Social events. We had governors only breakfast. Governor herbert, i think i could speak for everyone in the tabernacle choir which is absolutely incredible. So thank about you, the first lady, the last couple days, hosting is that the capital, a wonderful office building. We kick off the one instruction to me about americas Space Program is i cant take this my 12yearold son so im not allowed to touch it but to get a start i will recognize my friend and nga vice chair cover hogan of maryland. Good morning, everybody. We are celebrating the 50th anniversary of apollo 11 and the moon landing represents one of humanitys greatest achievements. And what we cannot see, the years of painstaking work. They made this journey to the stars possible. It is a feat of American Ingenuity and spirit. At the heart of this effort were the men and women of americas Space Program. It is a great opportunity to say thank you. In maryland we have the Goddard Space Flight Center which is home to Hubble Space T
Were going to the moon, then to mars. That i more importantly, think all of you know, from the standpoint of defense, we will be doing the space of force, i assume you are all in favor of the spaceports. I would be surprised if you work. We are very close to getting that operating. It will be very exciting. Lots of things are happening. We have buzz aldrin with us. He has been an incredible gentleman. We have been friends for a long time. A fantastic man. Apollo collins, he flew 11 overhead. Aldrin and armstrong walked on the moon. Thats for sure. You have armstrongs son mark. These are incredible space families. Incredible men. Gotten to knowe some of the women in the family. Men andmen and great great jeans. Tomorrow is a big day. Tomorrow is a day where, 50 years, and we also have jim and he is the head of nasa. Is a different thing. He is somebody that everybody wanted that job. There is a love for space that is unparalleled. Mike pence and myself felt strongly about jim. We gave h
First set foot on the moon. The mayor of new york declares a local emergency, as two thirds of the United States prepares for a dangerous heatwave. Good morning. Our weather is set to get hotter next week. In fact, very hot for some of us, but were not there yet. Still a bit of rain to come this weekend. Ive got yourfull forecast coming up. In sport, rory mcilroy falls agonisingly short at the open as he misses the cut by one shot in front of home support at royal portrush in Northern Ireland. Its saturday the 20th ofjuly. Our top story uk ships have been warned by the government to stay away from the persian gulf, after Iranian Armed forces seized a british tanker yesterday. Late last night, the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, said therell be serious consequences if the vessel and its 23 crew arent quickly released, but added that military options are not being considered. It comes after weeks of escalating tensions in the region as simon jones reports. Seized in a major escalation of
Cover was working as a cafe waiter in erbil but he was really a member of the armed Kurdistan Workers Party or p k k its deemed a terrorist group by turkey and the United States on friday morning turkey conducted air strikes on a people make a camp in Northern Iraq where sources say dag trained he allegedly visited the camp 4 times last week some analysts say pinpointing the p. K. Case involvement in the shootings is premature a spokesman with the military wing of the p. K. K. Denies involvement now is that hanna a political analyst says typically that he admits responsibility for attacks in this case he thinks this well executed hit exceeded the groups capabilities. And in this operation surprised everybody including the newly formed government. In the cut a stunt Regional Government and also targeting the nation ship between ankara. The. The suspect is the brother of a turkish member of parliament representing a Pro Kurdish Party the party released a statement saying the accusation i
Also with us, jim bridenstine, who leads nasa. The organization whose achievements we celebrate. I am so happy that Rick Armstrong could join us to represent the family, along with his family of the inspiring American Hero who took humanitys first steps on the moon. Thank you for being here. [applause] during our yearlong celebrations, we have highlighted the team that made during our yearlong celebration, we have highlighted the team that made apollo possible. It took 400,000 americans doing every conceivable job to make it happen. That included the engineers, material experts, medical experts, and the amazing seamstresses who handmade the spacesuit that we are unveiling this morning. It took another large team to conserve the suit so that we can once again share it with the world after 13 years off exhibit. E world after 13 years f exhibit. That Team Included historians, conservators and collections and exhibit experts. But their work was only possible thanks to the thousands of indi