Science and precision is starting precisely at 2 30 and zero seconds. That is an auspicious way to begin this discussion. Earlier this year, on one of the hottest nights of the summer, nearly a half Million People crowded onto the national mall. They werent there for a protest or to celebrate a national holiday. And they werent there for a concert or to watch a fireworks show. No, instead a half Million People went there, drenched in sweat, to watch the story of the apollo 11 mission as it was projected onto the Washington Monument, commemorating the moment 50 years ago when Neil Armstrong and buzz aldrin took that giant leap for mankind. As everyone in d. C. Knows, if there are a half Million People on the mall and it aint a protest, Something Big is going on. And landing the first humans on the moon and returning them safely to earth marks as one of the epochal moments in the history of mankind. As we look out over our space landscape today, what we see is very different from the lan
[indiscernible chatter] senator cruz good afternoon. This hearing is called to order. Im very pleased to see a hearing on stem and math and science and precision starting at precisely 2 30 and zero seconds. That is an auspicious way to begin this discussion. Earlier this year on one of the hottest nights of the summer, nearly half a Million People crowded on to the national mall. They were not there for a protest or to celebrate a National Holiday and they were not there for a concert or to watch a fireworks show. No, instead half a Million People went there drenched in sweat to watch the story of the apollo 11 mission as it was projected on to the Washington Monument commemorating the moment 50 years ago when Neil Armstrong and buzz aldrin took that giant leap for mankind. As everyone in d. C. Knows, if there is half a Million People on the lawn and it is not a protest, Something Big is going on. And landing the first humans on the moon and returning them safely to earth marks as one
Here with me at post nine, michael santoli, carl has the morning off. And to our top story, facebook fighting back stepping up its response to questions over the role of 2016 president ial election and alleged russian meddling taking out full page ads with the tag line we will fight any attempt to interfere with elections on facebook. Reportedly hiring consulting firms to better communicate with lawmakers in washington as facebook and twitter commit to sending representatives to testify before congress on november 1. Henry, this one keeps getting hotter. Brad smith we had at cyber summit yesterday was saying he had just gotten back from d. C. For the summit. This one is hitting lawmakers where it counts because this is about constituents, social. Thats politics. You are having a collision of most powerful media and Communications Platforms in the world with an industry that everywhere else has been fully regulated for years and the analogy would be if we discovered that comcast tv netw
After day. We will see if a rally can hold into the final hour here. The dow, itself, up 106 points also in record territory. And helping the market today, the house passing its 2018 budget, thats a first step toward getting tax reform done and how Speaker Paul Ryan will be holding a News Conference on that very topic later this hour. Well bring it to you live as soon as it begins. The dow up 40 points. When they announced they passed a budget, it was sudden i up 100. Its looking for right now. The Amazon Effect strikes again. This time fedex and u. P. S. In its sights see both those stock are lower detail on that coming up. We begin with the netflix stock jump today and the companys move to raise the price of its most popular streaming plan by 10 , which sounds like a lot, but its 1. Maybe it is a lot. Well, it could be, but, you know, i dont think its going to break too many banks. Julia boorstin has details for us julia . Reporter thats right, bill. Analysts, investors dont seem to
Apologizes for Police Violence during catalonia is disputed referendum on sunday but the big question remains will catalan leaders declare independence next week. And in germany. You pine because returns to buy munich for a fourth time hes taking over as the head coach as the head coach rather of the business like a powerhouse until the end of the season. Hello and welcome my name is Christopher Spring a good to have you with us this years Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the International Campaign to abolish Nuclear Weapons i can the group played a key role in the adoption of a United Nations treaty in july of this year that aims to eliminate Nuclear Bombs the Nobel Committee says it all that i can for reviving efforts to ban such weapons at a time of renewed global tension. Ok. Members of i can the International Campaign to abolish Nuclear Weapons celebrating at their headquarters in Geneva Switzerland after hearing the announcement of their Nobel Prize Winner is also considered