so, those three windows, that was vinay�*s room, vinay�*s and mine. boys used to sleep. and this window is where the lounge used to be. chhaya patel is visiting the post office she was forced to leave with her husband vinay and their family eight years ago. when we initially took over the post office running, it was a really pleasant way to start our business because we were the only post office for another five or six miles, so the community spirit was there. the couple started to experience losses on horizon around the same time vinay started to become seriously unwell with kidney disease and other health conditions. the couple think the pressure was a factor. with stresses building up, they reported the problems over the phone. no—one could help them, least of all fujitsu, who ran the helpline. the helpline would then just say to us, "sorry, mrs patel, the error is yours. "you've got to make it good." and this happened every time the error happ... every time the error happened, it doubled up and it doubled up and it doubled up, and we looked into i

federation andrei rudenko, ambassador of the russian federation to india denis alipov, as well as vinay kumar , ambassador of india to russia, and of course, a company of honorary guard, part of the 154. anthem of india, and then the russian federation. an interesting detail, the russian foreign ministry is required to do so independently. depending on when the head of a particular state arrives, he sends the notes of the national anthem to the orchestra in advance. at the end of the welcoming ceremony , a guard of honor passed through the airport. the orchestra played the song "ballad about a soldier by composer vasily solovyov sidogo." as stated by presidential press secretary dmitry peskov, the first meeting of vladimir putin and the indian prime minister will take place this evening. there is no task here to prepare surprises, the main thing here is to create an atmosphere. for meaningful communication, today there will be part of meaningful informal communication, and tomorrow there will be part of the official visit, directly official negotiations, russian-indian. negotiations in

washington correspondent vinay simlot has the latest. >> want to speak tonight about the need for us to lower the temperature in our politics from the white house sunday night, a call for unity. former president was shot. american citizen killed all simply exercising his freedom to support the candidate of his choosing. the speech comes a day after the fbi says thomas matthew crooks tried to assassinate former president donald trump at a rally in butler. pennsylvania said take a look at what happened. >> the bloodied former president says a bullet pierced his upper ear. corey come for it or a former volunteer fire chief in pennsylvania was killed. president joe biden says investigators don't yet know crooks is affiliations or if he had help, too. but the president did have a warning. we must not go down this road. america. we traveled before throughout our history. the president called on americans to get out of their silos and listen to people with opposing views, the power change. america should always rest in the hands of the people. >> would-be assassin, president biden invoked o

washington correspondent vinay simlot reports. >> we're trying to fix a broken system. the secretary of education says the broken student loan system has a fix. the administration save plan all students who who want to go to college should have an opportunity do and they should be able to pay back their loans. the program reduces monthly payments for some borrowers from 10% of discretionary income to 5%. people who make less than $32,000 a year will pay nothing under the plan and it would forgive loans under $12,000 for people who made payments for 10 years. a court blocked that portion of the plan from going into effect that these are people that go into community colleges and >> and are trying to, you know, get their family situated or maybe buy a home states have sued the department of education, arguing the same plan goes beyond congress's limits on the department. this is transferring 475 billion dollars of debt. >> from these students to the american taxpayer. and only congress can do that. tell them to say that to those folks who want to go to college but are afr

washington correspondent vinay simlot explains what it means for you. >> on the minds of voters this summer, the economy and how much things cost. and on the heels of july 4th signs the economy is slowing. while the u.s. added 206,000 jobs, the news jobs report shows the unemployment rate is now over 4%. this is another in a long series of strong solid job reports with the bureau of labor statistics says it will now cost you $122 to buy what used to cost $100 before the pandemic. the white house as workers salaries are up to. have wages, beating prices. now. >> for 13, 14 months in iraq, economic adviser jared bernstein says americans now make an average of $35 an hour. >> up nearly 4% since last year. he says that wage growth outpaces inflation. that means people have a bit more buying power, bit more breathing the mixed report shows a higher unemployment rate is partly because nearly 300,000 people entered the job market. so it isn't that the job market is crashing. >> what it's doing is our camera from bank rate says he'll watch closely to see how high the unemployment rate goes.

washington correspondent vinay simlot reports. >> we're trying to fix a broken system. the secretary of education says the broken student loan system has a fix. the administration save plan all students who who want to go to college should have an opportunity to do and they should be able to pay back their loans. the program reduces monthly payments for some borrowers from 10% of discretionary income to 5%. people who make less than $32,000 a year will pay nothing under the plan and it would forgive loans under $12,000 for people who made payments for 10 years. a court blocked that portion of the plan from going into effect that these are people that go into community colleges and >> and are trying to, you know, get their family situated or maybe buy a home states have sued the department of education, arguing the same plan goes beyond congress's limits on the department. this is transferring 475 billion dollars of debt. >> from these students to the american taxpayer. and only congress can do that. tell them to say that to those folks who want to go to college but are

unemployment rate inched up above 4% for the first time since november of 2021, our dc correspondent vinaylot explains what it means for you. on the minds of voters this summer, the economy and how much things cost. and on the heels of july 4th. >> signs the economy is slowing. while the u.s. added 206,000 jobs, the news jobs report shows the unemployment rate is now over 4%. this is another in a long series of strong solid jobs report with the bureau of labor statistics says it will now cost you $122. >> to buy what used to cost $100 before the pandemic. the white house as workers salaries are up to. have wages, beating prices. now. >> for 13, 14 months in iraq, economic adviser jared bernstein says americans now make an average of $35 an hour. >> up nearly 4% since last year. he says that wage growth outpaces inflation. that means people have a bit more buying power, that more breathing the mixed report shows a higher unemployment rate is partly because nearly 300,000 people entered the job market. so it isn't that the job market is crashing. >> what it's doing is our camera from bank ra

our washington correspondent vinay simlot reports. >> vice president harris, the likely democratic nominee for president has already come out in support of the president's plan. meantime, republicans are criticizing the president saying the only reason he's pushing for an overhaul of the court is because he doesn't like its recent decisions. the president austin, texas, on monday will announce plans to change the supreme court. >> in a washington post op-ed, president biden pushed for a constitutional amendment saying there's no immunity for crimes. the former president committed in office term limits for supreme court justices 18 years on the court instead of a lifetime appointment and enforceable ethics code. democrats have criticized justices clarence thomas and samuel alito for accepting gifts from gop donors and not telling the public they are the only federal court. >> that is not barred from that kind of behavior by unenforceable code of conduct. congress would have to be on board. >> already congressional republicans have said they're not on sunday. senator lindsey graham spoke aga

washington correspondent vinay simlot has the story. >> the acting director of the secret service says he can't defend the planning. he says he doesn't know why the roof. the shooter used wasn't secure. he also said secret service agents didn't know local law enforcement spotted the shooter on the roof moments before the shooting. what i saw. >> made me ashamed. >> shame the acting director of the secret service says for the failures happened. that led to a gunman firing at former president donald trump. i think this was a failure of imagination. a failure to challenge our own assumptions. the acting director says he laid on the roof less than 150 yards from where the former president was speaking. the place where thomas matthew crooks tried to take the former president's life. i could not. and i will not. and i cannot understand why. >> there was not. better coverage or at least somebody. looking at that roof line. investigators say about 30 minutes before the shooting local law enforcement shared a photo of crooks in a group chat. >> moments before the shooting, one confronted crooks

our washington correspondent vinay simlot explains why families people killed in 2 crashes. reject boeing's guilty plea. >> the families of victims killed in 2 crashes of the boeing 7.37. max call it the sweetheart deal. this agreement is a affront to the families in the agreement. boeing would agree to plead guilty for charges related to 2 crashes from 2018 2019. the company would have to pay a fine of about 240 million dollars. invest 450 million dollars in safety and an independent monitor would have to oversee boeing, safety and quality for at least 3 years. a judge still has to approve the deal. all we knew getting away with what the families believe. >> is a slap on the wrist. >> investigators blamed the 7.37. max is and caste system for the 2 crashes. it's a flight control system that pushed the nose of the airplanes doubt. investigators say boeing didn't tell airlines or pilots about and cast and prosecutors allege boeing deceived the faa about it. this. >> the deal is. >> not the end of accountability. last month, boeing ceo dave calhoun testified before congress. o

. >> washington correspondent vinay simlot has that story >> the acting director of the secret service says he can't defend the planning. he says he doesn't know why the roof. the shooter used wasn't secure. he also said secret service agents didn't know local law enforcement spotted the shooter on the roof moments before the shooting. what i saw. >> made me ashamed. >> shame the acting director of the secret service says for the failures happened. that led to a gunman firing at former president onald trump. i think this was a failure of imagination. a failure to challenge our own assumptions. the acting director says he laid on the roof less than 150 yards from where the former president was speaking. the place where thomas matthew crooks tried to take the former president's life. i could not. and i will not. and i cannot understand why. >> there was not. better coverage or at least somebody. looking at that roof line. investigators say about 30 minutes before the shooting local law enforcement shared a photo of crooks in a group chat. >> moments before the shooting, one confronted cr

unemployment rate inched above 4% for the first time since november 2021, our washington correspondent vinaylot explains what that could mean for you. >> on the minds of voters as summer, the economy and how much things cost. and on the heels of july 4th signs the economy is slowing. while the u.s. added 206,000 jobs, the news jobs report shows the unemployment rate is now over 4%. this is another in a long series of strong solid jobs report with the bureau of labor statistics says it will now cost you $122 to buy what used to cost $100 before the pandemic. the white house as workers salaries are up to. have wages, beating prices. now. >> for 13, 14 months in iraq, economic adviser jared bernstein says americans now make an average of $35 an hour. >> up nearly 4% since last year. he says that wage growth outpaces inflation. that means people have a bit more buying power, that more breathing the mixed report shows a higher unemployment rate is partly because nearly 300,000 people entered the job market. so it isn't that the job market is crashing. what it's doing is our camera from bank rate

our washington correspondent vinay simlot reports on the ongoing delays for the boeing starliner space capsule. >> so we've been scurrying around love. the crew's been doing various things. what was supposed to be an eight-day mission has turned into a 36 day test flight and counting. astronauts, butch wilmore and suni williams launched on june 5th, the first human flight of the new boeing starliner spacecraft. but on the 6. >> the locks to another jet. that's one they want. some of the thrusters on the starliner failed as astronauts tried to dock with the international space station. just reiterate again, this is a test flight. we were expecting to find some things. and so we are finding stuff now. engineers are trying to figure out why the thrusters didn't work as designed. nasa says it's better to test the thrusters in space because they burn up during return and then we wouldn't be able to go through all this testing and understand about our state's graph. but the astronauts are confident the starliner is safe. i have real good feeling in my heart that the spacecraft will bring wil

washington correspondent vinay simlot explains. vice president harris, the likely democratic nominee for president has already come out in support. >> of the president's plan. meantime, republicans are criticizing the president saying the only reason he's pushing for an overhaul of the court is because he doesn't like its recent decisions. the president austin, texas, on monday will announce plans to change the supreme court. >> in a washington post op-ed, president biden pushed for a constitutional amendment saying there's no immunity for crimes of former president committed in office. term limits for supreme court justices. 18 years on the court instead of a lifetime appointment and enforceable ethics code. democrats have criticized justices clarence thomas and samuel alito for accepting gifts from gop donors and not telling the public they are the only federal court. >> that is not barred from that kind of behavior by an enforceable code of conduct. congress would have to be on board. >> already congressional republicans have sa

our washington correspondent vinay simlot shows us what happened when trump attended the national association of black journalists convention. >> vice president kamala harris is rallying in houston tonight. former president trump is headed back to pennsylvania. his first time there since he's attempted assassination. but first, he sat down for a discussion on race with the association of black journalists. >> in front of a conference of black journalists wednesday, former president donald trump conveyed skepticism of vice president kamala harris's race. she of indian heritage and she only promoting indian heritage. i didn't know she was black. until a number of years ago when she happened to turn black and now she wants to known black. >> harris is the daughter of jamaican, father and indian mother. >> the white house quick to respond. what he just said. what you just read out to me >> also it's insulting. >> in atlanta tuesday night as the saying goes, if you got something to say. >> at star-studded campaign rally, vice president harris called on former president trump to agreed to a debate.

washington correspondent vinay simlot joins us with an update on the candidates on the trail. vice president kamala harris is rallying in houston tonight. >> former president trump is headed back to pennsylvania. his first time there since he's attempted assassination. but first, he sat down for a discussion on race with the association of black journalists. >> in front of a conference of black journalists wednesday, former president donald trump conveyed skepticism of vice president kamala harris's race. she of indian heritage and she only promoting indian heritage. i didn't know she was black. until a number of years ago when she happened to turn black. and now she wants to known harris is the daughter of jamaican father and indian mother. >> the white house quick to respond. what he just said. what you just read out to me >> also it's insulting. >> in atlanta tuesday night as the saying goes, if you got something to say. >> at star-studded campaign rally, vice president harris called on former president trump to agreed to a debate. >> is running mate should seem to have a l

our dc correspondent vinay simlot has the latest. >> want to speak tonight about the need for us to lower the temperature in our politics, from the white house sunday night, a call for unity. former president was shot. an american citizen killed all simply exercising his freedom to support the candidate of his choosing. the speech comes a day after the fbi says thomas matthew crooks tried to assassinate former president donald trump at a rally in butler. pennsylvania said take a look at what happened. >> the bloodied former president says a bullet pierced his upper ear. corey comperatore, former volunteer fire chief in pennsylvania was killed. president joe biden says investigators don't yet know crooks is affiliations or if he had help, too. but the president did have a warning. we must not go down this road. america. travels before throughout our history. the president called on americans to get out of their silos and listen to people with opposing views, the power change. america should always rest in the hands of the people. >> would-be assassin, president biden invoked other recent a

our washington correspondent vinay simlot reports. >> president biden is isolating in delaware right now. on friday, his doctors said the president's confidence improving and he's handling treatment. well, the biden campaign insists the president is more determined than ever to defeat former president donald trump. >> vice president kamala harris took her grandniece is to a washington, d.c., ice cream shop north, the controversy swirling in the democratic party. some party leaders have privately warned about president biden's viability as a candidate and friday, a handful of sitting house members and one senator joined the growing chorus of democrats publicly calling on the president to drop out of the race. new mexico senator martin heinrich writing, i believe it is in the best interests of our country for him to step aside in milwaukee. republicans united behind their nominee, former president donald trump. he spoke thursday night for the first time since his attempted assassination last saturday. if i had not moved my head at that very last instant. >> the assassin's bullet would

our washington correspondent vinay simlot spoke with the man in charge of nasa about that next mission. >> break down what 5 years after america's giant leap for mankind go planned. nasa is ferrying rocket stage from new orleans to florida. >> and with it the next generation of moon exploration, we're not going back to them. and just to go. >> because we did that 50 years ago, the next artemis mission planned for next september will take 4 astronauts around the moon. nasa hopes it will set up trips to the moon's south pole. if there's water in abundance, then we can create rocket fuel >> boy, from the moon, nasa plans to keep going so that we can go to mars with him the house is working on legislation to reauthorize nasa. the first comprehensive legislation to do it in 7 years. we need to do all that we can to ensure that the u.s. remains the leader in space, oklahoma representative frank lucas, the house science space and technology committee chairman. >> warned about china's progress in space just last month, china return rock samples from the far side of the moon. china plans to put

washington correspondent vinay simlot explains what it means for you. on the minds of voters this summer, the economy and how much things cost. and on the heels of july 4th signs the economy is slowing. >> while the u.s. added 2p6,000 jobs, the news jobs report shows the unemployment rate is now over 4% on this is another in a long series of strong solid job reports with the bureau of labor statistics says it will now cost you $122. >> to buy what used to cost $100 before the pandemic. the white house as workers salaries are up to. have wages, beating prices. now. >> for 13, 14 months in iraq, economic adviser jared bernstein says americans now make an average of $35 an hour. >> up nearly 4% since last year. he says that wage growth outpaces inflation. that means people have a bit more buying power, that more breathing the mixed report shows a higher unemployment rate is partly because nearly 300,000 people entered the job market. so it isn't that the job market is crashing. what it's doing is our camera from bank rate says he'll watch closely to see ho

our washington correspondent vinay simlot spoke with the nasa administrator on these delays. >> welcomel space station for 2 astronauts are delayed in space for others may be grounded next month. nasa administrator bill nelson sat down with us to discuss those missions. so we fly when we're ready and we don't flood before. wilmore and suni williams were supposed to return on june 14th. >> that looks another jet they haven't yet as nasa continues to test thrusters that failed on the boeing starliner. it's a test flight and you expect to test everything. nasa expects them to make it safe return i the next few weeks pitch to test the safety and the second stage of a spacex falcon 9 rocket failed during a mission with no people on board. >> for now, the faa has grounded the rocket and required an investigation putting the timing of a mission with american astronauts in limbo. the good news is that they know what the problem was and they're going to fix congress, push nasa to move toward a public-private partnership model after the space shuttle was retired in 2011 fixed price contract. it s

president biden says he was disappointed and how that peer turned out to our washington correspondent vinay why some lawmakers say the pier was a waste of money. >> this fear built by the u.s. military to bring emergency aid to war-torn gaza will come down soon after months of headaches for the u.s. military was hopeful that would be more success. the 230 million dollar pier was usable for just 20 days. the pentagon says. president biden announced a plan that is state of the union in march. i'm directing the u.s. military to lead an emergency mission to establish a temporary pier in the mediterranean on the coast of gaza. the pentagon says the pier helped the u.s. deliver nearly 20 million pounds of aid by seed to people in gaza. but weather and technical challenge is force the military to shut it down. at least 3 times. it's not working now. and national security adviser jake sullivan says the administration will wind down peer operations in short order. as we always said, that the peers temporary some lawmakers have called the pier a waste of american taxpayer money and it was very expens

we have our washington correspondent vinay simlot with the latest. >> want to speak tonight about the need for us to lower the temperature in our politics, from the white house sunday night, a call for unity. former president was shot. an american citizen killed all simply exercising his freedom to support the candidate of his choosing. the speech comes a day after the fbi says thomas matthew crooks tried to assassinate former president donald trump at a rally in butler. pennsylvania said take a look at what happened. >> the bloodied former president says a bullet pierced his upper ear. corey comperatore, former volunteer fire chief in pennsylvania was killed. president joe biden says investigators don't yet know crooks is affiliations or if he had help, too. but the president did have a warning. we must not go down this road. america. we traveled before throughout our history. the president called on americans to get out of their silos and listen to people with opposing views, the power change. america should always rest in the hands of the people. >> would-be assassin, president bid

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our dc correspondent vinay simlot has the very latest. >> want to speak tonight about the need for us to lower the temperature in our politics from the white house sunday night, a call for unity. former president was shot. an american citizen killed all simply exercising his freedom to support the candidate of his choosing. the speech comes a day after the fbi says thomas matthew crooks tried to assassinate former president donald trump at a rally in butler. pennsylvania said take a look at what happened. >> the bloodied former president says a bullet pierced his upper ear. corey comperatore, former volunteer fire chief in pennsylvania was killed. president joe biden says investigators don't yet know crooks is affiliations or if he had help, too. but the president did have a warning. we must not go down this road. america. we traveled before throughout our history. the president called on americans to get out of their silos and listen to people with opposing views, the power change. america should always rest in the hands of the people. >> would-be assassin, president biden invoked ot

washington correspondent vinay simlot joins us now live. so vinnie, the president off the trail. he's recovering from covid. what's his plan for the weekend? >> justine, he's planning to isolate in delaware right now. we did hear this afternoon from the president's doctor. he says his cough is improving and he's responding well to treatment. the biden campaign says that the president is more determined than ever to beat former president donald trump. >> vice president kamala harris took her grandniece is to a washington, d.c., ice cream shop north, the controversy swirling in the democratic party. party leaders have privately warned about president biden's viability as a candidate and friday, a handful of sitting house members and one senator joined the growing chorus of democrats publicly calling on the president to drop out of the race. new mexico senator martin heinrich writing, i believe it is in the best interests of our country for him to step aside in milwaukee. republicans united behind their nominee, former president donald trump. he spoke thursday night for the first ti

washington correspondent vinay some act has the latest. >> want to speak tonight about the need for us to lower the temperature in our politics from the white house sunday night, a call for unity. former president was shot. an american citizen killed all simply exercising his freedom to support the candidate of his choosing. the speech comes a day after the fbi says thomas matthew crooks tried to assassinate former president donald trump at a rally in butler. pennsylvania said take a look at what happened. >> the bloodied former president says a bullet pierced his upper ear. corey comperatore, former volunteer fire chief in pennsylvania was killed. president joe biden says investigators don't yet know crooks is affiliations or if he had help, too. but the president did have a warning. we must not go down this road. america. we traveled before throughout our history. the president called on americans to get out of their silos and listen to people with opposing views, the power change. america should always rest in the hands of the people. >> would-be assassin, president biden invoked ot

our dc correspondent vinay simlot has the latest. >> want to speak tonight about the need for us to lower the temperature in our politics, from the white house sunday night, a call for unity. former president was shot. an american citizen killed all simply exercising his freedom to support the candidate of his choosing. the speech comes a day after the fbi says thomas matthew crooks tried to assassinate former president donald trump at a rally in butler. pennsylvania said take a look at what happened. >> the bloodied former president says a bullet pierced his upper ear. corey comperatore, former volunteer fire chief in pennsylvania was killed. president joe biden says investigators don't yet know crooks is affiliations or if he had help, too. but the president did have a warning. we must not go down this road. america. we traveled before throughout our history. the president called on americans to get out of their silos and listen to people with opposing views, the power change. america should always rest in the hands of the people. >> would-be assassin, president biden invoked other rece

vice presidential candidate, our washington correspondent vinay simlot joins us with an update on thecandidates on the trail. >> vice president kamala harris is rallying in houston tonight. former president trump is headed back to pennsylvania. his first time there since he's attempted assassination. but first, he sat down for a discussion on race with the association of black journalists. >> in front of a conference of black journalists wednesday, former president donald trump conveyed skepticism of vice president kamala harris's race. she of indian heritage and she only promoting indian heritage. i didn't know she was black. until a number of years ago when she happened to turn black. and now she wants to known harris is the daughter of jamaican father and indian mother. >> the white house quick to respond. what he just said. what you just read out to me >> also it's insulting. >> in atlanta tuesday night as the saying goes, if you got something to say. >> at star-studded campaign rally, vice president harris called on former president trump to agreed to a debate. >> running mate sh

washington correspondent vinay simlot explains their from the detention of a taiwanese fishing boat. 2 chinese fighters and bombers conducting exercises near taiwan. american lawmakers are trying to combat china's growing influence in the pacific trying get very aggressive, a very hostile house foreign affairs committee chairman michael mccaul says taiwan is vital to the world economy. >>the u.s. international trade commission says more than 90% of the world's most advanced chip manufacturing was located in taiwan in 2021. china was to invade >>that would shut down and creating economic >>crisis. that's why he lead a bipartisan delegation to taiwan earlier this year. pennsylvania democrat chrissy houlahan says her reasoning goes back to american ideals. the united states has a vested interest in making sure that the people of taiwan are able to maintain a democracy that they had for so on capitol hill. many lawmakers believe china is gearing up to be ready to invade taiwan by the end of this decade. >>they believe president she wants to create an imperial china that continues to grow

washington correspondent vinay simlot explains what we've learned so far about the security planning. >>the acting director of the secret service said he couldn't defend the planning for the security for that event. he told senators that he didn't know why the roof that the gunman used wasn't secure. he also said secret service agents didn't know that local law enforcement saw the gunman on the roof moments before the shooting. what i saw. >>made me ashamed. shame. the acting director of the secret service says for the failures happened. >>led to a gunman firing at former president donald trump. i think this was a failure of imagination. a failure to challenge our own assumptions. the acting director says he laid on the roof less than 150 yards from where the former president was speaking. the place where thomas matthew crooks tried to take the former president's life. i could not. and i will not. and i cannot understand why there was not. better coverage or at least somebody. looking at that roof line. investigators say about 30 minutes before the shooting local law enforcement share

washington correspondent vinay simlot reports on the ongoing delays for the boeing starliner space capsule. >>so we've been scurrying around love. the crew's been doing various things. what was supposed to be an 8 day mission has turned into a 36 day test flight and counting. astronauts, butch wilmore and suni williams launched on june 5th, the first human flight of the new boeing starliner spacecraft. but on the 6. >>lots another jet. that's they want. some of the thrusters on the starliner failed as astronauts tried to dock with the international space station. just reiterate again, this is a test flight. we were expecting to find some things. and so we are finding stuff now. engineers are trying to figure out why the thrusters didn't work as designed. nasa says it's better to test the thrusters in space because they burn up during return and then we wouldn't be able to >>go through all this testing and understand about our state's graph. but the astronauts are confident the starliner is safety. i have real good feeling in my heart that >>of the spacecraft will bring will bring us home.

this time to a different spot, washington correspondent vinay simlot spoke with the man in charge ofnasa about the next mission. >>55 years after america's giant leap for mankind go planned, nasa is ferrying rocket stage from new orleans to florida and with it the next generationof moon exploration. we're not going back to them. and just to go. >>because we did that 50 years ago, the next artemis mission planned for next september will take 4 astronauts around the moon. nasa hopes it will set up trips to the moon's south pole. if there's water in abundance, then we can create rocket fuel. >>boy, from the moon, nasa plans to keep going so that we can go to mars with him the house is working on legislation to reauthorize nasa. the first comprehensive legislation to do it in 7 years. we need to do all that we can to ensure that the u.s. remains the leader in space, oklahoma representative frank lucas, the house science space and technology committee chairman warned about china's progress in space. just last month, china return rock samples from the far side of the moon. china plans to p

are wary saying they put a sweetheart deal with the department of justice are washing correspondent vinayject that agreements. >>the families of victims killed in 2 crashes of the boeing 7.37. max call it the sweetheart deal. this agreement is a affront to the families in the agreement. boeing would agree to plead guilty for charges related to 2 crashes from 2018 2019. the company would have to pay a fine of about 240 million dollars. invest 450 million dollars in safety and an independent monitor would have to oversee boeing's safety and quality for at least 3 years. a judge still has to approve the deal. all wayne getting away with what the families believe. >>is a slap on the wrist. >>investigators blamed the 7.37. max is and caste system for the 2 crashes. it's a flight control system that pushed the nose of the airplanes doubt. investigators say boeing didn't tell airlines or pilots about and cast and prosecutors allege boeing deceived the faa about it. this. >>the is. >>not the end of accountability. last month, boeing ceo dave calhoun testified before congress. our culture is far f

washington correspondent vinay simlot brings us up to date on both campaigns. >>president biden appeared in public for the first time on tuesday since he went to delaware to recover from covid president. and the first time since he announced he wouldn't seek re-election. can harris beat trump? the vice president held her first campaign rally in milwaukee, wisconsin, a battleground state that path to the white house goes through wisconsin. >>campaign has enough delegate support to win the democratic nomination. he elected leaders endorsed the vice president on tuesday, including democratic leaders, chuck schumer and had came jeffries and boy, oh, boy, are we enthusiastic and the congressional black caucus, she's the most qualified and prepared person to defeat donald trump. as the harris campaign begins, republican vice presidential candidate jd vance is working to introduce himself to the public. i don't know kamala. >>i served in the united states marine corps and i built a business. what the have you other than to collect a government check for the past. >>th

washington correspondent vinay simlot outlines the president's wishes and whether he has the support.nt joe biden announced priorities for his last 6 months in office. i want to call for supreme court reform. because this is critical to our mark's. he is seriously considered proposals to establish term limits and an ethics code that would be enforceable under law. according to people briefed on the plans, he believes if you're serving. >>high in high office, you should be held to a transparency accountability. democrats have criticized justices clarence thomas and samuel alito. >>both appointed by republicans. news reports revealed both accepted luxury trips from gop donors and didn't disclose them. it is a court which is out of control. massachusetts senator ed markey want to step beyond. president biden calling on congress to add more justices. the highest court in the land. >>became the source, all the lowest principles. >>in our land, republicans say democrats are only going after the justices because they don't like how the supreme court has ruled over the last 4 years. they've b

washington correspondent vinay simlot has the story.e to buy a home. and the chairman knows that there's no question that higher interest rates are making it harder to buy homes. the median monthly mortgage payment in the u.s. has increased from 1500 to $2200 a month between 2021 2023. according to bankrate, the average interest rate jumped from time. we have a real crisis with respect to affordable housing, the government accountability office says high interest rates and low inventory of homes are contributing. this has made housing less affordable. then was the case just a few years ago, the federal reserve increased its interest rates between march 2022. and august 2023. >>those indirectly affect home mortgage rates the fed tightened interest rates, hoping to get inflation under control. we saw increase in mortgage rates are camera from bank rate says of inflation stays low. the fed could cut interest rates in september. >>fed chair jerome powell wouldn't commit to a timeline while testifying before the senate banking committee. we

our washington correspondent vinay simlot spoke with the nasa administrator to learn more.elcome aboard the international space station for 2 astronauts are delayed in space for others may be grounded next month. nasa administrator bill nelson sent down with us to discuss those missions. so we fly when we're ready and we don't flood before. wilmore and suni williams were supposed to return on june 14th the another jet. they haven't yet as nasa continues to test thrusters that failed on the boeing starliner. it's a test flight and you expect to test everything. nasa expects them to make a safe return in the next few weeks stage to test the safety and the second stage of a spacex falcon 9 rocket failed during a mission with no people on board. for now, the faa has grounded the rocket and required an investigation putting the timing of a mission with american astronauts in limbo. the good news is that they know what the problem was and they're going to fix it. congress push nasa to move toward a public private partnership model after the space shuttle was retired in 2011 suffi

washington correspondent vinay simlot reports.ating in delaware right now on friday, his doctors said the president's confidence improving and he's handling treatment. well, the biden campaign insists the president is more determined than ever to defeat former president donald trump. vice president kamala harris took her grandniece is to a washington, d.c., ice cream shop north, the controversy swirling in the democratic party. >>some party leaders have privately warned about president biden's viability as a candidate and friday, a handful of sitting house members and one senator joined the growing chorus of democrats publicly calling on the president to drop out of the race. new mexico senator martin heinrich writing, i believe it is in the best interests of our country for him to step aside in milwaukee. republicans united behind their nominee, former president donald trump. he spoke thursday night for the first time since his attempted assassination last saturday. if i had not moved my head at that very last instant. >>the assa

service about why the man was able to shoot at the former president's so close washington correspondent vinay simlot reports all on those new details. >>days after the assassination attempt on former president donald trump. republican lawmakers ran after the head of the secret service at the republican national convention in secret service director kimberly cheatle didn't end up answering their questions at the we followed her through a mezzanine up some stairs up, a skip, getting faster and faster and we're trying to get answers out of her while flynn. north dakota senator kevin cramer says he wants more answers from the head of the secret service after a briefing on wednesday. lawmakers on the call say the secret service identified the 20 year-old gunman as a threat an hour out from the event 40 minutes before the shooting. they saw him looking through a range finder at 5.53. about 20 minutes before the shooting. they looking through the range finder. again, they still let him take the stage knowing there was a threat responding to a potential threat. isn't mind boggling to me? republican l

>>washington correspondent vinay simlot has reaction from both sides of the aisle. >>some americans saw the unthinkable. the former president and republican nominee for president shot in his upper tier one. a speech tonight about the need for us to lower the temperature in our politics in an oval office address on sunday evening, president joe biden called for unity and condemned to political violence. looks on. the correct in this country has got very heated. time to cool down. it's a message echoed by members of congress. i think it's on republicans, all democrats to come together to lower the temperature to measure the rhetoric. north carolina republican senator thom tillis says both political parties are responsible for the heightened rhetoric and its own eyes to police our own party in the middle of a bitterly contested presidential race. president biden and former president trump spoke on saturday night. one lawmaker says that's an example for americans. if they can do it, everybody can do it. investigators don't know whether the shooter was politically motiva