shoe is one of these people that i hold up like catherine johnson as a hero. amazing person. i love her to death. >> peggy whitson is featured in chasing space. who was or is catherine johnsonn >> catherine johnson is the 99-year-old math mathematician who calculated the trajectoryies to get john glenn to orbit the a planet.d she was a hidden figure. her father, bob lee, worked at nasa with me. it is like a family. she celebrated her 99th birthday, white sulfur springs. no matter what you can do to with grit and perseverance you can do anything you put your mind to. >> aubrey, bronx, new york. yes. [inaudible] >> i apologize. we'll have to hang up there. i don't think either of us could understand, and i apologize, aubry for that. but let's hear from kevin in princeton, new jersey. we are listen. you're on with astronaut and author leland melvin. >> caller: thank you for taking my call, mr. melvin. question, how soon might a young person begin training or academically for, a mission in space? and exactly, not exactly, what you relatively speaking, how much mathematics does tha

catherine johnson, who just turned 99 years old, really amazing. i was very fortunate -- >> at that raja p henson? for those that didn't read the book -- at -- >> not just her life but dorothy vaughn, for example. the relationship between dorothy vaughn and women that worked for her. there were employee newsletters starting in 1942 for the langley research center which was called the langley aeronautical laboratory back then. black newspaper, amazing source of information. the description of mary jackson's wedding dress in the book came from an article in the norfolk journal and guide. the level of detail in the black newspaper.he >> like telling our own story. >> it is amazing, absolutelyabsu extraordinary. of the nasa history office and langery research center done a excellent job with wind tunnel records, seating charts, photos of offices and work groups, teams of people. it was, you know, so i really, i loved that part of it. if i, if i didn't have to eventually turn in a book i would probably still be doing that research. >> now i heard you al

, but in order to bring the other these two dramatic things, which is don klan's orbital and catherine johnson during the calculation and the end of segregation they were conflated in terms of timeline. >> was very moment when they had to break that to you? >> i have to say i know a lot of people who have written books and have them made into movies and have different opinions, but i had a very positive experience with this and the producer in particular donna who is the producer really kept me in the loop. every once a while it was like 3:00 a.m. and i'd be up working trying to finish this draft to turn it in and this script would pop up like the latest version of the script and so they really did an amazing job i think of keeping me in the loop of honoring my suggestions, really listening to me and doing all they could to understand and preserve the authenticity of the story of a witch i was very happy with. >> so, the movie comes out and it's very successful. i figure was the highest grossing movie of the next all the movies nominated for best picture the year it came out your gear book was

who was or is catherine johnson.-year- she is a 99-year-old mathematician that calculated the trajectories to get john glenn orbiting the planet.he she was a hidden figure. they talked about her writing the book and margo is the daughter of bob lee who was an engineer who worked at nasa with me. it's kind of like a family affair. catherine celebrated her 99th birthday in west virginia. no matter what zip code year from you can be or do anything they put your mind too. [inaudible] i apologize we will have to hang up there. i don't think either of us could understand. i apologize for that. we are listening on with astronaut leland mullen. question how soon my young people begin academically for admission in space. it exactly how much mathematics does that program entail. the training to become an astronaut i started building things with my hands when i was in millet -- middle school. to get kids looking up in theai night sky. what was your second question, how much emphasis will be put on them in school. i think it sho

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>> guest: catherine johnson with a 99-year-old mathematician who helped john glenn get around the planet. a lot of us have been figures for quite a while and i got this book out there so we could get more kids from different zip codes to know that you can play in the nfl, you can be an astronaut, you can do anything if you have people that have your back and believe in your self and work hard. >> what is this a photo of? >> a phd in chemical engineering from mit as well as medical doctor. first-time two african-american men were in space at the team same time. that one picture in that interview listen to to buy 1 million people, could come up to me and tell me they heard the interview, they want to be astronauts, they want to be ballplayers, nothing wrong with being a ballplayer, i was a ballplayer but the key is you can do so much more. this photo. >> host: where were you when this was taken? >> guest: we had undocked with the international space station in 2009 and we were floating in the mid deck, of space shuttle atlantis on 129. >> please go ahead. at nasa do they discuss so many co

>> ali, first of all, thank you for allowing me to be here and the tribute to catherine johnson.really need for people to keep the focus of houston and to go through my neighborhood, the resilience of the people is what is most important. everybody is saying it could have been worse. everybody digging in and helping each other all up and down the streets throughout the communities. >> it could be worse in florida. the johnson space center in houston was relatively unscathed by harvey. the kennedy space center is along the east coast of florida and could face irma's wrath. how do you think they're preparing? there are some sensitive equipment there. >> bob cabana, the base commander there, the senator director, has been through a number of these. he's got an incredible team in place. they're battening down the hatches and they'll be prepared to go through this. the big thing is to protect the infrastructure, the launchpads and the facilities, and i'm certain that they're well ahead in getting that done. >> let's talk about the role that nasa plays in predicting these kinds of natu

who was the inspiration for the movie hit end figures, a new research facility was named after catherine johnson, she helped calculate the panel for alan sheep per day's journey in space and john glen into she's 99 years old and received the presidential medal of freedom in 2015. >> that's one of those stories not many people knew about until the movie came out >> without a the movie was amazing incredible story, and hopefully beck hear from her soon. >>> making another run, >> matt ackland has more and a big announcement from mayor mayor bowser today >> mayor bowser is in, we kind of knew that she was going to get in but made it official today. the big question though, will there be a rematch of the mayors? we're going to hear from former mayor vincent gray coming up after the break. after the break. . >>> the trump administration withdrawals the obama era sexual assault guidance on campus, outline the new changes and the guidelines coming up. >> thank you, president frederick. >> chaos for derailed by angry protesters at howard university next. rd university next. we are the tv doctors of amer

it came about because they shot a black woman named catherine johnson 53 times and planted pot on her and the only reason we know about that-- excuse me-- is because the informant jumped out of a car in fear of his hold life. the cops did go to jail for a short time, but that women didn't sell dope, but they busted down the door and killed her, so out of that the uproar caused the review commission.. se please tell us or give us advice for some kind of independence-- independence. >> thank you. [applause]. appreci >> i don't have the answer for you. i appreciate what you are saying because a lot of these review boards don't have the power to anything to the copy because they don't have the independence and all i can say is your elected officials, i mean, you have to-- that's why democracy is ugly. it's hard and difficult.th that's the only way we can do it is to speak up and make our voices known to our elected officials to let them know what we the people want and that's about the only way to do it. i think that the only way. >> thank you for being here. the question i have is about

to mark the opening of nasa's newest research facility in hampton, va, named after pioneer catherine jeh johnson.was played by taraji henson in the movie "hidden figures." they broke down barriers for the nasa space program. johnson and her family will have a private tour ahead of the ceremony at 1:00 this afternoon. much ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, candidate for governor and i sponsored this ad narrator: ed gillespie says dr. ralph northam doesn't show up? dr. ralph northam was an army doctor and a volunteer medical director at a children's hospice. he passed the virginia law requiring concussion standards for school sports. the smoking ban in restaurants. and dr. northam is working to connect veterans to good paying jobs in virginia. ed gillespie is a washington dc corporate lobbyist. he shows up for whoever pays him. adrianna: we are so close to the weekend. molly: certainly not feeling like falcon that is for sure. temperatures in the upper 80's, most of the 90 market get out and enjoy it while you can. opportunities -- forecast to the middle of the week. adrianna: thank you for joinin