neil armstrong was born in 1930, buzz aldrin in 1930, mike collins, 1930.rent people. neil armstrong did not like the spotlight, buzz aldrin does like the spotlight, mike collins does not like — with all due respect, sir — mike collins does not like the spotlight, either. and yet, here we are, and we're going to talk about what happened in 1969. do you talk about it with an enduring sense of pride? 0h, very much so. i mean, i was very proud of the job that the three of us did, getting us to and from the moon. that trip is a long and fragile daisy chain and the links are very fragile and we were able to keep them all intact and do ourjobs properly. but more than the three of us, there were almost 400,000 americans working on project apollo, and i thank them. they're the ones who don't get recognised. i want to take you back actually before those amazing pictures of the footsteps on the moon. i want to take you back tojohn f kennedy pledging to invest whatever it took to get american men onto the moon in 1961, i guess? "and within the decade," he said, "we wi

the sea of tranquility is, of course, where neil armstrong and buzz aldrin first landed on the moon and that occurred after he left the oval office, it was very much part of his efforts that we actually made it to the moon. this is a small, private office set up for president johnson and it was meant to model the private office at his office, the oval office. through that door is our replica of the johnson oval office. but this is his -- this was a small study that he used on occasion, it includes a very long couch, very long because johnson often took naps, ended up being horizontal working sessions more often than his opportunity to slumber, but it's long to accommodate his 6 foot 3 inch frame and recently when we had the civil rights summit here at the lbj presidential library, president carter took a nap on this as well. so at least two former presidents have slept on that couch. this is a small desk that president johnson used in this private office, the oval office. he spent a great deal of his time there when he worked as president so a lot of the work of his presidency was done

then we have the information side think of the elements of national power when neil armstrong and buzz aldrin landed on the moon every single person saw or heard that event. it is amazing just 13 years later ronald reagan announced the strategic defense initiative. people said the opposition said it cannot be done not technologically achievable we will never accomplish that objective of a missile defense shield of those capabilities required. while here in the united states there was a debate raging they call it star wars to belittle the program but the biggest competitor the soviet union steps up to the plate and says we believe we can do it and capabilities that were able to counteract the initiative it was a small piece it wasn't piece of what led to the collapse of the soviet union. they believe we could do it because just a decade earlier they saw american astronauts walking on the surface of the moon. is a tool of information power. as nasa administrator we had a lander on mars called insight. [inaudible] and those were ending on mars. now we think about why does that matter? the idea i

armst we think about the elements of e sational power when neil armstrong and buzz aldrin landew on the moon, every single person on the planet saw or heard that event. and what's amazing is that just 13 years later ronald reagan announced the strategic defense initiative. esd it was belittled. people said -- the opposition said it can't be done, it's notm technologically achievable, it's too expensive, we will never accomplish that objective of we creating a missile defense shield, especially the they capabilities required from c space. so, while here in the united states there was this debate raging over whether or not -- they called it star wars to belittle the program. one of the things that was important is that the biggest he competitor, at the time, the enemy of the united states, thed soviet union stepped up to the plate and said, look, we believe they can do it. and they started investing in capabilities that would be ablea to counteract the strategic defense initiative. ultimat and it was a piece. it was a small piece but it was a piece of ultimately what led to the collapse o

i love this so much, even going back to buzz aldrin who says the probability of extraterrestrial lifepilots to so many more things. tell me your income too. >> juan: why not question markets fun. [laughter] i think americans love this story. this is a story that could bring us together. i don't care what your politics are. everyone is interested. everybody is fascinated. if there was ever a reason to build a wall, this is it. [laughter] >> harris: you know they come from space, right? [laughter] >> juan: remember president reagan "star wars" program, defense against a country that would fire missiles against the usa? we could build "star wars" to protect us against aliens. i'm all in. i agree, emily, this is fascinating. i don't know how real it is. there's lots of things that could be unidentified that would be aliens, but boy would it be fun to meet some. >> emily: gillian, i assume they were all friendly. with your national security background, we know about the air force systems, their supersonic -- there's so much more. tell me you think it's real, too. >> gillian: what i will sa

>> i should have mentioned buzz aldrin is my great-uncle. he is not, but i wanted to say that. marco rubio on the '"6o minutes" segment said we should investigate this. marco rubio just voted not to investigate january 6th but he wants to investigate ufos. there's more truth ufos exist and we definitely know that january 6th happened. so i think it is really important to just mention the politics there and how ridiculous it is. >> but if we are riffing on the politics, i was talking in my hallway about this earlier. let's just say it was real and an alien invasion went down, is it enough to make you link up arm in arm with a maga? i'm not doing it, nope. >> stick around. we have to pause, but when we come back we will talk about the report that came out of bbc that found that a renowned journalist lied to princess diana to secure a deeply personal interview with her. media malpractice and mental health when we come back. back including little rock and even worcester. and tonight... i'll be eating the chicken quesadilla from...tony's tex mex...in... katy. (doorbell) (giggle) do

john glen first orbited the earth >> he was also part of nbc's coverage with neil armstrong and buzz aldrin first walked on the moon imagine that he broke the news in 1986 that faulty o rings were to blame in the space shuttle challenger >> jay had an incredible career. he leaves behind his wife and three children all of us here at nbc news send our deepest condolences to jay's family he was one special man >> he was. we grew up watching him. he will be missed. all right. >>> also this morning, it is full speed ahead for kentucky derby winner medina spirit, ready to run today in the second leg of the triple crown, the preakness stakes kathy park is at pimlico in maryland in good morning to you. >> hey, good morning to you. so the gates will be opening up in a few hours and when they do, organizers anticipate up to 10,000 fans to fill the stands a cap due to covid while there's excitement in the air, it's all mixed in with horse racing drama ♪ >> reporter: just hours away from the preakness stakes, and the spotlight is back on this year's kentucky derby winner of medina spirit. after a week