. but there's joint public discontent. job both sonata was trans accuse of mishandling the covered 19 times and angry processors say he should step down. so who's likely to win this battle? this is inside story. ah, ah, hello and welcome to the program. i'm rob madison, brazil. the president is under pressure again during the course of this year. general sonata managed to unite left wing parties, trade unions, and social organizations, because they're trying to get him impeached. he's mainly accused of mishandling the pandemic, and possibly being responsible for the death of thousands of people. brazilians have also accused him of corruption, a disregard for the environment and policies. they say a feeling the economic crisis. in his latest response, most an auto annou

pole vaulter sam kendricks tested positive for covid-19. track and field. kendricks' father says he's feeling fine but mentally he has to be devastated. >> absolutely devastated, amy. thank you. >>> here at home, the delta variant is driving the summer surge of covid cases. pfizer is now saying booster shots may be needed with 45 states seeing an increase in new covid hospital admissions. trevor ault is live at a hospital in tampa with more. good morning, trevor. >> reporter: good morning, again, michael. yeah, we've seen firsthand at tampa general hospital how this virus is devastating the unvaccinated. but there is growing concern about breakthrough infections, especially as we learn more about just how quickly and easily the delta variant can spread. overnight major league baseball postponing the nationals/phillies game because of a covid-19 outbreak. 12 members of the nationals testin positive including four players. the team's manager saying he believed only one of them is unvaccinated. >> i'm very concerned. i really worry about the h

this time american pole vaulter sam kendricks a true medal contender now put in isolation and will not compete in gymnastics. the individual all around competition for the women takes place without simone biles. but look out for city lee who is a medal contender. still no word on if biles plans to compete again in these olympics. a busy thursday in tokyo and we're covering it all in tokyo. i'm matt barnes. >> well, a lot going on out there in tokyo. we've been actively watching that. and back here at home we've also been actively watching the weather because it has been a warm week. we typically say it's comfortable. i feel like it's a little more than comfortable. i feel like for some of us. it's it's hot. it's warm. and john is in the weather center this morning tracking all of that for us. good morning. john. hey yeah. it's easy to say it's warm. it's hot out there. i don't think anyone's going argue with you. there. >> especially for inland areas, daytime highs yesterday. well into the 90's today. we're going to be seeing more of that as well. a look outside right now near north ca

let's just take you through what happened, sam kendricks, and not just another athletes. he's making up the numbers. here. he is a 2 time world champion in the poll volts. you want to bronze at the rio games that he would have been a gold medal contained here in tokyo. he was training, obviously with other poles, isn't because of close contact with one of the australian team. it meant the entire australian track and field team briefly went into oscillation in the rooms. now the 3 athletes who had the closest contact with kendrick's have had to follow a p. c office today. they have come back as negative. so while the rest of the truck and feel the same have now being released from isolation in their rooms, those 3 they will be allowed to train, but in between time they will be isolating in their rooms. and really, it just shows you how difficult it is for all the participants at these games that they know within a 2nd, a finding out that they're negative, or a close contact of 5 years of build up to these games can go up in smoke for kendricks unfortunately, his olympics,

team went into isolation after the american athlete tested positive cobra . 19 us pole, vaulter, sam kendrick, he's been ruled out of the competition. all members of the strain team with tested, none have been infected. so care reported a records daily rise in new infections of over 3800. on the 1st day, australia is most popular, state new south wales is calling in the army to help enforce lockdown restrictions . sydney posted a record rise of factions on 1st day. more than 2000000 people must now stay within 5 kilometers of their homes. cambodia is imposing locked downs in provinces bordering thailand, as it tries to limit the spread of the more infectious delta variant. thailand's had another daily record counting 17000 infections, the killing of a popular afghan comedian by the taliban, his drawing condemnation. how much kasha was abducted from his home headlines. the news continues after the stream for high for lies and elizabeth market for the rich and powerful i was needing special work undercover. just yours investigative unit exposes the inner workings of key players in the murky und

s poll volter sam kendrick, positive test was announced on wednesday. he's now in the nation that threatened to cause one to disrupt the members of the australian athletics team force to isolate most have been released at the 3 who had the closest contact remaining oscillation . despite having returned negative tests and the number of positive cases is still reaching record levels and the host city took care reported more than 3800 new infections on thursday. or nationwide cases top 10000 for the 1st time. prime minister maintains there's no link between the olympics and the new spread and the richardson as more from tokyo. some kendricks wasn't just another roughly making up the numbers here in so care. he said to time, it will champion in the poll vote when a bronze medal at the re our game. so would it be in a strong content? it's a win the tide. so these are lympics, it goes to show just how the integrity of competition will be affected by carving 19 at these lympics and other tournaments. so the competitions is perhaps another chance for an athlete

highest profile current of virus. casually, just a week into the tokyo olympics, us poll voltage, sam kendrick has been ruled out of the game a positive test because it also threatens to disrupt the prize track and field competition a day before it is due to stars, australia team, when to do isolation, off the one of their poll, both is not trained with kendrick, all have been negative. but the number of positive cases of current of ours is still reaching record levels in the host city. tokyo's reported more than 3800 new infections on thursday. same story across the country as well, with the highest number of data cases in the pandemic began to seem to still get the good luck with the number of newly infected people is increasing. not only in tokyo metropolitan areas, but also in the cons i area. and many other areas of the country and the number of newly infected people is increasing. we have never experienced a spread of infection like this. movement of people is limited but is not prevented . the spread of infection of the delta variant is spreading rapidly like never seen before. the eval

it comes off the 2 time world champion, sam kendrick is ruled out of the games of the testing positive for corona virus. ah, half of min was 54000000 people could be infected with code 19 in the next 2 weeks . that's according to the british ambassador to the u. n. the warning comes as minimal as envoy calls for the u. n. to ensure the delivery of vaccines, countries being chaos since a military after the selected government 6 months ago, resulting in a near total collapse of its health care system. the u. k. u. s. and others have imposed sanctions on me in most military june to over their deadly crackdown on pro democracy demonstration courses. salumi has more from united nations. this was a chance for secure the council members to hear directly from a representative of me in march national unity government as well as ethnic minorities. in fact, this was the 1st time that a kitchen representative, briefed the council, and he described the situation in me and mar, as bordering on state collapse. he and other grievers described rising food insecurity, ongoing violence, and rapidly sprea

the start of the track and field events in tokyo, double world champion american pool volter, sam kendrick presented out of the games after testing positive for co. good. 19 argentinian her man and she out of the leo also has the positive and is out of the event above. now i was delighting in a hotel world record holder arm on the plants is says the whole field is food. it's hard to, to react to because it's still doesn't really feel real right now. because i mean, as far as an hour ago, i was still preparing myself for, you know, a, a big battle with sam. because, you know, i feel like come in here that he's of course, one of my, one of my main rivals and somebody that's definitely going to was gonna push me an entire file. all of the posters are pretty, pretty spooked out. right now. i was, i mean i was going to possibly meet up with sam yesterday, but i got a phone call from the history my girlfriend, and then i ended up coming up with them. so that was a i think that was a, that was a pretty lucky, lucky dodge. right there. and yes, so right now i've been good and so we're all pretty s

we have had news and recent minutes that sam kendricks has been ruled out of the games.en away to an isolation facility. those cases of coronavirus are still around the athletes' village, still a big talking point in the games. thank you very much, sarah. great round—up of what is going on at the moment. i am sure we will talk later. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: one of the world's most famous music producers, mark ronson, speaks to us about his new documentary series. cheering. the us space agency, nasa, has ordered an investigation after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the last foot patrol in south armagh, once an everyday part of the soldier's lot, drudgery and danger. now no more, after almost four decades. if one is on one's own in a private house, not doing any harm to anyone, i don't see why all these people should wander in and say you're doing something wrong. six rare white lion . cubs are on the prowl at worcestershire park and they've been metl with a roar of approval from visitors. - they are lovely and sweet, y

if it covered 19 us poll, walter, sam kendricks has been ruled out of the competition which starts on saturday. had been training with streaming and home because it's marshall, all members of the extraneous team with testers and none were infected or the number of positive cases of corona var is also reaching record levels and the host city tokyo is reported more than 3800 new infections on thursday, and it's the same story across the country with the highest number of davy cases since the pandemic. again, just to sort of still get the good to and the number of newly infected people is increasing not only in the tokyo metropolitan areas, but also in the cons. i area, and many other areas of the country and the number of newly infected people is increasing. we have never experienced a spread of infection like this. movement of people is limited but is not prevented . the spread of infection on the delta variant is spreading rapidly like never seen before. evaluation analysis is being conducted on the think. this is the 1st, the lympics when many track and field athletes will be wearing

one of ours casualty a week into the tokyo olympics. us po for sam kendrick has been out of the game. his positive test for over 19, also threatening to disrupt the prize track and field competition. a day before the juices start. australian team went into isolation off the one of their po, voltage trained with kendricks, all have since tested negative. olympics reporter and richardson has more from tokyo. some kendrick's wasn't just another roughly making up the numbers here and so care he said to time it will champion in the poll vote when a bronze medal at the re our game. so would it be in a strong content? it's a when the tide. so these are lympics goes to show just how the integrity of competition will be affected by curve at 19, at b, lympics in other tournaments. so the competitions is perhaps another chance for an athlete coming around the corner in the next couple of weeks. but lympics, you test positive for coven 19, or are identified as a close contact to the wrong time. your chance of winning a gold medal is gone. all of this happening at a time when tokyo and japan is re

went into wife violation after an american athlete tested positive for coven 19 us pole. vaulter, sam kendricks has been ruled out of the competition, was on saturday. had been training with the stray leon poles all because his marshal, all members of the strive in team were tested and none has been infected. and the richard can joined us now from tow care. so that's not what, where does this leave then the track and field events in the clear it is for now, but it's, it's the high water acts. everybody here at these games is walking. let's just take you through what's happened. some kendricks are not just another athletes. he's making up the numbers here. he is a 2 time world champion in the polls. you want to bronze the rio games that he would have been a gold medal contender here in tokyo. he was training, obviously with other poles, isn't because of close contact with one of the australian team. it meant the entire australian track and field seen briefly went into oscillation in the rooms. now the 3 athletes we had the closest contact with hendrix of how to follow up pcr to us today. they ha

confined to their rooms for two hours after several came into contact with the us pole vaulter sam kendricksof the games, team gb remains sixth in the medals table, with five golds and 18 medals in total. the time is coming up to 20 past six. 0urtop the time is coming up to 20 past six. our top story this evening... scientists say climate change is already having an impact in the uk with the prospect of more flooding and higher temperatures. coming up... double gold medallist tom dean tells us his 0lympic achievements have yet to sink in. coming up in sportsday on the bbc news channel... good news in the gymnastics, with team gb'sjessica gadirova recording the best ever result by a british woman in an olympic all—around final, finishing in tenth. thousands of women are made homeless every year across the uk. for many of them it's because of domestic abuse — fleeing violent partners, often with their children. but a new report says the strong link between women being abused and ending up homeless is often not talked about enough and far more needs to be done to protect them. it says they shou

meanwhile two-time reigning pole vault champion sam kendricks will not represent usa after tested positive for covid. his father wrote, quote, officials informed sam that his daily testing for covid tested positive, so he's out. the u.s. olympic and perot olympic committee corroborated it saying hendricks has been transferred to a hotel. they wrote, sam is an incredible and accomplished team member of team usa. officials are alarmed as cases hit record highs. the city recorded an all-time high yesterday as it exceeded 3,000 new infections for the first time. >>> also in sports the new york yankees have struck a deal. we'll have complete team coverage at 6:00 a.m. on "morning joe" with joe scarbrough. >>> now time for the weather. let's go to meteorologist bill karins. >> everyone loves those baseball segments t ones that go on for five minutes analyzing the red sox? so let's get into the forecast first. as we go throughout the day today, these storms are going to fly. they've been in the midwest overnight. they're still ongoing and are about to roll through chicago. actually they just did.

just a day before the start of the track and field events starting, sam kendricks, the world pole vaulteen expected to contend for a medal in tokyo. kendricks' father scott, who is also his coach, said on social media his son is not experiencing symptoms. and we are now already seeing a knock on effect. we have also now heard that the argentinian pole vaulter, chaereman tiara viglio, has now returned a postive test and has tweeted that the games are over for him....but better news for the australian track and field team...they have resumed training, having earlier had to isolate but their pole vaulter, and close associaties have returned negative tests. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. the changes will not apply for france. northern ireland hasn't yet made a decision on the rule change. let's take a closer look at the changes which the government said it will help to reunite families with loved ones who live abroad. transport secretary grant shapps said it would apply to people who have been fully vaccinated with a jab approv

. >>> and a positive covid test for the pole vault champion sam kendricks.d field events are scheduled to begin today. >>> team usa has been dominating in the pool. caeleb dressel won in the 100 freestyle and set a record he has three other gold p medals he won in relay events, but this is the first individual gold dom, as of right now, we are one gold medal behind china. the overall medal count, the u.s. is leading. >> it looks fun. the amazing amount of work that goes into some of these performances, especially in the swimming pool. i'm amazed >> and it does wonders for your physique as well, from what i can tell >> thank you, fphillip. see you later. >>> to the trending stories this morning. including new york hotel rates more details on the hesecret wutang sale. bertha coombs has more with those trending stories >> reporter: good morning, dom new york city has had the busiest week since the start of the pandemic mayor de blasio announcing during the week of july 12th, they sold 17,000 more room nights than the previous week. occupancy from june is down 9

. >>> and sam kendricks olympics are over after testing positive for covid. the u.s.ve first lieutenant won bronze at the rio games. he has been placed in isolation according to the usopc. >>> and the women's gymnastics all-around competition will go on tonight without the greatest ever, simone biles withdrew herself from the competition for mental health reasons. and she writes that the outpouring of love and support i've received has made me realize i'm more than my accomplishments in gymnastics which i never truly believed before. earlier today i interviewed chair of the athletes commission which serves at link between the athletes and ioc. and she said that biles is brave. >> it will be an incredible positive thing for so many more athletes that male may not be in the same situation that will look to her and she is inspiring athletes. she has allowed for it to just be something that can be accepted by people. and i think that that took a lot of bravery. >> and the ioc does have resources in place, athletes have a mental health tool kit, but they realize that they

world champion pole vaulter sam kendricks is out of olympics after testing positive for covid. the former ole miss star won bronze at the 2016 rio games. his battle with the world record holder duplantis of sweder was expected to be one of the highlights. >>> san jose unified school district is raring all teachers and staff to either be vaccinated or tested for covid twice a day. >> a mask mandate inside and outside for everyone in k to 12 schools. it is a step farther than state guidelines. one doctor says these mandates can boost protections in schools against the delta variant. >> kids under 12 have fewer receptors where the virus uses to enter the virus called aster receptors for whatever reason we don't understand. that's why it seemed kids were always the protected ones during covid. >> emergency use authorization for pfizer vaccine for kids age 5 to 11 will not come until late september, maybe early october. moderna is looking closer to early december. >> i am kind of worried. it has been hard to watch everyone in my family get vaccinated before me. >> fda asked pfizer t

world champion pole vaulter sam kendricks is out of the olympics, tested positive for covid. the former ole miss star won bronze at the 2016 rio games and his battle with the world record holder of sweden. >>> san jose unified school district is requiring teachers, staff to be vaccinated or tested for covid. we are talking twice a week. >> mask mandate will be in place inside and outside for everybody in k to 12 schools, a step further than state guidelines. one doctor says mandates can boost protection in schools against this delta variant. >> kids under 12 have fewer receptors where the virus uses to enter the body called aster receptors for whatever reason we don't understand. that's why it seemed kids were always the protected ones during covid. >> emergency use authorization for the pfizer vaccine for kids age 5 to 11 is not going to come until late september or early october. moderna is looking at closer to early december. >> i am kind of worried. it has been hard to watch everyone in my family get vaccinated before me. >> fda is asking pfizer to double study size becau

sam kendricks, the pole vaulter because he tested positive for covid and here in tokyo they've set another record in cases for one single day. over 3800 on wednesday. health officials in this city are starting to get worried that their health system is not going to be able to handle it. andrea? >> we will focus on the great news. stephanie gosk, thank you very much. suni lee is the daughter from immigrants of laos. in 2019 her father fell off a ladder and was paralyzed from the chest down just as she was heading to the nationals and he urged her to persist through that and then the pandemic when her gym closed and all of the troubles. today's triumph is a testament to her resilience and her courage and we'll all be watching when her performance airs on nbc in prime time tonight. >>> coming up, let's make a deal. the senate clearing the way for a half trillion in infrastructure funds and after months of negotiations, could the deal still get derailed? you're watching "andrea mitchell reports." this is msnbc. ney is why they r. when the road is all you need, there is no destination. uh, i-i'

here in tokyo. take a step toward senior success here in tokyo-_ the world pole vault champion sam kendricksisolation, along with the entire australian track and field squad, after he and two others were deemed to be close contacts of kendricks. they've all tested negative for covid—19, so they're back in training. away from the olympics, there's been an extraordinary outburst from the south africa director of rugby rassie erasmus, just two days before the british and irish lions face south africa in the second test. he posted the hour—long monologue on social media where he rails against the officiating in last weekend's series opener, which the lions won by 22 points to 17. among his complaints, he said the referee didn't give the south africa players the same level of respect as the visitors. lions captain alun wynjones doesn't believe that was the case. we didn't really have any, felt we had any advantage because of the times times that they were standing with the graphs, etc, from an outside perception, i probably can't, it's difficult for players with the speed of the games, the play,

athletes who tested positive for the coronavirus yesterday, including an american pole vaulter sam kendricks and a bronze medalist from 2016. so he has been sent home. first in isolation and then on his way home back to the united states. but yet the city of tokyo continues to deal with these case surges. >> so is there any effect on the upcoming competitions with the pandemic. >> thankfully no organizers have done a really good job of isolating everybody in what they're calling the olympic bubble and i'm included in that as well. we have been tested so many times justine 96 hours before it left the country almost 2 weeks ago. then 72 hours before a left the country. when i arrived in japan, i had another covid test at the airport before they let you go through customs the first 3 days we were here daily saliva tests. it's even more rigorous for the athletes there. tested every single day. and 6 hours before competition. so they want to make sure that the athletes village in particular, they're calling it the most tested and safest place in the world. more than 300,000 tests. also that again

team usa's best hope for track and field will no longer be competing in tokyo today pole vaulter sam kendricks tested positive for covid. the former ole miss star won bronze at the 2016 games in rio. now the sixth u.s. athlete to pull out of the games due to covid. third straight day, tokyo officials record a record rise in infections across the city. today the olympic host city logged more than 3,800 new cases nearly double the number from just one week ago. japan's prime minister says he's planning to extend a state of emergency there, and expand the measure to neighboring cities, but he insist there's is no length between the recent covid surge and the tokyo games. >>> the southeastern conference voted unanimously late today to officially invite texas and oklahoma to join the s.e.c. in 2025 it's a move that could significantly change the landscape of college sports from coast to coast now, all the long horns and sooners have to do officially accept the offer which could happen as early as tore. it's possible the two programs could try to leave the big 12 before 2025 but have the to pay a pe

and two-time defending world champion pole vaulter sam kendricks olympics are over after testing positivehis event was set to start. the u.s. army reserve first lieutenant won a bronze at the rio games. he's been transferred to a hotel and placed in isolation, according to the u.s. opc. >>> the women's gymnastics all around competition will go on tonight without the greatest ever. simone biles withdrew herself from the competition for mental health conditions. the outpouring of support made me realize i'm more than my accomplishments in gymnastics. which i never truly believed before. unquote. earlier today i interviewed an ioc member and chair of the ioc member as the link between the athletes and the ioc. she says that biles is brave. >> 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. th