we are keeping an eye on cape canaveral.butors in its news programmes. it is called the 50—50 challenge. for the first and last time we are part of this story. it is rooted in a project called the 50-50 is rooted in a project called the 50—50 project that we started outside source. we were interested to see if we could increase the number of women contributors in our programme. we just —— number of women contributors in our programme. wejust —— devised a self—monitoring system. injanuary 2017, 39% of our contributors were women. lowerfrankly 2017, 39% of our contributors were women. lower frankly than we thought. however, the act of measuring in january last year had thought. however, the act of measuring injanuary last year had a big impact. we became more aware, more motivated. by february the numbers had started to move. the percentage was up to 44%. by march, 47%. in april of last year, 51% were women. we have averaged 52% per month ever since. this isn't about quotas are a box ticking. the best guests always go on air.

you can use cape canaveral. you just pay us rent and spend that money. pretty amazing. how about when the engines come down. they come down and land so they can use them again. that looks like futuristic beautiful stuff. we have reinvigorated our space program to a level that nobody thought possible in this short period of time. nasa is back. nasa is back. and mars is waiting for us. you know that. great. you know what it is? it's great, it's science. it's important. very important militarily. we had the best military. we have the best military in the world. we are going to have a military the likes of which nobody has ever had. the best we have ever had by far, and these are the times when you want to have a very powerful military. you don't want to have to use it, but you have to have it. we stand on the shoulders of patriots who poured out their sweat and blood and tears for our country, for pour flag and for our god. as long as we are proud of who we are, and what we are fighting for, there is nothing beyond our reach. there is nothing. look what happened to us. her

nasa's planet—hunting satellite lifts off from cape canaveral.n live all the sport. good afternoon, more on the news that the ecb would like to introduce 100 balls format to their new 8—team city —based competition which begins in 2020 and we have the news that supporters in the world cup will see those decisive reviews and replays being made on a big screen inside the stadiums. some good news regarding the weather? according to the met office it is the warmest april day since 1919, 20 7.9 at northolt. how long will the heat last? until the weekend 7 northolt. how long will the heat last? untilthe weekend? i northolt. how long will the heat last? until the weekend? i will tell you in half an hour. last? until the weekend? i will tell you in halfan hour. —— last? until the weekend? i will tell you in half an hour. —— 20 7.9. thanks. also coming up. we'll be hearing some of the tributes to dale winton — the television and radio presenter who died at his home last night at the age of 62. hello everyone — this is afternoon live. when the queen says i

if you look at cape canaveral and with the french do it's natural that when there's a launch attempt they tried to close off part of the area to inhibit others for interfering with the launch or gathering information to pick up stuff that might fall down. >> one more question from the group. i want to we didn't talk much about cyber during this it's connected and interrelated to the other domains of operation. mention space. but cyber is vital to communication. what are the cyber aspects of the competition in the asia-pacific? >> a key aspect is that you have a concentration of some of the most important technology developers. a lot of the production of our computing equipment happens in that region in addition there is research and development going on. you're likely to see some high-end capabilities first administrated there. we haven't really had a peer-to-peer naval conflict in a long time. even stayed on state, a north korean spire or what. we haven't seen a peer-to-peer battle with forces using everything at their disposal to advance their aims. there's some unknowns there beca

. >>> new video out of cape canaveral, florida. a rocket carrying two new satellites launched into space. helping the united states air force beef up its communication system. they're going to help with communications for senior military commanders. >> that's incredible to see that. >>> starbucks is saying sorry tonight after two black men were arrested for waiting inside one of the chain's coffee shops. the incident was caught on camera and it quickly went viral with many people calling it racial profiling. on thursday, police arrested these two men at a starbucks in philadelphia. they were sitting at a table waiting for a friend. one man asked for the bathroom code. saying the pair was trespassing because they didn't make an order. starbucks says, quote, we apologize to the two individuals and our commerce. the chain says it is reviewing its policies and how it engages with the police so it can avoid another incidentally this. >>> what happens next for the grand old party after the house speaker paul ryan announced he will retire

planets that can sustain life the transiting exoplanet survey satellite or tess took off from cape canaveral in florida less than an hour ago the satellite costs three hundred thirty seven million dollars and it's about the size of a refrigerator tess's flying out on a space x. rocket which aims to slingshot it into a wide elliptical orbit that encompasses both the earth and the moon it's going to spend two years in space and it'll scan eighty five percent of the sky that's around two hundred thousand nearby stars but it's mainly on the hunt for planets that are around the size of our own test itself will be able to tell us if we're alone in the universe it's only equipped to detect the size and orbital path of all the worlds but it charts the stars for future telescopes which could detect a life or life like conditions in the near cosmos stephen ryan hart is a nasa scientist working on the project at cape canaveral and he explains exactly what tests will search for. one of the big goals of the mission is to find small planets rocky planets like the earth in the habitable zones of their or w

if you look at cape canaveral, it's natural that other times there's a large attempt they try to closeff part of the area to inhibit other actors coming to close and interfering with the launch or gathering information or picking up stuff that might fall down. basically that would be the reasonings. >> fascinating. >> one final question for the group and then open it up for your question. i do want to drop them back he here. we didn't talk much about cyber during the panel. obviously it's connected and interrelated to the other domains of operation. we certainly mentioned space but cyber is vital for communication and maritime industry and so on. what are the cyber aspects of the competition in the asia-pacific? john, maybe we will start with you. >> one of the key aspects is the fact that you have a concentration of some of the most important technology developed there in production so there's a huge amount of development happening in the u.s. but a lot of production of computing equipment happens in that regent. there's a lot of research and development going on there. i think as muc

the us space agency's tess satellite has launched from cape canaveral in florida on a mission to findr system. the mission will survey a great swathe of stars, hoping to catch the dips in brightness that occur when orbiting planets traverse their faces. here's our science correspondent, pallab ghosh. all said and ready to go. nasa's new mission to discover whether the stars we see at night have planets around them. on board this baulk nine rocket is a space telescope that will study the stars closest to the earth and find out whether in orbit around them are planets capable of supporting life. liftoff, the spacex falcon 9 carrying tests. once in space, these best test spacecraft will start scanning nearly the entire sky. as it looks for stars it will also detect any tiny decrease in the light that comes from them. that small it is assigned there is a planet in orbit. the big question is whether there are any like ourown the big question is whether there are any like our own earth and support life. 25 years ago we looked ata support life. 25 years ago we looked at a star in the sky and

transiting exoplanet survey satellite or tess is poised for a launch in a few hours time from cape canaveral in florida tess is flying out on a space x. walk it which aims to slingshots it into a white elliptical orbit that encompasses both the earth the moon it will spend two years in space and will scan eighty five percent of the sky that surround two hundred thousand nearby stars but it's mainly on the hunt for planets that are around the size of our old test itself will be able to tell us if we're alone in the universe it's only equipped to detect the size and orbital paths of all the world's thought it charts the stars for future telescopes which could detect life or life like conditions in the near cold small larder i spoke to stephen ryan harness nasa scientists working on the project at cape canaveral and he told me exactly what tess is looking out for. one of the big goals of the mission is to find small planets rocky planets like the earth in the habitable zone or who stars if a planet is too close to its star that all the water boils off if the planet is too far away from us are a

you can use cape canaveral. just pay us rent and spend that money. pretty amazing, right? how about when the engines come down, they come down and they land so they can use them again. that looks like a futuristic, beautiful stuff. we have reinvigorated our space program to a level that nobody thought possible in this short period of time. nasa is back. nasa is back. and mars is waiting for us. you know that. great. you know what it is? it is great. it is science. it is important. very important militarily. we have the best military. we have the best military in the world. we are going to have a military likes of which no one has ever had. the best we have ever had by far and these are the times when you want to have a very powerful military. you do not want to have to use it but you have to have it. we stand on the shoulders of patriots who poured out their sweat and blood and tears for our country, for our flag, and for our god. as long as we are proud of who we are, and what we are fighting for, there is nothing beyond our reach. there is nothing. look at what happened

we will also hearfrom cape canaveral in florida, because nasa has a new mission that will turn vibrations from stars into sound, and that in turn will help us understand space. a number of developments after those western airstrikes in syria. first, this exclusive interview with the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov, for the bbc‘s hardtalk programme with stephen sackur. here is mr lavrov on whether that alleged chemical attack actually happen. there is no proof that on 7th of april chemical weapons were used in douma, and you already... but there is proof. can you? emmanuel macron and the french have made it quite plain they have intercepts that showed syrian helicoptered movement over douma, they have pictures of gas canisters found that the site of the attack, they also have the record of the syrian government over the last several years using chemical weapons. if you put all of that together, as far as the french, the americans, the british are concerned... i cannot be impolite to the heads of other state and of course i cannot be impolite to the head of my state, but you quoted t

does at cape canaveral, what the french do, it is of course natural every time there's a launch attempthey will try to close off areas to inhabit other actors coming too close and interfering with the launch of gathering may be a formation and pick up stuff that might fall down. so basically this would be the reason. >> fascinating. one final question for the group and then we will open it up for your questions. one mentioned a cyberfamily didn't talk much about cyberduring the panel. the maritime domain is getting related to the other domains of operations. you certainly already mentioned space. cyberis one of his for the maritime industry and so one. so what are the cyberaspects of the competition in the asia-pacific? john, maybe we will start with you. >> one of the key aspects of the fact you have a concentration of some of the most important technology developers of production. a lot of their production, computing equipment happens in that region and the amount of research and development going on there. i think as much if not more than any other region in the world, you're likely

a planet—hunting space telescope has been successfully launched from cape canaveral in florida to lookrode skywards on a space x falcon rocket, developed by the entrepreneur elon musk. a hollywood movie has been screened to officials and diplomats in saudi arabia as the kingdom prepares for the return of cinema after more than 35 years. the blockbuster superhero film, black panther, was shown as part of a series of tests before theatres are opened to the wider public next month. i have seen that movie and it is great. what they want to choose to kick a ball. —— what a film they chose to kick it all off. let's turn to our top business story now — globalfinance ministers and central bankers are gathering washington for the spring meeting of the international monetary fund. they are being warned not to get complacent despite a healthy recovery in the global economy. a possible trade war is one worry — another is the impact of rising interest rates amid high levels of debt around the world. iain anderson is founder of the international communications agency, cicero group. always lovely to

it was due to set off from cape canaveral in florida last night but was stood down three hours before checks are said to be needed on the rocket systems. the new york times and the new yorker magazine have won a pulitzer prize for their reporting on harvey weinstein‘s alleged sexual misconduct. dozens of women have come forward to accuse the hollywood mogul of assault and harassment. now, i have not spoken about the chinese economy in a while. china's economy grew 6.8% between january to march from a year earlier. china is the world's second largest economy but a reliance on borrowing has led to concerns about debt levels. the growth data also comes amid concerns about china's outlook for exports which has been clouded by rising tensions with the united states, its largest trading partner. jonathan charles, director of communications at the european bank for reconstruction and development joins me now. good morning. very good to see you. good morning. very good to see you. good to see youtube. you have come back? at —— good to see you. good to see youtube. you have come back? at -- go

the telescope was due to go up from cape canaveral in florida on monday evening, on a spacex falcon 9s before lift—off. spacex says it wants more time to resolve an issue related to the guidance, navigation and control of the rocket. the new york times and the new yorker magazine have won the pulitzer prize for public service — one of the most coveted awards in americanjournalism. they've been honoured for revealing the harvey weinstein sexual misconduct scandal. and kendrick lamar has become the first rapper to win the pulitzer prize for music. it's the first time a genre other than classical orjazz has been recognised by the pulitzers. he won for the album ‘damn‘ released in april last year. he won five grammies in january for the same album. plastic pollution of the oceans is one of the great environmental problems of our time. now scientists have engineered an enzyme which can digest a key type of plastic, used to make drinks bottles and other products. it could offer a new way to recycle millions of tonnes of plastic. our science editor, david shukman explains. plastic waste is f

a planet—hunting space telescope has been successfully launched from cape canaveral, in florida, to lookite rode skywards on a spacex falcon rocket, developed by the entrepreneur elon musk. a hollywood movie has been screened to officials and diplomats in saudi arabia, as the kingdom prepares for the return of cinema after more than 35 years. the blockbuster superhero film black panther was shown as part of a series of tests, before theatres are opened to the wider public next month. air safety officials are investigating the death of an airline passenger who died after being almost sucked out of a plane in mid—air. the southwest airlines boeing 737 was flying from new york to texas when one of its engines exploded at 32,000 feet. the blast shattered a window, with catastrophic consequences. nick bryant has the story. imagine the relief of the passengers on board after this southwest airlines boeing 737 landed safely on the ground. they'd heard the engine explode at 32,000 feet. they'd seen a window smashed open by the debris. they'd watched as a fellow passenger was partially sucked out

it blasted off yesterday from cape canaveral, florida.iously used, then retrieved and recycled. the cargo ship is carrying food, experiments, and other supplies for the crew on the space station. it's not a long trip. it's supposed to arrive tomorrow. >>> and nasa's hubble space telescope has discovered the most distant star ever seen. the star is nicknamed icarus. there it is. located more than halfway across the universe, some nine billion light years from earth. yesterday scientists said the enormous blue star is about twice as hot as our sun, up to a million times brighter. and get this -- at least 100 times further away than any other star that's ever been spotted. >>> okay, coming up later on "cbs this morning," iconic figures will reflect on the life and legacy of dr. martin luther king jr. as we mark the 50th anniversary of his assassination. >>> i'm brook silva braga. this is the "cbs morning news." not all fish oil supplements provide the same omega-3 power. megared advanced triple absorption is absorbed three times better. so o

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what is this planet actually like and here's two tasks which launches on april sixteenth from cape canaveral in florida i'm her hunt for extraterrestrial life man tess is going to be busy that's going to be busy that i go i love that that's the ultimate so for you right there man four hundred some odd cameras and it's the foley of a sort of three hundred sixty day review where you get the whole sky and you can literally watch the builder you know we might find that other planet with life it's not just about water oxygen or about we could be finding. a lot about all right we'll leave that as our show for today remember everyone in this world we're not told we're above the sword tell you all i love you i am i robot and i'm having a lot of people watching those talks about the great thing in life there. because the swarms of the blood of them someone. who feel good your school board local was before. much of those who heard the food you are with a few of them do so see him with the north we will forgo. the good move the bulk move when it. actually didn't look beautiful the bill will mean it's g

the us space agency has just launched its tess telescope from cape canaveral in florida.. the telescope will monitor the stars closest to earth. scientists are hoping to catch the dips in brightness that occur when orbiting planets cross their surfaces. our science correspondent pallab ghosh reports from florida. all set and ready to go. nasa's new mission to discover whether the stars we see at night have planets around them. on board this falcon nine rocket is a space telescope that will study the stars closest to the earth and find out whether in orbit around them are planets capable of supporting life. lift off. the spacex falcon nine... once in space the test spacecraft will start scanning nearly the entire sky. as it looks for stars it will also detect any tiny decrease in the light that comes from them. that small dip is a sign that there is a planet in orbit. the big question is whether there are any like ourown earth and support life. 25 years ago we looked at a star in the sky and wondered if it had planets around it. today, we look at a star in the sky, it woul

what is this planet actually like and here's two tasks which launches on april sixteenth from cape canaveral in florida i'm her hunt for extraterrestrial life man tess is going to be busy that's going to be busy like oh i love that but that's the ultimate so for you right there man four hundred some odd cameras and the folly of a sort of three hundred sixty day review where you get the whole sky and you can literally watch the builder you know we might find that other planet with life that's not just about water oxygen or about we could be finding. a lot about you know all right we'll leave that as our show for today remember everyone in this world we're not told we love the ups or tell you all i love you i am i robot and i'm having a lot of people watching those talks have a great day and. when i was told something seemed wrong but old roles just don't hold. any object to shape out just because the ticket and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. four men are sitting in a car when the fifth gets shot in the head. all four diff

saying exoplanet survey satellite or tests as it's known will shed gel to take off on monday from cape canaveral in florida blastoff has been delayed by at least forty eight hours after navigation issue with the space x. rocket james to sling it into orbit test will spend two years in space and scanned eighty five percent of the sky in search of planets that support life. a top stories currently on al-jazeera russia says chemical weapons investigators will enter the syrian city of doom on wednesday this after it was accused of denying them access to the kremlin has also rejected u.s. accusations that its tampered with the site of the suspected gas attack on april the seventh earlier representatives of the global war stalled the o.p.c. w. held an emergency meeting in the hague about the lack of access oscar says the o.p.c. w team camp into duma just yet because of saturday's airstrikes by the u.s. u.k. and france and fighting on the ground osama bin laden has more. earlier in the day we heard from russian news wires that there was some sort of fighting happening in duma which was quite strange be

what is this planet actually like and here's two tasks which launches on april sixteenth from cape canaveral in florida i'm her hunt for extraterrestrial life man tess is going to be busy that's going to be busy that i know i love that but that's the ultimate so for you right there i'm four hundred somebody cameras and it's the folly of a sort of three hundred sixty day review where you get the whole sky and you can literally watch the builder you know we might find that other planet with life that's not just about water oxygen or about we could be finding. a lot about all right we'll leave that as a show for you today remember everyone in this world we're not told we're loved ups or tell you all i love you i am i robot and on top of a lot of people watching those talks about the great thing in life there. so. there's strong pressure to find a security cap and that's by the pentagon and by the media on don't donald trump to do something about seeing it probably at some stage she might give in to his pressure but i don't think it is his intention what i consider more likely down another u.s.

the capsule blasted off monday from cape canaveral, atop a falcon 9 rocket.lab. >>> on a recent b.a.r.t. trip, one of our reporters came across hypodermic needles. she immediately began asking about b.a.r.t. riders safety. b.a.r.t. says it's trying to keep the trains clean while tackling the underlying problem, addiction. a new program that puts b.a.r.t. officers on the front line. >> his tone is finely tuned from years working as a bartender. >> you need some socks? >> you got some? >> i'll get you a pair. >> perhaps it was practice. for his new regulars, people who truly hit bottom. >> all right, partner. these are the good kind, insulated, they'll keep your feet warm. >> these b.a.r.t. officers, a former emt patrol downtown san francisco stations. >> we're a little city on train tracks. >> reporter: and like cities across the country, they have a problem. >> looking for the needless. >> i see needless, i see od, i see drugs being sold, drugs being done, drugs being stuffed in their mouths. >> reporter: on a recent b.a.r.t. drive i snapped a picture and ask

spacex had another successful launch from cape canaveral.ied supplies for the international space station. spacex is targeting roughly 30 missions this year and monday's launch brings the tally to seven. apple company, is delving furtho the chip business and plans to use its own chip in mac computers as early as 2020. the move would replace intel chips.th the news is a big blow to the chipmaker, shares falling 6%. i will go to ian king who covers the chip industry and mark gurman in l.a. who covers apple. mark, telephone apple is doing here. mark: what we reported was for the first time, apple is now designing and planning to use its own processor, the main chips known as cpu, in its computers which would replace intel which gets over 5% of its annual revenues from the mac. emily: why is this such a big blow to intel? 5% is not the end of times for intel, but if it becomes a phenomenon, a proof point that shows intel's chips are no longer the leading technology that nobody can the without, then it becomes a major issue. emily: what is the li

rob: taking off from cape canaveral florida carrying the dragon capsule into orbit headed to the international space station to drop off supplies and science experiments. jillian: it will return in may carrying precious cargo back to earth included a robot that has been in space since 2011. >> we need some good news in the whether department. it has been lacking. >> i would need to there were down for good news because there are still folks dealing with winter like weather. the northern plains temperatures in the teens, in some cases feel like single digits. moisture in that area, talking about snow happening once again. these snowstorms lingering today into the overnight hours. we look at future forecast and put this into motion. is this moisture moves through wisconsin, michigan, that is happening overnight tonight, this becomes a really heavy snowstorm, we are talking about areas with winter storm watches and warnings stretching all the way from montana into portions of michigan and the same system on the southern edge will produce severe weather. this is one we will be watching through the

just a glorious, glorious live picture coming in to us right now from cape canaveral. i want to ask you, spacex is not going to try to land and recover today's rocket. why is that? >> they've gotten really good at doing that. they landed ten and reused the rockets in the past year. roughly two minutes and 40 seconds after blast off, that is when the first stage of the falcon nine rocket will detach from the second stage, which will keep pushing the dragon capsule into space. unlike most recent highlights that we've seen them landing on land or on the ship, this one they're going to used for data gathering for the spacex engineers studying the rocket. it's a block 4 falcon 9 rocket. they're being phased out by the block 5. those will fly ten times or more. these block fours are only flying two teams. they're going to test out flying this rocket to the limit of its capability just to gather data from the rocket and its performance as it descends back down to the ocean. it probably, if it has any fuel level, will do a reverse thrust as if it was going to land on the shape

they fired off a falcon 9 rocket this cape canaveral, florida yesterday, three days after a saysful launchalifornia. this flight boasted nearly 3- tons of supplies and equipment in to space for a 2-day flight to the international space station. the launching marked the 52nd flight of a falcon 9. >>> tech regulation , the conversation for executives in silicon valley after facebook's handling of the privacy scandal involving cambridge analytica. some are calling for more regulation. >> reporter: that's right. the social media giant has been facing heavy criticism, even from other tech leaders in silicon valley including elon musk and tim cook and lawmakers are weighing in on the conversation. this is after it was reported millions of facebook users had their information scraped by an app and sent to cambridge analytica, a political firm associated with donald trump's campaign. senator feinstein said companies like facebook need to fix the problem or face a federal government intervention. >> i think they are going to have to be some controls. if you don't control your platform, we are going

the falcon 9 lifted off from cape canaveral with its dragon capsule packed with three tons of equipmentesearch. spacex is targeting 30 launches this year, up from 18 in 2017. the latest mission brings the 2018 tally to seven following monday's launch. certainlycex continuing on . musk has had his hands in several things, but these days, it is his hands in tesla that has investors worried. haidi: we were speaking to don yesterday, he was saying the tesla stocks scare him because he does not feel like it is a company being run by a man who is focused on making cars. we are going to talk more about the delivery issues and production issues that still plague tesla. betty: is he going to make those production targets? there was that 3:00 a.m. memo from elon musk saying if they made 2000 vehicles in the last seven days. we will talk more about his struggles and projections on tesla. this is bloomberg. ♪ retail. under pressure like never before. and it's connected technology that's moving companies forward fast. e-commerce. real time inventory. virtual changing rooms. that's why retailers rely

monday afternoon, spacex had another successful launch from cape canaveral florida. ,the falcon 9 carriedternational space station. spacex is starting roughly 30 total missions this year. and monday's launch brings the tally to seven. coming up, why your next iphone may look radically different. the product scoop on future smartphones next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ emily: in the latest tech revolving door, apple has hired google's top artificial intelligence executive to help the iphone maker catch rivals in one of the most important fields of modern technology. john d'andrea will report to ceo tim cook and has a lot of work to do. apple has lagged behind amazon, google, and microsoft when it comes to ai, and apple wants to make sure future iphones will stand out in a crowded market. in a bloomberg scoop, we have learned the company is working on touchless gesture control on curved screens for nextgen devices. this according to people with knowledge of the matter. the control feature would let iphone users move their finger close to the screen without touching it. and yet another bloomberg

from cape canaveral in florida. it will carry a $337 million satellite which nasa said will help find thousands of new planets. >>> a class act. that is what many people are saying about former first lady barbara bush. sadly she died in her houston home yesterday. nbc bay area jay gray is there and jay, people are really stopping by, saying how they felt about her and really remembering her legacy. >> reporter: yeah, marcus, an outpouring of love for the first lady. look, barbara bush was a one-of-a-kind. that white air and the ever present string of pearls. she had a quit wit and a kind heart and something that made her, many say, the most loved and respected first lady in our nation's history. >> i've been the luckiest woman in the world, truthfully. and i know it. >> reporter: but those remembering barbara bush say it is our country that was lucky to have her. >> she was awesome. >> and funny and fierce and set her mind -- she was a great role model for me for sure. i learned how to be a first lady. >> reporter:

rick: a powerful rocket shooting into the skies above cape canaveral in florida this weekend with morellion pounds of force. here it comes. leaving a massive cloud of smoke as it roars into the air. the atlas v dropped into orbit. it was carrying communications satellites that will be used as part of a program to keep commanders in contact, with senior government leaders. that's "fox report" this sunday april 15, 2018. if you haven't filed your taxes yet, you better do it tomorrow. because that's it. after that, it's going to cost you even more. "fox news sunday" starts right now. chris: i'm chris what -- wallace, the u.s. and allies strike assad regime that used chemical weapons to murder its own people. ♪ >> these are not the actions of a man, they are crimes of a monster instead o. chris: we will discus the decision to hit syria again, what it means for the civil war there and the president's message to other countries supporting assad. >> to iran and to russia, i ask, what kind of a nation wants to be associated with a mass murderer of innocent men, women and children? chris: nikki

. >> this rocket launched from cape canaveral in florida today is carrying a nasa satellite into orbitthe slight will scan -- satellite will scan the skies for the next two years to identify which stars have planets that could support life. scientists expect to find as many as 20,000 planets. they hope that some of them will be in the habitable zone where liquid water can exist. >>> talks between the united states and north korea are going forward. a meeting took place between mike pompeo and kim jong-un. they met to lay the groundwork for the summit between the north korean leader and president trump. analysts say the meeting between the north koreans and pompeo is a great step to but optimism must be tempered with the possibility of talks going poorly. >> the concern is that if it doesn't go well which is certainly a possibility, that that could be the end of diplomacy and then the trump administration would have no alternative after meeting with the north korean leader to go from diplomacy quickly into a military solution. >> the meeting between president trump and kim jong- un is e

that launch set for just after 3:30 this afternoon from cape canaveral, in florida. >>> you have until, normally the deadline is april 15th but this year since that was on the weekend, you have until april 17th. the deadline, of course, fell yesterday, would normally push the tax day too today, april 16th, but this is emancipation day so that holiday recognizes a 1962 law that ended slavery in the nation's capital. that pushed the tax day to tuesday, april 17th. you can procrastinate two extra days this year. but if you have asked for the normal six month tension, your -- extension, your returns are due on the 15th of october, not the 17th of october. >>> 6:27. we are hearing more from james comey. what the fired former fbi director said about the president and the clinton e- mail investigation. >>> and we are inside oracle arena this morning. the warriors looking to keep that momentum going as they head into the spurs game tonight. you will hear from some of the players, the head coach, talking about how the team plans to maintain its intensity heading into tonight's game. >>> and we

look at cape canaveral. look at a revived space program, nasa and a commercial space program.just giving you two examples of major laws that i have passed. >> dana: what do you think about his first policy atphoupb announcement that he's going to run on term limits being favorable to florida. >> the fact is mark zuckerberg came to see me because i am now the ranking democrat. and if we get the majority, will be the chairman. it takes time to work up through the seniority system. so i would think that that's particularly important to florida. >> dana: let me ask you about something else that's happening in florida. not all states are dealing with this issue in the courts about restoring the voting rights to felons. this weekend george will wrote a column in which he talked about this issue. i wanted to get your take on it. he said what intelligent purpose is served by reminding felons, who really do not require remind of their past, and by advertising it to their community? the rule of law requires punishment, but it is not served by punishments that never end and that perpetua

the launch set for about after 3:30 this afternoon from the cape canaveral station in florida. >>> wellnew york city will soon require sexual harassment training for workers every year. the new york city council passed several bills preventing sexual harassment in the workplace. the new training rules will apply to any private employer in new york with more than 15 people on its payroll. the managers and supervisor also have to complete annual sexual harassment training. these new rules are set to take effect next year. it's one of the strongest responses yet to the national effort to crack down on sexual harassment at work. >>> a leading british medical search group is -- research group is calling for nations around the world to double the cost of cigarettes. the group study found dramatically raising the cost of a pack of cigarettes could push as many as 20% of the world smokers to kick the habit. that would lead to billions of dollars in savings in healthcare costs with the world's poorest nations benefiting the most. now the study published in the british medical journal also estima

it's carrying a $337 million nasa satellite and it will take off from cape canaveral just before 10:00says the satellite will work on finding thousands of new planets outside our solar system. >> at 5:15, we want to talk about giving back to the community. that was the theme of yesterday's big event in san jose. >> it was a lot of fun, marcus and i hosted the 49th annual volunteer recognition luncheon in campbell. it's put on by the junior league. they do a remarkable event. there are hundreds of nominations for volunteer groups and then they kind ever whittle it down and pick winners, it's very nice, they get sti pend for their funds. >> i wish you could see during this event, each one of those recipients the 11 they chose, spoke with so much passion. you can see it in their eyes and it was so -- such an honor to be a part of that. thank you to the junior league of san jose. >> always nice to see. >> it does, you realize, the bay area is such a giving place and there's so much volunteers -- >> you learn about even more of things we can do at a take a little time. >> junior league help

donald trump and so you had senators like marco rubio marco rubio is from the state of florida cape canaveral you know from which many of the most famous space missions was launched now florida nasa is very important to florida rubio knows that brian sign is unqualified to leave nasa and that is bad for the state of florida he has made this very clear and yet he voted for brian stein basically because he whacks the will to oppose the president even when he knows the president is wrong and then jeff flake of retiring senator from the state of arizona so someone who presumably trump has no web or a job where there is no worry about a future primary defeat. jeff flake who said scathing things about donald trump initially voted against bryden stein and then changed his mind and is that was the decisive vote and i don't think that flake and rubio were alone i'm sure many of their members of the senate republicans were aware that they were voting to confirm someone who was not qualified under any normal standards of qualification and i think that they're acquiescence to an unqualified nominee is re

blasted off because that was the moon rocket, the first moon rocket in 50 years, the blast off from cape canaveralguess who paid for? our taxpayer money? no, elon musk paid for a moon rocket and gave it to the american people for free. this is unheard of, i were 10 years ago, if you were to say that a private individual would create his own personal moon rocket and give it to the people of the world, people would think you were nuts. it actually happened. we are in a new ballgame now. and you ballgame where prices have been dropping dramatically, where the movie the martian cost $100 million but to go to mars only costs $70 million. so a hollywood movie about mars actually costs more than going to mars. that is how cheap spatial as they come india, china will plan to their flag on the moon, it is a national goal for the chinese people. things have changed, i see change from the 1960's, prices have dropped. private funders from silicon valley are funding a lot of this. china, india, everyone is jumping in. we will have a traffic jam around the moon. brian: what would you tell an eight-year-old toda

the satellite blasted off last night from cape canaveral, riding a space-x rocket. it will spend two years identifying planets around nearby stars with potentiay livable temperatures. s the u.ate narrowly confirmed a new administrator of nasa today. republican congressman jim bridenstine won on a party-line vote of 50 to 49. democrats challenged his non- space background and questioning of climate science. and in a historic first, illinois senator tammy duckworth, in a wheelchair, held her newborn daughter as she voted "no."na rules changed last night to permit babies on the floor. the "new york times" reports wells fargo will likely be find $1 billi for a series of infractions, including making customers buy auto inspourance cies that they did not need. stocks closed lower on wall street tay, dragged down by the dow jones industrial average tumbled 83 points to close at nearly 24,665. the nasdaq fell 57 points, and the s&p 500 dropped 15. still to come on the newshour: the end of the castro era in cuba. an island-wide power outage underscores puerto rico's fragile

you can use cape canaveral. just pay us rent and spend that money. pretty amazing, right?ut when the engines come down, they come down and they land so they can use them again. that looks like a futuristic, beautiful stuff. we have reinvigorated our space program to a level that nobody thought possible in this short period of time. nasa is back. nasa is back. and mars is waiting for us. you know that. great. you know what it is? it is great. it is science. it is important. very important militarily. we have the best military. we have the best military in the world. we are going to have a military likes of which no one has ever had. the best we have ever had by far and these are the times when you want to have a very powerful military. you do not want to have to use it but you have to have it. we stand on the shoulders of patriots who poured out their sweat and blood and tears for our country, for our flag, and for our god. as long as we are proud of who we are, and what we are fighting for, there is nothing beyond our reach. there is nothing. look at what happened to us. h

or, katy, you can go to the other coast and look at cape canaveral. there is a revived space industry, both commercial, as well as nasa. we're now preparing to go to mars. i've had a lot to do with that and the nasa law of 2010. so on so many issues you're going to see a contrast with us and you're going to see who in fact has gotten something done. >> well, what side is rick scott on? are you saying that he wants to see oil rigs out on the coast? >> well, for seven and a half years he has. that's why i say, he'll do anything to try to get elected. so right at the end you get secretary zinke to come down and say florida is off-limits to drilling. well, next week the hearing was, no, it isn't off. it's still to be drilled by the trump administration. so these kind of political stunts are going to go on and there's going to be a lot of contrast between the two of us. >> florida senator bill nelson, senator, thank you very much for joining us. >> thanks, katy. >>> turning back now to facebook and mark zuckerberg's testimony tomorrow. emily chang is a blo

transiting eggs a planet survey satellite or test is poised for launch in just over an hour from cape canaveral in florida tess is flying out on a space x. rocket which aims to slingshot it into a wide elliptical orbit that encompasses both the earth and the moon will spend two years in space and will scan eighty five percent of the sky that's around two hundred thousand nearby stars it's many on the hunt for planets that are around the size of our own test itself won't be able to tell us if we're alone in the universe it's only equipped to detect the size and orbital paths of other worlds but it charts the stars for future telescopes which could detect life or life like conditions in the near cosmos sarah bernard is an exoplanet tree astronomer at the massachusetts institute of technology she joins me live via skype from cambridge massachusetts thanks very much indeed for being with us on the program so how is this different from previous missions what's the big thing about this one. so the tech trends next the planet survey saddle light is really standing on the shoulders of previous missions

the first moon rocket in 50 years to blast off from cape canaveral.uess who paid for it, our taxpayers? no. a private individual, elon musk. paid for a moon rocket and gave it to the american people for free. this is not heard of. five years ago if you were to say that a private individual would create his own personal moon rocket and give it to the people of the world, people would think you were nuts. but it actually happened. we are in a new ballgame now. a new ballgame where prices have been dropping genetically, the movie the martian cost 100 million. to go to mars only cost $70 million. hollywood movies about mars cost more than going to mars. that is how cheap space travel has become. china is going to plant of their flag on the moon. it is a national goal for the chinese people. things have changed. prices have dropped. private entrepreneurs are funding a lot of this stuff. china, india, everyone is jumping into the game. we will have a traffic jam around the moon. brian: what would you tell an eight-year-old today watching you right now? what