welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. ahead on "cnn newsroom," new reflations about a deadly drone strike in kabul that killed ten civilians, including seven children. cnn speaks to the family mourning their loved ones. plus, a plea when it comes to pregnant women and the covid vaccine and the grim figures that back it up. and they're back on earth.

crew members of inspiration 4 return home after their historic three-day mission. a warning from the cia came too late to stop a u.s. air strike that killed ten afghan civilians last month. according to three sources, the intelligence agency warned there were likely civilians in the area and possibly children just seconds before the missile hit. the strike followed a suicide bombing that killed 13 u.s. troops and scores of afghans at the kabul airport, but the pentagon now admit is no one in the car was linked to isis-k, calling the air strike a mistake. cnn's nic robertson has been speaking to the relatives of those killed and he filed this report from kabul. >> this is a lot of children --

>> this is part of the children up here? >> reporter: yeah. >> ahmaudi shows me his shattered house. >> reporter: it's heartbreaking now to see this now and know that they say it was just a mistake. no one has had the heart to clean it up since the drone strike three weeks ago. >> my cute daughter that died, she was so lively for me. i remember all of them. >> reporter: the pentagon's late admission, though, that his brother, zemarai was not an isis terrorist, something positive. >> people targeting us because of that, so happy about this. >> but he still has questions. five children, he says, were inside the car when it was hit.

>> does the u.s. know that there were children inside the car, why do they target an innocent person? a civilian person? >> reporter: so far, they say, they've had no calls from u.s. officials, are hoping for help to rebuild, even relocate to america. >> can you forgive them? >> maybe. but, you know, i lost my family. who return them back for us? >> reporter: that's impossible. >> that's impossible. no one save us to return them back. >> reporter: to the world, this is a drone strike gone wrong. for the ahmadi family, it's an irreplaceable loss. another brother, remal, shows me the family's graves, scattered in the unforgiving rocky ground of a dusty kabul cemetery. his own three children, daughter, fazad, 8, sons, 15 and

19, all killed in the strike, buried here, too. >> what do you want for the person that's responsible? his answer, justice. the drone operators should go to court. for now, prayers and the acknowledgement of their family's innocence their only solace. nic robertson, cnn, kabul, afghanistan. >> cnn's sam kiley reported from afghanistan during the u.s. withdrawal and joins us now live from abu dhabi. sam, the family's pain so evident to see there. as we heard in that report, they want justice. any chance they'll get it? i mean, this is far from the first deadly mistake like this by the u.s. military. any sense that there will be accountability this time? >> reporter: well, right across the last 20 years of nato campaigning, not just in afghanistan, but in neighboring pakistan, too, there have been

hundreds, in fact, thousands and thousands of civilian casualties, not just from drone strikes, but from bigger air strikes, from heavier weapons, ordinance dropped from aircraft, and of course, people killed on the ground during combat operations, particularly in densely populated areas like helmand. i've seen for myself over the period of that coverage, there have occasional been exgraeatia payments paid by units out of the ground, right through to court cases launched particularly by foreign nationals against the united states, the united kingdom in particular, for foreigners killed in these sorts of operations. it's very haphazard, kim. it's a very complex process. there have been hints from the pentagon coming by way of compensation to this family. but no response from the family on there. and they haven't been contacted

as they've been reported, as how they might go about after seeking compensation. whether that amounts to justice, of course, is a very open question. and i don't think there's any real question, that these sorts of strikes, that the heavy civilian death toll that has occurred at the hands of the nato operation, of course, an operation led by the united states, has inevitably fueled across that region yet more recruits going into the taliban and other militant groups. it mercifully does not appear to be the case at all with this family, with them saying that they would like to emigrate to the united states, at least some of them. but in many, many other cases, in intelligence reports and human rights groups have been reporting on this for two decades now. when these incidents happen, very frequently, you get a surge, a spike in recruitment to extremist groups, kim. >> yeah. adding to the tragedy there. sam kiley, thanks so much.

appreciate it. well, the taliban are sticking to their line that girls will be allowed to go to school this time. some girls in kabul headed back to primary school saturday as the taliban ordered classes to resume, but secondary schools are reopening their doors only to boys. and so far, there's no mention when girls of that age will return to classrooms. our nic robertson pressed the taliban spokesman to explain w why. >> schools have started, boys in the grade 6 to grade 12 have been invited, but not girls. and we were told that there would be education for girls, up to higher education. so what's happening? >> translator: well, we are in the process to have laying the groundwork since girls from grades 6 up to 12 need secure transportation. and also, there are certain rules for their class and lessons that must be observed, so that they could be safe. we are working on this. and the process would get completed. and they will be allowed. we do have girls at universities

continuing their education, both in private and government-funded universities, but from grades 6 to 12, we are in the process of laying the groundwork. work is being done on a process in this regard. >> reporter: for more on this, we're joined by fashtani and not disclosing her location for security reasons. so we just heard there, the taliban tells cnn that girls will be allowed to study, just not right now. that sounds a little bit like the arguments the taliban used the last time they were in power. >> thank you for having me. i was just listening to the same report. i wonder, what sort of transportation arrangement are they inventing that has not been in place for the past two

decades. that they are going to be putting in place now, which is not needed by boys, from grade 7 to grade 12, but is needed for girls grades 7 through 12. and when you were not in power, how did that work out? the mere reason of saying -- excusing transportation as a way to sabotage girls' education and lives is not a good excuse. they need to come up with better ones. the second thing is, when they say, okay, we're going to make it more safe or whatever, schools were safe. the only thing that was standing in between school safety and girls was you attacking the schools or other terrorist groups. so we have to understand, when we talk about education, when we talk about girls, they should feel more safe now that the war is over, that the taliban are in power, and that there's no cross-party war going on. so how are they justifying that right now? i don't understand.

what sort of security? what do girls need security now from? >> i'm wondering how are girls reacting to all of this in afghanistan? >> i personally am in touch with my students. the reason that we don't see it as like, you know, something that we didn't saw it coming. we knew that this was going to come. they're going to find excuses. the fact that nobody wants to like -- iyou know, i don't want to put the word "ban," because it will enable them to make it -- you know, make it ban. so for us, it's like girls right now, they knew this is going to happen. now the reason is, who is going to stand up for those rights? who's going to make sure that girls go back to school? who's going to make sure they don't waste another six months or six years, like they did the last time they were in power. that's how we want to react right now. we need solutions, we need a timeline, we need a deadline. that by this date, girls can go back to school. you already wasted their three weeks and you're in the process

of wasting their fourth week, which is one month. and not every girl can grasp algebra and circles and properties of circles in just one month. not everybody has that mental capacity. so they just need to go back to school. that's all i'm asking right now. >> you said, who's going to support these girls? i read that some boys decided to stay home in solidarity with the girls. how important will support from boys and men be in trying to fight for quality under the taliban? >> i appreciate that there is at least a campaign that says, my son won't if my daughter doesn't go school. but taliban are okay with that. they're okay if you don't send your son to school. they don't care if your son is graduating high school or not. we need to push for measures that work, which means we need to ask the international community, they are giving all of that aid, you are supporting them in a sense. why don't you ask them to let

the girls go back to school. why can't we ask them a simple question? why is there no consensus on letting girls go to school in a whole group. it is a moderate group that wants to send them to school and then there is another group that's not okay with that, because that like loses the whole momentum. so you have to understand, are we at war with girls from class 7 to class 12? is that the enemy that they want to pick right now? is that what they want to do right now? and they're coming up with excuses for that? >> widening this out a little bit, you know, in kabul, it was quite a striking symbol, the building that housed the women's affair ministry has been converted to the ministry for the propagation of virtue and the ministry meant to help women now turned into one that will repress them. has that already started, besides what you're seeing in schools. >> for me, i'm going to be

ho honest. for me, things like work rights, educational rights are more important. and i see a lot of deimprgress that. for me, the workers' rights, when they say our fighters will like, you know, will know how to behave with the women, then women can come back. what is timeline for that? and how does he know that this is the perfect solution, you know? that women won't be in the future. how does he know that there is a transportation solution that is going to let the girls go to school perfectly and safely? how did girls and women manage to go back to their work and schools the past two decades, even though the schools were attacked. those things are important. right now, ministries, whatever they are doing, that's a political crisis and we immediate to see how we move forward before we move forward with schools and workplace. and then we can talk about the political ministries and all of that. for me right now, the 50% of my country is sitting at home, not

learning. that's more important. >> yeah, you talk about moving forward. we don't have much time left, but i did want to ask you this. you vowed to -- i'm going to quote you here. it doesn't matter if the taliban are in power or not, girls will continue to learn. how are you going to try to make that happen? >> we already have come up with a solution. we are supposed to be sending in satellites that are going to cost very less and every time you go to a connected device, you will land on a page, which is translated and you can continue learning in microbites and microlearning. so we already have that solution in place. but it's time for taliban to realize that learning is not a crime. and they need to move forward with accepting women as part of afghanistan. it's not just their country. it's country for everyone. we of course have solutions in place, but it's high time for them to realize that they're not the only ones entitled to afghanistan.

>> listen, what you're doing takes tremendous courage and we wish you the best of luck and to stay safe to you and all of your students. thank you so much for joining us. really appreciate it. all right. still ahead, doctors in mississippi are pleading with pregnant women to get the vaccine as covid deaths rise among mothers-to-be. and we'll hear from a doctor about why it's been so hard to get more pregnant women vaccinated. stay with us. because we were created for officers. but as we've evolved with the military, we've grown to serve all who've honorably served. no matter their rank, or when they were in. a marine just out of basic, or a petty officer from '73. and even his kids. and their kids. usaa is made for all who've honorably served and their families. are we still exclusive? absolutely. and that's exactly why you should join. with directv stream, i can get live tv and on demand... together. watch:

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as well. the reality of just how dangerous covid can be is unfolding right now in mississippi. the state is coming off a peak that saw an average of 3,500 new cases per day. even now, that number is hovering close to 2,000 a day. and since late july, at least eight pregnant women in mississippi have died from covid. officials say none of them were fully vaccinated. the state is also investigating dozens of stillbirths among women infected with the virus. health officials describe the situation as a tragedy. >> throughout the course of the pandemic, we have lost 15 moms to covid-19 during their pregnancy. very much a tragedy. but of that number, eight of them have been lost since the end of july. and so, really important to consider the risk that pregnant women might have when it comes to covid-19. it can be deadly for moms. and make sure folks remember, we

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same thing. a lot of tragedy. pregnant women are filling up our intensive care units. our hospitals are overloaded. we're seeing about a 22 times greater risk of dying for pregnant women that contract covid-19. about a 60% higher risk of preterm birth. and some of those babies do very poorly in the intensive care unit. this is a very sad situation that we have on our hands right now. >> and the cause of this. i mean, pregnant women have one of the lowest vaccination rates in the united states, according to the cdc. only about a quarter of pregnant women, 18 to 49, have got at least one of the vaccine dose compared to the national average for that age group, which is about 61%. why is that, do you think? >> i think that this is the most tragic piece of all of this, because these deaths, these pre-term births are essentially preventable, but i can understand that most women want to feel like they have a normal

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by the time it was approved for many, the damage was already done. >> i agree. this was a huge problem from the very beginning. pregnant women should never have been excluded from the vaccine trials. and this really has set up kind of a lot of misinformation that has, you know, created this problem. i mean, right now, as obstetricians, we are getting a crash course of how to take care of pregnant women on ecmo, which is a heart/lung bypass machine. we have never had to do this before. this is only because of covid-19. and it just shows you just how severely ill many of these mothers are. and this is what is so heartbreak, when you know that if they were vaccinated, that this could have been prevented. this is the most important thing in our field right now. >> you brought up misinformation, so i wanted to touch on that, because there have been so many false claims on social media saying that the vaccine will make women infertile or sterile, for

example. what role is misinformation playing here? >> it's just incredible. it's -- it's really been one of the greatest foes for public health. the problem is when someone says, you know, vaccines cause infertility. they don't have any data to back it up. and a lot of people will just take them at their word. when we have looked at studies and actually done rigorous scientific research, we don't see that vaccines are causing any problems in pregnancy, at all. in fact, they are the -- they are the one thing that's really protecting pregnant women and their babies. when a pregnant woman dies, it rips the fabric of her family apart. you know, we're seeing fathers taking home their babies alone. this is so sad. and also preventable. we really need pregnant women to get the message that this is not

only the safest thing that they can do, it's also the most responsible thing that they can do for their families. i'll make this the last question then. what advice do you give pregnant women about giving the vaccine, you know? obviously, get the vaccine, but when? is timing important here? >> i would do it absolutely immediately. we don't see any, any spike in miscarriage rates in the first trimester. just like the influenza vaccine, we recommend it at any time in pregnancy, including the first trimester. and i don't want pregnant women to wait, because it's during this waiting time that sometimes they become infected and tragic outcomes happen. right now, we're seeing a spike in stillbirths after women have had covid-19 and this is what we're kind of focusing on right now, the impact of covid-19 on the placenta. i need pregnant women to take this really seriously, to think about their responsibility to

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welcome back to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom." trump supporters rallied outside the u.s. capitol in washington saturday, in what police called a mostly peaceful event. the protest was organized by matt brainerd, a former trump campaign staffer in his organization. demonstrators saturday say those arrested after the january 6th attack on the capitol, which left five people dead, are political prisoners. cnn's shimon prokupecz reports. >> reporter: a peaceful end to the rally. so much of d.c. concerned, police, capitol police, washington, d, police were so concerned over the level of chatter and threat. the protest came to an end with no incident. it lasted just about over an hour. some police officers still remain here. you can see here along the capitol, some of them are now sitting. i don't know if you can see that in the distance. but for the most part, this went

as well as police had expected. they said it would last just over an hour, and that's exactly what happened. the event organizer, the rally organizer, at the end, spoke to the crowd, told them it was time to leave, that they should thank the police for being here. told them to wave at the police officers as they left. he was saying that one of the reasons why perhaps they didn't have a bigger turnout was because of all of the police presence. people being afraid to come here because of so much attention on the security and the police. the other thing that they were talking about was kind of blaming the media, perhaps, of the attention that we were given to the fact that there could be potential violence here. also blaming that perhaps there was some sort of a false flag thing. that there were rumors out there that this was a set-up for the police and the fbi to arrest those attending. in the end, not the biggest turnout. well under the 700 that this event was permitted for. best-case scenario for police, which have been out here all morning and preparing for all of

this. voting is underway in the final day of russia's parliamentary elections. people are casting ballots for the state duma or lower house of parliament. analysts expect most votes to go to the party that backs president vladimir putin. this after most candidates were prevented from running. google face criticism for preventing an app made by alexei navalny. for the latest, let's bring in cnn's matthew chance, who's live in moscow. matthew, already there have been plenty of accusations of voting violations and other problems. explain why russians may not really have a real choice here. >> in terms of those allegations, there's been plenty of them across the 11 time zones in this vast country. and things where people have been caught on closed-circuit television, for instance, apparently putting in multiple

ballots, into ballot boxes, ballot box stuffing, it's referred to. there's also been examples of people votingi iallegedly multie times. and critics have said, look, the way the election has been set up this time in russia, where 450 people are going to be chosen for the country's parliament, plus a bunch of other local politicians, as well. means it's much more susceptible to those kinds of instances. it makes it much more difficult to monitor. international election monitors from the osce, the organization for security in europe have essentially been barred from monitoring as well. and the fact that an electronic voting system has been put in place, which means that people can vote remotely from their computers because of the covid pandemic, means, according to critics, there's plenty more opportunity for the vote to be rigged and the ballots to be falsified, kim. >> and as i mentioned earlier, google and apple removed an app

created by allies of alexei navalny that sort of encouraged strategic voting. take us through what led to this decision and what impact it might have. >> yeah, well, first of all, the vast majority of opposition candidates or would-be candidates in this country have essentially been barred from standing in the election. there's only a handful of people on the ballots across the entire country. what alexei navalny did along with his associates is put out an app which gave people advice on what they called smart voting. which candidate to vote for that had the most chance of sort of unseating the incumbent, you know, government candidate. that app has now been removed by both google and apple. somebody close to google has told cnn, because they're not speaking about it officially, that there were legal threats made to google if they didn't do that and that local employees inside russia would face arrest if it had stayed online. the company along with apple as

well both complied with that. but of course, it's made the process of ousting or unseating government candidates in this election that much more difficult. >> indeed. all right, thank you so much, matthew chance. really appreciate it. australia's prime minister is defending his decision to cancel an order for french-made diesel submarines and instead pursue nuclear-powered subs with the u.s. and uk. on sunday, scott morrison said he understands why paris is upset, but said the french subs no longer fit with australia's long-term strategic goals. here he is. >> i think that they would have had every reason to know that we have deep and grave concerns that the capability being delivered by the attack class submarine was not going to meet our strategic interests and we had made very clear that we would be making a decision based on our strategic national interest. >> the french government is furious over losing the $65

billion contract and the language from paris is the harshest yet. here's france's foreign minister on saturday. >> translator: there has been lying, duplicity, a major breach of trust, and contempt. this will not do. things are not going well between us. they are not going well at all. it means there's a crisis. and at that point, there's, first of all, a symbolic aspect. we're recalling our ambassadors to try to understand. two, at the same time, show our former partner countries that we're very dissatisfied. that there's really a serious crisis between us. and then it's also, when they come, the way to re-evaluate our position, to defend our interests, both in australia and in the united states. >> healing the rift with france will likely be on the agenda this week when president biden meets with the british prime minister. well, more help is coming in to deal with a wave of migrants overwhelming a town in texas. but for some, the end game will

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>> resources from the united states of america and also from the state of texas are descending here in del rio, texas, as officials try to expedite the processing of thousands of migrants who are practically living under a bridge. now, the department of homeland security, which is part of the federal government of the united states announcing their new strategy on saturday, saying that it will include things like a surge of agents and officers to make sure that there are plenty of personnel on the ground. they're expecting about 400 officers to arrive here in del rio, texas. they're also upping the humanitarian action, closing the point of entry here in del rio, and then also increasing the capacity of the removal and expulsion flights from the united states to haiti. look, local officials here are very concerned about one thing.

and that is the public health issues. the potential public health issues that could arise, because there are so many people living in close quarters, practically living under a bridge. now, i can't go beyond the fence, the border events that you see behind me. we're not allowed to, so i can't take our cameras there. what i can show you is this. what we can see beyond these gates. take a look at this video. you'll see that there are federal border patrol agents rendering medical attention to a woman in the back of a pickup truck. now, i was close enough to hear what these agents were telling this woman. they were telling her, "stay with me, stay with me." i asked the local mayor if the department of homeland security, the federal agency gave him any guidance, told him if there was a timeline that they were going to have for him for when all of these migrants were going to be processed and the mayor says,

no. rosa flores, cnn, del rio, texas. china is accused of forcing a large number of burmese migrants to leave the country as part of its plan to control the covid outbreak. many of these migrants have worked in china for years and fear returning to myanmar, which faces a worsening covid crisis and a civil war. the chinese foreign ministry denies it's forcing migrants away. cnn's paula hancocks has our exclusive report. >> reporter: heading home to myanmar, these migrants carry all the belongings they can through the chinese border city of raley. for many, it's not by choice. they are being sent home due to china's fears of covid-19. chinese officials are seen speaking to the local community by loud speaker. their message is clear. it's a citywide policy, he says, to persuade the burmese to go home, because of the pressing epidemic situation. in other communities, the order

is far more harsh. here, early on, some burmese migrants forced to leave in the middle of the night. >> translator: they came to our place at night and asked us to sign the exit document, no matter we want to sign it or not. they forced us to sign and sent us back. >> reporter: she doesn't want to show her face for fear of chinese government retribution. she worked in a chinese furniture factory. she told cnn that all the burmese in her village were forced to leave in early august. they were bused to the border gate, she says, and from there, they were told to walk back into myanmar. she lays out all her chinese permits that she says proves her legal status in china. now back home in myanmar, she's without a job or hope. since the myanmar military seized power in february of this year, more than 1,000 people have been killed according to one advocacy group. ngos and the u.n. say the actual number is likely far higher.

for decades, burmese migrants have been crossing over to china, seeking job opportunities in the border city of raley. they have been blamed for the city's several covid outbreaks this year, putting pressure on chinese overall epidemic control. this burmese girl, su su, and her friends have packed up their bags. we're willing to go back to myanmar, she tells cnn. we've been out of jobs for four to five months because of the lockdowns. we don't even have money to pay electricity. but many others do not want to leave. this burmese man also showed cnn his full set of chinese legal permits, working for years in china as a truck driver, he had hoped to earn enough money here so he could marry his girlfriend. but he and other burmese migrants were suddenly evicted from their rental home, the doors sealed, forcing them to leave. the chinese foreign ministry denies deporting burmese migrants, and in fact, replies, some burmese citizens have

requested to return to myanmar because of job losses and are returning to myanmar voluntarily. this statement contradicts the appeals we are hearing on the ground. >> translator: i want to request the chinese government to postpone the plan. we want to stay longer here and don't want to be sent back home. >> reporter: it is unclear if any of the people we spoke to have tested positive for covid-19. meanwhile, on the other side of the border, chinese migrant workers are rushing back into china from myanmar, fleeing war and covid-19, they find themselves stuck in a long queue outside of the border gate, waiting to be processed. hi-long, not his real name, worked as a free lance fighter, hired by a northern militia government in myanmar and did not want to wait any longer. >> translator: the epidemic control measures were very poor there. the medical facility standard was poor, too. if i get covid, i don't think they would be able to save me. >> hai long says he walked for

four days through the jungle before crossing illegally. in order for the virus from coming in this way, china has built a long barbed wire fence along its border with myanmar, but the fence isn't stopping everyone. some tried to illegally cross back into china. chinese state media say that many are suspected of internet fraud and gambling operations in myanmar. a migrant homecoming on both sides of this border, some less welcoming than others. paula hancocks, cnn, seoul. an historic day in manned space travel as four intrepid adventurers returned to earth after three days in orbit. we'll bring you the dramatic splashdown of this first-ever all-civilian space mission. stay with us. >> and there they are! >> that is such a great shot! >> how incredible! lots of waves. ging. my skin was no longer mine. my psoriatic arthritis, made my joints stiff, swollen... painful. emerge tremfyant™.

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>> inspiration 4, on behalf of spacex, welcome home to planet earth. your mission has shown the world that space is for all of us and that everyday people can make extraordinary impacts in the world around them. >> yeah, okay. it was the thrill ride of a lifetime and so much more for four regular citizens, none with formal astronaut training. saturday's splashdown marked an historic moment in spaceflight. cnn's kristin fisher is in cape canaveral. >> reporter: you could hear the sonic boom here at port canaveral as the inspiration 4 crew made its way through the atmosphere inside a spacex crew gra dragon capsule before splashing down in the atlantic ocean just off the coast of florida, ending what had to be the adventure of their lifetimes. >> three, two, one! >> ignition. >> godspeed, inspiration 4.

>> reporter: commander jared isaacman and the crew of spacex's inspiration 4 giving the world a glimpse into their historic three-day trip to space. >> welcome, everybody, to crew dragon resilience. >> hailey arceneaux, a physician's assistant back on earth, explaining some of the scientific experiments the crew has been conducting as they orbit at an altitude even higher than the international space station. >> it's been really interesting to see how fluid shifts with this microgravity environment. >> reporter: scion procter, a geology professor, artist, and poet showing off some of the art she made. >> my art of the dragon capsule being carried by a dragon off of earth. >> and chris sambroski, a musician playing the ukulele. it's a journey less than 600 humans have ever experienced. but the crew of inspiration 4 has a way of making it feel almost ordinary, as if anyone

could do it, and that's precisely the point. >> few have come before, many are about to follow. the door is opening now. it's pretty incredible. >> we can see the entire parameter of the earth, which is so beautiful! >> opening up space travel to the masses and making it more affordable, which the invention of reusable rockets. it's been elon musk's goal ever since he founded spacex nearly 20 years ago. and now for the first time, nasa had little to do with a crewed launch from the kennedy space center. >> we don't have a very big role here. this is spacex's show and we're really happy for them. >> reporter: it's a milestone years in the making, as the government's decades-long monopoly on sending humans into orbit ends. >> reporter: isaacman, the founder and ceo of shift 4 payments, funded the entire trip, and put up the first half of $200 million that he's hoping

to raid for st. jude's children's research hospital. >> we know how fortunate we are to being up here. we're giving all of our time right now to some science, research, and some ukulele playing and trying to raise good awareness for an important cause for us back on earth. >> looks like a smooth ride for the crew. >> and we'll talk more about this historic event next hour with david livingston, founder and host of the space show. but that wraps this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm kim brunhuber and i'll be back in just a moment with more news. please do stay with us.

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