robert: all right, well, ripley, have you had enough of being on tv? are you done?shair: yeah. robert: okay, good. well, we wanna thank you guys for comin' on. this is great. i actually am just so happy because, having heard about it, i didn't really know what to expect, and to see, you know, madison being so supportive, seeing ripley so energetic, it's actually a very encouraging thing. okay? shannon: thank you. robert: all right, thank you, and we'll have you back. i'd love to hear more about it.. robert: and we will have a link on nbcbayarea.com, on how to help heart warriors, including some events this summer. and, next, we look at the first vietnamese dual-language immersion program in northern california. the south bay has the country's largest vietnamese-american community, so it's appropriate to see the first dual-language immersion program being set up in the franklin-mckinley school district in san jose, but also a little surprising, maybe, that it took so long to happen. here to talk about this huge cultural leap is yelitza pena from the school district.

[laughter] what sort of data are you hoping to get from ripley?t: from ripley in particular, what it is like to sit in that seat. she is instrumented with a lot of different sensors com so we will know how much acceleration she felt, which vibration e felt, and the different parts of her body. i can tell from looking at the video that she had a smooth ride. jane: this is good for nasa, but does it also open up space travel for other people? garrett: it does. it's interesting, right now wee tirely focused on serving our nasa customer. the primary purpose is to geted the untates of america back to launching men and women on american rockets from american soil. without having to rely on partners to do that for us. that is our primary focus. but as part of the contract, we have the ability to build more dragons and take other people, not ju nasa astronauts, up to space. that is something you wi see, in the not-too-distant future. jane: when do you think dragon will be launching for real? garrett: well,he did launch for real, but nobody was sitting in

the age of a certain age that is sigourney weaver's name ripley and pretty cool. david: this is going in the spacex capsule and preliminary to sending the vehicle up with real people as early as july it turns out. it's a competition, not the u.s. versus russia but boeing. boeing is two weeks behind them. alix: they secured pace on a russian aircraft because they weren't sure it would work out and is not deemed successful until it returns to the atmosphere and lands safely. david: we'll be launching from the united states instead of russia. alix: coming up, liz young, head of market strategy will be joining us on the potential of a u.s.-china trade deal. this is bloomberg. ♪

the goal of this demo mission centered around a flight dummy named ripley. how he feels about being called a dummy all the time. but we'll talk about that coming up. >> he has a name at least. right? >> right. >>> we start this half hour with the terrifying moments for a teenager who found herself trapped when a small plane crashed into her house. >> a hero throwing caution to the wind rushing in to save her. abc's zachary kiesch joining us with more. zachary, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, whit. this is an incredible story. imagine you're in your house just go about your everyday life and in comes an airplane. this morning dramatic images of the moments right after that happened as a neighbor ran in to help. >> i got you, okay. just sent you a prayer. give me a thumb's up, okay? >> reporter: new this morning, the incredible video of a 17-year-old girl trapped in a wall just minutes after an airplane barreled into a bedroom in winter haven, florida. her brother and a neighbor scrambling to save her. you can see her give the thumb's up here t

. >> ripley says don't call me a dummie. i'm making history. >> right. all right. >>> new at 11:00, hospital will open the doors in san francisco this weekend. >> nbc bay area's kira klapper has a look inside. >> good morning to you. they'll open cpmc campus tomorrow. the primary reason for the building of this new hospital is to meet seismic requirements. the campus is first building get this in the country to use the wall dampered designed to absorb the strong movement of an earthquake. officials locking forward to offering the community two expanded e.r.s and 13 new state of the art operating rooms. >> excited to be moving into this location because we'll still be able to serve the neighborhoods that we're currently serving in a more central location here in san francisco. >> the 274-bed hospital will replace the campus currently on pacific and california and the official move-in date is tomorrow. >> got to love a new hospital. nice and clean. >> all fancy and all the windows and shiny. you know? kind of like the one over

will ripley live for us in hanoi. >>> we'll stick with the summit. the word of a brutal dictator over his own intelligence agencies. the president says when he met with kim jung-un, he discussed the injuries suffered by warm oth -- by otto warmbier, injuries that proved fatal. here is the president. >> i don't believe that he would have allowed that to happen. just wasn't to his advantage to allow that to happen. he felt very badly. he knew the case very well, but he knew it later. he tells me that he didn't know about it and i will take him at his word. >> here is the reaction from mitt romney. >> i think there is no question but that the government of north korea has been responsible for a whole host of human rights abuses and atrocities. i've never heard somebody who did something wrong jump up and say yeah, i did it, i did it. they typically blame somebody else. >> took far fewer words for ben shapiro to express his opinion. fing pathetic. joining us here this morning, new yorker website executive editor, cnn global affairs analyst. great to see

if all goes well, ripley should reach the international space station on sunday. musk says he hopes the capsule will be ready to carry people later this year. >> frankly, i'm a little emotionally exhausted. because that was super stressful. >> but the mission is not over yet. space capsule still must complete the mission, docking with the international space station and splashing down go the atlantic ocean on march 8th. >>> a $2 billion grand opening of sorts in san francisco for patients and employees at the bay area's newest hospital campus. of sutter's old hospitals tom the new campus this morning. the move cet the 11-floor facil. nbc bay area caught up with the first patient to move into one of the new hospital's state-of-the-art private rooms. he says he couldn't be happier with the move and the new digs after spending more than five months at another campus since may. >> you know, we all wish we could be at home, you know. home is comfort, but this is amazing. it's like a hotel. and i think it helps with healing, you know, when you're in a place where you fe

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. >> on board is a life size test dummy named ripley. he's named after the character from the alien movies. >> which i remember. >> i don't remember that. >> no, they were before your time. >> if all goes well, ripley should reach the international space station tomorrow. elon musk says he is hopeful the capsule will be ready to carry people later this year. >> to be frank, i'm a little emotionally exhausted because that was super stressful. >> but the mission is not over yet. the space capsule must complete the mission, docking with the international space station tomorrow and splashing down in the atlantic ocean on march 8th. the last time americans launched into space from the united states was back in 2011 when the space shuttle program came to an end. >>> some new video we want to show you right now. take a look at this. this cabin -- >> oh. >> yes, it was no match for the heavy snow that collected on top of it. it just kind of collapsed. another angle. >> again? ss a boy scout camp in wisconsin earlier this week. the heavy snowfall

how did the mannequin test dummy ripley do? >> the data was all looking very good. >> the mannequin did not complain once. >> it looked fine. >> reporter: spacex launched from pad 39, where apollo and shuttle missions took off, but has not seen crew launches for eight years, with america relying on the russians. the dragon capsule faces two more big tests -- docking with the space station sunday morning, and re-entering the earth's atmosphere five days later. but a major step tonight toward sending american astronauts from american soil to space. it's not just spacex planning to carry americans to the space station. boeing is producing its star liner capsule which it hopes to test next month. tom? >> david kerley for us. david, thank you. >>> and there's much more ahead on "world news tonight" this saturday -- the terrifying shootout. a man armed with a gun firing wildly at police officers. right next to an elementary school. >>> plus -- escape artist in action. a teenager handcuffed and in custody, diving head-first out of a w

he is aery happy man. >> my thoughts are with ripley up there, all by myself on that thing. tomorrow.s set for spacex isn't alone in this effort. boeing developed its own astronaut spacecraft. >> reporter: yeah, absolutely right. unmanneds running its test next month. if all goes as anned, if both of these tests go well, spacex would like to have ane m mission in july. boeing is aiming for august. listen, guyshis would be the first time american astronauts haveifted off from american soil on an american rocket sincs the shuttere retired in 2011. a lot of people view this a a very american and patriotic seeing as we now are american rockets starting to prepare to bring americans back into space. >> root for success. tom, thank you ver much. reporting at cape canaveral today. >>> president trump is speaking at the cpac conference in maryland later this morning. it is a group of conservatives, and the president will be given a warm welcome after a turbulent week, from north korea to his former personal attorney testifying before congress. geoff bennett is following for us. >> r

in the middle, nasa's iain maclean.m mannequin named ripley. in the middle, nasa's iain maclean.s been eight long years that the country that won the space race has been grounded. the shuttle was withdrawn from service because it was unsafe. if all goes well in the next few hours, the dragon capsule will take astronauts into space later this year. but its biggest testis later this year. but its biggest test is yet to come. after the capsule docks, it will make its way back to earth, and then re—entry —— undocks. the most hazardous part of the mission. it has a heat shield to protect it from higher temperatures, retro rockets and four parachutes will have to slow the dragon down before it slashes down into the atla ntic before it slashes down into the atlantic ocean this afternoon. —— splashes down. donald trump's former campaign chairman paul manafort has been sentenced to 47 months in prison for banking and tax fraud. mr manafort‘s is the only case to go to trial so far brought by the special counsel, robert mueller, who is investigating alleged collusion between the trump campa

cnn's will ripley is live in beijing with more of these developments.ter: they are, alisyn, because what they signal according to an slifts a potential shift by north korea to a more militaristic posture given the failed summit in hanoi last week. it's significant that they are acknowledging that the summit ended unexpectedly without an agreement and that they're blaming the united states. because the coverage up until now has been largely positive about the summit. north korea even aired an 80-minute documentary full of pictures including kim jong-un and president trump and glowing commentary about what a success the trip in vietnam was. but it now sees that north korea may be starting to shift the narrative to let their own people know that the united states, in their view, didn't follow through with its end of the bargain and that changes could come in terms of north korea's approach. that, as this missile facility, i should say it's a satellite launched facility, they've never launched an icbm from there. they have tested missiles from there. after

we had ripley, you've got freya. it was fantastic. and storm freya later tomorrow, later tomorrow. this is the latest satellite picture from space. this cloud here will develop into storm freya, it has not developed yet nowhere near storm, but this curl of cloud will bring wet and windy weather, bringing of the east inside of the uk, brightening in edinburgh for example. it is a slow start though in essex, still a lot of low cloud. but it will improve, skies brightening, some sunshine but already we saw the cloud coming in from the atlantic. this is rain, stencilling winds for northern ireland, pushing across scotland this afternoon, into wales later today. they winds pick—up, strong to gale force for moreton island and western scotland, but a southerly wind. the rain has temperatures 10-11. but the wind. the rain has temperatures 10—11. but the midlands, much of eastern england, dry and brightening up, temperatures could be 14 degrees. we will get rain here eventually. it will turn windy in the north—west of scotland, gales or severe

let's talk about it with will r ripley. he is live in hanoi.tart with the fall out to the president's response to otto warmbier's family, letting kim jong-un off the hook. given your knowledge of how that country works, you have travels to north korea many times, do you get the sense kim jong-un didn't know what happened here? >> reporter: absolutely impossible that kim jong-un did not know he was in a vegetative state for a year. if they kept that information hidden from kim jong-un, they wouldn't be here anymore. he was complicit in it. comatose with brain damage that leads to his death six days after being released from north korea. once they knew otto was in this state, they made the choice to be deceptive, to not allow them to visit and when we went to the country and asked about otto and his condition. they kept him in the care of north korean doctors. they didn't alert the united states through the swedish embassy, that serves as the intermediary. get more technology to do something to help. kim jong-un was complicit to let that drag on

ripley the capsules captain would have survived but she was a mere dummy covered in sensors but with no voice to return greetings to her space station comrades when her capsule docked by remote control on march third. welcome to the crew dragon. congratulations to all of the teams who made yesterday's launch and today's docking a success. is amazing feat. show it's not how easy our mission is but how capable we are of doing hard things. welcome to the new era in space flight . space x. is one of a handful of private companies around the world hoping to usher in a new era an extraterrestrial travel one in which entrepreneurs rather than governments hold the key to the heavens. how much of venezuela is without its actions its a i meant the country's worst ever blackout does that make us in the door has ordered schools government entities and businesses to close in order to assist efforts to restore power blackout is raising tensions in a nation already on edge from ongoing political turmoil. dining in darkness at this restaurant in the capital caracas at seven usual but outside shops a

ripley the capsules captain would have survived but she was a mere dummy covered in sensors but with no voice to return greetings to her space station comrades when her capsule docked by remote control on march third. welcome to the crew dragon. congratulations to all of the teams who made yesterday's launch and today's docking a success. these amazing feats. show it's not how easy our mission is that how capable we are of doing our thing. welcome to the new era in space flight . space x. is one of a handful of private companies around the world helping to usher in a new era and extraterrestrial travel one in which entrepreneurs rather than government hold the key to the heavens. coming up next on star show on all things digital we'll be taking a look at how big data can also manipulate those who use it so that. you. carefully. choose to keep you.

let's get the latest here, live from will ripley in vietnam. he has been covering the summit for the past few days. before we get to the summit, yourself, i want to get your thoughts to the president's response to otto warmbier's death, essentially letting kim jong-un off the hook. given your only in of how that country works, is it possible that kim did not realize what was happening here? >> reporter: it's not possible, george. nothing happens in north korea at that level. an american student being held in the country without kim jong-un's knowledge. now, did he know about what happened immediately afterwards in terms of what caused otto to have the oxygen flow off his state. once it was cleared, it would have to have been flagged up to the very top to make a decision about how to proceed? the fact that north korea kept otto hooked up to a machine for more than a year without telling the observary and without telling us. we went every time we asked for and up/down on his condition. we never got a response. that was deception. kim jong-un was

international space station for the first time for this launch the only passenger on board was a dummy named ripleybut nasser and space x. hope to carry a real astronaut later this year but american astronauts have been forced to ride with russia's space agency since nasa rich had its own space shuttle program eight years ago very little is actually a visual dark target. that trucks can use to her about two meters away no longer sending commands a dragon doing everything on it so. incredible you're watching d.w. news live from berlin up next world stories a week in reports from new correspondents around the globe and as i remember remember you can stay up to date around the clock on our web site that's data would you dot com i'm rebecca written thanks for joining me. to. where i come from we have to fight for a free press and was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one t.v. shadow and if you lose face first with official information as attorneys i have worked at all the streets of many cancers and their problems are always the same fourteen the social inequalities a lack of the fre

shuttle intended for commercial use the only passenger on this demo one mission is a dummy named ripley carrying with him four hundred pounds of supplies for the space station it's expected to arrive on sunday and if all goes well the next mission could put two astronauts in space as early as this july nasa wardy contracts to space x. and boeing to develop cheaper methods of going to space since retiring its shuttles in two thousand and eleven thus ending its reliance on russia so use spacecraft which cost more than eighty million dollars a seat what it means for the space program is it's really opening up much more regular.

our will ripley joins us now from hanoi. now, will, the north koreans are expecting to leave this meeting, this summit with something. they left with almost nothing, but they're spinning it as a victory? >> reporter: at least in state media they are, nick. that's because they really don't have a choice. it was unprecedented for the north korean propaganda machine to announce a summit like this, especially with the united states ahead of time, and give it glowing coverage and covered chairman kim's trip and his welcome. the north koreans were absolutely certain, according to my sources, that this was going to be a success and that kim would leave away with a signed agreement that would move the ball forward and hopefully provide some economic relief. for president trump to have abruptly cut off the talks, worked out of the meeting and cancel his working lunch which is a snub that will never be forgotten by the higher ranks of north korean leadership, they were blindsided by it. frankly, nick, they didn't have a backup plan. t

ripley the capsules captain would have survived but she was a mere dummy covered in sensors but with no voice to return greetings to her space station comrades when her capsule docked by remote control on march third. welcome to the crew dragon. congratulations to all of the teams who made yesterday's launch and today's docking a success. is amazing feat. show it's not how easy our mission is but how capable we are of doing our thing. welcome to the new era in space flight. space x. is one of a handful of private companies around the world hoping to usher in a new era an extraterrestrial travel one in which entrepreneurs rather than governments hold the key to the heavens. in bundesliga football last year's league runners up shall continue their bad run of late this time with a four two away lost of better brain that their coach to death desperately needed the three points and his team we flee looked like they could oblige a midway through the first half the visitors went up one nil with this goal. but shock event took charge scoring four goals and ending the match for two winners th

his name is ripley and he's wired up to monitor data. as july. but nasa would have to be 100 president confident before nina is a astronaut climbs on board. >> emotionally exhausted. super stressful. took 17 years. haven't launched anyone yet. hopefully we will later this year. >> reporter: that is spacex founder elon musk talking at 4:00 this morning. this went off at 2:49 a.m. it's not just spacex in this business. boeing will be launching its own crew vehicle unmanned but a test coming up next month. if that goes well they could also be putting astronauts in space sometime over the summer. guys for a little bit of history. we haven't seen american astronauts on american rockets since we retired the space shuttle eight years ago. we've been paying the russians to do this for us. there's a big priority now to put americans back on american rockets and in this case it's the commercial sector that's going to be working with nasa. back to you guys. >> the future of american space travel is now. >>> president trump is speaking at the annual

live in beijing, cnn correspondent will ripley. will, what do you know about the potency of this site? >> well, we know these are two locations that are very important for north korea's missile program. and they're being watched very closely. i spoke to a couple analysts who are looking at these images from a factory near pyongyang. what these experts are seeing, evidence that someone has assembled something at this factor. either an intercontinental ballistic missile or a space rocket. it's put on a train, but there is suspension that the train could be headed to the sohae satellite facility. in recent weeks, especially in recent days after the failed hanoi summit, work there has been happening at a very rapid pace. to a point now that 38 north thinks that the launch facility is ready for a launch in the very near future. if we see this rocket or missile assembled near pyongyang arrive add sohae, that would be a clear indication that north korea is preparing to send a message of defiance to the united states. we know their leader

. >>> inside the crew dragon, spacex will send up a smart dummy nicknamed ripley to gauge the impact of the blight. >>> for nearly a month, tax refunds are starting to increase according to the irs. the average check is now $3143 on par with last year's numbers and the increase is a change from the recent downward trend of smaller checks. >>> taking a look at wall street and seeing how the dow is doing, it is up about 100 points right now. >>> let's get a check on the weather. an all-important weekend just because it is the weekend. [ laughter ] >>> of course! we are looking forward to it all week long and now it is here. here's a live look at the salesforce camera. temperatures are running into the low to mid 50s right now. concorde, 56. oakland, 53. 52 in livermore as well as downtown san francisco so driver now on high-def doppler that you can see offshore there is the rain so we are looking at more rain as we head through tonight into tomorrow. i will time that out for you in a moment but a quick check of the russian river currently at 32.68 feet. that is down to flood stage and

will ripley is in beijing. will?commercial satellite imagery is a potentially troubling pick chir. a defiant posture after the failed summit in hanoi with kim jong-un and the u.s. president, donald trump. new satellite images of a rocket and missile factory near the north korean capitol indicate, according to two analysts that north korea assembled something. maybe a space rocket. maybe an intercontinental missile. where it's headed, we don't know. north korea is one of their main launch sites, which has been rebuilt after being partially dismantled as a pledge from kim jong-un. it's now believed to be back up and running, fully operational. if the launch station is ready to receive a rocket and if satellite images show that a rocket has been placed on the launch pad, that will be a very clear message of defiance by kim jong-un in the wake of a humiliation in hanoi with president trump leaving the north korean leader bewildered after they felt they made a good offer to have the u.s. delegation reject the offer and wa

joining us live from jay bing, cnn correspondent will ripley. will, what are you learning about the power of this particular site? >> reporter: so, we know that this facility outside of the north korea capital has been used to assemble intercontinental ballistic missiles, it's also used to assemble space rockets that north korea has used to launch satellites into orbit. now, the u.s. considers very little difference between a rocket launch and a missile launch because they both use icbm technology that is banned by the united nations security council resolutions. if north korea has assembled a rocket and indeed put it on a train, and a train has left the station, as two that i've spoken with believe, the big question is where is that train headed, isn't heads to, according to 38 north, fully operational. after being taken completely apart, kim jong-un pledged to end that facility but he reversed that. and it's post president trump walking out of talks with kim jong-un, leaving the north korean leader, in the word of one's mind, humiliated and fo

cnn's will ripley is live from new york. will, you just had some great reporting. now, kim jong-un is on his way back to north korea. what was his mood when he left? >> reporter: well, if you listen to north korean topics, but the ministry officials put together a press conference here after midnight in hanoi because she felt they needed to defend themselves and counter attack what president trump was saying at the podium. that all sanctions needed to be lifted for an important but small stat of the nuclear program which would be haven't offering up a plan for the known reactor that we know, although they have secret sites separately operating across the country. north korea said they only wanted partial lifting of the sanctions. they thought the negotiations were going along when all of a sudden they were shocked and bebuildered when president trump walked away. kim jong-un was so taken away that he sent out his ministry foreign afafairs secretary to say, a, he thought the u.s. had lost their will to negotiate. and didn't understand the measurement. and this is th

shuttle intended for commercial use the only passenger on this demo one mission is a dummy named ripley carrying with him four hundred pounds of supplies for the space station it's expected to arrive on sunday and if all goes well the next mission could put two astronauts in space as early as this july nasa wardy contracts the space x. and boeing to develop cheaper methods of going to space since retiring its shuttles in two thousand and eleven thus ending its reliance on russia so use spacecraft which cost more than eighty million dollars a seat what it means for the space program is it's really opening up much more regular access to the space station redundancy right now we're relying on just one system the russian soyuz system we also have boeing starliner vehicle coming later this year so so we really will see a lot more capability in terms of our ability to launch humans into space space x. and boeing own and operate the spacecraft and will be leasing them out to nasa and other clients when striking as and regular parishioner i think we will. rules seek a crush of customers. over w

it is not me but i'll give you one hint her name is ripley and that's in reference to a famous older that involves space travel more on that coming up >> i see where you're going there. morgan, thanks. >>> speaking of, tesla announcing news yesterday evening that they're going to introduce the long promised $35,000 model 3 while adding all sales of tesla vehicles would be moving online. shares of tesla down about 7% this morning on that >> what's your take? >> i mean, it is hard to know what to pay attention to with this company for me. there's all the justification around why the standard battery wasn't coming for awhile, need for profitability, then musks tweets that draw attention on the good side but run afoul of people's opinions at the sec on the other side i don't know >> i think it could be an inflection point revolution, i don't know if it will be for tesla, but i think it will be a political issue. i think one day, and it is already starting certain places, in this case you have to buy the car and then test it out, and if you hate it, you can give it back, but it will cost

will ripley reporting live from beijing. thank you very much. >>> and president trump is at his resort in florida for the weekend, but he left washington reeling from another week of unprecedented turmoil. his former campaign manager paul manafort was sentenced to just shy of four years in prison for financial crimes, and his former longtime personal attorney went to capitol hill to spill the beans about his old boss. here is cnn's jim acosta. >> reporter: after shying away from the subject for days, president trump took aim 59 his former personal attorney michael cohen, accusing his one-time fixer of lying to congress. >> it's a stone cold lie. he's lied about a lot of things, but when he lied about the pardon, that was really a lie, and he knew all about pardons. his lawyers said that they went to my lawyers and asked for pardons. >> reporter: the president is referring to this comment cohen made last week under oath when he testified that he had not sought a pardon from mr. trump, even though his own attorneys had done ju

will ripley is monitoring the latest developments and joining us from beijing.hat are you learning, will? >> reporter: the satellite launch site we are talking about is one of north korea's most visible facilities. the north koreas know it's under the watch of spy satellites, which means whatever they are doing there, they want the u.s. to see it. new satellite images show north korea appears to be restarting work at a key missile site. a site kim jong-un had pledged to shut down. before leaving last week's failed summit in vietnam empty-handed. these images taken two days after the hanoi summit, a south korean lawmaker tells cnn, spy agency nis is seeing signs of restoration activity and increased vehicle movements at the satellite launch facility. >> they started to dismantle the facility. by august, they had taken off two of the walls and the roof. it stayed this way for almost -- for several months until about february of this year. then we started to see things move in. by march 2, they had rebuilt the walls. >> reporter: u.s. and south korean intelligence

the dragon capsule was unmanned...but hada space-suited dummy named 'ripley' on board.ripley has sensors to record everything an astronaut would experience. it's all part of elon musk's plan to launchtourist driven space travel. the dragon had brought 400 pounds of supplies to the international space station. space-x and boeing are expected to begin launching árealá astronauts into space this year. let's take a look outside right now... chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us now with the four zone forecast. lawrence karnow: we had a few showers and a little sunshine today with cool highs in the 50s. we continue to see a few showers on doppler radar and more snow in the sierra. on the satellite you can see another storm coming our way. more heavy rain is headed our way tomorrow morning. clouds will increase tonight with showers developing by early morning. (catherine if you're watching us on the new kron on app - a full hour of local sports coverage is coming up next on 'bay area sports night'. kron on is the bay area's only commercial-free 24-hour streaming news service. (pam) it's

this is a human space travel possibly in the works depending on what happens to old ripley.he dummy. they are going to try to figure out exactly how this affected what would be a human body in the same spacesuit. so once he splashes down, he is going to be met by a boat that has cranes on it and that boat will pluck him out of the ocean. so spacex can continue its research. you can see right now, that spacex crew dragon capsule going through the clouds on its four parachutes on its way down. and we don't to exactly how long it's going to take for it to actually hit the ocean. but we're going to keep watching it for you and hopefully bring it to you live. back to you. >>> thank you so much. some serious girl power on the court this weekend. not one, not two, but three oakland girls basketball teams are competing in the state championships. bishop o'dowd, oakland high and oakland tech will hit the hardwood for their division crowns tomorrow. so good luck to all of them. awesome. >>> and you may remember the 9- year-old girl who wrote a letter to warriors star steph curry. that

if all goes well, ripley intern station on sunday. says he's hopeful the capsule will be able to carry people later this year. >> i'm a little emotionally exhausted, because that was super stressful. >> mission's not over yet. space capsule still must complete the mission, docking with the international spacetation tomorrspace station tomorrow. the last time was 2011 when the space shuttle program to an end. >>> from space to sports. >> it's a lot to live up to. coming up next in sports. here are the raiders and 49ers, who are they looking at selecting in the firth roust ro the draft? plus, the giants and padres faced off this afternoon. we'll have highlights from that spring training matchup, and the warriors are in philly, looking to snap a mini two-game skid. but they'll have to do it without one of their stars. we'll tell you who and how long they'll be out. next in sports. sports desk... the warriors and sixers are underway in philadephia but golden state is without all-star shooting guard klay thompson >>> the warriors and sixer

the only passenger on this flight was a mannequin named ripley after a character in the movie alien. the first human is scheduled to make the trip later this year. >>> a moon rock collected during the apollo mission will be on display in oakland. the rock was collected during the apollo 16 mission in 1972. they received the rock from nasa this afternoon. it is being displayed as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the launch of apollo9. >>> there calling it a a miracle. to young girls missing from their home in humboldt county since friday have been found alive. >> the sisters were seen it 2:30 pm on friday afternoon out side of their home in benbow. the humbled sheriff said that leia and caroline carrico were found safe this morning in a wooded area 1.5 miles from their home. researchers say that the girls and survived for 44 hours thanks to wilderness training from the local 4-h club and they also had granola bars. the sheriff said the recovery was a miracle. >>> taco bell hot suspect that is what saved a man's life. jeremy taylor and his dog were driving last sunday in ore

man launched and still flank the car to mars cost mike on board the capsule now is a manikin named ripleyght as to what astronauts will experience on the next flight as well as the capsule itself. >> actually, having a reentry with ripley in the seat, in the position, is critical. we instrumented the crap out of >> . scott did and sensitively. >> key studies include stocking sunday at a space station, the avionics comic indications, environmental, solar arrays, guidance medication systems, it was the final special mission in july of 2011. that's the last time nasa did not have to rely on russia at $75 million or so per pot. since then, spacex and boeing have been designing their own capsules and testing to replace the shuttles permanently under contract with nasa for billions of dollars. boeing's very first or lender capsule uncrewed test flight, that's also scheduled for the nvidia. by the end of the year, they both hope to have lunch astronauts back to the space station. it's late-night, 2:49 a.m., saturday morning. >> harris: it's worth staying up for. i love space. >> it can be fun. >

. >> reporter: going along for the ride, a mannequin astronaut named ripley, fully wired to monitor the g-forces and stress that a human may one day experience. if all goes well with this unmanned test, spacex hopes to be launching astronauts from the space center as soon as this summer. american astronauts haven't lifted off in an american rocket since the shuttle was retired in 2011. now spacex and boeing have nasa contracts to do the job. boeing's test flight is set for next month. but even though spacex has already launched 70 successful unmanned missions -- >> tobacco and marijuana -- >> reporter: after ceo elon musk smoked marijuana during a live interview last year, nasa ordered a complete safety review. tonight with dragon sitting atop a falcon rocket, spacex is preparing to prove it's up to the job. tom costello, nbc news, at the kennedy space center. >>> there is outrage tonight over the aggressive tactics used by a drug company to sell more opioids, even making a rap music video with an executive in a fentanyl costume. he testified today at a criminal trial in boston. we get

along for the ride a mannequin named ripley, wired with sensors to gauge the g-forces and stress a real astronaut might experience. spacex's ceo elon musk's vision, first the space station, then the moon, and mars. >> i believe in the future of space. i think it is important we have space exploration, be out there among the stars. >> reporter: dragon is set to dock with the space station tomorrow before returning to earth next week. if all goes well, a manned mission could follow this summer. that would mark the first time in eight years that an american rocket would carry american astronauts to space. since 2011, the u.s. has paid for rides on russian rockets. now spacex and boeing are taking over the job. boeing's unmanned test is set for next month as spacex save ors today's success. spacex is aiming for a manned mission in july. boeing aiming for august. nasa has to fully sign off on both systems before they let any astronaut climb on board a commercial rocket. tom costello. >>> more than two dozen migrants returned to the border between mexico and california today. they are aimed t

cnn's will ripley is joining us from beijing. what's the latest?: wolf, a senior state department official, despite the setbacks is expressing optimism north korea could denuclearize. the united states will seek clarification about new information about activity at missile sites. growing questions about north korea's nuclear and missile program in the wake of last week's failed summit in vietnam. a south korean lawmaker tells cnn, spy agency nis is tracking increased movements of transport vehicles around a north korean missile site. work is underway to rebuild a launch pad and missile engine test stand at the satellite launch facility. what sources say may have derailed talks in hanoi, a secret uranium enrichment plant. >> it's not surprising to me that we see evidence of them continuing with their nuclear and/or missile program. that is the way they generate leverage. >> reporter: analysts say the north koreans may be looking for leave ranc leverage after president trump walked out of the summit, something regular north koreans will never know. t

human space flight the company's redesigned dragon capsule carrying a life size test dummy named ripley is scheduled for lift off early tomorrow morning ripley is named after si -- sigourney we have's character in "alien" which still scares me to this day. >>> still ahead, pete joins us for unusual activity on a stock up 14% this year option traders betting it's not done yet then we'll give you a check of the s&p sectors. s&p and up nine led by energy. that's interesting halftime is back after this. we see harnessing natural gas unleashing the promise of clean energy. at emerson, when issues become inspiration, creating a better world isn't just a result, it's a responsibility. emerson. consider it solved. each day our planet awakens but with opportunity comes risk. and to manage this risk, the world turns to cme group. we help farmers lock in future prices, banks manage interest rate changes and airlines hedge fuel costs. all so they can manage their risks and move forward. it's simply a matter of following the signs. they all lead here. cme group - how the world advances. how about le

. >> reporter: the only passenger, a mannequin named ripley. spacecraft began its journey early saturday morning when it successfully launched from the kennedy space center. since 2011 americans have traveled to the space station aboard russia rockets. but if this six-day test flight is a success the crew dragon could carry american astronauts into space this summer. >> would be a dream come true for lot of people me and others at space ex-for sure. can't wait. >> reporter: nbc news. >> would you want to go up? >> yeah. that would beinrebl. >> i know you would bringing all the scientific equipment with you. >> reason to go. or to take a look at the rstorm coming in. that is the vantage point you would want to have. and fortunately we are still --. flow coming off the ocean. still powering up showers around the bay area. seeing some dry patches. 53 degrees. wind out of the west at 12 miles per hour. palo alto seeing a few showers nearby at 55 degrees. and i think actually one of the wetter locations around the bay area has been in san jose. you

ripley would have survived, but she was a dummy, covered inin sensorors but with h no voice to returnreetings when her capsule docked by remote control march 3. >> welcome to the crew dragon. congratulations to all of the teams who made yesterday's launch and docking a success. these amazing feats show us not how easy our mission is but how capable we are of doing hard things. welcome to the new era of space flight. reporter: spacex is one of a handful of companies opening -- hoping to usher in a new era of extraterrestrial travel. one in which companies instead of governments hold the key to the heavens. carl: still to come, these beluga whales are about to leave a life in the spotlight for the peace anand quiet of a sanctuar. they have to undertake a a complicated journey. we will tell you all about it. much of venezuela is without electricity right now in the worst ever blackout. the president ordered schools, government entities and stuff to close. the blackout is raising tensions in a a nation already on edge fm the ongoing political turmoil. reporter: dining in darkness at this

that capsule -- unmanned for this flight -- is carrying a dummy named ripley.ecraft designed to carry astronauts into orbit. the rocket could end the united states' decade-long reliance on russia for human spaceflight. it will dock with the international space station sunday to drop off about 400 pounds of suppliescrew dragon will fly back home in five days. ( sara ) in national news this morning... the family of otto warmbier has issued a sharp rebuke of president trump after his public defense of dictator kim jong un in the death of their son. brian todd has more. analysts called it a low point.. in an already-dismal news conference...pres. donald trump (no font necessary): "he tells me that he didn't know about it and i will take him at his word."the president saying he supported north korean dictator kim jong un's stance, that kim didn't know of american college student otto warmbier's deteriorating condition in a north korean prison.pres. donald trump (no font necessary): "i don't think the top leadership knew about it. i don't believe that he would have a

o-ey also greeted the mannequin known as ripley, alled smart dummy designed to collect data throughout the mission. crew dragon is scheduled to begin its return to earth next friday. days before the fifth anniversary of the disappeanceay of man airline flight 370, malaysia's transport minister said his government is open to new proposals to resume a search. family members gathered to rch 8th, 2014.e later onng e.o. of the u.s. company ocean infinity released a video message toying his company has developed more advanced technology and hopes to begin a new search this year. debris confirmed to be from then ple washed ashore in the western indian ocean in 2015 and helped narrow the search area. there is still no official explanation for the plane's disappearance. for more on e proposal to renew the search for flight 370, visit pbs.org/newshour. >> sreenivasan: a record number of women were elected toss congast november, and a handful of them are mothers of young children. getting more moms into government is just one of the ways to start improving policies for american mothers, says amy

also on board, ripley, a dummy crammed with sensors to test the stresses on human passengers.sted air quality and checked the capsule before its return trip home. veteran astronaut bob benkin will pilot the mission. >> super excited. this is the precursor for our mission that's upcoming here. >> on reentry the spacecraft turned into a fireball speaking across the sky at hypersonic speeds and the deployment of a canopy of parachutes. >> when you look overall at this mission, it was a great dress rehearsal for demo two. >> if all goes well, the dragon capsule will carry it's first human passengers into orbit this summer. this is part of nasa's plan to replace russia's soyuz rockets. the space agency awarded nearly $7 billion to spacex and boeing. they promise to provide cheaper rides and bring manned flights back to the u.s. >>> a convicted murderer whose case became the focus of a popular podcast will not get a new trial. that ruling today from an appeals court in maryland which reinstated adnan syed's conviction after his case became highly publicized. he is currently serving