what we're what we care about here, friends, is nasa astronauts suni williams and nick hague getting prepared to step out of the international space station for some work to some complete upgrades on the station. nasa says the maintenance work will take about 6.5 hours. williams is. you will remember one of the two astronauts that has been literally stuck in space for a three hour tour. it was eight days. >> she probably needs a walk, but they stuck in space since june. >> they were supposed to be up there for eight days. i digress. also, overnight, jeff bezos blue origin launched its new glenn rocket into orbit. the rocket is powerful enough to launch satellites into space. joining us right now to talk about all of this, spacex and defense contributor kristin fisher, it's good to see you, kristin. you were there for the launch. tell us more. >> well, kate, you know, it's not very often that you get to see the very first maiden flight of a brand new rocket, and there were i mean, i was out on the beach at 2 a.m., cocoa beach, right by cape canaveral last night. >> there were hundreds

and suni williams were launched on a mission in june of last year.ve spent more than nine months in space because of technical issues and delays. nbc news correspondent george solis is following those developments. what are the astronauts say about their time in space, how they are doing and the pl to come home? >> they are in good spirits. one of the things the nasa administrator wanted to make clear is the astronauts are stock -- not stuck in space, were stranded, but they are doing the work, looking forward to a spacewalk in a few days. and they are completing other missions that they have in their schedule. one of the things they want to make sure if this was not like a castaway situation where they have a wilson ball, this is something that he had asked. they are well fed with clothes and they are in good spirits, but looking forward to coming home. one thing they did address was concerns about the wildfires in southern california. the international space station not over it yet, but they look to get over it and share those images. here is a lit

founder, elon musk says president donald trump asked him to bring back astronauts, butch wilmore and suni williams. we have plenty of close. we are well, fed will more and williams have been on the international space station since june. their eight-day mission turned into months after complications with their boeing starliner spacecraft launched another jet that's they won the previous nasa administrator bill nelson decided williams in wilmore will return on space x crew 9 after they hand over the space station. 2 crew 10 in late march or early april. it's not clear if musk's announcement changes that timeline. in a statement, nasa says it's trying to get the astronauts down expeditiously. former nasa astronaut leroy chiao says nasa could send a spacecraft to bring them down early. but that's not likely that would disrupt the works loan board the station but would not pose any kind of safety risks. meantime, here at the nasa goddard space flight center, scientists analyzed a sample roughly this size from an asteroid that could give them the clues to how life began. >> finding the ingredients of l

founder, elon musk says president donald trump asked him to bring back astronauts, butch wilmore and suni williamsave plenty of close. >> we are well, fed will more and williams have been on the international space station since june. their eight-day mission turned into months after complications with their boeing starliner spacecraft launched another jet that's they won the previous nasa administrator bill nelson decided williams in wilmore will return on space x crew 9 after they hand over the space station. 2 crew 10 in late march or early april. it's not clear if musk's announcement changes that timeline. in a statement, nasa says it's trying to get the astronauts down expeditiously. former nasa astronaut leroy chiao says nasa could send a spacecraft to bring them down early. but that's not likely that would disrupt the work flow on board the station but would not pose any kind of safety risks. meantime, here at the nasa goddard space flight center, scientists analyzed a sample roughly this size from an asteroid that could give them the clues to how life began. >> finding the ingredients of li

the pair, butch wilmore and suni williams, performed they are due to come back to earth by april.ll across central and eastern england, northern england up into scotland. across the southwest of england, wales, northern ireland. temperatures around 6—10 degrees. now, during friday night we will see this zone and another zone of cloud pushing to freezing or a touch below, so there could be a frost of england, some misty conditions for a time as well. with for sunday is, yes, a band of clouds and bits and pieces of rain, but nothing too significant. and in that sunshine, temperatures like these seven, weather around once again. some rain at times, particularly up us president donald trump takes aim — without evidence — at diversity policies after a deadly mid—air collision. hello and welcome to business today. efforts to hire a more diverse workforce. directing his administration to assess and undo diversity initiatives in aviation safety roles. here's what trump said when asked whether diversity policies played a role in the crash.

butch wilmore and suni williams arrived last summer for what was supposed to be a ten-day trip.has been delayed to march because the new spacex craft is not ready as far as that goes. and it has been delayed since then. it's not ready to fly for both spacex and nasa. >>> still to come, find out why martha stewart has never hosted snl. and joe jonas has more on their new show. and their return for a holiday reunion. ♪ they call me jane ♪ ♪ that's not myame ♪ ♪ that's not my name ♪ ♪ that's not my name ♪ ♪ that's not my name ♪ ♪ can neuriva support your brain health? mary, janet, hey! eddie, no. frasier, frank. frank? —fred, how are you? —fred! support up to 7 brain health indicators, including memory. when you need to remember, remember neuriva. when you smell the amazing scent of gain flings... time stops. (♪♪) and you realize you're in love... steve? with a laundry detergent. (♪♪) gain flings. seriously good scent. mom's gonna love this! alright kids come on. it's time for bed! ( ♪♪ ) good morning, mr. snuggles. make breakfast special with the cocoa and hazelnutty goodness of n

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commander suni williams and flight engineer butch wilmore removed hardware from the exterior of the issthe pair arrived at the space station last june, and they were expectedo stay just a week. however, boeing's starliner capsule faced significant technical issues, leading nasa to opt for its return to earth without the crew members. that left the two astronauts in orbit until spacex can bring them home, which will be in march or april. raj and jessica, join us now with what's coming up next right now at six. heartbreak in the nation's capital. the latest on that deadly crash in washington, dc. plus flight concerns here in the bay area, an airport near sfo at risk of losing its air traffic controllers. we're looking into the concerns and what officials are doing to fix it. and the south bay is taking president trump to court. we have details of the new lawsuit challenging one of his executive orders. plus, he do the work. you do the work of a da, and you actually keep the victims aware of what's going on in their cases. she is the new top prosecutor in the east bay. we go one on one wit

suni williams and butch wilmore arrived at the station lastjune for a visit that was planned an amazinged the data the national recorders but the national transportation safety board has that it has a lot more said that it. has a lot more that needs time intermatien that'needa time te it that it's a verify. it says that it's a preliminary report will be 30 days' time. stay issued in 30 days' time. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. that's come our way over the last couple of weeks, things for the next few days look a good deal quieter. but a fair amount of cloud. so that rain, early on across the south east corner, of cloud as well across central and eastern england, but there will be some sunny spells. the best sunshine, i think, through the day will be found across the southwest of england, wales, lots of sunshine through the afternoon, northeast around 6—10 degrees. so a lot of dry weather around on saturday, but a fair bit some misty conditions for a time as well. then we will see some sunshine, but all the while out but remember, that weather front will be running into this area

astronauts nick hague and suni williams wrapped up their mission on the international space station thismorning. now, hagen williams spent six hours in the vacuum of space repairing the state's, the station's gyroscope and an x ray telescope that marks the first on board repair of a nasa telescope since 2009. the astronauts also prepared a cosmic ray detector for future upgrades. it is the eighth career spacewalk for williams and the fourth for hague. can you imagine? remarkable. it's so cool floating out there. so cool. don't forget, you can watch our newscast 24/7 on pluto and other streaming platforms. raj mathai joins us now with what's coming up next at 530. we have a lot going on here. is this a sign of things to come? the citrus harvest has been halted in parts of the central valley because migrant farm workers are afraid to show up to work for fear of being deported. this is happening right before the inauguration of president elect trump. a young southay

astronauts nick hague and suni williams wrapped up their mission on the international space station this morning. now, hagen williams spent six hours in the vacuum of space repairing the state's, the station's gyroscope and an x ray telescope that marks the first on board repair of a nasa telescope since 2009. the astronauts also prepared a cosmic ray detector for future upgrades. it is the eighth career spacewalk for williams and the fourth for hague. can you imagine? remarkable. it's so cool floating out there. so cool. don't forget, you can watch our newscast 24/7 on pluto and other streaming platforms. raj mathai joins us now with what's coming up next at 530. we have a lot going on here. is this a sign of things to come? the citrus harvest has been halted in parts of the central valley because migrant farm workers are afraid to show up to work for fear of being deported. this is happening right before the inauguration of president elect trump. a young south bay girl's idea quickly leads to a community coming together to donate a variety of things to those impacted by the southern ca

founder elon musk says president donald trump asked him to bring back astronauts, butch wilmore and suni williams. we have plenty of close. >> we are well, fed will more and williams have been on the international space station since june. their eight-day mission turned into months after complications with their boeing starliner spacecraft launched another jet that's they won the previous nasa administrator bill nelson decided williams in wilmore will return on space x crew 9 after they hand over the space station. 2 crew 10 in late march or early april. it's not clear if musk's announcement changes that timeline. in a statement, nasa says it's trying to get the astronauts down expeditiously. former nasa astronaut leroy chiao says nasa could send a spacecraft to bring them down early. but that's not likely that would disrupt the work flow on board the station but would not pose any kind of safety risks. meantime, here at the nasa goddard space flight center, scientists analyzed a sample roughly this size from an asteroid that could give them the clues to how life began. >> finding the ingredients

that is a nasa astronaut suni williams, spacewalking she and fellow astronaut nick hague were repairingts of the orbiting lab. you know, they have been stuck on the international space station for 7 months now. williams got a close-up look at the space x capsule that's expected to bring him home this spring, 10 months after leaving mother haven't 7 months its right and what they're talking about. hopefully they get along because, well, i because well managed. >> as if we were stuck together through. that's it for kron. 4 news at 5. we certainly appreciate your time. the news at 6 is coming up next. and coming up on the news at 6, talking about firefighters making progress. fortunately on those la county wildfires now, homeowners whose homes were not destroyed. facing a new threat. >> mudslides. and there's breaking news now regarding a ban on tiktok. president biden making a major decision just days before he leaves office leaving the fate of tiktok up in the air. >> and a reminder you can always stream kron news on your tv, for free with the kron on app. it's available for download on

. >> john: and suni williams whose stay at the international space station has been extended by seventhe world's most experienced female space walker, after logging 62 hours and 6 minutes outside. still ahead on the "cbs evening news," lonnie quinn on the weather at the time of the midair collision and tonight at the recovery scene. >> maurice: plus, an aviation expert tells us about the challenges of navigating the congested skies over the nation's capital. >> john: and we will have this. >> and i am mark strassmann in atlanta. flying has never been safer, but that midair disaster in washington, d.c., has rattled everyday flyers and exposed risk. that's still ahead on the "cbs evening news." [window slamming] woman: [gasps] [dog barking] ♪ woman: [screams] ♪ [explosion] [explosion] ♪ [lock clicks shut] mike had a heart attack a year ago. but he's still.. ♪ living in the red. with a very high risk of another attack. with his risk factors his recommended ldl-c level should be below 55. are you at risk? learn how to get a free ldl-c test at attackheartdisease.com. for more than a decade

stranded astronaut suni williams stretching her legs today in a spacewalk.'s got some time to kill. so. hey, look at this. she's making history. she's not even supposed to be up there, but she's up there doing a spacewalk, and we're going to have much more on it ahead. >> from starting >> quality of the flooring was great. i mean, we've had people come in our home and say, wow, this is really beautiful. >> where do you have it done empire? ( 800) 588-2300. >> and part today. >> if you're living with dry amd, you may be at risk for developing geographic atrophy or ga. ga can be unpredictable and progress rapidly, leading to irreversible vision loss. now there's something you can do to slow it down and get it going slower. ask your doctor about i survey i survey ga going slower. i survey is an i injection. don't take it if you have an infection or active swelling in or around your eye. i survey can cause eye infection, retinal detachment or increased risk of wet amd i survey may temporarily increase eye pressure. do not drive or use machinery until vision has

, as a reminder, were originally supposed to be up there for eight days, are butch wilmore and suni williamse currently keeping them up there is that a fresh crew needs to launch before wilmore and williams can return, and there's a delay in launching their replacements. oh, gee! i wonder why! "okay, everybody, listen up. who wants to replace the crew that we stranded in space for a year? hands up where i can see 'em. come on. nobody gets tang until somebody volunteers." space food sticks? lotta folks are concerned about the astronauts' welfare up there but in a statement, nasa reassured us that the crew is "well-stocked with food, water, clothing, oxygen, and also have special items to celebrate the holidays." and what a holly-jolly christmas that'll be. ♪ i'm dreaming of a new ♪ ♪ poop-tube ♪ [laughter] they poop in a tube. back on earth, back earthside, remember that iowa poll that came out right before the election that showed trump losing the state by 3 to 4 points to the nice lady who didn't do the crimes? well, trump remembers. because yesterday, we found out that trump is suing iowa

commander suni williams and butch wilmore removed broken antenna and wiped the station's exeter forefort the iss since last june. president trump has asked elon musk to get them down. up next, the panel on today's cabinet confirmation hearings plus the politics and the tragedy around the deadly air disaster over washington. first, beyond our borders tonight. a nighttime russian drone attack kills at least six people and wounds nine others at an apartment building in northeast ukraine. russia launched more than 08 drones overnight, according to ukrainian officials. panama's president says there will be no negotiations with the united states over ownership of the panama canal. jose raÚl mulino made those comments today. secretary of state marco rubio is scheduled to meet with moline know sunday and visit the canal. president trump claims china is operating the waterway and says u.s. ships using it are being treated unfairly. this is a live look at london, one of the big stories there tonight. the princess of wales visits children in hospice care. kate middleton spending time with the kids

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. >>> astronaut suni williams set the record for the most times spacewalking over a career.liams has been stuck in space about eight months now with fellow astronaut butch wilmore. the pair took their first spacewalk together to remove a broken antenna and wipe the station's exterior for microbes. during the walk williams surpassed retired astronaut peggy whitson who held the record at 60 hours and 21 minutes. >>> america's economy continued to grow in the final months of 2024. the commerce department reported today that gross domestic product, gdp, which measures all the goods and services produced in the united states grew by 2.3% from october to december. it was powered mostly by stronger consumer spending. for the full year, gdp up 2.#% compared to 2.9% the year before. >>> at this hour authorities are working to identify the victims of that tragic midair disastrous ter in our nation's capital. >> 67 are presumed dead after a helicopter collided with a commercial flight from wichita, kansas wednesday night. >> 60 passengers and four crew members were onboard the american

commander suni williams and butch wilmore participated in their first spacewalk together this morningly eight months after moving in. the pair performed some maintenance work and wiped some of the outside of the station for evidence of any microbes that could still be alive after launching from earth. in the process, williams said, a new spacewalking record for female astronauts. she and wilmore were supposed to stay at the international space station for just one week. they are now expected to come home in late march or early april. the lineup has been announced for this year's cinequest film and creativity festival in san jose, and this year's festival includes more than 60 films. it begins on march 11th and runs through the 23rd, and unlike previous years, cinequest will be exclusively at theaters in downtown san jose. >> this year, we're all downtown san jose, which is for san jose, folks. we're thrilled to them, and we're going to be at three venues the california theater, the three below, which is just renovated all their technology recently. so their technology is up to standar

. >> here is nasa astronaut suni williams spacewalking she and fellow astronaut nick., we're repairing parts of orbiting lab. they have been stuck on the international space station for 7 months. williams got a close-up there. got to see what's going on with the space x capsule that's expected to bring them home this spring. that's 10 months after they left earth. and a lot later that they intended to be up there. so they're getting out stretching their legs a little bit. nintendo putting years of rumors and speculation to bed by unveiling a new gaming console. the gaming giant posted a video to youtube. called an update from nintendo which turned out to be a reveal for the trailer for the switch to this video shows what the consul the docking, the controllers look like as well as a clip from a new mario kart game. reaction from gamers has been pretty positive. nintendo says the new switch to will be released sometime this year. >> what want the job. >> chicago police called in to an aldi where they found this coyote hiding behind the shelves in the refrigeration secti

suni williams and butch wilmore became stranded after issues with boeing's starliner spacecraft madet too dangerous for them to try to return on it. their return to earth is not expected until at least late march. >> nasa researchers have found what they say could be the key to how life on earth began. >> and they found that key by sifting through piles of dust. abc news reporter andrew dymburt with the details. >> a breakthrough discovery from nasa. a sample from an asteroid holding the building blocks of life. >> the samples contain salts that formed in a liquid environment, like a lake, or maybe even an ocean, and organic molecules that are central to all life on earth. >> nasa's osiris-rex spacecraft returned four ounces of dust and pebbles from the asteroid bennu, the biggest cosmic haul yet from beyond the moon, researchers found amino acids and nitrogen in the form of ammonia. scientists say it's the strongest evidence that asteroids may be the reason that life developed here. >> this is telling us that not just the water, but some of the building blocks of life actually were

trump appears to be referring to suni williams and butch wilmore, two nasa astronauts who've been livingl ten day trip was extended because of technical difficulties. to be clear, musk's company, spacex, is already scheduled to get them back home in march. although it doesn't seem like musk was planning to go personally. maybe trump just needs a little space. good luck elon. >> i'm howie mandel. >> the newest ambassador. >> of skechers. >> funny story. >> how i became an ambassador. >> i went to the store and i lied and said i was an ambassador. do i get a discount? the owner called me and said, would you like to be an ambassador for skechers? and i said, yes, try skechers slip ins. >> you make good choices. they've shaped your journey to leave all that your life built rock solid for generations. with ambition like that, you need someone who elevates advice to a craft. at ubs, we match your vision with insight and expertise to shape a unique expertise to shape a unique outcome for you. i have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. but thanks to skyrizi and clearer skin--i'm all in. with sk

suni williams, she's one of the astronauts that was stranded on the iss this summer. is going to take part in that spacewalk. i mean, look, i guess if you're stuck there, you might as well make the most of it, right? why not? all right, i'm kasie hunt. don't go anywhere. cnn news central starts right now

>> well, look, nasa would not allow suni williams to venture out and dowere not in, you know, perfect health. um, this is going to be sunny williams eighth spacewalk. uh, her co spacewalk spacewalker, nick hague. this will be his fourth. these are incredibly experienced spacewalkers. but even if you're an experienced spacewalker, these spacewalks up at the space station have become quite routine. but they remain the most risky thing that any astronaut can do up in space. you are venturing out into the vacuum of space. and so right there you can see some of today's spacewalk goals. they're going to do a bunch of repairs and maintenance and refurbishments to various tools and instruments up at the international space station to kind of help with docking or with making sure the navigation of the space station is in the right spot. whole thing john and kate should take about 6.5 hours. and just remember, while you're in those spacesuits, there's no eating and barely any drinking. so it's it's a grueling 6.5 hours, no matter how experienced you are, no doubt about that. >> kristin fisher,

suni williams and butch wilmore took their first spacewalk yesterday.r issues with boeing's starliner spacecraft made it too dangerous for them to return on it. they will return to earth is not expected until at least late march. it's going to be a little longer for them. nasa researchers have found what they say could be the key to how life on earth began. >> and they found that key by sifting through piles of dust. here's abc news reporter andrew dymburt. >> a breakthrough discovery from nasa. a sample from an asteroid holding the building blocks of life. >> the samples contain salts that formed in a liquid environment, like a lake, or maybe even an ocean, and organic molecules that are central to all life on earth. >> nasa's osiris-rex spacecraft returned four ounces of dust and pebbles from the asteroid bennu, the biggest cosmic haul yet from beyond the moon, researchers found amino acids and nitrogen in the form of ammonia. scientists say it's the strongest evidence that asteroids may be the reason that life developed here. >> this is telling us th

from portland to california, and their boeing starliner has two astronauts, butch wilmore and suni williams. they're in space right now celebrating new year's eve. that's them in space. >> they're married now. >> no. with no no gravity, try pouring your courvoisier with no gravity, literally. >> and seeing that plane door, i wonder if someone maybe pulled up a smoke and said, hey, the door's open. like there shouldn't be an issue here today. get in there real quick. >> wouldn't that be funny if it wasn't boeing? there was a smoker on the flight who knew he had to go outside the smoke and hang it onto the plane? >> i might die, i might as well go out and worry. >> our third and final flop is here on earth. it goes to the movie joker two, which bombed so bad hamas is claiming responsibility. the offbeat musical starring joaquin phoenix and lady gaga, received a 33% score on rotten tomatoes, which is actually worse than an isis beheading video. all told, it was expected to lose warner bros. between 150 and $200 million worldwide. >> wasn't that a woke movie? wasn't that a part of the problem?

butch wilmore and suni williams insist they're both healthy and busy. >> now we have plenty of clothesy we want to go home. we left our families a little while ago, but we have a lot to do while we're up here. >> reporter: yeah, williams and wilmore have some space walks coming up that will keep them busy. meanwhile, the global space economy, listen to this, set to hit a trillion dollars in the coming years. it's no longer dominated by governments, spacex, blue origin, axiom space are among the companies, the u.s. companies, trying to build a future in space. but right now, as we said, there's a real shortage of space ports back here on earth, you guy. back to you. >> tom, thanks. >> that's a story we'll keep our eye on for sure. >> the speed with which all this is happening is a little startling, too. >> al, what you got? another check of the weather. >> this cold air will be moving east. the temperatures for today we're looking at chicago at 18 degrees. 14 degrees cooler than average. nashville, minus 3 degrees cooler than average, 46. kansas city, 22 degrees. tomorrow that cold air

suni williams and nick hague are outside the international space station.ork includes removing and replacing a rate gyro assembly that provides control orientation for the station. they also install patches to cover the damaged areas of the light, filters of an x ray telescope, and replace a reflector device used for navigational data on one of the international docking adapters. nasa says they have been working since about 3 a.m, so they should almost be finished. earlier this morning, they actually showed us what the sunrise looked like from where they are in space. we'll keep an eye on it for you then. back to back burglaries. the latest oakland gas station to be targeted. as we hear from the frustrated ghirardelli intense dark. bold... rich... intensely delicious dark chocolate. ghirardelli intense dark. makes life a bite better. (humming) behold! a glorious round table pepperoni pizz... huh? ah. huh. well, behold the pepperoni and grilled chicken...? what the? (clears throat) behold, the pepperoni, grilled chicken and bacon pizza from round table! thre

butch wilmore and suni williams have been there since june. >> longer than. >> a week. longer than a week because of an issue with their spacecraft. and apparently president trump says that he's had enough. >> take a look at this exchange between trump and elon musk. trump tells musk to, quote, go get them. musk replies to trump, telling him he'll bring them home. but in the most recent delay, it was his own company, spacex, that delayed the astronauts planned return. back in december, with musk's company saying it needed more time. joining us now is former nasa astronaut leroy chiao. leroy, great to have you here with us. thanks so much. the plan by nasa has clearly been delayed several times. the vehicle to bring them home is docked at the space station. walk us through the complications here. >> well, sure. i mean, the next crew to launch, crew ten is going to be launching on a brand new dragon spacecraft built by spacex. and so it's taking a few more extra weeks to go through testing, final testing, and mission assurance. and that's being done jointly by nasa and sp