Told the spacex team, its not the top priority, it is the only priority. Reporter how does that responsibility weigh on you . It weighs very heavily. Its really all i can think about right now. I really kind of have to kind of mentally block it because otherwise it would be emotionally impossible to deal with. Reporter its that significant . Yes. I was asking them a few hours ago, you guys feel good about this . Is there anything you want us to do . And, man, theyre cool as a cucumber. Theyre like nerves of steel. Its astonishing. I mean, theyre ready to go. I sent them a text yesterday. I said, if theres anything you want me to do to stop this please, totally. Ill stop it in a heartbeat. Yes. And both of them said, were go for launch, both of them. So the astronauts are cooler than you two. Right. I think so. Probably. Reporter one of bride ensteins goals, get americans excited about space again, a successful launch would do that. Nasa is also working with Actor Tom Cruise to film a s
Ahmaud arbery. Well have the latest on the expanding investigation. And surprise plea deal. Actress Lori Loughlin and her husband are pleading guilty today in the College Admissions bribery scandal. Why they may avoid spending time behind bars. But first, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Its so important that we dont congregate in groups of hundreds of people. Each one is really almost guaranteed to create another outbreak. Officials are concerned the unofficial start to summer could lead to a spike in coronavirus cases. Now is not the time to tempt fate and pull back completely. There is you dont want to stay locked down forever. I tested positively toward negative. President trump says he tested negative for covid19 and thats one reason he gave for not wearing a mask in front of the press. I didnt want to give the press the pleasure of seeing it. I have but one question. Are you going to beat this guy . Yes. Yes, yes, yes. President trump could be heading to the cap
second trump ally indicted on a contempt channel. we begin the reidout with a choice, a choice about the continuation of mass murder and school shootings that are plaguing this country because it is a choice, not an inevitability as some might want you to believe. in fact, one of our political parties has gone to great lengths to make you think just that. well, at this point shouldn t the republican party just keep it real and openly admit at long last that they believe that a substantial number of dead church-goers and dead shoppers and dead doctors and, yes, dead chirp, big kids and little ones, is an acceptable trade-off for them to have as many guns as they want whenever they want with as little inconvenience as possible, and no one has said it better than democratic congress montana dare jones who spoke during yesterday s contentious debate over democrats package of gun safety bills. as the youngest member of this committee, i need to address my republican colleague
Coming your way. But lets kick things off with the aforementioned Michelle Carusocabrera live in cleveland. Michelle. Hey, tyler. Another newsy day. Weve had news break in just the last half hour that the trump employee who helped write Melania Trumps speech, well, that person has accepted responsibility for the similarities to Michelle Obamas 2008 speech John Harwoods going to join us with all the details. Big night, senator ted cruz, onetime president ial hopeful expected to speak. Whats he going to say after trump called him lying ted in the primary . And then of course the headliner is indiana governor mike pence who has the spot of v. P. On the ticket as senator marco rubio, its going to be a big, big night. Lets get details on speechgate. John harwood is on the floor. John. Michelle, its very interesting. This is an expla thags that the Trump Campaign could have offered yesterday but chose not to. Instead the Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort came out and said, no, there were no ph
On time. That is kpix traffic. Back to you guys. Light rail station will close for about five months to make room for construction of a pedestrian bridge over capital avenues bart station there. Light rail passengers capital avenue near the montague station. Lawmakers from the bay area will introduce legislation to protect marine wildlife. A mysterious goo turned up in the bay killing sea birds. Emergency money is available specifically for oil spills. All nine bay area counties have dropped below the statewide unemployment average. San mateo county had the lowest jobless rate in the area last month. Marin and San Francisco counties were also below 4 . Locally 6. 6 and just below the statewide average of 6. 7. Senator ted cruz is the first major candidate to enter the 2016 president ial race. The republican announced his candidacy with a posting and video on twitter last night. Formal announcement will come a few hours from now. Last week cruz said science does not support the dire war