Evening Edition: Tokyo Olympics Moving Forward Despite COVID-19 Fears

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🗓️ 22 July 2021

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Olympic organizers say they are confident it is safe to hold the the Tokyo games despite calls for its cancellation due to COVID-19 fears. But the head of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee has not ruled out canceling the games at this late stage. FOX's Trey Yingst speaks with Chris Haynes, Associate Professor of Political Science, National Security and Legal Studies at the University of New Haven, about the odds of the games being cancelled. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.0	I'm Shannon Brem.
0:29.0	I'm Bill Hemmer.
0:30.0	I'm Kennedy and this is the Fox News rundown.
0:36.0	Thursday, July 22nd, 2021.
0:39.0	I'm Trey Anst.
0:40.0	The Olympics are officially starting soon in Tokyo, but COVID-19 continues to threaten the games.
0:45.8	A report from the Tokyo Games said this is pretty much a secure lockdown with police and military people marching around and
0:55.1	you know athletes basically being shuttled back and forth between hotel room and
0:59.9	the Olympic venues that comes with a huge price tag.
1:04.0	This is the Fox News rundown, Evening Edition.
1:08.0	Multiple athletes are infected with COVID-19, forcing them to pull out of the Olympics.
1:16.0	Despite widespread protocols to avoid coronavirus, the disease is wrecking havoc on the sporting event.
1:22.0	The games are extremely unpopular
1:24.2	with the citizens of Japan, many of whom have called moving forward with the Olympics
1:28.7	reckless, though the politics of the contract between Japan and the International Olympic Committee
1:34.8	makes the Japanese government responsible for the 15.4 billion dollar price tag if they cancel.
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