so, no as the atlas is designed, it will not integrate with the atlas. >> so we would have to have a new launch system. >> that is right. >> okay. mr. bruno, tell me -- let's talk about this vulcan system. tell me where that came from and when you see that happening and how does that play into what we're doing right now given you know our previous testimony and my comments publicly and our conversations privately. i feel very strongly, i just want a replacement for the rd-180. why are we talking about the vulcan? >> certainly. well vulcan really refers to a series of evolutions to the atlas that takes several years to accomplish. the first step in that evolution is simply replacing the engine that is on the atlas. so whether it's an ar-1 or a be-4 that atlas would be called vulcan, and it would still have the atlas strap ons. it's essentially an atlas with a new engine. and if i might take a moment -- >> certainly. >> i would like to expand on my colleagues' answers. i think they were far too modest when they responded relative to the cost of their engines. so first understanding tha

it is essentially an atlas with an engine.f i may take a moment i would like to expand on my colleagues and i think they were far too modest when the responded to your question relative to the cost of their engines. so first understanding that there is no such thing as an rd-180 drop in replacement. we are not at this time capable of replicating the performance of the thrust love of the rd-180. want to talk about is providing up interventions that would replace the single rd-180. that their engines we expect to be upwards of 35% less expensive than a single rd-180. so while the performance of the engine is only first generation and lacking with the rd-180 has the manufacturing technologies is a giant leap ahead. >> i will get back to you on my next under question. i want to turn to my friend up from tennessee, ranking member for any questions you may have. >> thank you. i appreciate the expertise on spam and appreciate my friendship with the chairman. i'm a little worried that we are pursuing a unicorn. i think mr. burgess sai

would most likely be usable for ula's atlas. according to one of the others sued ula to get access to it. that suit was settled in court with another russian engine. isn't it reasonable to conclude the rd-180 would be flying on the atlas if orbital had access to the 180? >> chairman the answer is yes. but i believe i also said without significant modification to the receiving launch system the launch vehicle. so yes, the rd-180 could be transitioned to another launch system. >> general hyten, there are claims industly doesn't need any money to get off rd-180 or the solutions are funded. can we rely on industry to provide the capabilities we need for the military? in the end, would the government need to pay for requirements? >> no we can't. congressman in my opinion, i think dr. griffin answered this well earlier when she talked about the business case that is out there. if you look at the business case it is national security space launches which means this is national security mission which means we need to be able to fund the

the break even point for atlas is around $50 a ton.ceflanagan says the could get down to $45 for a sustained period. he is confident they can weather that. they have sold a lot of iron ore for the coming three months, so he is confident of their position. after the shareholder vote, he will go on a global road trip to sell the plan in new zealand, britain, and in asia. weather the storm, but how strong is the house? paul allen, thanks for that. coming up, greece and its creditors burn the midnight oil. we set the chances for a departure from the eurozone. ♪ angie: it is 7:30 in hong kong. you can barely see the observatory tower. that means it will be a cloudy view. this is hong kong. we are 30 minutes from the open of trading in australia, japan, and south korea. , and online, you are watching "first up." ♪ top stories, president obama is closer to sealing a deal on the trade agreement he has been fighting for. the senate has passed legislation, giving him the power to fast-track talks on the transpacific partnership. it resolves a si

yvonne: atlas has also been aggressively cutting costs and jobs just to stay alive.not over yet, is it? cuts,re will be more job demotions, pay cuts as well. the used at 350 staff. now they have just 94. they have trimmed out $450 million in costs. the debt is still very heavy. plenty of work there to do to get this shareholder vote on the new share issue over the line. it's an important step. coming up next, european finance ministers will resume talks in greece later today. is a deal insight? -- in sight? ♪ yvonne: south korea says it will cut its 2015 growth forecast to 3.1%. they have also launched a fiscal stimulus package. you are starting to see the merce. of >> they want to boost confident and get ahead by early. they are taking these symmetry measures. interest rates were already at a record low. south koreans are recovering from the ferry disaster last year which really hurt consumer confidence. yvonne: they are slashing this growth forecast. when it comes to central-bank policy, could we see more? a bad story for the economy. they have been hurt by the reg

would most likely be usable only for ula's atlas. however, according to press reports orbital atk wanted the rd-180 agents a much they suit you like to get access to. that was so out of course and orbital went up with another russian agent but isn't it reasonable to conclude the rd-180 would be flight on an atlas and atari today if orbital have access to the rd-180? >> chairman, the answer is yes, but i but i also said that without significant modification to receiving a launch system, the launch vehicle so yes the rd-180 could be transition to another launch system but it would come with models. .. it's not fair to support where we need to go in the future. i think it is a responsibility in the department of defense and government should make sure the industrial base is is there for national security. inactive menu or questions but i will give back to the record because we have more than welcome you all i'm afraid. you have been enormously helpful to us and i look forward to continuing effort to get this into a new path of independe

. ♪ ♪ ♪ ricardo antonio se arreglÓ para dirigir a los jaguares , los zorros del atlas como se les habÍa el profe, tijuana anunciÓ la contrataciÓn de, su objetivo es llevar a los cholos a los primeros planos. ♪ ♪ ♪ william: por cierto, algunos equipos estarÁn en el Área de la bahÍa haciendo su pretemporada, el as de las estÁn enfrentando a esmeraldas de leÓn. en otros temas como ayer mÉxico tuvo prueba, la considero buena para el consell dirigido por miguel herrera y digo buena porque guatemala, estuvo extraÑo, lo hicieron bien los jugadores con seriedad, disciplina y sobre todo respetando al rival, el tri firmÓ la victoria por marcador de 3 0 con dos goles de eddie herrera este jugador de pumas, y el otro fue de corona quien se ha afianzado de su lugar en los equipos dirigidos por el piojo herrera. una selecciÓn por herrera no le fue bien en el ranking fifa, bajo cuatro peldaÑos. alemania es el nÚmero uno seguido por argentina, bÉlgica, colombia y brasil. costa rica es el mejor ubicado en concafac con la posiciÓn nÚmero 15 mientras que en mÉxico cayÓ al segundo lugar. los compromisos de

gustavo matosas fue presentado como nuevo tÉcnico de atlas, sea con el objetivo de darle un tÍtulo que confirmÓ un portavoz a la oficina del fiscal federal de suiza. la oficina dijo que el mes pasado que habÍa abierto proximidad contra individuos bajo sospecha de malversaciÓn y lavado de dinero vinculados a la adjudicaciÓn de los mundiales de rusia y qatar. conductora: asÍ concluimos, gracias por compartir parte de su noche con nosotros y ahora el noticiero nacional.

. >> summer at atlas in greece after the big economic freeze but maybe a bailout deal with its creditors and the international monetary fund is in sight. >> the economy minister learned much of his economics in new castle told me. >> it is a proper framework on which to work and we have received it, and with some adjustments, it will be the issue of discussion for the next day or so. we will he said up with a proper technical solution as well. >> the austerity forced on greece by the international monetary fund and eurozone government has been incredibly painful. g.d.p. and national income has fallen by 25%. unemployment has soared to 25%. wages have been squeezed. pensions have fallen by around a third. but the national debt remains unsustainably high at 180% of g.d.p. or national income. it is a dreadful mess. >> the cost of greece not together a deal beaubois colossal. the boss of one of the big banks tells me anxious investors are with drawing billions from their accounts. >> the greek banging system cannot continue in the current situation of every day losing hundreds of millions of

gringo torres seguirÁ en los del puebla y gregory, pasÓ de los cholos al equipo de los zorros del atlasesta pero eso lo sabremos en las prÓximas 24 horas vamos al juego de los alemanes ante la selecciÓn de estados unidos, el primer gol lo ponÍan los teutones, y los de las barras y las estrellas salieron perfilarse la segunda mitad y montaron el gol del empate, y finalmente el pase de evans, si el golazo de wood, estados unidos venciÓ a la selecciÓn campeona del mundo. en otros temas de cuento que hablo, el secretario de la fifa y dijo que los mundiales de rusia y qatar siguen bajo investigaciÓn. hoy fifa entregÓ documento solicitado por la justicia suiza, el secretario de fifa no quiso entrar a mÁs detalle. vamos al bÉisbol de grandes ligas, gigantes de nueva york. los metropolitanos contestaban, no puede llegar y la pelota terminaba en el central, anotaban y despuÉs lo hacÍan. sexta entrada ponÍa la pelota en el derecho y anotaban mientras que Ángel vencÍa el tiro que venÍa de los jardines, hasta que bell volÓ la cerca y los gigantes terminaron con victoria, ocho carreras a cinco. atlÉ

atlas iron, suspended operations in shares after falling below $50.ou did have to suspend shares , close too a whisker shutting doors. how close were you? guest: if we did not start this costs- we basically cut from $60 to $50, which means as the prices fall, costs go up. on the back of that, it saved the company. rishaad: what did you do to reduce cost base? guest: contact us cable a margin in exchange for profit share. it took a big hit. rishaad: your borrowing from peter to pay paul. guest: but it is ok as long as we share some of the game. it is essentially not joint venture. rishaad: you last traded at $.12. guest: now we will go up to $190 million was -- with a five cent issue. rishaad: what has the take-up been like with that? guest: we had a shareholders meeting thursday. the reception in singapore and hong kong has been really good. we have meetings set up in london and the east coast of australia. it looks good. the $180what you do million for? guest: we will use a bit of it to pay down some debt and build a much stronger business. we are ma

we are going to be speaking to the atlas merchant ceo. he is coming to us live from the world economic forum on africa. that interview takes place with anna edwards in just over an hour. that's what is coming up. plenty coming up on greece. the first country to death are a payment to the international monetary fund in three decades. in a significant escalation of its game of brinksmanship with creditors telling the world not to worry about today's deadline. prime minister tsipras has informed the imf that greece will bundle its june payments into one lump sum later this month. this afternoon, he explains himself. angela merkel says talks resolving the situation are "far from reaching a conclusion." hans nichols is standing by in berlin. elliott gotkine is in athens. elliott talk us through what this delay means. what are the greeks doing here? elliott: you have to wonder if zambia is feeling green to be lumped into the same basket as greece, in terms of being the first country to defer payments since the mid 1980's. it is easier to explai

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atlas ingram accepted a reward with his fellow retirees. this is his second go out retirement. a child he helped urged him to pursue teaching. >> he said you should be a teach earn. >> reporter: ingram calls fellow teachers comrades and said teaching kindergarten isn't much different than his military career. >> try to develop a system of merit. >> i really like this book. >> reporter: just down the hall porsche estridge is looking back on 46 years of education. >> when i add in my leave, i've got 47 years, nine months and 25 days of teaching. >> reporter: she says there's a good reason why she didn't take more time off. >> i didn't have to. i have good health. i'm committed. i didn't have to. >> reporter: in the school's main office retiring assistants assistant principal francis montez has advice. >> you have to have a passion for education, a passion for children and their families. you have to be able to help everyone. >> reporter: in northeast d.c., vanessa herring, wusa9. >> we wish them well. the teachers union offered to take all three retirees to dinner. >>> coming up

r cole atlas aphakia more like. car accident that took is thomas sister.fifth ask for help with its to late. but you're never long to even have asked someone is always there for you. so after the accident there are chang care for the boys bearing help raise them. the continued public service but shunned parlor games a washington. choosing instead the decree home. maintained for decades. the lme is his most cherished duty. to see his kids off to school. to let them know that the world. was world there was firm ground under their feet. as professor may. he did not just do this because the kidney >> marty: piously is behind a wife and two children president of thomas talking about bias' life as a public servant was recently as the attorney general of delaware biden also served in the military. autobio was 46 years of age. (scal): good day, m'lady! i am sir-can-a-lot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. wake up those eggs with glorious spam! see what spam can! do... at spam.com >> marty: we are expecting a warm-up despite this photo video of overcast

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. >> reporter: the worker was doing some drilling in an old inactive sand mine called the hazel atlas mine at a park in the antioch hills. around 11:00 this morning a boulder broke loose and fell on his head and chest. >> a miner was trying to do some stabilization on a pillar and while he was drilling in to the rock a large chunk of rock came down and fell on him and knocked him off of the scissor lift that he was on. >> reporter: a rescue crew from his company was already on standby on the scene. they extracted him quickly from the mine placed him on a backboard a helicopter airlifted him to john muir hospital. the east bay park system has a series of old inactive mines above antioch that give school tours, adult tours on the weekend. it's an effort to preserve the history of the area. the mine where they were drilling today is a sand mine that provided the silicon for making glass until it was shut down in the 1940s. officials say workers are constantly on duty inside making sure the mines are safe for visitors. ironically it was one of those workers doing safety work that was shor

. >> reporter: this is the entrance to the hazel atlas mind inside the back diamond mines regional preserve. it's a complex which spans about 8 miles underground but the accident occurred just about 200 feet from the entrance. >> there was a serious incident. >> reporter: kate collins is the supervising naturalist at the mine. >> so this was work that was being done away from the public throughout, work being done to reinforce a pillar in the mine. >> reporter: the area where the accident occurred was in a big room or stoke just like this one. and the worker was in an area where some drilling work had recently been conducted. >> so they were very hands on. they were moving earth even if you will. >> reporter: park officials say the work was related to the overall stability of the mine even though it was not in a public area. the contractor worked for a company that specialized in mining and tunneling. park officials say at least for now they have confidence this was an isolated incident and the mine is safe for public tours. so you feel confident that should the tours resume as you plan thi

weighed less, exercised more, were less obese and less likely to have type two diabetes, putting them atlas risk of cardiovascular disease. there may be no need to give it up to protect your heart. >> eating chocolate seemed to be safe in terms of cardiovascular events. we found a reduced reduction in the risk of event in this. we can't say this is because of chocolate consumption. >> the study focused on british people, a nation of chocolate lovers, the fourth largest consumer in the world. they understand here the power of what they're selling. >> there are studies that suggest there is a big endorphin payoff. >> they were eating the mass produced bars like this and still had a 11% lesser risk of cardiovascular disease and 25% reduced risk of stroke. >> dieticians are warning people not to take up a chocolate habit because of the findings. >> there needs to be more duration, it is high in saturated fat, calories and sugar. if you're watching your weight eating a lot of chocolate isn't going to be good for you. >> before you reach for another bar, bear in mind more research needs to be don

manager never as a player uses a lifetime ban from this law in 1989 and a baseball from notice of an atlas and is therefore an eligible for holophane also and one south they say the number of homeless people is on the decline this according to recent numbers they have decrees to as low as level now in a decade the point in time the ticket in january from there with just over 4000 homeless people in san was say it represents a 50% decline since 2013 it appears to show the city and county are making progress few would deny that there is still a long way to the official said since the jungle encampment will shutdown early this year the number of people living in paris in canada and around town has fallen 37% since the census was taken their the house of for grabs in the east bay but as they say there is a catch was the deal will tell you coming up closure began on all lines leading to golden gate bridge with the work of the doral drive project means for commuters and live look outside sfo this one we're working to cloud the conditions for parts of the bay area more details and a big one of he

the mayor, doug atlas, is a friend of mine. he works closely with the city managers as well as the police chief, and local officials including the school board and other community leaders to ensure that garland is a great safe cities live in. on march 3 -- may 3, the courageous garland police officers swiftly acted to protect people from garland from what could've been a devastating situation. i would like to commend the police officers and all members of law enforcement who stood in the face of terrorism and protected countless innocent lives. i remain committed to working with each of my colleagues in the house local leaders, and local law enforcement. it is our duty to protect the people who we serve. this morning i will speak briefly about the recent attacks in garland, texas and the role of social media in that event and then transition to broader remarks on isil's use of social media before concluding efforts we and partners across the and federal government are pursuing to counter that avenue of threat. as has been descr

this investment in this new engine, it is necessary that we be allowed to continue competing with the atlasaunch vehicle in order to support those missions and provide the funds that are required to do this. and so i am grate of to the house and -- freightful to the house -- grateful to the house and the work you have done to correct the situation that ranking member cooper referred to that will allow us to have true and proper competition going forward while we protect our own national security. now, as we stand here today the industry has matured to admit a second provider for national security launch. i think that's a good thing. competition is healthy for the taxpayer and it it is healthy for the industry. i look forward to competing in this new environment and i am confident that when there is a fair and even playing field yo ula can come to that field, and we can win. so i'm optimistic about the future of space launch. i am inspired by the missions that i have the privilege to be entrusted with, and i look forward to your questions. >> great. thank you mr. bruno. mr. meyerson, you're

the at l.a.n.the atlas v is not going anywhere soon. as "the new york times" editorial board stated last week "'the new york times' "the new "the new york times" said, "after leaning on france to cancel the sale of two ships to russia because of the invasion of the ukraine the united states can hardly insist on continuing to buy national security hardware from one of mr. putin's cronies. comrade capitalism, "murky pentagon deal with russia, big profit for a time -- florida firm." u.l.a.'s dealings are russia are questioning. the roit investigation this past november on the rd-180 raises troubling issues regarding the businesses and shell companies that facilitate the purchase of russian rocket engines. the report describes a five-person company called rd amras, a joint venture between a russian manufacturer and rocketdyne that collects cost markups. the article uncovers in the past rd amras was investigated had by the defense contract management agency which determined that in a previous contract that rd amras had collected $80 million

reduce your reliance on those russian engines called the rd- 180 that are the main engines for the atlas 5, one of the absolute prime horses in the stable for our assured access to space. well if we're going to lessen our dependence on the russian engine why wouldn't we lessen our dependence on russian spacecraft being the only means by which we would get to orbit to our own international space station. the logic is too compelling. and yet it is this ideological fervor that has lapsed over into partisanship that has so gripped these halls of congress to make irrational decisions. madam president, we can correct this decision when that appropriations bills comes to the floor of the senate. and i hope we will and i hope that folks like senator mccain one of this country's two heroes that's taking this on in the defense committee is going to help us out here on the floor in taking this on on the probably -- on the appropriations committee. madam president, i yield the floor and i would suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum