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carolyn, what can you tell us? >> reporter: right now we know the names of three of the positive cases. they are all part of the pitching staff. they were sent to the injured list for covid. they were previously vaccinated. last we heard from the general manager, there were three pending rapid tests being confirmed with lab work. there is concern that not all the players are vaccinated. but this is the second outbreak of the season for the yankees. major league baseball relaxed certain health and safety protocols before opening day for clubs with a vaccination rate of 85% or greater. theon keys are one of three to meet that threshold. a source with knowledge of the situation tells cnn before the protocols weremodified, players were tested at least every other day, and teams are conducting contact tracing for anybody who tested positive. t they didn't have any positive results. but fresh off of that momentum on the major league baseball is starting the second half of the season, with an outbreak here. so the decisio

carolyn manno has more this morning. an historic upset by nigeria over the united states. >> yeah, some chemistry work to be done for team usa. this is a global game. so we have seen over the hours of olympic history countries kauchg up. the usa, the overwhelming favorite to win gold. last night's exhibition may have been an indication this might not be as easy as some expected. nigeria does have a handful of nba players on their roster and that's how it was on display. they pulled off a big upset taking down the united states by three. to putting it in perspective, nine years ago at the 2012 london olympics team usa beat nigeria by 83 points. the americans are 39-0 in their last three olympic seasons. now, the silver lining is this is an exhibition match. team usa will be back in action tomorrow night working on the chemistry against australia. meantime, former president donald trump made a rare public appearance last night at a ufc event in las vegas. he aadvised to a mix of cheers and boos from the full capsty crowd.

. >>> let's get right to carolyn mano. i know osaka will be at the olympics. talk about this letter overall. >> her voice comes through in this essay which is not surprising. even though she's admittedly introverted, she's always straightforward with how she's thinking. she said she learned two lessons. one, you can never please everyone. second, virtually everybody is connected to mental health in some way. you touched on one of the important quotes in there about the press. that's really important. one of the take aways for me is that this was never about vilifying the press for her. she believes that some parts of the press and the way that it runs in tennis is antiquated and she's right. especially with hyper elevated social platforms they need to be progressive. the 30,000 foot view when she feels like she doesn't want to be in a position publicly where her medical history is upnder scrutiny, they are independent contractors. they need protections they deserve to set rules and regulations for how these are going to be handled. if that's the outcome, that

carolyn mano is here this morning in studio with the bleacher report. >> good morning. good to be with you. happy holidays to you both. really a first in anything is a pretty big accomplishment. but shohay ohtani is a special player. the first all-star game wasn't until 1933. that was well after babe's pitching days were behind him. the angel's star was named one of the american league starting pitchers sunday after being designated as hitter thursday. the japanese native has been solid on the mound in 12 starts. he's really shined at the plate hitting his league 31st homer and the angels win over the orioles on sunday. that actually ties him for the most in a major league season for a japanese born player. certainly busy. elsewhere the braves pulling off a stunning comeback sense the marlins. so they scored four in the ninth to tie it, and they thought they won in the tenth but the empires overturned it on a replay. and if you take a look as riley slid over the plate if you look closely you can see this was the right decision here, get a foot in front of it. so the bra

the house committee chairwoman, carolyn maloney, after this came out said yesterday that trump was directly instructing the nation's law enforcement to take steps to overturn the election. trump says what he was saying was being misconstrued in a statement today. but at the end of the day, phil, the justice department has never uncovered evidence of widespread voter fraud and certainly didn't take the steps that the president appeared to communicate to richard donohue. >> you make such a good point, it feels like every single week we're getting more pieces of the puzz puzzle and they're all going in the same direction. it's now vividly clear that what we thought was happening actually was happening. katelyn polantz, thank you so much for taking the time on a saturday. >>> the push to vaccinate as many americans as possible against covid-19 has been massive. but making sure everyone has access, it's not easy. two cnn heros are going the extra mile to make sure people who serve don't miss out on these lifesaving measures. cnn's anderson cooper has more. >> reporter: in pittsburgh, dr. jim wit

. >> reporter: and author, carolyn durant, says the rushed announcement drove a deeper wedge between the brothers. >> this was another moment, where prince harry's relationship with his brother took a turn. prince william feels that issues, like this, are to be dealt with privately. >> reporter: but harry and meghan were confident they could make their plans work. do you know, from your reporting, what harry and meghan envisioned, at that point, their futures would look like? >> they launched sussex royal website, which had a, sort of, blueprint of how they envisaged their future roles would be. which would be a combination of supporting the queen and the monarchy with official work. but also, doing their own thing, abroad, and pursuing their own-commercial projects, too. >> reporter: the press went into overdrive. cranking out story, after story. and the queen, anxious to get the situation under control, summoned prince harry, prince charles, and prince william, to her home in sandringham. >> the discussions were to thrash out how this would work and whether it was possible for harr

. >> these notes came from the oversight committee in the house that's chaired by carolyn maloney of new york. she said in a statement, the committee has begun scheduling interviews with key witnesses and i will exercise every tool at my disposal to ensure all witness testimony is secured without delay. what is the end game here if they can't impeach him? i don't know that any of this rises to the level of criminal. just bring this to the attention of the american people? >> it should disqualify trump as a potential candidate. >> or add it to the list. >> but this is pretty fundamental. if he gets elected, he is going to put in more people. he'll fire the chiefs of staff and get military people from the ranks who he thinks -- you are really looking at a fundamental crisis. the idea that one or two of our major parties hasn't just said they don't have to go as far, but they haven't said thank you former president trump, thank you, good bye. think of richard nixon who did much less than trump in terms of his fundamental usurpation of power. but nobody thought let's have richard nixon c

we are joined now by house oversight committee chair, carolyn maloney. it's another example of the president going to extreme lengths to overturn the election his fiebl final days in the white house. but to have it handwritten by the deputy or assistant to the guy who he is talking to, what happens now? i mean, what's your committee going to do about that? or can they do? >> well, just as you said, it's highly unusual to get any documentation involving direct comments of a president of the united states. especially, to get handwritten ones documenting, in great detail, that he was urging the department of justice to call the election, quote, illegal and corrupt. and implied and threatened them, that they would be replaced if they didn't comply? and when doj pushed back and said this is not true, there was no signs of any corruption or illegal activity, he said just leave it to me. just go out and say it. and -- and -- and republican congressmen and -- we'll -- we'll do the rest. it -- it's shocking, beyond belief. we are in the midst of a -- of -- of an