one of the main mottos of earth first is no compromise in the defense of mother earth. we want them to stop clear cutting we want them to stop using herbicides we want them to not log on stephen unstable hillsides because a lot of erosion and landslides and we want them to not cut anymore old growth ever . we're here to protect the ecosystems that we rely on to preserve viable and really that everyone on this earth relies on because these trees soak up huge amounts of carbon or the atmosphere and this forest was allowed to grow to its full potential it would greatly reduce the impacts of climate change because these trees get so huge and lived for so long in iraq resistant that they stored just massive in massive amounts of carbon dioxide. we got all the supplies you asked for i brought some hot. farmer has been climbing. and he's pretty. like an inch more than ninety feet. who is great to be here. apples. thank you. in one campaign in the one nine hundred ninety s. there was a tree sitter who. was unable to get food or water for three days because there were security g

the level of involvement with earth first and with civil disobedience to defend the forests has severely declined and there used to be hundreds if not thousands of people who would come to humboldt county yearly to defend the redwoods during logging season and now we're lucky to have twenty. if you wish the other one. to do with it is just i. was. i just. i. think we have to remember that it's not just a game because and what they called the timber wars appear people have been seriously injured and killed and friends of mine have been chased through the woods and been chased off of steep hills and one of them had to be airlifted out of a remote area because he was chased off a hill and dislocated his pelvis. are you going. to go on my never believe. fall fairly killer know what i'm going and why i never understand i. mean there's the. was shortly after i was involved. the police and humble county started pepper spraying helpless people who were locked to each other and then dipping q-tips into it indebting people's eyes with it didn't really. want to be done i have you know really nothin

and of course that incredible shot of the earth right so that's why the first to show us the earth i think for everyone it has a special personal meaning what does that chart signify to you. while i think of that one photograph which was not over here my personal impression of what we saw but to everybody who saw that picture and is perhaps one of those statements photographs of the last century. again that we are a. spaceship here on earth and we're all astronauts whether we want to be here. and we have to live and work together if we are to survive thank you guys we're very religious. all three of you on apollo eight you had very strong religious convictions right well we did but we were not that religious and third know that. you know that that we were a violating the sanctity of heaven. because god is with us on earth as it is with those two hundred forty thousand miles away around the moon and so as a as a better fact you know the way we were read the first ten verses of genesis of the old testament we did that because it reality the old testament was the basis of the three basi

with a dirty snowball pherae of comets but was instrumental in the measurement of the earth's shake from the first satellite. he found various stations to observe early satellites and how their orbits changed over time from the slightly oblique shape of the earth. in the lower right with his wife, first director of twin peaks who founded the optical sciences on campus and research with those two together on the extinctions in the past of wildlife. he is still alive today. came back for the 50th anniversary celebration which went on recently. everyone of these was founded on the personalities of a core group of people. they worked together. together and began lowell were responsible for the discovery of dark matter, the mysterious mass that is out there that forms 20% of the universe that we still don't understand. fred whipple picked mount hopkins as the site for whipple observatory pointing out the sites they liked. the son spotted frozen the -- observatory in mexico make up the solar observatory building the -- built in 1962. still the world's largest. finally building a four meter telescope in

fired as astronauts cosmonauts and the people who are here today at the stardust first of all that whoever does see the earth has a really is and they have a joy with the one from gary made his first flights and nine hundred sixty one year already we kept it by now someone says how do you feel about the twelfth of april nineteenth sixty one well i figured that. ever since the ticket we knew what they were doing. that that the russians were put somebody up into space. quite earlier and we were attempting to try that they were be hired as a matter of fact that would really look up to the american people it was but they can they can for thirty seven up to that time we didn't realize how far they have at that time the soviets were they had rocket technology and then we got started of course they had developed their booster and to put it to it and it's amazing. throughout the years. the booster the rocket the quite a eureka garrett. is the same one today with a lot more lot of occasions that are put in astronauts and cosmonauts headed to the international space station this is like the old story of the tortoise a

because god is with us on earth as it is with us just two hundred forty thousand miles away around the moon and so as a as a better fact you know i pod the way we have read the first ten verses of genesis the old testament we did that because it reality the old testament was the basis of the three basic religions. on earth islam christianity and judaism and so when we were thinking about what to say being the first three people around the boom what can we say and we said the lady who was the wife of a a newspaper reporter said read the first head versus this will appeal to the people who will be listening to you and and most of the earth is not christian it's other religions too so that's what we did to appeal to the greatest amount of people that were listening to us now be full find a high end to saturn launch that was very cold. and calculated and you've said so many times in your interviews that we're just three guys sitting on five million pounds of high explosives and three in piles away from everyone and we have faith it's just a question of when you go on such a mission how much face how much does faith matter need only be guided by reason or you have to h

peter the first earth all sure convinced switzer told doesn't hold bill to me let's go gold digger chico to. talk about this is also here and these are the week's top stories libyan rebels have turned down a reported offer by moammar gadhafi but talks on a transfer of power as a final touch on the panel's hometown their leaders have appeals to support a story framed from the private as opposed to knowledge that gadhafi loyalists could be using human shields. north korean leader kim jong il travels her way across russia by train to meet president made a better thank god he's willing to restart international talks on its nuclear program. russian prime minister was immigration has ordered a big shakeup in the russian space agency to the north of yet another unmanned mission after last fall. with nineteen dead along the u.s. east coast hurricane irene poses for new york causing severe flooding well leaving millions without electricity. as the headlines coming up next part two of all the special report on the countertop punishment debate in the united states as well me the family of a sixteen

for a higher first earth move with their oxygen. this is what i take for my thyroids forty year old cancer survivor rolanda says the people of the navajo nation have been exploited by corporations and abandoned by their government you have no generation. there's nothing after me my daughter don't want to have kids because she's so they've come up before and my son the want to have kids. but i have one that has kids but these problems in two thousand and seven the environmental protection agency launched a five year plan to clean up been out of the nation which included five hundred abandoned sites extending to utah and new mexico twice a month fresh drinking water is delivered to some fifty four thousand citizens contaminated homes have been rebuilt and people relocated but many still say federal officials are falling short where really matters helping to rebuild a decent quality of life the people feel that through all these years even to this point two thousand and eleven nothing has happened and i've seen no action you know roads

vessel was a ferrying food and fuel to the international space station when it fell back down to earth for the first time in its thirty year history. as the latest. the rocket broke into three separate pod says it failed to reach the required speed to carry it out through the earth's atmosphere it spread itself over a wide area of forest in southern siberia they said saying they were confident there was nobody there however at this time of the year and not particular area it's very popular with local people going out picking nuts picking berries so the process of finding out if anybody was caught up in this incident was the authorities have said though and they are saying to locals in the area is to not go out into the woods searching for pieces of this wreckage they don't want to see anybody going out hunting for stephen is around that area where there could be any kind of toxic spill and becoming contaminated too to a breach in a fuel cell or a fuel line. that was carrying it as this carrying the progress module. maybe the piece that they're keen to look at the soyuz of course the only way to get

astronauts and cosmonauts and the people who are here today at the star because first of all the who have to see the earth is there really is. the joy with the one guy gary made his first flights and nine hundred sixty one you're already rejected by not someone's how do you feel about the twelfth of april nineteenth sixty one well i figured that. ever since but back then we do what they were doing . that. the rushes were put somebody up into space. quite early on and we were tempted to try that we were behind it as a matter of fact what really woke up the american people was but because making fifty seven up to that time we didn't realize how far vents at the top of silvia's were they had rocket technology and then we got started of course they had developed their booster to put into it and it's amazing. throughout the years. the booster the locket and the put up eureka carob is the same one today with a lot more modifications that are put in astronauts and cosmonauts it to the international space station this is like the old story of the tortoise and the hare we seem to be the hare we build. rockets said

vessel was ferrying food and fuel to the international space station when it fell back down to earth for the first time in its thirty year history well let's now get the latest more person here all over us following the story for us peter now the search is underway for potentially toxic wreckage so how much danger is there for the people in the region in saudi. will those taking part in the recovery operation and ross cosmos the russian space agency a fairly confident that there was nobody in the vicinity where this this wreckage spell now is spread over a huge area. of southern side period the rocket split into three parts after failing to make the required speed to exit the earth's atmosphere however due to the the terrain there and teach the fact that this area of woodland is very popular at this time of year with people thinking not and other fruits there that they can't be sure of the yes whether anybody was in the area but one thing they have said is they are telling people who live in that area to not go out into the woods looking for pieces of this wreckage don't go hunting for souvenirs t

vessel was ferrying food and fuel to the international space station when it fell back down to earth for the first time in its thirty year history let's get a live picture all of us standing by live and he did talk to us just how toxic is the wreckage how dangerous could it be for locals. well what we're hearing from the russian space agency. cosmos is that the progress module was carrying one and a half tons of potentially toxic fuel in barrels on board now we are hearing from the local authorities there that they're saying that there was no reports of any any injuries any. on the ground from falling wreckage however they are saying as well though due to the the sheer remoteness of the area of southern siberia where this took place they they can't account for everybody who may have been there one thing they are saying though is no one no local residents should be going into the woods in search of any of the wreckage nobody should be going out trying to hunt for souvenirs say from this this crash due to the fact that this toxic fuel was being carried on board. the the the recovery mission is well

country clubs suborning shirts and funnest piece of the first earth all should convince the swiss are still close knit hold me gloats come gold and gold boutique hotel. a breaking news this hour on our t.v. rebels claim to control the libyan capital after a major nato back to advance was thought to a colonel gadhafi sons have been captured by the opposition but one has reportedly escaped with the help of loyalists pointers. independent journalists at the rixos hotel in tripoli tell r.t. they feel under siege and in danger from what's happening outside. the. opposition supporters rejoice in the forty year old regime is nearing a dead end and skeptics point to the protests disillusionment that followed the full of egypt's to take. leaders rush to hold talks with officials from libya's new government as the transitional council named several nato nations as favorites for a new credit contract. international news live from r.t. here moscow is just turned eleven pm and nine pm in tripoli and so to our breaking news this hour the fast moving developments in libya rebel say that they now con

saudi arabia the first market on earth to trade on this news, since this news it want pretty. stocked down 5 1/2%. the problem is not the downgrade, it is debt that brought it on. a message that seem to the best getting lost. my next guest ron paul on the phone. congressman, you weren't and aren't surprised, but what now? >> it looks like we are in for big trouble because we haven't dealt with the problem. i'm surprised it took them so long to downgrade. i don't think it should have had that rating for a long time. people coming to the realities. you wonder about s&p, because they are usually slow. i think it is very, very bad. it is interesting that when we were working on raising the debt limit over my objections, they kept saying if you don't raise the debt limit we are going to downgrade you. raised the debt limit so they downgrade. which means the spending something not under control. the other thing that bothered me is, i read where s&p said that one of the reasons they downgraded was that we weren't accepting tax increases. there's a lot of confused economic ideas out t

. >>> and on this day in 1966 a luna orbiter took the first photo of earth from the moon. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments on those stories and others as they break on msnbc, and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news". finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. the very latest on the battle for tripoli from nbc's richard engel, who is live on the ground there. >>> and former punky brewster stars talks to the adventures of motherhood in her book "happy chaos." keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports, and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today" your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. today" your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

kilometers from moscow the area isn't just known for its folk art and over a of museums of the earth here family comes first and local strive to help all orphaned kids find a home as art is eager overawed never courts even children with physical mental and psychological disabilities don't feel about. being a personal tragedy added difficulty do overcome being an orphan is also a social problem in russia there are thousands of thousands of orphans but in fact most of them have either parents all relatives outside of the orphanage but these people simply do not want to look after them all cannot be trusted to do so so this is something that needs to be solved on a social level while the general social problems that cause these children to be taken away and how can they be tackled so it's not necessarily something that either an individual orphanage or the vigil part of russia can provide but then the same region that troy there saying ok we're being dealt with all these orphans we're receiving all these people but at least all we can do is provide all of them a new home and that's what they're trying to do as

saudi arabia the first market on earth to trade on this news since this news and it wasn't pretty. stocks there down about 5.5%. banking issues in particular getting clobbered. the problem here is not the downgrade. it's the debt that brought it on. a message that seems to be getting lost in this drama. not with my next guest ron paul on the phone. congressman, you weren't and aren't surprised but what now? >> well, it looks like we are going -- we are in for big trouble because we haven't dealt with the problem. you know, i'm surprised it took them so long to downgrade. i didn't think, you know, it should have had that rating for a long long time. people are coming to the realities that you know, you wonder about s&p because they are usually pretty slow. so i think it's very, very bad. and it's interesting that when we were working on raising the debt limit over my objection, they kept saying well, if you don't raise the debt limit, we're going to downgrade you. so we raised the debt limit so they downgrade. which means that the spending is not under control. the other thing that

. >>> first, earth quack? zingers from our friends out west. ♪ i'm in love ♪ i'm all shook up helps defends against occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas and bloating. with three strains of good bacteria to help balance your colon. you had me at "probiotic." [ female announcer ] phillips' colon health. sgluf things are getting back to norm at at east coast airports with only minor damage from yesterday's earthquake. so now that the shaking has stopped out east, over on the west coast, they're shaking their heads. i'm from l.a., so they includes me. across twister and facebook, this picture went viral with the title "dc earthquake devastation" a tipped-over chair. a rude dig, no doubt, but many west coasters want to know what's the big deal? we brought in our crack team of senior seismic analysts, "the washington post" editorial writer and msnbc, jonathan capehart, imogen webber, and imogen you're from the uk. >> i'm a huge expert. >> you don't share my quake skepticism? >> no, fondly enough, it was slightly s

nasa unveils the first close-up images of an asteroid over 100 million miles from earth. good morning. those stories and much more straight ahead. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> almost a done deal. house lawmakers approved an 11th hour compromise to raise the debt limit in time to avoid a first-ever default. among the 269 congress members, gabrielle giffords making a return to the capitol to cast her vote. tracie potts joins us from washington with more. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. it will likely pass the senate this afternoon. meaning president obama will get this bill just hours before our government was set to default. >> the bill has passed without objection. >> reporter: it passed with the help of congresswoman gabrielle giffords. >> thank you, gabby. >> reporter: she returned to vote yes six months after being shot in the head. >> we were all crying, thrilled. we just knew she would make a triumphant return. >> reporter: 68 republicans and half the house democrats voted against the $2 trillion deal to cut america's deficit and allow more borro

first thing i thought oh don't let this happen. twenty five years to have a monument but more also martin i said don't let the earth quake distort the. very first thing i'm sure you find i'm sure of this but i'm concerned that the hurricane me may mess up the day there isn't really on the twenty eighth well we'll see ok it's going to be so but. in any case in there we have about two minutes left how how do you think that dr king right now would respond to president obama and to the economic situation and to the members in congress who seem hell bent on destroying the economy simply to destroy the obama presidency. first of all he would be. he would respond with tears of joy over the election of president obama's support for president i think he would. want to. counsel the young brother i think he would want to sit and have a one on one conversation with him. and to and to say that there is there is a way in which he can address the serious economic issue particularly in its affects the african-american community i think that president obama may be somewhat constrained the fact that he's an african-american he does want to move to do

earth. they are taking no chances. first british minister here in nearly two decades of advances in an armed convoy. you can see why they are so nervous. this was mogadishu less than a fortnight ago. the last exchange of fire before islamist fighters fled the city. african union peacekeepers regained control, but half of the country still remains in the hands of the militants. these are the victims of violence, failed government, and now severe drought, a lethal combination could it has led to famine on an alarming scale. so i has a fear of suicide attacks. >> she will walk with her six children? >> people have risked life and limb to go to these camps. >> some malia is an example of a failed state, which, -- saa is an example of a failed state. there are more for british nationals here engaged in terrorism in one form or another been in pakistan. this country is a threat to the united kingdom. >> to save one is to save lives. in the coming weeks, you could see fewer people dying of starvation. measles are already being repo

earth. they are taking no chances. first, the british minister here advanced in an armed convoy. and you can say where they are nervous. this was mogadishu less than a forte night ago. african european peacekeepers regained control but half of the country still remains in the hands of the militants. these are the victims of violence, failed government and now severe drought, a lethal combination has led to famine so is the fear of suicide attacks. >> how long did it take you? and you have six children? >> people have risked life and limb and britain has promised more help, 129 million pounds. >> somalia is an capital of a failed state which quite apart of the threat it poses to its own people, poses a threat to the wider world and to britain. there are more foreign british nationals here engaged in trim of one sort or another than in pakistan. this country is potentially a threat to the united kingdom. >> priority number one is to save lives. in the coming weeks, we can expect fewer people dying of starvation and more dying of disease. cholera is the major disease. things are lik