breaking news hello everyone. thanks for joining me on. alison chemla, radha, and for fredricka whitfield, we have an exciting program for you today because within the next half an hour, we expect to witness the first ever boeing starliner spacecraft launched from cape canaveral, florida to the international space station. this is not a practice run this its launch has to american astronauts on board but officials and spectators are holding their breath a bit because this mission was already postponed a few times, veteran nasa astronauts, butch wilmore and suni williams are on board. and boeing is trying with this to compete with its rivals space x as nasa tries to collaborate with private industry partners. if successful, suni williams would become the first woman aboard any crewed test flight like this years of work has gone into this moment and it has not been without setbacks, as i ve mentioned. so let s bring in space and defense correspondent kristin fisher. she
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it possible for them to turn it around that quickly and try this again tomorrow it is possible. i don t know yet if that s the plan, but we do have a backup lunch time tomorrow, midday yeah. well, we know everyone there is disappointed i know it s hard to take your foot off the gas after all, this adrenaline and excitement, but we will obviously be watching and monitoring if it s going to happen tomorrow or later this week, laurel o hara, thanks so much for sharing your personal experience. thank you. all right. we ll have more from kennedy space center when we get some information and much more of today s news, right i m jonathan larson here to tell you about life insurance through the colonial penn program if you re age 50 to 85 and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget. remember the three ps what are the three p s? the three ps of life insurance on a fixed budget. our price, price and