two socially i assess his next commander chris hadfield and actually when we're sitting on the launch pad inside our soyuz there will be music playing both too to warm up our bodies and to warm our hearts while the music will be a comfort there was months of work ahead on the station preparing a launch is like a technical and scientific symphony should no rocket crew and an orchestra of engineers around them are churning up for the main overture. for the families this time is as nerve wracking as it is exciting chris hadfield's wife say she'll still feel connected to what is up there again through music but like really if you're here if you like to be playing so much music that you are going to lie and you were right in life you know that they were sure that no play lots of repeat of the surveys that yes there's a spec or says trust to get tough. with being away from home that movie special time christmas show that is talked. when i'm up in space that i start to feel homesick i'll probably do what i do on earth and that is to. to open up my guitar and. play a song. arms that are impor

for the families this time is as nerve wracking as it is exciting chris hadfield's wife say she'll still feel connected to him while he's up there again for music but i think really if you're here if you're going to be playing celebrates music because they get it you know that part of it life and then you work hard at it life so that they were sure that he'll play lots of fun with her and we've got the space that yes there's a spec corner only i assess for a trustee guitar. but being away from home at the most special time christmas surely that is hard to cope when i'm out in space i start to feel homesick i'll probably do what i do on earth and that is to. to open up my guitar and. play songs that are important to me we shouldn't feel too sorry for chris thomas as well as enjoying music they'll be able to look down on her as we celebrate so it's seasons greetings from last week sounding spacemen merry christmas. happy new year to. the baikonur kazakhstan. now the mayan calendar has run out but we're still here some of us though may have a lot of well it's just a few minutes altie takes

backing as it is exciting chris hadfield's wife say she'll still feel connected to what is up there again through music but like a lot easier here if you'd like to be playing so much music because that part of it life and work life you know they were sure that no play lots of surveys that yes there's a spec corner woman i assess for a trustee guitar. but being away from home at the most special time christmas. when i'm out in space i start to feel homesick i'll probably do what i do want and that is to. to open up my guitar and to play songs that are important to me we shouldn't feel too sorry for chris thomas as well as enjoying music they'll be able to look down on her as we celebrate so it's seasons greetings from our sweet sounding spaceman merry christmas. happy. baikonur. but next join us for a trip to the russian city of sochi as it prepares to host the twenty fourteen winter olympics. the rider that takes your breath away through eating across the sky as it was a mohnish could you know the biggest salt lake in europe and more than two hundred species of birds but also it is them a

for the families this time is as nerve wracking as it is exciting chris hadfield's wife says she'll still feel connected to him while he's up there again through music but like really if you're here you're going to be playing so much music because they get it you're their part of their lives and then you work hard at it life so that they were sure that we'll play lots of surveys that yes there's a spec corner. to open up my guitar and. play songs that are important to me we shouldn't feel too sorry for chris thomas as well as enjoying music they'll be able to look down on earth as we celebrate so it's seasons greetings from our sweet sounding spaceman merry christmas. happy. tom barton r t baikonur kazakhstan. will be broadcasting the launch live here on r.t.e. and also online so don't miss a lift off cosmic day g.m.t. and more about the mission at r.t. dot com. also on like a mega-star gerard deford your says he might consider russia search for a new one that is at the claims italy now says french citizenship center backs off from excruciating taxes. supporters of russian champion footba

it will be in the cockpit too says the i assesses next commander chris hadfield and actually when we're sitting on the launch pad inside our soyuz there will be music playing both to to warm up our bodies and to warm our hearts while the music will be a comfort there was months of work ahead on the station preparing a launch is like a technical and scientific symphony no rocket crew and an all history of engineers around them chewing up for the main overture. for the families this time is as nerve wracking as it is exciting chris hadfield's wife say she'll still feel connected to him was up there again through music but like really if you're here if you'd like to be playing so much music because we had to get it to that part of it life and then it worked right and it was a life so they were sure that neil played lots of me you know this is a thing yes there's a spec or normally i assess for a trusty guitar. but being away from home at the most special time christmas surely that is hard to come when i'm up in space i start to feel homesick i'll probably do what i do want and that is to.

it'll be in the cockpit too says the eye assesses next commander chris hadfield and actually when we're sitting on the launch pad inside our soyuz there will be music playing both two to warm up our bodies and to warm our hearts while the music will be a comfort there is months of work ahead on the station i asked missions like technical and scientific symphonies on duty handoff for the mission and for their spirits these crew like to be better things nicely. for the families this time is as nerve wracking as it is exciting chris hadfield's wife says she'll still feel connected to him while he's up there again through music but i clearly if you're here if you'd like to be playing cellmates music because they get it you know that part of it life and then you work hard at it life you know they were sure that we'll play lots of oh here we go this is me yes there's a speck corner only i assessed for a trustee guitar. but being away from home at the most special time christmas surely that is hard to cope with when i'm out in space i start to feel homesick i'll probably do what i do on earth

for the families this time is as nerve wracking as it is exciting chris hadfield's wife say she'll still feel connected to him on it's up there again through music but like daily if you're here if you like to be playing so much music that you're good part of it's life and then it work life you know they were sure that no play lots of surveys that yes there's a speck corner on my s.s. for a trusty guitar. but being away from home at the most special time christmas surely that is hard to come when i'm out in space i start to feel homesick i'll probably do what i do on earth and that is to. to open up my guitar and. play songs that are important to me we shouldn't feel too sorry for chris thomas as well as enjoying music they'll be able to look down on earth as we celebrate so it's seasons greetings from our sweet sounding spaceman merry christmas. happy. tom watson r t baikonur. stay with r.t. for president putin's a q. and a media marathon after the break. richest soften enough knows that to ride a horse you've got to catch it first. for him it's a daily routine they just thought it was a

for the families this time is as nerve wracking as it is exciting chris hadfield's wife say she'll still feel connected to him while he's up there again for music but like really if you're here if you like to be playing so much music because music is it you good part of it life and it works part of the life so they were sure that no play lots of stuff for me to say so yes there's a spec corner only i assessed for a trustee guitar. but being away from home at the most special time christmas surely that is hard to cope when i'm up in space that i start to feel homesick i'll probably do what i do on earth and that is to. to open up my guitar and. and play songs that are important to me we shouldn't feel too sorry for chris thomas as well as enjoying music they'll be able to look down on earth as we celebrate so it's seasons greetings from last week sounding spacemen merry christmas happy new year. tom watson r t baikonur has extended. following the recent hype of the mayan predicted eye of the world we look at those who managed to turn a profit from the apocalypse and just a few minutes. re

for the families this time is as nerve wracking as it is exciting chris hadfield's wife say she will still feel connected to what is up there again for music but like really if you're here if you like to be playing so much music because they get it you good part of it life and then you were part of it life so that they were sure that you know play lots of surveys that yes there's a spec corner on my s.s. trust a guitar. but being away from home at the most special time christmas surely that is talked. when i'm up in space i start to feel homesick i'll probably do what i do on earth and that is to. to open up my guitar and. and play songs that are important to me we shouldn't feel too sorry for chris thomas as well as enjoying music to look down on her as we celebrate so it's seasons greetings sweet sounding space merry christmas. happy new year to. tom watson r t baikonur as a stone. and to pakistan now and a suicide bomber has blown himself up during a political rally leaving nine people dead these are the scene. of chaos in northwest pakistan after the blast the march was held by t

come to such a nice essence next monday chris hadfield and actually when we're sitting on the launch inside our soyuz there will be music playing both two to warm up our bodies and to warm our hearts do it while the music will be a comfort there was months of work ahead on the station i asked us missions like technical and scientific symphonies on to see them for the mission and for their spirits these crew likes me better things nice. for the families this time is nerve racking as it is exciting chris hadfield's wife say she will still feel connected to it it's up there again for music but like really if you're here if you're going to be playing so much music because it gets at you good part of it life and you were part of it life so that they were sure they will play lots of photos of me for the space that yes there's a speck ornament i assess trust to get tired. of being away from home at least special time christmas surely that is. when i'm up in space if i start to feel homesick i'll probably do what i do on earth and that is to. to open up my guitar and. play songs that are imp

other astronauts on the international space station a roman the roman think tom marshburn and chris hadfield will take their places in the soyuz t.m.a. rocket it's already been moved out of its hangar and put on a launch pad other stories spacecraft is now the only vehicle able to carry astronauts to the space station nasa has been actively engaging private companies in space exploration lately with none so far able to out run government backed programs. the reputation of britain's prison system is taking a tumble with reports showing jails have become a revolving door for re offenders and the government has promised to turn the trend around by improving its systems on work and training in areas of confinement but as artie's sarah firth reports it seems there is far more being said than done. person locks up more people than anywhere else in europe yet where we do we get a glimpse of what life on the inside is really like and i would describe it as a sea of boredom. peppered with small of extreme violence and disruption stretched to breaking point you case prison systems are once again in th

from russia and last is tom marshburn along with canadian astronaut chris hadfield it will take them two days to reach orbit and join their mates really poor but i assess docking a shuttle for friday with a new i assess team will have a busy five months in space carry out with one hundred scientific experiments and welcome several cargo space ships to space walks are also planned auntie's tom barton reports now on the preparations and goals for this latest mission. preparations and training for this mission have been complicated by the ferocious cold here don't be fooled by the lack of snow temperatures here regularly drop below minus thirty celsius and that has made some of the preparations a little bit more difficult here in classic stan the crew now face months of work up on the international space station thomas marshburn himself is a trained doctor and he'll be conducting many experiments among them examining the effects of weightlessness on the human body also experiments up there looking at medical technology arms on the i assess and a number of space walks to help conduct mai

astronaut mash tom mashburn russian cosmonaut roman romanenko and a canadian agency flight engineer chris hadfield once there the crew will join three others who have been manning the one hundred billion dollar research center since october this launch marks a bright spot in a recent rough patch for the russian space program just last year a profile meant to collect soil samples from mars successfully launched but failed to make orbit story and another mission involving a cargo ship carrying supplies headed toward the space station failed to leave earth crashing into siberia instead for the next five months the crew is scheduled to undertake two spacewalks and continue research abroad that aboard the space station the crew is slated to make it to the international space station this friday. still ahead on our team can the u.s. a lock you up without any due process the battle over indefinite detention is playing out in the u.s. congress will have an update on the issue in just a moment. you know. look . i mean the guy who cares an awful lot for you sir are a fool you know what that is my self you d

the soyuz rocket which will take three men on their student to the international space station chris hadfield thomas marshburn andrew man and woman in co are the three crew who have been preparing for this moment an issue for four years now and throughout their careers they're going to be up there for months a lot of hard work to do letters stand back and watch the culmination of all the efforts go into this launch that. the crew now face months of work up on the international space station thomas marshburn himself is a trained doctor and he'll be conducting many experiments among them examining the effects of weightlessness on the human body have also experiments up there looking at medical technology arms on the i assess and a number of space walks to help conduct maintenance on that orbital space station it's been a difficult to years for the russian space agency there have been a number of accidents with various spacecraft in the past couple of years including a supply rocket that fell back to earth and a mission to examine one of the martian moons that next to atmosphere there have been

blasting off from kazakhstan to join their colleagues in obits roman romanenko tom marshburn and chris hadfield would take their places in the soyuz rocket it's already been moved out of its hangar and put on the pad so you spacecraft is now the only vehicle able to carry astronauts to the station nasa has been actively engaging private companies in space exploration lately with none so far able to outpace government backed programs. and will be broke also the launch live right here on r.t. and also online so don't miss the lift off at twelve minutes past twelve that's noon g.m.t. and you can learn more about the mission at t. dot com. plus it's for feels like the british spend over one hundred fifty million pounds a year on phone calls to find out how much tax they have to pay. for the. technology innovation all the developments from around russia. the future. for. the. blind. would be soon which brightened if you knew all about the song from the funniest impression it's. nice clean stop totty dot com. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been se

today's launch made history with astronaut chris hadfield becoming the first canadian to command the international space station. the russian-made spacecraft will deliver three new crew to the orbiting outpost on friday. >>> it's 6:44. let's get another check on the weather because it's chilly out there. >> it is. i know you may be running to your car this morning if you have it parked outside. we are talking really cold temperatures, one of the coldest mornings of the year in fact. so we have a freeze warning and advisory posted across the north and east bay. cool afternoon expected, as well. but the sunshine, that's going to come back and then yes, the rain is also returning, not today but in our seven-day forecast. you will see it for sure. so right now, the temperatures, that's what we're talking about is just how cold we're getting. we are seeing below freezing in a lot of spots. santa rosa, napa, fairfield, we are seeing those readings in the 20s and even in livermore temperatures below freezing there. it is going to be slightly warmer across parts of the bay. 38 in oakland, 41