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the goal is to send hundreds or thousands of tiny spacecraft's to the alpha centauri star system. billionaire has the backing of stephen hawking and mark zuckerberg. they think the tiny spacecraft could reach alpha centauri in 20 years, make observations and then send them to earth. hawking said he thinks there is a small chance they could find habitable planets. >>> facebook founder, mark zuckerberg, taking a stand against donald trump. what he is saying about trump's goals for a border wall with mexico. >>> we are learning more about a pride parade in san francisco. we will tell you about the theme for this year's big event. from bank of america to buy a new gym bag. before earning 1% cash back everywhere, every time and 2% back at the grocery store. even before he got 3% back on gas. kenny used his bankamericard cash rewards credit card to join the wednesday night league. because he loves to play hoops. not jump through them. that's the excitement of rewarding connections. apply online or at a bank of america near you. i want to show you some cutting edge technology. this is a

. >> reporter: milner wants to send the probes to the alpha centauri star system. >> we want to see if there's any life nearest to our news dallas -- stellar neighbors. >> reporter: they can be so small because of recent advances in smart phone technology. it would be about the price you pay for an iphone. each spacecraft would contain cameras and communication equipment olivette weighing less than an ounce. they would be shaped to operate like a sail with wind power coming from lasers on earth. >> it's 1000 times faster than the fastest spacecraft today. >> reporter: milner says once they are launched they should reach the star system within 20 years. kenneth craig cbs news new york. >>> back here on earth -- it is chilly today. >> the sun is out it's going to be warm and then you have to get a jacket. today was the first cooler than average day for the entire month and we will stay cool for a couple of days but you'll want to get outside by saturday and sunday. temperatures today were comfortable. mid-sixties and concorde in santa rosa. only 57 in san francisco. kites are flying in o

the goal is to send hundreds or thousands of tiny spacecraft to the alpha centauri space system.by lasers. a billionaire has the backing of stephen hawking and mark zuckerberg. they think the tiny spacecraft could reach alpha centauri in 20 years, make observations and send them back to earth. hawking said he thinks there is a small chance it could find habitable planets. >>> could the oakland raiders still be thinking about moving to las vegas? later this month, the owner will go before a nevada state committee and talk about moving the raiders to vegas. right now vegas is looking at building a $1.3 billion, 65,000 seat stadium near the vegas strip. according to the review journal, mark davis has visited las vegas twice in the past two months. the paper is reporting the team would consider playing preseason games and possibly one regular-season game at sam boyd stadium until the new stadium is built. the raiders do have a one year lease in oakland through the 2016 season. >>> the giants off-season spending spree is paying dividends. $90 million pitcher, jeff samardzija went eigh

we've ever gotten into space and in through space but it would still take 20 years to get to alpha centaurithat right? >> that's exactly right. okay. [ laughter ] >> larry: was he yawning? [ laughter ] neil cavuto is not impressed at all! we're talking about traveling 26 trillion miles in 20 years, and he's acting like they just told him it would be a 45-minute wait at cheesecake factory. [ laughter ] how can this not inspire you? i love this stuff. are we not impressed by space travel anymore? is it a money thing? >> compared to the overall u.s. budget, nasa's share is kind of pocket change. according to numbers from the office of management and budget, total u.s. outlays for 2016 are estimated at $3.99 trillion. nasa's request would earmark $18.529 billion. >> larry: don't get me wrong. $18.5 billion is a lot of money. that's like four uÜber trips during surge pricing. [ laughter ] it's a lot. but it's only 0.46% of the budget, whereas in the '60s we spent an average of 2.5% of the budget on nasa. nasa is our old boo. [ laughter ] we don't prioritize it like we used to. [ laughter ] sorry

announced plans to send thousands of these tiny space probes to our nearest star system, the alpha centauri. the project is called breakthrough starshot. >> i believe what makes us you neek is transcending our limits. >> reporter: some of sillicon valley's top scientists and engineers will serve as advisers on the project. after the spacecraft are perfected and launched, they should reach the star system within 20 years. santa clara university engineering professor [ non- english language ] is optimistic it will happen in his lifetime. >> i think it's not just for me, it's for every person that lives on earth that, are we alone? that's the question. if we are not, where is the intelligent life in space? can we communicate with them? >> reporter: in menlo park, betty yu, kpix 5. ♪[ music ] >>> 4:51. teaching new lessons on a modernday issue. next we go inside the oakland museum's new exhibit all about pot. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, she got lost in the wilderns for nine whole days --- and lived to tell about >>> low pressure in the gulf of alaska will keep showers in the bay area through tomorrow morn

milner backed by stephen hawking and mark zukerman is announcing a plan to send a satellite to alpha centauri. it would be equipped with a solar sail and fired from the earth and the probe would travel at the speed of light. standard probes would take over 70,000 years to make the same trip. milner said it would take two decades to prepare so with the four years it would take for images to get back to us, it won't be your desktop background until at least 2060. we've got a little time. >>> well, it is one of the largest donations ever though for cancer research. shawn parker behind napster and the founding president of facebook has announced he's gives donations nationwide. it will go to fund 300 scientists researching cancer and it's a new field that looks to use the body's own immune system to kill the cancer cells. former president carter was diagnosed with melanoma that spread to his liver and brain. after being putting on a new drug treatment he announced he was cancer free. >>> new developments in the killing of will smith. police said they found a loaded gun inside smith's car leading

it's going to take 20 years for these miniature spacecraft to get to alpha centauri, and years more beforeges are beamed back to earth. >> for years. >> will you be here to see it? >> i don't know. some of the other developments in the area of life sciences might make it easier to see that happening. but i think the most important thing is that we push this thing forward, and maybe we can pass the baton to the next generation so they can realize the results of it. i think we don't remember it is much, but the cathedrals were built by many generations, and i is the kind of project that will take a lot of effort. we've had a lot of technical challenges but the are not insurmountable. >> this is a philanthropic effort, but richard branson and jeff bezos want to take tourists into space. elon musk wants to colonize mars. is it right in your mind that aace is kind of becoming playground for billionaires? >> i honestly believe it's not going to matter. nobody remembers right now who .unded columbus's exhibition was it government funding? was it a combination of private donors? was it a public fu

>> alpha centaury is our closest star system. it is closest star that we have, in our galaxy.ited to go to a place like this. what we can learn from our closest star system. there is lot of really cool things. one usually this type of exploration is done we would think by nasa and governments and so on. we've seen it with flying too people into space. elon musk, richard branson and jeff bezos want to send people. we see it on science side where entrepreneurs think it is cool to do it with own funding and gathering a team to do it on their own. if we figure it out. if we could travel that fast with people. these are really high speeds they want to travel at. hopefully the technology from my perspective, sending people places would have carry oversending people far away much more quickly than we can right now. martha: always good to see you. >> my pleasure. martha: the professor in the house. eric, back over to you. eric: we'll see what they can find. >>> are the numbers adding up for donald trump? you know he needs all the delegates he can get. this is my. retiring retired tire

the goal is to hunt for life in alpha centauri, the star system closest to our solar system.each probe will have a so-called light sail. they'll capture energy from lasers on earth, and could travel at a fifth the speed of light-- far faster than any current craft. still to come on the newshour: the possibilities around a contested republican convention. the last of the big banks settles over the financial crisis. is it still too big to fail? a trip to the happiest nation on earth, and much more. >> woodruff: and we begin with politics tonight. as we just heard, the race for the white house is partly a battle for delegates, and neither party has a candidate with enough delegates yet to clinch the nomination. democrats hillary clinton and bernie sanders are within a few hundred pledged delegates of one another. but add in superdelegates, and she has a commanding lead. for republicans, donald trump leads the delegate count, with ted cruz a few hundred behind, and john kasich well back. the g.o.p. still has contests to come in 16 states, including new york, pennsylvania, andew c

another ambitious plan a announced to launch exploration to the alpha centauri star system. it's backed by yuri milner with the support of stephen hawkings. the plan calls for launching thousands of tiny spacecraft into space and using earth-based lasers to propel them at 1/5 the speed of light. even at that speed, it will take 20 years for the spacecraft to complete their journey to another system. >> we'll see what we find. it's 6:20. up next, you're first look at the tribeca film festival. >> these are live pictures from chopper 4. these are verizon workers in livingston, new jersey. there's nearly 40,000 workers who began the strike about 20 minutes ago at 6:00 a.m. we're staying on top of the story and we'll have a live fios is not cable. we're wired differently. in the last 10 years our competitors ti have received a few awards. but we've received a few more, including jd power who ranked us highest in customer satisfaction for the third year in a row. only fios has the fastest internet on the most awarded network. noonw get super-fast 100 meg internet tv and phone for

the goal is to send hundreds of thousands of spacecraft to the alpha centauri star system. they would be powered by lasers. a russian billionaire has the backing of stephen hawking and mark zuckerberg. they think the tiny spacecraft could reach alpha centauri in 20 years, make observations and send them to earth. hawking also says he think there is a small chance they could find habitable planets. >>> the debate tonight is whether you will see the warriors make history or kobe bryant and his career. his career will come to an end and with it a basketball era in los angeles. we mentioned kobe bryant police in his last game tonight with the lakers. they are playing the utah jazz at staples center. that is a big game for you tall because if they win that means they are in the playoffs. if they lose, houston is in. kobe played 20 years with ellie. the game is sold out in los angeles. the lakers have issued a fraud alert as well to warn fans about the potential dangers of purchasing tickets from third- party sources. >>> i still have to go with the warriors. >> no doubt. >>> nba