that was high school teacher christa mcauliffe in 1985 after being chosen for the "challenger" mission there was so much excitement. i was a schoolgirl then. we were all so excited. >> believe it or not, that launch 35 years ago today. we all know it ended in tragedy, and you actually spent some time recently talking to mcauliffe's former students. >> to think about what it was like on that day. they were all fixated on the screens and then that horrible moment happened. they will share that moment and also some of their memories of that day and how christa mcauliffe sort of shaped them as educators. they're a great bunch of people. i think you'll like meeting them. >> looking forward to that. >> let's get a headlines check here at 7:30. facebook says it is pulling back from politics. ceo mark zuckerberg announced yesterday that the company will permanently stop recommending civic and political groups to its users. that policy had been put in place temporarily before the november election. zuckerberg said the goal is to turn down the temperature and discourage divisive conversations. h

christa and lucy, what do you think, it's so weird isn't it?n dubai at the moment and ijust filmed the latest episode of travel show. this is the first international trip we have done, i've done for eight months. and just being in the airport, i don't know what i was expecting but i definitely wasn't expecting that. just eerie silence, couldn't sit in a lot of places and obviously i know, we're all used to experiencing lockdown, that kind of thing, but it was really surreal, the entire experience. just the fact i got on a plane and i was able to step off and get into the heat. like mike said, meeting people, the smells, the food the buzz, i really thrive off that kind of thing and this has reignited my passion for travelling and made me realise how much i hate my makeshift desk in my living room. carmen, what about you? what's it been like out there in japan? well, fortunately, japan is pretty big so i travelled quite a lot in japan this year, more so than any other year. but it's been great from that perspective. i've spent time with my family

they called nancy's twin sister christa up in canada. >> have you talked to nancy today? she went for a run and she hasn't returned yet and we're very worried about her. can you call us back. >> you know about this kind of stuff? >> you would think. >> reporter: krista calls her older brother jeff, who is a police officer in edmonton, alberta. >> my first reaction, okay, she's somewhere. she just needs some space or time. she'll turn up. >> reporter: when nancy's parents, gary and donna, heard she was missing, they were gripped by something dark and cold. >> gary said to me, donna, this story is not going to have a happy ending. >> reporter: by afternoon the cary police were involved. >> all i was told on the phone it was a missing persons. >> reporter: when detective george daniels arrived nancy's neighborhood was already filling up with a small army of her panicked friends. nancy's friends rushed to join in the search. her husband brad made a public plea for help. >> anyone that knows anything, i just want them to contact the police with any information they may have. a

and christa's head—first ride down a bobsled run. follow us on facebook and instagram. here's to the time we can get back on the road and travel again. we will see you next week. goodbye. hello there. for some of us it's been a glorious start of the day. the early morning sunrise and fiery skies in this weather watch picture from the cambridgeshire area, sent in by alpaca lady. and nearby abingtonanne spotted the skies in the same sort of area earlier this morning. although it has been a fine start of the day for some of us, it's been a cold start for nearly all of us. the —13 at braemar, tied with the lowest temperature we've seen so far this winter. 0n the satellite picture, we've got cloud that is working into western areas and that's going to be bringing in some rain and a little bit of hill snow because, again, it bumps against the cold air put in place for much of the uk. so, for today, plenty of sunshine for scotland and england. it's across wales and also northern ireland that we'll see the rain turning to snow across the hil

and christa's head—first ride down a bobsled run. can follow us on facebook and instagram. here's to the time we can get back on the road and travel again. we will see you next week. goodbye. hello there. we have got a big mixture of weather to come through the rest of today. conditions varying a lot, from place to place. satellite pictures there shows an area of low pressure, this cloud, pushing slowly northwards, and these weather fronts, as they move their way northwards, are starting to bump into colder air. so we have seen the rain turn to snow across parts of wales, we have seen a bit of snow in the midlands, as well for a time, so we could see some localised disruption for these areas through the rest of today. some settling snow has already fallen across parts of flintshire, denbighshire and we have also seen snow in the west midlands, but it's across higher parts of wales that we have the greatest risk of transport disruption today. to the north of this, for most of northern england and northern ireland and scotland, the wea

and christa's head—first ride down a bobsled run.ollow us on facebook and instagram. here's to the time we can get back on the road and travel again. we will see you next week. goodbye. hello. sunday gets off to a cold start, a very cold start in parts of scotland, where temperatures in the coldest spots will be down to minus double figures. frosty, icy in places. for many, though, sunday will stay dry. some sunshine but turning increasingly hazy, but not all will be dry. there's another atlantic weather system heading our way, and that's going to bring in some further outbreaks of rain, sleet and some snow across some western areas, which we'll see in a moment. now, these are the starting temperatures. away from those very cold spots in highland scotland, that's all below freezing, so a widespread frost, icy where we've had wintry showers overnight in the northern isles and where you saw some of saturday's wet weather. a few lingering fog patches in parts of scotland, many, though, a sunny start, some turning hazy. thicker cloud to

and christa's head—first ride down a bobsled run. can follow us on facebook and instagram. here's to the time we can get back on the road and travel again. we will see you next week. goodbye. hello. it's not going to be as cold tonight, there's more cloud around across parts of england, wales and northern ireland. from it today, some of us have had a bit more snow. particularly again into parts of wales. this is how it looked on the radar picture today. very wet weather pushing into colder air. some snow really into parts of wales, some of the high ground of southern england. this really has not amounted to very much at all. but we will keep some patchy rain, sleet and hill snow around, for some of us tonight. but that weather system just fizzling out as we see another more substantial one coming in for monday night into tuesday. yet more rain, and for this one some significant snow. but it is going to be a damp night across wales, and the midlands, east anglia and southern england. patchy rain, sleet, a little bit of hill snow. simi

and christa's head—first ride down a bobsled run. follow us on facebook and instagram. here's to the time we can get back on the road and travel again. we will see you next week. goodbye. hello. lots of different weather has been happening across the uk today. we had heavy rain, lots of flood warnings still in force and some snow as well, particularly across parts of wales and the midlands. here is the picture in powys. that will cause some disruption as we head into the evening. things are much quieter further north, high pressure is holding on here, but it's this area of low pressure that has been a bit of a troublemaker, pushing in that mix of rain, sleet and snow, mainly over higher ground. so, over the next few hours, particularly across parts of central and northern wales, into the higher ground of the midlands, that is where we will see more sleet and snow. it will be falling as rain for the likes of london and kent, and also for the south—west of england, over the next few hours we are expecting some heavy bursts of rainfall.

"black prophetic fire," his latest book with distinguished scholar christa -- you'll have to help methis name, buschendorf, provides a fresh perspective on six revolutionary african-american leaders including frederick douglass, w.e.b. du bois, martin luther king jr., ella baker, malcolm x, and ida wells barnett. he not only re-discovers the integrity and commitment within these passionate advocates, but also their fault lines by providing new insights that humanize all of these well-known figures, west takes an important step in rekindling the "black prophetic fire" so essential in the age of obama. helen has been director of the beacon press since october 1995. she holds a masters degree in english literature from the university of virginia. she began her career at publishing in randomhouse in 1976. gale jones the healing, a national book finalist, rasheed khalid, the iron cage, "for all of us." "black prophetic fire" and anita hill's "re-imagining equality." she served for eight years on the board of penn, new england and is the administrator of the hemingway foundation penn award

among the seven killed was christa mcauliffe ah high school teacher from the northeast, who was said to be the first civilian in space. the disaster brought nasa's space program to a halt for almost three years. coming up the first horse death of the season at golden gate fields. why animal activists say the recent storm is to blame and will the rain last into the weekend. chief meteorologist bill martin has your five day forecast up next inge. for a firg deportation is now home with his family in pinole. immigration officials detained buchanan cola after he finished his prison sentence in october. he was facing deportation to laos, which was the country his family fled from 30 years ago, his attorney tells us ice was required to release him because louse doesn't issue a travel or rather didn't issue a travel document for his deportation and because he's not can. considered dangerous while in prison. he fought fires as part of the prison inmate firefighter program he served 22 years in prison for a gang related shooting. when he was 16, the attorney for the napa man accused of having

seven crew members killed including christa mcauliffe who would have been the first teacher in space.ire agency is set to commemorate space missions that ended in tragedy with a day after remembrance. nasa will also remember the space shuttle -- >>> released the latest weekly jobless claims showing the coronavirus continues to strain the economy. 847,000 people applied for unemployment benefits last week and an increase of 53,000 from the week before. that is less than the 875,000 economists forecast. nearly 4.8 million people are still receiving state unemployment benefits down from just over 5.2 million the week before. we'll see ho wall street reacts when the markets open in 45 minutes. >>> a majority of californians say they will get the covid vaccine. >> that newly released survey was conduct talor fou of chicago. 71% of california residents say they will get the vaccine when it becomes available for them. while 13% say they would probably not be vaccinated. and 16% said they will definitely not. the survey began in mid november. that is before any vaccine was approved by the fda

as christa mail reports it could take years for some of the poorest people to recover.year, inequality set to rise in almost every country in the world, covid-19 is earning itself a new name. the inequality virus this, according to a new oxfam study, analysts found the majority of the richest people on earth recovered their covid-19 financial losses and roughly nine months while the poor aren't expected to return to pre pandemic levels for another decade. reading the greatest rise in global economic inequality in the last 100 years during the pandemic, that 10 billionaires made half a trillion dollars at the other end of the spectrum, we know millions of people have lost jobs, but inequality stemming from covid-19 aren't just impacting finances that exposed the racism and the discrimination and the injustice that laid on the bottom. of america, according to some government officials, the virus is negatively affecting more people of color. blacks died at twice the rate of whites. hispanics died at 1.5 times the rate of whites. this comes as recent data from an associated

christa mcauliffe, who was going to be the first civilian and teacher in space, the shuttle broke apartconds into flight, killing everyone on board. the shuttle fleet was then grounded for nearly three years. an investigation found nasa was aware that freezing temperatures at the launch site could cause problems for the booster rockets, but decided to continue to launch anyways. tributes are coming in this noontime for actress cloris leachman, the army a nascar award winning actress died yesterday. she of course, was best known for her role in the mary tyler moore show, and that led to a spin off show phyllis. she was nominated for 22 emmys and is tied with julia louis dreyfus for being the most nominated actre at her home in san diego count still to come this noontime super bowl sunday a little bit more than a week away, and while many people are taking extra precautions this year because it covid-19 and we're going to take a look at just how many people still plan to hold those super bow colgate optic white renewal removes ten years of yellow stains. that's like all the way back to 20

well, we actually talked to three women who knew exactly where they were because they were in christa talk about what happened that day and how their lives were shaped. i literally had to look at the calendar and go, is that true? it was 1986. >> how wonderful they're carrying on their teacher's legacy. i look forward to that, hoda. thank you. >>> let's get you caught up on the news here at 8:00 and the latest on the coronavirus, as the u.s. sees its deadliest month yet. president biden is pledging to help more americans get vaccinated. nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer joins us with the latest on those efforts. miguel, good morning. >> good morning. new infections and hospitalizations are dropping. even here in los angeles, the pandemic epicenter. but that uk variant is being detected in more states now, just as restrictions are being eased. the president says the u.s. is ramping up vaccine supply to meet demand. mr. biden is promising 10 million doses a week to every state for the next 22 days. that's about a 16% increase. the administration also says it's securing 200 mill

christa and lucy, what do you think, it's so weird isn't it?he first international trip we have done, i've done for eight months. and just being in the airport, i don't know what i was expecting but i definitely wasn't expecting that. just eerie silence, couldn't sit in a lot of places and obviously i know, we're all used to experiencing lockdown, that kind of thing, but it was really surreal, the entire experience. just the fact i got on a plane and i was able to step off and get into the heat. like mike said, meeting people, the smells, the food the buzz, i really thrive off that kind of thing and this has reignited my passion for travelling and made me realise how much i hate my makeshift desk in my living room. carmen, what about you? what's it been like out there in japan? well, fortunately, japan is pretty big so i travelled quite a lot in japan this year, more so than any other year. but it's been great from that perspective. i've spent time with my family. but i've missed my family overseas, right? and i've had so many trips cancelled.

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