Morticians. Welcome to do that. You could join us. China launched a rocket today to the moon seeking to bring samples of luna rocks and dust back to the john 5 name for the ancient chinese moon goddess. Took off successfully from china. Its the 1st mission in 4 decades. And if successful, it would make china only the 3rd country to bring back samples from the moon after the u. S. And the former soviet union. And for more on this launch, im joined by mark mccall cohen, Senior Advisor for science, an exploration of the European Space agency. Marc welcome and rocks have been brought back from the moon before. What is the scientific importance of this mission . Well, as you know, the Apollo Missions and also soviet Unmanned Missions brought back rocks in the sixtys and seventys. But where the Chinese Mission is going is actually interesting. Its a much younger region of the moon than the Previous Missions have been to the top of a volcano, a very smooth, flat volcano, not a spike, but its
Representative rick marsh, a democrat from washington joined book tv to discuss the books hes reading. Congressman rick larson of washington, whats on your reading list right now . My Summer Reading list hasnt been long but its coming into the middle of summer now. Im working on wrecked, its the third icu novel by joe day, hes a mission writer and iq is his character and rex is the third book in the series. Hes kind of a detective novel. Hes a private investigator and a lot of action, a lot of great relationships in that book so im working on that. Im also working on frederick douglass, a biography published recently. Working on that, its a fairly long book so im popping in and out of that. In and out of that book. Taking that in chunks. So the policy wonk in me, david dollar has at one of the think tanks in washington dc is the editor of a book called china 2049 where hes put together some reform minded chinese colleagues to look at what the chinese economy might look like, what its c
Breaking news. Deadly terror attack in france. What we know this morning. Covid breaking point. 500,000 new cases in the u. S. In just one week. Medical professionals pushed to their limits. In utah, doctors saying the situation is unsustainable. El paso hospitals resorting to tents to treat the dramatic influx of patients. Dr. Faucis dire warning about the critical next few months, as covid fatigue sweeps the nation. One new york wedding putting nearly 300 people in quarantine and leaving more than 50 people infected. Now covid cases skyrocketing in europe. France and germany returning to national lockdowns. What this could mean for the u. S. Top expert dr. Jha joins us live this morning. Also this morning, dodgers star Justin Turner under fire in the wake of that world series celebration. After his covid test came back positive during the game, the league now saying he emphatically refused to comply when baseball security tried to get him to leave the field. The investigation under w
Steve from 30 Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Tonight join jimmy and his guests Kevin Hart Josh charles musical guest chika, and the legendary roots crew and now, heres your host, Jimmy Fallon Jimmy thank you very much. Thank you very much for watching the tonight show everybody. I appreciate it. Im jimmy fallon lets get to the news and jokes. Well, guys bob woodward has a new book coming out about the president and one story is making major headlines today. Turns out trump knew way back in early february how bad the coronavirus was, but he continued to downplay it to the american people. And woodwards got it on tape because trump let him record their conversations. Check this out heres trump in mid march. I wanted to always play it down i still like playing it down yes because i dont want to create a panic jimmy yeah, i remember americans not panicking when they spent thousands for a roll of toilet paper on ebay. [ laughter
Things that get my ears to stand up are definitely the economy. Are you better off than you were four years ago . I believe so. In the one issue is lets get respect back, because i think that benefits everyone. Equal pay is extremely important. Education and making it accessible. Accessible. The common enemy that we have right now is the coronavirus. This is donald trump. I was like, this is my man. Four more years i am not voting for President Trump this year. We want joe i believe that both candidates could do more. Were all americans. Were all in america. Dont be lazy. Dont be selfish. Dont be entitled. Its your duty to vote good evening, im norah odonnell. Tonight, america is on edge. In just four days one of the most divisive president ial campaigns in this nations history will come to an end. President trump donald trump and former Vice President joe biden have called this election the most important in modern history. And voters have told cbs news they feel much is at stake, inc