Student went on a stabbing spree in pennsylvania. I was walking to the exit. There was blood over the floor. The juvenile went down the hallway and flashed two knives around. Ukraine says it will remove demonstrators by force. Prorussian demonstrators are not backing down. 40,000 troops are massed along the border. One in two australian vessels have picked up a ping. It could be from the locator device. We are introducing a tradition mem ricing the getties berg address. If i recite the address, it will make me feel i can do anything i want. We begin with a brutal attack in a school. Before classes at frank line Regional High School a 16yearold boy went on a 5minute stabbing spree using two Steel Kitchen knives, 22 poem were wounded. People were wounded. Everyone seems to be in a stable condition. We have a couple of critical patients. It seems everyone will survive. Thats the good news thanks to quickthinking students, security guards and sam king, principal, who tackled the suspect, stopping the rampage. Mr king was in action going after the attacker. He didnt have time, he tackled, and i was behind him. Arnie duncan, education secretary call it with so much violence occurring at schools across the nation, how do we ensure the safe environment regardless of the weapon. Joining us now is patrick tomasi, the attorney for the suspect reigned as an adult on wednesday, facing four counts of attempted homicide. 21 counts of aggravated assault and one of a weapon on school grounds. You met with your client. What condition is he in, and what do i think happened . He is obviously depressed. This is a young kid. If you look at him, he looks 12 years old, very small stature. The family is devastated by this. They are send their best to all the alleged victims here. There was no warning for this. This young man, if you meet him, hes stable. He has no history of any kind of psychiatric problem. Hes never been in trouble. Hes not a loner, hes not a kid that others would say is a wooerto. Hes a student weirdo. Hes a student. He interacts well. My job is to get to the bottom of this and figure out what happened here, why it happened. And well figure it out. As usual, as the news breaks, there are reports. Some said that he was bullied. And some said that there was a threatening phone call. Do you know anything about any of that. Well, the fleetening. I met with john for a long time before the arraignment this evening. And he didnt know of any of those facts, and im not aware of anything about bullying. Of course, you know, we are just Getting Started on this. It will take a long time to figure this out. I have spent this evening, less than an hour with the young man, im not sure where it will all come out. There are reports that he said after he was arrested, that he wanted to die. Did he give you any idea of what could have happened here. Well he did say that. You know, but keep in mind this is a young man going through a horrible scenario. What he did, its not excusable. And hes coping with what he did right now. Its not unusual for a young man of that age to say what he said. They say things like, you know i dont ever want to see my parents again, because hes disappointed them so much. These this is a good family. Its unexplainable. Well get to the bottom of it. Appreciate you joining us for your perspective. We are joined from tampa florida, by the executive director of the school of safetiy Advocacy Council providing training for school districts. Good to have you with us. Once again, we are wondering how Something Like this could happen. You heard the suspects lawyer, that he was a good kid, no problem with the law, no mental problems. What can we do in a case like this. How do we possibility stop this. Well, yes, absolutely. These are very, very difficult questions to be answered the day after a tragedy like this. We really have to look at the way we address School Safety and security. We are so focused on the active shooter and guns on the campus. We have been trying to train schools to look at active threats, whether a gun or any other that may impact students and staff. Its hard to look at the incident in peninsula, and we are aware theres a lot of in pennsylvania, and are aware theres a lot of information coming out, and saying its not a Mental Health issue. Thats where the key it, it is all part of the puzzle. We have to hone in on the Mental Health aspect, the school psychologist, counsellors, playing a vital role in this. Thats where well find a lot of these answers in the days to come. We dont know what happened here, and the fact that there hadnt been clear mental problems doesnt mean they werent there. Do you have School Psychologists and others at School Trained to identify things very early . Absolutely. You know, the two indicators, when we look back at postcolumbine and sandy hook, and a number of shootings, we find indicators that stand out in most of the cases across the country, and they are communicated about the issue prior to them happening. Therein lies the key. Kids talk about these things, we need avenues for things to report them. Good communication on the schools. Not necessarily walking into an office. And having anonymous texting. Thats the which kids communicate. Have you to bring the style of communication, and reinforce that in bullying victimisation. Its 24 7 with social media. Its inherent that schools have to have strong partnerships with First Responders and Police Departments and research officers. This school did a lot of things right. Two security guards were involved in stopping this boy. One hurt gravely. Is there anything other than early identification of Mental Health issues to protect against someone who decides to be violent, be it with a gun or a knife or a bomb of. I heard so many parents that went to the school saying they just doesnt think it would happen here. Thats the mind frame we have to get away from. It can happen at any school any time. We administrators, have to get away from that. We have to look every single day and make sure we are aware what to do when these things happen. What do you think in this case. We are used to seeing horrors happen because of guns. Now we have a case where a boy used two kitchen knives, a psychologist analysing this said it was a disorganised homicide attempt and using a knife shows deep anger, wanting to inflict pain. How does Something Like this happen, if there havent been clear indicators in the past . The whole mindset has to change in the schooling and move away from the school shooter. We are focussed on that and the gun. We need to get away from the mindset. And in days to come, i guarantee you are going to see issues come out that are going to be Mental Health related here in this case, as in all the other cases of School Shooters and threats. Again, i think that we mains the best opportunity to move away from focussing on the gun and Mental Health. Knives as guns can be identified as metal detectors. Theres not much point use metal detectors, because multiple schools have multiple entrances and its not practical when you have 1,000, 2,000 kids coming to school at the same time. Absolutely, and what we found in the School Safety assessments across the country, its a false sense of security and an expensive process to create airport environments where checkins and bags are screened. The human elements, having from the first time a student hops on a bus, to the time they arrive, we go to schools. We may not see an administrator or guidance counsellor grating kids as they arrive. Its the lowcost things, making sure we greet kids, knowing who they are, whats going on in their lives, in their communities, that can have the greatest thing to stop some of these tragedies from occurring in the last several years. Lets hope something can be done to avoid the tragedies from happening. Appreciate your time. Thank you. Ukraines government is step engine after kiev posted photos to illustrate estimates of 40,000 Russian Troops amassed on ukraines border. Russia insists there is no cause for concern, but u. S. Secretary of state chuck hagel says the west is looking at all options. As you know general br. Edlove our stream allied commander has been tasked by n. A. T. O. , hell report the options back to me as well as to n. A. T. O. We dont take anything for granted. We are joined from donetsk ukraine by buzzfeed mike. Demonstrators are holding on to offices in donetsk. You have been in there, talking to the people. They told you that russia is not paying them. What is going on at this point. Will ukrainian officials try to evict them. Yes, i think they are playing it safe. The governor gave a press conference. He walked back the friday deadline and reiterated they dont want to escalate the situation. With the amount of people in the building, armed with clubs. Theres reports, and Officials Say they may have weapons. Theres a sense that a move by the police would essal kate things. I think the government will try to avoid that. Lets talk about the military situation. You went out with Ukrainian Forces on wednesday. The message is that ukraine will use troops, and will defend itself. With the Russian Troops on the border, how big a fear is it in an area that the russians will invade . It seems they are hoping it wont happen. They dont have a means to defend themselves. Ive been at a number of bases near the border and other places that will see a participation invasion. They rushed forces to the border, brought new recruits, but have limited supplying of weapons. Their thanks are no action and mann power and training is no match. People are not expecting an invasion, and that russia is trying to influence the region and unsettle them, to legitimize the elections and exert control. I think they are hoping it ends at that and it wont become an invasion. What do they think russia wants. The New York Times said wednesday that what the russians want is for ukraine to have some sort of federal system of government that has strong regional gorst that russia can influence. This is what the authorities now are saying they believe russia wants. If you speak to the protesters, which i have done, they are clear. They want russia to send troops. They want a referendum on sebbing session and they want it to lead to joining russia as happened in crimea. If spoke to young people bussed in. They were there to make sure what happened at home happened in donetsk as well. Ukrainians are concerned that ukraine becomes a federal system and what the russians will do is try to pick off one province after another as in ukraine and crimea. Right. Proukrainians see federalism as a trojan horse for russia to exother as much control as if the region were to join russia. You have a weakened government, Central Authority and room for russian influence to sway the region as they see fit. As opposed to crimea, there are more native ukrainians in that part of ukraine. The question is if the Ukrainian Forces are not Strong Enough to fight a russian invasion, what makes the or more dangerous for the russians is there could be a resistance and they wouldnt have an easy take over as in crimea. As russians troops die, vladimir putin, who is popular for the take over in russia would have soars problems. Right. I have spoken to a number of ukrainians here who are planning guerilla warfare and gathering for selfdefence and collecting weapons. Saying if Russian Troops come, well defend ourselves. They call it a partisan war. Some of the more levelheaded prorussian protest leaders that i have spoken to made the same point this is not crimea. There are a few thousand, maybe, aggressive prorussia protesters occupying the building. The Wider Population does not necessarily support accession to russia. Even among ethnic russians, theres resistance. I think russia knows that, and that is why you are seeing confidence from authorities here, than in crimea, that an invasion will not happen, that they cant see russia making the decision, which would be drastic, having serious repercussions, and why they are guessing that the unrest here is more for politicalened and to destabilize the elections than it is as a precursor. Well have to see how this plays out. The ukrainians say theyll talk to the russians, and the russians havent recognised the new ukrainian government. Coming up, new developments in the hunt for the missing malaysian airliner, and why searchers feel they are closer than ever. What is endangering some of americas wellknown rivers. And harmeli aregawi is tracking the top stories. A University Changes its mind about who it will give app honoree g degree to. It has people arguing on social media. Join the conversation on them together, or tear them apart. The only way to find out is to see it yourselves. Which side of the fence are you on . Borderland only on Al Jazeera America these protestors have decided that today they will be arrested these people have chased a president from power, theyve torn down a state. Whats clear is that people dont just need protection, they need assistance. [ grunting ] im taking off, but, uh, dont worry. Im gonna leave the tv on for you. And if anything happens, dont forget about the new xfinity my account app. You can troubleshoot technical issues here. If you make an appointment, you can check out the status here. You can pay the bill, too. But dont worry about that right now. Okay. How do i look . Thanks. [ male announcer ] troubleshoot, manage appointments, and bill pay from your phone. Introducing the xfinity my account app. Wednesday marked day 33 for the hunt for mair leans flight mh370 mair mines flight mh370. And searchers are confident they are honing in on the planes location. Im now optimistic that we will find the aircraft, or what is left of the aircraft in the not too distant future. The signals from first picked up over the weekend in the southern indian ocean. About 1400 miles away from perth on the western coast of australia, before contact was lost. On tuesday signals were detected, giving hope that the search areas may uncover the location. Lost plane. Joining us from seattle is mike williamson, a marine physicist. He is a founder of williams and associates. Planes and shipwrecks. Searchers have heard four series of pings in the 17 mile area, yet they cant say for ascertain that its the right spot. How much more will it take, do you think, before they know for sure that this is where the plane went down . This is a positive development. The pings have been detectived and over a large area. It detected and over a large area. It would be helpful if more pings could be used to limit the search area. Its a large area to try to search with sonar. Its still a large area, as you said, but it narrowed dramatically. As we heard, angus houston, head of the joint Agency Coordinating the search, said it has not narrowed enough to use the submersible vehicles to search for the wreckage. At what point will those be able to be used or will it make sense for them to be used . As long as they can detect pings from what is thought to be pingers in the voice recorder and data recorder, they should continue to refine the location of those devices. Its much more efficient to do that with the pinger locator bluefin. The bluefin works with sonar. Theres report that theres deep silt on the ocean floor. Would that be an issue for the sonar, in finding whatever wreckage is there . I would be surprised if there was a silt problem. The southern ocean, theres no direct rivers that could input a lot of sediment. I think the silt would be very minimal in these areas and these water depths. How about the depths. Submersible have a range of about three miles, the ocean floor is bigger in some areas. How big a problem would that be. At this location they are at the depth limit of the bluefin, but other assets are operating to 6,000 metres and could handle the depth easily. The bluefin could probably handle the depth that they think the wreckage may be in right now. Whats if it is found that the plane is there. Begin . Locating the wreckage would be the first stage to then set up for actually finding these pingers within the wreck. And that would be done with an rov. That would bring in more assets, other ships, and might take weeks to go through the debris to find the individual recorders. And then based on information that may come from that, there might be pieces of the wreckage that would be needed for forensic analysis, and there are again that could take longer, maybe months worth of work on located. If the black boxes are in a significant side of wreckage, would the whole sections have to be brought up before they could be accessed. Thats not usually the case. Usually the wreckage is pretty well scattered around, and its a matter of sifting through small pieces of debris to find the wellbuilt, solidly constructed recorders. And, of course, the problem is that the battery life on the pingers may be dying quickly as span. Good to have you on the show. Thank you for your time and expertise. Turning from the massive search in the ocean to the quest to save rivers. What kills them. The latest report is out. Drought is a reason why some rivers made the top of the list. Others, the mississippi, and the colorado, are listed for a host of problems. Christopher Williams Joins us from washington d. C. , the Senior Vice President of conservation at american rivers, the group that put out the list. How endangered are the rivers now, compared to the past . Well, we have seen some improvements since the past. Its been a long time since we have seen a river catch fire like the cowahoga. Water quality is better. In many cases connectivity and flow is better. Rivers face challenges, particularly with Climate Change and Drought Conditions becoming worse and worse. Theres steers problems with pollution as the spills in west virginia, and in carl carolina, toxic chemicals and coal ash. Rivers are chopped apart by dams and infrastructure, impacting fish and wildlife. They face uj challenges. Huge challenge. The samwaking provide water for the city and for farm land. Drought is part of the problem. In addition to that, are human actions to blame . Yes, they are. The sa mm hm oking river suffers from an outdated management regime. Under good conditions, about 70 of the no is diverted for agriculture, industrial, domestic uses, supplies during water for millions of people, supports agriculture across the valley. As a result the river faces problems water quality, habitat for fish and wildlife. Flow and interruptions. So these diversions are really damaging the river and have for a long time. Draught is a phenomenon. There have been droughts before and in the future of the the way to deal with them is to put in place a modern management regime emphasising conservation, aquifer recharge and other 21st century tools. You think it can be managed. Many of the things you pointed out a human needs, we need waters for. There are ways of satisfying the needs and managing a river so it stayed healthy. Its through conservation and efficiency and storage of water in times of plenty. In a place like this, theres a lot of things that can be done to improve water use, efficiency of water in domestic use, and we should mind the conservation principles at all times. In years of plenty, we need to store the water through aquifer recharge, where we can store water in aquifers in the ground, infrastructure. Problems with rivers means problems for fish and wildlife, people that may think they are unaffected. What is the consequences for problems with rivers. For americans that love fish and wildlife, they have to care about the rivers. The majority of animals on the endangered species list, if you love wildlife and nature, riff are essential to that. But theres also an incredible economic value to rivers. The fishing industry produces billions a year from anglers, and fishing enthusiasts. Theres a recreation industry as far as rafting and hiking that produces millions ever dollars and hundreds of thousands of jobs, never mind how much we depend on rivers as water sources. We depend on riff to dispose of our waste, and to transport our goods. The economic value is almost beyond imagining, and the way to preserve that economic value is to preserve healthy, rivers. Can rivers be saved . Have they been saved in the past when attention has been called to problems like we are seeing, with the Mississippi River and the upper colorado river. They can be saved, and well give you examples from the most endangered list. One of the biggest removals is up in the elwa, and that was listed as an endangered river, and the hoback river threatened by oil and gas extraction was put into permanent application as a result of the listing. We are seeing now in bristal bay alaska. We listed the rivers and brought attention to that. As a result the epa is looking at trying to prevent further damage to the rivers of bristal bay. We have seen rivers polluti pollution. Protected under the wild rivers act. Management of stormwater in cities improved to reduce polluted runoff into rivers. Theres all sorts of tools available. We just need to have the political will and the resources to do it. The issues are across the country, and this is just the top 10. Best of luck with your efforts. Time to see what is trending. Lets check in with aregawi. Theres controversy over who brandice university is not honoring. They were supposed to give an Honorary Degree to a somalian human rights act just. He renounced her faith after suffering abuses. Ali is known for criticism of islam. She said once its defeated, it can mutate into something peaceful, i think we are at war with islam, and theres no middle ground with wars. There was a call for alis invite to be revoked. 350 faculty members signed a warning. It wasnt i ware of some of alis past colleagues. Ali called it scarcely credible. Megan kelly was surprised by the universitys decision. It is controversial. Thats what universities are. We send the kids to school to be confronted with ideas that they are not comfortable with. A lot of you weighed in on the website. Lara said michael disagrees you can join the conversation on the website aljazeera. Com. And let us know what you think on twitter. Straight ahead the man considered our greater documentary filmmaker ben burns using a 150yearold speech to help kids today. He joins us next. The average College Student has nothing to do with frat boys and sorority girls, from age to how long it takes them it graduate. Data dive is next. N. A. S. A. 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So join the conversation and make it your own. Watch the stream. And join the conversation online ajamstream. The most celebrated speech in American History is a funeral oration that drew little attention when it was delivered. It only takes about 2 minutes to recite. President abraham lincolns gettysburg address. His stirring call four months after the battle of gettysburg for america to resettle its ideals resonated ever since, especially for students at a Learning School where boys with learning difficulties memorise it and recite it. Their moving story and the lasting cry of lincolns cry for a birth of freedom are the subject of a documentary that will air later in july. The creator is documentary filmmaker ken burns, who i spoke with about the address and other projects about our program. The interview will air on Al Jazeera America. Here is some of what ken burns had to say. Great to have you with us. The civil war was your big breakthrough. You had been nominated for oscars before. Why had you decided to go back and deal with an important part of the era. People ask me how i choose my projects, and they chose he. This one, more than any, chose me. I live in a tiny town. In putney vermont is another town. Theres a school that asked me to be a judge at the gettysburg memorisation thing. I went and wept. I cried at the inspirational nature of it and said somebody should make a film on this, but its not my style. I would go back when my schedule permitted me to be a judge, or just to help the kids, and as 150 was approaching i said we have to do this. I have to put my money where my mouth is, so i wanted to make a film about the heroic struggle. It became clear that we had a larger aspect. It was challenging the rest of the country to do what we never it. Too. You have five living president s, actors, singers, sports stars and all sorts of people, lets take a look. Ago. Our fathers brought forth on this continent. Liberty. Now we are enguaged in a great civil war. Testing whether that nation and any nation so conseized can long endure. Why is it important for people to go back and mem yorize the address. We have lost something, our educational moo. One of them is we stopped asking people to memorise stuff. It wasnt good and there wasnt relevance. But it crystalises something. For boys at the greenwood stool. Its a tallizeman. So we reached out and no one said no, and history is a table around where theres a civil discourse. We have nancy pelosi, marco rubio, we have all five living president s, and do they see eye to eye on what is happening now. No, they dont. But if you love abraham lincoln, thats where it begins, to appeal to the better angels of our nature. Its a way to begin to repair what we have lost in our youd u kagsal system. Memorisation may lead to better understand. Lets have a listen. Our brothers. Brought forwardism on this. Now nation. To the proposition. That all are created equal. It ends up being a lot of work for a lot of them, but it effect. It does. They suffer a learning difference, dyslexia, adhd. A whole alphabet soup of stuff. Some can memorise it but are terrified to speak it out loud. Particularly a big crowd. Public recitation some of them have language difficulties that make it hard to memor ice are speak. Its a boarding school for kids that should be at home, and they are held together by the loving kindness of the school, and the sooup imposition of the gettysburg address. The kids help each other. Place. Especially on the day when they go in front of the public and speak about it. Lets see that. That we here highly resolve that the dead shall not have died in vain. The nation under god will have a new burst of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people val not perish. So that is beautiful max. I took that with my smartphone because i realised we were covering the parent reactions while they were giving the address. When i saw him coming back and i knew that max knew the speech cold, but was terrified about doing it in public. An hour before he wasnt going to do it, and he did it and did it magnificently and came back and melted into his mother. It expresses his exualation. As a parent it must have been a great moment to see. That was from my conversation with ken burns. You can watch the whole interview on jazeera. Coming up, n. A. S. A. Has big news when sending people to morse is not the biggest headlines. That is next. Modern day College Students, how the conventional wisdom about who they are is wrong. Our data dive will set it straight, next. Start with one issue ad guests on all sides of the debate. And a host willing to ask the tough questions and youll get. The inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5pm et 2pm pt only on Al Jazeera America im actually quite nervous. As u. S. Forces prepare to leave afghanistan, fault lines brings you an eye opening look at what life is really like under the taliban. From girls attending school, to enforcing sharia law. They rely on the local population, and so they need to win the hearts and minds of locals to be able to fight. Then immediately after, an american tonight special edition, explain how you were able to get access to the taliban. Fault lines this is taliban country then, an american tonight special edition only on Al Jazeera America weekday mornings on Al Jazeera America we do have breaking news this morning. Start your day with in depth coverage from around the world. First hand reporting from across the country and real news keeping you up to date. Starting at 6, the big stories of the day, from around the world. These people need help, this is were the worst of the attack took place. And throughout the morning, get a global perspective on the news. The life of doha. This is the International News hour. An informed look on the nights events, a smarter start to your day. Mornings on Al Jazeera America todays data dive re thinks the profile of the average College Student. This week a stereotype of a teen out of high school was busted. The majority of College Students are 22 or older. The average age is 24. Newer than half of all students sustained school fulltime. The Education Department reports 20 of students are in Community Colleges or parttime students. Most do not live in dorms. Only 14 use Campus Housing as of 2008. 24 lived at home or with relatives. Most clems accept colleges accept most applicants. 84 admit at least half applied. 40 of private nonprofit schools accept three out of four who apply. The most Selective School is stamford, rejecting 95 of applications, harvard and yale 94 . Then theres debt. Seven out of 10 students take out loans to graduate, and it has shot up. The average amount borrowed for a 4year degree is 29,400. Even with that debt a lot does not graduate at all. Indiana researchers found 56 of students started college in 2007, had graduated by the end of 2013. That means a whopping 29 dropped out. N. A. S. A. Has big plans on the horizon. How big. Try throwing an asteroid at the moon, and preparing to set up human settlements in outer space. On Al Jazeera America when science intersects with hope. Im hoping to give someone a prosthetic arm for under 1000 inovation finds oppurtunity a large earthquake would be an inconvenience rather than a disaster. And hardware meets humanity this is some of the best driving ive ever done eventhough i cant see. Techknow our experts take you beyond the lab were here in the vortex. And explore the Technology Changing our world. Only on Al Jazeera America the death toll could be much higher than anyone known. Posing as a buyer. People ready then. Mr. President who should answer for those people only on Al Jazeera America n. A. S. A. Was front and center before a Senate Subcommittee with perhaps of missions to mars, and sending a manned spacecraft to an asteroid to knock it into the mons orbit. Well grab a piece of the solar system, deflect it around the earth, the moon, and insert it into a distant retrograde orbit where the crews can visit. Well bring in dr derek pitts, great to see you. I love the way tee said that in the most matter of fact way, as if it was nothing. Sounded like Science Fiction on capitol hill. Could you shane the asteroid story to me. We land on one and knock it into why . The way to say it is that we would capture an asteroid of a reasonable size, meaning its manageable enough, we could move it from an after i had belt position, towards the solar system or closer than that and move it into the moon and set it into an orbit to use it for practice for doing deeper solar system missions. Its nowhere nextdoor as easy as described, but the idea is to get people excited about something in the future that would be a challenge, adventurous and may give us practice for what to do if we explorations. Because the after out belt is further away from the moon. Its a longer flight to take, preparing them for a possible mission to mars. The real idea is if we are going to mount a trip to morse, and we have to think of that as the ultimate goal. We feed to get astronauts prepared to make a long trip. The idea is to take a trip out about six months out, giving astronauts an opportunity to go some place and come back into the inner portion of the solar system. A trip to mars will last longer than that. We need to build up our cells. What about the talk on capitol hill about human settlements elsewhere in the solar system. How serious . Well, you have to start some place, this is the dreaming portion of what we could possibly do. There is the reality of where can we go in the solar system that makes sense, other than to the moon and mars. Does it make sense to make trips to the deep solar system . Those are real challenging questions because the trips are long and the environments are not very nice, nowhere near as benign for the moon and mars. But the idea of at least getting people excited about the possibility of an adventure to mars makes more sense, and if we can get excited about that, that gives us a target we can aim for, get the men people excited and move American People excited and move forward. So you think it was mostly a hub bike relations move, they are trying to get people excited to get more money because florida senator bill nelson who led the hearing, lamb ented that lots of n. A. S. A. s plans were hurt because of budget woes. Theres another piece to what was talked about today that is important. He talked about n. A. S. A. Building an infrastructure that would allow us to do keep spak interceptions, a system that would allow us to do all of these things in a wellstructured manner, working to how the americaury and gemini programs were Building Blocks to the apollo program. It would not hurt n. A. S. A. To have four or 5 billion in the coffers to tackle the missions. That is it what is necessary. Its not a lot of money when you look at the budget of 17. 5 billion, and compare to other agencies in the u. S. Government. Its not much money, and doesnt take much money from every american taxpayers pockets. A lot of n. A. S. A. s science helped people out in day to day life. Lets move to the avterral events that we have. They have the ends of days people talking. This week we had mars lining up with the sun, the earth in the middle. Next week is a full Lunar Eclipse creating a blood moon. Can you explain this for us. All of this happening at the same time. What a worry. Not to worry at all. In fact, the align. Of mars along with the earth and sun is a phenomenal called knoigs. Its an observe that we can make, and happens every two years. Its not rare at all. Most of the time it happened, without humans being aware that its going on we cant ascribe much to that. What about the blood moon and why does it turn read. Yes, it will. These are looupar eglipss visible somewhere. And the next will be visible across the u. S. Because there are four altogether, it makes people think that theres something serious that will happen. This kind of event is actually going to happen eight times this century. It happened a few more times in other centuries, less times and other centuries. Its a lucky instance, therell be four totals in a row with no partials in between. We are fortunate because we get to see one coming up next week. If the sky is clear, visible across the u. S. Theres only about 30 seconds left. This picture from n. A. S. A. s Curiosity Mars rover, it shows a curious light. Social media comments that theres life below ground and people are using lights like we do . We, they have their own led flash lights and are signalling each other behind our backs. Not at all. The folks that use the cameras, they figured this image appears in one of the cameras, and not the other. It indicates its an artefact in the imaging system, rather than being something on the surface. If it was in the left and right camera, it may be something wed have to investigate about an investigation off a rock. Seeking a diplomatic solution secretary of state john Kerry Holding talks with his russian counterpart to put an end to the standoff in eastern ukraine. A Community Left stung. Residents in one pennsylvania town coming together in the wake of a mass stabbing by a high school student. 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