Lunar moon landing, a hearing on past and future exploration by nasa and its astronauts. This is 90 minutes. [pounding] hearing is called to ovrd. 50 years ago, exactly one week from today, at 9 30 a. M. , three astronauts sitting atop a rocket destroyer, a navy of ing 7 1 2 Million Pounds thrust took off from Kennedy Space center in florida. A Million People had gathered on the ground to watch event, including half of the United States congress. Three astronauts, as one at the ewspapers put it time, carried with them the hopes of the world. Was 1969. Born. Before i was the astronauts were Neil Armstrong, buzz aldrin and collins, and the mission was apollo 11. Would go ond aldrin to make history a little more than a hundred hours later. With more than a third of or listening hing live, they became the first on the o ever set foot moon. The apollo 11 mission would go history again. A little less than a hundred hours of that, as the first not only to put men on home on but to bring them
Hello, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me. Im fredericka witfield. The southwestern u. S. Is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding as hurricane hilary churns off the pacific. We just learned moments ago that the storm has weakened just a bit to a category 3 storm with 125 mile an hour winds. Its lashing mexico with strong winds and high waves right now. Forecasters warn it could dump more than a years worth of rain across parts of california, nevada and arizona. The storm is expected to weaken as it moves north, but the threat is so severe, a Tropical Storm watch has been issued for california, the first ever for that state. People there are trying to prepare as best they can. Cnn meteorologist Allison Chinchar is joining us. A new advisory has just been issued. While it may have been downgraded a little bit, thats still very threatening. Right. Keep in mind the weakening was forecast. We knew as it slid into cooler waters, this was going to happen. In terms of the fore
The google employee fired for the controversial memo is speaking out. Cat scratch fever and cat fire. The kitten left quite a mark on this baseball game today thursday august 10, 2017. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today and thank you for joining us on thursday morning. Another day north korea continues to ratchet up the war on words. This north korean crisis both u. S. And north korean regime saying plans are being readied to carry out attacks on the other. Our team is standing by in washington, the Korean Peninsula and the u. S. Territory of guam. Thats where we find nbcs Miguel Almaguer this morning. Reporter north koreas military is upping the ante making new threats against the United States saying they may be capable of striking guam by mid month if their military leaders approve it. This morning the small island of guam is said to be a target. This american territory faces threats as the war
The google employee fired for the controversial memo is speaking out. And cat fire. The kitten left quite a mark on this baseball game today thursday august 10,2017. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today and thank you for joining us. Another day north korea continues to ratchet up the war on words. This north korean crisis both u. S. And north korean regime saying plans are being ready to carry out attacks on the other. Our team is standing by in washington, the Korean Peninsula and the oou. S. Territory of gua reporter north koreas military is upping the ante making new threats against the United States saying they hope to attack this region by mid august if their military leaders accept it. This morning the small island of guam is said to be a target. American territories face threats as the war of words between United States and north korea reaches a fever pitch. The north korean regime responding to Pr
Jerseys minimum wage up to 15 an hour, something the Lieutenant Governor says she cannot stand pbehind. She says if it passes, get ready to pump your own gas in new jersey because companies will be forced to join the workforce. Its something we can do because people in other states do it. But i would hate to lose my job. I pump my own gas, you show me 30 . Ill the whole state of new jerseys gas if you pay me 30 . Reporter he looks at new jerseys Budget Online often. 200,000 for lunches . I pack my lunch every day. I wouldnt mind pumping gas by myself, but the deli cashiers, i think its more importantly to be rung up by a person and not a machine. Reporter now the only feel who rely on gas attendant are here in atlantic city. It is a question that will likely land in our laps as new jersey voters by this Time Next Year in november if not before then. Were live in belmar tonight, im cydney long, nbc10 news. And by the way, new jersey is one of two states in the country that dont allow dr