from cal tech studying life in extreme environments. currently dr. cable is a system project engineer for the cassini mission which has been exploring the saturn system for 13 years and she's also a collaborator on the mapping image spec trom ter. and dr. eric zernstein in the department of astro physical science at princeton university where he specializes in the simulation and analysis of physical processes related to the solar wind and its interaction with the interstellar medium. he received his bs, ms and ph.d. in alabama and he's published peer review articles interpreting observations made by nasa, the nasa missions voyager, interstellar boundary explorer and new horizons. a couple of very accomplished young scientists. let me start by asking dr. cable a few questions. how has voyager influenced your career as a scientist? >> well, voyager's had an immense impact i think on all the careers of scientists and engineers in my generation. it's been more an impact the people have made, being able to work at jpl and cal tech alongside people like ed

. >> cal tech scientist call it's most spectacular fireworks in the universe but more than just a shownergy than in our sun's entire lifetime and caused ripples in the fabric of space time. >> and researchers confirmed the smashups are the source of elements like gold and platinum. all based on predictions by physicists at uc berkeley and lawrence berkeley national laboratory. >> just boggles your mind. fascinating to think about. >> story of the universe and few more ticks off the puzzle pieces. "world news tonight" is coming up next. >> we appreciate your time. beautiful shot of our own planet here on earth. >> smoke looks >>> tonight, reporters rush to the rose garden. the unexpected moment at the white house. president trump, after saying, i'm not going to take the blame, is asked whether some republicans should go. about his response to puerto rico. will he fire robert mueller? and touching a nerve, saying president obama did not call the families of the fallen. >>> also tonight, the massive rig explosion, just off new orleans. authorities moments ago on the search and rescue. >>>

. >> that physicsist in a clip from cal tech.his partner, wh what, known as gravitational waves predicted a century ago by albert einstein. >> it came from two black holes more than a billion light years away. >> that's the sound of the black holes colliding. scientists recorded it. >> many likened to it galileo discovering the telescope. it is that big a deal. >>> tonight, several breaking stories as we come on the air. the massacre in las vegas. new images inside the killer's hotel room. the door blown off. rifles on the floor. and tonight, we have just learned the gunman was firing at the crowd for nine minutes. and this evening, what we did not know. he hid a camera in a service cart in the hotel hallway, so he would know when police were moving in. >>> also tonight, for the first time, we take you inside the trauma ward at a las vegas hospital. more than 100 patients brought to this hospital alone. tonight, the survivors. one of them at the concert for his 21st birthday. >>> also tonight, president trump in puerto rico. afte

ucsf and image sensory technology which is in our cell phones from federally funded research at cal tech. so i add that list to the list of those discoveries that you, dr. cunningham have outlined. and my question then is as we recognize all of that, can you also talk a bit about the concern that many of us have that were it not for federally funded research, the research that would be conducted would be motivated by what is profitable and not necessarily what impacts the largest number of people? and in particular my concern is for cures that we need for rare diseases as an example. those diseases that may impact a few number of people. and so the benefit will be to a few number of people and therefore will not necessarily be capable of being marketed and purchased by a lot of people. what can you talk and say about that concern? and i'll use as examples of those kinds of disease s that impact specific racial or ethnic groups, anything from sickle cell to lupus. >> thank you for asking that question. so it's really important that the research that's funded by the federal government ofte

he received his bachelor of science degree and astronomy from cal tech as well as from -- a phd from the university of hawaii. our fifth witness today is miss michelle nichols-yehling director of public observing , the adler planetarium in chicago. she shows programs and events for the guests here she also leads the various telescope observatory and sky observing efforts. she earned hes bachelor's of science degree in physics and astronomy from the university of illinois and masters of education in curriculum and instruction from national st. louis university. dr. the listed ulvestad for his testimony. thank you. dr. james ulvestad i'm acting : assistant director for mathematical and physical science directors at the national science foundation and thank you for the opportunity to testify today. i want to focus my remarks on the large scale out reach associate would with the eclipse. as you said, august 21 was an exciting day for citizens and scientists alike, as our nation was center stage for the total solar eclipse, the first since 1979 in the continental u.s.. so scientists and s

. >> reporter: for example, an introductory tech class at cal tends to have hundreds of students.w enroll in that class at mills for a more direct interaction. >> the largest biology class is 40 students. >> reporter: the lack of student housing has been an issue at cal. mills, only a half hour away, are offering rooms to uc berkeley students with a shuttle service. >> we have the ability to help everybody moving forward by relying on our strengths. >> reporter: uc berkeley can do study abroad opportunities. mills is having a decline in enrollment. they announced a 60% in tuition for students in order to have more sign up. this partnership is open only to undergraduate women. in oakland, lu ann menendez, abc 7 ♪ that one. this. that one. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ hi! leaving a career to follow a calling takes courage. a personalized financial strategy can give you confidence to take the next step. hi guys! aw yeah! see how access to j.p. morgan investment expertise can help you. chase. make more of what's yours. >>> it's the time to not only grow a giant pumpkin but also to ride in it. take a look

this is alex who is a tech cal manager here.rk. i didn't use to it before, but i really loved it. after three months i got anotherjob as quality assurance technician and then later i got lots and lots of training. i started doing internal audits. i become quality and compliance manager and finally, technical manager. alex, what jack, one technical manager. alex, whatjack, one last technical manager. alex, what jack, one last question. alex, what jack, one last question. alex, of course, is somebody who has integrated perfectly into this economy. as well as into this society. but on the other hand, people voted to leave and one of the main reasons why they voted leave, they were worried about the migrant figures and people like alex what we have got to recognise across the uk economy we have three million non uk nationals working in the uk economy. now, you know, society has got to come to a decision, the uk has got to come to a decision about what it wants because without these people, without people like alex, and as alex demon

we provided tech income cal assistance to affect areas to address health issues sun as food safety, waterssues, including sewage, we have provided guidance on injury prevention from debris and drowning. we have helped with shelter assessments. we have provided guidance regarding the safety of responders. and we have developed and disseminated key public health messages to individuals in the affected areas. cdc recognizes that the full recovery from the recent hurricanes will take time, particularly in puerto rico and the virgin islands where the damage has been extensive. we're here to continue to provide that support. thank you again for the opportunity to appear before you discuss our response and recovery efforts and i'd be glad to answer any questions you might have. >> thank you all very much for your testimony, and i will now begin questioning by recognizing chairman of the full committee, chairman walden, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. vice-chairman and thank you for your testimony and the work that the people you represent are doing in these terrible tragedies and we all know

cal fire says the fire near disneyland is 5% contained. >>> developing at 4:31. this is video of police near tex tech tech taking a 19-year-old student into custody. he's accused of shooting a police officer. daniels was taken into custody after they found drugs in his dorm room. while he was at the campus police station, he allegedly shot a campus officer and then took off. after a manhunt shall daniels was taken into custody. >>> this morning a family in bowie is heartbroken and waiting for answers. their daughter was killed in a police-involved shooting in miami beach over the weekend. she was celebrating her 22nd birthday. >> it's hard to express the amount of pain and distress you feel. >> hithon grew up in bowie and was attending temple university. she was speed sunday night, ran a red light and crashed into a car. she allegedly drove away from the scene and hit another car. police say they tried to block her in but she didn't stop. she ran over an officer and that's when police fired several shots, hitting her. she later died at the hospital. >> that kind of activity is not rational. i can't e

cal train reporting no delays. >>> frances, thank you. teams like everything is going high techen paper planes, the power up dart is a bluetooth enabled motorized propeller controlled by your phone and the lightweight prop to a paper plane, you download a control app and it allows you to control the thing. it's basically allows you to maneuver the folded creation up to ten minutes per charge, you can do acrobatic stunts, a kick starter campaign started by power up toys is soaring, the original goal was to raise $25,000, backers have already pledged over $1.7 million. everyone invested in these paper planes, i don't really get it. they ply just fine without propellers. >> i can't tell if this is beginning of something amazing or the end of civilization as we know it. the end of civilization. thanks. >>> new at 6:00 republican senator bob corker not holding back. this morning he has serious criticism for president trump and the president of course is responding. >>> and another incident involving air canada on the runway at sfo. pilots seemingly ignoring air traffic controllers, n

cal fire is telling us the fire near disneyland is only 5% contained at this point. >>> also developing this morning. this is video of police near texas tech taking a 19-year-old student into custody. he's accused of killing a campus police officer at police headquarters. he was taken into custody after they found drugs in his dorm room. while at the police station, he allegedly shot a campus officer and took off after a massive manhunt, daniels was taken into custody. >>> this morning a family in bowie is heartbroken and waiting for answers. their daughter was killed in a li carrie ann -- she was celebrating her 22nd birthday. >> it's hard to express the amount of pain and distress you feel. >> she grew up in bowie and enrolled at temple university. police say she was speeding in a black bmw, ran a red light and crashed into a car. she allegedly drove away from the scene and hit another car. police tried to block her in, but she ran over an officer and police fired several shots hitting her. she later died at the hospital. >> that kind of activity is not rational. i can't explain why she wouldn't have listened to command. >> her dad is wa

cal fire does so well. in the past few years, the science involved in fighting fires is impressive. some of the equipment that they use are high-tech like a light radar that gives you indications of wind direction and shear. i did not see any orange on the fires, that's very good news for the firefighters in the area, at this point the weather is cooperate cooperating. humidity is 8% and the winds are light. lets stay with this shot. there is the air quality, the fog has come back to the coast, you can see that, the fog is coming back and the winds are on shore, rain is back in the forecast, a better set up for our friends in the north bay. this is the forecast wind and the real story here is thrtion a lot going on. the general direction is this way which is the opposite of where we were last week. last week might have been the worst week in terms of air quality and fire conditions because of the high pressure and the temperatures and the humidity. there is the fog for tomorrow morning, forecast is for it coming back in. the on is the 80s, temperatures along the coast are cooler, in the 50s, that's because the fog has returned. as

tech is leading once again today. apple, amazon and facebook are trending an all time high. lennar is moving lower right now after acquiring rival cal atlantic group of a deal of $5 billion >> retailers are all moving lower after a couple of big downgrades and after a massive drop of last week, mattel is leading today. brian. >>> all right, melissa, thank you. president trump's former campaign paul manafort arraigned moments ago. eamon javers is at the courthouse >> reporter: the former trump chairman and his lobbying partner who were on indictment this morning of money laundering and financing deals relating to a ukrainian client simultaneously, we got sarah sanders at the white house briefing reporters just a few moments ago getting some questions of george papadopoulos he's been cooperating with the fbi for some period of months now, sarah huckabee sanders saying he's a simply a minor figure and none of this had anything to do with the trump campaign but deklaining to take any steps ruling in or out of the idea that the president may fire robert mueller. we have a statement here who said the white house continues to fully coopera