september 2015, russian forces came to assad's rescue.plosion booming) >> russian airstrikes have killed hundreds of civians and caused massive destruction to residential areas. >> the russians had come in. so we now had syria running amok, and we had a roaring geostrategic csis. (explosion booming) (people yelling) >> activists say the strikes have intensified since russia began its air campaign to bolster the assad regime. >> man (in arabic): >> smith: in retaliation, jolani began attacking russian targets in syria and called for attacks inside russia. >> jabhat al nusra has proven quite effective at "poking the bear," so to speak, but it's only led the russians to come out and indiscriminately bomb in idlib. the russians have droptons and tons of munitions on idlib in response to jabhat al nusra attacks. >> smith: so they killed a lot of civilians-- indiscriminate bombing is what is. >> and most importantly, not only killed them, but displaced them, sent them running for their lives towards the turkish frontier and creating a refugee c

at the same time, they were now widespread desertion and assad's armed forces. mostly among members of the sunni branch of islam. they expressed solidarity with the protesters and refused to shoot at their own people. the with a growing number of syrians believing that i thought had gone too far, popular support for his regime was falling fast. here and holmes, a military officer who had deserted, explains to volunteer militiamen how to protect themselves against snipers. along to the con, also the government gave us orders that violated our oath as soldiers we had sworn to protect civilians. when i saw what was going on, i deserted on june 2nd 2011 and it's a death in a dash. as the government campaign continued, they were fewer demonstrations and more st. battles. as i thought, chose brute force large parts of syria soon bore the scars of a war zone. tens of thousands of people fled to neighboring countries like lebanon and turkey, from their many would make their way to europe. 10 years after the start of their resolution, half of this year in population, $12

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they'll skim it off, assad will never let us have it.being punished for it. he bombed them out of their homes and they're left living in tents. >> to that point, andrea, this was has been going on for ten years. did you get a sense from the ambassador, from your reporting with this administration that they want to do something about the war itself? i know that we're focusing on the humanitarian crisis. do you get a sense there is any diplomatic initiative to try and resolve what has been taking place in syria internationally over the past ten years? i know president assad claimed he won victory again with 95% of the vote. but that doesn't give confidence to the people that you were speaking to that this war may be ending any time soon. >> reporter: yeah, well, they have not appointed an envoy for syria. that is sitting waiting to happen. there is no one engaging in the political process. at this stage we have very little leverage because assad really thinks he's won and he's got russia helping him. they're starving these people out. but

so assad's was besieging the towns that were rebelling one by one. and so when i say besieging it means there is no water, there's no electricity, there is no food there. is nobody coming in or going out wherever protests flared up, the regime isolated those who took part. this is holmes. one of the buckle points of the uprising, the garbage wasn't picked up for weeks, and the water supply was shut off. there was a growing danger of infectious disease outbreaks, hunger and holmes was widespread in 2011. the past thought had decided that if the residence in one area to the streets, he would punish that entire neighbourhood. might not. today, we just sat in some days. we have none. i'm sorry. regime kills our children and our brothers and sisters whose government is doing the syrians who lived in exile were deeply concerned about their compatriots suffering . at the time. sima ben rabo was working in the united arab emirates. she created a network that brought together opposition activists from across the region. the author regime, she says, was it war

what does assad have to do with it? help people who need that assistance, just the most basic things. they won't even lift restrictions on supplies of medication and medical equipment even in the context of the coronavirus infection, but that is just inhumane. and this kind of cruel attitude to the people cannot be explained in any way. as far as the border crossings for delivery of humanitarian assistance, there is the area where competence are still killing people, robbing people, raping people and there is the zone, which by the way, is controlled by the u.s. military recently. we caught there a group of gangsters who had come from there and that they directly said they had specific goals as far as russian military facilities. as far as border crossings, our position is such that assistance needs to be given just as it should be done in the entire world and was provided for in the rules of international humanitarian law through the central government. that is how assistance should be given and it should not be discri

he now says about assad asking him to break into government systems. he admits to lying about that, but that is all ready in the charges against the savage. right now this activity was said include attempts to hook into the computers of members of parliament and record their conversations. in fact, thought us. and now mister stunted that the sons never asked him to hack or access phone recordings of him peace. moreover, the british judge reviewing the extradition request agreed with the charges charges, many of which are now said to be lies. such as when thought this and claim that he accessed a police vehicle database legitimately while working as a volunteer for rescue services and blamed it on assad. more deceptive language emerges in the afa mentioned judgments where it states a thumbs use the unauthorized access givens him by a source. it's access the government websites of iceland used to track police vehicles. there was more much more about stolen band fall than hacking, all of which was twisted by thordis and, and the f b i who must have known

now, our ally turkey has been on the front line preventing assad from causing humanitarian catastrophe even worse than he's already caused. did you have conversations during your trip about the continued attacks against civilians and displaced syrians in northwest syria given the assad regime and its russian and iranian backers have no reason to cease their aggression? are there any other tools we should be using to move this in a positive direction or to deter positive attacks? -- to deter attacks? ms. thomas-greenfield: i met with the foreign minister and the national security advisor. prior to my going to turkey, deputy secretary wendy sherman had also been there and engaged on those subjects with the government and how we can support the efforts that they are making and we are making to push back against the assad regime. mr. chabot: thank you. now the cease-fire's been reached, conversations have turned rebuilding relative to israel and hamas. past u.n. efforts to support gaza have resulted in the diversion of supplies to hamas. how is the administration planning to work with the

this is the end of the case against julian assad. if biden continues to seek the extradition of a publisher under an indictment poison top to bottom, with false testimony, admitted by its own star, witness the damage to the united states, reputation and press freedom would last for a generation. it's unavoidable for the better part of a decade. the united states and its allies wanted assange. they came up with allegations and grand juries and smear campaigns to get to him. we knew that what we didn't know is how many of america's charges against the sods charges that could lambda signs in jail for 175 years. a reportedly made up the main witness and the charges against the assange, the extra decent request for the u. k gave an interview to stand it and i standing publication. his name is siegel. do you for this? and he apparently has a piece of work charges were piling up against alderson with the sunday co thirties for massey fraud forgeries and theft on the one hand. and for sexual violations against under age boys he had tricked o

i fled from assad. if they saw my name on the roster, the military would be waiting for me upon arrival time on russia keep it will soon be addressing an appeals board for now. she's still away to work and her kids may still attend school. in late june, the authorities are set to make their final decision on her deportation anthem, part of the parisian city state for centuries, the book marches along the then in the latin quarter. but the future of these look nice as they are called, has been under threats since the pandemic broke out. a sharp decline and tourism left many unable to pay their bills. natalie, carla has been running her bookstore for decades. and though corona virus restrictions are slowly using in france, it comes to late for some natalie fears this to be the final chapter for her business. it's the place to enjoy a book and a cup of coffee in paris. the latin quarter is the traditional haunt of french intellectual tourists. bob, it's unique, blair. but during the corona lockdown, the ca

and persecution of julian assad. this is the best that they could do if verified these interview will be a serious blow, if not the dennis of the case against the sods. the case that has riled rights and press activists for years, in case that may well criminalize journalism, as we know it, and the case that will ma america for years to come like where they most good luck with. we remember that the judge prohibited the sundays extradition only because of his carry a health situation. danger might commit suicide in the us prison. at the same time, she essentially agreed with the argon fabricated by the us and based on the testimonies of a person who as we know, said himself that testimony was totally fictional, false. and of course, this must have consequences for the extradition presentation for young. but i think the finding, the ministration must once and for all right, this case often, a criminalization of generally united states doesn't look for justice and the julian was to look for revenge and guns, revenge aga

in october 2019. curtis leaders negotiated a deal with president bashar assad. very and troops would deploy along the border to prevent a turkish military offensive. the deal was brokered by russia. i thought did not want to lose any more territory. this move, plus the addition of russian air strikes against opposition, militias help boost thoughts. chances are staying and power and they're the ones efforts to increase turkeys presence in northern syria, we're only a limited success. meanwhile, vladimir putin took advantage of the situation to enhance russia as role as a major player in the region. still in 2019 air, the one was able to set up buffer zones inside syria, which also served to prevent the various kurdish militias from linking up with as with the arab spring itself, european diplomats did not play much of a role in negotiation aimed at ending the fighting and syria, they were more effective in trying to end the 2nd civil war that broke out in libya in 2014 and august 2020 german foreign minister. hypo mos traveled to libya in an effort to keep the c

and are viewed as opponents of the assad regime. so i was just there, last week, with u.n. ambassador. and she is trying to bring, you know, attention to this. we understand that president biden is going to bring that up with vladimir putin in geneva. but keir asked him about it, and i'm not sure, yet. we are going to put that on, on monday. exactly what he said about whether he is going to back down and what price he may demand for backing down. because one of the concerns is that he will demand the lifting of sanctions on the assad regime. the brutal-assad regime, which now has gained -- regained, with russian backing, control of 70% of syria ten years into that civil war. so, there's so many issues around the world and ukraine. obviously, front and center. that the president really wants to bring up and press home. but also, the attacks on our election the solarwinds, other attacks, the cyberattacks. you know, there is a long list of russian aggression. but he does want to work with russia, on arms control, chris. >> yeah. >> when he says he wants to work on things like

by the government. >> still assad was just reelected with 95% of the vote. hold he still has on some 70% of what's left in the country. >> as long as assad is there in the presidential palace and ruling the country, i think he won the war. >> not without help though. russian president vladimir putin invested massive amounts of military and money to prop up the regime. add iranian militias. >> russians have created a very, you know, dangerous client state that is also backed by iran. >> as for the u.s., there are still some 900 american troops in eastern syria dealing with remnants of isis. successive administrations have tried dealing with syria to little effect. >> i believe the united states lost syria. and lost also other countries in the middle east. in one way or another. >> in fact, neighbors like others saudi arabia and cutter one time backers of rebels ready to return to the assad regime amid few choices. president biden will ask russian president putin when they meet next week in geneva to help facilitate the delivery of much needed humanitarian nee

many in the west had once seen president bashar assad as a relatively liberal progressive figure. but he still showed his true colors after the regimes in tunisia and egypt were toppled the people of syria dare to take to the street in march 2011 to demand freedom, dignity and economic reforms started punishing the towns that are rebelling. so depriving them of all infrastructure or services, government services, let's say waste management, education and then the stage. so i thought was teaching the towns that were rebelling one by one. and so when i say besieging it means there's no water, there's no electricity, there is no food there. is nobody coming in or going out wherever protests flared up, the regime isolated, those who took part. this is holmes, one of the focal points of the uprising. the garbage wasn't picked up for weeks and the water supply was shut off. there was a growing danger of infectious disease outbreaks. hunger in homes was widespread in 2011. the pos thought had decided that if the residence in one area took to the streets, he would punish that entire neigh

at the same time, they were now widespread desertion and assad armed forces. mostly among members of the sunni branch of this one. they expressed solidarity with the protesters and refused to shoot at their own people. the with a growing number of syrians believing that i thought had gone too far, popular support for his regime was falling fast. here in holmes, a military officer who had deserted, explains to volunteer militiamen how to protect themselves against snipers guns. and also the government gave us orders that violated our oath as soldiers we had sworn to protect civilians. when i saw what was going on, i deserted on june. second, 2011 is a death in dash. as the government campaign continued, they were fewer demonstrations and more st battle. as i thought chose brute force the large parts of syria soon bore the scars of a war zone. tens of thousands of people fled to neighboring countries like lebanon and turkey, from their many would make their way to europe. 10 years after the start of the resolution, half of this year in population, $12000000.00 p

but russia, supporting syria's assad regime, is now threatening to close the last of four corridors for western aid trucks, a lifeline to 4 million people including her son, raqan, who says -- "there are kids who are sicker than i am and they need this." emergency medics, the volunteer white helmets, trying to do what they can. >> the coronavirus, you know, from since a year up till now made the situation worse. if they close the border, if they will close the border after a month it will be a disaster disaster for everyone. >> reporter: the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. is going to the border tomorrow as the u.s. pressures russia to keep the aid flowing, an issue president biden will raise with vladimir putin at their summit two weeks from now kate >> andrea mitchell, thank you so much. and tomorrow andrea talks exclusively with u.s. ambassador to the u.n. linda thomas-greenfield. >>> still ahead, why your favorite items are getting smaller. >>> have you noticed some of your favorite products are shrinking in size but the prices aren't vicky nguyen explains why. >> reporter: from ice cre

it does not really care about assad, it does not care about rebuilding the state in syria.. thank you for your company. i hope you have a good night. part two of the weekend is a repeat performance of part one. yes, sunday has started on a cloudy note with the rain easing away off into the north sea. the cloud is fairly widespread at the moment, but as the rain eases into the north sea, we will tend to see it thinning and breaking with sunshine coming through in england and wales. sunny spells and scattered showers in scotland and northern ireland. a few brisk showers here accompanied by a keen north—westerly wind. the wind direction will be a feature, coming in off the north sea. exposed east coasts will feel disappointing, 15—16 as the high. if we get sunshine coming through in south—east england, we may see 22 degrees. 72 fahrenheit. much warmer than that for the wales match in rome. 33 degrees quite likely. temperatures easing into the second half of the match. as the evening comes to a close. as we look at what to expect into monday morning, some rain pushing into the

it doesn't really care about assad, it does not care about rebuilding the state in syria. thank you for your company. i hope you have a good night. from all of us on the programme, goodbye. hello, on sunday we saw temperatures in the mid to high 20s, this sunday some of you will be lucky to get into the mid teens, and that's after a spell of yet more rain overnight clearing its way off into the north sea as we go through the day and leaving a legacy of cloud and developing easterly breeze. so, into the morning, luckily not too chilly at this stage, and certainly across scotland, northern ireland, not as chilly as it was saturday morning but england and wales lots of cloud around, outbreaks of rain and drizzle, heavy bursts still towards the east of england in particular. that will gradually ease away, rain and drizzle light and patchy and showers will develop and around southern counties of england and south wales. at the same time after some sunny spells in scotland, northern ireland we see cloud and showery rain, some of which will be heavy pushing its way southwards and

it does not really care about assad, it does not care about rebuilding the state in syria.od night. hello, there. it's been a relatively quiet start to our weekend so far. yes, a lot of cloud around, but i suspect if you are waking up to scenes like this in south—east england you'll take it, because yesterday was a miserable day, wasn't it? we had a month's worth of rain. it was really relentless throughout the day. so cloudy skies for many. the cloud is already starting to break up and some sunshine coming through and that may welljust trigger off a few isolated showers as we go through the day across scotland and northern england. if we draw a line really from the wash down to the bristol channel, here it may well stay quite grey and by the end of the afternoon further heavy showers likely to push up across the west country. top temperatures where we see the best of the sunshine likely to be 22 degrees, 72 fahrenheit. through the evening and overnight, though showers will become more widespread across central and southern england, with the heaviest bursts likely once agai

i fled from assad. if they saw my name on the roster, the military would be waiting for me upon arrival. i shall keep it will soon be interesting and appeals board to be for now. she's still late to work and her kids may still attend school. in late june, the authorities are set to make their final decision on her deportation. they have been part of the parisian cityscape for centuries, the book, merchants along with them in the latin quarter. but the future of these look nice as they are called has been under threats since the pandemic broke out. a sharp decline in tourism left many unable to pay their bills. natalie, carla has been running her bookstore for decades. and though corona virus restrictions are slowly using in france, it comes to late for some natalie fears. this could be the final chapter for her business. it's the place to enjoy a book and a cup of coffee in paris. the latin quarter is the traditional haunt of french intellectuals, tourists. bob, it's unique, blair. but during the corona

it has been on the front line preventing assad from causing humanitarian catastrophe. did you have conversations during your trip about continued attacks between civilians and displaced syrians in northwest syria, given that the assad regime and its russian and iranian backers see no reason to cease their aggression. are there any other tools we should be using to move this situation in a positive direction to deter these attacks? >> i met with the foreign minister, and i met with the national security adviser, and prior to my going to turkey, the deputy secretary wendy sherman had also been there and engaged with those subjects with the government and how we can support the efforts that they are making and we are making to push back against the assad regime. >> thank you. now that a cease-fire has been reached, conversations have turned, rebuilding relative to israel and hamas have passed u.n. efforts to support gaza have resulted in the diversion of supplies to hamas. how does the administration plan to work with the u.n. to prevent hamas and other terror groups from

should bashar al assad offer up tice as a gees tour to set a new course for the u.s. in syria?ging public at sect new gate public relations. he previously served as an adviser in the u.s. department of state -- i almost promoted you -- specializing in middle east affairs. he also has experience gaining the release of journalists held captive overseas. mike, thanks for coming on. >> thank you for having me and keeping a spotlight on this cause. >> is it your belief that tice is alive in syria? if so, why hasn't there been proof of life? >> first let me say that austin tice was an eagle scout born in texas, an officer in the u.s. marine corps and award winning journalist working in syria to bring news to the american people of a very complicated conflict in a very dangerous place when he disappeared. proof of life came in 2012, as you know. there was the release of a 47-second video that -- in which austin was blindfolded, held at gunpoint, but was clearly alive, and there is obviously been three successful presidential administrations in the united states that have affirmed thei

it doesn't really care about assad, it does not care about rebuilding the state in syria.mpany. i hope you have a good night. from all of us on the programme, goodbye. hello. like it or not, we've reached that turning point in the year — summer solstice, the longest day — on monday with nearly 19 hours of daylight in shetland. just over 16.5 across the channel islands. but across some southern areas, you will be lucky to see sunrise oi’ sunset. it is going to be a fairly cloudy and wet start to the week here. brightening up as the week goes on as things turn a bit cloudier and more showery further north as we go through the week and to start with, rather cool, too. an area of low pressure to the south—west of us which has thrown up some weather fronts to take us into the start of monday across southern counties of england. it's here where there will be more persistent rain on the south coast first thing. not a cold start here, but chillier elsewhere with clear skies away from this zone of thicker cloud in southern scotland, producing one or two showers. that will push into

and we can see the fear is now the julian assad under pressure for so long that he may choose a similar option. and of course, a few people are going to be joining adults here on the day that it adds to mcafee's. death adds to higher number of people who died either imprisoned on the juris because they're facing legal action. aaron swartz aside from mike if you also a web pioneer and pioneer in his twenties, he made the incident hall of fame residence. he was an early employee help get that off the ground. she was facing threatened with 30 years behind bars by united states, prosecutors. so what he did is he downloaded many, many i see demick journals. he believed that the internet should be free, access to knowledge should be free. later after he was found, hanged in his apartment. we found out that the, the secret service presidential security there that they had $1400.00 pages of documents on him, a huge amount. the secret service was involved. then for example, we have abstract jeffrey epstein, who could have brought down the system, the establishment. i mean, he's friends included

and persecution of julian assad. this is the best that they could do if verified these interview will be a serious blow, if not the dennis of the case against the sarge. and the case that has riled rights and press activists for years, in case that may well criminalize journalism, as we know it, and the case that will ma america for years to come. this is proven to be true. not only would any legitimate federal judge in the united states wrote the case out because most of the allegation based on the story were either fabricated, potentially lead to a. i would consider would be counter things or counter counter action. it's your bonds against the united states, and in general, fabricating such evidence. this is also going to many cases in question. where did they do this? did they, did they set up people to entrap up? was it as simple as did they have absolutely no evidence? so i'm wanting to get him that they literally found anybody that they could think of that had almost minimal to no tied to with julie decides to

but president bashar assad is an optimal interest and a british trained dr. so worked. not trusting off the ology when he's facing the millions of demonstrators and massacres. and in that, i swear those demonstrators shouting to me, me a meaning peaceful, peaceful. and they were faced with guns and heavy weapons. and so court doesn't matter if he's got some ology sort of the decision or whatever he might be . what matters his behavior towards his own people then towards the suggestions for change that was going through. well, obviously it's a conversation. i wish we had more time for i'll move on to the next one, but russia and the us, the key players in the middle east, putin and biden, as you well know, a meeting next week. can they find common ground on the israeli palestinian conflict? what's your position on that? they should be able to, they should be able to the palestinian israeli conflict in ready for out of the ocean. the elements, the ingredients are pretty much agreed upon by all people, including the states, including the duration, which include 2 state sol

what would they rather have assad as bad as he is? it's harmful as he is. as poor neighbor as he is. or what might replace him. and i don't know the answer to that but it's hard for me to say that the world would not be a better place with assad gone because he and his father have have contributed to a lot of american deaths and a lot of terrorist acts around the world. and but but whether my you know, who knows i asked to expert on the region not too long ago and he's he said he's going to be. is going to be in there longer than we think and less than he thinks. some cadets all mask. i saw your hand up. are you gonna ask an easier question matt? yes, sir. i promise i don't know computers. but you said defense spending used to be 10% of our gdp first today. it's it's a mirror 4.4% i think something like four point six seven, maybe okay, um with the looming budget deficit of i think it's 15 point something trillion now, you know eventually gonna hit crisis mode if it's not dealt with with in a few years. how tough a cell is it going to be that that we need t

>> russia supports the assad regime. people here have been bombed from their homes by the regime. now they are in refugee camps. they are starving. covid is rampant. they haven't had access until recently to some vaccines. little to no testing. we see children working for less than pennies per day on trash heaps to try to scavenge to try to keep families going. >> the crossing is the lifeline for more than a million people living in northwest syria. half of them are refugees. they were displaced from their towns and villages. closing the border, closing the gate will touch every family from northwest syria. >> so the situation is that this last crossing, this last opening to get food, medicine, other supplies, sanitation supplies in to all of these millions of people closes as of july 15. secretary blinken has spoken about this in march at a security council meeting and the president is expected to bring this up with vladimir putin in a couple weeks at the summit. but if russia doesn't back down, they can veto this last route. the u.s. is providing the majority of the u.n. aid. th

as a result, we have -- syrians have a shored up assad regime, and it helped assad save his top biochemical. it shows what happens when the u.s. enters into a kind of agreementn an area in which both interests assert mutual interest. so biden talking about that, talking in those terms, with that background, going into the summit, is a little hay moment for putin. right? one that comes after a very long time of deterioration of russian and american relations, both during the trump presidency and during the first months of the biden presidency. nermeen: masha, could you talk about what you think will be the mitchell point in interest -- the mutual point in interest, as biden indicated earlier this week, saying he would be open to a reciprocal agreement on the extradition of cyber criminals. can you talk about the significance of that, and what other points of interest and agreement there may be between the two? masha: well, this is a really terrifying comment that biden, in the briefing a couple days ago, when he said that the united states is going to raise the issue of possible extradition

last corridor into the refugee camps, and still in the conflict zone, displaced by bombings from the assadhat is your reaction, seeing this, having gone inside and talked to the aide workers. we can't reveal pictures because it's so dangerous. >> i have two reactions. i am so thankful we have these people who are working here. what i said to them was we can bring money, but money doesn't matter if you don't have people who are committed, passionate, who understand the work. i am so thankful that we have them. but i'm also feeling a sense of desperation because they feel a sense of desperation with the concern that there is a chance this one border crossing that we have been seeing today, but this crossing could be closed. i had been really spurred to work as hard as i can to do everything i can to keep this border open, but also to open the two borders that were closed. what they do saves lives. and we have to continue to help them do that. >> you've said this in new york at the security council, secretary blinken addressed it in march. how is it different seeing these people with your own

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is not going to deliver aid to assad and take the aid for himself. there is a real reason why the u.s. wants in this meeting with putin, to get him to back off of the veto and say let's talk about the politics of coming up with an agreement. extend it for a year. let's get some kind of diplomacy together on turkey. also russia has an interest in not spending enough money as there is on this war, so there is some issue there. and turkey helps with the extrication of troops from afghanistan. we have some relationship with turkey, but he has become so authoritarian that nato is decrying today. one thing i want to mention importantly. i think the biggest thing to come out of this communique and the secretary general's comments, for the first time nato in 73 years ordered against aggression for the first time is saying china with its expanding nuclear power, china's growing influence in the world is a threat to europe, to the americans, to the u.s., to canada, the other nato members. that is a first, and that is exactly what joe biden wanted. a strong sta

a couple weeks later, assad got his $109 back.ents got one of the three federal stimulus checks. that's $1,200 missing. good news. we showed rhonda how her parents can file for a credit of $1,200 on their tax return, the recovery rebate credit. we made a video showing you how to claim it. the video is posted alongside our other how-to episodes on our websites, streaming platforms and youtube channel. battling uncle sam, have a consumer fight, maybe we can help. go to nbcbayarea.com then click the requesting responds" option from the main menu or call us 888-996-tips. have a great weekend. >> thanks, chris. 6:26 right now. >>> 7-year-old southern california boy may be if not a star in the making, perhaps a future nasa astronomer. >> that's because he and his father discovered two planets outside the solar system. 352 light years away. little miguel rubio and his dad are amateur scientists taking part in a nasa funded project called planet hunters. they're among the authors of a new study out this week detailing more about planets i

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