after all the delays, butch and sonny -- butch and sunny may be wondering if it could be another christmas year. >> from all of us to all of you, merry christmas. >> today might be christmas day, but it is also the first day of the jewish festival of hanukkah. it celebrates the festivals of miracles in both religions, meaning a day of pretty epic celebrations for mixed jewish christian families. >> chris micah -- christmukkah, christmas and hanukkah falling on the same day. it is a chance for this multifaith family who grew up with separate traditions to come together. >> growing up in a country like england not celebrating christmas, it has actually been quite fun to do some of the things that everyone else was doing growing up that you work sometimes missing out on, so it has been really fun for me to be into some of those things. >> what does it mean to celebrate the holidays together? >> it is quite exciting for us to be able to incorporate hanukkah decorations into our christmas decorations. it has been nice trying to bring elements of hanukkah into christmas. >> what does it mean to

a lot of people will be thinking, poor butch - on.t of people will be - thinking, poor butch and suni williams, because they were blasted off injune to great fanfare on new rocket built by boeing and that was supposed to produce a second way of getting to and from the international space station, the other one being elon musk with his spacex, but there were a few hitches on the way, and their eight—day mission has been extended as nasa tried to work out the glitches and whether they posed a risk to the astronauts coming back, so days have turned into weeks, and in two months, and then all of a sudden it is not until february that they would come back. spacex, the other big private sector company, has brought them down because —— has let them down because —— has let them down because their capture was not ready, they were supposed to have a crew rotation but the vehicle is not quite ready so they have got to wait and that is the story so far. ., ., ,, , wait and that is the story so far. ., , , far. how embarrassing is this for the com

as well as being an astronaut, butch is also a pastor and is said to be planning a christmas sermon.ng from north to south, probably in a polar orbit. l christmas messages from space have become a firm favourite during the holiday season. in december 1965, astronauts on board nasa's gemini vi—a jokingly claimed to have seen an unidentified flying object piloted by santa claus. music: jingle bells they then played jingle bells on a harmonica, making it the first song to be played in space. butch and suni are due back on earth at the end of march, but after all the delays, they may be wondering if it could be another christmas in space next year. but for now, they remain in good spirits. so from all of us to all of you... all: merry christmas. such a great story! today might be christmas day, but it is also the first day of the jewish festival of hanukkah. commonly known as "christmukkah", it celebrates two festivals of great miracles in both religions, meaning a day of epic celebrations for mixed jewish—christian families. tamzin kraftman reports. christmukkah, once a joke made byjews

suni williams and butch wilmore arrived at the space station injune and were originally due to returnebruary 2025 because of technical issues with the experimental spacecraft, starliner. now following a delay in launching a new capsule to the iss the pair won't be back until late march or possibly april. nasa said the delay posed no risk to the astronauts. i have been speaking to a space scientist at open university who told me that if it were true that the delay pose no risk to the astronauts especially as they prepare to be there for only a week. timer;r be there for only a week. they did prepare — be there for only a week. they did prepare for— be there for only a week. they did prepare for a _ be there for only a week. they did prepare for a week - be there for only a week. tie: did prepare for a week and we heard that they travel light and had to be sent with new supplies and clothes when it became evident that their spacecraft was not safe to return on according to nasa so psychologically, they went there a lot waiting to hear whether they would be going back on their spacecraft

suni williams and butch wilmore arrived at the space station injune and were originally due to returnrth after just one week. their initial stay was extended to february 2025 because of technical issues with the experimental spacecraft, starliner. now — following a delay in launching a new capsule to the iss — the pair won't be back until late march or possibly april. 0ur correspondent gave this update. a lot of people will be thinking, poor butch and suni, because they were blasted off in june to great fanfare on a new rocket built by boeing and that was supposed to produce a second way of getting to and from the international space station, the other one being elon musk with his spacex, but there were a few hitches on the way, and their eight—day mission has been extended as nasa tried to work out the glitches and whether they posed a risk to the astronauts coming back, so days turned into weeks, and into months, and then all of a sudden it is not until february that they would come back. spacex, the other big private sector company, has let them down because their capsule was not r

leroy, walk us through, how do you think suni williams and butch wilmore will be handling yet anotherer — return to earth? well, it's another to _ return to earth? well, it's another to live _ return to earth? well, it's another to live with - return to earth? well, it's another to live with this i return to earth? well, it's l another to live with this one is a relatively small one. and it's not that unusual — there's a pretty, get a traffic model of vehicles arriving at the... which ports do we need to relocate a vehicle from to open it up to another when? so just a small ripple or hiccup can ripple through the entire schedule. so it's really not that unusual. they've been up there this long, they would've been up eight months, and i'll been up eight months, and i'll be closer to it may be nine. but it's not that much more, and the seeming —— they seem in good spirits, they are doing productive work. and at the end of the day, astronauts like to be in space — so even though they are delayed a bit, i think they'll be fine.— they'll be fine. just as you said good _ they'll be fine. ju

suni williams and butch wilmore's return to earth delayed again until at least the end of march on a they have been up there now for over six months. nbc's sam brock is joining us with the details. sam, why another delay? >> they are navy test pilots. they have done six-month-plus stints before but this was supposed to be an eight to ten day affair now eight to ten months after spacex had to test and process a brand-new spacecraft that is going to be used in this mission. what was originally supposed to be a weeklong test flight -- >> welcome aboard the international space station -- >> reporter: has evolved into a months long saga in space. butch wilmore and suni williams lifted off back in june. >> and liftoff of star liner. >> reporter: when the boeing star liner, making its first crude mission had a number of technical issues after docking from helium leaks to faulty thrusters, their return home was delayed. >> nasa has decided that butch and suni will return with crew nine next february. >> reporter: now, a new galactic speedbump in their return to earth. nasa saying in a statem

. >> what kind of butch or izzy, putting all these people underneath the ground like this?have they done to deserve this? may god take revenge. i wish for assad not to do is till he sees the agony of mothers, my mom's agony who wakes up every day asking for her little girl. >> an entire nation seeking answers and justice, the man responsible out of reach. in damascus. >> as we learn more about the atrocities committed by the assad regime, investigations are underway at sites across the country. authorities and relatives are trying to uncover the fate of the many thousands detained and feared and murdered during assad 's rule. we went to visit three mass grave locations today. she joins us now. tell us what you saw. >> it was quite grim. these mass graves really bear witness to just how systematic the killing was under assad's government and the details are only just beginning to come out. the first site we went to was in a suburb of the south of damascus and it is known for a massive event that occurred in 2013, alongside a series of extrajudicial executions. essentially, t

so right now we have live with us, butch hayes, and butch is with the elf cooperative. you are kind of head elf. tell us all about your organization. >> well, this is now our 15th year. we're so excited to bring so much hope and joy to so many families throughout the bay area. the salvation army just does an absolutely amazing distribution and helping of families. you can still give to the salvation army, but this has been a huge partnership with target. we have tracy here who runs the entire northern california division. we couldn't do it without your help. and my son's here that get up at 330 in the morning to help us. and all these kids that have gotten together that really understand the true season of giving. and a lot of people wonder why i'm wearing this outfit. i have a buddy of mine, greg nelson. he gave us $5,000. he said, you dress up like buddy the elf, i'll give you another five grand. so, greg, here it is, baby. >> i love it. do you have a buddy the elf impression for us? uh. >> oh, this is going to be good. i like it sparkly. >> very nice. but, you know,

so you'll remember butch and sunny.hey were supposed to come back on that boeing starliner capsule on its maiden test flight back in june. it didn't happen because nasa deemed it to be unsafe. so they've been waiting up at the international space station as part of a crew rotation. right. so you have to wait until the next crew and the next spacecraft is ready to come up there and relieve you. so crew nine came up. now they're waiting for crew ten. that is that was supposed to be in february. now we just learned it's going to be delayed one month until mid to late march of 2025. and the reason why, according to nasa and spacex, and i'm quoting here, they say they need extra time to complete processing on a new dragon spacecraft for the mission. so this is you know, spacex has a lot of dragon spacecrafts. they've been used quite frequently. it's the primary means by which nasa astronauts get to and from the international space station. so they've been planning on getting this new one up and running. it's just not quite r

so butch was always first in the gym. sonny just loved exercising. she ran a triathlon in space, which is kind of interesting because for the swimming, she had to, you know, kind of rig up a bunch of therabands to do that part of it. but they're both very fit people. they both were college athletes, and i'm sure they're getting their exercise and they're going to come back in terrific condition. >> well, that explains her form. i noticed that on when she was running. i was like, wait a minute. she looks like she knows what she's doing. they're very impressive. okay. so, you know, you've spent a lot of time in space. um, when it comes down to like, the holidays, it's there, you know, something special about the food that's planned? um, you know, just kind of take us there. what are piping in certain music? i mean, what's that atmosphere like yeah. >> well, fredricka, there's there's certainly plenty of treats on board. i'm sure they had two supply ships go up in november, and i think it's kind of like santa claus coming to visit. so i think that there

and as far as if you're going to ask me what butch and son you're thinking, i don't know, butch, butny coming out of the hatch with the hair. that's sunny. i've known her forever. and that she's a six months in outer space. sign me up. >> she's there, she's there. that's good to know. so let's talk big picture a little bit. and we're obviously. and we've been talking we talk a lot about politics on this show. talking about elon musk is going to be a big part probably of the incoming trump administration. and he has been so focused on spacex for so long. and i know, you know, you knew him back in the beginning when he was first talking about this. i want to play a little bit of what he said about why you may have seen our viewers, may have seen he runs around with this occupy mars shirt on. right. and that's the language he uses when he talks about other planets. let's listen to what he said. this was back in 2022. let's watch elon musk. >> eventually the sun will expand and destroy all life. so for those who really care about not just the humans, but all the life on earth, it is very

. >>> astronaut sunni williams and butch will ring in the new year on the international space stationw they're hoping to get home before easter. today nasa announced its delay on the crew 10 launch until late march. a part of the goal is to transport a dragon spacecraft to the iss to bring the pair home. williams and butch have been stuck there since june after the star liner that was suppose to take them home. you know, the views, it will be absolutely amazing and great to be thereupon, but i don't know if i want to be up there for that long. >> yeah. >> that is a long time. >> it is a long time and a health cost when you're weightless that long and other consequences of being in space that long. >> yeah, give me a weekend. an extended weekend. they got a lot of weekend to go. >> oh my goodness. the good view. you could see all the weather patterns and they are brewing right here in san francisco, right? >> plenty to look at once we head into the upcoming weekend. let's enjoy the tranquil weather pattern while it's here. it will last for a few more days with the quiet pattern for now

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nasa says -- astronauts butch and suni will not return until april. science correspondent. this voyage was supposed to last about a week. remind us why butch and suni have now been on the iss for so long. >> talk about a holdover. it is extraordinary. they arrived at the iss on a spaceship manufactured by boeing called the starliner. the arrival did not go well. all kinds of problems with thrusters, things that got stuck, things that failed outright. nasa became very concerned about whether those thrusters would do as they were supposed to on reentry, where it is critical they do things precisely on time and as designed. they could not g comfortable with what was causing the problem, even though they tried to simulate things on the ground. a nasa administrator decided it was not safe to return that capsule with human beings on board. it ended up landing without incident but it was in his case the better part of valor to leave them aboard. but it has been a long run for them. geoff: they are veteran astronauts but still what are the long-term psycholog

butch and sammy have to wait until essentially the relief crew comes to take over the next ship.xpected to be eight-day mission to test boeing's new star liner spacecraft. the interim intent thruster problems to bring the star liner back to earth without humans on board and assign butch and sonny cruz 9 in another's basics dragon by the way, the only type of u.s. spacecraft currently certified to carry humans. john, outgoing nasa administrator bill nelson told reporters the star liner program remains on track despite reports that boeing is considering potential sale of its base business. although nelson acknowledged it is unclear whether star liner in the future will keep the boeing name, john periods feeling jonathan serrie with a update, we wish them well and hope they are back soon. sandra. >> sandra: new york city mayor eric adams sitting down with martha maccallum fresh off of the meeting with the border czar. he plans to navigate migrant deportation with new york sanctuary status. we talked to martha about that and martha joined us next. woulde t strategy, that product actu

>> you know, sonny and butch are experienced navy test pilots. >> i've known them for decades. >> before we were all astronauts. and, you know, this is something we prepare for. i heard earlier, butch, saying that 90% of our training is about, you know, what, you train for the stuff that's unlikely, right? and we understand that, you know, we're never in control of everything in our lives. and we have to focus on the stuff we can control. and they're professionals, and i think they're very well prepared for this. >> this is unexpectedly becoming one of the longest single space flights for nasa, with williams and wilmore planning to stay in space for at least 280 days. >> yeah. i mean, when you're expecting an eight day trip and it gets extended like this, certainly it's a it's a little bit of a shock of a shock. i think it takes a little bit to, to get used to. but, you know, in our cases as astronauts, we know the very unexpected could happen at any moment. and, you know, we just have to i hate to say like just kind of deal with it, you know? but that's what they're doing. and they're d

but on top of that, butch — who is also a pastor — planned to deliver a christmas sermon.half—hour. do join us again at the top of the hour for all your latest headlines. thank you for watching. i'm naomi choy smith in washington. hello. it was an exceedingly mild christmas day. not a record breaker, but the met office reports that it was the mildest since 2016 overall, looking across the uk, and the highest temperature was recorded in aberdeen — 14.2 celsius — with similar values elsewhere across the country. how about boxing day? well, not quite as mild, but the temperatures will remain above the average for the rest of the year, and also a little bit of rain in the forecast. the satellite picture hasn't really changed much since yesterday. we still have this conveyor belt of cloud to the west of us, and ahead of this conveyor belt of cloud, a tongue, a stream of mild air all the way from the azores, spreading across the uk, western europe and into the baltic and also much of scandinavia. so we start the day with temperatures hovering between 5—10 celsius, so a little fr

possibility they may end up extending their mission. >> mike is a former nasa astronaut who knows butchlly prepared to do whatever was going to be required of them and they've been doing it. >> reporter: how frequently is the iss restocked? how often do you see supplies going up? >> every few months. there's two supply ships that go up from the united states. >> reporter: in november, concerns surfaced about the health and weight loss about the astronauts. >> i think there's rumors that losing weight and stuff. >> though they are quickly dismissed by the two space veterans. >> you can tell i've been working out. working out. >> reporter: the patients who have sensitive teeth but also want whiter teeth, they have to make a choice- one versus the other. new sensodyne clinical white, it provides 2 shades whiter teeth as well as providing 24/7 sensitivity protection. patients are going to love to see sensodyne on the shelf. ♪ (vo) living with your albuterol asthma rescue inhaler? patients are going to love to see it's a bit of a dinosaur. albuterol only treats your symptoms, not inflammatio

cnn's kristin fisher has details on the latest delay. >> you'll remember butch and sunny. they were supposed to come back on that boeing starliner capsule on its maiden test flight back in june. it didn't happen because nasa deemed it to be unsafe. so they've been waiting up at the international space station as part of a crew rotation. right. so you have to wait until the next crew and the next spacecraft is ready to come up there and relieve you. so crew nine came up. now they're waiting for crew ten. that is that was supposed to be in february. now we just learned it's going to be delayed one month until mid to late march of 2025. and the reason why, according to nasa and spacex, and i'm quoting here, they say they need extra time to complete processing on a new dragon spacecraft for the mission. so this is you know, spacex has a lot of dragon spacecraft. they've been used quite frequently. it's the primary means by which nasa astronauts get to and from the international space station. so they've been planning on getting this new one up and running. it's just not quite

suni williams and butch wilmore arrived at the space station injune and were originally due to returnlay in the return? , ., ., ._ handling and other delay in the return? , ., ., , return? it is another delay but this is a relatively _ return? it is another delay but this is a relatively small- return? it is another delay but this is a relatively small one. | this is a relatively small one. there is a complicated situation with which ports we need to relocate a vehicle from to open up another one and so a small ripple or hiccup can ripple through the entire schedule so it is really not that unusual. they have been up and make this long, would have been up eight months now, it will be closer to our belief may be closer to nine but it is not that much more and they seem in good spirits, doing productive work and at the end of the day astronauts like to be in space, so even though they are delayed, i think they will be fine. this they are delayed, i think they will be fine.— will be fine. as you said good sirits, will be fine. as you said good spirits. we — will be fine. as you said good

ohioans put this on the agenda, they kept it there, they, we never gave up and together we passed the butch lewis act, named for an ohioan who served the pensions for millions of people. think about those -- ohio veterans and their families came to us, they put it on the agenda, they forced -- forced washington to listen, veterans traveled to washington, many of them camped outside this door, not far from here to make this happen. because of them, the heath robinson pact, again named for an ohioan is now law. those fights aren't quick, dickly when you take on -- particularly when you take on corporate interest. we organized bus trips for ohio seniors, three-hour bus trip from toledo to windsor, ontario, so they could save money on prescription drugs. throughout my time in the senate, we fought big pharmaceutical. two years ago we won, with we capped the plies of insulin at $35, for medicare beneficiaries, for the first time medicare is negotiating prices for seniors. these victories don't come easy, but they matter to families. when you stand up to corporate special interests, when we guara

ohioans put this on the agenda, they kept it there, they, we never gave up and together we passed the butch lewis act, named for an ohioan who served the pensions for millions of people. think about those -- ohio veterans and their families came to us, they put it on the agenda, they forced -- forced washington to listen, veterans traveled to washington, many of them camped outside this door, not far from here to make this happen. because of them, the heath robinson pact, again named for an ohioan is now law. those fights aren't quick, dickly when you take on -- particularly when you take on corporate interest. we organized bus trips for ohio seniors, three-hour bus trip from toledo to windsor, ontario, so they could save money on prescription drugs. throughout my time in the senate, we fought big pharmaceutical. two years ago we won, with we capped the plies of insulin at $35, for medicare beneficiaries, for the first time medicare is negotiating prices for seniors. these victories don't come easy, but they matter to families. when you stand up to corporate special interests, when we guara

. >> jacqui: it is important and thank you for breaking that dows sonny and butch might be stuck at iss expected and doctors raising fresh concerns about what this might do to their health. what i want to put on the screen for long-term space missions. inadequate food and nutrition and reduce cardiovascular skeletal fitness, space flight induced bone change. put it in real terms for folks what is the challenge that sonny and butch will face dealing with prolonged trip to space? >> well, you know, i saw photos of her and she looks happy with christmas coming up, but she looks gaunt. she looks like she lost weight. malnutrition we worry about that and we worry about weight loss. here's an interesting fact, 85% of normal gravity up there, you still feel like free fall. you're not on his subject endemic solid object and the space station is moving. what does that mean? you are not putting weight on your palms and legs. the chances of fractures especially when you return to earth are really high. you can have problems with your heart, kidney stones, and the number one thing you mention, jacq

think our security posture even as they were making major changes we have a theory you should do this butch we have a theory of the case we are executing.of diplomatic political side same thing. our international economic statecraft does not work needs to bel it's a weak link in the system. i am not talking about trade. everyone and you can never get a conversation international economic statecraft andti energ. we as a country is not just here but also in the european theater, justn overall. we as a country all trade is good which clearly was not true to all trade is bad which is also clearly not true and we have a strategic standpoint, ana economic could not work out ran the united states. a weak link. i say this is a father of two kids in the navy. who i think the people join the armed forces of the true 1% in this country. our things 1% it's wrong just those two policy and to have your staff at the statete department international agencies doing what they are doing. of the statecraft running distant third piece. so we as a country for we get to thee region have to come to some theory of

butch wilmore and suni williams arrived in june on the starline capsule for a week-long mission.ues forced nasa to send the capsule back to earth empty. they were supposed to fly home in february. delays in getting that spacecraft means they won't get home until march at the earliest. >>> a string of food recalls prompting safety changes. and the feds taking action on junk feeds. here's today's "money watch." >> stocks tumbled as the federal reserve is expected to make the third rate cut today. the dow lost 267 points. the nasdaq was down 64. and the s&p 500 lost 23 points. >>> get ready to say good-bye to junk fees. the federal trade commission says it will soon require event promoters, hotels and vacation rental sites to disclose extra fees up front. junk fees typically include resort fees, cleaning fees, processing fees and other extra charges that are not included in the list price and often come as a surprise. the new rules go into effect next april. >>> and new rules when it comes to food safety. the department of agriculture food safety inspection service has announced new

we're looking at a late march return for butch will more and sunny williams.time to process a brand-new spacex crew dragon spacecraft that will bring their replacement crew to the international space station. the two astronauts arrived at the iss in early june for what was originally expected to be an eight-day mission to test boeings new starliner spacecraft. it led nasa to bring starliner back to earth and assign butch and sunny to return on another spacex crew dragon. back to you, bill. >> bill: okay. thanks, jonathan. an

we're looking at a late march return for butch will more and sunny williams. nasa says it is too allow engineers more time to process a brand-new spacex crew dragon spacecraft that will bring their replacement crew to the international space station. the two astronauts arrived at the iss in early june for what was originally expected to be an eight-day mission to test boeings new starliner spacecraft. it led nasa to bring starliner back to earth and assign butch and sunny to return on another spacex crew dragon. back to you, bill. >> bill: okay. thanks, jonathan. jonathan serrie watching that. that is tough news for those folks. hoping for the best. thank you live there in atlanta. all right. new hour begins now. >> dana: kicking off another busy day on capitol hill. seeking to shore up support for their nomination and we'll see how it goes. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm dana perino. >> bill: good morning. new hour. bill hemmer, good morning. here we go again. seeing a whirlwind of activity in congress in the halls anyway. president-elect

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suni williams and butch wilmore have been in space since june. they were only supposed to stay on the iss for a week, but problems with their boeing starliner spacecraft meant they could not take the capsule home. nasa is now targeting late march to bring them to earth. the postponement brings nasa and spacex time to complete processing for a new spacecraft. >>> the east coast bracing for another round of rain. angie lassman is tracking the system for us. angie, good morning. it's rain boots, not snow boots at least when it comes to the next several days. >> a couple spots might need to break out some snow boots, but most of the northeast and other folks around the region, not so much. we do have rain ramping across the country. we have flood alerts from arkansas to kentucky. that's where we'll likely see flood alerts. that system is going to be on the move as the day goes on. it arrives for the northeast and mid atlantic later today. and there's a little bit of the snow that might make you break out the snow boots. then we see this next system s

suni williams and butch wilmore have been in space since june. they were suppose to only stay on the iss for a week, but problems with the boeing starliner spacecraft meant they could not take the vessel home. they are targeting late march for the mission to return wilmore and williams to earth. the postponement gives nasa and spacex time to continue processing on a new spacecraft. >>> a pileup involving more than 50 vehicles shut down a causeway, the longest bridge over water on the planet. heavy fog was reported in the area. dozens were taken to the hospital with injuries. many others were stranded on the bridge and had to be rescued as well. >>> the east coast bracing for another round of rain today, angie lassman is tracking the timing of these storms. good morning. >> we've already got some of these flood alerts up for parts of the country that are seeing this system work through as we speak. that's centered across places really stretching from arkansas to kentucky. you see nashville included in that as well as jonesboro will see low-lying p

spacex will soon provide the ride home for astronauts suni williams and butch wilmore, whose ten-dayte march until the boeing starliner was brought home empty, with concern it wasn't safe for astronauts. 2024 was also another big year for the chinese space program. landing a second robotic mission on the far side of the moon, then returning home with soil samples that suggest ancient volcanic activity. china is moving at full throttle to land its own astronauts on the moon by 2030. that's also nasa's goal for its artemis program. >> it is vital for us to land on the south pole so that we do not cede portions of that south lunar south pole to the chinese. >> reporter: but nasa is now delaying an artemis loop around the moon until 2026 to improve the heat shields needed for re-entry. the goal now, a moon landing in 2027. dr. chris williams. have you dreamed among being the first to return to the moon? >> i actually hope it's me and i get a chance to do that. >> reporter: jared isaacman became the first commercial astronaut to perform a spacewalk in 2024. he's now president-elect trump'

charla has always been there whether working together to seed or to hay or harvest or butch beef in miserably cold weather. in the end she always supported my many public service endeavors, even when she didn't think it was a good idea. our kids chris taken, sean -- christine, sean and later mel day, very proud of what they've done. christine in health care and sean in fixing up classic cars, melody in education. all three of them work every day to make their community a better place. they're not coffee drinkers, they're doers. then there's my public service influences. i guess i first got started when i was elected student body president in high school. then after college i spent the next 20 years doing community service before i got elected to the state legislature. those boards included the conservation board, the big sandy school board which was the hardest public service job ied ha, the farm county service agency, executive board of the international organic certification association, and then the montana state legislature which was the funniest job i ever had. if not for term limits, i'

charla has always been there whether working together to seed or to hay or harvest or butch beef in miserably cold weather. in the end she always supported my many public service endeavors, even when she didn't think it was a good idea. our kids chris taken, sean -- christine, sean and later mel day, very proud of what they've done. christine in health care and sean in fixing up classic cars, melody in education. all three of them work every day to make their community a better place. they're not coffee drinkers, they're doers. then there's my public service influences. i guess i first got started when i was elected student body president in high school. then after college i spent the next 20 years doing community service before i got elected to the state legislature. those boards included the conservation board, the big sandy school board which was the hardest public service job ied ha, the farm county service agency, executive board of the international organic certification association, and then the montana state legislature which was the funniest job i ever had. if not for term limits, i'

spacex will soon provide the ride home for astronauts sunny williams and butch wilmore, whose ten day mission last june to the space station will last nine months until at least late march. after nasa brought the troubled boeing starliner spaceship home empty, concerned it wasn't safe for the astronauts. we're both, you know, navy. we've both been on deployments. we're not surprised when deployments get changed. schiff. that are 2024 was also another big year for the chinese space program, landing a second robotic mission on the far side of the moooon, then returning he with soil samples that suggest ancient volcanic activity. china is moving at full throttle to land its own astronauts on the moon by 2030. that's also nasa's goal for its artemis program, and it is vital for us to land on the south pole so that we do not cede portions of that south lunar south pole to the chinese. but nasa is now delaying an artemis loop around the moon until 2026 to improve the heat shields needed for reentry. the goal now a moon landing in 2027. new astronaut doctor chris williams. have you dreamed o

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spacex will soon provide the ride home for astronauts sunny williams and butch wilmore, whose ten day mission last june to the space station will last nine months until at least late march. after nasa brought the troubled boeing starliner spaceship home empty, concerned it wasn't safe for the astronauts. we're both, you know, navy. we've both been on deployments. we're not surprised when deployments get changed. schiff dahle 2024 was also another big year for the chinese space program, landing a second robotic mission on the far side of the moon, then returning home with soil samples that suggest ancient volcanic activity. china is moving at full throttle to land its own astronauts on the moon by 2030. that's also nasa's goal for its artemis program, and it is vital for us to land on the south pole so that we do not cede portions of that south lunar south pole to the chinese. but nasa is now delaying an artemis loop around the moon until 2026 to improve the heat shields needed for reentry. the goal now a moon landing in 2027. new astronaut doctor chris williams. have you dreamed of be

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nasa announcing astronaut butch wilmore and suni williams will not be returning to earth. >> until the end of march or even april because of a delay in launching their replacements that were supposed to arrive in february. now, the 2 test pilots they blasted off in june. their mission was extended when the troubled boeing capsule. they arrived on had to be sent back to earth empty due to this delay will mourn. williams are now set to spend almost a year in orbit. >> they ever going to leave old it's like that's true. still ahead, a neighborhood rebrand comes just in time for the holidays. how local leaders are making the space. mary. >> the holiday spirit is alive and well. and knowing valley, the san francisco neighborhood is re-branding itself as no. well valley this month from now until christmas day, people strolling down. 24 street are going to be able to enjoy themed window displays. today. city leaders including state senator scott wiener and mayor london breed went out to check check out the christmas themed creations and cast their votes for this year's contest. the contest re

the astronauts on board, butch wilmore and suni williams, launched on the starliner june 5th, they wereposed to return ten days later but the flight back to earth has been repeatedly delayed as nasa was troubleshooting issues like helium leaks and the overheating thrusters on the boeing starliner. nasa ultimately decided to return starliner without its crew and had the astronauts fly home on the spacex dragon in february, but that has now been pushed back. >> norah: so i have to ask you, what is the problem now? >> reporter: so here is the thing: their ride back home, it's already on the international space station but the new issue is with a different spacex dragon that is supposed to deliver the astronauts that will replace them. nasa says spacex needs more time to get that spacecraft ready for flight, pushing that launch back to late march. nasa does not want wilmore and williams to leave until the new crew arrives so the station was recently restocked with everything the crew needs including water, and oxygen. the space agency asked that "special items" to celebrate the holidays are

two of them, sunny williams and butch wilmore, planning to spend eight days up in june, turned out their boeing spacecraft hit. technical issues are still up there. i know frorom june until now, nasa hopes to bring them home by march at some point. maybe the luck of the irish on 17th saint patrick's day? who knows? let's talk about our weather. what a beautiful christmas day. people are lighting the menorah first night of hanukkah, but this is just a short stint of dry weather. it was appreciated, you know, because normally when we see too many storms right after the other, that causes its own set of woes. but, you know, we're going to be seeing rain eventually making its move in. and the totals are going to vary depending on where you live. so i'm going to guide you through the timing and also the totals and the days which you can expect to see the rain. right now though, it is nice. wind speeds are calm. temperatures. look at that. 54 degrees san jose san francisco looking beautiful for christmas in the park. if you're going to be heading out there, just bundle up. it still gets a litt

astronauts butch wilmore and suni williams were sent to the international space station on a brand—newg. but, because of technical issues, they couldn't come back on starliner, leaving them there for months rather than weeks. but they didn't seem to mind. this year also saw nasa send a probe to one of the moons ofjupiter called europa, which has an unusual icy surface. you can see cracks and ridges, which has been caused byjupiter�*s powerful gravity stretching and squashing it. and it's that movement that scientists believe has melted the ice underneath to create a vast, salty ocean. china's chang'e spacecraft landed on the far side of the moon and returned samples from the lunar surface to earth. and on the ground, there was a spectacular display of the northern lights — one of the great wonders of the universe. when ukraine's largest children's hospital was struck by a missile injuly, all fingers pointed to russia. two adults were killed and hundreds injured, including children. one month later, and there was a new development, as told by steve rosenberg. it is an astonishing sight.