the �*artemis' programme, plans to land the first woman the �*artemis' programme plans to land the firsternational space station gave me his reaction to president biden�*s announcement. i'm delighted and relieved. i think it was absolutely the right decision to make. there's support right through us politics for that programme, and there's huge international support, including canada, where i'm from. crews have been announced already to go to the moon, including two canadian astronauts who are slated to go to the moon, so i'm really pleased to see this new administration of the united states not drop this particular ball but support it. it's really going to open up a future for a lot of different people all around the world. yeah, 2024 is the date slated, hopefully, for mission three, artemis three. how long does it take to train? because you have first—hand experience. what's involved? well, gosh, it's huge. the challenges on the crew and all the engineers that are involved are enormous, but it's 2021. when kennedy made his announcement we'll be on the moon by the end of the decade, her

but the fact that they actually said they supported artemis is a huge deal and speaks to the hard work you did during your time at nasa, jim bridenstein, thanks so much. president biden claimed the trump administration failed to order enough vaccines. doctor scott atlas is here to respond to that. still fresh... unstopables in-wash scent booster. downy unstopables. wanna build a gaming business that breaks the internet? that means working night and day... ...and delegating to an experienced live bookkeeper for peace of mind. your books are all set. so you can finally give john some attention. trusted experts. guaranteed accurate books. intuit quickbooks live. ♪ [ "could have been me by the struts ] ♪ hey, mercedes? how can i help you? the 2021 e-class. motortrend's 2021 car of the year. hey, i just got a text from my sister. you remember rick, her neighbor? sure, he's the 76-year-old guy who still runs marathons, right? sadly, not anymore. -what, you mean-- -mhm. -just like that. -wow. so sudden. um, we're not about to have the "we need life insurance" conversation again, are we? no, w

person who's back today again asked a great question about the artemis program which i dug into and i'm very excited about it now to tell my daughter all about it so for those of you who have not been following it as closely through the artemis program the united states government will work with industry and international partners to send astronauts to the surface of the moon another man and a woman to the moon which is very exciting conduct new and exciting science prepare for future missions to mars and demonstrate america's values to date only 12 humans have walked on the moon that was half a century ago the artemis program a waypoint to mars provides exactly. ok we get a sense there of the future direction of travel when it comes to our wish list is where they'd like to go with different issues for us this relatively new bike that ministrations concerned that the reason we went to that news briefing just before the press secretary took the podium there inside the white house news briefing room was to get some meat on the bones of the biden policy when it comes to yemen committee is

go ahead, kristen. >>> thank you for getting back to me about artemis. folks at nasa appreciate it. >> absolutely. >> yesterday the head of the cdc as you know said it was safe to reopen schools without vaccinating teachers. you said that the white house was still waiting for the official guidance before making a final determination. why is it what the director of the cdc says, why isn't that enough? >> well, first, the director of the cdc also has said they haven't issued their final guidance, and we of course wait for that process to complete and see its way through. as she would say, as well, i believe she did an interview last night where she spoke to this issue again. the president t, let me be crystal clear, wants schools to open. he wants them to stay open. and that is -- and he wants to do that safely. and he wants health and medical experts to be guides for how we should do exactly that. dr. walensky spoke to this in her personal capacity. obviously she's the head of the cdc, but we're waiting for the final guidance to use that as a guide for sc

i am very proud of the biden administration for embracing the artemis program.le might not realize, artemis in greek mythology, is the twin sister of apollo, and she was the goddess of the moon. so we think about, here we are 50 years after the apollo program. we are going back to the moon. and this time we are going with all of america. and we are doing it with a purpose, to get to mars. the moon is the proving ground, how we learn to live and work on another world for long time -- long periods of time. the fact that we went to from one administration to the next and get that continuity, i think that is the kind of unity america can respond to and be enthusiastic about. emily: every time i look at the night sky, i see more satellites in space. i wonder with all of this new exploration. all these new satellites in our orbit, are you at all concerned about the amount of debris, in some future life could we trap ourselves on earth, given how much is now up there? jim: absolutely, we are seeing constellations launched into space now, for low-earth orbit, for low la

yeah, 2024 is the date slated, hopefully, for mission three, artemis three. the challenges on the crew and all the engineers that are involved are enormous, but it's 2021. when kennedy made his announcement we'll be on the moon by the end of the decade, here we are at the start of another decade and we're talking about notjust trying to see if we can get there, but using all the latest technology and everything we've learned to actually get there and start to stay, and that's a pretty exciting development. but the number of things the astronauts have to train for, the women and men that are in the different astronaut courses, it's huge, but there's time to do that. we have to invent a few things, there's a lot of private companies involved. it's a really different time but i think it's a really exciting time. wow, that's a little tease there, isn't it? "we have to invent a few things." what are you alluding to there? that sounds exciting. well, the ability to stay on the surface of the moon, the technology you need in order to be able to extract water that ex

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the "artemis" programme, plans to land the first woman and next man on the moon by 202a.ank hejoins us. thank you he joins us. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. it's taken 50 years, and why return to the moon? yeah, well, this is primarily an effortjust to prepare ourselves yeah, well, this is primarily an effort just to prepare ourselves for taking that next big leap ongoing on to mars. that's what nasa sees the artemis programme being, teaching us all the skills and techniques needed to actually send astronauts to mars, which it wants to do in the 2030s. two they have enough money for this? we know that there is a lot of cooperation and a bit of a space race going on. who is involved? how much is accosting?— much is accosting? yes, that is alwa s much is accosting? yes, that is always the _ much is accosting? yes, that is always the big _ much is accosting? yes, that is always the big question. - much is accosting? yes, that is - always the big question. whenever you want to do something big in space, do we have enough money? it's really unclear. there's a bit o

provide funding for it is another, but hey, the fact that they actually said that they supported artemis, that's a huge deal and it speaks to all the hard work that you did during your time at nasa. former nasa administrator, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> so president biden claiming today that the trump administration failed to order enough vaccines. former white house coronavirus task force member dr. scott atlas is here to respond to that next. ntly and other money managers don't understand why. (money manager) because our way works great for us! (naj) but not for your clients. that's why we're a fiduciary, obligated to put clients first. (money manager) so, what do you provide? cookie cutter portfolios? (naj) nope, we tailor portfolios to our client's needs. (money manager) but you do sell investments that earn you high commissions, right? (naj) we don't have those. (money manager) so what's in it for you? (naj) our fees are structured so we do better when you do better. at fisher investments we're clearly different. there are ordinary eggs... and the best. which egg tastes more

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the uae recently signed the artemis accords, which is something the u.s. has put forth in its mission to go back to the moon. yes, you are competing. you want to be better than the other guys, but it is a very collaborative competition we see these days. brent: we have three countries that are trying to get to the red planet. we have the u.s., china and the uae. what makes mars so attractive right now to these space agencies? >> they often say mars a's hard, but everybody seems to want t go to mars. the mars perseverance a rover and its helicopter will arrive on the 18th. this happens every 20 months or so. it is the way the planets orbit the sun. in many ways, it is very much like earth. in many ways, it is not like earth. of all the places we can get too easily, it has the greatest possibility of being a place where there once may have been life. it is easy to get to and it is interesting. interest breeds more interest. we'lle seeing more missions and not fewer entity years to come. brent: it seems like we are forgetting the moosometimes. >> we have not

the mars rover landing, and then you're going to take them through the next mission to the moon by artemishat correct? hilaria: that's correct. we're so excited. and i thin mars and then hopefully one day taking humans to mars is the human aspect of the story. and so in addition to children getting hands-on activities online and access to scientists and professionals online is that all of them are going to be telling the kids how they got there, what is a little bit of their own personal story so that students can see, "oh, you know, they were also somebody in elementary sitting, you know, and they were young once and they had a dream." and so that's kind of the twist we're adding. now--you know, in the past, our focus was to open, you know, science, engineering, space exploration, a lot of very important things, but it was always--because it was only one night, it was kind of limited. being a virtual event, it just kind of exponentially grew the opportunity to allow students to reconnect with scientists in a different way, and it allowed--because of the time element--we have a little bit

recently signed the artemis accords which is something the u.s. is good for in its mission to go back to the moon so yes you're competing you want to always you know be better than the others guys but it's a very collaborative competition that we see these days in space that is true we've got 3 countries that are trying to get to the red planet without the u.s. china and the u.a.e. what in particular makes mars so attractive right now to the space agency's. well you know the officer mars is hard but then again what everybody seems to want to go to mars penya chair when is going to arrive tomorrow and then the march for severance rover and his helicopter will arrive on the 18th and you know this happens every you know 20 months or so that's the way that the planets orbit the sun but the thing about mars is that in many ways it's very much like earth anyways it's not like earth and of all the places in the solar system that we can get to easily and has the greatest possibility of being a place where there may once have been life and some people's mi

we're involved in the artemis program, that's returning humans into the surface of the moon, and is airst europeans who will set foot on mars. so if you would like to chase your own dream of interplanetary travel, the online application opens in march. victoria gill, bbc news. more on that and all the news anytime on the bbc website and also on our twitterfeed. anytime on the bbc website and also on our twitter feed. thank you so much for watching. hello there. we can expect more mild weather through the rest of this week, but with that, there will be more outbreaks of rain. through wednesday, yes, it will be mild but also windy, some outbreaks of rain at times. quite a wet start to the day, actually, thanks to this frontal system pushing its way eastwards. now, that rain will clear from many areas quite quickly, but you can see this frontjust dangling down towards the south. that means the rain is going to linger across southern counties of england in fact, pushing back northwards into parts of south wales, the midlands and east anglia through the afternoon. elsewhere, it's a sunshin

we're involved in the artemis program, that's returning humans into the surface of the moon, and is airst europeans who will set foot on mars. so if you would like to chase your own dream of interplanetary travel, the online application opens in march. victoria gill, bbc news. the city of new orleans is famous the world over for its music, its traditional creole food, and of course, the mardi gras festival, sadly cancelled this year because of the pandemic. no festival means no floats, but that hasn't stopped locals getting into the party spirit. this year they have been channelling all their energies into decorating their own homes, and there's a range spectacular designs. thousands have taken part in what's been dubbed "yardy gras", with entire streets transformed in some parts of the city. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter — i'm @bbc mike embley. hello there. we can expect more mild weather through the rest of this week, but with that, there will be more outbreaks of rain. through wednesday, yes, it will be mild but also windy, some outbreaks of rain

the prime minister said also taking my living with coronavirus long—term and mentioned the artemis potentialse to when dealing with things on a yearly basis perhaps that of the social distancing measures and protective equipment we are so used to using now, so a bit of a glimpse into the future and again, coming in with other things to go right. thank ou ve with other things to go right. thank you very much. _ with other things to go right. thank you very much, thank _ with other things to go right. thank you very much, thank you. - heathrow airport has expressed concern over the implementation of hotel quarantine plans, that are due to come into effect on monday. anyone arriving in england, from 33 high—risk countries, will be required to quarantine for 10 days. but the uk's busiest airport, says �*significant gaps' remain in the government's plan. in response the department of health said "we are working closely with airports and hotels to manage any issues that arise and ensure the new process runs as smoothly as possible. we are clear the safety of all staff and passengers is a priority.

we're involved in the artemis program, that is returning humans to the surface of the moon, which willtially be picking the first europeans who will set foot on mars. what would you advise people who want to put themselves up for that rigorous process? research esa programmes, current and future plans, and know what it's going to mean to be an esa astronaut. there's tim peake. but it's an incredible journey, and people who are selected have got a really exciting future ahead of them. victoria gill, bbc news. the dup is proposing to tighten up the law on abortion in northern ireland — less than two years after it was decriminalised. lets speak to our ireland correspondent chris page. chris, what is this about? well, simon, abortion _ chris, what is this about? well, simon, abortion remains- chris, what is this about? well, simon, abortion remains one i chris, what is this about? well, j simon, abortion remains one of chris, what is this about? well, - simon, abortion remains one of the most plex, contentious and emotive issues in northern ireland. for more than half a century, the laws

and when they talk about basically we're going to have the artemis program that will be launched in 2024, i say they better get building that team right now because you're already behind the power curve. and i think the workforce is the real key to success in any program. and we were blessed to have this marvelous space task group with the experience it brought in. i think today we don't have the broad experience in the aircraft/aerospace industry we once had. so you're going to have to rebuild leadership. i was talking up at the committee, you've got to establish a focus upon an objective, we have to get unity within our nation. we've got a lot of things we've got to do before we can move outward bound. >> thank you, sir. >> one more question, if any. yes, sir. >> hello, sir. i'm cadet winer, a student at case state, kansas state. my question to you is if you had to pick one or two or a handful of traits that you think are most valuable in an engineer or a developer like that, what would you say? >> that's an interesting question. it's one that my training team nearly killed me on. it's

we're involved in the artemis program, that is returning humans to the surface of the moon, and as ar own dream of interplanetary travel, the online application opens in march. victoria gill, bbc news. and finally, a thick blanket of snow covered greece's ancient acropolis today, as a cold spell swept through athens — cutting power cables, disrupting travel and halting covid—19 vaccinations. but some people managed to enjoy the weather. greece has seen the heaviest snowfall in over a decade, with temperatures plunging to minus 20 degrees celsius in some parts and rare snow falling over athens. time for a look at the weather. here's matt taylor. very unusual to see a site like that. it is indeed, and just 2 degrees this afternoon as a high in athens compared to what we saw, 13 degrees in liverpool and our weather has certainly changed, and through this week the above—average temperatures shown by the oranges remain largely in place and just watch what happens in place and just watch what happens in the weekend. they deepen, and things could be warmer and we could see five or 10 degree

over the next several months they will discuss if the first three artemis missions need to be delayedone issue, funding. the space agency requested $3.3 billion from congress to begin funding the lunar pursuit but they only got 850 million. the project is estimated to cost $30 billion. >>> new reports shows just how severe job losses in silicon valley were last year. from june 2019 to june 2020 overall employment fell by 8.9%. the think tank joint venture silicon valley also found that while overall job losses were dramatic, some industries were hit harder than others and some managed to actually gain jobs such as tech. >>> it's 545 right now. let's get another check on the roads. >>> they are looking busy in to the pass. that's the slow spot. if are you going westbound 580 out of tracy from 205 toward the dublin you will have a few brake lights. you know what to expect. you know it gets slow this time of the morning. we are seeing speeds dipping down to 16 miles an hour. just a heads up. i have a crash reported eastbound 580 before redwood road. looks like it's the right shoulder. no

jen psaki, the white house press secretary, made some big news, i asked a question about nasa's artemishe wasn't sure, but today he said that the biden administration fully supports nasa's artemis program to return american astronauts to the moon hopefully by 2024. neil? neil: thank you, fellow astronaut, kristin fisher. thank you very much. by the way, she did sort of mimic the whole, or just read the whole -- ribbed the whole space force thing. and she's taken a lot of heat for that. how has she come off the that? out of that? okay. i guess we lost her there. all right. weaver following that. we're also following right now the president of the united states. he's going the to be at the state department pretty soon. he is going to thank workers there. this was on the schedule last week before the big snowstorm. we're looking forward to hearing from him, but almost every former foreign policy adviser has been indicating the fact that the u.s. is sending warships through the taiwan strait, of course, a response to china sending a whole bunch of ships into the region. scary times. dan jos

we know that, of course, the artemis nasa effort, it really would like to send people back to the moon know that blue origin wants to be there too. they put up a mock-up. they're not ready yet though. so in a way, isn't elon way ahead on this? >> well, i don't know. i mean, he is not ahead in terms of landing a lunar module onto the surface of the moon. that's a specialty that maybe the blue origin folks have been hiring the smart engineers on. so, you know, the jury is still out. and elon has some other technologies that are, obviously, larger than the ocean, but he has just recently acquired a pair of oil rigs in the gulf of mexico, and we think the intent is to fly the big star ship off of oil rigs out in the gulf which will keep the federal aviation agency off of his back a little bit more. and elon, of course, is using the falcon not only for people, but he has a launch contract with many, but among them notably our national security assets are being lofted into space on falcon 9 rockets. so that's got to maybe make the blue origin folks saying we've got to kick it up a notch, but

thing i wanted to do at the top, kristen, who's back today again, asked a great question about the artemis w

nasa's artemis program, the program to return american astronauts to the moon by 2024. president's plan? what is he going to do with that program? is he going to keep it intact? >> i am personally interested in space. a fascinating area of study but have not spoken with our team about this particular program. let me see if i can get you a more informed overview of that. >> one more question. sorry. about the president's comments last night as he was paying his respects to the fbi agents that lost their lives, or wer

nasa's artemis program, the program to return american astronauts to the moon by 2024. what is the president's plan? what is he going to do with that program? is he going to keep it intact? >> i am personally interested in space. a fascinating area of study but have not spoken with our team about this particular program. let me see if i can get you a more informed overview of that. >> one more question. sorry. about the president's comments last night as he was paying his respects to the fbi agents that lost their lives, or were injured. he said by and large the vast majority of these men and women are decent, honorable people. what did he mean by that? "the vast majority" part, exactly what he meant's go ahead, kristin? >> thank you, jen. president biden has been very clear that one of his core charges to the country is to try to unify the country. how can he do that while the impeachment trial is going on next week? >> well, he were focus his efforts, exactly what he's doing, on delivering necessary relief to the american public, and using his forum to talk about how

we're involved in the artemis program, that is returning humans to the surface of the moon, and as ase your own dream of interplanetary travel, the online application opens in march. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story... the bbc has obtained secret videos recorded by the daughter of dubai's ruler. princess latifa al maktoum says her father is holding her prisoner and fears for her life. let's update you on myanmar. the trial of the detained civilian leader aung san suu kyi has begun in the capital behind closed doors. we don't have many details. we know she appeared via video link in nay pyi taw. we also know she's now facing a second criminal charge, and that her lawyer hasn't been able to see her since she was arrested. we heard from them outside court. translation: aung san suu kyi has been charged with an extra offence. | she was charged under section eight of the export and import law and section 25 of the natural disaster management law as well. when the judge asked her, she replied that she wished to have a lawyer arranged by her executive commit

we're involved in the artemis program, that is returning humans to the surface of the moon, which willthemselves up for that rigorous process? research esa programmes, current and future plans, and know what it's going to mean to be an esa astronaut. there's tim peake. but it's an incredible journey, and people who are selected have got a really exciting future ahead of them. victoria gill, bbc news. sophie is coming up with the bbc news at six, but now it's time for a look at the weather with matt. hello. definitely a feeling of spring rather than winter this week, though temperatures will be up and down a little bit. as for today, shrove tuesday, could have been better across the south and east. cloud and rain lingering into the afternoon, but elsewhere, it has been a case of the weather flipping between sunshine and showers. a strong breeze across the country, strongest towards the north—west of scotland where we've seen winds touch 60 or 70 miles an hour. showers here, plenty across england and wales with the odd rumble of thunder as we head towards the end of the afternoon and eve

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mail from marco rubio's team, they want to know whether or not this administration is behind the artemisple back in space and on the moon. and at this point, they have not heard from the biden administration that they're 100 percent behind it because so many jobs are riding on that particular mission. brian: yeah. and by the way, i actually was able to do that for fox nation. and it's amazing. they want to get to -- they want to let elon musk go to the moon and us go to mars. and we are going to need to be able to get that investment. part of that is space force. because, if you want to protect your satellite, if you want to have a space shield, a shield, a missile shield, that's where it's going to be implemented, ainsley. this is no joke. i'm shocked that she has to go out and clarify that i guess because it's donald trump. ainsley: we are americans. we want to be first at everything, right? so we need. this we need to stay up to date. instead of another country attacking our satellites or discovering something that we haven't been able to do because we get rid of space force. this is