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The president is touting as his own policy? >> good question sandra. i blew the whistle on this august 13. 13. august 16 i had a press conference of the county airport and showed video from my own twitter account of people getting off these large planes which, by the way are not allowed to land those sites planes or go to the fbo's come up with hangers of the county airport. that's a violation of the lease especially at that kind of size. they were permitted -- that was one of the few daytime flights. at night the airport is closed, flights are not allowed to come in. so the white house is com...

People eligible for the resettelment scheme from august 13. joining me now is councillor abi brown, leader of the stoke—on trent city council. thank you forjoining us. i wonder, first of all, how many families are you planning to take? haste first of all, how many families are you planning to take?— first of all, how many families are you planning to take? we have been workin: in you planning to take? we have been working in conjunction _ you planning to take? we have been working in conjunction with - you planning to take? we have been working in conjunction with our - working in conjunct...

Throw their duffel bag on a plane and get out of there. they've got heavy equipment. um, armored -- armored cars, helicopters. we're not sure if they'll take all of that with them but they certainly could. and as you cited, the -- the british have left. the french have left. others are -- are scaling back, if they haven't left already. and yet, the pentagon also says they want to do these airlifts right up to the very end. so it's going to be a very intricate dance to continue to take out people who are trying to get out. more desperate, by the day. while 5,000 u.s. troops and their equipment ...

Out of there. they've got heavy equipment, armored cars, helicopters, we're not sure if they will take all of that with them, but they certainly could. the british have left, the french have left. others are scaling back they haven't left already, and the pentagon wants to do air lifts right up to the end. it's going to be an intricate dance take out people more desperate by the day. one of my npr colleagues had an amazing interview with a marine master sergeant running air traffic control. he has been living in a tent on the airfield there since august 13. 100 flights a day coming in and out,...

An ecological emergency throughout the planet, the least we can do is to stop using such harmful pesticides in our city. the impact of this, of course, is that we get weeds. and we get a lot of weeds, especially after hot, wet weather like we have had this summer. it has created a growth spurt. city clean remove the weeds manually. obviously that is a much more environmentally friendly way of doing things, but very labour—intensive. due to covid, we have had an enormous staff crisis. councillors say they are trying to organise extra weed clearances. in the meantime, many residents have had t...