onhave an experienced crew the iss and on dragon. i think it will go really well. i'm sure we will learn a few things along the way. >> thank you. our next question is from times of london. >> hello. thank you and congratulations. my question is for elon. you said last week you had told boysnd doug's two little that you would do everything you can to bring them home safe. even with a state launch on the way, that must weigh on you through the mission. i wonder if you could share personal insight into what that is like to have that sponsor ability, not just with your spacex hat on, but as a dad. thank you. home.sk: it really hit their lives are at stake, and it really hits home. so, you know, so we still have to dock at the space station, we still have to return. just knowing that the return is more dangerous in some ways than the ascent, so in order -- so we have not declared victory yet. we have bring them home safely. make sure we are doing everything we can to minimize the risk of reentry and return of the crew. we are able to do that with the demo one, so we we

of spacex, kathy, manager of the nasa commercial crew program and kirk shireman the manager of the issasa chief astronaut pat forrester. we'll start with opening comments and presenters then we'll take your queens first start with our nasa administrator jim bridenstine. jim: thank you. what a great daze for nasa. what a great day for spacex. what a great day for the day of united states of america. it has been nine years since we larched americans a street nos on american rockets from american soil and now we have done it again. i want to be clear, the mission is not yet over. this is a test flight. and so we're at the beginning, but so far, everything has performed very, very well and we're excited about the fact that bob and doug our american heros are safely in orbit and on the way to the international space station so i want to say congratulations to the nasa team and congratulations to kathy who has! on the nasa side leading our commercial crew program all along and you and your team have done an absolutely marvelous job and, of course, elon musk, and your team at spacex. this, th

finally, training the crew how to come across the hatch and how the iss works. there is a tremendous amount of things to learn along the way and we have a very experienced crew on board the iss and a very experienced crew on the dragon. i'm sure it will go well but we will learn a few things along the way. >> our next question is from jacqui goddard from the times of london. >> hello, thank you and congratulations. you said last week that you had told bob and doug's two little boys you would do everything you can to bring them home safely. even with the safe launch out of the way, that must weigh on you throughout the mission and i wonder if you can share some personal insight into what it is like to have that personal responsibility -- not just with your spacex hats on but as a dad. home --ll, a really hit we have somebody's kids and the vehicle that you are responsible for -- their lives are at stake and it really hits home. we still have to dock with the space station and we still have to return. return is more dangerous in some ways than the ascent. we canno

there is lots of to work be den on iss i and i know bob and doug together with the folks on orbit are really ready to get busy. you what saw today, hopefully what you saw today was really smooth. calm. it is like a duck on the water and looks smooth and calm but there is a lot of paddling going on underneath the surface. and you what will see tomorrow, lackly, we certainly expect very, very smooth and nominal and i want you to know, though, it us very, very dif as a result. tremendous amount of efficient on the part of the designer, the test engineers in terms of the planners and the operators and the drew make that happen so smooth and nominal is actually really, really hard. so, wait min mun. it has been a great day. very, very happy to have bob and doug on the way to the international space station and looking for toward the rest of the test flight. >> pat? >> i tell you, i am very happy to be sitting here in a post launch press conference, and that is not something you hear me say very often. probably not as happy as bob and doug are right now. i am pretty happy and no doubted i h

todd,will hear from kenny iss director. >> thank you, great to be here. what an incredible 24 hours for human spaceflight. you do not have to be american if you are just a fan of human spaceflight and exploring and going beyond the levels of what we understand to discover. you cannot help but be excited over the last 24 hours. it was great from an international station program standpoint. the station certainly was a good, stable platform. andcommercial crew program the spacex team delivered an absolutely beautiful spacecraft. we are glad to have it onboard the space station. and equally as glad to have bob and doug on board. right now, chris cassidy was lonely out there. having two friends up there. to keep theur best three of them busy, continue working with steve and the commercial program to continue to learn as much as we can about the dragon. and as others have stated this is a test flight. the is really important for iss program is really the next mission of the dragon, which is the crew one mission, which is set to be a long-duration flight. learne

that is what we are using the iss for right now. some of the most salient projects happening there would immunizations, being developed on the international space station for salmonella, toumonia, the ability compound pharmaceuticals that we cannot do in the graphical well of earth. i grow gravity is a -- micro gravity is a resource. we are proving we can create human tissue using adult stem cells, adult skin cells, creating the stem cells that can create human organs in 3d. we are at the tissue level right now. that is a capability that will transform lives on earth, the ability to create artificial read and as for the human, so those with macular degeneration do not have to lose their sight. fiberopticsto make so we do not have to use cable repeaters. it increases fiber-optic networks for humanity around the globe. all of these are market drivers that enable a future human spaceflight capability that would be capitalized by the private sector. nasa will be a customer. we will always be a customer. we have a lot of science and expl

the website is iss. sim.spacex.com. and you can test your own skills at flying dragon. >> dragon, spacex, one additional note, the next burn will be the boost burn, and one hour and 23 minutes. >> copy, thank you. definitely gives the crew dragon talking demonstration a try. it is a lot of fun. demonstration. it gives an idea, you have imaginable. axis my first couple of tries i got impatient and flew in way too quickly, and it one time started to spin wildly out of control, so it is probably good i am down here. but it is on fun to check out. >> i was surprised also at how many levels of control there are, and how difficult it is to that them all to work in synch at the right speeds. it is unanimous, everyone have spoken to what to fast the first couple of tries. but my third or fourth try, my decades of training finally paid off. i managed to dock to the station after practicing a few times. check.x dragon, and, dragon, you are a little broken, but i did copy you. time? about this i'm here on the cabin mic. >> loud an

after iss ingress. you're welcome to defer this your ee or meal -- after eat your meal which is scheduled for around now. >> if you could give us five minutes before you come back on board, we have some closing config to complete. sections 1, 2or 400 and we will consolidate our trash into the bags provided in this location 18. do for the dock waste configuration section until it gets closer to hatch opening grade -- opening. >> we copy and will wait five minutes before coming on board. >> thanks, anna. onyou are listening to crews the international space station and dragon prepare for opening the hatch. you see chris cassidy already opened the hatch, just below that hatch what you see at the center of the screen on the others is the hatchway to the international docking adapter. on the other cited that, the recently drug -- docked crew dragon. vestibule pressurization is underway, this will equalize the pressure between dragon and the international space station. once it comes up it will take some time

on the iss for a period of time knowing that they can be there probably until early august. we need to get the spacecraft home and then evaluate the spacecraft, collect all the data , make sure it performed the way we wanted it to perform, and then get ready to launch crew one. the big parameters are the weather, the solar arrays, wind -- when crew one will be ready -- there's a lot of flexibility built into the back and of this mission and that is intentional. it is a test flight. the goal is to get them to the international space station and get them home. if they can do more while on the iss, that is ok, but this is a test flight. >> our next question is from keith --. willknow jim or hart remember that when we are kids, rehartted -- jim moore will remember when we were kids, and when asked about the , we found outs that that is not disclosed. how do you tell a six that we can't tell them what they are eating. why can't me disclosed -- why can't we is close this? dir. cabana: i can tell you in the past, astronauts get anything they want for breakfast . you got your choice

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and doing experiments on the iss for a period of time knowing that they can be there probably until early august. we need to get the spacecraft home and then evaluate the spacecraft, collect all the data, make sure it performed the way we wanted it to perform, and then get ready to launch crew one. the big parameters are the weather, the solar arrays, when crew one is going to be ready. there's a lot of flexibility built into the back end of this mission and that is intentional. i want to reiterate it is a test flight. the goal is to get them to the international space station and get them home. if they can do more work than that while on the iss, that is ok, but this is a test flight. >> thank you. our next question is from keith. >> i have a question. as a member of the apollo generation. i know jim morehart will remember when we were kids, when we wanted to know everything astronauts did and nasa would tell us. including what they ate. yesterday, there was a pretty straightforward question about what they will have for breakfast and they will get back to us. when asked about the

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which wass set to dock with iss anand returnn t to earth..will now attempt the launch on saturday.y. nasa h has provided funds to spacex a and boeing to develop manned trips to and from the iss. the launch will be the first time in nine years for the u.s. to send astronauts to the space station using the country's own rockets since nasa retired its space shuttle. nasa aims to carry out another launch on august 30th. the japanese astronaut is planned to be among the crew at that time. >>> china's national people's congress is set to adopt on thursday, a plan to impose new national security laws in hong kong and a sharp rebuke from the united states castiting a questn mark over the global financial hub's future. last week's announcement of the security proposal triggered the first large-scale independence demonstrations in hong kong since the coronavirus crisis. >> now is the time for beijing to realize that if they hope to burn and even erode us the uniqueness of hong kong, that will face lots of backfire, not only from hong kong local communi

x -- the iss group. >> vice president mike pence spoke at the annual national space council meeting at nasa headquarters in washington, d.c. he was joined by the nasa administrator who gave an update on nasa's work in the upcoming spacex dragon mission. this is half an hour. >> to all who are gathered here today, welcome to the launch america edition of the national space council. we are one week and one day away from when america will return american astronauts on american rockets to space. it's an extraordinarily exciting time in the life of this program. i know speak on behalf of the the united states when i express my appreciation. to you and the nasa team, my profound and humble admiration for the astronauts that we will be speaking to in a few moments. who will be carrying american leadership back into space from american soil next week. and i know i speak for the president when i say how grateful we are for the work of so many critical agencies. it has put into practice president trump's vision for renewed american leadership in space. i have the great privilege to see general h

today on board the iss, the crew tobers are getting ready have their additional crewmates on board. i know they are very excited. i would be surprised if they don't have something special hooks up for them when they arrive. look forward to that. there is a lot of work to be done on the iss and i know that bob and doug together with the folks in orbit are ready to get busy. hopefully what you saw today was really smooth and calm. kind of like a duck may be on the water. looks smooth but there is a lot of rattling going on underneath the surface. what you will see tomorrow -- a lot of paddling going on .nderneath the surface and just want you to know, it is very difficult, a tremendous effort on the part of the designers, the test engineers, the ops planners, operators and even the crew to make it happen. smooth and nominal is actually very hard. with that, it is been a great day. very happy to have bob and doug on the way to the international space station, and looking forward to the rest of this test flight. >> pat. >> i tell you, i am very happy to be sitting here today in a post-l

astronauts to the iss, but stormy weather i cape canaveral has forced the mission to be postponed.ince it stopped its own launch, the u.s. has relied on russia for rides into space, an arrangement that trump administration wants to change. >> if all goes to plan, it will be a dawning of a new era in space travel. the launch of the falcon 9 rocket w with its mannedd dragon capsule will end america's dependence on russia for access to space. the joint operation between nasa and spacex, led by the paypal and tessa founder elon musk, should open up much cheaper space travel. >> you would've never thought that after we landed atlantis back in 2011, 9 years later, we would be where we are in some ways hating -- - in some ways, d it is better t than what i imagine. >> the space shuttles used in the past were enormous, complex, complex, and massively expensive. every flight swalallowed up half $1 billion. with bases, the cost should be somewhere between $60 million and $90 million. the dragon capsule is much smaller than a space shuttle and the interior is more sophisticated than this tesl

the international space station and docking and hatch opening and arrival of be about and doug at the iss. dock scheduled for 10:29 eastern time. right after the broadcast, we'll turn it to jsc and hear from be about and doug during a down a fling the crew dragon from >> this is mission control, houston. moments away from bob and doug entering the international space station. shortly after they enter, we will conduct a welcome ceremony. there will be vips here. we are in a .3 -- 8.3 for both spacex and houston. copies.x all valves appear closed visually now. excellent to hear. >> houston copies. >> with that, endeavor welcome to the international space station. please come aboard. >> endeavor copies with pleasure. we will be there in the second. second --in a second. >> we have bamba -- bob behnken from spacex demo two mission entering the international space hurley.followed by doug >> station houston. we see you. a great-looking photograph. stand by. they will call you when we are ready for the event in the next few seconds. bunch of -- a whole happy and grateful people making their way

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on board the international space station doing the maintenance of the i is as as well as doing the iss for a period of time knowing that they can be there probably entail early august. when you get the spacecraft home and we need to evaluate the spacecraft, collect all the data, make sure that it performed the way we wanted it to perform, then get ready to launch crew one. the big parameters of course are the weather, the solar arrays, when crew one is going to be ready. so there is a lot of flexibility built into the back end of this nation but that's intentional. i want to reiterate it is a test flight. the goal is to get into the international space station, test the systems and get them home. if they can do more work than that while there on the iss certainly that's okay but this is a test flight. >> thank you. our next question comes from keith. >> i have a question as a member of the apollo generation. i know jim remember when we were kids we wanted to visit asmus did an nasa wind out of the way to tell us including what they ate. yesterday there was a straightforward honest ques

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opening of the hatch between the two space vehicles and the event between the spacex crew dragon and the iss crew. watch live on c-span to come online on c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> what c-span's daily unfiltered coverage of the government response to the coronavirus pandemic with briefings from the white house, congress, and governors from across the country, plus, joining the conversation on our live call-in program, "washington journal." and you can watch on demand on c-span.org/coronavirus. at tuesday's daily coronavirus briefing, missouri governor mike parson said he was disappointed in large crowds at the lake of the ozarks over memorial day weekend. governor parson announced the state is expanding testing in the prison system and medicaid expansion will be on the primary ballot this summer. beennor parson: there has a lot of news about lake of the ozarks and we might as well dress that. poor decisions were made. social distancing was not followed.

this is the moment the dragon capsule was making its final approach before docking to the iss. are images taken from the international space station as the spacex craft was making its approach. the capsule was carrying nasa astronauts doug hurley and bob behnken in what was the first manned space mission to take orbit from the united states in nearly a decade. india has announced plans to further ease a strict national lockdown. it comes despite a record daily rise of nearly 8,000 new coronavirus cases on saturday. from 8thjune, restaurants, hotels, shopping centres and places of worship will be allowed to reopen in many areas in the first stage of a three—phase plan. divya arya, our corresondent in delhi, has the details. it's a clear message to the people that this might still be called a lockdown, it's a month—long extension, but the purpose of the extension is to unlock. this will strictly be enforced only in areas with a high number of coronavirus cases. other areas, most of the country, will see this phased opening. 0nly schools and colleges are not being open for another

opening of the hatch between the two space vehicles and the event between the spacex crew dragon and the iss rew. watch live on c-span2, online on c-span.org or listen to the free c-span radio app. >> the u.s. house returns on wednesday and thursday for legislative business and to vote on the reauthorization of the fisa bill. and it will be the first time that the house will begin the use of proxy voting allowing house members to vote for other members who are not present for floor votes. it will extend foreign surveillance authorities to december 2023. on thursday, the house will take up bills to make changes to the coronavirus small business relief paycheck protection program or p.p.p. and they'll attempt to override a resolution vetoed by president trump on student loan forgiveness. watch on c-span.org or listen on the go with the free c-span radio app. >> congress and governors from across the country. plus, join in the conversation on our live call-in program. washington journal. and if you missed any of our live coverage, watch any time on demand at -span.org/coronavirus. >> at tuesday

event of the spacex screw and iss crew. two, or listen on the free c-span radio app. next, chinese president xi jinping addresses the world announcingmbly, china would provide $2 billion over two years to help countries around the world you with coronavirus and provide support with vaccines. pres. xi: president of the world health assembly, director general of the world health organization, dear delegates. to begin with, i wish to say it is of significant importance for this world health assembly to be held at such a critical moment as the human race battles the novel coronavirus. while we are facing the most serious global public health emergency since the end of the second world war, catching the world by surprise, covid-19 has hit over 210 countries and regions. it has affected more than 7 million people around the world and claimed over 300,000 precious lives. i mourn for every life lost, and express condolence to the bereaved families. the history of human civilization is one of fighting diseases, and triumphing over disasters. the virus does not respect borders,

i think that iss always a real issue. we know the history of co-intel pro and other state led interventions to quiet and quell blood organizing and rebellion. so i think it is very important that folks who are on the streets are being weary of who is actually aligned with the values and the reasons why they are out there and who is not. amy: finally, your final response, jeremiah, also with the cnn whole camera crew being arrested. they were there when there were no police at the fires early this morning around 4:00 or 3:00 and then showed the local police moving in. and before they even landed on the ground getting out of their police cars, they were tear gassing people who were on the sidewalk. cnn was showing all of this. himself wasjimenez handcuffed and taken in and he himself when he came outside, he understood the reason he is out on the street now is because the images were shown of him being arrested as he reasonably said, ? to do you want us to do the state patrol who have moved in. >> i think it is inexcusable.

we have 15 countries that operate the iss and a lot more countries want to join us and we want them to be part of it as well. the future is very bright. >> we have the next question from mike wallace. >> this is a very exciting day. i want to say congratulations to everybody. have you heard anything from the international partners on this milestone and what are their partners? thank you. >> that's a great question. i've heard from all of our international partners contacts this morning. of the partners are represented here in houston. they have liaisons here which help facilitate our commute occasion back and forth on a daily basis and they have been part of this entire effort that has led to the mission we've all experienced over the last 24 hours. to a partner, they've been nothing but supportive. after the docking today, i heard from everyone of those partners, basically cheering us on, talking about the historic nature of not just yesterday but the entire time that led up to the docking today. i think they all felt like they were part of something big and grand and something that w

where iss secretary to talk abt the i problems and unemployment insurance. where are the t executives talk about how we protect workers. even the hearings we are having, are slow. from a tube read the word is that we are hearing from on the 19th that's close to two months. that's after we have passed covid-19 number three. that is not oversight. that is not congress' job. on anytime pretty is made even worse because we are in a crisis. and then, last night, amazingly, the republican leader explained the republicans have not yet felt the urgency of acting immediately. the me repeat that, with millions of americans six, and tens of thousands dying, the depression levels of employment. the republican leader, mcconnell, said that republicans have not yet felt the urgency of acting immediately read we live in a divided nation. but one thing that pretty much everyone agrees on, as the great deal of urgency rightig now. they mcconnell, there's nothing more urgent to a family that is struggling to feed their children and keep a roof over their heads. in mcconnell, t

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eastern1:15 on c-span 2, all day live coverage with the crew as they dock with the iss. then the opening of the hatch, and the event between the spacex crew dragon and the iss crew. watch live on c-span and c-span oronline at c-span.org, listen on the free c-span radio app. announcer: next, senators talking about how the coronavirus will affect gatherings for memorial day. they also think those who served. from last week, this is about 40 minutes. my military rucksack in my speech. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. ernst: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, on monday we honor the fallen on memorial day. while we traditionally spend this day of remembrance with our family and friends, things look look a little bit different this year. even though we won't have the same services and ceremonies that we typically take part in, it does not make this day any less important. just like every year, this memorial day, let's commemorate the service members and families who have sacrificed in defense of our freedom. the freedoms we cherish but are so often taken for

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are on orbit iss pat forms which have next generation communications research. the radios that you currently use like your cell phone are advanced in terms of the communication capabilities. we are trying to put the same communications capability in our next generation radios that we use in space. datadea is to get more from the scientific payloads that are created on space stations so that the investigators can figure out how well the payloads are working in space. what you are seeing is that this is our testbed, a ground integration unit which is a mockup of what we have on space stations. that's a big part of what we do. we do testing in order to make sorts of we have all new features they were not intended to do. before we put them up on the space station we will test them and weour ground unit will send that software up to the flight unit. this is our system that we built before we built the system on the space station. the ultimate goal of this is for our next generation communications capability. radio than capable we had in the past. we do that by demons

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capsule developed by spacex is part of a multibillion—dollar deal with nasa to provide material to the issthe partnership will not only free up an asset to focus on big missions like getting to mars, it could define the next era of space expiration. we are proving our business model, a public—private partnership business model that ultimately will enable us to go to the moon this time and sustainably. in other words, we will go to the moon to stay. bob and doug have been spending time in quarantine and have been also testing the system. astronauts arrived at the kennedy space center on a rather more mundane aeroplane to conduct a final dress rehearsal for the lunch. i happen to have been one of the four astronauts that landed here almost 90 years ago to close out the space shuttle programme. so it is incredibly humbling to be here to start at the next phase. —— nine years ago. nasa and spacex can cancel the mission up to 45 seconds before the launch. but assuming all goes to plan, some of the astronauts will have up to 114 days before the crew dragon solar power sets down. there will also

in the event between the dragon and the iss crew. c-span and c-span or listent c-span.prg on the free c-span radio app. a group of conservatives and former republicans held a forum on putting country over party. late last year they formed a political action committee called the lincoln project aimed at stopping the reelection of president trump. the discussion march the 160 anniversary of lincoln's right makes might speech. at cooper union hall in new york city. good evening, everyone. it is my pleasure to welcome you tonight to our his store great home. as we commemorate a profound and lasting expression of political condition that took place in 160 years agoctly today. [applause] as you saw in the video, the great hall occupies an important place in the fabric of our city. sitting here tonight, you are not only occupying a seat where on this day in

we use this as a ground communications facility for our on-orbit iss platform, which has next-generation communications research. the radios you currently use, like your cell phone, there they are very advanced in terms of the communications capability. we are trying to put that same communications capability in our next generation radios that we use in space. the idea is to be able to get more data from the scientific payload created on space craft such as the space station and get them down to earth so the investigator can figure out how well their payloads are working in space. over here, what you are seeing is our scan testbed, i ground unitground integration which is a mockup of what we have on the space station. if we're going to reprogram the radios in space, a big part of it is we do testing in order to make sure we can reprogram to do all sorts of new features they were originally not intended to do. before we put them on the space station, we will test them out on our ground unit and make sure they work properly, and then send that software up to the flight unit and retest it.

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opening of the hatch between the two space vehicles and the event between the spacex crew dragon and the iss space crew. watch on c-span, live at c-span.org, or on the free c-span radio app. t -10, nine, 8, 7, 6, 5 -- engine is up and burning. 0, and liftoff, the final liftoff of atlantis. america will continue the dream. on wednesday, nasa will launch two u.s. astronauts into space for the first time since the retirement of the space shuttle program in 2011. astronauts will join the international space station. for the next 90 minutes, we will look at the history of space exploration. >> that's one small step for man , one giant leap for mankind. will tour the country to hear the stories of the people and places key to its development. our first stop is virginia, to visit with leland melvin, who went on to become an astronaut. he flew two missions to the international space station on board the space shuttle atlantis. t -10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, liftoff!and space shuttle atis

at 11:15 eastern on c-span two them day live coverage of the spacex's crew dragon as it docs at the iss. the opening the hatch between the two space vehicles in the event between the spacex crew dragon and the iss crew. watch live on c-span and c-span2, online at c-span.org, listen on the free c-span radio app. ♪ c-span has unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public-policy events from the presidential primaries through the impeachment process, and now, the federal response to the coronavirus. you can watch all of c-span's programming on television, online, or listen on our free radio app, and be apart of the national conversation through c-span's daily "washington journal" program, or through our social media feeds. america'seated by cable television companies and brought to today by your television provider. ♪ >> testimony now on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on homeless veterans, including funding for transitional and short-term

the astronauts can fix something or do some kind of maintenance replacement where they can keep the isss been up there for about 20 years. it's an older spacecraft at this time that needs to keep everyone safe. and so with more astronauts, mark maintenance can be done. hopefully, in the future other people will be launching with space x. they will be a commercial astronaut, it might be a private astronaut, it might be a private astronaut from a government estimate from another country and those people can partake in the different science activities that are being done. we so appreciate having you both with us to give us your insights. libby jackson from both with us to give us your insights. libbyjackson from the uk space agency and laura from the consulting group as political. thank you both forjoining us and sharing in what is a remarkable site. now on bbc news victoria derbyshire has more information and health advice on the coronavirus i write on a special program. hello and welcome to the latest and our special programmes on the coronavirus pandemic, i am victoria derbyshire. on ou

nenew jersey iss t the state wia second-highest numumber ofof infections. amy.od morning, good day to all of our listeners and viewers s across the country and around the world. amy: we begin today y show with brazil, where the coronavirus is rapidly spreading with nearly 400,000 confirmed cases and almost 23,500 deaths, making brazil's outbreak the second worsrst in the wororld after the united s states. on monday,rarazil's s day deatat toll surpaeded the.s. . fothe first ti w with 7 dedeat in 2424 hours. esesidentrumump s suspspded travel frobrazil tthe unit stat effffecve t tod just beforere midnight. despite this, right-wing president jair bolsonaro has continued to dismiss the severity of the virus, calling it a "little flu" and speaking -- spoke out against lockdowns imposed by governors and mayors. two health ministers have left his cabinet in recent weeks over disagreements over his handling of the pandemic. on sunday, just as brazil became the number two hotspot for covid-19 in the world, bolsonaro greeted anti-lockdown protesters outside the presidenti

they'll meet up with fellow astronaut chris cassidy who has been in command of the iss since last month. tony dokoupil spoke with cassidy about this historic mission. >> reporter: all right, commander chris cassidy. we're on the brink of a major milestone in space flight in the history of space flight up until right now. only countries have put a capsule into orbit and then brought it back, and now we could have a company do it, spacex with two of your colleagues, two american astronauts on board. how big of a deal is this mission? >> oh, it's a gigantic deal. we retired the shuttle for very sound reasons when that decision was made, with aims to move towards the future. and now the future is here. >> reporter: one of the questions when nasa teamed up with commercial companies to try to do something like this was, how will the culture of safety at nasa match up with the corporate ambition of a company like spacex. so how confident are you that as your friends get into that capsule they're going to arrive ere safely? t spacex all with motivation to do the same thing, that's fly missions

demo two isse, once successful, which it will be, once it is successful, we will launch crew one. at the kennedy space center we have no shortage of opportunities we have to make sure that without question we are doing everything we can to keep our people safe at the kennedy space center, and keep them healthy. if we have an outbreak, all of the contact tracing begins, and then all of these mission essential people could end up getting sidelined. that is not the outcome we are looking for. so, the visitor center is open, there is no doubt that times are changing and people will travel in the visitor center is going to be open. what we expect is when people come here, they follow the guidance of the governor, and they follow the guidance for social distancing, and personal protective equipment. if you are not going to maintain that distance, and if people do that, they are going to be safe. we will make sure that the people involved in these mission essential functions for this country, launching american astronauts from american soil, launching our next rover to mars, that these f