but he loved that country and would have loved seeing them get to the semifinal today and would have loved talking about it. reporter: yeah, it is argentina who have gone through. but grant is somebody who not only blazed a trail for u.s. soccer when it wasn t a trendy thing to do. he used football, he saw the power of football to highlight so many issues in society, for women, for members of the lgbtq-plus community, which he was doing in doha a couple weeks ago. a true giant of journalism and sporting journalism, and it leaves a huge, huge hole. it does indeed, amanda. and nic, i mean, this is a difficult time, you know, for wahl s family, for the entire soccer and sports communities. so how is the u.s. state department helping in all of this? reporter: the message is the message of everyone, isn t it, to his family, and that is one of condolences and sadness at
in what is an absolutely tragic time for them is that the diplomatic relations are good and that the help should be forthcoming and that this should help them get the answers they want, the clarity they want, and bring ultimately bring grant home. that s what the state department s working towards with the qataris right now. amanda, as hard as this is, the quarterfinals, you know, continue. what s happening on the pitch today? reporter: fredricka, actually just thinking about it brought a smile to my face because we just had exactly one of those stories that grant would have loved to have covered, and that is morocco beating portugal to become the first african team into the semifinals of a world cup in history. they ve become everybody s second favorite team really here at the tournament. the moroccans have traveled in
The bottle broke the van’s window, but the fluid inside, which the feds describe as acetone or nail polish remover, didn’t ignite, and the four officers were spared a fiery fate.
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“Local media has repeatedly characterized Mr. James as a terrorist, a maniac, a raving madman and an unhinged nihilist obsessed with killing and hatred, none of which will be admissible,” suspected subway shooter Frank James' lawyers wrote.