we are talking about the black box with the claims or charges or suspicions against him and the espionage case apparently built against him. it sis a serious one. thank you, nathan hodge. china has become the first nation on earth to land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon. state television announcing that the lunar mission landed a rover near the south pole. we have matt rivers live for us with more from beijing. good to see you. reporter: good to see you, dave. this is a big deal for the chinese space program which has lagged behind the united states and russia. this was launched a month ago. earlier today, chinese state media said this was a successful landing. it iwill explore on the ground
it feels like bad news to the consum consumer. right. that is a sign of strength of the economy. it is meant to make sure inflation doesn t grow. that causes a recession. doesn t feel that way. with top republicans turning on him, president trump is doubling down on his evidence-free claim that he was wiretapped during the campaign by president obama. mr. trump appearing on fox news hours after the chairman of the house stagintelligence committe called the allegation wrong. i have been seeing a lot of things. i will not discuss it because we have it before the committee and we will be submitting evidence before the committee soon. that hasn t been submitted yet. it sis a potentially serious situation. you will find interesting items coming to the forefront over the next two weeks. wiretapping covers a lot of
barack obama s success or lack of success over the course of the last four years. usually, when an incumbent runs for re-election, it sis a revereferendum election. but it can be made into a choice election. the interesting thing that s happened in the last week, i think, is the way in which the obama campaign has shifted away from the consistent argument that they have made over the course of the last year really about mitt romney, which is that he is a flip flopping phony, away from that argument to the argument he is a right-wing nut. with david plouffe saying he is the most radical conservative since barry goldwater, you can t have it both ways. barry goldwater was not a flip flopping phony. if you re going to say that romney is a flip flopping phony, you can t say he is a right wing nut. they think romney might be able to get to the middle, and they want to keep him over there on the far right. that was almost a way of trying
checks or raise the minimum age of purchase. for more, let s go to boris sanchez at the white house. reporter: dave and christine, it sis a multi-prong effort to try to stop school shootings in light of the shooting at stoneman douglas high school last month. the creation of the task force headed by education secretary betsy devos to maexamine the policies and fund to limit school violence. the white house will push congress to pass two bills. the first one is fix nix bill to incentivize local authorities to provide information to the background check system and then funding for the increased