To answer them live. Plus, a standoff with police. A suspect outside the u. S. CapiTol Today claiming To have a bomb. What led him To it . What is his motivation in the breaking details ahead. Welcome To the lead. Im jake tapper, and were going To start with our World Lead. The rush To evacuate americans and afghan allies out of kabul. This afternoon the u. S. State department announced 6,000 people are inside the Kabul Airport right now. All were Told, all of them are fully cleared and will soon fly out of the country. 20 flights are expected To leave Cat Bull Airport Tonight, but there are still massive issues for Too many others. Sources telling cnn the State Department advised thousands of local employees To head To the Airport Yesterday but many simply could not get there, caught in the crowd of thousands waiting outside the gates, they were beat, sTopped at checkpoints. President biden has pledged that u. S. Forces will remain in afghanistan until all americans are evacuated, eve
from some of those grieving in northern ireland. a warning the programme has some content which some may find upsetting. the way ahead is hard, and it is still true that many lives will sadly be lost. my name s joan fulton. i m from newtownards. i lost my brother billy to covid 19 last year on 23rd march, and thatjust happened to be the day that borisjohnson made the official lockdown. he went to england when he was about 17 and he joined the army and after he came out of the army, he went to long distance lorry driving, and absolutely loved it, until later on he had taken a heart attack, which left the heart quite damaged, and he then retired. and he took up a hobby after that, going to markets, buying and selling. and he. a bit like del boy, maybe. i used to call him santa claus because he d white hair and a white beard. 0n the wednesday, which was the 18th of march, i took him down to island hill, and i remember sitting down at island hill. he was talking about how we us
now on bbc news, across the uk covid i9 has claimed the lives of more than 126,000 people. behind each death is a very personal story of loss. the personal story of loss. bbc s spotlight team heard from the bbc s spotlight team heard from those grieving in northern ireland. the programme has some content which some may find upsetting. the way ahead is hard and it is still true that many lives will certainly be lost. my name is jo my name isjo felton, i am from northern my name isjo felton, i am from northern ireland. i lost my brother northern ireland. i lost my brother billy to covid 19 last year brother billy to covid 19 last year on brother billy to covid 19 last year on the 23rd of march. that ust year on the 23rd of march. that just happens to be the day that boris just happens to be the day that borisjohnson made the official lockdown. he went to england when lockdown. he went to england when he lockdown. he went to england when he was about 17 and he joined
jacksonville, he thanked the audience. he said, i had no idea i did a two-hour set tonight. i m happily addicted again to this. for years, saget made america laugh, often at him, right, as the host of america s funniest home videos. he made america laugh at itself as well but best known for being the wholesome single dad on full house. daddy? am i still your little princess? oh, you got it, dude. the wholesome tv dad image was nothing like his standup which was dirty with a capital d it would make danny tanner blush. his fellow cast members loved him dearly. his full house co-stars weighed in, john stamos he ll never have another friend like him, olson twins are deeply saddened and heartbroken. saget raised money for comedians during the pandemic and came on new day and he was delightful. i made my own face mask out of my underwear. oh, god. hard to find humor in these times. don t get it out of the hamper, people, that s all i ll say. joining us com
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