starts right now. martha: thank you both very much. i m martha maccallum and this is the story. former president trump about to hold a rally in virginia, a tight race right now. he s trying to become the first republican presidential candidate to win the state in 20 years. biden won by ten points last time around. we will see what he has to say. we expect in any moment and will take you there. clearly he will reflect on last night s debate, which was very consequential in many ways, not grade ways for joe biden. we will talk about that quite a bit. the president also on the campaign trail in north carolina trying to clean up on aisle 5, and he worked hard at that this afternoon to get a bounce back from a very difficult night last night. here s some of the reaction to last night in the media, after the debate. the biggest issue he had to prove to the american people was he had the energy and stamina, and he did not do that. how long do we continue to act like we did not
carried out the attacks what now, for the us led withdrawal from afghanistan? it s eight in the morning in singapore, and 8 pm in washington where president biden has vowed to continue airlifts out of afghanistan despite the deadly bombings at kabul airport on thursday. at least 60 people died in the attacks including 12 us military personnel. the first explosion took place just before dusk outside the abbey gate at kabul airport, leaving bodies strewn all over a sewage ditch. the second blast happened near the baron hotel, which has been used by some western nations as a staging point for evacuations since the airlift began.
we will hunt you down and make you pay. an affiliate of the islamic state says they carried out the attacks. what now for the us led evacuation from afghanistan? live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in the morning in singapore and 7pm in washington, where president biden has vowed to continue airlifts out of afghanistan despite the deadly bombings at kabul airport on thursday. at least 60 people died in the attacks, including 12 us military personnel. the first explosion took place just before dusk outside the abbey gate at kabul airport, leaving bodies strewn
the initial explosion took place just before dusk outside the abbey gate at kabul airport, leaving bodies strewn all over a sewage ditch. the second blast happened near the baron hotel, which has been used by some western nations as a staging point for evacuations since the airlift began. there had been warnings in recent days that an off shoot of the islamic state group in the region was planning an attack. us presidentjoe biden has been speaking in the last hour. he called the servicemen who lost their lives heroes and spoke about the death of his own son who was also in the military. we have some sense, like many of you do, what the families of these brave heroes are feeling today. you get this feeling like you re being sucked into a black hole in the middle of your chest. there s no way out. my heart aches for them.