one of the veterans is megan mcarthur.as on the historic mission that launched last year. >> it's been really helpful to have him really understand what it is that i'm doing now and what it is that i'm going to be doing in the future. that's been really helpful to have a partner who really gets all that. >> she and her son watched as bob launched into the air last may. this time it will be bob watching with him. as megan flies on that very same spacex "crew dragon." and in the same seat, the pilot seat, with her nasa astronaut shane kimbrough. steve jurczyk telling me the astronauts are ready to go. have you been able to speak with the astronauts? >> yeah, tuesday morning i went in and talked to the astronauts, they said we're just ready to launch, get up there and get going and do the research and technology experiments. >> reporter: the crew is fully vaccinated. and on the international space station, they'll be conducting research on viruses to help understand the pandemic. but before the work, the fun. just days before

shane kimbrough, pilot megan mcarthur in the front. megan blowing kisses. thomas and aki ready for the ride to the space station. and here they come, the crew 2 astronauts taking the first steps outside before their journey to space. >> it looks like bob bean ken is there with the son. departure on schedule. right. we heard that announcement that the crew has departed the operations and checkout building on schedule. we can see the crew access arm. commander shane kimbrough, there he is climbing inside. crew dragon endeavor. as you can see the side hatch is expose. >> 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. >> endeavor launches once gain. fours a not haves from three countries on crew 2 now making their way the one and only international space station. the vehicle is pitching down range from the first stage providing one million pounds of thrust. the first stage performance.

just days before the launch, megan mcarthur taking her son to the beach for a launch week tradition.ter: launching rockets before her very own takes off. a sweet moment right there. again, they'll be in space for about six months. they'll dock at the international space station tomorrow morning somewhere around 5:30 in the morning so almost 24 hours of travel just to get there. what was so great about this was that the weather was great here at the launch site and around the world on that rocket's path so, mona and faith, no doubt about it. a very exciting morning here in cape canaveral. >> oh, gio, we are so jealous. thank you so much for that live rport. >>> and coming up, the treasure in one family's attic. >>> also ahead, one lucky turtle. with less moderate-to-severe eczema, you can roll up those sleeves. with dupixent, adults saw clearer skin don't use if you're allergic to dupixent. serious allergic reactions can occur including anaphylaxis, which is severe. tell your doctor about new or worsening eye problems, such as eye pain or vision changes, or a parasitic infection. if y

one of nasa's veteran astronauts set to launch into space early friday morning is megan mcarthur. behnken was the pilot on that historic first mission that launched last year. >> it's been cool to have him really understand what it is that i'm doing now and what i'll be doing in the future. that's been helpful to have a partner that gets all that. >> liftoff. >> reporter: she and her son watched as bob launched into the air last may. this time it'll be bob watching with him as megan flies on that very same spacex crew dragon and in the same seat, the pilot seat. with her nasa astronaut shane kimbrough, french astronaut thomas pesquet and akihiko hoshide. nasa's acting administrator steve jurczyk telling me the astronauts are ready to go. have you been able to speak recently with the four >> yes, so tuesday morning very early at about 2:00 a.m., i went into crew quarters and had a chance to talk to them and they said, we're just ready to launch and get going and do the research and technology experiments. >> reporter: the crew is fully vaccinated. on the international space station

kron four's, maureen kelly talk with megan mcarthur's high school principal who flew across the countrywatch her former student liftoff. >> as the space ship blasted off into the predawn sky. the retired principal of mountain views saint francis high school watched in person from nasa's kennedy space center. that's what she wanted to do. and there she was doing my heart was in my throat. >> it was just the most spectacular experience in a moment in i will never forget megan mcarthur is one of 2 american astronauts on board. the other 2 coming from france and japan. all 4 headed for the international space station for a 6 month stint macarthur is sitting in the same pilot's chair as her husband bob behnken who made the same journey in the same crew dragon capsule last year. this time he will be the one to solo parent. the couple 7 year-old son while his wife is away. >> macarthur who previously flew on a space shuttle mission to repair the hubble telescope in 2000, 9 inside the space x capsule endeavor after friday's like a baby bird here. we learned how to move around in a microgravity.

he has spent a total of 189 days in space and perform six spacewalks. >> pilot megan mcarthur will be making her second trip to space that refers to s the space station. she was born in -- she was born in honolulun that considers california her home state. she served as a mission specialist aboard space shuttle atlantis on sts 125, the final servicing mission of the hubble space telescope. she operate the shuttle robotic arm over the course of 12 days and 21 hours capturing the telescope and maneuvering the crew members throughout five spacewalks. >> and mission specialist akihiko hoshide is embarking on his third spaceflight today. the jaxa asked of him tokyu previously on sts-1 24 above the space shuttle discovery to deliver and install japan's science laboratory picky to aboard the russian soyuz on expeditions 32 and 334124 day visit to the space station. >> and in the far corner of your screen is mission specialist thomas pesquet. munich is second trip to space. born in france, he firstly to space on the russian soyuz as a flight engineer for expeditions 50 and 51 pick in the time

. >> pilot megan mcarthur's next. being welcomed by the expedition 65 crew members. she and shane kimbrough bringing up the rear. >> the 11 person crew of a -- expedition 65 is now together inside of the international space station. >> [laughter] though we cannot hear audio in there, you can really feel the excitement just by the looks on their faces, the hugs they are giving. now they are getting ready for the official welcome ceremony. you can see them getting into position. >> like a tetris game of fitting a 11 crew members into a single frame. >> [laughter] right. 12. >> oh that's right. >> this is houston. are you ready for the event? houston, this is station, we are ready for the event. >> please call station for voice check. >> station, how do you hear me? >> steve, we have you loud and clear. welcome to the international space station. >> it is awesome to see the 11 of you on station. it is incredible. congratulations crew two on an amazing launch yesterday. watching launches never gets old. seeing the predawn launch yesterday was amazing. congratulations. i

multi-national crew, we have a jaksa astronaut and we have two astronauts shane kim brow and megan mcarthur. megan's husband is bob benkin. back in may of 2020 her husband was on that demo 2 flight, i was lucky enough to witness t that was the first crewed mission from american soil in nearly a decade. megan is flying in the exact same seat as her husband did nearly a year ago. a lot of excitement here, christine, at the kennedy space center. i was starting to get the launch butterflies, the astronauts are cool and composed but i'm sure they're getting jazzed too. you can start to feel the energy is changing as we are within an hour of that launch window. >> literally a power couple at work and really exciting. we know there is a lot of energy there and we will be back with you shortly. we know a lot of people are up early or staying up late so they can make sure they don't miss a single moment of this launch. thank you. >> you can just feel rachel's excitement. >>> the cdc's vaccine advisers meet today to discuss the fate of johnson & johnson's single-dose coronavirus vaccine. in the last

megan mcarthur is one of 2 american astronauts on board.he other 2 coming from france and japan off for headed for the international space station for a 6 month stint macarthur is sitting in the same pilot's chair as her husband bob behnken who made the same journey in the same crew dragon capsule last year. this time he will be the one to solo parent. the couple 7 year-old son while his wife is away. >> macarthur who previously flew on a space shuttle mission to repair the hubble telescope in 2000, 9 inside the space x capsule endeavor after friday's like a baby bird here re-learning how to move around microgravity. it feels really good. but it feels a little bit. we're she's been back to visit her alma mater to help inspire students cutting tennant says it's a little surreal watching the woman she met as a teenager ascended in such a dramatic fashion when i was sitting there in the bleachers watching her. >> sky rocket into space. i felt like it all. had come true. just like she had dreamed it. and it's a pretty spectacular opportunity a

maureen kelly talked with megan mcarthur seen right here. high school principal who flew all the way across the country to watch her former student lift off. >> as the space ship blasted off into the predawn sky. the retired principal of mountain views saint francis high school watched in person from nasa's kennedy space center as her former student left the planet. it was absolutely spectacular against the dark knight. megan mcarthur is one of 2 american astronauts on board. the other 2 coming from france and japan. all 4 headed for the international space station for a 6 month stint macarthur is sitting in the same pilot's chair as her husband bob behnken who made the same journey in the same crew dragon capsule last year. this time he will be the one to solo parent. the couple 7 year-old son while his wife is away cutting tennant says it's a little surreal watching the woman she met as a teenager ascend in such a dramatic fashion. she always knew she wanted to do this he's done it but they're still that sense of a lack of reality that it

megan mcarthur. she graduated from saint francis high and mountain view. this is her second trip to space and 2009. she flew on the shuttle mission to repair the hubble telescope. now she will be spending the next 6 months on the space station. today we talked to her former high school principal who says makens great adventure is helping to launch the dreams of girls around the world. >> she always knew she wanted to do this. she's done it but there's still that sense of a lack of reality that it was actually happening and indeed she was flying into space 6 months. you know, breaking all but boundaries and barriers. >> as a as a woman and as a mother and is just as human being. >> yeah. macarthur has visited to the grocery store. the warning from farmers. >> as they try to adapt to the dry conditions and in sports, the warriors playing in front of fans at the chase center for the first time in more than a year and they got them a win. kylen mills joins kate rooney live coming up. >> up next, the oakland a's have a plan to play ball by the water. but it's g

hopefully they have a successful mission so far is megan mcarthur right there. mateo graduating from high school in san mateo county. >> outside everything's going well, latest from nasa is that all systems are nominal as they like to. so she grew up here. high school and everything was going to san mateo and went to college in california. and that's awesome. usd. >> not bad. they should dock with the station to mark. it should make a dock of her documentary coming up in the next hour. hundreds of vaccine appointments are available. if you don't get a shot yet. you know, the east bay. we'll tell you where. >> plus fans are returning to the chase center tonight. there are a few things, though you need to do before heading out there. and we'll explain all that coming up in a live report and we're also following breaking news on the bay bridge reyna harvey and yulia 7 is providing team coverage now of a big problem on the lower deck. of the span right now with somebody who's climbed over the railing and traffic is being funneled to just a couple lanes is police wor

pilot megan mcarthur sitting in the same seat her husband astronaut bob behnken sat in a year ago. >> i'm like a baby bird here relearning how to move around in microgravity >> reporter: and nasa has now selected spacex to build the ship that will carry astronauts back to the surface of the moon including the first woman. >> it's been now almost half a century since humans were last on the moon. it's too long. we need to get back there. >> reporter: so this dragon mission arrives at the space station early saturday morning. one complication, they don't have enough beds for all 11 people who will be on the station. so at least two astronauts will have to get into a sleeping bag and tie themselves to a wall until four astronauts that arrived in november come back to earth sometime next week lester >> trying to picture all that all right. tom costello tonight, thank you. >>> let's turn to the price you pay. if you have taken on a home improvement project during the pandemic, then you know that it may be more expensive than you expected here's stephanie ruhle. >> reporter: now might be th

megan mcarthur is one of 2 american astronauts on board. the other 2 coming from france and japan.l 4 headed for the international space station for a 6 month stint macarthur is sitting in the same pilot's chair as her husband bob behnken who made the same journey in the same crew dragon capsule last year. this time he will be the one to solo parent. the couple 7 year-old son while his wife is away cutting tennant says it's a little surreal watching the woman she met as a teenager ascended in such a dramatic fashion. she always knew she wanted to do this she's done it but they're still that sense of a lack of reality that it was actually happening each flying into space for 6 months. >> you know, breaking all but boundaries and barriers as a as a woman and as a mother and is just as human being. >> macarthur who previously flew on a space shuttle mission to repair the hubble telescope in 2000, 9 inside the space x capsule endeavor after friday's like a baby bird here. we learned how to move around in a microgravity. it feels really good, but it feels a little bit. we're she's been

here's a picture of pilot megan mcarthur. she's a veteran of the space shuttle program. it is piloting the same capsule. her husband astronaut bob, the she can pilot last year. the crew will have just under a 24 hour trip to beat up and dock with the international space station. and they area baseball. the giant started a 3 game home against the miami marlins with a win. let's get the highlights at oracle park giants catcher kurt callous still gets a base hit into the left field in the first inning. the marlins fumble the ball in the giants capitalize on that era that i scored all their runs in the first inning. >> giants pitcher aaron sanchez pitched 5 shutout innings and gave up only 2 hits the giants win 3 to 0. now, the next game against the marlins is tonight. and said sure on that first pitch is going to be at 6.45. coming up in the next hour. hundreds of vaccine appointments are available right now in the east bay how you can sign up in a live report ahead. and fans are returning to the chase center tonight. but there are few things you need to know before you hea

. >> reporter: megan mcarthur sitting in that same pilot's seat her astronaut husband bob behnken sat in just last year on the same spaceship. bob and son theo sending mom off with an air hug. >> i'm like a baby bird here, relearning how to move around in microgravity. it feels really good, but it feels a little bit weird too. >> reporter: spacex making history by successfully re-using a crew dragon spaceship for the first time. >> and gio benitez now with us from the kennedy space center tonight. gio, we know the astronauts are headed to the space station to do scientific and medical research, but thi was a little bit alarming when we learned of the space junk spotted close to the spacecraft because we moe it doesn't take a large object to create potentially dangerous damage. >> reporter: we're talking about more than 17,000 miles per hour. anything could be catastrophe. but the good news is they're now tracking that space junk and they should be docking tomorrow morning. david? >> gio benitez at kennedy space center, thank you. >>> we are tracking severe storms from texas to the car

but apparently they figured out a way >> recycle it spent a bay area raise astronaut megan mcarthur was piloting the historic mission macarthur graduated from saint francis high school in mountain view. this is her second trip to space in 2009. she flew on the space shuttle mission to repair the hubble telescope and now she'll be spending the next 6 months there on the iss. we talked to her former high school principal who says megan's great adventure is helping to launch the dreams of girls around the world. she always knew she wanted to do this. she's done it but there's still that sense of a lack of reality that it was actually happening each flying into space for 6 months. >> you know, breaking all but boundaries and barriers as a as a woman and as a mother and is just as you monday. >> fantastic macarthur has visited her mountain view on the moderate to help inspire students. the current principal says her career trajectory is giving their female students interested in science. a big boost. all the bit. wow. very impressive. i >> they're probably gonna miss gravity to floats in abo

nasa astronauts shane kimbrough and megan mcarthur will serve as the mission's spacecraft commander andfor the gardens, but we won't see it through the course of the weekend. it is looking dry, turning a bit cooler tomorrow. more of a chance of rain as we head through the course of next week for some places. for here and now, it is dry this evening. temperatures in the mid teens, so pleasant but once the sunset it will turn white chilly quite quickly. clear skies and light winds. away from the south, we still have breezy conditions through the english channel. under those clear skies with lighter winds, particularly further north, those temperatures down to freezing or a bit below in the countryside. a crisp, cool start to sunday. again plenty of dry and sunny weather on the cards. a bit more cloud drifting in and across eastern counties of england in particular through the day. again breezy for the south east of england and along the south coast as well. temperatures down on what we have seen today, somewhere between ten and i7 we have seen today, somewhere between ten and 17 degrees.

nasa astronauts shane kimbrough and megan mcarthur will serve as the mission�*s spacecraft commandercialists to the space station for a six—month science mission. don't you love international crews? our dry april weather is continuing as some people will be crossing their fingers for rainfall for the gardens, but we won't see it through the course of the weekend. it's looking dry, turning a little bit cooler tomorrow. more of a chance of rain as we head through the course of next week for some places. now, dry this evening at temperatures still in the mid teens, pleasant but once the sun sets, it will turn quite chilly quite quickly. clear skies and light winds away from the south, breezy conditions through the english channel towards the south—west of england through tonight. under those clear skies with lighter winds, particularly further north, those temperatures, once again, getting down to freezing or a little bit below that in the countryside. a crisp, cool start to sunday, again, plenty of dry and sunny weather on the cards and a bit more cloud. that will be drifting in across

nasa astronauts shane kimbrough and megan mcarthur will serve as the mission's spacecraft commander andaut thomas pesquet, who will serve as mission specialists to the space station for a six—month science mission. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. dry clear night to come, temperatures dipping away after dark to allow another touch of frost in many places as we go into the morning. it will be rather patchy, with these temperatures in towns and city centre is more likely in the countryside, parts of east and north—east scotland down to minus these we start the day with a little patchy cloud here and there for sunday morning and a lot of what has developed overnight but some will continue to impact parts of eastern

commander megan mcarthur and the pilot's seat right where her astronaut husband was sitting to lead the last launch. ♪ don't stop me now ♪ >>> and don't stop us now. as we speed into the weekend, look at this dog breaking free and running for the gold. freeze that frame. we'll show you would won. ♪ >>> good morning, america. throw a treat down and the dog stops and you can win the race. >> exactly. >> hey, thank you for joining us on this friday morning, everyone. just before air there was a successful spacex launch. >> it was really spectacular. those four astronauts headed to the international space station and we're going to have a lot more on that coming up. >> looking forward to that. >>> we begin with the latest on the pandemic. a cdc advisory panel set to meet this morning to weigh in on the johnson & johnson vaccine. as you know it has been on hold after six women developed rare blood clots. >> the cdc says it is also looking into new mask guidelines. we're going to get into that with nih director dr. francis collins, but first steve osunsami starts us off at cdc headquarters in

as you know, today is a multinational crew onboard, two nasa astronauts, megan mcarthur, who's the wife of bob behnken, she's sitting in the same seat her husband flew in. shane kimbrough is the commander. we have a jaxa astronaut on board as well as an esa astronaut on board, thompas pesquet and akihiko hoshide. so multinational crew and something that's unique. there's interest in the astronaut food. i have to tell you guys i had the opportunity to taste some of the food that tomas is bringing up with him. when you have a multinational crew they have the opportunity to bring their own cuisine on board, the specialty meals made, they're not eating them every day, but i have to tell you, i have the packets right here. tomas is bringing beef bourgonise so they're having fancy meals. i have to tell you guys, they were not bad. it was pretty tasty, so they're getting some fancy meals for sure. >> we've come a long way since tang, i don't think there's a doubt about that. myles we watched the first manned spacex launch together. this is the third with a used rocket and capsule, or as nasa l

now megan mcarthur is on board and that's awesome for us because she went to high school and mountain view. and if you want to see her full story. it's on our website. kron 4 dot com her. high school principal is so proud of her. it's a great story that i recommend you. check it out. we do want to check out our weather forecast right now as our meteorologist rodriguez is joining us with a look at the rain that's already here for some parts of the bay area. yeah. finally i can deliver some good news to the bay area this evening tracking light scattered showers for those of you in the north bay. >> and some drizzle around the san francisco peninsula with more rain expected to start out your sunday morning. so we are tracking light showers for those of you in santa rosa nevado petaluma, even napa. and as far east as antioch out there this evening. most of it tonight, evaporating before it hits the ground. also known as virga. but we are tracking some drizzle out there. even including parts of the san francisco peninsula with more wet weather heading our way overnight impacting your sunda

that's megan mcarthur. she's in the same seat in the same capsule. her husband, who is also an astronaut, flew in last year in the live broadcast. we also saw the french astronaut who showed us around the capsule and the japanese astronaut as well back, you honor. things are brewing out there in the pacific and changes are headed our way as we check in with meteorologist rosemary oroczo. it looks for a pretty busy sunday. yes so we are looking at a dry mainly dry saturday. let me rephrase and a soggy sunday in addition to bay area rain, sirus no outsider doors at this hour. we're looking at an enjoyable day, a little bit more sunshine out there than yesterday. and of you hear from a ktvu across areas. it looks like jack london square. you could see we still have a little bit of haze and fog out there this morning, so we'll call for partly cloudy skies the folks that are enjoying more sunshine today warmer today as well. 61 degrees right now in nevada. we have mid sixties in brentwood along the east bay shore upper fifties, reported oakland, berkeley,

megan mcarthur will be the pilot liftoff is scheduled for tomorrow morning from kennedy space center.very cool. oh, my gosh. you look so young you up and she also married to bob behnken who was one of the 2 test flight astronaut test pilot astronauts that went up in the very first. >> absolute last spring breaks yeah, it has been a white astronaut team and they learn here. >> they don't live here anymore. but she grew while cruel ucl a and i'm sure it's a better story than that. terrible was a movie awash with the date she and they were both astronauts. >> can see the heat. oh, god. yeah, it was like all the rage. number one in america on netflix. talk about this is a new movie. it just the past year. it's like a little mysterious was horrible watch a party like horror million dollar baby girls a start, but yeah. okay. checking hilary don't watch it. the real story of this astronaut is way better ever or will be tracking. launch will be right tracking. launch will be right back. i'm morgan, and there's more to me than hiv. more love,... more adventure,... more community. but with my h

megan mcarthur, right. she's the real thing. she grew up in mount view.he's a mom and an astronaut. she just blasted off on the same capsule as her husband went up an. >> now this is what you're saying to me is it's kind of a step towards mars because their stuff she's going to do is going help get us there. absolutely. just i mean, just the overall space station mission just in terms of what what does to the human bodies are all things that we're learning in order to prepare for eventual colonies on the moon first know i already saw that. i on netflix. i saw what it does to the body away because they well, they had did that whole santa said that was the whole point is like hillary one and then she was missing her family and then one guy was like having the space blindness and i falling like it. but so it's probably not a surprise to you that she has been canceled. >> was a 10 page. let know about back to the real deal. so just hillary was married in the movie. she was married to an ashram before megan is married to an bob behnken and they really have kid

little bit about the crew flying today, it's a multi-national crew, two nasa astronauts on board, megan mcarthurhe pilot, shane kimbro and we have two other astronauts, they will be flying today hopefully at 5:49 eastern time this morning. it hopefully will be a smooth ride and a beautiful one. we are all -- you know, we all have those flight butterflies right now leading up to this launch. so a lot of excitement here at kennedy space center and you really can feel that the cadence of these flights has picked up. this is the third time in under a year that i have been at kennedy space center covering one of these flights. that's a stark contrast to the nearly decade that we had when there were no crewed flights taking off from kennedy space center and we were reliant on the russians. this is part of a multi-billion dollar deal that nasa struck with spacex to take over these crewed flights to the international space station all in an effort that nasa can set sights on deeper space missions getting up back to the moon and ultimately back to mars. >> we will be watching this for the rest of the mor

retire better >> bay area is astronaut megan mcarthur is piloting this new crew to the internationalspace station. she is among the 4 astronauts who successfully made liftoff from the kennedy space center this morning on board a space x capsule. this is the first time humans will travel on both a previously flown and refurbished crew dragon capsule and falcon 9 rocket booster. the rocket booster previously launched the crew one mission back in november and has now since cleared and expect inspection over 3,000 different parts. here now is a picture of the pilot. megan she is a veteran of the space shuttle program and is piloting the same capsule that her husband. i'm assuming also pictured here, bob behnken piloted last year. the crew will have just under 24 hours to meet up and dock with the international space station. now back here on earth. the aquarium by the bay on pier 39 in san francisco is now celebrating its 25th anniversary of the aquarium is marking this anniversary. >> with 25 new exhibits and 25 new animal species. the aquarium is currently home to more than 20,000 diff

megan mcarthur, right. she's the real thing. she grew up in mount view. she's a mom and an astronaut. she just blasted off on the same capsule as her husband would happen. now, this is what you're saying to me is it's kind of a step towards mars because their stuff she's going to do is going to help get us there. absolutely just i mean, just the overall space station's mission just. >> in terms of what what does to the human bodies are all things that we're learning in order to prepare for eventual colonies on the moon first know i already saw that. i on netflix. i saw what it does to the body weight because they well, they had did that whole santa said that was the whole point is like hillary went and then she was missing her family and then one guy was like having the space blindness and i falling like it. but so it's probably not a surprise to you that she has been canceled. >> was a 10 painful episodes. back to the real deal. so it just now hillary was married in the movie. she was married to an astronaut but for megan is married to an astronaut bob b

that is flown before and we also love the story even more here in the bay area because megan mcarthur is on board and she went to high school in mountain view. we had a great interview with her high school principal are one of principles so proud of her and that full stories on our website. kron 4 dot com. but she's now in space right. and there's new research into what people on the spectrum are experiencing and how it can differ greatly from person to person reporter anna king has more. >> this is an even her older brother joseph galli. they both enjoyed working on cars, motorcycles and they're both on the spectrum, although they grew up together and share simular childhood experiences, any explains their experiences with autism can be anything a light-hearted tell if a woman is on i get a i tell people not to see the u haul here on to >> they >> i'm surprised by that. and his brother was diagnosed with autism is 7 years old and 13 years later and he was diagnosed women are much better at what there are people that aren't diagnosed until they're 4 years old. a recent study from the

. >> and so she is from here originally and name is megan mcarthur. she's actually married to another. you know, nasa famous astronauts out. he was one of the 2 that flew on space x's very first capsule that carried humans up to the space station demo to last spring. so not only did she watched her husband be the test pilot on that. yeah, actually writing in the in the same capsule. so there you go. it's amazing. he helped verify the capsule that. >> she's now, right. well, like i said, that's like a real life version that with hilary swank was terrible and fake and watch weather going cool this weekend. rainfall finally on sunday, but today, tomorrow looking good. so enjoy these next 2 days. >> and then you can just sit back and right. and today is not friday. so we do need to be here tomorrow. yes, still show up because i about tomorrow. >> announcer: today on an all new "dr. phil"... a horrific upbringing. >> filled with abuse, sex trafficking, and drugs. at 15 your mom kick you out and said he would marry this man he was 40. >> my mom was not ment

. >> reporter: and pilot megan mcarthur whose astronaut husband bob behnken sat in that exact same chair last year says it's been a while since she's been in space. >> i'm like a baby bird here relearning how to move around in 46 micro gravity. it feels good but a little weird too. >> reporter: and the children of the four astronauts coming together to choose a toy to float inside the crew dragon with their parents. a penguin named guin guin. little guin guin right there. now, once they get settled they'll start the research. especially medical research and they're going to focus very heavily on viruses and treatments to help us understand pandemics, really important work, whit. >> absolutely. little guin guin is what we call dan as well, a pet name for our friend. >> only when i'm behaving well. >> that's right. gio, thank you so much for your reporting on this. it's been fun to watch. >>> let's get a check of the weather, rob marciano, there's a lot going on in the south today weatherwise. >> there is, and we had some damage across north texas with those tornadoes and wind damage acros

this time with barry raise astronaut megan mcarthur in the pilot's chair as we have a new forepersonheading up to the international space station liftoff from the kennedy space center this morning happen without a hitch. how many people in the bay area are watching this going. >> i went to high school with her, right eye was her high school teacher. i went to elementary. i mean, isn't that cool? >> it's pretty amazing that it's going to be pretty spectacular to watch them do their work up there. joining the other astronauts already on board for a total of 11 astronauts on the international space station in that packed. i think ever on the space station is pretty incredible and the quarters are already i cannot imagine having 11 roommates in a place that should have what for you maybe you think about it. loud somebody on the ceiling. you can all literally. you can cram people and there's her picture there. her parents still live in san jose. very proud this morning to see their daughter. >> heading up space. his own already a season astronaut. she went up at the space shuttle once bef

. >>> one of nasa's veteran astronauts who launched into space is megan mcarthur, and her husband, bobpilot on the historic first mission that launched last year. >> it's been really helpful to have him really understand what it is that i'm doing now, and what it is that i'm going to be doing in the future. that's been really helpful to have a partner who really gets all of that. >> the crew is fully vaccinated and on the iss, they will conduct research on viruses, to help understand the pandemic. >>> a new york man is going viral after he staged a wild think emergency to propose to his girlfriend. mike matthews and amy marshall have been together for more than two years. amy is a nicu nurse, which is how mike got the idea to spotlight the work she does during the proposal. mark found in actual pregnant woman to pretend to go into to pretend to need assistance from a nurse. the couple was in line to get bagels when mike got an alert about the situation nearby, something he had a graphic designer create. >> oh, my gosh. >> at one point, i said, do you feel like the head is coming out? s

i wanted to mention the pilot, megan mcarthur. if you missed it earlier, she is sitting in the exact same seat, in the exact same space capsule that her husband was in a year ago. bob benkin was on the very first spacex manned mission or crewed mission, we should say. and now she is sitting in the same seat as the pilot. so commander shane kimbrough, pilot megan mcarchur, thomas pesquet. and the first time a european has been coming on a nasa rocket in ten years. the nasa rockets have been grounded since the space shuttle was retired. and also a japanese astronaut, akikoa, hashide, who is a veteran of the japanese space agency and a veteran astronaut. all four on their way to is a six-month mission to the international space station. the one piece of video we're waiting to see, and we've had a little bit of a telemetry problem, but i'm waiting to see that shot of the rocket landing, the booster rocket landing out there on the drone ship in the atlantic ocean. this is all part of the spacex way of doing business. they reuse these p

. >> and he flew in the space station last year and this time it's his wife, crew member megan mcarthur. they have a 7-year-old son theo. >> what does your son think about all of the unusual travel both of his parents do for work? >> he's had, of course, long exposure to all of this. he recently saw his father launch and stay on the international space station for two months. now it's mom's turn and i will be gone six months. when he talked about it, he talks about he's going to go next. >> reporter: but first little theo and his father will get up early tomorrow morning to watch another magical moment, macarthur and her crew will talk to the international space station right after 5:00 a.m. anthony? >> my parents traveled a lot but not like that! that's really something. thank you very much. i'm thrilled about that, i have to say. >> i love that a mom is going into space, and she left son at home with dad. i love the idea of that in this day and age. >> and the kids, when i was a kid, buzz and neil armstrong were heroes of mine. it's great to see kids into it now. >> and i hope their s

. >> reporter: this was megan mcarthurer working on the hubble in 2009.onfident returning to space tomorrow in a used capsule runs deep. >> i know somebody that i trust completely was really involved in developing this vehicle. >> reporter: that somebody is fellow astrona behnken, her husband. on that very first spacex flight last summer, behnken flew in the same crew dragon capsule. in fact, sat in the very same seat that his wife will ride into space. >> it is funny to me that sometimes i'll start asking questions of the trainers and they'll say, you know, your husband had the same set of questions for us. >> reporter: is he going to leave you a note? >> i'm not sure. i think there's any chewed up gum under the seat i'll know where it came from. >> reporter: the weather forecast is looking good for lift-off tomorrow. set for 5:49 eastern time, 5:49 in the morning. the crew will dock with the space station, gayle, on saturday morning. >> that is very cool. thank you very much, mark. we all remember when her husband went up. >> that's right. >> i love tha

. >> one of my favorite pieces of the story is megan mcarthur, one of the astronauts, is going to be to the iss in last year shifting gears when it comes to commercial crew broadly, boeing is part of the program we got some guidance in terms of when it's going to rae test its capsule starliner, that's looking like it may not happen until august or september. what is the likelihood that we could actually see crude flights by boeing as well? >> great question. so we're finishing up the final review of the vehicle, both the starliner and the atlas 5, and that will be complete pretty soon, and then we're just trying to find the launch date on the range here at kennedy space center and cape canaveral space force station. busy time down here in florida for launches, so, yeah, it's looking like august or maybe september and then we'll have to see how that orbital flight test 2 goes and the progress towards the commercial flight to determine the earliest launch date for what we call cft 1 the crude flight test 1, so hard to say when that's going to be right now until we gets the data from th

astronaut megan mcarthur is the wife of astronaut bob behnken, part of peacespacex's first -- look happyal. >> think about it -- space travel to a space station and they're all -- we're looking, like going to the airport. >> all i could think was "2001 a space odyssey." just the imagery of the spacecraft itself. it was awesome. >> someone said there may be a point in the near future when there is never a moment when there's not a person in space, orbiting. >> next>, an amazing story regarding harriet tubman. stick around. >>> for those of you without local news, "cbs this morning saturday" will return in a few minutes. for now, i'm ian lee with a look beyond this morning's headlines. the pandemic caused shortages of everything from toilet paper to appliances. while supplies of some products have replenished, one item remains elusive. we have the report. >> reporter: construction company owner ray perkins has plenty of business. rising lumber prices keep cutting into his bottom line. >> normally they're $3.49 or two by four, now $6.49, $6.50. >> hard wood, lumber -- >> reporter: interior

european p space agency astronaut thomas pesquet, and pilot megan mcarthur sitting in the same seat in in last may when she and their son watched from the ground >> your whole heart and soul is on that rocket, watching the person you love. i was thinking, i will be so happy to see his face when they reach orbit, we can see him and know everything has gone well. >> reporter: dragon and her cree i.s.s. early saturday. there is one small complication. when the dragon space capsule arrives with four astronauts on board, that brings to 11 the number of people on board the station. they've got three toilets for 11 people, but they don't have enough sleeping quarters acting nasa administrator says two astronauts will simply have to float sleep their sleeping bags tied to a wall >> the station is the size of a football field, but the interior is more like a four or five-bedroom house they have the third dimension where they can sleep anywhere and tether themselves. >> reporter: the tight quarters won't last long. the four astronauts who arrived at the station last november will return to earth