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suni williams and butch wilmore. just how much longer will they be up there? good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin tonight with the breaking news. today's resignations from the department of justice. after being ordered to drop corruption charges against new york mayor eric adams. quitting today, danielle sassoon acting u.s. attorney for new york's southern district. also stepping down. john keller, acting head of the justice department's public integrity section and deputy assistant attorney general kevin driscoll, the department's top career prosecutor. then this evening, we learned from sources that as many as three additional public integrity prosecutors also quit. all of this follows what happened just three days ago, when the new acting deputy attorney general, emil bove, a former attorney for president trump, ordered danielle sassoon to dismiss the charges against adams. bova's memo to sassoon laying it out raised eyebrows in that he said the doj reached its determination, quote, without assessing the strength of the evidence. now, instead, bove said that the

i spoke to suni williams and butch wilmore earlier.mander williams, captain wilmore, thanks so much for joining us. you've been up there since last june. how are you doing? >> we're doing pretty darn good, actually. you know, we've got food, we've got clothes, we're have great crew members up here. you know, of course, it was a little bit longer stay than we had expected. but, you know, both of us have trained to live and work on the international space station. and we i think we've made the the most of it. >> commander williams, what does it feel like to to be floating around all that time? i mean, uh, i was going to ask the captain, but his hair is pretty short. i mean, your hair is up all the time. is that. does it feel weird? >> you know, it's a lot of fun. i like my crazy hair up here. it sort of gets a little einstein look, so it's. it's pretty cool. both of us have lived here before, and it is just amazing how when you come across the hatch after you've been here, it's like, oh, my gosh, i remember what this is all like. i remem

suni williams doesn't just wear that message, she is that message.ay visit to the international space station stretched into months. her belief in the mission sustains her, making her a living example of belief's power. it reminds us why we explore and admire astronauts. not just what they do and where they go but the way they do it. that's all for the "cbs evening news plus." thanks for joining us. i'm john dickerson. good night. . >>> right now on cbs news bay area, we have now learned what sparked the chase that ended when a car slammed into a san francisco parklet, why some community members say the crash is raising larger questions. >> is it really worth it for us now? >>> and more than 35 years after an east bay woman mysteriously vanished, a break in the case. we're hearing from investigators about how they finally identified her body. >> so we actually provided them some fingernails and from those fingernails they were able to get dna. >>> a dry start to the week, but it will not stay that way long, when another powerful storm is set to arriv

astronaut butch wilmore and suni williams have been on the space station since last june. they were only supposed to be there for eight days, but trouble with their ride home? the boeing starliner, forced nasa to delay the return. their eight day mission now eight months. they spoke to our gio benitez. >> so this idea. >> that you. >> need to be rescued that's not how you feel there. >> no i would say that's that's not how we feel. you know since we've been here we've had a way to get home if we really needed to in an emergency. >> the two are set to return to earth next month thanks to space x. what's the first. >> thing you're going to do when. >> you. >> get back to planet earth? i'm going to hug and kiss my wife and my daughters. >> i have a husband and dogs and yeah, they're going to get a lot of a lot of hugs from me. >> and nasa is expecting a return flight in mid-march. as for the lunar lander that should land on the moon on march 6th. >> yes. and another celestial event is happening right now. >> it has nothing to do with rockets or space stations. we send our dan

in today's gma first look, astronaut suni williams and butch wilmore will, who have been stranded in space for more than eight months. this morning, they're speaking to abc news about their extended mission. here's abc news reporter gio benitez. >> in this morning's gma first look, an abc news exclusive interview. so this idea that you need to be rescued. that's not how you feel there. >> no, i would say that's that's not how we feel. >> astronauts butch wilmore and suni williams were supposed to be in space for just a week, traveling to the international space station aboard the boeing starliner. but after a series of technical issues, nasa delayed their return. now, this morning, over eight months later, they're still in space. and speaking with me. what is your message to americans who were watching these narratives unfold of you being stranded and stuck in space, and they were so worried about you. >> we're thankful for your support. >> since then, they've joined the nasa mission crew nine, with astronaut nick hague flying in on a spacex crew dragon with room for butch and sunny.

nasa is now saying that astronauts bush but williams and suni williams will be brought back a littleught. could force washington correspondent vinaysimlot explains the change. >> i think position after space walks and 8 extra months at the international space station tied at nasa says astronauts, butch wilmore and suni williams could be back by mid-march instead of the end of march or early april, one pair launched on a boeing starliner last june left last month, president donald trump posted online. he asked elon musk and spacex to get williams and wilmore. >> who he says have been virtually abandoned in space by the biden administration. there return has seen several delays and schedule changes. williams and wilmore were originally supposed to come back on the boeing starliner after a week-long mission. >> they were supposed to come back in june of 2024. after issues with the starliner, nasa decided to bring them back on the spacex dragon capsule that was scheduled to land this month. that's a delay that to late march or early april of this year. now they've moved that up and decid

this morning, nasa says it may be able to bring home astronauts butch wilmore in suni williams after more than eight months in space. finally, cnn's anderson cooper spoke to them from the international space station. anderson wasn't there, but they were. >> commander williams, what does it feel like to to be floating around all that time? i mean, uh, i was going to ask the captain, but his hair is pretty short. i mean, your hair is up all the time. is that. does it feel weird? >> you know, it's a lot of fun. i like. >> my crazy hair up here. it sort of gets a little einstein look, so it's. it's pretty cool. both of us have lived here before, and it is just amazing how when you come across the hatch after you've been here, it's like, oh my gosh, i remember what this is all like. i remember feeling what it's like floating. and i think both of us adapted really quickly. um, and i think i'm hoping the same will be true when we come back home. >> yeah. how much time does it take to to adapt when you land again? >> yeah, that's going to be a little bit hard, as usual. um, i've been up twice

nasa astronauts butch wilmore and suni williams could be home sooner than expected. after being stuck on the international space station since june. even though nasa says they were never actually stuck. >> they were kind. >> of stuck. they were stuck. we're following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central we begin this hour with breaking news that no doubt is pretty tough for ukrainians to hear. >> president trump revealing details of a 90 minute phone call with russian president vladimir putin, saying that it was, quote, highly productive, as they discussed a number of topics, including steps to end the conflict in ukraine. >> all this as the white house announces the release of another american detainee, this time from a prison in belarus. we've got a team of reporters covering every angle. let's go straight to cnn's jeff zeleny with more on this lengthy call between the two leaders. what is the white house saying, jeff? >> rob frehse. >> we are learning more. >> about that telephone call this morning between the

amna: colonel nick hague, commander suni williams, and captain butch wilmore, thank you so very muchme speak with us, for the work that you do. we're very, very grateful. please travel safe. sunita: thank you very much. see you back on earth. amna: an absolute treat and an honor to speak with those astronauts. thank you to them for their time. that's the news hour for tonight. i'm amna nawaz. geoff: and i'm geoff bennett. for all of us here at the news hour, thanks for spending part of your evening with us. >> major funding for the pbs news hour has been provided by -- >> in 1995, two friends set out to make wireless coverage accessible to all. with no long-term contract, nationwide coverage, and 100% u.s.-based customer support. consumer cellular, freedom calls. >> i absolutely love my job because i love the people i work with. everyone is trying to connect on a personal level. ♪ >> we look out for one another. we love to see our teammates thrive. >> you don't have to change how you walk. you don't have to change how you talk. >> we can bring our authentic self to work and do our be

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and suni williams. the international space station for the past eight months due to a technical problem on their spacecraft. >> supposed to be there eight days. they're there. almost 300. biden. >> they were? yes. they were left out there for political reasons, which is not good. >> well, that comment has outraged many former nasa astronauts and others tied to america's space program. they say it's just the very latest example of musk spreading false information. >> kash patel is beginning his full day on the job as the leader of the nation's top law enforcement agency. yesterday, he was sworn into office as the new director of the fbi, and he's already making good on his pledge to make major changes. he announced 1500 fbi agents and staff members would be transferred from the agency's headquarters to field offices around the country. democrats have warned patel will operate as a loyalist for trump and abuse the fbi's powers to go after the president's adversaries. >> coming up, growing pushback over bu

astronaut suni williams is making the most of her extended time at the international space station.eaking the record for the most total spacewalking time by a woman, making her ninth spacewalk on thursday. she was joined by fellow astronaut butch wilmore. williams and will more have been at the iss since june. you will remember they weren't able to come back on the boeing starliner after technical issues and they're now set to return with spacex in march. so quite the long saga for all of them, guys. >> whit: yeah. well, if you are going to have a delay -- >> janai: you might as well make use of it. >> whit: break some records. exactly. get your money's worth out of the trip. thanks, gio. still ahead on "gma," caught on camera. a terrifying blast means a close call for sanitation workers. >> janai: scary stuff. what football fans will be spending their money on ahead of next week's big game. stick around as we get you super bowl ready here on "gma". >> i will be getting some wings. type 2 diabetes? discover the ozempic® tri-zone. i got the power of 3. i lowered my a1c, cv risk, and

. ♪ amna: for nasa astronauts suni williams and butch wilmore, the long wait to return to earth is almostnt up to the international space station last june in a boeing starliner spacecraft. they were supposed to return about a week later, but because of problems with the starliner, they've stayed at the space station for over 250 days and will now return on a spacex capsule next month. i spoke with them, along with their crewmate, nick hague, earlier today. commander williams, captain gilmore and colonel hague, welcome to the "news hour." thank you so much for joining us. sunita: it's just absolutely our pleasure to be here on the "pbs news hour" with you. so, thank you for taking the time. amna: we're so grateful for your time. commander williams, when you first went up last june, let's remind folks here, you were only supposed to be up there about a week or so. you've now been up in space about 250 days. you've probably heard in the conversation back here on earth, some people saying you are stuck up there, other people saying that you were abandoned up there. i'm just curious for your

extra months at the international space station about one nasa says astronauts, butch wilmore and suni williamsould be back by mid-march instead of the end of march or early april, one pair launched on a boeing starliner last june left last month. president donald trump posted online. he asked elon musk and spacex to get williams and wilmore. >> who he says have been virtually abandoned in space by the biden administration. there return has seen several delays and schedule changes. williams and wilmore were originally supposed to come back on the boeing starliner after a week-long mission. >> they were supposed to come back in june of 2024. after issues with the starliner, nasa decided to bring them back on the spacex dragon capsule that was scheduled to land this month. that's a delay that to late march or early april of this year. now they've moved that up and decided on mid-march. now we have plenty of close. we are well fed. nasa says williams and wilmore replacements will get to the international space station about 2 weeks earlier. >> spacex chose to fly an older already certified capsule

they were talking about american astronauts butch wilmore and suni williams. accelerating the return of the astronauts, which was postponed kind of to a ridiculous degree. >> they got left in space. >> they were left up there for political reasons, which is not good. >> reporter: nbc news correspondent marissa parra joins us now. so, marissa, those comments have a lot of people, especially in the space community, upset. what are they saying? >> reporter: we're hearing from several astronauts and this is notable because this is not something that i have seen before. we're talking about the head of spacex going head-to-head with former and current astronauts, so it all started with this post on x that you're about to see. this is european astronaut, and he said musk's claims were lies. musk responded using several derogatory terms, denying this, claiming once again without any proof that the return of those starliner astronauts was pushed back for political reasons, and mind you, as he is using this rhetoric to respond to him, moganson was not only the former in

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nasa astronauts butch wilmore and suni williams could be home sooner than expected. after being stuck on the international space station since june. even though nasa says they were never actually stuck. >> they were kind. >> of stuck. they were stuck. we're following these major deve s

. >> i on another subject, i recently spoke to two american astronauts, suni williams and butch wilmoreey're in the international space station. they've been there longer, obviously, than expected. they are expected to finally come home next month. i asked them about a claim from president trump and others that they were stranded in space for political reasons by the biden administration. here's what they said. >> that is. >> a fair question. >> and i tell. >> you what, anderson. i understand why people. >> would think that. i mean, that's been the. >> rhetoric, that's been the narrative from day one stranded, abandoned, stuck. and i get it. we both get it. but that is, again, not what our human space flight program is about. we don't feel abandoned. we don't feel stuck. we don't feel stranded. i understand why others may think that we we come prepared. we come committed. that is what your human space flight program is. it prepares for any and all contingencies that we can conceive of, and we prepare for those. >> now, as you know, in recent days, elon musk repeated the claim the astron

ward, this morning, the nasa astronauts butch wilmore and suni williams may come home sooner than expectedough that's all relative because they were initially supposed to come home last summer before there were issues with their boeing spacecraft. now, because there have been some switches and schedules, they couldn't come back in early march, a couple of weeks earlier than planned. more than 100 fishermen had to be re

and cnn's anderson cooper interviewed nasa astronaut suni williams and butch wilmore, who have been stuckon the international space station since june. as you may know, we here at cnn news central are so invested in this story, we couldn't resist playing their response to when anderson asked them what it's like to sleep in space. >> so each of us. >> have a sleep station. so it's. >> you know. >> from the old. >> days, like sort. >> of like a phone booth size, a little bit bigger than a phone booth. >> a little larger than a coffin. >> a little, yeah, a little larger than a coffin. and it's interesting, though. like, it doesn't really matter once you close your eyes. if you're upside down or sideways. and so we have one sleep station on the, on the ceiling, one on the floor and two on either side. >> it doesn't seem very comfortable. how do you know when it's nighttime? right. the sun isn't going down anyway. coming up, thousands of federal workers are now out of a job as the mass layoffs begin. we're going to tell you where the cuts are coming from right now. stay with us. >> have i got

nasa astronauts butch wilmore and suni williams could be coming home sooner than expected. mean, asterisks on that sooner than expected. nasa says it's able to adjust their schedule because they're switching space capsules. their march return could now be moved up a couple of weeks. wilmore and williams have been at the international space station since june after issues plagued their first leg of their trip on the on boeing's starliner spacecraft. remember, they were only supposed to be up there for eight days. so this is an early return, but not really. and also long overdue. one more. let's go. if you were watching the westminster dog show, you saw history happen for the first time. a giant schnauzer took home the best in show award. the dog's name? monty. the winner of the working group category the past three years at westminster, though that group has not secured the overall win since 2004. i also did read that monty entered the competition as the top ranked dog in the country, based on points amassed in previous shows, and was the odds on favorite to win. >> if you d

butch wilmore and suni williams were already scheduled to return in late march, with musk's company,ostello is following this story for us. so what happens now? tom? >> bottom line here is that they. >> are. >> going to come back in march. >> but maybe about a. >> week or two. >> earlier than. >> originally thought. president trump has been pushing elon musk to. >> try to. >> bring them back. >> even sooner. >> than originally planned. >> and so now spacex is. >> swapping out a newer. >> rocket for. >> an older rocket. they're going to go up to the space station as originally planned, and they're going to go into a crew rotation. chris. >> you know, nothing. >> is simple when it comes to nasa and spacex. >> here's what's happening. they have been up on the space station. >> as you know. >> since september. right. >> because their. >> boeing starliner ship. >> nasa didn't feel comfortable. >> in bringing them back. >> on starliner. so they sent. up crew. >> nine on a. spacex rocket. >> in september for their six month rotation on the space station. butch and sunny joined crew nine. th