Cnn hello again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me up for greek. A whitfield. And we begin this hour with the race for the white house, entering another critical phase. Vice president Kamala Harris continues to try to build on her momentum out of Tuesdays President ial debate. Shes wrapped up a pair of rallies in the Swing State of pennsylvania where she campaigned in rural republican leaning counties tonight, harris will speak at an Award Ceremony for the congressional black Caucus Foundation in washington, Dc Shes also launching a new campaign to mobilize latino voters for more on these developments. Lets bring in cnns Eva Mckend at eva, the Vice President gave an interview to a Television Station in philadelphia before wrapping up her visit there in pennsylvania. So what did she have to say well, fred, one of the most interesting takeaway from that interview was the way that the Vice President talked about according republican voters, i think to the frustration some on the
That we now announce our para astronaut, and that isjohn mcfall. John mcfall has been selected using exactly the same criteria as all european astronauts. But unlike any of the others, he has a physical disability. Now he s taking part in a ground breaking project. Being an amputee, being an astronaut was never really on my radar because like the military, you wouldn t pass the medical selection process. I thought i would have the skills, a mix of skills and scientific background that i could really help them answer this very aspirational question of can we get someone with a physical disability into space, to work in space safely? and i thought i could be that person. For the last ten years, john s been working as an orthopedic surgeon. Hi, sir. How are you? but his life s about to change, possibly forever. It s daunting. It s quite scary, because i m giving up the security of being being a doctor. It s a fantastic profession, i love it. There are so many aspects about it that i absol
Why are we throwing an apple at each other . Because this weeks first story is about launching satellites into orbit. Oh, youre not gonna try to launch this apple into orbit, are you . No, but if i did, which direction would i have to launch it . Not upwards. Not up because if i did, it will come straight back down again. Thats gravity. Thats gravity no, if you wanted this to go into orbit, you would have to make it go really fast sideways, about 17,000 miles an hour, so as it fell, it missed the surface of the earth and just went around it. Thats why rockets need so much fuel. Exactly which has been a problem since forever. But there is another way to get this apple to go that fast. Any ideas . Go on, amaze me. So, you could attach it to a long arm and then start spinning it round and round and round, and round and round, getting faster and faster, and once youre at the right speed. You let it go thats bananas no, its an apple. All right, here we go. Oh, my gosh robotic voice 200 mile