he knew bill anders personally.this year. by all accounts, he was still sharp as a tack and very physically active and of course, still flying. sadly, he died in a plane crash but you know, he lived a full life and was doing what he loved. certainly, the apollo 8 mission was a very daring mission, a very bold mission, kind of conceived very bold mission, kind of conceived very late in the game for the launch as far as mission planning goes. it was a gamble that the americans, the united states took to go ahead and go around the moon with the apollo spacecraft because the lunar lander was not ready yet. so bill took that iconic picture, earthrise, that is still seen all the time. i have used it myself! he will be remembered and missed by all of us but especially among us professional astronauts. there is nothing better when you are in space and to look back at the earth and marvel at the beauty of our planet. every part looks different in its own way and it is much more colourful and vibrant than you might imagine. t

. >>> legendary astronaut bill anders who took what is widely considered the most famous photo of ournet has died in a plane crash. his final moments caught on camera as the aircraft he was piloting nose-dived into the water off the coast of washington state. dana griffin reports. a warning for you, some may find the video disturbing. >> reporter: tonight an ntsb and faa investigation is under way into the single-engine two seater plane crash that killed famed nasa astronaut and former air force major general bill anders. a couple watching wildlife off the coast of san juan county, washington capturing this moment, the 90-year-old pilot, the only person on board, taking a nose-dive. >> it was inverted, went into this barrel roll loop thing. tried to pull up before it hit the water but it was too low. >> reporter: the plane crashes into the water, bursting into flames. hours later, anders' body is pulled from the water. in 2018 anders talked with nbc's harry smith about his career. >> probably the world's best fighter pilot. but we don't talk about that. >> reporter: before astronauts

bill anders was 90, and after he took that famous earthrise photo, anders said this, and i want to readt to you. "we came all this way to explore the moon, and the most important thing is that we discovered the earth." it quite literally changed how humans saw our planet. >> janai: the perspective. >> whit: yeah. >> janai: such a contribution. >> whit: and such a loss. gio, thank you for that story. we appreciate it. >>> now to washington and supreme court justice clarence thomas publicly acknowledging for the first time those luxury vacations he took that were paid for by a republican billionaire. abc's perry russom is at the supreme court with the latest. perry, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning to you. thomas has said he views the trips as personal hospitality from a friend who does not have business in front of the court, and he did not believe he had to disclose them. at the center of this are two trips from the summer of 2019. the first was to bali in indonesia and the second to an elite private club only for men in california. both of these trips were free for justice

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bill anders took the photograph.spirational photos. it is credited with kick—starting the modern environmental movement. he died in a solo plane crash on friday at 90 years old. before we go, june marks pride month, and celebrations have kicked off all around the world on saturday. here in washington dc, these are the scenes as thousands celebrate with the lgbtq+ community. you are watching bbc news, more at the top of the hour. hello there. it's been a pretty decent start to the weekend. there was a good deal of sunshine around across most of the country. a bit of cloud here and there, a few showers mostly in the north. part two of the weekend doesn't look quite as good. it will start certainly quite chilly. but we've got a couple of weather fronts pushing down from the north—west that will increase cloud through the day with some splashes of rain. and we've got this weather front approaching the north—west of the country to move through this evening. showers merging together to produce longer spells of rain for the

apollo astronaut bill anders was killed today when his plane plummeted into the waters off the san juands in washington state. the 90 year old was flying his vintage air force t-34 mentor plane. anders was on board the first lunar orbit mission in december of 1968. apollo eight. from that spacecraft. he captured this iconic image image called earthrise. it was the first color image from earth and changed how humans viewed the planet. suddenly, i saw out of the corner of my eye this color. it was shocking. oh my god, look at that picture over there. there's the earth coming up. wow, is that pretty? the earth coming up. anders received his pilot wings in 1956. served as a fighter pilot before joining nasa. he even spent time here in the bay area at hamilton air force base up in novato. another shakeup in the alum rock school district late tonight, the school board decided to make a move at the top, ousting the school board president. the issues, school closures and a lack of transparency, they say jamar lopez, former telemundo sister station, was there tonight. she spoke to people on both

he paid this tribute to bill anders.al dynamics after he left nascar and continued after he left nasa and continued to fly aeroplanes. he he turned 90 earlier this year and was still, by all accounts, sharp as a tack and very physically active and of course, still flying. and so it's sad that he died in a plane crash, but, you know, he lived a full life and was doing what he loved. and tell us what you think his legacy will be. well, certainly the apollo 8 mission was a very daring mission, a very bold mission, kind of conceived, you know, very late in the game for the launch as far as mission planning goes. and it was a gamble that the americans, the united states, took to go ahead and go around the moon with the apollo spacecraft because our lunar lander wasn't ready yet. and so, as you pointed out, bill took that iconic earthrise picture that is still seen all the time. i've used it myself. and, you know, he will be remembered and missed by all of us, but especially among us professional astronauts. an american vetera

the man who took it was bill anders — an astronaut with the apollo eight mission.aut who has played this tribute. i astronaut who has played this tribute. ., , ., ., ., ., tribute. i was fortunate enough to meet bill twice, _ tribute. i was fortunate enough to meet bill twice, once _ tribute. i was fortunate enough to meet bill twice, once as - tribute. i was fortunate enough to meet bill twice, once as an - tribute. i was fortunate enough to i meet bill twice, once as an aviation event that was held at the hilton ranch outside of reno, and then he also participated on risk and exploration that i was a co—chair of, so a very nice man but also very serious. the consummate astronaut and pilot. you know, he went on and lived a very full life. he ran general dynamics after he left nasa and continue to fly aeroplanes. he turned 90 earlier this year and was still, by all accounts, shoppers attack and very physically active and of course still flying. it's sad that he died in a plane crash, but he lived a full life and was doing what he loved. tell he lived a full life an

bill anders was piloting a plane that crashed into the water off washington state. he was 90 years old. now back to dateline. >>> welcome back to dateline. john hinckley junior shot president reagan in a twisted attempt to impress actress jodie foster. and now we have new insight from hinckley himself in a document written in his own hand that after all of these years is seeing the light of day. this is hinckley, diary of a dangerous mind. >> reporter: on the night he was arrested, hours after trying to kill the president, john hinckley began to keep a day tory. march 30th, 1981, rush to d.c. headquarters and spent hours handcuffs to a desk. he would write it up to and through his trial. the diary is a remarkable insight into hinckley's trouble mind. >> i have such and empty, sad feeling. where are you jodie. he titled, the diary of a person that we all know. at times it is a chronicle of despair. >> why go on? i'm immortally i am infamous, but i'm dead inside. he tried to take his own life. but he seemed to have a moment of clarity of the shooting. >> there are tim

the "apollo 8" astronaut bill anders — who took one of the most famous photographs in outer space — has photograph in 1968, during the first crewed space flight to leave earth and reach the moon. officials said that anders died after a small plane he was flying crashed into the water in washington state. let's return to the search for the tv presenter doctor michael mosley who has gone missing on the greek island of sydney, some new cctv images have emerged and were recorded shortly after he was last seen at lunchtime on wednesday. 0ur correspondencejoe inward is in symi and let's see if we can hear from him now. it's looking at the pitch has frozen but let's try. joe, tell us about these images. i'm terribly sorry, we are struggling to speak to joe at the moment but we will keep on trying. let's move on. the danish prime minister mette frederiksen has been assaulted in the capital copenhagen. her office said a man had hit her while she was on a square in the centre of the city. the assailant has been arrested. she's reported to be without serious injury. but there's been strong condemn

the man who took the photo was bill anders — an astronaut with the apollo eight mission.m? yes, he spoke at an — i understand that you knew him? yes, he spoke at an event _ i understand that you knew him? yes he spoke at an event that i was a co—chair of, and he was a very nice man, but very serious. a consummate astronaut and pilot, and he went on and lived a very full life. iran general dynamics after he left nasa, and continue to fly aeroplanes. he turned 90 earlier this year, and was by all accounts sharp as a tack. very physically active, and still flying, of course. it is sad that he died a plane crash, but he lived a full life and was doing what he loves. —— he ran general dynamics. tell us what you think his legacy will be? . , tell us what you think his legacy will be? ., , ~ ,., ., will be? certainly the apollo eight mission was _ will be? certainly the apollo eight mission was very _ will be? certainly the apollo eight mission was very bold, _ will be? certainly the apollo eight mission was very bold, and i will be? certainly the apollo eight i mission was very

the apollo 8 astronaut bill anders, who took one of the most famous photographs in outer space, has diedg the first crewed space flight to leave earth and reach the moon. officials said that anders died after a small plane he was flying crashed into the water in washington state. let us take a moment on saturday morning to look at the weather for you. that has all the details for you. that has all the details for you. good morning. good morning both, good ones you at home as well, hope your weekend is getting afterwards. if you haven't stepped outside yet, it is fairly cool out there the moment and will be today in any of the cloudy moments are medically so winter showers come through. there will be quite a few of them around, more especially this morning. we've got low pressure filter towards the north of us, so this is where the showers will focused, across northern errors. the weather fronts moving south will bring a few for the time in the morning. what they won't do initially is dampened down some of the grass pollen levels, very high today across southern counties of england and wa

but you know, if you're somebody like bill anders, you that's what you do.lk with that mentality say, well, i went out doing what i loved. >> i just sort of think to a sort of more gentle ending would have been nice. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> but 90. yeah. but anyway, he certainly lived a very full and very important life. >> oh my goodness. yes. yeah. but we are losing them now aren't we? beginning to lose the apollo astronauts. yeah. which is sad to know. >> by the time we started getting more people back on the moon. oh absolutely. which is it's going to be happening. >> we all thought it at the time. it was such an exciting at the moment. i know there must be so many people watching now who, like me, were, you know, young at that time. and we all thought, this is it. this is the new moon era. we're all going to be. we're all going to be living on the moon, or at least taking holidays on the moon. and we'll all wear silver jumpsuits and have funny silver hair. that's what we all thought at the time. didn't sort of happen like that. >> you watched too many of t

anders may be most well-known for the iconic photo of the earth he took from space called earthrise. former nasa administrator bills about anders 1968 moon mission that he traveled to the threshold of the moon and helped all of us see something else ourselves anders was 90-years-old from paradise, california to maui island. we've seen how quickly wildfires can suddenly appear, burning everything in their path in a new episode of cnn's original series, violent earth with leaves schreiber the cnn's bill, we're explores the destruction that these fires cause. here's a preview paradise, california barnea burned from an ember attack, from a plume miles away from paradise this is like 9:00 in the morning and its pitch why given the smoke, it almost appeared as though it was the middle of the night and it was snowing, ash and embers began to to rain down we're in the middle of the stapler's dan here like that. i don't know what to say if anywhere the fire was moving mad a football field per second what in the way it did that, of course, was by jumping ahead and starting these fires they would immediately take hold and ra

. >> reporter: anders was still flying high when we met him back in 2018. >> i'm bill. >> i'm lee.is past friday his vintage single engine plane crashed into the waters near the san juan islands off washington state, with only him aboard. he was 90 years old. now, you could say a lot of things like he died doing what he loved, that if he had to go it would be better this way. but the result is the same. we lost the man who gave us our first heavenly view of our home. it's a perspective we so often forget. thank goodness william anders left us something to remind us how big and yet how small we truly are. >> oh, look at that picture over there. wow, is that pretty. >> that was lee cowan reporting. and that is today's "cbs news roundup." for some of you the news continues. for others tune in later for "cbs mornin " and follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from the cbs news broadcast center in new york city, i'm matt pieper. ♪ >>> hello and thanks for watching. i'm matt pieper in new york, and here are some of the stories we're tracking on "cbs news roundup." israel's da

. >> reporter: anders was still flying high when we met him in 2018. >> i'm bill. >> i'm wayne.ntage single-engine plane crashed into the waters near the san juan islands off washington state with only him aboard. he was 90 years old. they could say a lot of things like he died doing what he loved, if he had to go, it is better this way. it's the same. we lost the man who gave us our first heavenly view of our home. a perspective we is a often forget. thank goodness william anders left us something to remind us how big and yet how small we truly are. >> oh, my god, look at that picture over there. wow, that pretty. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ nothing dims my light like a migraine. with nurtec odt, i found relief. the only migraine medication that helps treat and prevent, all in one. to those with migraine, i see you. for the acute treatment of migraine with or without aura and the preventive treatment of episodic migraine in adults. don't take if allergic to nurtec odt. allergic reactions can occur, even days after using. most common side effects were nausea, indigestion, and stomach pain. it's

bill. and i hope all of my colleagues will >> next, the launch of the boeing starliner mission from cape canaveral florida, then highlights from president biden's state visit to france, ander, dr. anthony fauci former nih director, testifies in his role in overseeing the response to covid-19. >> congress returns tuesday for legislative busines house will spend most of the week working on 2025 programs and policy legislation. members are expected to consider a resolution finding attney general merrick garland in contempt of congress for not responding to a subpoena. the senate will consider three of president biden's nominees to the federal energy regulatory commission. if all three are confirmed the commission would have a full complement of five commissioners with democrats holding a 3-2 majority. later in the week, a vote will be held on whether to provide legislation protecting access to in vitro fertilization. watch live coverage of the house on c-span, the senate on c-span two, and you can watch all of our congressional coverage on our free video app, c-span now or online at c-span.org. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government we are funded by t