this is either a design or operations problem with the spacex rocket design.o have found it now is a good thing. it is not something you want to happen, but if it is going to happen, it's a good time for it to occur. cory: lori, as nasa looks at spacex and the future of contracts for launching satellites and so on, do they completely ignore what happened here? or does this add to the decisions that go forward? lori: nasa is so aware of the difficulties and challenges that we have experienced. we continue to fly people on facial after two accident. we have a vehicle that we lost to us -- that we lost two of in a row. it is a good time, as chris said, to have this learning and they will be a lot safer in the future and nasa will work with spacex to make sure that is so. cory: they probably would have liked to have learned this ahead of time. chris, i wonder when you look at this if this is the kind of thing that is particular to this mission. there were not people aboard and maybe there were different considerations involved. chris: i think just by nature, whene

an investigation underway after a spacex rocket loaded in midair sunday morning.t was meant to restock depleted international space station with vital resources, but it is the latest in a series of high-profile failures. here is a nasa official. >> this is a tough day. it is not where i wanted to be on a sunday afternoon, but might is -- spaceflight is not easy. we started with the orbital loss last fall and had to progress several months ago and now the -- the spacex loss. it is difficult to fly. corey: -- cory: joining us to discuss the accident, lori garver, former deputy administrator for nasa. when you look at this accident, we know that space travel is difficult, but we have seen now three consecutive different explosions. pino in three different companies. should we connect the dots? lori: the connection is that it is rocket science and heat and pressure and different things can go wrong very quickly. this vehicle itself having 18 successful flight in a row people were hopeful they had found the secret sauce. cory: we are also joined by chris hatfield, a ca

spacex and boeing are slated to fly astronauts to the station in 2017. a first for the private sector since the space shuttle was retired. >> before they put a human being on a spacex rocket, they're going to have to be absolutely certain that this kind of failure won't happen. well, that's impossible. so the real answer is you have to be as certain as you can possibly be. >> reporter: spacex has launched six successful cargo missions before today. importantly it said today that had this been a manned mission, the rocket would have had a crew escape system that it believes would have ejected the crew capsule away from the explosion and saved their lives. carl? >> tom costello tonight, thanks. >>> there's a growing mystery in a small ohio town tonight. six women have disappeared over the past 13 months with residents fearing it could be the work of a serial killer. gabe gutierrez reports. for yvonne boggs, the uncertainty is overwhelming. >> i can't sleep, i can't eat. it's probably the hardest thing in my life. >> reporter: her daughter, charlotte trego

we have breaking news on the spacex. it has exploded. to take you back to cape canaveral right here. look at this video. we just saw the launch. the spacex actually exploded. listen to this. all right. we want to take you back to cape canaveral. live on the ground to tell us what just happened. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. everything looked crystal clear until about two minutes into this launch as the spacex rocket with the dragon castle fully loaded with 4,000 pounds of experiments, food, water, resupplies for the astronauts on the space station. suddenly after the smoke disappeared and you can see the flair of the rocket as it was continuing upwards and eastwards, suddenly there was a second burst of smoke you could see even with our own eyes from the ground here and shortly thereafter that was about two minutes into the launch shortly thereafter the public announcement came on said yes, in fact we do have a failure. there was a lot of wonder whether that was simply we were seeing the first stage separate from the se

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it's another setback for nasa and for spacex the company that will one day carry astronauts into orbit. here's tom costello. >> one, ignition sequence start, and liftoff of the spacex falcon 9 rocket. >> cast against a deep blue sky, what appeared to be a perfect liftoff from cape canaveral. >> reaching maximum aerodynamic pressure. >> reporter: on the beach below spectators had gathered to watch. but only two minutes into flight a massive explosion. >> we appear to have had a launch vehicle failure. >> reporter: on board the rocket food water, scientific experiments, a replacement spacesuit and parts for a water purification system. the third cargo ship to be lost in eight months. last october, another company's rocket blew up on liftoff. then a russian progress ship spun out of control after reaching orbit. >> there's really no commonality between these three events other than it's space and it's difficult to go fly. >> reporter: elon musk tweeted. onboard the orbiting space station, scott kelly tweeted watched dragon launch from space station. sadly failed. space is hard. he then ca

minutes after spacex falcon 9 rocket was launched it disintegrated, leaving a cloud of debris rainingdown over the florida coast. >> it was really disappointing. >> reporter: disappointed, because valley christian high school student, andre nadir, spent the last nine months working on an experiment on spacex headed for the international space station. an experiment that is now destroyed. he is disappointed, but not discouraged. >> we still have the mantra -- it's not like it's over forever. we can always send it back up. so we have just been delayed. not stopped. >> reporter: he's one of 70 students from valley christian high and junior high who worked on experiments on board spacex. >> we had a total of six experiments on there. and one from the junior high. >> this is a test version of our nano lab. and nano lab is a chamber that gets sent up. what our experiment did was, it testedin okay legislation of plants. >> reporter: yes his experiment is gone but the knowledge he gained from working on the project is well intact. in san jose marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> they made h

spacex is a private company owned by elon musk. he tweeted what they know for sure is there was an overpressure event in the liquid oxygen tank. >> it's a pretty important loss to us. >> reporter: the rocket was carrying food, research equipment and science projects including those from students at san jose's christian valley. officials are calling this an anomaly. >> there's no negligence here there's no really problem with this. it just shows the challenges that we have facing engineering and the challenges of space flight in general. >> reporter: at the international space station, three men waited for the precious cargo, including scott kelly who watched the explosion on tv. he tweeted, space flight is hard. two months ago, a russian cargo ship spun out of control. and last october, this rocket barely got off the launchpad before it exploded. >> this is a very demanding environment requires tremendous precision and tremendous amount of engineering skill and hardware to perform exactly as it should. >> reporter: for now, crews a

. >>> happening now, the latest spacex mission is about to blast off. there it is the spacex falcon 9 rocket is set to launch from cape canaveral. here is a live look. it's scheduled for 10:21. today's unmanned mission will carry supplies to the international space station. you can watch the live by connecting to the spacex webpage through our webpage, nbc10.com. >>> when you think of farming you probably don't think of newark, new jersey. it's where some new technology is being tested that could be the next big thing in food production. it's called vertical farming. you're looking at the world's largest vertical farm, housed in a former steel mill in newark. major investment firms are bankrolling the project. the farm is expected to yield 2 million pounds of kale and salad greens every year without soil or natural sunlight. >> we're growing in 16 days what otherwise takes 30 days in a field using 95% less water, about 50% less fertilizers, zero pesticides, herbicides, fungicides. >> other benefits include lower transportation costs and less spoilage. >

are trying to figure out exactly what went wrong when the unmanned spacex rocket exploded. the spacex falcon 9 was carrying supplies to the international space station when it blew up a little more than two minutes after liftoff today. this is the 1/3 disaster in a row for the private company. >> started with the orbital loss last fall, had the progress loss sqral months ago and now the spacex loss. there's no commonalty in these three events. >> nasa says the astronauts aboard the space station have plenty of supplies. >>> a solar powered plane took off from central japan this morning. it should reach hawaii in about five days. it started its journey back in march but bad weather kept the plane grounded in japan for the past month. >>> federal investigators will visit the site of a deadly plane crash in massachusetts. the plane took off from lancaster county and was headed to massachusetts when it crashed into a house just about 30 miles southwest of boston yesterday. three people on board the small plane, including a child were killed. the four people inside the home were

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a spacex rocket bringing supplies to the international space station, as you can see there, it exploded just minutes after liftoff. the rocket breaking up into lots of pieces over the atlantic. hello, everyone. welcome to america's news headquarters. i'm eric shawn. >> and i'm julie banderas in for arthel neville. investigators are now looking into what exactly went wrong. phil keating is live at the kennedy space center with the latest. hi phil? >> reporter: first failure going to the space station for spaks "x," a devastating blow to that company and for the 4,000 pounds of resupplies for the astronauts living up there, food water, dozens of science experiments, all of it a crushing total loss today this. happened just 2:19 into the launch. the explosion and disintegration of the cargo ship and rocket system happening right up above cape canaveral and then it appeared prior to that moment it appeared picture perfect on ground but spacex so far simply calling this an anomaly during ascent. a recent tweet minutes ago by elon musk says there was an overpressure event in the upper stage l

elon musk the ceo of spacex tweeted the following. he says falcon 9 experienced a problem shortly before first stage shutdown. we'll provide more info as soon as we review the data. let's get to miles o'brien on the phone. miles, you have seen a video along with the rest of us. what do you see from it? what do you take away from it as an expert? >> clearly it's a catastrophic failure as they were about to jettison the first stage. you have to remember that everything that is happening in a rocket at a time is at the very edge of what we consider engineering capabilities. it doesn't take much of a weak link to cause what you saw just there. incredible dynamic forces a lot of speed, and a lot of pressure on the structure itself. and there will be plenty of information on the ground right now indicating what the possible failures might be. a rocket has a huge amount of telemetry, data coming down to the ground as it rises to orbit. and so i'm sure they'll be able to figure this out pretty quickly but it's a big setback for the internatio

spacex with our u.s.alcon nine and falcon heavy as well as our investment in homegrown next-generation propulsion systems like raptor looks forward to continued into the nation's space enterprise. i am pleased to address any questions you may have. >> great. great job. thank all of you. my first question was going to be to the companies, they think you're capable of providing us a rocket propulsion system in advance of rocket system that can replace the rd-180 by 2019. mr. meyerson ms. van kleeck both open -- after that in opening statements. you implied you all are going to get into competition for this replacement engine. was not an accurate interpretation of your opening statement? >> yes, sir. we certainly are working towards that end. >> excellent. mr. thornburg, are you all planning on getting into that competition for replacement engine for the rd-180 come and can you have it done by 2019? >> to our existing launch vehicles with falcon nine and falcon heavy we can provide one of% of the nation's ne

. >>> another set back for spacex after a supply rocket exploded. a greek debt crisis is setting off around the world as we kick off a short holiday week. early "today" starts right now. >>> good morning i'm alissa ray burger. the nightmare is finally over. that's what andrew cuomo said after the hunt for the two escaped killers is over. richard matt is dead and sweat is in critical condition. he was found close to the canadian border. after making the announcement yesterday, a genuine since of relief and accomplishment. >> let's give a big round and applause to the men and women of law enforcement. >> perhaps no one is more relieved on than richard matt's old accomplice who testified against him. for lee bates, the threat of revenge is over. >> look at a picture of richard matt. that was the devil. i thought, is it real? is this finally over? and part of me wanted to say, i got to see this, because i don't believe it. and then certainly i saw enough through reports and on tv and the nightmare had ended. >> reporter: nbc's jay reports on how it all

nasa says the failure of spacex will not deter it from its ambitious space flight program. we are joined by francis deago at the department of physics and astron stron me from london. thank you for being with us. we are hearing nasa says this fair your is not going to deter it from the ambitious space program with space x. should it? >> no. it shouldn't. these things h the budget represents this from happening. it really takes into consideration so there are six astronautz in the international space station. they are not in danger. there is another resupply vehicle from russia a capsule will come to bring more supplies. it's not a major thing from that point of view. a lot of things to learn because this kind of spacecraft is going to take in a couple of years time. the idea is to take us to the space station. this is the third failure they have had in the past few months of this one in january, one in april? >> yes. we have to be careful here they have launched 18 rockets in different access. 6 of them have been successful in delivering cargo to the space station. these fa

this was the 7th such mission by spacex. which had a 1.6 billion supplies contract. all but this had been successful. on two previous flight the company was unable to carry out a safe landing on the first stage on a drone ship in the atlantic marking an advance in the quest to effect reusable rockets, a cost saver for trips to mars. >> it was the third launch failure of commercial space missions in recent months, and a rocket owned by another company exploded after lift off last october. russia's robotic progress fell back to earth in may, short of reaching the station. >> n.a.s.a. officials say despite the latest setback, the i.s.s. crew is not running short of provisions s. >> we are in a position position in terms of containing the crew continued to protect the schedule going forward. continuing to do research. >> and the space agency is on track to carry astronauts to the i.s.s. again, on u.s. vessels, rather than depend on russian rockets. the rockets man to send a shipment to the i ss next week. if it success a three man crew will take off in july. >>> coming u

. >> reporter: which is exactly what spacex and nasa say they will do.rian moore. >>> nasa says the astronauts on board the space station have plenty of supplies which the way, but another rocket is headed there in a pew weeks. >>> and coming up next a big victory for californians with part-time jobs that don't offer sick leave. that's all about to change. i mean soon. we'll explain. >>> also, we all know that fireworks are so dangerous, but you might be surprised to learn about the little fireworks that cause the most injuries. >>> and a beautiful sunrise -- sunset coming to us here from tiburon, you can see those clouds starting to build in as the sun is going down and the marine layer starting to build, but do you know what else is going to build, heat, and it's going to be extreme. we'll break it all down for you in your full microclimate forecast. jamie wanted a taste of the real new orleans and we just couldn't say no to that face. then we wanted more of that local flavor so betty says... oh yeah, that's betty. you're going to want to do this allig

spacex, with our u.s.-built falcon ix and falcon heavy as well as our investments in raptor, looks forward to contributing to the nation's space enterprise. i am pleased to address any questions you may have. >> great. great job. thank you all of you. my first question was going to be to the companies, do you think you're capable of providing us a rocket propulsion system advanced rocket propulling system by 2019 mr. meyerson and ms. van kleeck answered that in their opening statement. mr. culbertson, you implied y'all were going to get into combination for this replacement engine. was that an accurate interpretation of your opening statement? >> yes, sir. we certainly are working towards that end. >> excellent. mr. thornburg, are you all planning on get anything that competition for replacement engine? for the rd-180? and you have it done by 2019? >> through our existing launch vehicles, we can provide 100% of the nation's needs for national security space missions. in addition, we'll continue our investm

we have new details on the failed spacex mission.what the explosion could mean for future missions. jummy: nasa officials are investigating why a spacex rocket exploded after takeoff. the spacecraft was headed for the international space more than two tons of supplies including food and provisions. this was spacex's third failed attempt which could put future nasa missions at risk. this is the must-see video of the day. tourists at yellowstone got an up close look at the grizzly bear. it was all caught on camera. that grizzly approached the line of cars and left visible scratches on vehicles. the montana family managed to cool, including the seven-year-old daughter. >> the bear was jumping on the car with his front paws and smearing it with bear snot. jummy: bear encounters are not uncommon at yellowstone. a mother bear and her cubs followed tourists last month. no one was injured. storm chances later this week. we will check in with doug hill after the break. jummy: pretty good day? doug: you can't do better than this with sunshine

a blow to nasa and spacex.s, guys, before we go, still in red territory. flight to safety trade has been very slight. gold rising only slightly so we'll continue to watch that situation. kelly, great to have you. let's send it over to "halftime" and scott wapner. >>> welcome to the "halftime show." joe, josh brown and john and pete najerian. we will get to michelle in a moment. our game plan looks like this. falling star. one analyst says it's time to check out of macy's. we'll speak to him live in a hotly debated call of the day. take it to the house, how a former super bowl champ is scoring big in the mortgage market and you will meet the $8 billion man live. we begin with markets

spacex is calling the event an anomaly. >> it's a pretty important loss to us. i don't want to minimize a loss to us but again from a macrolevel standpoint the crew is in no danger. we are moving forward. >> this is the third unmanned cargo mission failure for spacex in the last nine months. >>> after weeks of being grounded a solar power plane is making it's way around the world. the solar impulse had been stuck in japan waiting for the weather to clear. if successful this leg of the journey will be the world's longest solar panel flight by time and distance. it's also the most dangerous because it's entirely over water. it's expected to land in five days. >>> hundreds of lighten strikes sparked three dozen small fires all around northern california. all of them were put out before doing any damage. flames broke out yesterday afternoon near still canyon road. crews have this fire about 80% contained. >>> cal fire is close to containing a grass fire in san jose. the flames broke out about 1:30 this afternoon. about 80 acres burned here. crews tackled the fire fr

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that may not be spacex. mate be another provider but they're determined to get those experiments into space. we're live in san jose, abc7 news. >> that young man wise beyond his years. >>> ahead, three-week manhunt is over tonight. police take down the convicted killer. we'll have details about the capture. >>> the controversy over the confederate flag at nascar. we talked to race fans today in sonoma about beening >>> the nightmare is finally over. >> the second of two escaped convicted murders in is in the hospital tonight. a new york state police sergeant spotted david sweat walking on a road two miles from the canadian border and shot him twice. the saw someone who looked suspicious and took action. sweat was not armed. >> sweat fled the the trooper gave chase. the trooper was unable to catch him on foot. at one point the sergeant decided to discharge his weapon. he hitmer sweat twice in the torso. the first escape in 100 years and if you were writing a movie plot, they would say this was overdone. >> sw

company spacex. nasa says the falcon 9 rocket broke apart on sunday two minutes after liftoff in cape canaveral in florida. it was carrying a cargo transporter, with food and equipment for experiments and supplies. officials from nasa and spacex are investigating the cause of the accident. the chief executive spoke by phone at a news conference afterward. >> we saw some pressurization indications in the second stage, which we'll be tracking down and following up on there. we did receive information from dra gone after the event as well. >> missions to the iss have failed three times in a row. in october, a rocket built by a u.s. private sector firm was destroyed in the launch accident. and a russian space product burned up earlier this year. experts have lost two cameras they developed to observe meteors. a scientist of the institute was at cape canaveral to what up the launch. she expressed bewilderment over the accident. >> at first i really thought the launch had succeed. i was surprised to learn

spacex's falcon 9 rocket broke up in that fiery blast minutes after it launched today. on board was a cargo capsule headed for the international space station. this is the third fail your of the space station resupply mission in eight months. >> this is a blow to us. we lost a lot ofh equipment on this flight. >> we will all pick ourselves up. we will watch the spacex team i'm sure, sort through this anomaly and figure out the cause and get back to flying. >> spacex says an overpressure in a liquid oxygen tank may have caused the explosion. >>> we continue to follow our top story for you tonight, police capture escaped killer david sweat. we are working to get new information on the takedown. >>> and maryland governor larry hogan gives us an update on his cancer battle. >>> find out how marylanders are showing their support today. >>> and comfortablehumanity. in my foreca >>> 43 families with no justice, no answers. today, they gathered in northeast washington to pray for the d.c. murder victims whose cases remain unoffed. they made a powerful statement marking each lif

. >>> another setback for spacex. nasa scientist aren't the only ones disappoint. why it's a big letdown for school children the south bay. >>> a pivotal day tomorrow in the heated fight over mandatory vaccinations for children in california. >> i'm abc7 meteorologist drew tuma. beautiful afternoon, comfortable temperature but the warmest day is on the horizon. we'll talk about the return of triple digit heat with the forecast ahead. ♪ ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing really good around ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ ♪ every now and then i get a little bit tired ♪ ♪ of living off the taste of the air ♪ ♪ turn around, barry ♪ ♪ finally, i have a manly chocolatey snack ♪ ♪ and fiber so my wife won't give me any more flack ♪ ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> take a look at some pictures from a major pot raid in northern california. agents and officers seized more than 86,000 plants during the four-day raid. the plants were using 500,000-gallons of water a day in this is a picture of a giant bladder used to store the

company spacex whose unmanned rocket broke apart shortly after launching. >>> welcome to the program. greece's prime minister has confirmed that the country's banks will keep their doors closed monday after a weekend which saw growing numbers of people queueing up to get their money. athens moves towards defaulting on a huge debt payment to the international monetary fund. the ecb added to the pressure sunday announcing it would not provide extra support. also on sunday the greek prime minister called his ministers together for an urgent cabinet meeting renewing his request for an extension of the bailout while reminding capital controls will be imposed. >> the refusal of an extension of a few days is an insult and a shame to democratic europe. today i sent another application to the president of the european council. the 18 euro zone countries, and the head of the european central pac and the european paroleal. i expect them to respond. they are the only ones who can reverse the decision and restore liquidity to the banks. >> let's chat now to john who is our correspondent in athens.

company spacex. a rocket breaks apart shortly after launching >>> plus... >> i'm rob reynolds in california. this is one of the last five remaining northern white rhinos on earth. we have a story on how science is trying to keep the species alive. >> i'm robin adams with the sport. japan on track to defend a title in the women's world cup. and brazil leave the copa america the same way they did four years ago >>> hello there. a warm welcome to the newshour. greece's prime minister confirmed that the country's banks will keep their doors closed on monday after a weekend which saw growing numbers of people queued up to enjoy their money. the banks are on the firing line. they've been kept afloat by emergency funding from the european central bank. or the e.c.b. added to the pressure on sunday by announcing that it would not provide extra support. also on sunday greek prime minister alexis tsipras called ministers together for an urgent cabinet meeting and renewed his request for an extension. bailout,

>> students here at valley christian are also working on a satellite they had hoped to launch on spacex 10 in february. now they're not sure twh that will happen. in san jose marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> nank you, marianne. a tough battle for san francisco firefighters. clutter and a pack of pit bulls kept them from fighting a fire. it happened across from the city college campus. it happened at 9:00 in the morning in the garage. the area was blocked by clutter. crews tried to fight it from behind the home and ran into a pit bull. not aggressive. but they had to be moved. by the time they continued their battle, they had a tough fight ahead. >> they did an amazing job, especially in those conditions. >> that house. >> there was just thick black smoke and a lot of fire in the rear. >> two of the dogs died. the house is badly damaged. no one seriously hurt in that fire. a robbery led to a wrong-way car chase in the east bay. tonight that suspect is behind bars. that's darryl garner. fremont police say he attacked a security guard at at safeway. he took off with store items. but m

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tubes on a 1-mile track supplied by spacex. musk has high hopes for this hyperloop system predicting speeds of 760 miles per hour. teams can sign up for the spacex contest until september 15th. >>> now is not the time for a more leisurely drive on the great highway. public works crews are moving over 5,000 cubic yards of sand from the roadside to the ocean in just two weeks. the move will prevent sand from building up in heavy winds. southbound lanes are closed for up to five days. >> usually sand blows so hard, comes across the great highway shuts it down. got to bring it back. >> power of the wind. mother nature. >> probably do it every day in the summer time as well. >> we had a forecast for chicago, see if dennis is going to make it back. >> there were tornado sirens going outside of game 6 of the stanley cup finals. they're not sure if they'll get fans in to the stadium right now. rough weather back there. for us we're settling in to that summertime pattern. dennis may have to drive. 59 in san bruno. oakland 63, cool day o

. >>> you have seen the video, but do you know the consequences of yesterday's failed spacex launch? why the astronauts might be >>> right now a big fire that won't stop burning out west. we want you to take a look at the pictures. this is a grass fire in central washington state. it keeps getting bigger and growing quickly. having real impacts on anyone who lives near it. about 200 people are told they have to leave their homes or should leave their homes. even a walmart was evacuated. a handful of buildings damaged or destroyed about nine or so. and emergency shelter has opened for those who decided to evacuate and investigators are trying to figure out what sparked this fire out there. angie? >> thank you, kristin. >>> two weeks from now, governor walker will tell us if he's running for president. he told fox news channel he'll announce the week of july 13th. he's running a few points behind jeb bush and marco rubio in the latest nbc poll. and another candidate is set to announce a bid. ohio governor john kasich is expected to join the race july 21st. he is reportedly planning to

spacex's rocket has broken apart shortly after launching.orried greeks are lining up to withdraw cash their money from cash machines as the country edges closer to missing a major loan repayment. the country can't pay the bill without more money for its lenders. athens continues to have the support of the european central bank. the ecb said it won't increase the amount of emergency funding that it's providing to greek banks. the government says it opposes to bank closures and capitol controls which would limit the flow of money in and out of greece. athens has unless tuesday to repay 1.6 billion euros $18,000,000,000 to the international monetary fund. we have full coverage with dominic kane in frankfurt and john psaropoulos standing buy in athens where greek cabinet members will gather for a meeting in about an hour. straight to dominic kane. the ecb said it's not increasing the emergency funding. what does that actually mean that they have enough? have they said? are they going to stand by the greek banks or not? >> they say they are going

to figure out what went wrong here with the unmanned spacex rocket exploded. the falcon 9 was carrying supplies to the international space station when it blew up a little more than two minutes after liftoff. this is the third disaster in a row for the private company. >> started with the orbital loss last fall and had the progress last several months ago, now the spacex loss. there's really no commonality across these three event other than the fact it's space and it's difficult to go fly. >> nasa says the astronauts aboard the space station have plenty of supplies. another rocket is headed there in a few weeks. >>> from a major dust storm out west to deadly flooding in the east, severe weather left a major impact on the country over the weekend. officials are blaming four deaths on the weekend storms. in merrill, a man was killed and eight others rescued when their boat was swept over a dam. also in maryland a woman and child are dead after being electrocuted in their flooded basement. in texas, heavy raines and high winds downed trees and power lines. >> i

an unmanned spacex rocket explodes moments after launch. >>> also, southern maryland recovering tentornadoes touched down >>> investigators are trying to find the cause of a terrible crash on i 270 in maryland. it happened on the northbound side near middle brook road in germantown. investigators got the call about a subaru seen weaving back and forth before flipping over. the car somehow landed in the woods. male driver was killed. >>> vice president joe biden shared his grief with the people of charleston today during a visit to emanuel a.m.e. church. his visit was aimed at showing solidarity with churchgoers in the wake of the church massacre. but we're told it was also an effort to lift him and his family during their own time of grief. you will recall that biden's son bo died in may of brain cancer. >>> police are on the look i couldn't tell for two women in their 20s, wanted for shooting a d.c. cab driver. it happened early this morning near 17th and east capital street in northeast on capitol hill. police say the cab driver managed to drive to the 6000 bock of massachusetts av

. >>> we're less than a half hour away from the launch of the next spacex mission. rocket is set to blast off from cape canaveral at 10:21 this morning. it's an unmanned mission carrying supplies to the international space station. this is video of an earlier spacex launch. nasa predicts a 90% chance of good weather for liftoff. you can watch the launch life by connecting to the spacex website through our website, nbc10.com. >>> 9:57. nbc 10 news today continues in just a moment with another half hour of news. jesse gary is live in gloucester county where thousands of people have been without power since tuesday. tuesday. >> the cleanup is underway on an oak tree behind me so heavy it needed a crane to be moved. i'll have more coming up after the break. >>> right now on nbc 10 news today. another day in the dark. some people in the area are without power for a fifth day. last night's storms have been driving up the numbers. how wru untility crews are handling the job. we are getting a break from the rain today. the sun is making a comeback as we get started on a war

>> spacex has had an incredible run so far. 18 of 18 have gone up without a hitch.this point the only thing they were complaining about was the ability to bring the rocket back down to reuse it on a pad in the middle of the ocean, and that's a pretty high-quality problem, as my mother would say, so this is the kind of thing that happens all the time but they will continue to be a partner for nasa until the future. >> jake thank you. i'm paul brennan, thanks for watch. for the latest news any time go to aljazeera.com, and have a great evening. ♪ >>> hi everyone this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler. on edge markets plunge lines grow, and fears spread. why the greece crisis matters. and what happens if the country defaults. >>> broken vows using fate to fight a fundamental right. >> one man, one woman! >> tonight we take you to the front lines in the battle against same-sex marriage. >>> failing grade

a set back for spacex and nasa.nned falcon rocket exploded minutes after it lawfulled at cape canaveral. it was carrying more than 5000 pounds of supplies for the international space station. spacex chief executive said over pressurization, it has lost three unmanned rockets in the past eight months. >> i think getting a cluster like this, one after the other order is disheartening and it's something that's going to send the engineers back to the drawing board to make sure they figure this out and press ahead. >> reporter: nasa says astronauts have enough to make it through october. >>> a home in a small massachusetts town burst into flames when a plane crashed into it killing all three people on board. it happened in the town of plainville, 40 miles outside of boston. people inside the home were able to escape safely. radio transmissions indicate the pilot reported an engine problem five minutes before the crash. the ntsb is investigating. >>> in southern california, a man was killed and a woman is in the hospital

experts at nasa mean while and spacex trying to understand how yet another cargo ship headed for the international space station blew up after liftoff from cape canaveral. this is the third time in eight months that an unmanned resupply mission has failed. >> it is certainly a concern to nasa the space station crew and the plans to turn these missions over to the private sector. here's nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: this morning the investigation into how the seemingly picture perfect rocket launch suddenly went so wrong. a massive explosion as the unmanned spacex falcon 9 seemed to vaporize over the florida coast. >> appears to have had a launch vehicle failure. >> reporter: it's the third time in eight months a cargo ship destined for the space station has been lost. last october another private company's rocket blew up on liftoff. then in april a russian cargo ship with three tons of supplies was lost in orbit. on board the space station astronaut scott kelly tweeted, dragon failed. he called his twin former astronaut mark kelly now a spacex and nbc news consultant. >> three of

today and out of of this world -- we look at spacex. another rocket launch.ig what you read why should we care? three big reasons. the international space station is running out of supplies. a couple of resupply missions blew up including a russian rocket that spun out of control and burned up in the atmosphere and a huge and halo of water and oxygen headed for the international space station, and spacex will attempt to carry the -- catch the booster in the atlantic, and they think it is closer than ever to landing on a barge named, of course, i still love you. and they are closer than ever to providing virtual aid to astronauts from earth. lithium ion batteries will cost half of what they do today. plus, then ruben is here. you can check him out live on the app and live in the studio next. ♪ cory: i want to get back to that breaking news, news out of upstate new york sang one of the two inmates and that dramatic escape from prison has been killed. this was reported just a little while ago, one of the two convicted killers they have been hunting for three wee

third such attempt by the way from spacex.e way, don't worry about the people up at iss, they've got food. four months of supply on hand plus you've got a russian mission coming up in the next few-- actually two or three weeks. charles: don't worry, the russians are coming. >> the russians are coming to help, the chinese are next. elon musk with spacex you know, a little egg on his face this morning. i don't think this affects them long-term. you're looking at a company that profoundly is the only company to do return missions in the 1.8 billion contract to do it. >> tesla has a major cash burn. >> it's not related. tts related. they're only 1 1/2 billion cash on the balance sheet. how can it stack up against a boeing or a lockheed when it's going through massive cash burn and wants to build batteries and more electric cars. >> separate companies and separate businesses. >> but they rely on governor subsidies and a ton of government subsidies. charles: that's why stuart has taken a call on elon musk p.t. barnum. my first tweet

. >> spacex suffered a major set back as an unmanned rocket exploded about two minutes after lift off in florida on sunday. the cause of the accident is still unclear. the falcon 9 rocket successfully flown 18 times since it's debut in 2010 including six runs to the space station under a contract with nasa. but spacex tried and failed twice before to land the rocket on a platform in the ocean. >> doctors say one of the killers that escaped from the new york state prison three weeks ago is in critical condition. he was shot and captured by a state trooper two miles from the canadian border. his partner was killed on friday. he will be charged with escape burglary, and other kounltdcounts if he survived. >> how should investors play it? stay tuned for the details. >>> u.s. stocks are set to follow euro and asia markets into the red. puerto rico's governor is warning the u.s. territories $72 billion of public debt is unpayable and david sweat, one of the killers that escaped from the new york state prison is in critical condition after being shot and captured near the canadian border. >>

a camera on a recent spacex falcon nine flight captured some spectacular video as it fell back to earth rocket that crashed during a tricky landing on a barge in the atlantic ocean. spacex is trying to cult the cost of space flight by creating reusable rockets. >>> volunteers from habitat for humanity were joined by faith-based groups for a building blitz tonight. we were in martinez where volunteers were taking part in a four-day home build. an anonymous doper gave $150,000 to bring habitat together with people of different religions. for one volunteer it's the chance of a lifetime. >> our own house so exciting. it's like a dream come true. my kids are really happy. >> habitat for humanity says the volunteers kill accomplish in a single day what would take a construction crew month. >>> baby photos grabbing the world's attention. we'll show you the first family photos of prince george and princess charlotte. >>> let's head outside. a live look right now. we enjoyed warm temperatures today and it's just going to get warmer. >>> here's a look at what is head on world news at 5:30. >> goo

more than 5,200 pounds of cargo were on board the spacex rocket. the company's ceo, elon musk, says the explosion resulted from the pressure in a liquid oxygen tank getting too high. there is the third space station cargo mission to fail in eight months. >>> another funeral is being held in charleston, south carolina, today for one of the nine victims of the church massacre. myra thompson will be laid to rest a day after mourners packed emanuel ame to pay final respects to depayne middleton-doctor. the 49-year-old minister and mother of four remembered for her kindness and powerful singing voice. earlier, vice president biden made a surprise appearance at the church, referring to the recent death of his son. he told the congregation that he came to draw strength from them. >>> some chilling, new images following friday's isis-inspired beach attack in tunisia, which killed at least 38 people. they actually show the gunman calmly walking away after the carnage, carrying the rifle he used to target foreign-looking tourists, sparing the stunned locals