meir has a ph.d in marine biology and koch in electrical engineering. today's six-hour mission replace a power controller on the outside of the space station that failed over the weekend. the first all-female spacewalk was canceled when nasa didn't have enough medium space suits on the station and does now and just released the next generation space suit. >> we need a space suit that could go from 1% to 99% inside. >> reporter: because the women should be an astronaut to return to the moon by 2024. >> in your dream world, do you think what kind of mission you would love? >> yeah. in a dream world. i think i'd like to go back to the moon. i think that would be a great first step to getting to mars as well. >> reporter: today a first step. >> we could have never imagined that our childhood dream would come true -- and the two of us would be toer. >> that picture is awesome to see they are embracing the excitement of it all and not just taking it for granted. >> absolutely. >>> well, look, outside we're not taking for granted the weather we're having. >> a

nice, wow. >> reporter: meir and koch spending more than seven hours working in outer space replacingr that helps distribute power to the space station's batteries. the milestone was supposed to happen back in march, but nasa only had one suit configured for a spacewalk that was the right size. >> this is president donald trump. do you hear me? >> reporter: the president >> you'r b, brilliant women. >> reporter: meir now recognizing her place in history. >> there has been a long line of female scientists, explorers, engineers, and astronauts and we have followed in their footsteps to get us where we are today. >> reporter: back on earth, the girls in this classroom were watching in awe. >> it's really cool seeing someone with the same gender as we being out there in space and, like, doing something so great. >> reporter: adrienne bankert, abc news, new york. >> so great is right. thanks so much for watching tonight. i'm tom llamas. "gma" first thing in the morning. i'll see you as always right back here on sunday. good night. >>> you guys failed on so many levels. pg&ecutives the hot

meir walked land over hand. koch hitched a ride on a robotic arm. two female astronauts are spacewalking together. >> women have walked in space before, 15 in fact, 14 of those nasa astronauts but this is the first time it has been all women and that has generated a lot of excitement. >> reporter: the first was supposed to happen back in march with the koch and an mcclain but only win medium sized torso space suit was available so both could not participate. since then nasa designed a more one size fits all space suit making way for the spacewalk. >> do you hear me? >> president donald trump spoke directly to them as they were finishing up their work some 260 miles above the earth. >> we can hear you. >> that is great. >> we are just doing our job and we recognize it is an achievement. >> they hope there are many more to come. lisa mateo, cbs news, new york. >>> astronaut christina koch is seven months into a 11 month space flight, the longest by a woman. >> u.s. millennials making big money. how many are already considered millionaires. >> a live l

. >> reporter: traveling at 17,000 miles per hour, it was all business for astronauts jessica meir and christina koch, wearing the red tether replacing a failed power system on the space station. >> i have control of the battery. >> reporter: but today's milestone not lost on either woman. the first all-female space walk ever. >> we called ourselves space sisters because we were together really joined at the hip going through all the classes together. >> reporter: both women part of the astronaut class of 2013 this was koch's fourths space walk, the first for meir, who told u about her childhood dream to be an astronaut three years ago at the nascar training pool in houston. >> since i was 5 years old, yeah. >> reporter: you dreamed of being an astronaut since you were 5. >> yeah, that's when i started saying it so literally is a dream come true. that's what makes it so difficult to believe. >> reporter: both could be among the astronauts to one day return to the moon today twitter lit up in celebration. >> we could have never imagined that our childhood dream would come true and the t

cooke and meir the 13th and 14th american women to complete space walks. in space was russian valentin that back in 9 19, 20 years before america's sally ride. but meir and cooke are members of the 2013 astronaut corps, the first astronaut class in the country to be 50% women it's great to celebrate the space bach walk but it's about time not to celebrate the things because they shouldn't be unusual. of course one of the astronauts said is best. jessica meir said get we hope we can provide inspiration to everyone, not just every woman who has a dream. thanks for joining us. anderson starts now. >>> good evening, we begin with breaking news. more damaging testimony in the ukraine affair. another indication of how badly president trump's personal attorney wanted to obtain dirt on the president's political rivals. the news follows two weeks of other testimony that taken together lays out the parties parts and pieces of what is a wide ranging sustained intense i havive campaign to get a foreign government to do the president's personal political bidding in exc

this was meir's first space walk. she's now the fifteenth woman to do so.ahead of today's historic mison. >> what we're doing now showsl e work that went in in decades prior, all the women who worked to get us where we are today. and nice thing for us: we don't think about n always been at the table and it's wonderful to be contributing to the human spaceflight program at aime when all contributions are being accepted, when everyone has a role. >> brangham: both meir and koc were selected as part of nasa's 2013 class. that was nasa's first class to have an equal number of men and women astronauts. nasa says it hopes to put the and this week, they veryby 2024. publicly unveiled that mission's female-friendly spacesuit. for the pbs newshour, i'm william brangham. >> woodruff: got to love it. and that's the newshr tonight. i'm judy woodruff. have a great weekend. thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the world's most pressing problems-- skollfoundation.org

meir and koch received a phone call from president trump. the first women to walk in space. meir and koch receiving congratulations from buzz aldrin, he simply says "well done." >> i don't care what it is, if you are walking in space, it is a moment. >> 14 of the women are americans. >> is that right? >> look at you coming up with the knowledge. >> that's ligright. >> every night for nearly 40 years, pat sayjack hpaused the game to get to know the players. this week, a contestant blair davis really shock things up. >> she cursed my life with three stepchildren named star, r.j. and ryan and i have one rotten grandson. >> yeah! >> all right, he briefly left speechless before that cheer. he helped blair reveals that he was just joking. turns out his wife encouraged him to do that. he finished second but he's a contestant history will remember. you are not ready for that moment. you noknow the pattern back and forth that goes on but he blew up. >> not the battle act. really on the battle act for you though? he never broke character, too. >> can

international space station gets cramped, but that's not why ktronauts christina koch and jessica meirstep outside it tomorrow morning. together, they'll replace a exterior solar panel, the first all-female spacewalk in history. >> women haven't always been at the table, and it's wonderful to be cib spaceflight program at a time when all contributions are being accepted. >> reporter: back in march, koch was supposed to spacewalk with women needed a medium-sized -srso suit and only one suit was ready. history had to wait. >> we currently do happen to have two medium spacesuits on orard now. >> reporter: just this week, itsa modeled this new spacesuit. it's designed to fit the first woman who will walk on the moon. just think-- nasa once thought only men had the right stuff. now, meir is about to become the 15th female astronaut to walk in space. >> it's really nice to see how far that we've come. >> reporter: as in women toepping together into history 260 miles above earth. mark strassmann, cbs news, atlanta. >> o'donnell: and if this story also has you over the moon, you can watch it o

christina koch and jessica meir stepping outside the international space station, 400 kilometres abovedream come true. watching from solid ground as they made repairs to the space station, president trump held the moment. and i just want to congratulate you, what you do is incredible. and so, you're very brave people. i don't think i want to do that, i want to tell you, but you are amazing people. earlier, what would have been the world's first all—women's spacewalk was cancelled because nasa did not have enough medium—sized spacesuits. it took nasa until 1978 to start appointing women, far later after russian female cosmonauts. now in 2019, proof that there is space for us all. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @benmbland gareth barlow, bbc news. good morning. this time last week the world whether story was typhoon hagibis. in fact, we were watching this powerful typhoon barrelling its way towards the shores of japan. weather warnings were enforced, several of the rugby world cup matches were cancelled, including the england—france match.

the repair job marked cook's fourth spacewalk and meir's first, but it's the first time two women haven toured out of a spacecraft as a team. >> station, this is president donald trump. do you hear me? >> we can hear you. >> that's great. >> reporter: and president trump congratulated them while the two were still at work in a video call from the white house, thanking them for their bravery and service. >> and i just want to congratulate you. what you do is incredible. you're very brave people. >> reporter: the first woman to ever walk in space was russian cosmonaut svetlana, the but plans for an all-women's walk earlier this year had to be scuttled when nasa realized the space station lacked a second properliy fitting suit. it was an embarrassing ov overl "saturday night live" back here on earth. >> and this has got to be disappointing. >> nope. >> reporter: nasa's next milestone could come in 2024 when the agency plans a return trip to the moon, very possibly with a woman taking that small step and giant leap onto the lunar service. one go indication, the mission is named artemis, af

the american astronauts christina koch and jessica meir replaced faulty equipment on the outside of the out spacewalks since 1965 but only 14 of them were women — and until today they were always accompanied by men. gareth barlow has the details. for almost eight hours, they made history. the first all—women spacewalk in history. christina koch, and jessica meir stepping outside the international space station, 400 kilometres above the earth. we hope we can provide an inspiration to everybody, not only women, but to everybody who has dreams and is willing to work hard to make the dream come true. watching from solid ground as they made repairs to the space station, president trump hailed the moment. and i just want to congratulate you, what you do is incredible. and so, you're very brave people. i don't think i want to do that, i want to tell you, but you are amazing people. earlier, what would have been the world's first all—women's spacewalk was cancelled because nasa did not have enough medium—sized spacesuits. in the early days of human space flight, women were not astronaut. there

now meir is about to become the 15th female astronaut to walk in space. >> it's really nice to see howr: as in women stepping together into history, 260 miles above earth. mark strassmann, cbs news, atlanta. >> and if this story also has you over the moon, you can watch it on nasa tv, and we're going the tweet out the link for you. it starts at 7:15 eastern time tomorrow. i'm norah o'donnell in new york. we'll see you tomorrow. good night. ♪ >>> this is the "cbs overnight news." >> welcome to the "overnight news." i'm tom hanson. the white house has done a u-turn in its battle against the impeachment inquiry gaining steam on capitol hill. acting chief of staff mick mulvaney for the first time admitted that president trump withheld military aid to ukraine as a quid pro quo, which means they'd get the money if they investigated mr. trump's political rivals. for weeks now, the president and his allies have denied this. meanwhile, one of president trump's long-time supporters gave congress a behind-the-scenes look at the pressure campaign in ukraine. nancy cordes reports. >> it left the pr

probe is being conducted into an allegation that trying to pressure ukraine's president below to meir's a lens to investigate trends political rival joe biden and biden's son. let's go live now to washington bureau chief for a phone number under thanks for being with us to tell us what do we know about this whistleblower so the whistleblower has been described as an intelligence official we don't know his or her identity about as you said this appears to be someone with the 1st hand knowledge of some of the other geisha instead were outlined in the original whistleblower complaint so that appears to be someone who can talk about directly at all it's to events related to ukraine and to this phone call president trump had with the ukrainian president and that could be someone he could undercut president strom's claim that the 1st whistle blower complaint was completely wrong. as i recall he was saying that this was 2nd hand knowledge for the 1st complaint but now we have somebody who has firsthand knowledge of how how do you think this will affect the trump inquiry going forward . well i

so we have astronauts, christina coach and jessica meir they're replacing a battery unit on the internationalstation how cool is this keep in mind that it's a 221st space walk to support the station. but it sure is nice to see the ladies doing it right this and grading sample for for young girls who are interested in science. it's always nice to see nice to see the ladies at work. all right coming up next on a shutdown and east bay facility after an explosion and we'll have theveatigation coming up i live report plus pjd will be holding an emergency meeting what they're expected to discuss after the break. 1850 coffee. ♪ ♪ inspired by the year the folger coffee company began. with a bold yet smooth taste. ♪ ♪ 1850 coffee, begin boldly. >>fletcher that's my message thursday, what can be more like friday and everybody and let's see if it's a good friday out there so far this morning on the road rob, it is good morning, we're hoping for friday like conditions through the rest of the morning right that will be great so far no hot spots in your drive times are looking good. can't complain about th

relating to trump's contacts with ukraine including the now infamous phone call with its leader golda meir's a lengthy also coming out. and other day of deadly unrest and the rockies and its worst crisis since the defeat of the islamic state with dozens killed in 4 days of rioting iraq's leading shiite cleric says enough is enough. and the british parliament portrayed as a chamber full of squabbling chimpanzee not the latest threats of debate but a 10 year old paintings by the anonymous art superstar banksy a work that is a record 11000000 euro rose. i'm irish waiter thank you for joining us for the 1st time the impeachment inquiry into u.s. president donald trump has reached directly into the white house democratic lawmakers have subpoenaed officials to force the release of documents relating to trump's contacts with ukraine including his call in january with ukraine's president boredom is a lengthy. several house committees are looking into whether trump pressured ukraine to investigate former democratic vice president joe biden trump has vowed not to cooperate with the probe. and joining

our flight engineer, christina koch and flight engineer jessica meir. i just want to congratulate you, what you do is incredible. so, you're very brave people. i don't think i want to do it. i must tell you that. but you are amazing people. they're conducting the first ever female space walk to replace an exterior part of the space station. they're doing some work. and they're doing it in a very high altitude. an altitude that very few people will ever see. congratulations, christina and jessica, on this historic event. this is truly historic. you're right now on television all over the world so don't get nervous. [laughter] i'd like to ask you a question. what would you like to tell everyone listening and watching today. young women who are interested in space. >> there's about a four or five-second delay. president trump: oh, ok. >> thank you. first of all, we don't want to take too much credit because there have been many other female space walkers before us, this is just the first time there's been two women outside at the same time. it's interestin

>>actress jessica meir and christina koch made the first ever all all female spacewalk on friday anden everywhere now those 2 astronauts are. >>talking about their experience. >>it was really incredible experience and it's difficult to put it into words the mixture of emotions and feelings that you have when you're going out the door, the first time, i'll never forget that moment coming out the hatch and looking down and seeing just my boots and the earth below and it was such a spectacular and beautiful sight. >>it's really was really quite overwhelming and we went out and did the job that we had to do and we're lucky enough to have some time to enjoy the view as well. >>it is an honor have a matching component something that was worn on that historic moment when cap and sullivan was the first. >>us women to do a spacewalk back in 1984. and the fact that she had those kind words to say for us and you know what we were doing last friday is just an incredible honor those that paved the way for us to be where are today, we just have just the upmost appreciation for them and i think we

american astronauts christina koch and jessica meir replacing a faulty power controller on the international space station. we are looking helmet camera video. a very cool perspective. this started 15 minutes ago as they walked out to establish their tethers and got to work. as you can see we see what they are seeing. this mission will take a while and is expected to last six hours. you will keep an eye on that. love seeing this historic all- female spacewalk. this is kind of amazing. we will keep an eye on that for you. welcome back to mornings on 2. it is friday, october 18. i'm claudine wong. >> i'm dave clark. let's talk about your friday weather. it should get warmer. steve paulson is here. >> by sunday. we don't have an out of this world forecast. >> i wish i had said that. >> it's friday. we need to keep it light! we have a lot of cloud cover to the north. some of that work its way over the weekend but by sunday temperatures are up and early next week it will be warm and dry in the mid-80s. today, 60s and 70s. not too much change from yesterday. temperatures are below average but they

well, christina koch and jessica meir received a rather special call. station.t's great. i was starting to get worried about you! i was starting to get worried about you. we are going to speak to libby jackson, the human exploration programme manager at the uk space agency. she has worked in mission control and also trains the astronaut tim peake, and she has just got off a flight in the states, and joins us live from washington. thank you for speaking to us at such short notice here on bbc news. first off, your reaction to the fantastic news today? 0h, off, your reaction to the fantastic news today? oh, it's delightful to see, and it is an inspirational milestone. it is going to be great, particularly for young people all around the world, in the uk for us vertically. to see that spaces somewhere that everyone can work in. i know that a lot of little girls around the world are going to see that it around the world are going to see thatitis around the world are going to see that it is not a male dominated place as much as it used to be, and it is changing. diver

jessica meir says the experience particularly meaningful because her friend, christina koch was the otherkoch says the change to inspire the chance rather to inspire future explores really meant a lot to them. >>those the pave the way for us to be where are today, we just have just the upmost appreciation for them and i think we just pay homage to the fact that they allowed us to do what we do today and to achieve the dreams that we have. >>both astronauts scheduled to stay at the international space station until next spring. >>franz a pbably know the final trailer for the latest movie expected. so we've got >>ready the final trailer for the final star wars movie in the star wars saga will be released this evening disney says the trailer for the rise of skywalker that stay doing. during tonight's big football game. happens to be the day the late actress carrie fisher would have turned 63 and she does make an appearance in this movie tonight's football game monday night football earlier this hour patriots and the jets are playing the trail is expected to be. ringer and 00:30pm tonight. ou

christina coch and jessica meir replace ad power station that failed last weekend.the in class of 2013. today their historic spacewalk got the attention of the white house and a phone call. >> i just want to congratulate you both. you're very brave, brilliant women and you represent this country so well. and, our country is very proud of you. >> for us this is really us doing our job. something we've been training for six years, preparing for. >> coke and meir are colleagues and friends. the failed unit had no impact on crew safety or ongoing lab experiments but they are important, they regulate the amount of charge put into the batteries and collect energy from the station's enormous solar arrays. the necessary woman's massive feet when the owe iron capsule lands on the moon's surface where a female astronaut with a male counterpart will land on the moon's surface, scheduled in 2024. a woman will be able to join that club for about 50 years now, has only been men with footprints on the moon. connell? connell: great stuff. phil keating. thank you, sir. melissa: spea

christina koch and jessica meir rhonda mission to replace a it comes 35 years after because not becamehe first woman to walk in space. for more on this, i spoke with wey lawrence, nasa astronaut wh logged hundreds of hours in owace. i askedhe felt? >> am envious because everyone would like to have the opportunity to go and do a spacewalk. we all do spacewalk training but not everne gets to do a spacewalk outside their craft. i am thrilled they re able to go out today, successfully accomplish their objectives. and, more portly, compensating for an milestone. a significant miley, accomplish >> it has been 35 years since the firswoman conducted a spacewalk. why did it take so long? >> several factors. in the early days of astronauts., women there were only a couple of women selected as russian cosmonauts. it took nasa until 1978 to select women. we have been catching up. when you look at the last two after not candidate selected, women were almost 50% in the last class and in 2013. it is a matter of time. >> we were member in march, that was supposed to be the first female spacewalk, but

international space station and made a giant leap for womankind and history made today as a astronaut jessica, meir and kristina cooke they became the first all female team to space walk outside the international space station. they had to replace some faulty equipment. they said the walked went really well and during the walk the president called telling them they were doing an incredible job, both women had to train for 6 years. cook is scheduled to stay at the station until next february mir is going to be there until now next april. >>is important in business and here kron 4 we have the 4 zone forecast we do for your health for your money, but best of all is before. that's right open for that all right always something going on in the bay area for the weekend hey how about this you know this is a huge one. this half moon bay pumpkin festival if you're headed out there going to be a great time they're going to start early in the morning with a good old pumpkin bread a pancake breakfast and guess what they've got the great pumpkin parade by the middle of the day it will be cool out their plan on

christina koch and jessica meir spent more than seven hours replacing a failed power unit outside theulated by president trump via a video link during their walk. nasa abandoned a previous all—female mission in march because of a shortage of spacesuits to fit women. we are at westminster this morning, it's an extraordinary day. the commons will be sitting, the brexit vote will be happening. it's all about numbers. but can the pm get enough support from across the commons? lets take a look at the figures. of 639 mps — the magic number boris johnson needs to get his deal over the line is 320. there are 287 conservative mps and the prime minister has to make sure every one of them backs him — this includes 28 hard—line we know borisjohnson can't rely on the snp, plaid cymru, and the lib dems — and, at the moment, the dup's 10 mps say they'll vote against the deal. then there are 23 former conservatives, recently kicked out of the party. we expect some, but not all, to vote for the deal. now, we come to labour. the majority will vote against the prime minister, but a small number are expe

i think we were both disappointed in the case of golda meir and the signals sent.she didn't pick up on the signals. there is a debate about each of those, but on the other hand, while she was maybe not top tier on the peace issue of the relations, if we would ever do a sequel on what do they do when it comes to other issues like soviet jews that come out of the soviet union in 1989, 1990, 91, 92, but i think because she was ambassador in moscow in 1948 and shortly after, but she has a key role in the movement. the very first meeting with carter they want to raise it maybe there is room for some sequels confronting the hard choices and making them anyway, and would golda meier in the case of revere, they made a reference to it and both of them came up with creative ideas on how to respond to dot and she will not hear of it. it's interesting also when the mission begins and they pose a question on each side, they have to come in and explained that they do not have a response and kissinger .-full-sto blows up at a response. so, there are some instincts said the decisi

>>christina koch and jessica meir left the international space station here's video of that moment that who will replace a battery unit that did not come back on after new lithium ion battery what. >>as a stall that was on october the 11th. the pair has been training together for the last 6 years cold arrived at the station on march, the 14th and will stay there until february of 2020 making her time at the station the longest ever single space flight by a woman. mir will spend more than 6 months on board. >>listen of disney fans this could be your dream job you can earn a $1000 just by watching your favorite disney movies. media site reviews dot org says it's looking for the biggest battles, disney fans to watch in review, 30 disney movies or tv shows. here's the catch to apply it to be at least 18 years old and a us citizen or permanent resident, you also have to submit a sample video review of your favorite disney movie and share details about your social media following up to 5 selected candidates will have 30 days after the disney plus streaming service launches on november 12th to

nasa astronauts christina koch and jessica meir are scheduled to conduct the first all-female space walk outside the space station to fix a broken battery charger. an all-female space walk was planned for earlier this year but had to be canceled because the right-sized space suit was not available. >>> there's new fallout in the nba china controversy, and the battle over funding the president's border wall. those are some of the headlines on the "morning newsstand." the "washington post" reports the senate failed to block president trump from redirecting money from the military budget to help pay for the border wall. mr. trump had declared a national emergency to move $3.6 billion from the pentagon's budget. nullify his declaration of a national emergency. the president vetoed that. and yesterday the senate attempted to overturn that veto but fell short of the two-thirds needed. it included ten republicans voting with the democrats. >>> "the chicago tribune" says city teachers will be on strike for a second day today. [ chants ] about 25,000 teachers union members walked off the job yest

jessica meir's has no stripes. them apart for koch, this is her fourth space walk this year, and by the way, she's on track to set a record for the longest amount of time in space for a woman. 328 days, if she makes it. by the way, the longest single space flight by a nasa astronaut, that was scott kelly, 340 days. >> i can't believe it's happening right now, right above us there they are >> so cool. >> 248 miles up there. >> thank you so much >> you bet >>> and we are back in a moment with the duet that kelly clarkson describes as a dream come true. wait until you hear it, after a check of your local news and weather. we're not plastic-sealed, breakfast-compromise people! we're mcmuffin people. we're fresh-cracked, sizzled and toasted-until golden people! it's time to come back to the breakfast table. mmhhmm. it's time to... wake up breakfast! with mcdonald's. ♪ and take an extra 15 or 20% off! introducing scott living - new at kohl's... save on bath towels - just $6.79... and save on a new coffee maker. plus - ta

the repair job marked koch's fourth spacewalk and meir's first but it's the first time two women haved out as a team. >> this is president donald trump. do you hear me? >> we can hear you. >> that's great. >> reporter: and president trump congratulated them while the two were still at work in a video call from the white house. thanking them for their bravery and service. >> and i just want to congratulate you, what you do is incredible, you're very brave people. >> reporter: the first woman to ever walk in space was russian cosmo naught svetlana. cathy sill v cathy sullivan followed a year later but plans earlier this year had to be scuttled when nasa realized the space station lacked a second propery fitted suit. it was an embarrassing oversight that was not overlooked by "saturday night live" back on earth. >> this has got to be disappointing for you. >> nope. >> reporter: nasa's next milestone could come in 2024 when the agency planned to return trip to the moon, very possibly with a woman taking that small step and giant leap on to the lunar surface. one good indication, the missi

nasa's face of space has changed for good, and christina koch and jessica meir are about to prove it.ional space station needs a repair. there's a faulty battery charger on the left side of the power truss. in a space first, two female astronauts will step outside to replace it. >> it's just normal. we're part of the team. we're doing this work as an efficient team working together with everybody else. >> reporter: meir's a 43-year-old ph.d. speaks three languages, enjoys hiking. she's never gone for a walk like this. >> starting -- >> reporter: koch, 40, has made three prior space walks but never before with another woman. >> i do think it's important because of the historical nature of what we're doing, and that in the past women haven't always been at the table. >> reporter: back in march, koch and astronaut ann mcclean were supposed to make the first all-female space walk, but both women needed the only available medium-size torso space suit. >> christina koch -- >> reporter: mcclain stayed inside. >> it was based on my recommendation. >> reporter: on earth, "snl" struck space gol

christina koch and jessica meir spent more than seven hours replacing a failed power unit outside theey were congratulated by president trump via a video link during their walk. nasa abandoned a previous all—female mission in march because of a shortage of spacesuits which fit women. we are not normally at the house of commons at westminster on a saturday morning, this is no ordinary morning because the brexit vote will be taking place today to give you a sense of their time is, just over an hour we are expecting borisjohnson to address mps. hour we are expecting borisjohnson to address mp5. the vote itself later in the day, possibly around 2:30pm. 21 former conservative mps were expelled from the party a few weeks ago, after voting against the government to prevent a no—deal brexit. borisjohnson now needs the support of those tory rebels in order to get his new agreement through the house of commons. we'rejoined by the now independent mp, antionette sandbach. i have to ask, how are you going to vote ? i have to ask, how are you going to vote? iam hoping i have to ask, how are you goi

. >> in just a few hours christina koch and jessica meir will leave the international space station token battery charger. this will be the first all-female spacewalk in nasa's 61-year history. >> the milestone was originally scheduled for march but that was scrapped because the two medium-sized spacesuits were not available then. >> we've got the suits. we've got the women who are going to do the spacewalk. and they are going to just be out of this world. >> yeah. >>> next, stealing the show in washington, a youngster had his big moment at the capitals game. >> this is adorable. jackson friedlander scored two goals in a game that took place during an intermission. that got him an interview after coming off the ice. >> and jackson really went for it. listen. >> all i wanted is to have some speed and have fun. hockey, always remember hockey's not about winning, it's always about fun. i'm like seriously excited. i'm kind of shy but mostly excited. and courageous. >> do you have anything you want to say to all your fans out there? i think you have gained a lot of fans in these last couple

positions and trust that your opponent will do the same that is in essence what ukraine's president golda meir's alinsky is asking his troops to do 5 years into the conflict that has claimed more than 10000 lives a durable cease fire has proven to be out of reach that could now change at least a long one small stretch of the 400 kilometer front line both ukrainian government forces and pro russian separatists have today begun withdrawing from their frontline defenses in the town of zillow the idea is to create a wider demilitarized zone between troops on both sides improving the chances of a ceasefire actually holding. all right for more on this i'm joined now by our correspondent nick connelly he is in kenya good evening to you nick this is just one tell along a very very long 400 kilometer front line is this withdrawal is i mean is it really that big of a deal. good evening. from abroad this might look like small fry but this is something that has proven incredibly difficult to achieve even on a small scale the past 5 years of this conflict time and time again after a few days the shooting got

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christina koch, and jessica meir, who has a doctorate in marine biology, stepping outside the internationalnot only women, but to everybody that has a dreams — that has a big dream — and is willing to work hard to make that dream come true. watching from solid ground as they made repairs to the space station, president trump hailed the moment. and i just want to congratulate you, what you do is incredible. it‘s so — you‘re very brave people. i don‘t think i want to do that, i must tell you that, i want to tell you, but you are amazing people. earlier, what would have been the world‘s first all—women‘s spacewalk was cancelled because nasa did not have enough medium—sized spacesuits. in the early days of human space flight, women were not astronauts. there were only a couple selected as russian cosmonauts. it took nasa until 1978 to start selecting women. now in 2019, amid the inky abyss, proof that there is space for us all. gareth barlow, bbc news. dr carly howett is assistant director in the department of space studies at the southwest research institute in boulder, colorado. she told us w