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you watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world i'm kim brunhuber live from cnn center in atlanta. we are following two big stories this hour, world leaders call an emergency meeting after a missile described as being russian-made falls inside of nato territory. and, donald trump announces his third run for the white house, claiming he is the candidate who can bring people together. the missile that hit poland tuesday and left two people dead and it is raising fears that russia's war in ukraine could spill over into nato territory. now it is not clear where the missile was fired from, and why it fell on poland, but officials say it was russian made. poland has raised its military alert status, and cement the russian ambassador for an escalation. it is also considering whether

to invoke nato [interpreter] -- which would trigger talks with the alliances decision making body. now the missile fell and about 40 miles west of the border with ukraine. it is also set off a storm of diplomatic activity. in the coming hours, and it will hold an emergency meeting with brussels, and g7 and nato leaders met on the sidelines of the g20 summit in bali indonesia afterward president biden struck a cautious tone. here he is. >> i'm going to make sure we figure out exactly what happened, it is unlikely the lines of the trajectory that was fired from, but we will see. >> all right let's go live now to cnn's white house reporter kevin liptak in bali indonesia. kevin, what more do we know about the origin of that missile? >> well, we know what president biden has said which he doesn't believe the intelligence shows and now that it could have been fired from russia, his words or

that it wasn't likely, but he recounts that thing he did not want to say definitively, because he wanted to see all the intelligence first. i do think his remarks to demonstrate the extreme level of caution with which he and other officials here at the g20 are approaching the situation. of course, poland is a member of nato, and then tack on the soil has potential to trigger article five of the nato treaty, essentially an attack on one member is an attack on all members. that would amount to an extremely, extremely large escalation in this and the president doesn't want to get anywhere near doing that before all of the information is in. now you did see him early this morning speak to the polish president, that was after his national security adviser spoke to his counterpart, in poland, while trying to gather more information about what has happened. they knew know that this was a russian-made missile, but that

doesn't necessarily indicate where it was fired from. so, the president convening these crisis talks with other g7 leaders, also leaders from nato who are here in bali for the g20. of those leaders, they are not trying to head back to their capitals, some of them are heading to the apex summit in thailand, but this will be a continuing discussion. now, in brussels today, ambassadors from those countries are meeting, the nato investors under what is known as article for. you hear a lot about article five, article four is the nato provision for collective consultation. those will be critical over the next hours, and days as leaders gather more information about what precisely happened. now american officials do say that their intelligence on this sort of thing would be fairly strong, they do have the ability to look at the trajectory of these missiles to determine where they were fired from, so it is not necessarily clear that this is going to be

an extended drawn out process. i don't think that president biden would want to -- president biden has finished -- on his way to the airport now to get on what is an extremely played back to washington, but he will remain in touch with his counterparts, as they determine what their response will be going forward. >> all right, we will stay on top of this developing story, kevin liptak in bali indonesia, thank you so much. well, we are barely a week past the u.s. midterm elections but the 2024 race for the white house already has its first contestant. donald trump announced his candidacy tuesday night in florida, promising -- democrats with his first agenda

former president vowed to bring down inflation, and u.s. energy independence and support mexico if he wins trump will be the first u.s. president elected non consecutive terms since cleveland in 1892. here he is. >> the decline of america is being forced upon us by biden and the radical left lunatics running our government right into the ground. this is a decline is not a faith we must accept, when given the choice wildly clearly and i believe the american people have overwhelmingly really checked the platform of national ruin. they will embrace our platform of national greatness and glory to america. >> now cnn's fact-checking team is hard at work pouring over his speech announcing his bid, here is what they found. >> former president trump started his campaign for the presidency in 2024, just as he

ended his presidency in 2021. with a whole lot of inaccuracy to be generous, or dishonesty if you are feeling less generous. trump claimed for example that he had completed the will on the border with mexico, with a signature policies, that is not even close to true. in fact, there were still about 280 miles, or 450 kilometers not completed when he left office. trump was complaining about the criminal investigation into how he had taken presidential documents to his home, and he said look, obama did also, obama took lots of things with him, that is also not true. one woman simply did not do so. that was debunked by the national archives when trump first made the claim in august. trump said he was the first president to have revenue from tariffs on china, in fact such to have generated billions for a year before trump, he falsely downplayed the issue of climate change, grossly understanding the amount of sea level rise and experts expect, and as usual he made false claims, even on the facts were in his favor. for example, u.s. officials have concluded about $7 million

of u.s. military equipment have been given to the afghan government was left behind upon the chaotic u.s. withdrawal. so trump could have accurately complained about. that instead, he said it was 85 billion dollars. left behind so, exaggeration, after exaggeration, false claim, after false claim. daniel dale, cnn, washington. and joining me now from cambridge massachusetts, cnn political commentator and strategist hala stewart, from los angeles democratic strategist and college professor caroline. thank you so much for being here with us, so let's start with you a list, no surprise that donald trump was -- maybe surprising the way he did it. what stood out to you? >> look, it is no surprise, this was the worst kept secret in politics, but he did it in trump style at mar-a-lago around this great admired. the problem is, he doesn't have widespread support among the party and certainly doesn't have widespread support among

general electorate which you would face in a national election. one thing that stood out is when he said obviously his efforts to make america great again, but he also said we need to go far fast. the problem is, he has gone far, and he failed. he lost the white house, he lost the house, the senate and republicans had tremendous losses this cycle in large part due to candidates that he nominated. their insistence to relitigate 2020, the election deniers, the conspiracy theories, and look i applaud his objectives, when you talked about to reduce inflation, secure the border, gain energy independence, that is what we need to do but i think there are plenty of other positive republicans that can do just the same, and also in a general election that eastern time. >> caroline, alice just mention the -- republicans, you know, they were supposed to do a lot better. donald trump tried his best to

try and deny any responsibility for the republicans who are showing in the midterms. >> well hey. absolutely has responsibility, in fact this is the third election cycle as alice pointed out, it has been a few election cycles now that he has cost elections, in swing states, and swing districts. so anything purple, it was a 40 seat lost in 2018, he lost by almost 8 million votes in 2020, that hurt tickets, and he certainly had losses in the midterm elections. you should be personally held responsible for not only the weak candidates in the senate, that mitch mcconnell for half a year has been saying would cost him the senate, but also election deniers and they lost 2 to 1. so he asked donald trump, trump is absolutely not working with independent -- in purple areas so, running for the ticket, it is not good news for the republican party. >> but maybe good news for democrats? i mean they are already turning

the announcement into a fundraising opportunity. are they rubbing their hands at the chance, possibly, to run against him in 2024, to make that election a referendum on donald trump? >> i would imagine that democrats are very happy right now, it is going to be a look at desantis and trump, i would imagine they have a very weakening each other to the final will -- yes, this is a dream for democrats. >> so, alice -- go ahead. >> no, i just, i agree completely. democrats would love nothing more than donald trump to be a republican nominee. i mean, they basically ran this midterm election against donald trump, he wasn't even on the ticket. they realized that his brand of extremism has backfired, and people are tired of that. they would love to have him be the person that the run their general election against. and, the truth is, speaking with many people, up and down the republican party, whether

they are in washington, d.c. middle america, donald trump deserves a lot of credit for reenergizing the base of the republican party, but they realize that it is time to turn the page. he has -- we have lost many people because of his rhetoric, and his focus on this past grievances instead of voters a future promises, and people have been die hard supporters, they are ready to turn the page and put someone else at the top of the ticket. who can truly be a viable candidate against the democratic nominee. >> yeah, i don't know about the hurt trump supporters turning the page, but we shall see. so, we heard a reporter mention this, the senate race here in georgia, what do you think donald trump throwing his hat in the ring will mean? we heard in a speech, name check herschel walker, urge supporters to vote for him, but will trump's announcement be a factor here? >> i think it will be a factor.

-- still work hard to not get him to do that, they were very interested in making sure that donald trump needed to announce, because it will absolutely affect the georgia election. at this point in time, you have trump who people are pushing back against, as alice pointed out, in fact in polling, 53% of americans say that -- 53% say trump should absolutely not run. 65% say he probably should run, but on top of that, you have this massive swing with roe, everybody is counted because they weren't looking at this as -- 51% of the american population, absolutely viewed as a long term issue, so trump could make matters worse, and is already favored for warnock and having the rain makes this probably something that will happen for warnock. >> alice, do you agree? >> i do. i'm from georgia. i know people in georgia and understand what is going in

their heads right now and, i believe the runoff election we had a few years ago, we lost the large part because of trump's involvement in that race. he would be better served to sit on the sidelines. that being said, he will more than likely interject himself, and he can be helpful outside of the atlanta area in a democratic areas. parts of rural georgia to encourage people that may not feel the need to go and vote, encourage them to get out and vote, and i've spoken with the walker campaign, they are happy to take help from anyone who can turn out voters that rely more on rhonda scientists, and glenn youngkin, and people that are proven republican leaders that have a positive vision for the future as opposed to someone who has a successful record of electoral -- >> should be fascinating to see it play out. thank you so much for joining

us. really appreciate it. >> thank you kim. >> all right, -- well just ahead, we have pictures of biden met -- he is going to head to washington, but he spent a time with leaders on the sidelines to discuss what poland is calling a russian-made missile which landed in poland killing two people. we will have much more on that story coming up. stay with us. hi! need new glasses? get more from your benefits at visionworks! how can you see me squinting? i can't! i'm just telling eveveryone! hey! use your vision benefits before they expire.

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pull us village on tuesday, poland says it was caused by russian-made missile. now this hour, it is still not clear who fired, and we're in this fight from. and landed about six and a half kilometers, 40 miles west of the border and roughly the same time it launches biggest wave of missile attacks and ukrainian cities in a month. nato official tells cnn nato aircraft flying into publisher space tracked the missile, lush president says his country is trying to determine who is responsible. >> dramatic things taking place here in this relatively remote village, close to the border, and where the polish authorities have confirmed two people killed in rockets or

missiles, that ms. on territory, on an earlier farm just a short distance from here, it is a one straight tank and that sealed off all night by the polish authorities preventing us from getting to the scene, because they got specialist on the ground there. literally, trying to piece together the fragments of the ordinance, trying to work out where, disarm and -- a russian-made missile, but of course it doesn't mean it was fired by russia. and by russia that some of the anti aircraft missiles have instance fall into that category. what we do know is that two people have been killed, that is caused enormous trauma, --

we also know there is going to be an emergency meeting now of nato. very shortly, to discuss what the response should be by poland and its nato allies to this explosion taking place. we also know the polls are pointing the finger, directly on moscow already. calling the russian ambassador, and into the foreign ministry and consultations. again, designating -- the russians for their part have categorically denied any involvement, the kremlin telling me they have no information on russian military strike and territory. -- so, still some questions about

what is taking place, year but in the hours ahead, there will be a response from poland and its nato allies. matthew chance, cnn, near the border of ukraine and poland. >> the explosions sparked a twirl of diplomatic activity, g7, and nato leaders on the sidelines of the g20 summit in bali indonesia to discuss the situation. nato has called an emergency meeting in brussels in the coming hours. for more, let's go to ivan watson in bali with a 27 summit is ramping up. tell us how it will they just haven't reacting to this. >> well, first of all, president joe biden just stepped aboard air force one, and -- we have just received the g20 seven volley declaration, so this is the final document that comes out of this gathering --

but on the 11 first page, the article includes a discussion of the ukraine war. with this important statement, we strongly condemn the war in ukraine, expressed it causing immense human suffering, and exacerbating existing facilities in the global economy. use of nuclear weapons is inadmissible, but i think the takeaway here is they are seeing most members, so russia is a member, g20 it is not going to condemn itself, and it has close allies like china, we don't know what china's official position was here, but we know that the chinese officials were reluctant to use the word war when discussing as they put it the crisis in ukraine. when it comes to this deadly missile strike in poland, it is

worth noting that the president of poland is so far holding off casting blame take a listen to what he had to say from warsaw. >> of course, we know that all day today, russia was attacking ukraine with rockets. we do not have any -- launch this missile, the investigation is underway. >> now, amid the enormous russian missile against ukraine on tuesday, and this subsequent incident that is being investigated in eastern poland, president biden this morning health emergency round table. he gathered the leaders of eu, netherlands, spain, and uk, it is much easier to conduct emergency consultations when all these leaders were already here, apparently something the

kremlin did not care about. they put out a statement condemning the attacks against ukraine, and vowing to work together to investigate the deadly missile strike in eastern poland, and to work in concert to respond to. it le pen i think it is worth noting there's now been just a flurry of diplomacy now with leaders here reaching out to the polish leadership in solidarity, vowing to help and notable that you have the prime minister of japan is part of, this and a top japanese official had this further to say from tokyo. take a listen. >> we are also very concerned to hear that a missile has london and poland. we express our condolences for the deaths in poland, and are closely monitoring the progress of the investigation. precisely because of such a situation, japan would like to work even more closely with the g7 and other like-minded

countries. >> if moscow wanted to create cracks in this pro ukrainian coalition, île aux tourtes that did not happen at this g20 -- >> so much at stake here as the world hopes tensions will cool. appreciate your reporting there in bali indonesia. still to come, they used to be the major political allies, but i don't want trump makes another bid for the white house, they will face a major political hit from florida governor ron desantis. stay with us.

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underwhelming mentor, millecoquins they are not looking to choose their leaders for the next congress. and the house, kevin -- mccarthy's request to take the speakership in january assuming has brought against enough seats. control of the chamber, gop conference in the house chose -- a simple majority, despite a challenge from arizona congressman -- now, it was always a long shot that he could take the wins from mccarthy, the fact that he did get some votes shows how unhappy congressional republicans are with the of time from last week's midterms. now we already know republicans won't be taking control of the senate. that has prompted florida senator rick scott to challenge mitch mcconnell for the party leader position. senate republicans are expected to vote on leadership sometime wednesday. we are still two years away from the next presidential election, but we already have our first candidate. donald trump says he is running for president 20/20 for and if he is successful, he will become the first president to win non consecutive terms since

cleveland in 1892. joe biden and the democrats will move the country with inflation and come out of control, his promising america first, and quote, make america glorious again. in recent months, the relationship has gone from war, to cruel, to downright i see with the 2024 presidential election looming on the horizon. things could take an early turn as many expect desantis to challenge trump -- >> we focus on, results, leader ship, and you know at the end of the day, i would just -- pointed response on the day he

said to make a major announcement, just a preview of the two floridians potential to run a 2024 face-off. >> it was a hugely underwhelming disappointing performance. >> without trump, desantis highlighting the republican losses in the midterm. losses for many trump backed candidates, former president trump has recently taken a flurry of swipes at the -- given to his rivals. >> let's say there it, is trump at 71, one descent this at 10%. >> calling him, average, suggesting he knows things about desantis that won't be very flattering, saying of his potential run, i think the base would not like it. i don't think it would be good for the party. trump firing some not so subtle warning shots, saying if desantis does run for president, he would be making a mistake. a cautioning echoed recently by trump's family. >> wouldn't it be nice of her,

him and i think he knows, this to wait until 2028? >> the first and seeing rising between them is in sharp contrast to their cozy relationship of years past. trump calling desantis brilliant, and a true fighter, endorsing his first bid for governor. and appearing with him on the campaign trail. >> he was a man nice man. >> desantis as been one of trump's most vocal supporters and allies. >> i would like to thank our president for standing by me, i think we will have a great partnership. >> pushing trump's policies and rhetoric. >> one loves playing with the kids. >> the sanders just 44 years old was first elected to congress at 2012, he went on to become a founding member of the conservative house freedom caucus. >> thank you, mister speaker. >> he won his bid for governor in florida by just 32,000 votes in 2018. >> thank you, florida, for your support. >> and elevated his national prominence through his

management of the covid-19 pandemic. becoming an outspoken proxy for republican anchor over mask mandates and school closings. >> if they want to shut down businesses, i'm going to stand in the way. >> not shying away from weighing into cultural -- like legislation critics have dubbed, you don't say gay law. >> americans oppose injecting this type of material in the classroom of young kids. >> -- as a charismatic family, with three young children. his wife is a former journalist and cancer survivor. the santas is huge reelection win last week winning by 1.5 million votes only intensifying speculation about his next political quest. >> i, have only begun to fight. >> and what comes next for desantis is certainly the big question, so -- allies of iran desantis are

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a cortina ron has sentenced a second person to death for participating in the protests sparked by the death of mahsa amini. state media says the protester was sentenced for, quote, -- against got it but at a decent hands can be appealed. we have the details. >> iran sentenced a second protester to death on tuesday according to state media, they say a revolutionary court in tehran issued that verdict, according to that court the protester that is defending, a created terror on the streets, accused of using a knife

against an injured person, sending someone's motorcycle on fire and this protester received the death penalty for raging war against god. this is the second protester, the first one was sentenced to death over the weekend also for similar charges a number of protesters receiving jail sentences between 5 to 10 years for taking part in what the government describes as these riots. now these verdicts can be appealed according to state media, now despite these harsh sentences, these trials, the ongoing brutal crackdown, that has not stopped the protests. we have been seeing protests continuing, across the country on tuesday, this comes after calls for three days of national protest and a strike to mark the anniversary of the bloody crackdown on protests

that took place in 2019. short-lived protest, but human rights organizations pointed that hundreds of people were killed in that bloody crackdown, and we saw protests taking place in different cities on tuesday, in the capital tehran, some shops also closed in some parts of the country after calls for a strike. protesters are vowing to continue these protests this week, and to continue with the protests in general, and to continue with their demands for regime change. cnn, istanbul. >> we are looking at live pictures now of the artemis 1 moon rocket which is now a go for launch, and florida's kennedy space center. despite some delays earlier due to technical glitches, they had to address an ethernet issue tighter radar system, also

another liquid hydrogen leak. this is the third attempt to launch this rocket, most powerful one nasa has ever built. the first artemis mission will be an unmanned test, flight the ultimate goal is to bring astronauts to the moon, and someday sent humans to mars. for more on this, i'm joined by cnn's spacing defense correspondent kristen fisher and retired astronaut leroy trial. thank you so much for being with us. so, kristen, you can just see it over your shoulder there, lit up, we are waiting for the countdown here as it is going on here so let me start with you, kristen, it has been touch and go to get to this point right now. >> kim, this is it. these are the final few minutes of this countdown, most likely. two minutes and 41 seconds on the clock, and we are about to see something that has never been seen before. the most powerful rocket ever built is about to lift off from the kennedy space center, bound for the moon, and kim, this

comes after so much stress from nasa. this rocket had to be rolled back because of hurricane ian, then it got hit by hurricane nicole, category one hurricane, while this rocket was at the pad, just five days ago, and now here we are. it was a very clean countdown during the beginning of fueling, then at the and we ran into two issues, another hydrogen leak they had to send out a team called the red crew to people, three people to actually go up to the launchpad while the rocket was fully fueled, basically a sitting bomb, and they have to tighten some votes, fix, it got the hydrogen leak, fixed and had a problem with believe it or, not an ethernet connector with the u.s. space force. the range, reflectivity termination, absolutely critical for the launch. they have fixed it just in time, and now, kim, look at the clock, a minute and 30 seconds left. what we are about to see, if all goes according to plan,

that inside mission control they have just gotten all systems go for launch. so unless something just absolutely crazy happens, the thing is about to light and lift off. it will head for the moon, it is going to go on a 26-day mission, it will circle the moon and then land back, splash down sometime around mid december in the pacific ocean. if all goes well, it will return american astronauts to the moon for the first time since the apollo program, and for the very first women and first person of color ever on the lunar surface. so there is so much at stake here tonight, kim, you also have to think about the geopolitical implications, the u.s. and nasa now in a space race, according to the north administrator who are just interviewed earlier tonight he is confident that his team is ready to go. they have been preparing literally for more than a decade since the retirement of the space shuttle program for

this moment. so, kim, i'm just going to hype down for a minute, because i think we should all take a deep, breath and get goose pond together as we watch the final 15 seconds of this countdown. let's listen in. >> and here we go. hydrogen burn off initiated. seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, boosters in ignition. and lift off of artemis 1. we rise together. back to the moon, and beyond. >> and an encore, stage two rocket, boosters vehicle at 120 miles per hour. good control. all good calls so far.

30 seconds into the flight. first milestone will be the vehicle to pass the -- at one minute nine seconds into launch, this is the greatest period of force on the rocket. it is now chilling 607 miles per hour. you are looking at 8.8 billion pounds of thrust here. mission control. four core stage engines, throttling down. now one minute 21 seconds into the flight traveling at -- miles per hour. the four core stage mentions are back at maximum thrust.

the next major milestone will be for the solid rocket boosters to cut off a jets in at about two minutes 11 seconds into the flight, so a 30 seconds from now. again, quite here in mission control houston as teams continue monitoring, the flight of artemis 1. we are now 16 miles down race from the launchpad i kennedy space center traveling over 2800 miles per hour. standing by for solid rocket booster jettison and shortly thereafter. >> confirmation that the solid rocket boosters have, separated these boosters. >> and you can hear the cheers there from nasa, as we see artemis one lifting off, leroy,

the words from nasa, we rise together back to the moon, and beyond. what do those words and the pictures you are seeing now, what do they mean for you? >> can you hear me, leroy? >> yes. sorry. i did not know that was for me. this is a very exciting moment. the launch of a new vehicle, this is the beginning of the hopefully effort to return humans to the moon, and so an exciting evening for everyone. >> yeah, but, one, you know, we saw lots of problems, and so what we are seeing now the artemis 1, it is economists, there's no one in their, but the next one artemis two will be crude with astronauts, so how worried should we be about all of these hydrogen leaks we have been seeing? >> hydrogenics are something that have been going on since we've been using these types of cryogenic propellants, of course over the 30 year life of a space shuttle program, we had our share of hydrogen problems

with oxygen leaks, but you know, you have been able to surmount that for the program, part of what you're seeing now is a vehicle that has many components that are either directly from or derived from the space shuttle program, that also people who have or are dealing with this for the first time so there's been quite a gap between the end of the shuttle program and this launch tonight. but, you can see that the teams are coming up to speed, and they are able to now deal with the same problems we had in the shuttle program, and so i'm confident that these folks will be able to continue to get it done. >> now, kristen, the space launch system it is never flown before, so talk to me about what they are testing on it, and what they will be testing on the orion spacecraft as well? >> sure. kim, this, is yeah, it is the first test flight of this rocket, so there is a few things that they are looking at.

one of them, that they actually work? so far, so good, all systems phenomenal and the rocket has now passed max q, that is the moment when the rocket is under the most stressed during launch. so so far, it has passed that test, there are many more in store. one of the other big things that they will be looking at is, is the orion capsule which fits on top of this rocket, is it safe to actually put people inside, so one of the biggest things they're looking for is on the way back to earth, how is that heat shield? how does that heat shield perform? it is those incredibly high temperatures that, kim, can i just say for all of you watching this, it is something else to see this thing, and actually feel it lift off in person here. i mean, it was so loud, it felt the vibrations shake your chest. this is more powerful than the saturn five rocket which took

all the apollo astronauts to the moon, the most powerful rocket in operation right now, and just huge cheers from all the media, there's tons of astronauts gathered over here watching this thing go, many of them know that they could be named to this artemis two crew, and i spoke with a nice administrator phil nelson earlier this morning, and he said that if artemis 1, if this mission is a success then they are going to name the all-important crew of artemis two likely in just a few months. so a lot of very excited astronauts, here because just think about, this kim, they have not had a nasa made rocket for them to fly on since the space shuttle which retired way back in 2011. it has been more than a decade, so up until now they have been totally reliant upon, you know, spacex rockets, russian rockets to get them up into space. this is the first time that

they are seeing a new rocket, one of their own rockets that they may get to fly in a very soon. so a special moment for them, and also for the entire nasa team, by kim, as we've been talking about all night, they have had to troubleshoot so many different issues, technical issues hydrogen leaks, hurricanes, they've battled political issues, potential budget shortfalls for them to get to this point tonight just five days after a hurricane, truly quite a moment. >> yeah, it is, and you are talking about testing for future astronauts, i understand there are mannequins actually on board that spacecraft to do that, leroy, so if it makes, there it will be a very unusual journey to the moon and back, talk to me about what makes this different from previous journeys to the moon. >> sure, well, this is a very different test fly, it is much longer than the other lunar program test flights, so this is around 25 days we are going to see the spacecraft, the

orion spacecraft and her into a different kind of an orbit around the moon, it will be much farther than some of the previous missions and as was pointed out one of the big crucial tests is going to be the heat shield when we come back from low earth orbit coming back from about 17,500 miles an hour coming back to the moon it will be more around 25,000 miles an hour. so the heat shield will be under much higher load, much higher temperature, previous tests have shown that this should work, out but of course having the real thing is hopefully will go well, the spacecraft will perform well, and also come back intact. >> yeah, >> yeah, that's by all despite all of the of the challenges, all challenges. all of the of the problems, problems. lift off lift off for artemis for artemis one will one will have to have to leave it there leave it there. it's it has been a pleasure, been a pleasure once watching it, again here here tonight. tonight this morning with you this morning guys, leroy, for and kristen leroy fisher, thank you so much, chao and and thank

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