no deal between the u.s. and china as trade talks stall without an agreement. more on what happens, ahead. an order denied. the white house reportedly asked former white house counsel don mcgahn to declare the president did not obstruct justice.

and mcgahn declined to do so. also ahead this hour, a family in mourning, we'll matter from the parents of the student hero who died when he charged at the colorado school shooter giving his classmates time to get out of harm's way. welcome to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. we're coming to you live from atlanta. i'm natalie allen. >> and i'm george howell. news room oig starts now. hk we start with china, the looming threat of an all-out trade war now greater than ever less than 24 hours after hiking tariffs from 10% to 25%, on $200 billion of chinese imports. the trump administration now says that it is moving ahead to levy duties on just about everything that comes into the united states with the label made in china. >> the move is after two days of

trade talks in washington failed to break the impasse. if the proposed new tariffs take effect, it almost certainly means higher prices for american consumers on thousands of ordinary goods like shoe, toysi clothing. beijing has promised countermeasures but has not said what, how or when. matt rivers joins us from the chinese port city and the question is, matt, how might china retaliate. >> reporter: it is going that china hasn't officially come out with how they will retaliate yet. usually they will come out with how they are planning to follow up when the united states does something like raising tariff s in relatively short order. so we do expect to hear something if not today or tomorrow, almost assuredly by monday, but there is no guarantee of that. when they decide to retaliate, it can take a wide range of different forms.

but i think there is a couple things that might seem more obvious than other options. first thing you're looking at i think is both broadening and increasing tariffs here on american imports. so when american imports come into ports like the one behind me here, most american imports are already facing tariffs as a result of the trade war that has been going on for about a year now. the chinese could put tariffs on the rest of american imports covering every single american import here to china, but then they could also take the rates and hike them like the united states did on fridaying f ing g 10% to 25%. the other thing they could come is issue market access. so if you are an american pharmaceutical company and you are trying to license a new product here in china, perhaps china's regulating agencies won't let you do that and that hurts your bottom line. so that could hurt american companies pchb and then the companies. and then something that could happen, earlier in the trade war, american soybeans which is one of the largest exports to

china, worth billions each year, soybeans purchases here in china were cut off. chinese firms were barred from the state from purchasing american soybeans. it was devastating to u.s. farmers. during the negotiations, things went better and china lifted those restrictions. but could they put them back on. that is appointed thing that they have. so they have a wide range of options. >> let's talk about what is at the core of this impasse. what differences exist that are preventing a deal? >> reporter: well, i think what you're having here, and it has been the same problem since the very beginning, the united states wants structural changes to china's economy and china meanwhile has based its entire economy around a series of principles. so let's hear from the chief economic negotiator in washington. >> translator: at present, both sides have reached consensus in many aspects, but frankly

speaking, differences still exist. we think these are crucial issues regarding our principal. every down has its principal and we will make no concessions on matters of principal. >> reporter: so when it comes to principal, what he is talking about there is that china is a state run economy, the government has its hands in just about every major industry in this country. and that is what the united states has a fundamental problem with. so what the u.s. has basically been arguing without getting deep into the weeds here is that china gives its companies an unfair advantage because of being run by the state. but china says that is how we do things here, we're not changing it. so it is really unclear exactly how we'll move past this, what the halfway between both sides' position actually is. >> matt rivers with a view from tianjin, thank you. let's get context now with linda hu, author of the great

economists, how their ideas can help us today. joining us from london. good to have you with us. >> good morning, george. >> so no deal in the trade talks. the rhetoric seems to show both sides clearly digging in. china's president xi jinping saying that his nation's economy is strong enough to endure this through the long run. president trump saying that america is negotiating from a place of strength. so if it comes down to who blinks first, who do you believe has the stronger hand? >> yeah, that is a great question. i'm not sure that either side has that strong a hand. but i would break it down this way. in the short term, if china retaliates, pretty strongly but even if they don't, the united states if it goes ahead and places say a 125% tax on all chinese imports, so that is about $500 billion, about half of that -- well, half to a third are actually consumer electronics. so u.s. consumers will certainly be hit in the short run.

say china retaliates strongly so it really hits farmers. we've already seen the united states spend $12 billion on subsidies to farmers and president trump has also said by the department of agricultural that they will buy the things that china is no longer buying. so that is a massive amount of spending in the short term. chi, they will be hit by supply chain, but long term is probably xwlat greater for china. over the medium term, they are hoping to catch up. if it is cut out of the united states in terms technology access and markets, it may mean that it is harder for china to catch up, know what the global technology standards are and actually grow prosperous. so i would say yes, short term effects on both sides. you've already seen government spending and policies to counteract that, but in the medium term, the u.s. is a rich country and china is a middle income country. so being cut off from the world's biggest market i think

is something that has got it weigh on the mind of chinese policymakers. >> and you talk about the impact on the united states, you talk about farmers. but isn't it the case that many of the places that would be hit hardest are those red states, those trump country states? >> yeah, absolutely. i have no doubt that lot of the focus on farmers and a lot of the focus in terms of the midwest in particular, those are of course key political battlegrounds. we have an election coming up next year and so this is why i think that there was a real expectation in financial markets that there would be a deal. and in fact up until really this past week, there was a sense that because of how china's targeted retaliation was really focused politically, that that might induce a deal. well, that and the fact that it seemed like they were making progress on the enforcement mechanism. because that has always been the

sticking point. which is if the united states doesn't trust chooif doesn't trust china to abide by the agreement, the u.s. wanted to see the changes in law around intellectual property rights protection, making that effective and support a state of ent ent enterprises. and china thinks that if you sign the deal, that is when the negotiations start. so there is a fundamental difference between the two sides. but because of the political imperative to get a daily country before the 2020 election, both sides may have overestimated their willingness of both sides to come to a deal. >> president trump has argued that the tariffs actually bring wealth into the country. but is that misconception? help our view ers to understand where is that money coming from? >> so you certainly do make tax revenues because remember tariffs are just a tax on imports.

so 25% on $200 billion worth of chinese exports to the united states, it will add to the u.s. government's coffers. but the cost in terms of -- think about the cost to the wider economy will be. so for consumers, prices will almost certainly go up if taxes go that high and it encompasses all of chinese imports because that is mostly as we said a half to a third are consumer electronics. and remember china and the u.s. are connected through supply chains. so a lot of margins are really tight, maybe only a few percentage points. so you put a big tax on that, that will add to the cost of companies. when companies find it more expensive to produce, it is not just that they will raise the price of products, they are probably going to have much greater wage pressure, keeping wages down in their factories, maybe even leading to wider

employment effects. so now when you take that into consideration, dampening effect on investment and the u.s. is a mastiff economy, $20 trillion or so, that is probably going to outweigh the tax revenue that immediately comes in from the purchas purchases. and if the tariffs are really going to bite, you may see -- and this is won't things that i'm a bit concerned about -- chinese exports to the u.s. will probably decline because people will start buying other things. that of course will bring down the tax revenues, but that also suggests, you know, there will be distortions in terms of where companies and consumers buy. so of course there are issues around the level playing field. china's markets need to be more open. but i think there is only going to be -- one has to be very realistic about the economic harm that will come from opening up china from using tariffs versus other mean. and to be fair, other means hasn't really worked very well. but we just have to be cognizant

of the cost of doing this and hope for longer term gain if there is structural change in china that really levels the playing field a bit more. >> linda yoynn yueh, thank you r time. and the pentagon says that it is deploying more patriot missiles to the middle east to deter potential iranian attacks. >> the united states insists it does not want war, but it gave switzerland that iran can use to call president trump. any zell compa michelle kosinski has this. >> reporter: now comes word that the u.s. is sending an additional ship as well as a mi region. this is defensive equipment. it is designed to shoot down incoming ballistic missiles.

the defense department isn't saying exactly where these will be placed, but they are saying it is part of countering the current iranian threats. over the last sefrveral days, u. officials have picked up imagery action by iran in the persian gulf of them moving ballistic missiles around on boats. these aren't just any iranian navy boats either. these are assets according to officials of the high level iranian revolutionary guard. so this is seen as not just concerning, but also potentially iran actively planning attacks against u.s. troops and u.s. assets in the region as well as allies. and secretary of state mike pompeo designed this as an imminent threat the other day. so this is the latest u.s. show of force to counter that threat. within defense official told barbara starr that the u.s. is looking for signs that iran is changing its behavior on this and backing off of this threat, but they are just not seeing any sign of that at this point.

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new details about how the trump administration tried to control the fallout from the mueller report. >> sources tell cnn that the white house askedt don mcgahn t state publicly that president trump did not obstruct justice. mcgahn refused and that upset the president. >> according to an administration official and another source, mcgahn had previously told investigators for special counsel robert mueller that he didn't think trump had obstructed justice, but mcgahn and his lawyer didn't believe a statement was necessary since the attorney general william barr had already come out and said trump did not obstruct justice.

in the meantime democrats in the house have subpoenaed the u.s. treasury secretary and the nation's tax chair to turn over the president's tax returns. >> and earlier this week steve mnuchin refused to turn over six years of returns per the house's request. he says there was no legitimate legislative purchase for it and they have until next friday to comply. mr. trump's personal lawyer says he is not going to ukraine after all. >> we're talking about rudy giuliani who had planned to push ukraine to investigate the democratic presidential candidate joe biden and a look into biden's call in 2016 to have a ukranian prosecutor removed. that prosecutor had investigated a natural gas company connected to biden's son. but late friday night giuliani had called off the trip. listen. >> so i've decided i'm not going to go to the ukraine because i

think that i'm walking into a group of people that are enemies of the president, in some cases enemies of the united states and in one case a convicted person found to be involved in assisting the democrats with the 2016 election. >> we should point out it is not clear who giuliani was talking about in that instance. >> let's get perspective on this busy week in washington, we're joined by natasha lindstaedt, professor of government. thanks for being with us. let's get right to it. let's start with the story on rudy giuliani. all set to go to ukraine to investigate mr. biden, but given all the controversy over election meddling, was that trip ever a good idea? >> no, it was a terrible idea from the start. so he made the right decision by backing out of this. there has been constant

accusations that the trump team is entangled with russians and ukranians in ways that would be unsavory and not really particularly helpful to u.s. stability. and so it would be best if the trump administration was able to distance itself from the russians, from the ukrainians and not get mired in this mess. so he made the right decision by backing out of that particular trip. >> cnn has learned that don mcgahn as we mentioned was asked by the white house to say publicly that mr. trump did not obstruct justice. and mcgahn declined that request. why would the white house be so keen on him making that statement? the white house wants -- trump in particular -- wants to prove to the world that he is fully exonerated. i guess it is not enough that barr the attorney general has gone out of his way to exonerate the president in a press conference and through the four page summary and he wants don mcgahn to step up and do the

publicly. this would not be in don mcgahn's interests. he doesn't want to get mired in this mess anymore and he already stated that barr had made the point clear that he doesn't need to get involved in this. but trump demands loyalty from all those who work for him. and so this is another example of him dehe ma manding loyalty r them to be very public in their support for him. >> 30 hours of testimony mcgahn gave to the mueller team. doesn't seem like he wants to give much more chit-chat about all of that at this point. and on another front, subpoenas have been issued for mr. trump's tax returns, but like other issues, the white house doesn't appear to be cooperating. democratic leaders are saying without checks and balances, the u.s. is in a constitutional crisis. how do you see it? >> yeah, i would agree we are definitely in a constitutional crisis and i think there is unprecedented levels of conflict between the executive branch and

the legislative branch like we have never really seen before. and it seems like it will all play out in court battles. if we just look at the fact that barr will likely be held in contempt of congress when they fully vote on that, then it will require a court action, a court order. and then that could get mired in the courts and then end up in the supreme court. and how the courts decide to vote on this is really, really critical about how much executive power the president 1450 have vis-a-vis the legislative branch. and the courts at this time really seem to be leaning pro executive power, and this is in contrast to years past where in the supreme court in 1973 ruled against richard nixon's attempt to exert executive privilege. and we don't really know how the courts will vote on these kinds of issues under trump. it seems to be a completely different court. and then the other issue, it seems like trump's strategy is to really just delay things. we have no idea how long this is

going to take a. if we look back to 2012 when eric holder was held under contempt, he just delayed and the whole matter wasn't settled for another 4 1/2 years. so regarding this whole constitutional crisis, we have real big issues ahead of us and the courts will end up deciding it and we don't know how long it will take. >> so you can kind of understand why the white house is sto stonewalling just to put it off, but it is one thing after another and republicans would say that the democrats are just continuing to fish for things that aren't there. even the former attorney general jeff sessions, remember jeff, said friday, well, this is all just one big squabble. he reduced to that. >> yeah, and i think that is what the republicans have been very adamant about. they don't think that there is really any need to subpoena -- or to get a hold of trump's tax returns. they think this is weaponizing the irs, they feele unredaktded version of theler

report is not necessary to be provided because there is only 10% that is missing. they feel trump has been fully exonerated and they think that the democrats are completely focused on trying to get trump out of power, trying to get access to all these different types of documents that are completely unnecessary. and if you were to look at not just the republican congressmen, but the republican public, voters that are republican, would agree with this, that they think this is just a complete waste of time, very, very partisan, and it is just a sign that u.s. politics has become more polarized than ever. >> but if the white house continues to stonewall and therefore keep a congress allege committee from doing its job of oversight, is that an impeachment offense? democrats have been dancing around that word for some time. >> the democrats are split on this. you have younger members of the house, some of the newer members of the house, that really want to impeach and you also have to look at what their views on this, that they feel that there

have been tons of impeachable offenses, in the mueller report all the instances of obstruction of justice. but the senior members and namely nancy pelosi have said that we need to really make the case to the u.s. public. we really need to not be too aggressive, not incur a huge amount of backlash that could really punish the democrats in 2020 if they overreach. so she is urging for calm and to take their time in proving to the u.s. public that what donald trump has done is truly worthy of being impeached. >> natasha lindstaedt, thanks so much for being with us. >> thanks for having me. the u.s. president says he doesn't think the north korean missile tests are a breach of trust. why he believes his relationship with kim jung-un still has potential. we'll have that ahead plus, gone now, but kendrick castillo

will always be remembered a hero who lunged at a gunman at his school to save fellow students. ahead, we hear from kendrick's parents.

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welcome back to our viewers. this is "cnn newsroom." i'm natalie allen. >> and i'm george howell with the headlines we're following. the trump administration says it is moving forward with tariffs on almost all chinese imports, half a trillion dollars after trade talks with china failed to reach a deal. tariffs rose friday from 10% to 25% on $200 billion of chinese products. now the administration is moving to levy tariffs on an additional

$300 billion. a new revelation about white house efforts to control the fallout from the mueller report. sources saying former white house counsel don mcgahn was asked to publicly state that president trump did not obstruct justice, but mcgahn declined. the new yo"new york times" says happened twice in the past month. >> the u.s. president is minimizing the significance of north korea's latest missile tests, speaking to politico on friday, mr. trump said that he doesn't consider thursday's launches a breach of trust at all because the missiles were short range. he called it a very standard stuff. anna coren is following the story live in hong kong. so it does appear that the response on both sides is measured to maintain this relationship. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. and i guess there is just too much at stake at least at the moment. we have to remember that donald trump is the first u.s. president to sit down with a

north korean dictator and that famous singapore summit last year where there seemed to be a bromance that really began and blossomed between the two leaders. obviously that didn't necessarily continue in vietnam at the hanoi summit earlier this year when trump walked away from those negotiations. obviously america wants north korea to denuclearize and if they tdenuclearize and then the will lift the sanctions that are strangling the economy in north korea. but you have to assume that the rounds of short range missiles that have been fired, the second just a few days ago, second in a week, that kim jung-un is certainly sending a message that he wants america's attention, he wants donald trump's attention and he wants talks to resume. but we heard from donald trump

and while he said that he is not happy with the situation, he said that there is still a relationship but that north korea doesn't appear to be ready to talk at this moment. so sued have you'd have to read the lines and assume that the united states has no intentions of returning to the negotiating table at the present moment. >> anna coren live in honk cog , thank you. now to the u.s. state of colorado and the deadly school shooting. two teenagers suspected of opening fire at the s.t.e.m. school are expected to appear in court next week. the 18 and 16-year-olds are facing murder, attempted murder and possibly other charges. >> within student was killed, and i had oth eight others wounded. kendrick castillo died charging one of the gunmen and he is being remembered a hero.

>> his parents a i thsay they a surprised that he leapt into action. chris cuomo spoke to them earlier. >> how are you handling the situation so far? >> you know, it is an emotional roller coaster. you know, we're fine when we're busy and occupied and there is a lot of that right now. i mean, with meeting people and everyone telling us, you know, what a hero that our son is. and we love that. but you know, not going to lie to you, i wake up in the morning and i sob and i cry and i can't believe that this event has taken place. both of us are heartbroken that, you know, there has been an intricate piece of our lives that has been taken away that we will never get back. >> today would have been his last day of school. what does that mean to you? >> that is true.

i can't even express what that means. it is just a hard cutoff, you know. life stops. it stopped when we found out that his life was taken and he was deceased. all of our everything. we wake up every day. and we thought that he would have a promising future in engineering and going off to college. and we were looking to celebrate, have fun. and it has turned to tragedy. so yeah, that isit for us. life has literally stopped. i mean, our purpose gone away. and i don't know. you know, our only child -- i just don't know, i can't even

express how i feel. i put on a facade to do things like this to talk to people like you, and i try to be brave so i can tell his story, but in the next moment, i'm a wreck and so is my wife. >> it is to be expected. it is to be expected. are you able yet at all to appreciate that while your son is gone, the test of parenting, of what you put inside that kid, has been borne out in a way that most of us never know about our kids or about ourselves, in a moment that was about him choosing whether or not to be for himself or to be for others, he chose being there for others even though he had to know what situation he was putting position in. what does that mean to you as somebody teaching values and teaching what he was about and faith and how to live your life?

>> it is everything to me. you know, it is everything to me that -- you know, let me just say this. when you're raising a child and you're loving him and you spend every moment with them, you are a loving mother like my wife, cooking food, working a hard job to give them whatever they want, and, you know, it is not just the material things, but the attention and creating their favorite dish when they want it, you know, it almost becomes natural that you don't even realize that you are creating such an incredible person as my son. and as i've been telling people today, as i've met, you know, it is community, it is his faith in religion. he's been a catalyst in the schools that he's been in where, you know, it has allowed us to

be part of other people's families and the faculty in these schools. and i just can't say that enough. there is no doubt in my mind that he leaped into action because of all of those things. he knew that he had to protect people he loved, you know, and didn't surprise me or my wife. >> i just wanted to say while i thank you for talking, you are sitting next to your wife, i'm not ignoring maria. i know this is too hard for her to talk about. and that you are the appointed spokesperson for the couple. >> that is correct. my wife is -- i was all in with my son just like my wife, but you know, mother's day is coming up. and a mother has a special bond with her son. and i'm here to tell you, you know, we had friends over of my son's earlier, our house has an open door, you know. we didn't look the door and deep his friends out there and wait for them to come in. they rush in and she feeds them and that is the kind of community that we have.

and her hurt is so deep because, you know, she gives everything to these kids. there comes a time in your life when, you know, things that are personal for us, you know, a beautiful woman buying something for herself becomes less important and she gives it up for her child. and that is my wife, you know. that is what i love about her. >> you're an example of everything that parents hope to be. and i hope you remember that while what happened to your family is so unfair, you did your job, mom and dad. you put somebody in this world that put others before themselves and they didn't do it with their mouth. they did it in a time of crisis in the way that saved lives even if it cost their own. and there is no higher calling of integrity and service than that. so thank you do your own community, and thank you for talking to me about it. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you for giving me the platform for celebrate my son.

you know, these lights will go out, things will go away, but i never want to forget him. >> he should not be forgotten. and parents like me hope that the kids that i'm raising have a little bit in them of what your son was all about. so god bless and the best for you in coping with the pain that is with you now. and i know it won't go anywhere anytime soon. so god bless going forward. >> thank you. >> thank you. i don't know how they were able to do that interview. but given, kendrick castillo, that is his name and he will always be remembered. >> put himself in the line to protect others. we'll be back after this. when we started our business we were paying an arm and a leg for postage. i remember setting up shipstation. one or two clicks and everything was up and running. i was printing out labels and saving money. shipstation saves us so much time. it makes it really easy and seamless.

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faso with the help of u.s. intelligence. they free four hostages, two french men, an american woman and a south korean woman. >> the french soldiers were killed during the raid. melissa bell has this story. >> reporter: tributes have been pouring into the french service men and women involved in overnight rescue in northern burkina faso that allowed for the rescue of four western hostages, two french citizens who had been missing since may 1 when they vanished during a trip to a nature reserve. the two teachers vanished from that trip and had been actively being searched for. they were located say french military sources thanks to help partly from american intelligence. and although the american military weren't directly involved in the overnight operations, that intelligence was crucial. what the french involved had not anticipated when they got to the camp where the hostages were being held is that two other

hostages would be in the group, one american and one south korean who have also now been rescued. we're understanding from french press reports that the group of hostage takers was believed to have been on his way to mali, a country famous for their terror networks, some affiliated to al qaeda, others to the islamic state. and president macron will be welcoming home three of the hostages, the two french citizens and the south korean citizen. we know less about when the american former hostage will be heading home. we know less also about the hostages' identities. sadly of course in that operation two french marines lost their lives. the french authorities say it was an operation that was incredibly complex. melissa bell, cnn, paris. >> melissa, thank you. now to the torrential rain that is battering texas. more than 20 million people in

three states are under flash flood watch and more than 64,000 customers have lost power so far. >> severe weather started drenching houston earlier this week and take a look at this as floodwaters nearly send this manhole cover flying. that shows you how much water they have got. >> let's bring in derrick van -- derek van dam following what is happening there. >> we were both in houston for hurricane harvey some two years ago and some of these images on social media and what you just saw reminiscent of those days. people wading through water, cars trying to navigate some of the flooded streets there. let me take to you some aerial video to show you how extensive this flooding is. of course we didn't receive rainfall totals in excess of 50 inches like we saw with hurricane harvey, but this area has had a tough go to say the least. and the past in hours h24 hours

difficult, streets flooded, water reaching homes and businesses. let me explain what is going on and what is coming next. this is the latest satellite imagery. anytime you see the flare up confection, that is thunderstorms with the shading of purple and orange and it sits over the same area for an extended period of time, that is when we get heavy downpours and flooding and rainfall. rainfall totals over the past five days were topping 8 to 10 inches locally, especially just southwest of the haas ton region. harris county got hit hard. even the surrounding counties saw that as well. we had a train of storms that just lined up over the same areas for about 12 hours starting last night at about 8:00 p.m., right through early friday morning. fortunately those storms have moved on. they have actually moved eastward of the city. we've had a drying trend, but all of our latest computer models indicate more rain is yet to come. we're expecting those showers and thunderstorms to formulator

this afternoformulator -- form later and that is why the flash flood watches have been extended into louisiana and parts of mississippi. you can see that the thunderstorms are lining up across the region later tonight. in fact the weather prediction center has a moderate risk of flooding extending across the area. and this is not just the gulf coast states that have been experiencing flooding lately. we've had this across portions of the midwest over 300 river gauges reporting flooding including the mississippi river. this is satellite imagery. look at this, this is a year ago right along the mississippi river near snoot. louis, you fa forward to just yesterday, and look how expansive the flooding is. we'll play it again. the mississippi and missouri rivers, this is a year ago, this just yesterday. look at the flooding and how expansive it is. it lines the entire mississippi river valley all the way to the gulf coast. >> a huge difference. >> it really is.

okay. colonies on mars and the moon. they would have been pure science fiction just a few years ago, but ambitious billionaires hope to make them a reality. we'll have that next.

it is the final frontier, and the billionaire space race to capitalize is on. >> it is time to go back to the moon, this time to stay. >> there you go. you can move there. amazon founder jeff bezos unveiling his plans to build a base on the moon, his space company blue origin has quietly been designing and testing rocket technologies for two decades. he has been a busy entrepreneur. then there is richard branson. >> it is tremendous what jeff and his team are doing. and yeah, incredibly exciting. i think the exciting thing for the world now is that you have jeff, you have elon, you have

ourselves creating, you know, different approaches to take people into space, to colonize places like the moon in future years. so an incredible new era of space exploration has arrived. >> branson's virgin galactic could be open for business soon operating private flights to outer space. after 15 years, that company is now testing missions, hundreds of customers have already signed up paying up to $250,000 for the high speed trip to space. billionaire elon musk has al been hope about his space businesses touting bold plans for colonizing mars. spacex has created reusable rockets that regularly haul satellites in to orbit. and it has high profile contracts with nasa and the u.s. military. >> all very cool. i'd go to the moon, but i don't

have $250,000. i wonder if you could use miles. >> we'll have to check. in australia, a campaign event for the prime minister was interrupted by a bad egg in the crowd. >> and that is not a metaphor this time. here is jeanne moos. >> reporter: when a protester threw an egg at australia's prime minister, the prime minister exhibited a hard boiled head. the egg just grazed him. though he did have to help up a woman who got knocked to the ground and the egg thrower got knocked verbally as she was led out. it is the second egging in as many honesties in australia. >> when people are getting attacked in their own -- >> reporter: this right wing senator egged by a teen fouts back. the preferred reaction in the u.s. is playing it cool.

like george w. bush did duck position a pair of shoes. >> so what if the guy threw a shoe at me. >> reporter: the same thing happened to hillary. >> cycling about -- what was that, a bat? thank goodness she didn't play softball like i did. >> reporter: someone with similarly bad aim -- >> i mean you have hillary who is a disaster. >> reporter: hurled a tomato at then candidate trump who waved and smiled. but it is hard to smile for a pie in the face. anita bryant campaigned against gays and then got pied by one. >> at least it is a fruit pie. >> reporter: while ann coulter got pied by two. when a protester hit rupert murder to being with a foam filled pie, murdoch's wife in winning whacked the attacker. and when ralph nader was pied, he served it right back.

the shoe was on the other foot. this minor league manager took care not to throw his shoe, instead he raised an armpit in protest. you stink. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> we continue right after this. ] so again, using "para", you're talking about something that is for someone. ♪ pretty good. could listening to audible inspire you to start something new? download audible and listen for a change.

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