Reports out of the panjshir valley. The taliban claim to have captured all of it. The national resistance say they re holding out, still control strategic positions and the battle they say is still ongoing. Still serious concerns as you say of the ability of americans to escape from afghanistan. Congressman michael mccall saying over the weekend they that the taliban was holding american citizens and allies hostage on demand on board six planes sitting right now on the runway in northern afghanistan and they re unable to leave. Congressman mike gallagher yesterday blasted the state department. These people think that somehow because the taliban want humanitarian assistance or international recognition that we re going to be able to convince them to get americans out of the country after we surrendered territory on the battlefield. They re completely delewded, operating as if this is a model u. N. In high school, not a matter of life or death. Reporter: as reports of taliban brutality c
Sandra: would begin with the senate unanimously requiring the biden administration declassify the origin of covid19 as calls from transparency grow by the hour. Hello. I m sandra smith here in new york and this is america reports. John: it s great to see you here on friday eve and i m john roberts in washington. The bill comes as the white house says it has not ruled out any theories on the covid19 origin but refuses to say whether china would be punished if investigators find evidence of a coverup. This adds president biden it is asking intelligence agencies to redouble their efforts. Speak to the american people deserve to know what role the american china played in this. Yes, we need to declassify but the more i look into it, this was squashed by ecohealth alliance, nih, especially in ho and china itself. The american public deserves it with all of the turmoil that is been caused by at. Sandra: we will seek answers in just a moment and will be speaking to david asher, a former u. S.
A watershed moment for football, according to the government, who ll be looking at club ownership as part of a review into the game in england, led by fans. Good morning. I m at arundel castle this morning, where the annual tulip festival is under way. Where the annual tulip festival is underway. It where the annual tulip festival is under way. It is a cold but a bright start. I will bring you all the weather details in about ten minutes. Good morning. It s friday, the 24th of april. Our top story. New restrictions for people coming to the uk from india have come into force this morning, as the country has joined the uk s red list, which effectively bans travel. India has seen record infection rates, a rapidly rising death toll and the discovery of a new virus variant and six hospitals in the indian capital delhi have now completely run out of oxygen. Caroline davies reports. The last few arrivals before india is added to the red list. There was joy for those who made it back. It s a
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tonight. big tech censorship strikes again, youtube holds a music video that criticize biden s withdrawal from afghanistan youtube is saying sorry but is it too little too late? alicia: more than 300,000 chicago studentstudents won t se week in school as a fight between the city and the teachers union boils over the head of the teachers union is digging in claiming remote learning is a good option for kids. it s talking point, an idea, remote is bad. remote education as a tool teachers view remote education, not as good as in person but think about in the past chicago in the wintertime in the past if there s a blizzard to option old school during blizzard in which case you know most people are going to come is good to be dangerous to get there or you could cancel school, those the only two options. now we have a third option we can hold school remotely. alicia: chicago s public schools got $2.8 billion from the federal government to help schools reopen safely. the distric