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space station. skylab was the first step to what now has become the international space station. a huge new facility in the earth's orbit. this behemoth behind me is the backup skylab space station. it is flight ready. nasa built two of them in case they wanted to do two skylab missions or in case there was a hardware problem with the first. we did make a modification. ordinarily, we don't modify flight ready hardware. but in this case, we cut a passageway -- two doors into it and laid down a sort of hallway through the middle of this living quarters so people can walk inside, they can see the living quarters, look into the bathroom, and see a mannequin at the table with some food out on the table. the shower is set up, the exercise bicycle is in plain view. they can see that trash airlock. and if they look up, they can be wowed by the amount of free space there is. i mentioned that skylab was occupied in 1973 and 74. the last crew to leave skylab buttoned it up and put it into sleep mode with a view towards a future crew possibly coming back. then nasa got very busy developing th

>> what a couple of great sports astronauts kate rubin and colonel mike hopkins on the international space stationere was actually a five-second delay for each of us speaking, we edited it down for consumption on tv. we sure appreciate their time today from the international space station. >>> new today, the national rifle association filed for bankruptcy they're not broke at all, we're told in fact the gun rights advocacy group announced it's part of a larger plan to restructure as a nonprofit in texas or as the nra's ceo says, they're dumping new york where it is currently registered the state's attorney general, leticia james in new york, sued to dissolve the nra last year accusing its leadership of fraud and diverting millions of dollars for their own personal use. at the time the nra called the suit baseless. the association claims the restructuring will not change any of their operations or their workers and that they're, quote, financially as strong as we have been in years. >>> our nation's capitol under unprecedented security headed into this weekend. new closures now extend into virginia

style you believe this year has been an anniversary year for our orbital home that's the international space station 20 years ago the 1st international crew came to the station and since then we have celebrated 20 new years on the station and we have been fortunate enough to be here to greet the 21st today we want to wish all the citizens of all multinational country and the rest of the world take care of yourselves sunny a law that will be healthy and courteous to one another and be together that's most important because together we will come and it thing happy new year. fireworks have already lit up the skies in many other capitals which saw in 2021 in style but minus the crowds here's a taste of what is to come for those still living in 2020. in the british capital however the fireworks were cancelled this year but that did not stop people from coming to the river thames in london police showed up to enforce restrictions on gatherings and disperse the crowd under the current tear for measures meetings of more than 2 people from different households. all of europe has it now marked out a new year

have long been concerned about the threat it poses on missions satellites and even the international space station so now the european space agency is announcing an ambitious plan to capture floating space junk or to use trendy shop is reports. experts have long warned that the threat of so-called space junk could pose a threat not only to the thousands of satellites that are already in orbit but to future missions as well but now the european space agency says it's time to take out to try. ash. the board this may be a scene from the movie gravity but with nearly a 1000000 pieces of debris circling our earth's orbit experts say that it's not far from reality good movie credit. last science fiction but it is tricks and we had it so. set alight sent to new one which was shipped by is a tiny project we have to show it off so we. launch a flex under gas to show us. it by a small piece well now the european space agency says it's signing $102000000.00 contract with a swiss startup company clear space as say to bring a large chunk of orbital trash back to earth this is a very special issue in space and

style you believe this year has been an anniversary year for our orbital home that's the international space station 20 years ago the 1st international crew came to the station and since then we have celebrated 20 years on the station and we have been fortunate enough to be here to greet the 21st today we want to wish all the citizens of our multinational country and the rest of the world you take care of yourselves and your loved ones that will be healthy and. it is to one another and to be together that's the most important for them because to be has a calm and it thing so happy new year. fireworks have already a lit up the skies in many other capitals which saw all in 2021 in style but minus the crowds here's a taste of what is to come for those still living in 2020. covert skeptics in london have decided to celebrate new year by gathering on the streets despite tier 4 lockdown restrictions here you can see live pictures of the illegal gathering under the current restrictions at gatherings of more than 2 people from different households are banned in london. now europe has also begun marking a ne

bob and doug are on their way to the international space station. tates has had a long history of space flight. we have lift off. from the apollo missions which took astronauts to the moon to the space shuttle programme which ferried men and women to low earth orbit and back. the shuttle has cleared the tower. but with two flights ending in disaster and high running costs, the fleet was retired and the shuttle‘s last flight touched down nearly a decade ago. since then, nasa's astronauts have had to buy seats on russian rockets instead. now, outsourcing flights like this to spacex marks a big change for the us space agency. nasa has said basically we will give you the money, and you give us a space flight, and then that releases nasa to use its resources to do other things, and that is where we can start really thinking big. we're ready to get dragon docked to the international space station. after nearly 19 hours in the capsule, the astronauts close in on their destination. soft capture confirmed. stand by for retraction and docking. they have made i

debris circling our earth and how they pose a threat to functioning satellites and the international space station a problem that will only worsen as private companies like space x. and google send a flurry of new satellites into space over the coming years in our time. business. solutions so i said you have. several. people right now must. launch. the population satellites in orbit. and. find. the debris removal mission is set to launch in 2025 where a custom spacecraft or tentacle will capture the trash and bring it back down to earth and well burn up as it enters the orbit the object being removed a so-called best but payload adapter that was used to hold. and released a satellite in 2013 which weighs about 247 pounds so the detent tickles was to safest way. for arms. and. when you're not it's. now clear space as a i hope this is just the beginning the c.e.o. there says that he wants to eventually expand such operations in the future to include an object removal servicing and we feeling reporting in new york trinity chavez r.t. . the pandemic lockdowns the wildly necessary yes they are also ter

some wine that has spent the last year at the international space station is coming back to earth iny. >> in the name of science. apparently, 12 bottles of french wine spent the year orbiting the world in the name of science and was on board the spacex dragon cargo. >> interesting. >> we saw tesla tequila and now spacex wine. >> does it still aerate if there's no air in space? >> i don't know. so the idea behind this is to answer all those questions. but the whole point was they wanted to see how it would age in space. so they're going to come back, open the bottle with some french experts, and they said it's going to be fun. it's also going to be research. >> sounds like a good excuse to blow off some steam from the rough 14 days we've had in 2021. >> tell me about it. >>> this next story. a cat found three years later after people thought it was dead. there was this mudslide in california. the owner of this cat died in it. the cat went missing in it. 23 other people were killed in this mudslide, so rescuers found this cat three years later. they were abe to tell. it's a calico name

an astronaut who could be the first woman to walk on the moon we'll talk to her from the international space stationcipate to get this interview. stations, this is shepherd smith of c cnbc, how do you hear we? >> we hear you loud and clear. innovating, sourcing organic ingredients, testing them and fermenting. fermenting? yeah like kombucha or yogurt. and we formulate everything so your body can really truly absorb the natural goodness. that's what we do, so you can do you. new chapter wellness, well done. >>> drones flying dru the air, dropping off packages all on their own. nobody and a joy stick controlling the drone. no direct human involvement at all. that's a thing now the faa today granted permission to a massachusetts company to operate the first fully automated commercial drone flights. the company uses predetermined flight plans and acoustic technology so it doesn't run into anything. regulators say they will limit operations to rural areas below 40 feet, but a game changer for m so tomorrow, nasa takes a step forward in the race to get humans back to the moon. they plan to test the core s

the international space station may have developed cracks and air may be leaking.ve been able to confirm the existence of one tiny crack already. a microscope will be sent up to evaluate the damage. you are watching bbc world news america. still to come -- america's image at home and abroad and u.s. democracy after a turbulent transfer of power. google says it could withdraw its search engine from australia if the company -- if the country pushes ahead to make the media company hey outlets for news. >> the government is arguing that because tech giants like google, like facebook, have gained so many consumers, so many customers in people who use their platforms to read the news, that they should pay australian media outlets, this is a much-needed avenue for those outlets. we have seen reports that the industry has lost 75 percent of its advertising revenue since 2005. they are trying to balance this power. they are trying to reintroduce a little bit of government oversight in that relationship, but google is equally, if not more, resistant, of course. now officiall

been amazing to watch space x and nasa launching americans from american soil up to the international space station and recovering them and we see activity across the board from virgin galactic in origin and starling, automates project coming aboard amazing the japanese do amazing things with asteroids and so the space business is booming and likely seen across human history as we develop this new capabilities and equal start to venture out to their therapy dragons if you will, in other words we need to go there to provide a secure environment in a stable environment and the capability to preserve the american way of life that is so intrinsically tied to our space capabilities. to do that we are focused on a war fighting culture and organization and that is everything to do with training and standards in daily how we look at our mission and the intensity we look at it with daily and as we look at it with and to do that we stood up our components so we have every service component except for the air force but we are working diligently on that and the air force is going through a design process as we

missionaries we continue to focus on is a human spaceflight report, that launches to the international space station that i referred to earlier those were supported by a joint force around the world ready at a moments notice to recover the astronauts in case anything went wrong, nasa and. : were responsible for the normal recoveries and i'm glad it happened that way our forces did not need to be used, that is a booming business and we will need to grow that mission until were focused on that but that shows you the amount of integration that we need not only with partners but on the commercial civil side as well. then definitely something that is important to mention is the intelligence community, everything from organizationally we brought on the national agency reps and we have a personal integration from a liaison perspective but were starting to stitched together our processes and our capabilities so it is been wonderful to see the expertise that they bring to the field but also the reliance that they have on stage in particular operation intelligence which had subsided in the 17 years were space

start with activia with billions of probiotics >>> two nasa astronauts ventured outside the international space station do a little maintenance. mike hopkins and victor glover conducted a space walk yesterday. they installed a new antenna on the european section of the orbiting lab. but they could not connect all the cables on a science research platform. they're supposed to do another space walk on monday. >>> a tiger undergoes a rare operation, and we pay tribute to an enduring actress and comedian. those are some of the headlines on the "morning newsstand." "the san diego union tribune" remembers the life of oscar and emmy award winning actress cloris leachman. she died of natural causes at her home in california. she won eight prime time emmys including two for her role as phyllis on "the mary tyler moore show." leachman won an academy award for best supporting actress for her role as a lonely housewife in "last picture show" and "you" and television's "facts of life." leachman was 94. >>> the miami heat will use coronavirus-sniffing dogs to screen fans at its home games. tonight the team will have

here's how the northern lights look from space it is a speeded up video taken from the international space station 7 minutes of flight in just 15 seconds before welcoming the sunrise over the north atlantic the characteristic flash of grain is seen above the arctic circle and that is caused by the sun's solar wind skimming past the earth's magnetic field you're watching arctic. i got this 8 millimeter film purely by accident. time period 963 to 65 place damascus. i don't don't know why young. i've watched it many times a man posing the monuments and all poster of the hollywood premiere of town without pity and a fight in a mock so with outbursts. i had my doubts if i should waste my time on this but i came back to that film over and over again tracing a sequence of events happening in syria at that time and most of those who worked there alone would reveal. what you see no real curiosity just like a petrol motion machine it lives on without a lunch break and then suddenly i saw him stop let's take another look now at low speed this is key like cohen a super spy who some consider a national hero an

more than two dozen falcon 9 rockets including two missions carrying astronauts to the international space stationit also sent two unpiloted cargo ships to the lab. elon musk's company is expected to attempt at least 40 falcon 9 flights this year. >>> meanwhile, musk can claim a new title and a senator has lost a book deal, those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. >>> "the new york times" reports simon and shuster canceled plans to publish a book by senator josh hawley, the missouri republican was criticized for trying to overturn the results of the presidential election. he was also accused of helping to incite wednesday's riots at the u.s. capitol. the book the tyranny of big tech was scheduled to be published in june. simon and shuster a division of viacom cbs says it cannot support senator hawley after his role in what became a dangerous threat to our democracy and freedom. hawley vowed to fight the decision in court. >>> the atlanta journal constitution says republican senator kelly loeffler conceded defeat to democrat rafael warnock. loeffler lost to warnock in one of two se

launching 2 astronauts to the international space station from florida the 1st time the u.s. has launched astronauts robot soil since the end of the shuttle program back in 2011 and then just last month they sent 4 other astronauts up there so space x. has really got a. thing going here and it is of historical significance because nasa has no independent ability to get our people up and down from the space station. now as i mentioned next november we're talking about next year nasa does try to do a test launch of this big booster we'll see if that happens. now it may. be we talk about basic but last this month you probably saw another thing by space x. this is what elon musk calls this starship that thing launched in texas with 8 miles up turned out its side and came down and laid it exploded now must call that a big success and i will grant you probably about 80 percent of it one of the. but the thing suffer when we call the rapid on some way. so we'll see what the future of the starship is that's he has planned to give people on clue on the mark you have is a euphemism but

have exhibits that talk about the international cooperation like we do every day on the international space station and we want to get that message across. we started with competition in apollo, and we end up being and international space community. to for how we do science to how we do exploration. and that's an important message to get across to our visitors. and you know let's call it one world connected. and talks about how observing our planet from space, and the fact that we can travel with aircraft all around the planet, has changed our view of our own planted. >> great great. >> so teasel muir-harmony instead in her introduction, she talked about the decision to go to the moon. and i want to quote this. they said it's men, not really machines, it did say women by the way, but it's meant not machines, that captures the imagination of the world. because we look towards as we look towards space diplomacy now, is it still human spaceflight but has a special role, you have programs for you know i know a lot of developing countries, that build around robotic programs and other use. we have animat

here's how the northern lights look from space it is a speeded up video taken from the international space station 7 minutes of flight in just 15 seconds before welcoming the sunrise over the north atlantic the characteristic flash of grain is seen above the arctic circle and valleys caused by the sun's solar wind skimming past the earth's magnetic field you're watching arctic.

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here's how the northern lights looks from space it is a speeded up video taken from the international space station 7 minutes of flight in just 15 seconds here before welcoming the sunrise over the north atlantic the characteristic flash of grain caused by the sun's magnetic race is seen shining above the arctic so. that brings you up late that's how the news is looking so far not a while back again as usual. at the top of. that talk about a word that means different things to different people depending on where you live what area you live what school you went to that war is inflation. nuclear power blah and so become a battleground in the u.s. in vermont people are demanding the shutdown of a local plant from my yankee is right now my focus because it's a very dangerous oh no claire power plant the owner is attempting to run the reactor beyond its operational limits this case just sort of puts a magnifying glass on where's the power in this country where's it going is it moving more towards corporate interests or is it more in the idea of a traditional participatory democracy is for power lies wit

because here's how the northern lights look from space it is speeded up video taken from the international space station 7 minutes in fact a flight in just 15 seconds before welcoming the sunrise over the north atlantic the characteristic flash of grain is seen above the arctic circle and that's caused by the sun's solar wind skimming past the earth's magnetic field. spectaculars that brings up today that's good news is looking so far today they are not international back again at the top of the. talk about a word that means different things to different people depending on where you live what area you live what school you went to that war is inflation. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe from. isolation little community. are you going the right way or are you being led so. direct. what is true what is great. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or a maybe in the shallows. this is boom bust the one business show you can't afford to miss unfair montages they open and washington coming out despite objections and its r

evening america i am nasa astronaut capability american and members of the 64th crew of the international space stationd the finale are celebrating america. >> a breathtaking moment honoring the 400,000 lives lost to 19000 people in cities and small towns participated from the san carlos apache reservation from one world trade center to wrigley field buildings and landmarks were eliminated church bells rang and washington dc offered a blessing and the lincoln memorial reflecting all the national memorial trudeau detroit nurse who encouraged her colleagues in the performance you want adams. ♪♪ >> we for those of the families and loved ones that they left behind. >> a nation and morning to pay tribute to the lives i have lost all the way may be physically separated he, america's people are united in spirit and my abiding hope, my abiding there is we emerge from this ordeal. >> i mean this from the bottom of my heart all the angels are nurses. we know from my family experience the courage, the pain you absorb for others. thank you go to heal, you must remember it is important to do that as a nation. to fi

we‘ve had the international space station with crew on it for exactly 20 years today, 20 years of operationexpanding commercial and partnership presence into low earth orbit as we take the first steps to the moon and then bring that partnership along with us. this is a long process. we‘re talking about landing crews in 2024. but that‘s not the end. that‘s the very beginning of a long process. and as you‘ve mentioned, you know, getting to mars is going to take a while, and we need to depend on those partners and the excitement that we have from those partners themselves, but the public as well will come along with that. let me end, if i may, dr bleacher, with a more sort of philosophical point. the billionaire space guys like bezos and musk, they paint this dramatic picture of a future in which the human species sort of leaves planet earth and reproduces in space, whether it be in floating space colonies or on the surface of whether it be planets in oursystem, like, potentially, mars orfar, far away. you know, we humans ultimately leave our own planet earth and establish new communities out

three very rich men will make up the first crew of private citizens to blast off to the international space station. it will cost each of them $55 million to fly on the spacex rocket and spend eight days in orbiting lab next year. the men were introduced yesterday. they are 70-year-old real estate entrepreneur larry connor of ohio.■ç he will be the second-oldest person to fly in space. the chief executive of a canadian investment firm, mark paddy, will also be part of the crew, as will israeli businessman atan stiba. they will be led by a former nasa astronaut. >> trevor: wow, $55 million for an eight-day vacation. and that doesn't even count the $7 million they had to pay for a checked bag. but it does sound amazing, you know? i mean, part of me wishes i could be up there with them, looking down at the earth at the moment they realize that they spent $55 million to have to catch their poop before it floats away. another question i have is have these people never watched movies in space. something always goes wrong. and when it does, i don't know if it's going to help to have a real estate entrepre

35, the big story tonight is actually 250 miles above the earth as the crew aboard the international space stationang in the new year with a 0 gravity globe float, nasa's alternative to the traditional time square ball dropped. that is look outside on special report. we will be right back. ♪ you believe ♪ they put a man on the moon ♪ man on the moon ♪ if you believe ♪ there is nothing ♪ lap ♪ >> mike: is the new year begins, experts agree china may become the biggest foreign policy threat to the mike: is the new year begins many experts believe china may become the biggest foreign-policy threat to the united states for 2021 and there are worried signs coming from beijing. benjamin hall shows us from london tonight. >> reporter: china's leaders marching into 2021 and planning for dominance as they raise the flag and tiananmen square this morning they did so in the knowledge covid-19 has brought much of the world to a standstill but in wuhan, the city in which coronavirus originated thousand celebrated the new year openly on the streets and president xi rubbed salt in the wound by praising china's p

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at the international space station the first space walk is under way.s an installing a platform. >>> no players will be inducted into the mlb hall of fame. curt schilling got the most votes but was still 16 short home run king barry bonds and ace pitcher roger clemens failed to get enough votes for the ninth year you are up to date, jon. back to you. >> sue, thank you. >>> microsoft delivering blow-out numbers saying its cloud segment in azure saw revenue growth here to break down the quarter, mark, great to have you. what is the most important strategic segment here i'm looking at productivity in business process, this rebound in linkedin which saw some layoffs earlier this year, but so is intelligent cloud. >> thanks for having me. what's probably most important is not the reported segments but commercial cloud commercial cloud spans azure, office 365, dynamics 365 and linkedin and brings together the growth parts of the business and that's been an engine of the business the key driver is azure which re re-accelerated probably the sustainability of th

look at tampa from our affiliate they are, fox 13, one of the big stories tonight, the international space stationd hundreds of snippets of grapevines that spent a year orbiting the world in the name of science. the cargo cancel and thousands of pounds of other research including aimed for splashdown wednesday night in the gulf of mexico off the coast of tampa. that's tonight's live look outside the beltway from special report. we will be right back. (grandmother) thank you for taking me home. it's so far. (young woman) don't worry about it, grandma! this will be fun. two chocolate milkshakes please. (grandmother) did you get his number? (young woman) no, grandma! grandma!! (grandmother) excuse me! (young woman vo) some relationships get better with time. that's why i got a crosstrek. (avo) 97 percent of subaru vehicles sold in the last ten years are still on the road. love. it's what makes subaru, subaru. get 0% for 63 months on select new 2021 models now through february 1st. >> bret: police in california say a career criminal from el salvador shot and killed his former girlfriend after he was r

they're going to stay up at the international space station for about ten days and abc news will have say you were going up with them there for a second. >> i was going to say that. >> wendy williams is next. >> 55 million. >> announcer: "gma" tomorrow, ricki lake and rami malek. then this week, tracee ellis ross and mr. washington, denzel, have a lot they want to say so where will they all be. >> good morning, america. >> announcer: america's most watched number one morning show on abc. >> announcer: building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc7 news. >>> good i'm kumasi aaron from "abc7 mornings." people in the santa cruz mountains are heading to evacuation centers ahead of today's storm. one is open at the scott's valley community center. they're warning it could be bring landslides. deputies went door to door people telling people it is time to leave. evacuation warning was issued sunday to give people time to get out. >>> still a couple hours before it gets into the north bay. here's a look at live a 3 on you can see the light rain in green, turning to mod

story there tonight is actually about 250 miles above the earth, as the crew aboard the international space stationating in the new year with a zero gravity lobe float, nasa's alternative to the traditional times square ball drop. that is tonight's live look outside the beltway from "special report." we'll be right back. are you ok? it's just a cold. if you have high blood pressure, a cold is not just a cold. most cold medicines may raise blood pressure. choose coricidin hbp. the brand with a heart. for powerful cold relief without raising your blood pressure. the sleep number 360 smart bed. prices of the season on can it help with snoring? i've never heard snoring. ...exactly. no problem. ...and done. and now, the queen sleep number 360 c2 smart bed is only $899. plus, no interest until january 2024. ends monday. ♪ >> mike: is the new year begins, experts agree china may become the biggest foreign policy threat to the united states for 2021. there are worrying signs coming from beijing. correspondent benjamin hall shows us from london tonight. >> china's leaders are marching into 2021 and planning

resources in actually to get together and the gate the way or little space to space station in one way should the internationalspace station not on the moon in orbit around the moon that would be a major base to explore and one properly and to find more settlements and remember this is just the 1st step we've got before going beyond tomorrow but that was decades about a 2 or 3 decades i cannot of time but we are living very fortunate we are living in these very early stages and that looking at the steps that we set in the screen at the moment with the full blast one for one minute but that was an extremely spectacular ok francisco but when you talk about resources we're also talking here on this program about a new incoming u.s. president a couple of days ago he announced he's about to start allocating a nother multi-trillion dollar stimulus package because america's finances the american economy is in such a mess because of covert 19 couldn't those resources be better spent elsewhere oh well. i don't have to be careful with that i mean we are of course offering up and let me add all the resources are i mean w

raising 5 astronauts aboard the international space station. >>created their own version of the ball drop to ring in 2021, and they wanted to recreate the times square new new year's eve tradition. but was a little anti gravity twist. >>2021 already looking up for space x defense department has awarded elon musk's 150.4 million dollar contract to launch as many as 28 satellites that will be for the pentagon space agency space x will launch those satellites from vandenberg air force base beginning in late 2022. 8 of the satellites will former so-called tracking layer capable of detecting missiles. >>a small sign of hope for the fallen are siebel observatory in puerto rico. the governor there has approved 8 million dollars in funding to help rebuild it. you may recall the observatory collapsed on december first when a cable holding up a 900 ton receiver platform snapped sending that massive structure hurtling onto the reflector dish more than 400 feet below. the collapse ended the radio telescopes 57 year reign and devastated scientists in astron

in the next four minutes the international space station is due to make a pass over the east coast. i hope amid all their other work on board, they have their cameras trained on the capital city. sadly, the only thing we can predict tonight is that there will be more lights. we have lost 100,000 since december. so perhaps in a gesture visible from space, this is new washington memorial. we should keep them, protect them, keep them lit, keep them standardized. it's a bold statement. it is a reflecting pool, after all. it does bookend the washington experience for generations of americans between abc lincoln on his chair, dr. king, the invisible actor looking over that pool every night. and the city's founder george washington at the other end. so i will leave you with that. i would like to thank everyone who participated this emotional afternoon, which has become evening, as we pass along our live coverage to our colleague ari melber. >>> our thanks to brian and nicolle as our special coverage continues right now. welcome to "the beat." i'm ari melber. this is the last full day of do

>> french wine and grapevines are headed back to earth after spending a year aboard the international space stationg cargo capsule undocked from the iss today with hundreds of grapevine cuttings and 12 bottles of bordeaux. a wine tasting is scheduled for next month. the capsule is scheduled to splash down off florida's gulf coast carrying research as well. it's the kind of research, spencer, you would be all over. >> i would love it. i'm so curious to know how space travel affected the development of the wine. and i love bordeaux. i'll be tuning in. maybe even tasting. here is a little taste of weather conditions right now, looking at the overnight development. we have clouds increasing, and still a few scattered light showers likely up in the north bay, into the midmorning hours. after, that partial clearing tomorrow and a dry day. a few wet spots in the early morning hours. overnight low temperatures in the mid- to upper 40s generally. even some fog around. and then tomorrow afternoon, as the clearing and drying begin to happen, we'll see high temperatures around 60 on the coast. mid-60s around t

nasa astronaut kate rubens with the american members of our expedition 64 crew aboard the international space stationin the finale of "celebrating america." >> last night a breathtaking moment of national unity honored the over 400,000 lives lost to covid-19. thousands of people in cities and small towns participated from san carlos apache reservation to raleigh, south carolina, from 1 world trade center to wrigley field buildings and landmarks were illuminated. church bells rang. in washington, d.c. cardinal wilton daniel gregory offered a blessing. 400 glowing lights surrounding the lincoln memorial reflecting pool sparked a nationwide flame. this national memorial to lives lost featured lori marie key a detroit nurse whose voice encouraged her exhausted colleagues and a performance by yolanda adams. ♪ amazing grace ♪ >> we pray for those who have died and the families and loved ones that they left behind. >> we gather tonight, a nation in mourning, to pay tribute to the lives we have lost. though we may be physically separated, we, the american people, are united in spirit. and my abiding hope, my

. >>> new at 6:00, french wine and vines are back to earth after a year aboard the international space stationule. so, it undocked yesterday, tuesday, i should say, with 12 bottles of bordeaux wine and hundreds of snippets of merlot and cabernet sauvignon wines. and they will be replanted here, vines, i should say, replanted here on earth. a startup flew the great bay experiments for agricultural research and the company will pop open a bottle or two in february for an out of this world wine tasting in bordeaux. if it is good, officials say that future space explorers may be able to enjoy a drink on the moon and mars. >> it is hilarious to me. >> this is important research. >> i guess it is. of all the priorities, that one -- you know what -- >> that's important. >> i'm re-evaluate is as i'm saying this. it is the number one priority. >> top of the list. >>> coming up next at 6:30, we highlight a bay area company now hiring that lets you eat on the job. >>> we're keeping a close eye on the covid crisis >>> building a better bay area, for a safe and secure future, this is abc 7 news. >> the hou

watching the nasa live stream as they prepare to undock the spacex cargo dragon from the international space stationstronaut victor glover who was the first black crew member on the iss is on board that spacecraft. it's expected to splash down off the coast of florida if about 12 hours. the spacecraft first launched in the iss -- to the iss in december. >>> isn't this cute? the tsa's 2021 calendar is out and it features some of the hardworking dogs that helped protect u.s. airports. the calendar is free and it includes fun facts and photos about the four legged agents including their favorite treat, toys and talents like roni, this is january's featured pup. he goes crazy over anything that squeaksp officials say it's their job to help passengers and cargo screening and security. and you can download the calendar online at tsa.gov. >> i wish my dog had a job. >> he does. >> oh, what is that job? >> annoying you when you workout. >> that's right. thank you. >> that's important. >> he's well rewarded for it. >>> next at 6:30, president-elect joe biden announces his pick for cia director, the high-rank