, that s not it. what else could would he be forgetting? kevin! and, when you re in a rush, sometimes you forget what you pack. and that s been joe biden s excuse for stealing highly classified documents. believe it or not, the white house is telling cnn joe broke the law because he was in a rush. he had trips planned on the last week of his vice presidency. joe was flying out to davos where he was meeting his bud chinese president xi jinping. i guess xi couldn t make it to the foothills of the himalayas. joe even flew out to ukraine to meet the ukrainian president. what was the big guy doing in ukraine the week before trump s inauguration while hunter was raking in 80 grand a month from working there? that s the million dollars question. so, since joe was too busy planning his get away, he had his aides scrambling late night to get him all packed up and out of there. so no wonder joe was surprised when he opened up the garage one day and saw intel briefings on ukra
and hurricane irma, which veered at the last second. businesses are putting plywood up on windows. this is an ice cream shot trying to inject some levity, no ice cream for ian. sandbags are on the ground to prevent flooding. that s small potatoes in terms of mandatory evacuations. pinellas county and hillsborough county have about 2.5 million people collectively. the whole tampa bay area is 3.2. 75%, 08% of the people are in two counties that have mandatory evacuations. they re looking to move a million-plus people. that process started last night, 2:00 for hillsborough, 6:00 for pinellas. but you ll see the biggest chunks of people fry trying to get out today. the topography of this area, there are bays and inlets, barrier reefs, the bay on one side, the gulf on the other. the water has nowhere to go. storm surge right now certainly the biggest concern as the projections are between 5 and ten feet. for historical context, the last time a major hurricane struck tampa direct
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respects but the king as well. you cap tur too captured it so perfectly. and it is a jovial moment, people making friends in the cue, but certainly, this is one of those poignant moments that shows you, this is what it is all about for people. we are still in this 10-day period of mourning. i was just near westminster palace, before the king and of course, his siblings stood vigil there, and the vin, vigil of princes, a stoic position, and you could hear a pin drop, and everybody waiting for a catch to catch a glimpse, and one of the places they re cueing now, there is a cue for the cue for the filing behind me in southern park this morning and at the time they weren t letting anybody in, because it was at capacity, and the sign actually said, from this point, you will be waiting at least 14 hours, be prepared. and despite that, there were throngs of people coming in droves with smiles on their faces, with backpacks, small bags ready to be in for the long haul and i spoke t