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Concorde bails out in style after almost three decades in service. an aircraft that has enthralled its many admirers for so long taxis home one last time. this is a newsday on the bbc. 0ur this is a newsday on the bbc. our main story, the world remembers general and statesman cole and powell who has died at the age of 8a. more on our top story now. mark is a retired brigadier general and he gave me his reflections on colin powell's legacy.— powell's legacy. what i remember _ powell's legacy. what i remember most - powell's legacy. what i remember most of - powell's legacy. what i remember mo...

General, former secretary of state, now oracle, right? [ laughter ] >> yes. >> powell's wiechlfe also teste positive for covid. she went to the hospital with her husband. her symptoms were mild and was sent home. general powell's myeloma made it more serious with complications. >> people with suppressive drugs and where it is down to zero, this is why all the virus in the society is not good. it is not good. and it's people who aren't vaccinated who really are putting people who are doing the right thing, but suffer from these other chronic illnesses, putting them at risk. it's unfortunate. ...

Trying to pull us aapart. puerto rico's vaccination rates are so much higher than in the mainland. because you don't have the right-wing radio nonsense. you don't have the partisanship that's poisoned everything. figures like praeger are a part of the problem. same overnight on fox news. the narrative by tucker kcarlso and others, powell's death shows there are problems with the vaccine. this narrative is prolonging the pandemic. it is that simple and awful. they are prolonging the pandemic. >> will cane was on yesterday. all we know about powell initially was that he passed away and that it w...

Today at the age of 84. an outpouring of respect from both sides of the aisle. remembering him as a trailblazer in his roles as soldier and statesman. and we're getting new excerpts tonight from one of powell's last interviews. he spoke with veteran journalist bob woodward about his health issues. >> well, you see, i've got to go to the hospital about two or three times a week. i've got multiple myeloma cancer and i've got parkinson's disease. but otherwise, i'm fine. >> oh, no. i'm so sorry. >> don't say no and don't feel sorry for me for god's sakes. i'm 85 years old. i've got to have someth...

I know what you're hearing. but the fact is, anybody who knows what they're talking about, who's trying to make things better, will tell you powell's death reinforces exactly why we need to get vaccinations, because there are a lot of people who need protection and they can't provide it themselves. people like general colin powell. fully vaccinated, but he had a bad form of cancer and an advanced case and he was battling parkinson's disease and he was 84 years old. he needed those around him to be able to give him protection, and they didn't. i'm not talking about his family, god forbid, or an...