meanwhile spacex reaches for the stars with an historic launch. "early today" starts right now. good presidents' day morning. i'm dara brown. thousands of protesters are expected to take to the streets in dozens of cities across the country today as they jump on the federal holiday launching not my presidents' day rallies in defiance of trump who is one month on the job and has been working at a breakneck pace ever since, holding the first campaign-style rally of his term, mobilizing his conservative base after a brutal week that saw the downfall of his labor secretary nominee as well as national security adviser michael flynn. mr. trump took time to meet with four leading candidates to replace flynn all of whom have military and national security backgrounds. we get our first glimt glimpse of draft memos detailing possible new guidelines for deporting undocumented immigrants. while the white house says the memos are just suggestions, immigrant rights groups are already expressing concerns. nbc news' kelly o'donnell takes a closer look. >> reporter: the trump administration is p

billionaire spacex owner elon musk tweeting, baby came back. it's been about three hours since the rocket touched down here and i can still smell it from where i'm standing here. it's got an acrid smell sort of like a marshmallow that you left on a campfire for too long and it burned. the pay load two days from the spice station. on board, plants growing food and space for astronauts, essential for a mission to mars. lettuce already grown in weightlessness. nasa labs now growing it in simulated martian soil. >> tastes good. >> pretty yummy. >> reporter: spacex says it could be launching a manned mission to mars in just 16 years. kerry sanders, nbc news at the kennedy space center. >> what a great achievement. >>> still ahead tonight, are security officers out of bounds when they put young children in handcuffs? it's a trend that we'll examine. that's next. >>> we're back with an nbc news investigation on a troubling trend in america's public schools. with an increasing emphasis on security, some of the tactics being used on young children are b

spacex pulls off what no private company has done before. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. >>> well, overnight a powerful rain and wind storm including possible tornadoes hit the san antonio, texas, area. tornado and flood warnings have been posted as the storms swept through last night. >> the center section is gone right there. that flagpole is down. the chair that scooted across, my neighbor's chair, the retired cop, the chair went out the gate and flew down the road. >> there are reports of significant damage. the pounding rain and wind knocked out power to about 45,000 customers. roofs were blown off buildings and some areas flooded, but the storm is moving quickly and is expected to be gone by this morning. >>> meanwhile another strong pacific storm is hitting northern california this morning and this one is stronger and bigger than the storm that hit california friday. folks are still cleaning up from friday's weather, blamed for at least three deaths. >> i've lived here most of my

billionaire spacex owner elon musk tweeting, baby came back. the payload two days from the space station. on board, plants. growing food in space for astronauts essential for a mission to mars. lettuce already grown in weightlessness. nasa labs now growing it in simulated martian soil. >> tastes good. >> pretty yummy, yeah. >> reporter: spacex says it could be launching a manned mission to mars in just 16 years. kerry sanders, nbc news, kennedy space center. >>> what are the country's most-congested cities? plus we'll tell you how two of the world's richest men paid for their egg mcmuffins. you're watching "early today." ♪ look at you, saving money on your medicare part d prescriptions. at walgreens we make it easy for you to seize the day by helping you get more out of life and medicare part d. now with zero-dollar copays on select plans... ...and rewards points on all prescriptions, walgreens has you covered. so drop by and seize the savings! walgreens. at the corner of happy and healthy. more "doing chores for dad" per roll more "earning som

. >> it was a major success for spacex. an unmanned rocket - carrying supplies to the space station - blasted off sunday from nasa's historic launch pad 39-a where moon-missions once began. tony dokoupil has the incredible sights and sounds. >> 3, 2, one, ignition and liftoff of the falcon 9. >> with roaring engines and a cheering crowd, a falcon 9 rocket shot through the clouds , beginning a three-day mission to the international space station. the historic launch marked the first time a private space company - elon musk's spacex - lifted off from launch pad 39a, the government's gateway to space for the apollo and space shuttle missions. >> you can see it there in the background. >> shortly after launch, spacex stuck the landing - bringing its rocket back to solid ground for just the third time. this rocket can now be reused. musk posted a picture of the trimuph, captioned: "baby came back." what has yet to come back is the company's dragon spacecraft, which separated from the rocket and is now bound for the space station

spacex c.e.o.nnounces a surprise mission to two unnamed space tourists have put down big bucks for a trip. details next. this is bloomberg. ♪ segment "out this of the world" because it is about space. elon musk says his company will launch two space tourists be on the moon. two passengers, they do not want their identities disclosed yet, the company says they are paid a significant deposit. unanswered questions, there are many. what? the moon? passengers? they're going to put a living thing in the rockets? >> spacex was founded to send humans to mars. so moon is closer than mars maybe this is step one as they figure this out. what is interesting is this comes at a time when the trump administration has signaled interest in sending humans to the moon. part of this is maybe a marketing effort by spacex to show excitement around space and show to trump they can do it. cory: many years ago when elon and i were like this, i did a story with him at spacex. we walked through the factory and i looked at th

billionaire spacex owner elon musk tweeting, baby came back. it's been about three hours since the rocket touched down here, and i can still smell it from where i'm standing. it's got an acrid smell sort of like a marshmallow that you left on a campfire for too long and it burned. the payload now two days from the space station. on board, plants growing food in space for astronauts. essential for a mission to mars. lettuce already grown in weightlessness. nasa labs now growing it in simulated martian soil. >> tastes good. >> pretty yummy. >> reporter: spacex says it could be launching a manned mission to m years. kerry sanders, nbc news at the kennedy space center. >> just incredible. >>> let's switch gears now. a federal election commissioner told us the agency she works for is broken. now she's quitting. commissioner ann ra develop sent her letter of resignation to president trump effective march 1st. the fec is supposed to investigate complaints, but back in september, the i-team shows it takes an average of 22 months for the commissioners t

billionaire spacex owner elon musk tweeting, baby came back. it's been about three hours since the rocket touched down and i can still smell it. it has an acrid smell, like a mash mellow you loeft a campfire for too long and it burned. the payload on board plans, growing food in space for astronauts. lettuce already grown in weightlessness. nasa labs now growing it in simulated martian soil. spacex says it could launch a manned mission to mars in 16 years. kerry sanders, nbc news at the kendyne space center. >> what a great achievement. >>> still ahead tonight, are security officers out of bounds boost it's about moving forward not back. it's looking up not down. it's feeling up thinking up living up. it's being in motion... in body in spirit in the now. boost. it's not just nutrition. it's intelligent nutrition. with 26 vitamins and minerals and 10 grams of protein. all in 3 delicious flavors. it's choosing to go in one direction... up. boost. be up for it. we're not professional liathletes... ...but that doesn't mean we're giving up. i'm in t

spacex at kennedy space center in florida. we'll tell you how it's going to bring the world one step closer to mars. that's happening at 10:00. >>> no one won wednesday's power ball jackpot drawing so tonight it's $439. >> going to like that. and like the weather today. it's like winning the jackpot. >> in the 60s this afternoon. lots of sun. enjoy. >> and we'll see you again at 9:00 a.m. >> have a great saturday. >>> good morning. nature's fury. a massive rain storm pounds california. at least two dead in the storm which unleash eed flash floodin and toppled trees and turned roads into rivers and opened sinkholes swallowing cars. >> it is incredible to see how big the flood is. >> could it go from bad to worse? we're live with the latest. >>> mending fences. >> the united states of america strongly supports nato and will be unwaivering in our commitment to the transatlantic alliance. >> vice president mike pence trying to assure skeptical nato

and spacex shoots for the moon.n musk says to unnamed citizens have put money down for a lunar mission. as wall street prepares for the first tech ipo of the year, snapchat's management team makes its final roadshow in san francisco. executives are pitching the company to investors. the progress of snapchat's business is slowing. it has 178 million users but the pace of user growth has slowed to 3% sequentially. joining us now, sarah frier. this user growth issue to me is one of the biggest issues with this company. when you look at the sequential user growth, it has really fallen down. sarah: it has been a top question for snap executives at the roadshow. and in new york, a lot of people we talked to who went to the roadshow expressed skepticism. their answer to the user growth issue was it was due to some issue with their android product. but potential investors are worried maybe this is because instagram copied snap's product in august. cory: story. exactly when that happened is when their user growth started tan

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the first florida launch for spacex since one of its rockets exploded last year and they announced a few days ago they're going to have to delay their robotic mission to mars by two years, so that won't happen until 2020, making today extra special. will carr is following this from our west coast newsroom with an eventful weekend. i understand this one almost didn't happen. >> reporter: that's right, harris, it did today after it was supposed to happen saturday, and along with the launch today, there were cool visuals for you. spacex launched the falcon 9 rocket this morning, a short time later, the booster came back down and stuck a perfect platform landing. that's a big move because spacex plans to reuse rockets in the future which will dramatically cut down on costs. that could ultimately help with the company's plans to take humans to mars in the future. the launch was supposed to take place saturday, that was called off with 13 seconds left on the clock because of a slightly odd reading with steering mechanism. elon musk tweeting it was 99% likely to be fine but the 1% chance is

. >>> a surprise announcement from elon musk and spacex. they plan to launch a mission around the moon by two paying customers who will undergo extensive training. nbc's kerry sanders has details. >> reporter: spacex, private rocket company going where no man or woman has gone before, into deep space with two paying passengers next year. spacex owner billionaire elon musk announcing he's already taken two substantial deposits for a week-long mission to the moon and back. spacex's dragan capsule will circle the moon like apollo crew 47 years ago. but these passengers who will be trained and called astronauts will not land as neil armstrong did. >> it's one small step for man, one giant leap for man kind. >> reporter: the names of spacex's two astronaut passengers, their genders and how much they are paying remains a secret. but a hint from elon musk, they're not from hollywood. kerry sanders, nbc news space center. >> that's what i want to know, how much. >>> all right. youtube just got hit with a whopper milestone in a blog post. the video

>>> a spacex cargo ship is due wednesday at the international space station. launch yesterday marked a comeback for the private space company, which one day soon hopes to fly to mars. more now from jim axelrod. >> and liftoff. >> reporter: the launch of the spacex falcon 9 rocket had a little something extra for space buffs, blasting off from the historic launchpad 39a at the kennedy space center where apollo 11 launched nearly half a century ago, carrying men to the moon. >> the eagle has landed. >> reporter: but for space entrepreneur elon musk and his company, this launch was all about the future. >> this is a very big deal for spacex. >> reporter: cbs news senior space consultant bill harwood says a couple of recent spacex launchpad failures, last september and in june of 2015 -- >> we appear to have had a launch vehicle failure. >> reporter: raised the stakes. >> they think they've fixed their problem, but they've had two failures in their last 30 launches. to instill confidence in their customer base, they need a string of successes. >> reporter: for the

>>> it was a major success for spacex. an unmanned rocket carrying supplies to the space station blasted off sunday from launch pad 39-a, where moon missions once began. tony dokoupil has the incredible sights and sounds. >> three, two, one, ignition. and liftoff of the falcon nine to the space station. >> reporter: with roaring engines and a cheering crowd, a falcon nine rocket shot through the clouds, beginning a throw-dthrow three-day mission to the international space station. the historic launch marked the first time a private space company lifted off from launch pad 39-a, the government's gateway to space for the apollo and space shuttle missions. >> you can see it descending there with the landing zone in the background. >> reporter: shortly after launch, spacex stuck the landing, bringing its rocket back to solid ground for just the third time. this rocket can now be refused. musk posted a picture of the triumph, captioned "baby came back." what is yet to come back is the company's dragon spacecraft, which separate

arthel: second time is a charm for spacex. the company launching its falcon rocket for a massive moonshine had. this after yesterday's launch was foiled by last-minute rocket concerns. the unmanned rocket now headed for the international space station with the supply on board. joining me now with more of the details. >> cave bear. spacex looking to be teamed up with the historic space-bar this morning morning for a successful launch. >> three, two, one. and the liftoff. >> a falcon nine rocket with 59 supplies to the international base station. that comes after launch attempt on saturday was called off with 13 seconds left on the clock because of the slightly odd reading on it during mechanism. elon musk, spacex saying it was likely to be fine but the 1% chance of overthrowing the dice. better to wait a day. a crucial decision after a spacex rocket caught fire and exploded last september. a major setback at the time. now spacex en masse to look into the future with the launch taking place from the historic launch complex. the

spacex has had problems in the past. —— v late. the late 2018. nasa has given its support to the plans, which, if successful, will launch the age of space tourism. greg dawson, bbc news. the chief executive of spacex, is to make elon musk, has not said who the travellers are, but it is not so wa nt travellers are, but it is not so want from hollywood. hello. this is just one way i could show you how varied the weather was. the weather watchers have done the job for me superbly. monday finished with a chilly note across parts of scotland. the big picture. no great surprise we have a variety of weather on offer across the british isles at the moment. no signs of high—pressure. u nsettled. even in the midst of that, the skies are clear on tuesday in some areas, seeing the temperatures dribbling away. ice could be a problem on untreated surfaces for the first part of the day. even at this stage, in the west of scotland, a new area of cloud and rain. wintriness about that in the high ground extending into northern ireland. it is on the

he says he is not sure about spacex oration, especially -- spacex oration, especially -- space exploration, especially the cost. caller: i think the space program has been well worth the effort, especially being an arm of the middle -- military-industrial complex, having witnessed the growth of the space program throughout my honored told be most cite the good work of jim hansen , neil the grass, carl sagan, they have provided me and my community healthy role models. what we are doing today with space, it has been a great the changesidering of climate we are experiencing. nasa has a post of sunlight currently orbiting and onntaining a constant vigil the record of whether change. -- weather change. this will be critically important to us in the future and present. unfortunately, politically, it is not happening, we have not collected people with the help necessary to lead us into our future. supportneed that nasa in an effort to change our industrial base. we have to go to a nonfossil fuel energy system which will require information from space sunlight -- satellites. next, in new york, say

details of spacex's ambitious plan to fly two tourists to the moon. it's tuesday, february 28, 2017. "worldwide exchange" begins right now. ♪ >>> good morning. welcome to "worldwide exchange" on cnbc. i'm sara eisen. >> i'm wilfred frost. good morning to you from me as well. happy pancake day. >> happy pancake day. fat tuesday. i didn't know it was pancake day. >> fat tuesday, that is an unflattering name. >> getting rid of all the food --. and you eat pancakes. >> we eat pancakes. they actually made a pancake at the end of "street signs." >> i like them with chocolate chips. >> you guys just eat food? all food? >> our slender floor manager said every tuesday is fat tuesday for me. >> either way, we just eat. i want pancakes. >> we have to check in on the global markets. we did notch a 12th record close for the dow. wilfred is not impressed unless we get a 500 point rally, but either way this is the longest string of gains -- >> i am impressed. i am impressed. >> you said, eh, less than a percent. >> 0.04% we gained yesterday. >> doesn't take much. >>

david: the man behind spacex is elon musk. elon: we are entering a new era of space travel that is exciting. david: there is a history of being late, but delivering. reasonable spacecraft will make space travel cheaper. last year one of the rockets blew up, but spacex quickly got back to business launching satellites. the dragon capsule delivered spaceto the international station. a trip to the moon is harder, but critics say it will be a joy ride. peopleill give 2 rich the trip of a lifetime. it is not science, it is not exploration, it is repeating missions that had been done 40 plus years ago. an adventure, a thrill ride demonstrating a new capability. david: how much would it cost? urists visiting the international space station would be $20 million each. a moon trip would be more. we don't know who the passengers are, but if they get their they would pave the way for passengers to follow. laura: you have to be adventurous to be one of the 2. you can count me out. spectacular pictures from italy where europe's most active

next big challenge for spacex. the daring mission they hope will bring us one step closer to sending humans to mars. a lot of anticipation down there. a lot of excitement. looks like some pretty clear weather as of now. back here at home we welcome you into news4 today. i'm david culver. >> so glad you could join us. i'm angie goff. we did have a cool start to the saturday but things will get glorious. >> let's check in with tom kierein in the weather center. what we thinking? >> it's still pretty chilly. but we've got that sun jumping in a sky with a few clouds floating in it. there's the live view from our storm team 4 tower camera overlooking virginia in the distance. just a few high clouds coming in now on this saturday morning. temperatures, they're beginning to jump. it's already 40 degrees in washington. leesburg up to 43. annapolis up to 44. quite a jump. we were below freezing just a couple of hours ago. hour-by-hour temperatures here as we get into the afternoon. quickly jumping noontime. hitting upper 60

feelings for another generation when spacex lands on mars.arget date? only 16 to 20 years from now. >> you know, spacex, everybody told us we would never get to orbit. with a little rocket, we did that. we would never get to the international space station. we did that. >> mars ? >> absolutely. >> reporter: another tricky part to the liftoff. that is after it lifts off and the top goes away. then the lower part, the lower stage will come back toreuse it. it is like bringing a pencil back down to earth and try to land it on something that is the size of a dinner plate. if they can capture the lower stage, again, that means they can then reuse it. that's all part of the economics that they believe will eventually allow them to head to mars. amazing. >> amazing. kerry, i will never look at my pen the same way. amazing college professor. >>> kerry, thank you. we have a milestone in migration to show you this morning. check this out. officials in argentina say this is the largest gathering ever seen of the south american penguins. more than 1 mill

nicole: spacex wants to send humans into deep space. the company and bite you company and thank you i must deliver its cargo to the space station for nafta and hopes to begin to give tourists around the moon within two years he has already accepted a significant deposit from two unidentified private citizens who want to fly around in a bid to fight about a week and, after spacex begins taking astronauts to the international space station. lauren: a look at stocks to watch today. auto parts company reported second-quarter earnings. results for the holiday quarter to be soft. the quarterly revenue up almost 4% in the past year. earnings down 5%. retail earnings pour it in the state. best buy and target on tap. best buy tomorrow, target before the opening day. $1.51 a share, currently trading $20 below its record high than 15% in the past year. weight watchers report after the close of the company expected to post record earnings of 18 cents a share down from 39 cents a year ago during a conference call with investors and executives will d

that's exactly what spacex intends to do for two tourists pa of a lifetime.aptioning funded by cbs >>> good morning from the cbs newsroom from the headquarters in new york. i'm meg oliver for anne-marie green. three people were killed when a small plane crashed. the plane had just taken off from riverside municipal airport when the plane went down. there were five people on board headed home to san jose after attending a cheerleading event. no one on the ground was injured. one victim thrown from the plane suffered minor injuries. two homes were destroyed. >> reporter: security camera footage shows the last seconds of the doomed flight. within moments, you see the plane go down and then the explosion. the cessna 310 fell from the sky, about two miles from the airport where it took off. this video was shot in the horrifying aftermath of the crash. you can hear and see shell-shocked neighbors running to the scene. a massive fireball that swallowed the plane and two homes. at the top right of the screen watch as neighbors risk their own safety to pull someone fr

. >>> back now with that surprise announcement from elon musk and spacex.aunching a mission beyond the moon. they're taking some paying customers for the ride. the question is, would you want to go? here's nbc's kerry sanders. >> reporter: spacex, a private rocket company, going where no man or woman has gone before. into deep space. with two paying passengers next year. spacex owner billionaire elon musk announcing he's already taken two substantial deposits for a week-long mission to the moon and back. spacex's dragon capsule will circle the moon like the apollo 11 crew 47 years ago. but these passengers, who will be trained and called astronauts, will not land as neil armstrong did. >> that's one small step for man, one big leap for mankind. >> reporter: tonight the names of the two astronaut passengers, their genders, and how much they're paying, remains a secret. but a hint from elon musk, they're not from hollywood. kerry sanders, nbc news, kennedy space center. >>> in california, horrifying rollover accident caught on camera. surveillance video appea

a spacex promotion, bold and often boastful, this young company knows how to whip up excitement.lready two tourists are promised seats on it to fly around the moon as early as next year. archive: houston, this is america, you can breathe easier... not since the last apollo mission, back in 1972, have any humans flown anywhere near the moon. the tourists will not be landing on it, but if their trip happens, they'll get amazing views and space scientists say this is plausible. we are really now entering the era where space tourism is a possibility. in fact, a probability. maybe not for another 10, 15, 20 years for ordinary people to be able to afford it, it will be the playground of the rich. the man behind spacex is elon musk and when i met him, he spelled out a startling vision of travel beyond earth. i think we're really entering a new era of space travel that's very exciting. there's a history of spacex promises running late, but eventually being delivered. 10 days ago, it landed a huge rocket, significant because reusing spacecraft will make launches cheaper. last year, one of

. —— spacex. ifi to the moon and back. —— spacex.zing childcare savings. where am i going to day mummy? to the moon and back. chuckles in a few hours time we'll find out how the indian economy is faring. could the world's second most populated country become the engine which drives the global economy? sameer hashmi is in mumbai. this is really important data, isn't it, coming out today? it's the first time we will get a look at october, november and december for india which is when the cash crisis kicked in. that's right. very crucial piece of data that will be released later today. these figures are for the period from october to december 20 i6. period from october to december 20 16. the government put a ban on those notes starting december. —— starting november. you'll get a first picture of how that move impacted the economy on the ground. and how much time will it take for the recovery. india was the fastest growing economy. it surpassed china over the past few quarters. most economists now expect this latest figure will be somew

spacex says it could be launching a manned mission to mars in just 16 years.erry sanders, nbc news at the kennedy space center. >>> we'll be right back with a look at another dangerous storm coming our way. he made a big splash in thnba all star game tonight but he's no warrior. we're talking about oklamaty >>> certainly made a big splash in the nba all-star game today, but he is not a warrior. we're talking about oklahoma city thunder russell westbrook. >> well, tonight he is talking about bad press and his relationship with former teammate, kevin durant. >> hey, peggy and terry, this weekend we spent the afternoon in oklahoma with russell westbrook, we look back on his relationship with then teammate kevin durant, as well as complicated relationship with the media. why do you think you were criticized so much by the press over the years? >> i'm not sure. but -- if people are not talking about you, then you're doing something right. >> plus, the budding icon fashion opens up about his style obsession, all that coming up next on "in depth" right here on nbc ba

. >> mason: a spacex cargo ship is due wednesday at the international space station. vae launch yesterday marked a comeback for the private space company, which one day soon hopes to fly to mars. more now from jim axelrod. >> and liftoff. ro reporter: the launch of the spacex falcon 9 rocket had a little something extra for space buffs, blasting off from the historic launchpad 39a at the kennedy space center where apollo 11 launched nearly half a century ago, carrying men to the moon. >> the eagle has landed. >> reporter: but for space entrepreneur elon musk and his cempany, this launch was all about the future. >> this is a very big deal for spacex. >> mason: cbs news senior space consultant bill harwood says a couple recent spacex launchpad failures, last september and in june of 2015 -- a we appear to have had a launch vehicle failure. >> reporter: raised the raise the stakes. >> they think they've fixed their problem, but they've had two failures in their last 30 launches. they need a string of successes. >> reporter: for the third time the booster returned to ear

spacex's dragon capsule will circle the moon like the apollo 11 crew 47 years ago.trained and called astronauts, will not land as neil armstrong did. >> that's one small step for man, one big leap for mankind. >> reporter: tonight the names of the two astronaut passengers, their genders, and how much ey're paying, remains a secret. but a hint from elon musk, they're not from hollywood. kerry sanders, nbc news, kennedy space center. >>> in california, horrifying rollover accident caught on camera. surveillance video appears to show a car run a stop sign and t-bone an suv, sending the vehicle flying. good samaritans leapt in to help those in the suv who reportedly suffered nonlife-threatening injuries. the other driver reportedly had a toddler in the car. both are said to be okay. >>> when we come back here, breaking bread and barriers around the dinner table. "inspiring america" is next. around coaching means making tough choices. jim! you're in! but when you have high blood pressure and need cold medicine that works fast