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>> announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with robyn curnow. the pentagon says a deadly drone strike carried out during the final stages of the afghanistan evacuation was a tragic mistake. the u.s. now admitting the strike killed ten civilians including seven children. a reversal from weeks of maintaining it was an isis-k fighters threatening another attack on the kabul airport. top u.s. general says he takes full responsibility for getting things so wrong. and it was actually an aide worker whose car was filled with water containers and not explosives. the cnn investigation had already cast doubts on the original narrative and we have more on the admission, and what we're learning about the victims and a warning, some of the footage you're about to see is graphic. >> the u.s. military has admitted that wrong intelligence led to the killing of ten

innocent afghan civilian, including seven children. following a drone strike in kabul, almost three weeks ago, on what they thought at the time was an isis-k situation. they killed a 43-year-old aid worker and father of seven, who they admit had no affiliation whatsoever to any terror network. cnn carried out an investigation speaking to more than two dozen people including family members, colleagues and bomb experts, reviewing footage and retracing zamurai's steps that day, raising serious doubts about the u.s. military's version of events. the commander called it a mistake offering his sincere and profound condolences to the family. he said they had received 60 different intelligence reports of an imminent attack on hamid

karzai international airport, they had monitoring intelligence from an isis safehouse. the attack came days after an attack on the airport when a suicide bomber killed 13 service members and 170 afghans. based on what was said was a good lead they followed his car as he went about his daily routine believing he was loading explosives into the car, when he in fact was lifting containers of water into his vehicle. when he pulled into his family compound, a u.s. official with knowledge of the operation told cnn that the drone operators watched the car for four to five minutes before taking the shot. then they realized there were three children in the compound. we have now learned that with further analysis, the u.s. admits there were even more children in the vicinity of drone strike. a total of seven children were killed, three were toddlers. general mckenzie says there will be a review of policies and

procedures that led to the strike that took the lives of ten innocent civilians and they are looking at compensation for the family. cnn, hong kong. let's talk more about this with arwa damon, following the story for us from turkey, hi, arwa, afghans certainly felt abandoned by the u.s. before this, and what impact does this admission now have? >> reporter: i would be quite surprised to find out that it is necessarily, that it has necessarily had that much of an impact. what afghanistan is going through right now is tragedy being compounded by tragedy, and hardly the first time that the u.s. ended up killing civilians in a drone strike that america claims was intended for some sort of a terrorist target. this is something that afghans sadly have had to deal with, have not been able to fight against, for the better part of the last 20 years. no matter what the security situation in the country was.

but to have this sort of a strike killing innocent civilians, killing children, just as the u.s. was evacuating its own from kabul airport, i mean that has just got to be a bitter feeling, but what's been quite striking, that while we've been here, we have been talking to a number of afghans and we've been asking them if they're angry at america and they said that no, they're not angry, yes, they feel betrayed but their overwhelming emotion isn't anger, it is just this deep, deep, deep sense of sorrow and questioning why it is that this had to end up being their fate. >> thank you for reporting on that. and let's talk about what is happening in afghanistan day by day. i mean it seems the speed at which this is happening, the situation with afghan women and girls is changing and not for the better, let's just say.

>> let's take a look at what happened in the last 24 hours. we have that announcement by the taliban saying that boys, only boys from six to 12th grade, along with males, only male teachers should go back to school. no word on what would happen to female students. and cnn spoke to a 16-year-old student in kabul who was absolutely gutted. she was talking about how she just saw her future, her dreams evaporate in front of her, talking on the phone with her other female classmate, all of them in tears. this generation, they don't know what it's like to be deprived of the basic right of an education, simply because they are female. the afghan ministry for womens affairs no longer exists. that is not entirely surprising. but in its place, the signage on top of the ministry right now is

the ministry of vice and virtue. this is a ministry that was arguably the most feared 20 years ago, when the taliban was last in power. this is effectively the moral police. this is a ministry that was responsible for violations of the taliban's rules, ranging from things like a woman displaying too much of her wrist, or people listening to music, to men's beards not being the correct length. this is the ministry that carried out the public floggings, the public executions, the stonings that we saw taking place 20 years ago. so if you are a girl or a woman in afghanistan right now, your very worst fears are on the brink of being realized. >> thanks for the update there, arwa damon in turkey. the bide dmangs is scrambling right now to contain a political fire storm with france over a new security deal

between australia, the u.s. and the u.k. that agreement cost france a $65 billion contract to supply diesel powered submarines to australia. paris has now taken the extraordinary step of sending sbas dors -- ambassadors and the partnership remains healthy. >> france in particular is a vital partner on this and so many other issues. stretching back generations, and we want to find every opportunity to deepen our trans-atlantic cooperation, in the indo-pacific and around the world. >> we have now from paris with more on the french reaction. which is pretty angry to say the least. >> reporter: i would say so, in fact we have to go back a long time to find something equivalent. perhaps the crisis over suez, in the '50s, you really can't spot

a time when this kind of seriousness has taken place, did the degradation of the relationship between france and the united states. in fact, some people are saying that it probably has never happened, if they recall the ambassadors like this among allies. this is usual lit kind of thing we do with enemies. . anyone way what tony blinken is saying there, part of what the french are feeling is a betrayal, and blinken among others has a real connection to france. he grew up here. he speaks french. the french i think thought all along he could be kind of at least protecting their interests in the united states, when he became secretary of state. but of course, that hasn't happened. this deal between the united states and the strategic alliance they have now struck up with australia and britain goes back months. it was negotiated, first negotiated i think back in march or april, and as a consequence, over this time, the u.s. and other partners have done a lot

to kind of keep it secret. and i think that's part of what the french are feeling, a sense of betrayal, but also the monetary aspect of this. this is a loss of $65 billion deal for the submarines. and i think that, you know, in some ways it's, that sense, that's being played out here, and the kind of reaction of the french. >> thanks so much, live in paris, thanks very much. jim bittermann there, thank you. benjamin hadad, a senior director of the european center of the atlantic council and joins me now from washington. great to have you on the show, benjamin. so is france having a hissy fit? is paris having a temper tantrum? why are they acting like this? >> well, it's not a temper tantrum. this is a serious diplomatic crisis between allies. you know, this contract was much more than just a commercial deal. i think for frce, it would be

the underpinning of france's presence in the indo-pacific. it's part of a larger shift in the last years. france was one of the two european countries conducting freedom of navigation operations in the south china sea. it's a key player in the region. it has developed deep relationships with countries like australia, like japan, and india, and so you know, seeing australia conduct this negotiation in an extremely secretive way, with this new alliance with the united kingdom in such a way, has been really a shock for french policy makers, especially when it comes from an administration, the biden administration that has signaled its attention to work with allies to confront a more assertive china. >> what the bide dmangs has done, a hard brutal truth, they have weighed up allies and

strategically it likes like australia is the more valuable ally when it comes to the alliances. >> i don't think it was an either or. the biden administration says it wants to work with the european union, with european allies in the indo-pacific. this was the day that the u.s. was supposed to release the indo pacific strategy. and we saw it with europeans as well, with japan and new zealand and australia in the region, so it is really surprising that the administration at the very least did not bring in paris as well as the united kingdom and australia in this new arrangement. this is, in the strategic competition, i think it is an asset to have as many allies as possible, so the sleights of paris here i think is really difficult to understand. >> this is both a strategic decision and it involves nuclear submarines and australia and the u.s. are both saying they felt it was better for australia,

given where it is positioned, geographically, to have the u.s., u.k. submarine technology, not the french technology, because the french technology was not as sophisticated. wasn't as quiet. perhaps didn't allow for more stealth ways surprising china, they felt like this was also a commercial decision based on on what the french were offering, and then decided it wasn't good enough. >> it's not what the french were offering. it is actually the contract that was signed a few years ago, when you had a bid for these submarines, you had an open bid, it was a very tough competition at the time, between different bidders, and australians chose the french option. the french carry nuclear propelled submarines, it is under the australian request that they were converted, in this case, into diesel submarines, especially because of strong public opinion that opposed the nuclear option i think at the time. so it is a strange argument that

is being made to explain that they should take the nuclear propelled submarines on the american side. now what is true, it is clear, there is, i think, an understandable imperative from australia that feels more threatening to china and that has been a more assertive threat in the last few years, and the desire to build deeper ties with the united states, which is obviously seen as a primary strategic actor in the region, is understandable. i think coming from the united states, what is more surprising is why there wasn't an approach, a more contained approach with paris in the last few months, and bring in the french and build something more multilateral. >> do you feel this was all signaled over more than a decade that the shift from europe and old partners towards asia was inevitable, and that this surprise is misguided? >> yeah, i think that's true. i think there is maybe more

coming from the european side, and the focus on asia, on china, the downgrading of europe, that we've seen over the last few administrations, this is something that is continuing. i think europeans are realizing slowly that maybe donald trump was not so much an aberration, he was an aberration in style, but he was also an accelerator of previous trends that continue beyond him, and it is not only a force, the question of this deal, we've seen european allies, especially germany, and the united kingdom, were very frustrated at the lack of consultation over the afghanistan withdrawal this summer, we see the travel ban on the europeans that is still in place, even though the europeans have a higher vaccination rate today than the united states. so i think europeans will have to draw consequence, the united states is still a key ally, i think there is no doubt about this but at least step up, prop up their own defense capabilities and have the ability to defend their interest on their own if necessary.

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welcome back. vaccine advisers to the u.s. food and drug administration have voted against recommending a third dose of the pfizer vaccine for most americans. instead the committee is recommending a booster shot for only people over 65 years of age, and older, and those with higher risk of severe covid. now, the fda and the centers for disease control and prevention must still give it's professional. the cdc advisory committee is scheduled to meet next week. while many americans could soon receive a booster shot, this recommendation is short of the biden administration's ambitious rollout plan, as jeff zeleny now reports. >> reporter: the fda on friday dealing a blow to president

biden's plan to provide booster shots to americans of all ages. the fda voting on friday to allow only 65 years and older patients to get those booster shots. this is at odds with what the president himself said only weeks ago. calling for the availability of booster shots for people of all ages. it was a very contentious fda meeting. they said there simply is not the evidence that supports the idea of younger people getting booster shots. clearly, the biden administration wanted to change the topic here of coronavirus. they're trying to fight this pandemic and getting booster shots was one of of the ways they hoped to do it. really following in the line of israel and other countries that have adopted booster shots. but a question also is the availability of vaccines for the rest of the world. now, unclear if that was part of the fda's decision or not, but they said there simply is not the medical evidence that says that younger americans should be vaccinated. so the president clearly reeling, going into this

weekend, he's spending the weekend at his beach home in rehobeth, delaware, clearly stung by this fda decision. really upends their argument for trying to send more vaccinated people into the country this fall. but clearly the white house also focusing on the unvaccinated. more than 70 million americans still have not received their first shot, so that of course, and the white house is trying to turn their attention to. but there is no doubt the fda decision was a blow to their plans and certainly not what they expected. jeff zeleny, cnn, the white house. and for those who do contract the virus, we're learning more about what is called long covid. a new cdc study found one-third of its participants experienced symptoms of long term covid. that means they reported at least one covid symptom two months after first testing positive for the virus. the study also found higher rates among women, african-americans, those over 40 and people with pre-existing conditions. common symptoms included fatigue, and loss of taste and

smell. meanwhile, a team of arkansas researchers have identified a possible cause of this long covid. they say an antibody that appears weeks after initial infection attacks and disrupts a key regulator of the immune system. dr. john arthur is the chief of the nephrology division at the school of medicine at the university of arkansas and joins me now from little rock. doctor, great to have you on the show. thanks for joining us. i'm fascinating to learn what you have potentially discovered here. >> yes, what we found is that there is an antibody against one of our own proteins in patients that have been infected with the coronavirus. that protein is called ace-2, and it's important in regulating the balance of the control of the immune system. so it makes a lot of sense that it could potentially be one of

the causes of long covid. >> and when does this happen? it doesn't necessarily happen when you get infected with covid, does it? >> no, in fact, we think it would take a little while, probably two, at least two or three weeks, and first, you have to form an antibody against the coronavirus, and only after you have that antibody against the coronavirus, then would you be able to form this antibody which recognizes your h 2 protein. >> what happens? so basically your body is reacting to itself? >> it is. that's right. this is an auto antibody that reacts against yourself. >> and why does that cause long covid then? >> well, so this part is really speculation. that what we think is happening is that that antibody interferes with this enzyme called ace 2. ace 2 is really interesting, because it is actually, ace 2 is

the way that the virus gets into the cell in the first place. for the person, for you and me, ace 2 is an enzyme. it converts one hormone into another hormone, but for the virus, it sees it as a reseptemberer that it combines to and then get into the cell. . the reason that protein is important is because that converts a hormone call ando tension one and then seven. and the first one activates the immune system and the second one decreases the activity in the immune system. so when you inhibit this enzyme, it leads to a buildup in the anti-tension 2, and increased activation of the immune system. >> why does that create things like brain fog or exhaustion or headaches or these really tough

neurological situations that many people live with, not only just getting the taste buds back, that people with long covid are struggling with? >> we think it is because when the immune system is activated, it is able to interfere with these things and there is actually a lot of examples of that, of the immune system being activate and causing things like fatigue, loss of concentration, so what we found is that there's this antibody that could be responsible for that link. and that's really what we are looking for, is what's the link between the infection and what happens after the infection, and then these long-term symptoms. and we don't know for sure yet. we still have some research to do, to figure it out, but it looks like at least this fits. everything could be responsible but because of the increase in this antibody. >> does this mean then that you could help treat people with long covid? because there's so many millions and millions of people around the world watching right now and thinking does this potentially

help me? >> that's our goal. unfortunately, we're not there yet. we've got several steps to go to figure out first of all, if this antibody really is the cause of long covid, but if it is, then, and if it does work by activating the immune system, there's several potential places where treatments could work. >> such as? >> well, so at the level of the receptors, so when you have an increase in this hormone, there's a receptor that that works at. so for instance, blockers of that receptor could potentially be useful. now, i want to stress that people shouldn't go out and take these things because we really just don't know, and they lower your blood pressure, and all drugs can potentially have

risks, but if we're right, that could potentially be a mechanism that we could treat people with. >> so all of these little steps working to help so many people who are struggling with long haul covid symptoms, really appreciate all of the work you're doing, doctor, thanks for joining us at cnn. >> my pleasure. turning to europe now, and you can see from this map that covid is taking a toll on the eastern part of the continent, and several countries have been able to open up to international visitors. the tourism industry is praising the u.k. government's plan to relax its international travel rules in england, it doesn't cover scotland, wales or northern ireland, and nina santos explains. >> the coronavirus containment plan for later in the year, the government has also promised to update travelers on the restrictions they face to enter the u.k. those are going to be simplified october 4th and there will be

countries coming off the red list in the u.k. a list of nations that are deemed risky in terms of the prevalence of covid-19 and as such people who enter these shores from those nations have to go into an immediate mandatory quarantine period in a hotel. that will no longer be the case with turkey, mall dives, bangladesh and kenya. and good news for travelers fully vaccinated against covid, with both of their shots, they will no longer have to take a test before departing upon their journey. they will still have to test upon their return but the government is also trying to make that simpler and also more cost effective, too. with plans to remove the current requirements for polymerase chain reaction, or pcr test on day, two a more sophisticated and expensive and more accurate covid-19 test and replacing that with a much cheaper lateral flow test instead. now this has been greeted by the

airline and the hospitality sector with glee. they have been pummelled over the course of the pandemic by these restrictions that are being imposed upon travelers to the u.k. they say it was the shot in the arm that the industry needed and it could make a real impact straight-away. these rules will be changing before a crucial travel period which is the half time holiday for school children across england and it reflects the fact that there is larger amount of immunity against covid-19 in this country with eight in ten adults here having been vaccinated in some form against the virus, and with plans to roll out the vaccination program to the next target group, which is 12 to 15-year-olds, who as of this week, the government recommended would be eligible to get one shot of a pfizer vaccination. nina dos santos, cnn in london. still ahead on cnn, barriers surround the u.s. capitol once again eight months after rioters

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you are looking here at live pictures of capitol hill, where police are on high alert just hours before a far right wing rally in support of the january 6th insurrectionists. only about 700 people are expected to attend. but authorities say they are not taking any chances. dc police will be fully activated with the dc national guard on standby, in case of emergency. also, temporary fencing has been

put up around the capitol complex. we spoke with homeland security with the upcoming rally and here is some of what was said. take a listen. >> i think people are rightly concerned that this encourages people to come, again, it is a ridiculous effort to kind of overturn the election. let's remember, police officers died and were seriously injured for politicians who claim to be supporters of the police, overlooking police being killed, or otherwise being seriously injured, is a real deep contradiction. so i think this is not a good message. i do think though that there's now word getting out that perhaps some of the right wing groups will stay away because they're afraid they may wind up actually getting trapped. >> and we're also learning new details about concerns some capitol police officers had about their own colleagues on january 6th including one officer who was reported to the

fbi for disclosing a secret location where lawmakers were sheltering during the riot. here is jessica schneider with more on that. >> reporter: cnn getting a glimpse at more than a dozen documents that show how complaints poured into an internal tip line after january 6th, where officers reported other officers for concerning behavior. in fact, one long time friend of an officer reported his concerns to the fbi. the friend later telling capitol police, i don't want to report a friend of 40 years, but he says enough concerning statements that i feel like i need to do they has just fallen into this cult and believes it sent alarm bells off that we casually give that info, this friend accused the officer of repeatedly talking about conspiracy theories of but also of revealing to him in conversation a secret location where lawmakers were whisked away to on january 6th. to be clear, the officer is not accused of revealing that secret location to any rioters, but the officer, since he revealed it in

conversation, now has a disciplinary investigation from capitol police investigators. these documents still have in the been released publicly by capitol police. but they tend to show a department divided after january 6th. at least one officer was disciplined for taking selfies with pro-trump rioters. and other complaints that came in accused fellow officers of not taking enough action to stop the rioters, or maybe even seeming sympathetic to them, one officer reported a high-ranking supervisor for telling officers not to wear riot gear. and seeming to hang back and watch when the rioters stormed the capitol. that officer writing, in this email, i have serious concerns that one of the officers assigned to the capitol division may have assisted the insurrection attempts through passive inaction. the officer has been rather vocal in the past about his support of trump but little was thought of it until the examples

i observed. no information whether this officer was eventually disciplined but awful these documents and details shed like what is happening inside the capitol police force on january 6th and it gives a glimpse of how the department became somewhat splintered in the aftermath. jessica schneider, cnn, washington. >> thanks, jessica. we are keeping our eye on capitol hill. we are looking ahead to the g-7 summit later on today in the u.k. the speaker of the house of commons has been talking to cnn about threats to democracy, especially in light of that riot, and the terror attack four years ago near britain's houses of parliament. in london, breaking news coming into cnn, the british parliament is in lockdown. >> members of congress are being evacuated. wearing gas masks. >> at a time when democracy is under attack, the fight for political freedoms around the

world, made more relevant than ever. >> if we don't have democracy, what have we got? dictatorship? that is never the answer. so the ballot box has to be the answer to the future. >> the speaker and highest authority of the british house of commons is hosting nancy pelosi and other counterparts for the first in-person g-7 speaker summit since the pandemic began. top of the agenda, how to keep democracies open to the public they serve while protecting politicians from abuse, threats, and terrorism. >> the tragic situation, carrying out the duty, on the streets of the constituency, murdered by a right wing fundamentalist. that was the real shock. >> we saw the attack on parliament. i never ever want to live through that again. it was so tough that day.

policemen on the cobbles of parliament, something i never want to see again. we've seen the attack in canada. and we've seen the attack on capitol hill. mob rule. >> this is homegrown terror. and a version of revection of the values that you -- a rejection of the values that you describe. how do you combat that? >> exchanging knowledge and understanding of how you deal with it, how do you mitigate that threat, and make sure that democracy survives. and that's what it's going to be, it's about the future. >> online trolling and harassment is another issue for the summit, and worrying that it will deter the next generation of politicians. >> women mps get the worst of it, the worst blustnt of that gs to ethnic mps as well and the fact that they feel real threats of violence against them, that is unacceptable. >> when an mp says to me, i don't feel safe, my family must come first, i know we need to do

more. >> it comes after the g-7 summit which saw u.s. president biden re-establish american links with long-time allies. the speaker summit is taking place in the hometown of england, a symbolic scene for the u.k./u.s. ties. >> there are a lot of remarks about the relationship and whether or not did it exist, did it ever exist, is it a fantasy? what can do you in your relationship with speaker pelosi to try and make sure that relationship is as healthy as possible? >> it is, and i always believe, we have a special relationship, and as i say, i wish that relationship started with everyone. and not many can be shoulder to shoulder, the first world war, the second world war, in korea, and afghanistan as well. you know, the fact is, there's no bigger bond than that. standing shoulder to shoulder.

>> bianca nobilo, cnn, london. coming up on cnn, late-breaking developments in the search for gabby pepito, the young florida woman who went missing after a road trip with her fiance. the very latest when we come back. it's actually d-con. what was that? jujudy? d-con. mice love it to death. when you really need to sleeep you reach for the really good stuff. new zzzquil ultra helps you sleep better and longer when you need it most. it's non habit forming and powered by the makers of nyquil. new zzzquil ultra. when you really really need to sleep.

we have each other right now and we're keeping each other up. remaining strong. you know, we have our moments. we're human. but we're still focused on what we need to do and that's to find her. and we're determined to do that. >> that was gabby pepito's stepfather jim smith earlier with our chris cuomo, the 22-year-old went on a cross-country trip with her fiance brian laundrie and hasn't been seen since. laundrie is now a person of interest. authorities are searching for him and a few hours ago his family called police to his home in florida and told them they

haven't seen him in days. athena jones has the latest. >> reporter: as the search for grabz, missing for weeks -- gabby pepito, missing for weeks, continues in wyoming, and petito's family pleads with her fiance brian laundrie telling them where he last saw gabby. >> we want her to find first. and she is like a sister and my children love her and all i want is to haver come home and this is a big misunderstanding. >> she is a mother and she's got kids so i'm hoping that the pleas and and the begging, and the community and the, you know, entire damn planet knock some sense into her. >> petito and laundrie had been traveling cross-country for months in the white transit van. >> it rained all afternoon

yesterday. >> they documented their journey on social media. including youtube. >> the chocolate melted. >> it's a river of chocolate. >> you can't keep chocolate in utah. in the in july. >> the family last heard from from her in late august, they believe she was last in the grand teton yellow stone area of wyoming. according to a lawyer with the family, gabby spoke august 24th on face time says she was leaving utah and heading to the tetons she was last seen checking out of fairfield inn and suites, and her mom exchanged multiple texts on august 25th and august 27th. the last text from gabby pepito was august 30th but her family doubts she wrote it, it read, no service in yosemite. the family hasn't said why they're convinced gabby didn't

send it or who they believe did. the van was found at the home they shared with his family in forth pord florida. he returned there alone september 1st without reporting her missing. laundrie officials say is not cooperating with police. petito's family reported her missing on september 11th. >> we have never spoke an word with brian. >> weeks earlier on august 12th, police in moab city, utah, were called to a possible disorderly conduct situation, captured in this body camera video. >> what's going on here? >> we've been fighting. personal issues. >> describing the police report as confused and emotional and manic. >> don't text each other. >> the officer's suggestions the two separated for the night. one of the officers concluding the situation was the result of a mental health crisis. no charges were filed. northport police say they don't know what if anything the

incident had do with petito's disappearance. a lawyer for the laundrie family said earlier this week they would not be commenting. gabby pepito's stepfather begging for information from brian laundrie. >> you need to do it now. stop waiting. >> at this point, multiple law enforcement agencies are investigating gabby pepito's disappearance including several fbi field offices. meanwhile police in northport florida, are asking anyone who sb interacted with or saw brian or gabby or their van to get in touch. athena jones, cnn, new york. the legal battle has come to an end on los angeles, the frail california millionaire was convicted of first-degree murder of his best friend susan berman more than 20 years ago. with the alleged involvement, a sensational documentary "the

jinx" on hbo and prosecutors say she was killed before talking about the investigation of the unsolved disappearance of the first wife kathleen. and investigators say he confided that he killed kathleen. something he denied. the first all civilian crew is gearing up to return to earth. what the space-x team has been doing during their orbit when we come back.

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some news from near earth orbit, the all civilian space-x crew is zipping around earth as we speak, getting ready to splash down in florida later today. kristin fisher tells us what the crew has been up to. >> space-x's crew is enjoying the final few hours in orbit. they lifted off from the kennedy space center on wednesday evening, in a space-x falcon 9 rocket and crew dragon capsule and have been orbiting the earth ever since then, at an altitude, even higher than the international space station. and on friday afternoon, we really got our first taste of what exactly they had been doing up in orbit.

they held a live stream with anybody who wanted to watch. thousands tuned in. and we found out that they've been conducting scientific experiments, medical experiments, they've also been painting and drawing, playing the ukulele, and enjoying being weightless and taking in the expansive views of planet earth. and space-x even designed their own 360 degree cupola to take in these views of planet earth, as they orbit the earth. and they're expected to do that about 50 times over the course of this three-day trip, the orbit, the first all civilian trip to orbit of the next thing we're watching for, splash down. that is expected to take place shortly after 7:00 p.m. eastern time, on saturday. and the capsule is quite literally going to splash down, with the assistance of big parachutes, somewhere off the coast of florida, and then the crew will be taken back to the kennedy space center. and what this all means is it's

really the first time that nasa has had to relinquish control during a crew launch from the kennedy space center. this is the very first time that no professional astronauts are on board, and it raises the question of just how long it's going to be before the opportunity to go into orbit is opened up to even more people than just the crew of inspiration 4. kristin fisher, cnn, cape carnival. >> thank you for that. i'm robyn curnow, thanks for joining us the past two hours, you can join us on twitter and instagram @robyn curnowcnn. the news continues. think wearing less makeup means no need for a wipe?

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