get your popcorn ready. i am jonathan capehart. this is the sunday show. this sunday, the state of the union is tense. but president biden is strong and bold, as he steps into year three of his administration. for the third time in two weeks, it was commander-in-chief biden who authorized an unidentified aerial object, to be shot from the sky. this latest incident happened over canada s uconn region. the operation was carried out after consultation between biden and canadian prime minister justin trudeau. the origin in the exact makeup of the objects are still unknown. on the domestic front, at the state of the union earlier this week, president biden europa doped republicans into agreeing with his stance to not get rid of social security. some republicans want medicare and social security i m not saying it s a majority. as we all apparently agree, social security and medicare is off the books now, right? all right. this is what a.d. looks, like you. besides, you have t
homes in northeast jackson. the next human boots will be a woman and a person of color on the moon and that inspiration to provide diversity in this type of environment. hello and welcome, it is monday, august 29 at 9 am in london and 4 am in florida where we are hours away from the launch of artemis one. the first steps in nasa s return to the moon. these are life photos of the launchpad in florida and the launch window is scheduled to open four and half hours from now. right now the launch team is dealing with a leak they observed. nasa says they are troubleshooting the issue but no word on whether this will impact the launch. this is the first of several missions to the moon in the years ahead. eventually the mission is to send humans back to the moon for the first time since 72 and one day nasa hopes to land the first humans on mars. this is set up as a test flight. one risk is radiation exposure, one of the goals of this mission is to mitigate those risks in the futu
and can you see the countdown at the top of your screen. look at the vice president and her husband will be there to speak. this is the first time a woman and a person of color has gone to the moon. steve: that is ultimately the goal. this particular flight though will be unmanned. they will have three test mannequins strapped in to figure out what radiation effects and everything else. you will see it live if it goes off on our show. it s all about the heat shield, they say because it s a test flight. the idea is to make sure that the heat shield can protect the people inside and they really won t know that until it comes back. brian: yeah, i mean, you got to you are going to watch two rockets disengaged and then ultimately just be the orion craft that will go into the moon s orbit, whip around a few times and then come back octobe. so that s a 42-day mission. and we ll probably cover all 42 days. steve: you know what, brian, you are probably right. we will mention i
if you are capable of getting out now, get out now. evacuations are under way in parts of mississippi in anticipation of heavy flooding tomorrow. the mayor of jackson is going to be joining us live with more on how his city is preparing and why this could be the second round of flooding for some residents. on the eve of history, one day away from the launch of artemis i. how the forecast is shaping up and why this mission is so critical when it comes to getting americans back on the moon. it is sunday, august 28th. thank you so much for waking up with us. good to be with you, boris. good morning, amara. i hope you enjoyed the cupcake you had for breakfast. i enjoyed my prosciutto i have every morning. i m still working on mine, slowly. we hope you are enjoying your breakfast wherever you are. we re grateful that you made us part of the start of your week. up first, assessing the damage to national intelligence from classified documents that were found at donald
with artemis, we are going to stay. proving humanity. can live on the moon. mars. and other worlds. the countdown is on. a historic launch just hours away that could pave the way for a mission to mars. newsroom starts right now. hello everyone. thanks for joining me. i m fredicka whitfield. we begin with major developments into the investigation of former president donald trump, the director of national intelligence now telling congress she is conducting a damage assessment of the classified documents seized by federal officials from the president s home. according to the heavily redacted affidavit released on friday, 184 classified documents were recovered from mar-a-lago in january months before the fbi search, some of which were labeled among the highest classifications of top secret intelligence, and there is new movement in the courtroom. a federal judge overseeing the case says she has preliminary intent to appoint a special mas s master as trump requested