. >> godspeed, john glenn. fact, john glenn, who said "this computer thing -- not --this actual computer here is theilt -- important part. he did not ask the mathematicians from m.i.t.. he did not ask the mathematicians from stanford or harvard. he asked the brilliant mathematician from west virginia state university to calculate his trajectory and make sure he got home safe. that says a lot about what katherine meant to the individuals she worked with. they put their lives in her hands. what she meant to nasa was that race ande space katherine johnson played a very significant role in that. townrine is from a small two hours from west virginia state university. we had the privilege before the rest of the world fell in love with katherine johnson, we had the privilege to have her youthful face on our campus at the tender age of 10 because she was unable to go to high school in her hometown because of the hue of her skin. her family had to pack up and come two hours to west virginia state university. we had an e

. -- then nasa astronaut john glenn became the first american to orbit the earth, spending almost five hours in space and circling the earth three times. as nasa prepares for its scheduled wednesday launch of u.s. astronauts into space for the first time since 2011, we take you to the glenn research center in cleveland. >> nasa glenn is primarily a research and technology center. we are not really the mission center. we work with the mission center in goddard, maryland, which does science missions. which is donepl, in california for the deep space mission, as well as the johnson space center in texas, which > does man missions. we provide some of the systems that will fit into that mission, but we are not the overall mission providers. >> we are at nasa's john glenn research center in cleveland, ohio. we are the third oldest of the nasa centers. we broke ground on january 3, 1941. we predate nasa by a little under 18 years. naca, which extends for the national advisory committee for aeronautics, was founded in 1915, in the infancy of aviation in this country to study this new technolog

john glenn came here on another visit when he was a senator and asked about this test. he was very happy to hear that this had been scrapped. i think most of the astronauts agreed that was pretty much the most heinous of their tasks. it had a kill switch. they all used it. all of the preparation for the apollo mercury were happening concurrently. we are working also, then, on the centaur program. it is the rocket that will take the surveyor probe to the moon so we can check it out. this is a stage that uses liquid hydrogen. the program was being managed out of another center. they were having a lot of trouble with the engineering, getting things to work. the first tests they had done exploded. they thought, we should never have gone with liquid hydrogen. we should scrap this and do something else. this is too mission-critical to keep trying this. but an engineer at our lab who had been designing the structure of nasa, he named the mercury and apollo programs, and he said no, this will work. i know my guys at lewis. they perfected this technology with liquid hydrogen, an

john glenn came on a visit when he was a senator and asked about this test. he was very happy to hear that this had been scrapped. that was the most heinous of their tests. they had a kill switch they all used. forthese preparations apollo and mercury were happening concurrently. we were working on the centaur program. rockettaur is in upstage that would take the surveyor probe to the moon. this is a stage that uses liquid hydrogen but the program was by scientist werner von brown. they were having trouble with the engineering and getting this thing to work. i think the first test they had and they thought we never should have gone with liquid hydrogen and this was not the way to go. this is too mission-critical to keep trying this. an engineer in our lab who had been headquartered and had been designing the structure of nasa, he named the mercury and apollo programs and he said, this will work. i know my guys at lewis, they perfected this technology with liquid hydrogen and i know they can make it work area we spent most of the early 60's perfecting the cent

she played a significant role in john glenn. he centered the end of the death and of his life he would not have entered into space if katherin johnson -- rine johnson n would have not been doing the calculation. also played ason significant role in the moon landing. those were three events that changed space travel and how we in the u.s. seek nasa today. -- see nasa today. i had the pleasure on katherine johnson's 99th birthday to meet with her. i was in of how sharp she still was. we laughed, joked, had a great and, she is as radiant beautiful at 99 as she was when she walked our campus in the early 1930's. when i met her at the 99th birthday, i started asking myself, as people learned more , at thetherine johnson university she loved and we love her, we have to do something to recognize her and make sure history never forget how profound she was in helping nasa when the space race. so i put together a team of faculty and students and we started rain storming. i said we are going to honor katherine johnson placing a statue of h

we also know she played a very significant role in john glenn. he said near the end of his life that he would not venture into space if katherine johnson was not checking the calculations on his space flight. and so the actual flight with ohn glen where he orbitted the earth, katherine johnson played a significant role in that. and we also know that katherine johnson played a significant role in the moon landing. and so those are three pivotal moments that changed space united nd how we in the states of america see nasa today. i had the pleasure on katherine johnson's 99th birthday to meet -- be with her at greenbrier. and at 99, i was in off of just how sharp she still was. we laughed, joked, had a great time, she is as radiant and beautiful at 99 as she was when she walked our campus back in the early 1930's. and so when i met her at the 99th birthday, i started asking myself, as people learned more about katherine johnson, at the university she loved so dear and we love her, we have to do something to recognize her and make sure history never

. >>> and we all remember the late senator and astronaut john glenn. news tonight on his wife and the virus. >>> good evening. it's great to have you with us on a tuesday night. like every other night, there's so much to break down for you. tonight, the new research just in on people testing positive for coronavirus a second time. now, the belief is that the testing was flawed, and they believe the people were not infectious. no promise you can't get it a second time down the road, but researchers say this is not what was happening here. and president trump defending his decision to take hydroxychloroquine, even though the fda has warned not to take it unless you're in a hospital or clinical trial. and a reminder, americans are still fighting this. the health care workers are still hard at work. more than 91,000 lives lost in the u.s. connecticut, the last of the 50 states to ease restrictions. shops and offices reopening tomorrow. and the governor allowing memorial day gatherings of up to ten people. california easing restrictions as early as june. an

. >> we are at nasa's john glenn research center in cleveland, ohio. we are the third oldest of the nasa centers. we broke ground on january 3, 1941. we predate nasa by a little under 18 years. naca, which extends for the national advisory committee for aeronautics, was founded in 1915, in the infancy of aviation in this country to study this new technology and figure out how we can harness it for economic, military use. but prior to this center, they had really only focused on general aeronautics. they had not really done anything with aircraft engines. they had been seeing what they were doing in europe and found that they were way ahead of us when it came to aircraft engine research, especially the germans. in the late 1930's, that made them a little nervous. congress approved the establishment of a third laboratory that would focus on aircraft engines. you could do all the research you want, but you will never make a plane fly higher or faster if you don't have good engines. that was our single role, to improve aircraft engines. 75 years later, we'

after 73 years of marriage annie glenn buried john at arlington in 2017 on what would have been their wedding anniversary. she died today of covid-19 annie glenn was 100 years old. andrea mitchell, nbc news >> godspeed, annie glenn. we'll be right back. >>> before we go we want you to know the latest installment of "nightly news" kids edition is available these pups are not letting the virus get in the way of their work to help kids feel better we'll explain. plus dude perfect joins us with a trick shot you can try at home our new episode is streaming right now. and that is "nightly news" for this evening. i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. >> kelly: hey, what's up, y'all, once again i am coming to you from a ranch in montana as our country makes progress getting this pandemic under control. everyone from delivery drivers to ranch workers continue to carry a huge burden. understanding a bully essential workers are stressed out. so for today's quar-aoke i wanted them to cut loose. here are some of the heroes of america joining me. in "we are family" by sister

she is the widow of john glenn, who used to lead this committee.e used to lead this committee with people like bill roth. they worked together. they got all kinds of stuff done. and i was elected to the united states senate, i asked john glenn what committee i should get on. he said get on governmental affairs. you will be good at this. do oversight, save money, you will like it. little did i know, later that year, 9/11 would come along. we faced the biggest crisis we had faced probably since world war ii. and you know what happened? we pulled together. this committee under the leadership of susan collins and joe lieberman, we pulled together. of 40pted almost all approved recommendations. you could walk into a room with the staff meeting between susan staff and you would know who was on whose side. it was just that good. we face the biggest crisis we faced since 9/11. we have already lost more lives than we lost in the vietnam war. before this is over, we will lose twice as many. >> excuse me just for a second. rate willmployment soon reach what i

and then of course, the big prize, john glenn selected as one of the mercury seven. for annie glenn, that meant something she never sought, attention for herself, membership in the astronauts' wives club as it was called, the media pressure, the pressure to be perfect. it made overnight celebrities of all of them. the movie "the right stuff" showed us at least a portrayal of the glenns at home. >> we have so much work to do anyway, more tests, training, studying. >> w-w-what about af-f-ter? >> after hours, i'll run a lot. >> for the record, the glenns never liked that movie. the rest of annie glenn's story matches the history we saw pretty much. the white house, ticker tape parade, her husband's four terms in the u.s. senate, a presidential run, and for good measure one last trip into space. all the while annie glenn was raising two kids and serving people at the nih, on boards and charities, and as adjunct professor of speech pathology after becoming an effective communicator herself. >> i told everybody i have given him to our country for 55 years, and i was ready t

even before john glenn became the first american to orbit the earth.nnie glenn met john glenn as toddlers practically sharing the same playpen in their small town in ohio. they were married and had two children. after his celebrated nasa career he came to washington where john glenn became a senator. he ran unsuccessfully for president and stayed in the senate. he then returned to space at the age of 77 to help test the effect of weightlessness on the elderly and became a leading voice for children and for the disabled. in 2017, sadly, she laid her husband to rest in arlington national cemetery in the driving rain on what would have been their 74th wedding anniversary. on a personal note, i got to know annie glenn here in washington. we shared football games, anniversary dinners with her and her husband. annie glenn was smart, loving, engaging. she was truly a wonderful, wonderful woman. remarkable woman. she died in a nursing home near her family. she was 100 years old. she succumbed to covid. >>> that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell repo

she was married to john glenn for 73 years before he died in 2016 at 95. that is the story tuesday, may 19, 2020. we will be back tomorrow night. tucker is up next. ♪ >> tucker: good evening, welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." we have a newly released document, classified just a few hours ago. it was written during the final few moments, literally of the obama administration on inauguration day. the national security advisor. it reveals what you may have suspected, jim comey discovered himself as more powerful than any elected president. defending democracy and he rejected the main tenant including himself completely in charge. no election necessary. it is the chilling things of how things work in washington. the details just ahead. but first, three years the over meaning threats we supposedly face from a russia, that somehow hacked american democracy during 2016 presidential campaign. but infiltrated the government at the highest level. honor formal naval officers like carter page were in fact secret stooges of vladimir putin and they were working towar

john and annie glenn were married for 73 years and 8 months.e was buried on their wedding anniversary back in 2016. while annie glenn never orbited the earth, she made sure that the first man who did remained down to earth. she changed a lot of lives in the process during her own life. again annie glenn gone at 100 years of age. that's our broadcast on a tuesday night. thank you so much for being here with us. on behalf of all of my colleagues at the networks of nbc news, good night from our temporary field headquarters. >>> tomorrow something to watch for. tomorrow afternoon. they're calling it a national funeral, a day of mourning. and we have seen these kinds of protest actions before here and there. but tomorrow as our country approaches 100,000 americans dead in the coronavirus crisis l we think that protests like this are going to be happening in roughly 20 different states tomorrow afternoon, including in washington, d.c. where we have already seen a protest like this outside the president's hotel. tomorrow we expect to see a funeral pro

. >> seven years after john glenn's 1962 flight as the first astronaut to orbit earth neil asked her non-would become the first astronaut to walk on the moon in 1969. he is one of 25 u.s. astronauts educated they are who made flights into space. next a look at major aviation and space milestones and the university's connection to them. 9, eight, 7, 6, 5, 4, we have gone for main engine start. ♪ >> we are at the flight simulator building at purdue university and this is where a lot of things started in aviation. program and professional flight was the first in the country to offer bachelor disease to pilots in the mid-1960's. today it continues to be one of the finest flight programs in the country. we have so many people who have been so important. ,oing back to the beginning some of the country's most important figures, billy mitchell who was a world war i , thender in the air force father of the modern air force were both trained to fly by purdue graduates. the first guy involved was cliff and he graduated in 1908. his father was from dayton, ohio and he paid out-of-state tuition f

seven years after john glenn's 1962 flight as the first astronaut to orbit the earth, neil armstrong become the first astronaut to walk on the moon in 1969. a purdue university graduate is one of 25 astronauts educated -- educated there. >> >> 4 ---10, nine, 8, 7, 6, 5, we have the main engine start. >> go! fly like an eagle. go. >> we are at the flight simulator building at purdue university. this is where a lot of things started in aviation. the purdue program was the first in the country to offer bachelor's degrees to pilots in the mid-1960s. today, it continues to be one of the best, most finest flight programs in the country. we have so many people who have been so important. i can tell you that, going back to the beginning, some of the country's most important figures -- billy mitchell, who was world war i commander of air forces -- trained to fly by purdue graduates. the first guy who got involved in flight from purdue was a guy named cliff. he graduated in 1908. his father sent him here from dayton, ohio. paid out-of-state tuition for his son to come here and learn about inte

john glenn's was pretty close. we thought we had a heatshield with him. and we learned many things about the business of spaceflight in those days. i will get to them when i wrap up. but john was close. we did not tell him we thought we had a heatshield problem until he was in the process of reentering over the texas site. he said, by the way, i should retaining my resurrected package? i should have jettisoned this when i was back over california. that is when we explained when we thought we had a retro rocket package to hold the heatshield on. scotty carpenter was basically virtually out of fuel as he arrived over the hawaii site. very fortunate i had a controller there, a very young guy just like you folks right here. basically he kept talking and reviewing the checklist for reentry with the crewmen after physical communications, line of sight. he just kept talking. fortunately the atmosphere was such that scotty heard him and started packing up. he got over the california site, he is out of his automatic fuel. very low on manual fuel, maybe just enough

she was married to john glenn for 73 years before he died in 2016 at 95.is the story tuesday, may 19, 2020. we will be back tomorrow night. tucker is up next. ♪ >> tucker: good evening, welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." we have a newly released document, classified just a few hours ago. it was written during the final few moments, literally of the obama administration on inauguration day. the national security advisor. it reveals what you may have suspected, jim comey discovered himself as more powerful than any elected president. defending democracy and he rejected the main tenant including himself completely in charge. no election necessary. it is the chilling things of how

the widow of john glenn passed morning.e this the reason i bring that up is because it is a reminder of the shoulders we stand upon. think about the mercury program, the gemini program the apollo program in the history. we will launch american astronauts on a brand-new rocket. this has happened in american history four times. gemini, apollo, -- this is a historic moment. forward to them joining us when they are done with medical testing. sir you are absolutely right. sustainably. we are following the president's space policy directive. --you announced a year ago the first woman by 2024. we have been moving forward rapidly to achieve that. i want to go through the different elements of that and we have been making great progress. we all know the rocket program has been met with challenges and delays and cost overruns. i want to be clear. we are very happy that the s.l.s. is complete. i want to say that again. the s.l.s. is complete and all 3 engines have been integrated. it is now assembled at the space center in mississippi. it will be going to retest this summer and the fall. we wou

senator john glenn. she shared his early days in the spotlight.n accomplished public speaker and an advocate of people with speech disorders. john glenn died in 2016 at annie glena years old. >>> and we learned of the death of actor ken osmond from pulmonary disease. a performer from age nine, he won fame in the late 1950s and early '60s as the two-faced eddie haskell on "leave it to beaver". >> oh, mrs. cleaver, that dress is very attractive. that color is most becoming. >> pauley: his performance as the slippery haskill left him type cast. he went on to join the los angeles police department, though he did occasionally reprise his eddie haskell role on "leave it to beaver" revivals. actor ken osmond was 76. >> pauley: steve hartman has a plan for a memorial day salute to america's lost heros, and he wants our help. ♪ >> reporter: taps is a wonder. whether tucking in another day or sending off another soldier, this uniquely american melody somehow conjures both peace and sorrow, bestilling those deepest emotions. as a cub scout and later boy scou

inspired by john glenn, and a few weeks ago we lost his long-time wife to covid.viously passed a few years ago. but that brought up all of these thoughts again about the history of the space program and this country, and the space program really is a family. melissa mentioned the two wives of these astronauts that will be watching today. this is really something we need right now. we have had such a rough few months, harris, as you mentioned. it'll be nice today to have something hopeful to look forward to. >> harris: all right, i've got the count down in my hands now, and we are pretty much on schedule. just a few minutes off. this is the suit donning and check out point. i want to bring in somebody who will know what's happening. former nasa chief astronaut peggy whitson is with us. thank you so very much for being with us on the program today. so, they are doing the check out of the suits. tell me exactly what this process is like. >> well, first off, they are actually donning the suits, putting them on at this point in time. then, once they are inside and ever

yesterday a woman died, her name was annie, who is she, she is the widow of john glenn who used to lead this committee. who used to lead it with bill and you know what they did, they work together, they got all kinds of stuff done. when i was elected the united states senate i asked joe what committee i should get on anything get on government affairs. your treasure, governor, you'll be good at this. the oversight, save money, you will like it. little did i know later that year 9/11 would come along. we face the biggest crisis we face since world war ii. and you know what happened, we pulled together, this committee under the leadership of susan collins, under the leadership of joe, we pulled together. 9/11 commission gave us for unanimously approved recommendations. we opted in almost all of them, you can walk into a staff meeting between susan staff and joe, you would not know who is on whose side. it was not good. look we face the biggest crisis we faced since 9/11 and we are to have some of the challenges that we face in this pandemic and provided more in th people d more lives, whe

if the rocket blows up with john glenn on it, it's bad, but technologies damage if it blows up with a woman on board, it's because the woman did something wrong. that pushes women's progress back to start reading this and i thought this a villain kind ofof makes sense but it's very dated obviously but for 1962, for cold war makes a lot of sense. also, i've always love melissa funt from sleeping beauty i have that movie on my phone. it is beautiful and i loved her i wanted to know about this real life disney villain. luckily jackie wrote memoirs. the first source i really read about her specifically immediately she emerged at this epic ba. i give the cold notes it's the cliffy and notes, i still can't get cliff notes top of my so-called note, jackie was an orphan, she was born into abject poverty in florida she gott out of milltown life through the beauty industry. she was a hairdresser she learned to fly in her 20s in the 1930s, by the end of the decade is winning all kinds of awards, was so good the second world war she led the women's air force service pilots shrimp for congress was

the problem is most people who recognize him think he is john glenn or john mccain.'ve been with him when people come up and say what you did for the space program is the best. the best of these happened at the mayflower hotel, after a dinner. someone came up to brian and rushed out of the restaurant to the lobby and said, oh, mr. lamb. i said, this is good, she knows it is brian lamb. brian: so far. harold: mr. lamb, i've always wanted to meet you. i have to tell you, i can never go to sleep until i watch you on tv. brian: to tell you how bad it is, since i have been in new york, i was walking down the street yesterday, and a couple walked by me and as they walked by me, the woman said, that is john mccain. [laughter] brian: back to presidents. i really want to ask you this question, if you had to pick between fdr and lincoln, what would you do? you are working. harold: who's writing the check? they, obviously, belong in the top 3. roosevelt dealt with two emergencies, in a state of diminished health, which i find extraordinary. lincoln destroyed his own health work

innovation behind it and how when they did something we had to do something, and pressure on people like john glennnd others, and buzz aldrin, literally were no man has gone before and a rocket test that would get in the moon. the president is 73 years old, and the more you think about it, they are aiming at our enemies to bring us to our knees. then they say the 73-year-old president has a vision of the 43-year-old kennedy on the need to get the space and get back to the moon and beyond. you see at least for the moment those two are together. >> dana: at one of the things this could portend for the future, private citizens could actually envision themselves saving up their money and their pennies, and i wonder about the private sector being able to do that. >> the rabbit crafts of the world that have been ambition, to be able to go. that money is used to develop further space travel and more innovation. basically we are out the tax dollar and it's more of an investment. they want to get to the moon but they don't want to depend on deliveries from costco on earth. they want to create their own visi

. >> tucker: speaking of the dangers in nursing homes, amy glenn, the widow of astronaut john glenn diedthe coronavirus at a nursing home in st. paul, minnesota. she was 100 years old, they were married an astonishing 73 years. what a life. planned parenthood to use the coronavirus pandemic as an opportunity to pose as a small business and shake down for millions more. they are to get hundreds of millions from taxpayers, they want to more, and they got it. we will tell you how. t♪ ♪ >> tucker: when you hear the phrase "small business," what comes to mind? probably are favorite local diner, the roofing company that your neighbor runs. a dog walking business. here's an example that probably did not come to mind, planned parenthood. not a small business, it's a national brand. the dirtiest national brand. planned parenthood openly boasts about how much of a nonsmall business they are in the 2019 annual report, they bragged about performing 345,000 abortions in an exchange taking in $1.6 billion in revenue. that's in addition to the hundreds of millionsin you send them every year in tax doll

when john glenn died four years ago, they've been married for 73 years.e will be held for her on saturday, june 6th. >>> a new survey is out on life and quarantine, it reveals about what people are and are not doing. >>> new figures are out, and the lack of cars on the road has made a significant impact on greenhouse gas emissions. >> a look at the rainfall we've seen, plus, the sunshine and the better weather and the five- day forecast, coming your way. . the nfl's testing prototypes with modified facemasks that might contain surgical material. yesterday, the nfl players association medical doctors said that it wasn't sure exactly how the modifications would look, but the engineers are working with sports equipment companies defined a design that would cover the entire face mask of players. the nfl is set to begin playing in september, even his three other pro sports leagues baseball, the nba, and the nhl are still in limbo. >>> a new poll is tracking some interesting trends when it comes to working from home, claudine wong talked with the ceo of fishbow

annie glenn, the widow of john glenn, the first american to orbit the earth.ied yesterday at the age of 100. err daughter says her parents had an incredible love story. meeting at the anyone of 2 and never so much dated anyone else. annie grew up with a severe stutter and became a stierless advocate for those with communication disorders. what a life. we'll be right back. okay, where were we? yeah, i'm done after this meeting. we're just going over how people who switch to progressive can save hundreds. hey mara! - yeah jamie's the guy running it. - mara, you're not on mute. i once had to fake jury duty to get out of talking about his yogurt preferences. mara, you know you're not on mute, right? oh, there's a mute button? yeah, that's flo! the one who looks like she'd smile while she sleeps. flo: i always smile. mara: that's why i said that. >>> new this morning, a federal judge in texas says if voters are afraid of coronavirus, they can vote by mail. this ruling, of course, has implications for the presidential race. cnn's ed lavandera is live in dallas with

were elected to do the right things, and that's what they did under the leadership, by the way, of john glenn, back in 1978, when they passed this act. they said unanimously, we're not going to put up with a president any more who does the kinds of things that are unconstitutional, illegal, and not in the best interests of the american people. >> do you think it's within the scope of the law for the president to be dismissing in this way? there's an issue of what he can do and what he should do. there's an issue of law versus norms here, correct? >> yes. the law says that the president, if he decides to fire an inspector general, has to give the congress 30 days notice and has to give cause. when the law said cause, the senators who passed that and the other members of congress who passed that law, they were not anticipating that a president would simply say, i've lost confidence. no, they were anticipating that a president would explain why. what did this inspector general do that is so egregious? this president has not done this. now, that is the fault of the law to some extent, because the

people with speech impediments those who knew her called her a gem she was of course married to john glenn. the first american to orbit the earth who later became a u.s. senator from ohio. there will be a virtual memorial service for any on saturday june 6th and she will be buried with her husband at arlington national cemetery and he was 100 years old. >>look at says it is a saber tooth and show v scientists found fossils showing these versions of anchovies roamed the ocean 41 to 54 million years ago using a form of a c t scans the researchers discovered multiple things in the fish's lower jaw and one massive saber tooth up top according to science magazine. it's believe that these teeth were used for hunting saber tooth anchovies involved after dinosaurs were extinct. and then became extinct themselves before modern humans appeared on earth. >>put that on your pizza pan now to our 4 zone forecast you're looking live at san francisco airport, it's beautiful out there with the cloud see now we all want some pizza trade really that may be hungry i don't ever talk to bridgeport stuff but it'

camera was not on me, my friend, it was film that was provided after the fact, you can forget when john glenn was launch intoed the space. swore to see sparks and fire flies, you barely made out the image and now it's crystal clear, 8k, i don't know what it was. the astronauts in the capsule and the views of the space, something that we would never see in the past, later shuttle missions probably got to show some of that but not nearly as crisply or sweepingly as this. >> it's very important to share the experience as widely as we can and intimately and as split second as we can, so i i want to appreciate what the astronauts are going through during this heroine journey to orbit. it looked pretty calm on the screen but the adrenaline was going through their veins. to share the experience and project you're in crew dragon to space station, get people excited to experience this on other occasions, going to cape personally or taking a ride as tourist or being an astronaut one day. it's a great way to share dynamic experience. neil: you know, it's one thing to go through the pressure, 4g on the b

i was there when john glenn went back into space in 1998. it is spectacular.ou have never seen a launch of the space shuttle, it is spectacular and it is unforgettable. >> thanks for watching, we will see you back here at 11:00 until then the news continues on kpix.com. for now, good (female announcer) the following is a paid program for crepe erase. america's number one selling anti-aging body treatment system for dry, crepey skin just got even better. (male announcer) introducing crepe erase advanced, clinically shown to reduce the look of crepey skin on your arms... ♪ (female announcer) ...neck... ♪ ...chest... (male announcer) ...and legs. (female announcer) for results that are changing the look of skin and changing people's lives. (male announcer) sponsored by body firm, and featuring jane seymour... (female announcer) ...courtney thorne-smith... (male announcer) ...and dorothy hamill. this is crepey skin. it looks dry, wrinkled, and loose. (female announcer) crepey skin is not your fault. it happens as we age. but if you have it, you know how it makes y

they are married for 68 years before john glenn died in 2016.as his wife through it all, the wars he fought, the time he served in the senate, the two historic trips to space. but she was a hero in her own right. she lived with a severe stutter for most of her life. as a child she estimated she couldn't speak 85% of the tilme. can you imagine what that must have been like? it wasn't until she was in her 50s after intense therapy that she felt she could speak with confidence. she even spoke in public for her cause, something she never imagined she could do for most of her life. she was known as a woman for an endless amount of courage for herself and her family. she was 100 years old. and the corliss henry was the first black nurse. she joined after receiving special permission from the board. her friends and colleagues say she endured a lot of racism in her life but she never lot it stop her. she was 95 years old. what a life she lived. paul carey was a retired firefighter and paramedic from colorado who drove nearly 1,800 miles in new york city

they were married for 68 years before john glenn died in 2016.his wife through it all, the wars he fought, the time in the senate, the two historic trips to space. she was a hero in her own right. she lived with a severe stutter most of her life. as a child, she estimated she couldn't speak 85% of the time. can you imagine that, what that must have been like? it wasn't until her 50s after intense therapy that she went on to become an advocate for people with speech impediments. she even spoke in public for her cause. she was known as a woman with an endless amount of courage for herself and her husband, her family. she was 100 years old. corliss henry was the first black nurse in new jersey. can you imagine what that was like in 1957. she joining after receiving special permission from the board. she endured a lot of racism in her life, but she never let it stop her. she continued. she overcame it. she was 95 years old. what a life she lived. pole kerry was a paramedic from colorado. he came here to help. health care workers were overwhelmed at t

senator john glenn, has died of complications from covid-19 at a minnesota nursing home. in 1962, she faced the national spotlight-- with a severe stutter-- when her husband became the first american to orbit the earth. but, she ultimately overcame the stutter, and became an advocate for those with speech disorders. annie glenn was 100 years old. still to come on the newshour: the governor of california on how and when to reopen. despite a skyrocketing number of covid cases, the official death toll in russia remains unusually low. the coronavirus exposes the inequities and shortcomings of nursing homes. and, much more. >> woodruff: california was one of the earliest states hit hard by the coronavirus, but in the last few weeks, the curve there has flattened. just yesterday, its governor, decrat gavin newsom, announced plans to loosen restrictions in a number of counties. i spoke with him earlier today. and, i began by asking him to explain his decision, and the trade-off between safety and the long-term effect of keeping the state's economy closed. >> we have had stabilit

yes, she was john glenn's wife. were together when he became the first american to orbit the earth in 1962. they loved each other through his 25 years in the senate. when john died in 2016, they'd been married 73 years. love between high school sweethearts deserves celebrating. but then again, annie glenn was also annie glenn, her own woman. a monumental american woman. in her early years in the spotlight she had a severe stutter that forced her to avoid media attention. but she learned to manage it, to control it, thanks to an intensive program at what is now hollands university in virginia. so began a career in advocacy, serving on advisory boards for organizations having to do with child abuse and speech and hearing. she helped so many people that today there are awards named after her. so we celebrate a life well lived for an american pioneer in her own right. thank you so much for letting us into your homes today. it means a lot to us. our coverage continues with chuck todd right after a quick break. break. [an

john glenn passed awayn 2016. glenn, who moved to st.aul, minnesota to be with her daughter died yesterday as a result from covid-19. she was 100 years old. if you are intested, you can go to our video library. 1984, an944 -- interview was conducted with annie glenn, who had a stuttering problem and her relationship with john gnn. they had been friends since they were eight years old and married for 73 years. you can check out that interview as part of c-span's growing video library at c-span.org. we will go to harold next in connecticut. what is your number one concer as connecticut and the tri-state region begins to open up this memorial day weekend? caller: here's the good news. the air is cleaner, the birds are tweeting more. mother nature, i think, is telling us something. the airngs shut down, is just unbelievable. we get all of, this residue from midwest jersey or wherever. that is all i got to say. host: this is the headline from "the washington post." you can see emissns are down 17% as a result of covid-19. caller: that is the

helped our own john glenn go into space and a sort of my hashtag has been more hidden figures and i think that janice shares in that. so thank you catherine for everything she did to pavethe way for us . you spent a lot of time taking about people like catherine johnson. what inspired you to take on the genius of women as the topic of this 15thbook ? >> i have been thinking about women's issues for a long time in my career but the impetus for this was the survey done by a friend of mine named mike berlin, a very note strategist and pollster and he did a survey where he found 90 percent of americans think that geniuses tend to be men. 90 percent. don't get 90 percent of americans to say they like chocolate ice cream so wewent out to lunch. mike presented his findings to me and he said what do you think is going on ? i really had no idea. so mike paid for lunch and i spent the next two years trying to come up with an answer . >> there was another statistic in your book that they said they asked people if they could be a genius and 15 percent of men said probably. i might be a genius. how ma

we're just now launching our first person just to orbit which john glenn did in 1961. so it has taken as you long time to do something that's not nearly as complicated as getting to the moon. putting people on the moon in 2024 is going to be, i guess challenge something one word to describe it but unless you have the deadline you will never do it. i talk about innovation and i talk about apollo, kennedy gave them an insane mandate. he only gave the nation eight 1/2 years to get to the moon. we had never flown in space other than 15 minutes with alan shepherd. we did it in eight 1/2 years. so i think the key to doing something big and spectacular is to not have quite enough time to do it. and i think that is the real motivation between giving a deadline as that lights a fire under people. otherwise, going to work, 9:00 to 5:00, you don't have any pressure, unless you got, unless the yankees have the red sox they will not work so hard. so the timeline for nasa is having that competition out there. neil: i like that. that is a great analogy. colonel, thank you very much.

. >>> and the widow of john glenn has died of coronavirus complications at the age of 100. you can go to cnbc.com to learn more b about her work as an advocate for the treatment of communication disorderers. you a back to you. >> thanks so much for that shares of moderna dipping this hour after report questioning the vaccine results r reported yesterday. the headline vaccine experts say they didn't produce data critical to assessing the vaccine. joinings now on the phone is the reporter behind the story. good afternoon to you. thanks voch for joining us and the key part of this article which i just had to read through quickly is that you don'td enouo as to people outright misinterpreting the information that was released. >> right no one is saying that this vaccine doesn't work that hasn't been proven yet one way or another it's just they release d a very little bit of information yesterday. mostly words, not in numbers scientists like to assess numbers, and they didn't give anybody that kind of, enough data effectively to be able to say if the vaccine is working. >> but th

>>i don't is is i not say or that is a sense of humor intact frankly, john owner of willow glenn's marianas chocolates. >>says business is slow so far but he's hoping those with the chocolate start a sweet tooth will soon be the path to his door the heart. >>safe we are following all that mandates we are trying to do our best. so that they can come in and nuns shopping opposites up and down lincoln avenue covid-19 compliant shops are opening up for limited commerce face masks are mandatory in public. >>but people are venturing out and seen either to support the local economy hopefully they get to the point where they can now start allowing so many people into the stores and stuff. >>a kind of excited has. being stuck at home you get in and see a calving event things like that santa clara county's decision to join the rest of the bay area expanding phase 2 is the result of new cases of covid-19 and hospitalizations trending down. >>so the health department earlier this week, our collective effort has significantly reduce the spread in our county. >>and we now have a little bit of headroom to

. > when you think of legacy catherine johnson who helped get john glenn to space her watching and thatel. heard from two icons of science and exploration couldn't resist hearing the shout out with you one more time. >> we are making history again. the nasa program. there with you in spirit, bob, doug. and l be watching everything crossed. can't wait for you to get back safely. >> this is the first time a u.s. rocket has taken people into space in nine years. it is quite an accomplishment. us at the planetary sota exploration and more ountries involved in space means more exploration. this is how we know the cosmos our place within it. so congratulations spacex. your team and the crew a safe journey and joy let's go!ry feel great to here from those two ery recognizable faces following along on the mission. jesse to go to dan and in hawthorne where we're one launch. 18 minutes from dan and jesse? >> thanks. tying ourselves in knot like captain kirk the we weather g the championships. in about 20 minutes we my clear getting our hopes up. hurour and 18inus 1 minutes and anticipation is rea