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saying it had underestimated the challenge. during around six hours of evidence he admitted that he should have twigged sooner how serious the situation was and said he was sorry for the pain and loss and suffering of victims and families. at one point some campaigners interupted the hearing holding signs that read "the dead can't hear your apologies". much of today focused on the start of the pandemic and the timing of covid measures. italy was the first country in the world to announce nationwide lockdown measures on the 9th march. the uk didn't follow suit until a fortnight later....

And running. >> all these temps with no ac, can't imagine. heat warnings and advisories in effect in a dozen states today. not welcome news for nearly two million people still without power after the weekend storms killed 22 people. here is abc's ginger zee. >> reporter: swift, powerful, and unforgettable. >> there was this huge boom and the sky for over half an hour was just like -- flashing the whole time. it was interesting. kind of reich -- kind of like the alien movies. >> reporter: severe and deadly storms rattled 1.9 million people across eight states and d.c. >> this was like a war zon...

>> all these temps with no ac, can't imagine. heat warnings and advisories in effect in a dozen states today. not welcome news for nearly two million people still without power after the weekend storms killed 22 people. here is abc's ginger zee. >> reporter: swift, powerful, and unforgettable. >> there was this huge boom and the sky for over half an hour was just like -- flashing the whole time. it was interesting. kind of like the alien movies. >> reporter: severe and deadly storms rattled 1.9 million people across eight states and d.c. >> this was like a war zone here. with everybody, got up...

>> dana: you've seen our top stories here's the best of the rest. the ladies of "the view" are diving head first into a controversy with kathy griffin and scott brown. the controversial comedienne referred to the senator's daughters as prostitutes. not everyone thought the joke was funny. >> not really funny. i know his daughters and they are anything but that. here's the thing -- no, no, no we've always said politicians' kids are off-limits if someone went around calling barack obama's two girls prosecutes people would be up in arms. kathy griffin got up on -- >> you are right. >> are you jus...

>> dana: you've seen our top stories here's the best of the rest. the ladies of "the view" are diving head first into a controversy with kathy griffin and scott brown. the controversial comedienne referred to the senator's daughters as prostitutes. not everyone thought the joke was funny. >> not really funny. i know his daughters and they are anything but that. here's the thing -- no, no, no we've always said politicians' kids are off-limits if someone went around calling barack obama's two girls prosecutes people would be up in arms. kathy griffin got up on -- >> you are right. >> are you jus...