joining us this morning. charlie savage, new york times, washington correspondent barbara mcquade, for the united states attorney for the eastern district of michigan, and bradley, mohsen asheville attorney. i hope you enjoy the rest of your labor day weekend. thank you for being with us. still it s been six days without safe tap water for north of jackson, mississippi. what s most shocking about this crisis is everyone saw it coming. we are going live to jackson for the latest on have a city is grappling with the situation, plus, i ll be trying to retired army lieutenant general russell monterrey to talk about how it came to this, and what happens next. first, just a few hours away from the lift off. the la quinta will open at exactly 2:17 pm eastern time. we have live coverage of nasa s second attempt at the artemis one mission to the moon. we ll explore the cutting edge technology that made it all possible. i m lindsey reiser and coming up, i will take you through the technolo
of the apollo program, nasa shooting for the moon once again. in about six hours, that s expected to launch its space launch system mega rocket, the orion spacecraft, from the kennedy space center in florida. this is an uncrewed, 38-day test mission into deep space. it s called artemis 1, and assuming all goes as planned later today, it will mark a major milestone for nasa s artemis program, which aims to put the first woman and the first person of color on the moon as early as 2025. now, the launch was previously scheduled for monday, but it was called off over an engine cooling issue. the later from nasa as the two hour lift off window opening at 2:15 pm eastern today. msnbc s lindsey reiser is going to give us a closer look at the space launch system s cutting edge technology heading into space later today. we re going to give you a birds eye view of the rocket,
will be enough to resolve its problems long term. ali? thank you for that. brady harris is live from jackson, mississippi. after the break, he was called in to rescue the governments relief efforts after katrina, and the flooding that was there. lieutenant general russell honoré joins me next to talk about the lessons learned in new orleans that could be applied to jackson today. we are continuing to keep an eye on the kennedy space center. we are about five and a half hours away from the launch of the artemis 1 mission to the moon. the launch window opens up at exactly 2:17 pm eastern, we ll have live coverage of the entire event right here on msnbc. try boost® high protein with 20 grams of protein for muscle health. versus 16 grams in ensure high protein. boost® high protein also has key nutrients for immune support. boost® high protein.
spacecraft built by contractor lockheed martin. this is going to show that we re absolutely not in decline. our country is advancing. we are leading our partners with the european space agency along with us here and we are going to work together to get to the moon and use it for the right reasons, for science, research, and technology. if all goes well with the artemis one mission in two years artemis two did carry it around the moon. and after that return humans from the surface of the moon. mine resources on the moon, including water ice to convert into rocket fuel to serve as future missions bringing humans to mars. so today s mission is laying the groundwork for all that and so, even though there aren t any astronauts on board in today s mission, america s hopes and dreams are riding on board that space capsule. back to you guys.