on the saturn 5 bass -- was powerful enough but the saturn 5 had never flown with men aboard and had only been tested twice. the second of which hat been a near disaster. now lowe was proposing the rocket's third ever flight take three men, each of whom had children and families 240,000-miles away to a place no human has ever days venture. piled high on these risks were a smorgasbord of others. deal with them in my book and must tell you any of them can make your heart stop. often when i was writing i would remove my glasses, push myself airplane from the computer and say out loud i cannot believe these guys did. the and there was a final danger and i wanted to mention it here but a it was the gravest. james webb said, if these three men are stranded out there and die in lunar orbited, webb said, no one, lovers, poets no one, will ever look at the moon the same way again. no one had considered that. but it was true of christmas, too, borman, lovell and anders war be in the lunar orbit on december 25th. if the died then compliments would never be the same? s her or all the world. ever

robert: i went to houston to see a saturn five rocket.ll three astronauts spoke of the incredible power of the saturn five and the immensity of it. it remains arguably the most powerful machine ever built. the astronauts told me that no matter how advanced simulations were, you could not get a sense of that. i wanted to get a sense of the grander of this rocket. nobody had flown this. it had been tested twice before apollo eight. in the second test, there were near catastrophic failures. a few months later, they put it on the launchpad with three human beings who had families and send them to the moon. brian: what role did the squawk box play? robert: the squawk box was putting astronauts families homes. it was a small box, looks somewhat like a radio, but there was only a volume control. the wives and children could listen to life transitions -- transmissions from mission control in the spacecraft. it was the only lifeline the wives and children had to their husbands and fathers. it was relied on very heavily by by wives and especially s

four and six were tests of the saturn five. so there was 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17. 2, 13, 14, 15, so 14. brian: how did you get all the quotes? how much of the nasa transcripts did you read? robert: i read unbelievable amounts of transcripts. the transcripts are essential to understanding the flight. i read commentary on the transcripts, i read almost every oral history nasa did been nyone who could have periphally lved -- involved with apollo 8. they were smart enough to do these histories long ago. some of these people who were involved with apollo eight are no longer with us. nasa was smart enough to interview them. it's almost like you could go back in time 50 years and talk to these people, who never otherwise would be able to reach or might not have had an opportunity in a book for. brian: who also was alive that was deeply involved in apollo 8 ? robert: well, mike collins who was one of the backup crewmembers, he was original apollo 8 crew member, and he had an injury that took him off the crew but placed him on the firs

six were tests of the saturn five. four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17. so 14. did you get all the quotes in here? and did you -- how much of the transcripts did you read? >> well, i read unbelievable amounts of transcripts. not just transcripts, though. transcripts are essential to understanding the flight. commentary on the transcripts. i read almost every oral history who could th anyone have even been peripherally apollo 8 and they were smart enough to do the oral histories long ago. so many people who were involved 8 are no longer with us. but nasa was smart enough to sit down and interview them. you o it's almost like could go back in time 50 years and talk to these people who you toer otherwise would be able reach. i've never had an opportunity like that in a book before. > who else is alive that was deeply involved in apollo 8? was on, mike collins who apollo 11 was one of the backup members. he was an original apollo 8 crew member and he had an injury that placedm off the crew but him on the first lunar landing and several astronauts still that w

. >> reporter: a day later they learned that castro got gas in a saturn in bodega bay. he may have then headed to jenner, a couple of hours later traffic cameras spotting the car heading west on the richmond/san rafael bridge and sir francis drake boulevard in marin county. it was then spotted heading south on the golden gate bridge hours before the deadly shootout in santa barbara county. no matter what the outcome, pearl's family just wants answers. >> we are ready for anything that comes our way good or bad. we are just want closure. we want to find her. we want to find out what happened to her. >> reporter: as we come back out here live, we see a crowd steadily growing here to ask the public for more information in her disappearance. now, the sheriff's investigators are asking the public to think back to memorial day 2016, memorial day weekend 2016. if you have information, call the police. ktvu's henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. >> wondering, what's the plan for those folks tonight? will they have speakers or is it like a little booth they have set up and people can pay

but the knowledge season late sunshine, but anywhere near this diagonal of card and rain, the saturnoming down towards parts of east and. eventually, what is left of that rain on the weather front, will arrive on the small hours of thursday. falling behind, clearer skies, not a cold night by any means, but temperatures will be well down into single figures. as we move into thursday, it just down into single figures. as we move into thursday, itjust begin to see a little bit of a range of high pressure, certainly dominating the bottom two thirds of the british isles, further north, i would have thought there was a chance, where the isobars archiving other way, just to keep things that little more u nsettled. just to keep things that little more unsettled. a better chance of a shower, perhaps, in northern ireland. a darting into scotland, even here, some areas will stage i. and then you see the temperature profile, much closer to what we would expect the time of year, 11-17. would expect the time of year, 11—17. having got rid of one set of weather fronts, here we are on friday, anothe

we thank you prime minister shaikh has seen that you removed latif city key from your cabinet or saturn could turn up like a son of a gun i the but that is not enough that we demand more. law teach said dicky is an atheist. and his punishment is not of death was that it. was the was. the. we asked him was this not an incitement to violence a charge. that nice. that is tommy. mano b. in his nom about it ah dear is it allah and the prophet even. if you insult or abuse them up off the whole be a hot spot. so what could you do if you are hurt but do you pick up a weapon with them but you know that with them the islamic does not commit that is what when it comes to those who hurt you and make your heart cost or at least you can ask for their punishment. austar biblical to have it. be that of. the mufti's word can mobilize huge crowds in bangladesh within the space of just hours. he casually dismisses the separation between religion and the state that is in shrine in the constitution secularism he says played no role in the birth of bangladesh. approach home decor couple of activity about a l

. >> during saturn and apolo programs he worked for a subcontractor that designed crucial launch componentsam amazed that it happened. it was so complex and so involved there were so many people. >> his certificates and award could fill a corner office. yet here he is in a broom closet. a highly trained electromechanical designer on the business end of a mop. in 2014, maury suffered a stroke. or something like it. doctors aren't quite sure. the result was clear. a major loss of cognitive function. maury says it was humbling and humiliating. but he knew if heave wanted to keep on living. he had to keep on working. >> he originally took this job for the exercise. but over the last few months he has become an integral part of the school community. >> i just love it. they're happy to see me. i've am happy to see them. >> i have gotten to care very much for them. off awe thank you, guys. >> the students clearly feel the same. in fact maury says they even say i love you. >> just hearing that makes, makes all the difference to me. >> nobody ever said that at nasa? >> no, not that i can remember. h

he got gas and a saturn. he may have went to jenner after. traffic cameras found into the west.d to the south. no matter the outcome, the family just want answers. >> we are ready for anything that comes our way. good or bad we just want closure and we want to find out what happened to her. >> investors are asking the public to think back to memorial day weekend and to give any information that might pertain to the case. >>> a 27-year-old man was shot not far from the sun valley shopping mall. witnesses say they heard gunfire and a man pushed another man onto the lawn of the home on santa monica drive on pleasant hill. this all happened at 11:30 this morning. investigations indicate this may have been results of a marijuana deal that went bad. residents say they are stunned this shooting happened on the usually peaceful street. >> it doesn't usually happen in this area. is very rare to have a shooting or anything like that in this area. it is pretty rare. >> the victim was shot in his lower body. he is in stable condition at the hospital. no arrests have been made. >>> carjackin

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if i was going to saturn, i could read that again. there are very few other things that i can read again and again. but you can read poetry over and over and you're always getting something else out of it. you can take langston hughes. you can take gwendolyn brooks. you can take countee cullen. and honestly you can take t.s. eliot. - yeah, doesn't matter. - yeah, doesn't matter. - it matters. (audience laughs) - well it matters, but it doesn't matter who you take. the point is that different people work in the context of that kind of situation. - i would like, of course nobody's gonna let me do it right now, but i would like to be able to put the anthology for space and put together the poems that we should take into space. - why would no one let you do it? that sounds like a great idea. - well i'm behind on two books already. - are you really? (audience laughs) well bookmark that thought. well bookmark that thought. so my reading of your long and distinguished career is that your first book of poetry was in 1967 or 1968. - um-hmm. -

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a special shout out to the chamber of con -- commerce as well as kaiserpermanente and saturn which helped gather up private funds. >> the mayor says once the community goes up the campers are cleared out and people cannot return. >> students going to palo alto high school could get more sleep in the school is changing its schedule. starting with the fall semester classes will start at 8:30 and sundays until 5:00 the morning after the following day. it allows students and staff more flexibility. school administrators have been working to make changes for the past five years. thieves broke into vehicles belonging to students in college park high school in pleasant hill who are attending their senior ball and this happened on saturday night and the students took charter buses and when they went back to their vehicles afterwards three dozen cars were vandalized and windows were smashed. money, shoes, backpacks were gone. no word on any arrest and no cook -- in a go fund me page has been started. >>> several victims of the northern state killer came in to attend a convention on crime and plan

use the data to map the hidden interior of the planet and look at how rocky planets like mars and saturn were birthed. with help from people all over the earth we will learn how the citizen scientists are making out of this world discoveries. >>> thousands of endangered salmon are getting a better chance of survival by being shot into the seat at half moon bay. now how pumping them out can pump up the fish population. >> reporter: a special delivery from the california department of fish & wildlife. nearly a quarter million baby salmon dropped from the hatchery landing here at north point harbor and splashing into this giant floating pen. the fishing chairman says using trucks is saving salmon. >> rather than having the fish, the juveniles run the gauntlet of going down the river and through the delta and bay, they get to hitch a ride on a truck and come straight here. >> reporter: he says the survival rate is 30 times greater than those released inland. however with all the activity, several locals quickly notice the new arrivals. how do you keep the sales and everything else -- seals a

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. >> reporter: a day later they learned that castro got gas in a saturn in bodega bay. he may have then headed to jenner, a couple of hours later traffic cameras spotting the car heading west on the richmond/san rafael bridge and sir francis drake boulevard in marin county. it was then spotted heading south on the golden gate bridge hours before the deadly shootout in santa barbara county. no matter what the outcome, pearl's family just wants answers. >> we are ready for anything that comes our way good or bad. we are just want closure. we want to find her. we want to find out what happened to her. >> sheriff's investigators are asking the public to think back to memorial day weekend 2016 and to forward them any information on the case. in vallejo, henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> a middle school science teacher is called a hero credited with saving lives in the latest school shooting in noblesville, indiana, today. a 7th grader says another student came into class acting suspiciously during a test early this morning. the student says the teacher ran at the boy, knocked

temperatures below saturn -- below normal until saturday and sunday.fternoon highs will be below average every day for the rest of the week. a little bit sunnier and milder as we head toward the weekend but likely still below average. how much below? concord, a degrees below average. palo alto, 69 degrees. 58 for half moon bay. pittsburgh, 59 degrees. minimal sunshine in the morning, blue sky in the afternoon. a breeze in berkeley with a high of 64. san rafael, 64. 59 for daly city. 70 in clearlake, that may represent the warmest location in lake county. look at the beach, only upper 50s. low 60s near the bay. it will be slightly milder friday, saturday, and sunday. still below average but more sunshine as we head toward the weekend. that's your forecast. >>> coming up, bay area artists go big or go home. the colorful works coming out of the first oakland mural festival. >>> coming up on night eat at 10:00, things got wiles at this high school prom. videos of this caged tiger are going viral. the schools response tonight on night beat at 10:00 on our s

all of a saturn that was reported that he was in china second time.erybody knew about. second time it was like a surprise. and i think things changed after that meeting. so i can't say that i'm happy about it. >> bret: didn't like it, byron. >> is amazing how open the president is in talking about i. i really didn't like that. that rubbed me the wrong way. it is part of this build up we were talking about. this is a really kind of odd event when the president is saying that he can guarantee the safety of the other leader at the summit? that sounded kind of like a godfather thing. it like a summit of the families. everything about this summit is rather odd, and i think in the sound bite you just played, the president is, as kim was saying, kind of coming back to earth on this. not talking about the nobel prize in talking about all the various roadblocks that exist before he can get there. >> bret: all right. next up, republicans want a second special counsel. president trump wants some answers. we will look into the investigation of the investigation n

moons and things like that weather might be signs of life, we talk about the moons of jupiter and saturnl, the satellites or in orbit, they do it control and in the atmosphere. we don't want a contaminated and create false readings for the future. chris, thanks. we know it is a beautiful bank holiday weekend, that is london at the moment, dutiful. there is some haze, but that will burn off. lots of people able to enjoy the weekend whether, that is salford. we will have the weather in a moment, the headlines are coming up next. here is a summary of today's main stories. donald trump has said the uk ‘s strict gun laws have led to a rise in knife crime, adding that a hospital in london was like a war zone because of the number of stabbing victims. it comes as the president defended america's rights to own guns, which he said were under siege in a speech to the national rifle association. under siege in a speech to the national rifle associationlj recently national rifle association.” recently read a story that in london that a prestigious hospital bed in the middle is like a war zone for ho

i paithey paid for early work oe saturn rocket by the german rocket scientists and became the concept and the model would eventually launch astronauts on the first moon mission years later. another thing that is authorized by eisenhower personally was the communications satellite from space to broadcast this president eisenhower's voice. so you have a mix of projects in an agency that was at war with itself and the administration and eventually what happened was eisenhower authorized the creation of nasa and they lost the civilian space programs into this space agency and the military satellites went back to the services and you were left with this agency that went on to find new missions whether it was in vietnam or the war or the nuclear test detection and that's what my book is about is what happened to this agency after the creation to find its place in the world. >> thank you. [applause] the nixon biography reached "the new york times" bestseller list and one that penn america price witprizefor the best biography 7 and the word from the new york historical society as the best wor

for the first time, three americans rode the saturn five moon rocket. >> apollo 8. apollo 8 houston trajectory and guidance. >> thank you michael. >> you're looking real good. >> they were about to leave their cradle and face the infinite frontier. >> apollo 8 houston. >> apollo 8 you are go. over. >> roger understand. >> this was the commitment. borman, they were ready for maneuver that would send them to the moon. as the world listened and watched, its people were overtaken by a new awareness, an awareness that would witness the overture to the destiny of man. >> confirmed ignition. >> on board the spacecraft, the men of apollo 8 watched the read out. velocity build up. the numbers snow balling, towards the velocity that allow the spacecraft to escape. >> joining us is elizabeth cobb and senior fella at the hoover institution. i want to talk about this intersection what was happening in 1968. we had the vietnam war. the political turmoil i was lyndon johnson announcing he's not seeking another term. soviet expansion into czechoslovakia. guest: bad year. a year it

the united states was under taking the most distant voyage by man.empted for the first time, three saturn fivede the moon rocket. static] [garbled radio >> apollo 8?[garbled radio loud and clear, apollo 8. the first stage was clear, and this one is smoother. you have your trajectory and guidance to go, over. you're looking real good. narrator: they were about to leave the cradle of earth to face the infinite frontier. 8, houston. >> go ahead, apollo 8. [indiscernible] --rrator: tli this was the commitment. they were ready for the movement that would send them home. as the world listened and watched, its people were overtaken by a new awareness, and awareness they perhaps witnessed in the overture to the ultimate destiny of man. >> ignition. >> lowell confirms ignition. and the thrust is ok. board theon spacecraft and at mission wasrol, the men of apollo 8 the readouts. velocity in feet per second, the numbers snowballing, the velocity that would allow the spacecraft to escape earth's gravity. film from nasa december 1968 as we conclude our .ine-part series here on c-span joining us in our

narrator: 11 astronauts taking man.ost distant voyage by for the first time, three americans wrote the saturn moon rocket. >> over. static] radio >> apollo 8? loud and clear, apollo 8. the first stage was clear, and this one is smoother. you have your trajectory and guidance to go, over. you're looking real good. narrator: they were about to leave the cradle of earth to face the infinite frontier. 8, houston. >> go ahead, apollo 8. [indiscernible] --rrator: tli this was the commitment. they were ready for the movement that would send them home. as the world listened and watched, its people were overtaken by a new awareness, and awareness they perhaps witnessed in the overture to the ultimate destiny of man. >> ignition. >> lowell confirms ignition. and the thrust is ok. board theon spacecraft and at mission wasrol, the men of apollo 8 the readouts. velocity in feet per second, the numbers snowballing, the velocity that would allow the spacecraft to escape earth's gravity. film from nasa december 1968 as we conclude our .ine-part series here on c-span joining us in our studios in washington, m

for the first time, three 5 moonns rode the saturn rocket. >> over. [garbled radio static] >> roger. [garbled radio static] >> apollo 8? >> we hear you loud and clear, apollo 8. >> the first stage was very smooth and this one is smoother. >> apollo 8, you have your -- your trajectory and guidance are go over. , you're looking real good. narrator: they were about to leave their cradle of earth to face the infinite frontier. >> apollo 8, houston. >> go ahead, houston. [indiscernible] >> we go for tli. narrator: tli -- trans lunar insertion. this was the commitment. they were ready for the maneuver that would send them to the moon. as the world listened and watched, its people were overtaken by a new awareness, an awareness they perhaps witnessed in the overture to the ultimate destiny of man. >> ignition. >> lowell confirms ignition. and the thrust is ok. narrator: onboard the spacecraft and at mission control, the men of apollo 8 watched the readouts. velocity readout in feet per second, the numbers snowballing, the velocity that would allow the spacec

mars he should do this just short of the planet pluto >> can you figure it out >> i still can't >> saturn pluto? >> are you taking performance art to a new level now >> andy kaufman. >> that's it, he's done and you can own the stock or not that's not as bad as what he said about me that he said i was simply a -- >> go back to that >> no, it's not personal it's business! next time you listen to the call, do it from san miguel with a mezcal. >> i would love that, by the way. >> nothing better than drinking with you >> when we come back, a lot more to get to including spotify, craft times and the fed's decision yesterday and we'll talk to former commerce secretary gary locke as the trump administration officials engage in trade talks with china and we're looking at four days down in a row. more "squawk on the street" in a minute. >>> we have no interest in satisfying the desires of day traders. i couldn't care less please sell our stock or don't buy it your company is constantly evolving. and the decisions you make have far reaching implications. the right relationship with a corporate bank

they want to send a blimp to venus and a ship to the moon of saturn.t propelors and rotors work will be important. >> sandra: on again/off again summit with north korea's kim jong-un could be on again. what the president is saying. plus the latest efforts behind the scenes. we're live at the white house. ♪ ♪ keep your most valuable insights hidden from your competitors. the ibm cloud. the cloud for smarter business. the ibm cloud. there's nothing more important than your health. so if you're on medicare or will be soon, you may want more than parts a and b here's why. medicare only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. you might want to consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like any medicare supplement insurance plan, these help pick up some of what medicare doesn't pay. and, these plans let you choose any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients. you could stay with the doctor or specialist you trust... or go with someone new. you're not stuck in

narrator: 11 astronauts taking man.ost distant voyage by for the first time, three americans wrote the saturn moon rocket. >> over. static] radio >> apollo 8? loud and clear, apollo 8. the first stage was clear, and this one is smoother. you have your trajectory and guidance to go, over. you're looking real good. narrator: they were about to leave the cradle of earth to face the infinite frontier. 8, houston. >> go ahead, apollo 8. [indiscernible] --rrator: tli this was the commitment. they were ready for the movement that would send them home. as the world listened and watched, its people were overtaken by a new awareness, and awareness they perhaps witnessed in the overture to the ultimate destiny of man. >> ignition. >> lowell confirms ignition. and the thrust is ok. board theon spacecraft and at mission wasrol, the men of apollo 8 the readouts. velocity in feet per second, the numbers snowballing, the velocity that would allow the spacecraft to escape earth's gravity. film from nasa december 1968 as we conclude our .ine-part series here on c-span joining us in our studios in washington, m