at a key point in the pandemic, the government signed a £107 million deal to buy ppe from a northern ireland sweet company. lyndsey telford investigates what happened next. it might not look like much, but last year, this box was worth an awful lot of money. during the global scramble for ppe in the early stages of the pandemic, the cost of protective gear shot up astronomically. this box is part of a ppe deal worth over £100 million. this involved a northern irish sweet company. people were dying. it was almostjust buy as much as you can. it may not be worth its weight in gold any more, but today this box gives us a window into the pandemonium that surrounded ppe purchasing last year, because it arrived in the uk at such great expense, health officials could not even agree what these items were or how they could be used in hospitals. government thought it was buying a rolls royce but it was getting a ford fiesta. perhaps that is why a box from the very same shipment, a box
..what? from race to mental health, progressive californian values to the british monarchy, every element of oprah s interview with prince harry and meghan has been catnip for the frenzy and fury of today s culture wars, in which all of us are pitched against each other. has she said anything about. sometimes, it boils over. but yet you continue to trash her. ok, i m done with this! broadcaster piers morgan left itv, unwilling to apologise for saying he didn t believe meghan s claims. the next morning, morgan was bullish. no, i believe in freedom of speech. i believe in the right to be allowed to have an opinion. if people want to believe meghan markle, that s entirely their right. into this heady brew, britain launched a new experiment, partly inspired by america. and while piers was busy throwing a fit before he quit, the all white teenybopper trump fan club was getting equally hysterical about the interview. in the us, cable news is no longer regulated. it prioritises pers
police telling fox news the accident discharge may have been near the main security checkpoint at the airport. video as you can see posted on social media shows people running for safety they abandon bags all over the passenger areas. airport official use have given the all clear in the investigation is underway. here are the breaking developments. reporter: which repeat there was no loss of life, no real threat but the panic with the possibility became a real potential danger. cell phone video shows panic passengers and asians running away from the terminal during what was thought to be an active shooter situation and chaos afterwards. it turned out to be accidental discharge of a weapon. flights were briefly halted happened neared the main security area at america s busiest airport, made even more 50 a few days before the heavy thanksgiving weekend. airport officials tweeted, approximately 1:30 p.m. today a weapon accidentally discharged adeimantus security screening area.
that s what led to this panic that has resulted in the deaths of eight people, 17 others were taken to nearby hospital and treated for their injuries. i want you to hear what the houston police chief had to say about this ongoing investigation. take a listen. i have investigators out here on the scene. i m sending the investigators to the home i mean to the hospitals because we just don t know, and we will find out. is there anything criminal? we ve heard rumors of people injecting some people of drugs, so i want to check all that out. reporter: certainly a lot of questions that still need answers right now, alex. we do know that that concert was canceled briefly after that tragic event took place. it was supposed to go on today as well. that has been canceled, but you had an incredibly large number of people, again, 50,000 that were in a tight confined area, and despite having first responders there and medical tents set up on site, officials say they were quickly over
were detained at the border in fiscal year 2021. what s really significant is it s not showing any signs of slowing down. one page, rosario hits one to deep right field and it s gone! the atlanta braves are one win away from their first world series a sense 1999. brian: you are looking in our studio at 12,116th avenue where the temperature inside is a 71 degrees even though richard nixon said to save energy he put the thermostat at 68. we are ignoring the next administration. ainsley: how we how do you know we are at 71? did you check the thermostat? brian: i ballpark it a lot. ainsley: usually feels 55. brian: i do feel bad for you. ainsley: don t feel bad. brian: i have a suit. ainsley: i could wear a suit if i wanted to. i have a suit. brian: that s a different look. ainsley: clearly you don t pay attention. brian: how was this downgraded to 71 degrees and richard nixon? steve: where we are sitting according to my watch phone it feels like 63 degrees. brian: fee