To end the demonstrations, which began three months ago. Now on bbc news, blind comedian Chris Mccausland hosts a comedy and storytelling show featuring funny and fascinating stories told by disabled people and those with Mental Health difficulties. This programme contains discussion of adult subjects and some strong language. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome your host for tonight. Chris mccausland applause hello, ladies and gentlemen welcome to ouch storytelling live at the Edinburgh Fringe my names Chris Mccausland. I am blind, that is what qualifies me to be here tonight. Thats a question i get asked a lot. People ask me whats it like being blind . Is it like nothing . No, its not. I imagine everything in me head. I live in a fantasy world, you know . And its not a conscious thing, i dont try to conjure it up in me head, its like a unconscious thing. I summon this imagination around me at all times. Maybe i did used to be able to see in my brain tries to function visually, i try
You be at home, youll have the radio, someone will be on. And then you see a photograph of what they look like and you will be wrong, because people dont sound bald or hairy, do they . My wife said to me if you got your site back tomorrow what is the first thing you would want to see . Ive because its my daughter sophie. Because its notjust what she looks like that im missing out on, its all the wonderful, interesting and Amazing Things that shes been doing and she does. It started with the crawling of the walking on the jumping and dancing in the dressing up, the drawing, the smiles, all the smells, of course it sophie. My wife said good. And i would be second, would i . I said yeah, yeah, you can be second. And she said second . I said it depends. We counting Mohamed Salah in this . Hes doing things i cant imagine. Every day of my life i was a good see my daughter, every week of my life i could wish i could see Mohamed Salah. She said i cant believe you love salah more than me, i sai
Me to be here tonight. Theres a question i get asked a lot. People ask me whats it like being blind . Is it like nothing . No, its not. Because i imagine everything in me head. I live in a fantasy world, you know . And its not a conscious thing, i dont try to conjure it up in me head, its like a unconscious thing. I unconsciously summon this imagination of whats around me at all times. Maybe i did used to be able to see and my brain tries to function visually, i try to picture it, but im wrong about everything. Im wrong about everything all the time. The world in my head, i mean first of all, it is built on assumptions and deductions based on what i can tell and hear and feel and then all the gaps are filled in with pure flights of abstract imagination. Im wrong about everything. And im wrong about people. Im wrong about what people look like all the time. And you will do this yourselves to an extent. You know . You be at home, youll have the radio, someone will be on. And then you see
Now on bbc news blind comedian Chris Mccausland hosts a comedy and storytelling show featuring funny and fascinating stories told by disabled people and those with Mental Health difficulties. This programme contains discussion of adult subjects and some strong language. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome your host for tonight. Chris mccausland applause . Hello, ladies and gentlemen welcome to outs storytelling live at the edinburgh friends my names Chris Mccausland. Iam blind, friends my names Chris Mccausland. I am blind, that is what qualifies me to be here tonight. Thats a question i get asked a lot people asked me what you like being blind . Is it like nothing . I imagine everything in he had. I live in a fa ntasy world, everything in he had. I live in a fantasy world, you know . And its not a conscious thing, i dont try to conjure it up in me had, its like a unconscious thing. I summon this imagination around me at all times. Maybe i did used to be able to see in my brain tries
Suspect through the front windshield. No confirmation if the suspect is still alive. Although the chief there said that he believes this suspect is deceased. Theyre not approaching the vehicle. Because in a phone call at least in negotiations this suspect mentioned that he had c4 there, an explosive, on board that van and of course he does not want to put any officers lives in danger. And we should point out, too, one of the things that everybody was questioning this morning are there more than is there more than one person involved here . You heard the chief there say they do believe this was the one and only suspect. Although they have not ruled anything out. Obviously because he kept reiterating early in the investigation. Tom fuentes, i want to come to you first. As we know now, he said as victor said theyre not going to send anybody in there. Because theyre afraid that the van could be rigged. But they are going to send a robot in. And he mentioned that theyre going to be looking