[gavel] "katherine johnson: a quiet triumph in a white man's world." katherine johnson was born in her virginia and grew up -- father was a laborer and her mother stayed at home with the children. >> my father was the smartest man i knew. he could do numbers faster than you could bat your eyes. i had a very interesting childhood, but education was the primary focus in my family. >> katherine entered high school at 10. she went to west virginia state college at age 15. she met a professor dr. claytor. >> he pushed me to pursue a career in research mathematics. he made me take all of the courses in the college catalog. sometimes i was the only one in the course. >> katherine graduated with highest honors in 1937, and took a job teaching at a black college in virginia. after a few years she landed a role in a graduate math program. these were the years that she realized not only was her race a barrier, but also her gender. in the early 40's, the nation was polarized by world war ii. the war created opportunity for women to step into the workforce, and pro

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katherine johnson, cbs news, the white house. >>> the u.s. department of agriculture is proposing rules to cut food stamp benefits to millions of americans and end automatic eligibility for those receiving federal assistance through another program and make it more difficult for some to qualify, requiring a view of income and assets. it would cut 3.1 million americans from the food stamp program. coming up at 5:00, we look at how the newnia. a, t senate is expected to vote on legislation to permanently finance the 9/11 victim compensation fund. the measure passed the house vote earlier this month. it would ensure the fund provides money to those who have illnesses and injuries linked to the toxins after the terror attacks. it's supported by jon stewart. >>> and robert mueller is scheduled to testify for about five hours before two committees tomorrow. nicole kill killioy reports. >> reporter: and the justice department sent mueller a letter last night giving him strict instructions to strict to the boundaries of of the report. the letter call

katherine johnson, cbs news, capitol hill. >>> for the numbers of americans in the cbs pey agree the content. >>> paying respect to john paul stevens. how he is shington. >>> severe weather around the country. how extreme heat, thunderstorms, and powerful wind is creating dangerous conditions. >>> we are about to see the temperatures at home started to increase. we noticed a lot of that over the weekend. how much higher will be goal for inland locations. i have a lot of low 90s to show you today, coming up. ceremonie nations capital to pay respects to the former supreme court justice john paul stevens. the body of the retired justice stevens is lying in repose at the great hall of the supreme court, where he served for nearly 35 years. he died last week at 99 years old after couple occasions from a stroke.>> when president obama nominated me to fill justice stevens seat, gave me a special reason for thinking of justice stevens as a hero. >> justice elena kagan replaced stevens on the court after he retired in 2010. tomorrow, the late justice will be laid to rest at arlington national

katherine johnson, cbs news. >>> the house hearing will take place on friday, july 12. in the meantime, a federal judge has bought a trump administration policy that would keep asylum-seekers locked up while they pursue their cases. >>> the california attorney general celebrity a huge victory over the trump administration despite a push for the president. one question will remain unasked in the upcoming census. john lawrence explains. spot the contentious battle over a question is over for now.>> it is a win for our nation and for our democracy, and for everyone in the country. >> reporter: president trump wanted the 20 20th census to ask about citizenship status. >> it's important to find out if somebody is a citizen as opposed to an illegal. >> reporter: the question will not be included this time. the supreme court blocked the question from appearing on the once in a decade form in a ruling last week. some fearing the question would lead to another account because someone not participate. >> it determines things like aid and assistance to committees. if eight medimmu

katherine johnson, cbs news, capitol hill. >>> coming up this morning, meals, subscription services areare we spenldsing >>> plus we'll take you where they're building mirrors for the largest telescope. >>> and we'll meet a living legend on capitol hill and we'll learn what he can teach congress about getting along. that's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com it'no orit's crepe day.ami at '' a family tradition we started about 22 minutes ago and now we can continue that tradition at home with dennyde see you at denny's or dennys.com >>> now at 4:30, looking live out side. this is what we look love about photographer rick. he gives us these beautiful shots. a beautiful way of looking at we lit. good morning. it is thursday, july 18 i'm michelle griego. >> i'm kenny choi and let's get a check of the forecast. we are talking a cooldown. exactly how much, mary has the answers. >> the onshore flow kicking in and temperatures will be cooler and you will really notice the difference in lengt

katherine johnson is in washington. katherine, what else does the new report say about these facilities? >>> well, anne-marie, investigators visited phi ports of entry and to areas in the rio grande valley. they say they're concerned over the overcrowding and the detention is creating, quote, an immediate risk to the health and demonstrators around the nation protested yesterday, demanding facilities holding migrant families be closed. this as there's growing outrage over the living conditions at the facilities. homeland security inspectors observed serious overcrowding at five detention centers last month. one man called the situation a ticking time bomb. a report from the inspector general's fa sill said rio grande valley facility were holding nearly 2,700 children. more than 50 were unaccompanied minors under 7 years old. they're looking for ways to get out of their cells. some would block toilets with mylar blankets and socks in order to be released from their cells during maintenance. they describe the situation at

my winner is katherine johnson. the ground breaking african american mathematician.ersary of the moon landing which was yesterday by coming out with her own memoir called reaching for the moon. her handwritten calculations were the hidden figures behind nasa's first crude mission into space despite having to work in a male dominated and segregated space. she was the first woman to put her work on a report. it later put a man on the moon. the 2016 movie, i wanted to make sure i didn't miss anything. the 2016 movie portrays the work johnson and two other african american women contributed to nasa's 1962 launch. she was awarded the medal of freedom by president obama in 2015 and here's the even best part about it. i don't know if she watches msnbc but this sister is 100 years old. she's going to be 101. she's still rocking and the smartest person on earth, and so i had to pick katherine johnson as my who won the week. she won the last 50 years. >> we wouldn't have this kind of science fiction if it weren't for her, so yes, she deserves it. >> and you're at comic con. i

we also had john mcbride and our mathematician katherine johnson and homer as well. i was just have the honor of dedicating, renaming the nasa center in fairmont, west virginia in honor of katherine johnson. i've heard some very much concerned today about the next generation. i'm going to tell you, we had about 250-300 people there. by far the greatest majority were younger people that were so excited to see -- and of course it is a cross-section of the media and the book. to reckon of her and her great accomplishments of her lifetime. riley cook was there because we were not able to get you to come. roy was waiting for you. he is doing well. he was another rocket boy. the other thing we learned on the artemis, there is a lot of discussion about the artemis project because he had been a straight over there and did a great job to inform everybody. people don't know about this. this is a problem i think. maybe we are not tuned into it, but i had never heard of artemis until i walked into that dedication later today. you talked about the sustainability of the mission an

the brilliant men and women who supported this mission on earth, including mathematicians like katherine johnson and the astronauts who lost their lives in previous spaceflight missions. to ensure that america remains the leader in human spaceflight, this resolution also supports the continued leadership of the united states. with this in mind, earlier in year i introduced a bill called advancing human spaceflight act with senator peters from michigan. to provide greater certainty and stability for our space program. this legislation will extend the authorization for the international space center through 2030 and launch the united states into a new era of space exploration. our future astronauts need spacesuits with advanced capabilities beyond what current technology can do. so this bill will also direct nasa to directly the next-generation spacesuit for future exploration to the moon, to mars, and beyond. in order to make this dream a reality, this legislation will allow as soon as to partner with private space innovators, to ensure that we have the best and brightest working to achieve these

and i have katherine johnson up there, my heroine at 100 years old, the mathematical genius in computer who helps calculate our numbers for the apollo orbit. she was hidden, but we are not hidden anymore. for all the parents who want to go back to school and the conduct their come you do not have to be the best at physics, math, and chemistry. how intimidating is that? that how i was taught in engineering. you weed people out. that is what i was taught. that is the long message. those are tools that i use every day, but what is your passion, you know? is it getting people to the moon, mars, helping with climate change? all of these things. as an educator, we will lift everyone up. we will try changing the message to steamd a little bit more, but thank you for the question. >> we just have a few minutes. do we have questions from the audience? >> what was the biggest stumper? what stumped you in the initial designing of the city? >> for the audience, what was the biggest showstopper? what stopped you the most about making the suit? >> it was mobility. mobility, fit, and comfort. you coul

the brilliant men and women who supported this mission on earth, including mathematicians like katherine johnson and the astronauts who lost their lives in previous spaceflight missions. to ensure that america remains the leader in human spaceflight, this resolution also supports the continued leadership of the united states. with this in mind, earlier in year i introduced a bill called advancing human spaceflight act with senator peters from michigan. to provide greater certainty and stability for our space program. this legislation will extend the authorization for the international space center through 2030 and launch the united states into a new era of space exploration. our future astronauts need spacesuits with advanced capabilities beyond what current technology can do. so this bill will also direct nasa to directly the next-generation spacesuit for future exploration to the moon, to mars, and beyond. in order to make this dream a reality, this legislation will allow as soon as to partner with private space innovators, to ensure that we have the best and brightest working to achieve these

. >> you know what i love about the katherine johnson saying she's the smartest person in the planet? she's also so modest. two years ago when she was asked about the nasa building being named after her, what do you think about that? she goes, i think they're crazy. she's modest and laughed it off. i'm like girl, you deserve that. >> she's awesome, and turning 101. she should win the week for that. >> indeed, for all of it. see you soon, my friend. thank you so much. >>> a good day to all of you from msnbc world head quarters in new york. it's high noon in the east. a new attack from the president on four minority freshman members of congress. this morning the debate and the division grows. is it about race or politics, or both? >> this is a guy who is worse than a racist. >> i'd like to see everybody reduce the rhetoric. >> you got to go fut than that and say mr. president, you're wrong. >> i disagree with the view that if you criticize somebody and they happen to be a different color skin that makes it a racial criticism. >> when you disagree with the president, suddenly you're a ba

katherine purity reporter president elect and were you i'd hate to bring up the b. were in fact b. were arts breck set and bar us about. are you looking forward to to working with boris johnson in future or would you prefer to work with jeremy hunt on the future of u. case relationship with the e.u. thank you i do not know both of them personally and there is a golden rule which i respect that i will work in a very constructive way with every state or government. my your that. i have a very general question to conclude maybe a personal one too but why exactly did you want this job from the out given specially given the challenge that it represented for you. plain and simple because my i was born european and my my 1st as i grew up in brussels and as as everything was european at the very beginning and i come from a family that has a european history it was i always wanted to be back in the european and vironment which was for me of course work either in the commission or in other places and therefore after having of course make quite some detours by training i'm a medical doctor so i've been working why do while in the medical field and i came pretty late into politics i was

katherine sawyer al-jazeera nairobi. still to come on al-jazeera. about a sports unbelievable. why many in scotland can't stomach the prospect of a united kingdom led by boris johnson. south africa's president just a challenger reports by his country's corruption but still claiming it's fundamentally flawed. and in sports we are in the mountains of northern pakistan to see how a polo festival is reviving the country's tourist industry. hello there bit of a break in the weather the last couple days across more eastern and southern areas of china they're all still there's often a thunderstorms that are quite heavy at times you can see it on the bright white clouds however we have got more rain in the 4 calls of course it's we need on from the north on the west. at this my you buy you from these plum rains that you talk about of course these and you raise new facts but in further into the south and the west on tuesday meanwhile at about 10 hong kong 32 degrees celsius but we have got more cloud to the west 36 degrees celsius there in hanoi and then monday further to the south across southeast asia we will see some rain showers but not too bad really across much of bor

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