15 seconds. Robert we were in the grandstands and we were located directly behind christas parents. Lift off. Robert after the launch, everyone was cheering and yelling and very, very thrilled that we were seeing our colleague fly in space. And the sequencing of it was such that after approximately two minutes, we are supposed to see the separation of the solid rocket boosters, two minutes and 10 seconds. To be exact. And i knew the sequencing and after about a minute and 30 seconds, we started to see some plumes that were not correct. And the vast majority of the people in the grandstand there, who were not familiar with the sequencing, they were cheering. And i said no, thats not right. Omething is wrong. At that point, the announcer at the Kennedy Space center said over the intercom, there appears to have been a major malfunction. In fact, ill never in my life forget those words that first came over. I am saying to people around me, that is not right, something is wrong. At that poi
After approximately two minutes we were supposed to see the separation of the solid rocket boosters. I knew the sequences here after about a minute over 30 seconds, we started to see some plumes that were not correct. The vast majority of the people in the grandstands were not familiar with the sequencing and were cheering as they saw this. I was going thats not right, something is wrong. The announcer at the Goddard Space Center said there appears to have been a major malfunction. Will never forget those words i am saying to the people around me, that is not right, something is wrong. At that point after a few more seconds he said it appears the shuttle has exploded, we are seeing pieces falling down from the sky. Today is a day for morning and remembering. We recall the tragedy of the shuttle challenger. Loss. S truly a national 19 years ago almost to the day we lost three astronauts in a terrible accident on the ground, but we never lost an astronaut in flight. We have never had a t
Who were not familiar with the sequencing, they were cheering. And i said no, thats not right. Something is wrong. At that point, the announcer at the Kennedy Space center said over the intercom, there appears to have been a major malfunction. In fact, ill never in my life forget those words that first came over. I am saying to people around me, that is not right, something is wrong. At that point, he then, after a few more seconds, says it appears the shuttle has exploded. Were seeing pieces falling down out of the sky. President reagan today is a day for mourning and remembering. Nancy and i are pained to the core by the tragedy of the shuttle challenger. We share this pain with all of the people of our country. This is truly a national loss. 19 years ago almost to the day, we lost three astronauts in a terrible accident on the ground. But we have never lost an astronaut in flight. We have never had a tragedy like this. And perhaps we have forgotten the courage it took for the crew o
And hong kong activists call for people to rise up against beijings plan to impose National Security laws on the ity. Hello. Brazils Supreme Court has released a video showing president bolsonaro trying to interfere in Law Enforcement appointments to protect his family from investigation. John holman joins us from mexico city. What more do we know about this video and how it came about . This is quite a complicated situation so im just going to try to break it down for you. This all started when severageyow moro, brazils justice minister, a star in his own right, quit. What he alleged is that president bolsonaro try to replace the Regional Police chief of Rio De Janeiro where his son is being investigated for graft. He then went bun level above that and fired the federal police chief. Sergio moro said that was so he could replace him with someone more pliable, who could pass the president information about those cases. Thats what he alleged. The Supreme Court which has just released th
50s as we start our day. As we head to the afternoon, daytime highs seasonal is not just a little bit above average for this time of year, about 3 to 10 degrees above average for this time of year, with some afternoon sunshine we will talk about what you can expect for the rest of the week coming up and now lets check in with gianna for a look at traffic, good morning. Lets take a look at the roadways right now, bay bridge going. All of our bay area bridges are quiet, live look of the san mateo bridge with no delays, just a few cars making that track heading towards 101. 880 clear, some road work along 880 northbound but doesnt look like it is really causing any delays at all, now, lets go around the cross the bay there is roadwork for this ongoing our many construction project it began thursday night, but they are been working hard over the weekend. There are still closures in place, southbound onetoone closure add to really to bring traffic onto that. We will hear more details on wha