decided to fire the minister of defense, you have garland just because he did his job and warned that this judicial overhaul is a clear and immediate threat to israel s national security. i think this is when the penny dropped not only for the, you know, usual suspects, people that did not vote for netanyahu. seeing the penny then dropped for a lot of we could vote. and i think that then you saw spontaneous, ah, rage erupts around the country, which led to again hundreds of thousands of people in the streets. and i think that in a way we know today that three months after this whole thing started for netanyahu politically this was like hitting the self destruct button . you saw the post tonight in three different israeli television channels. all of them showed netanyahu is at above 65%
soon. that s another question i had. the chinese maintain it was a civilian whether gathering believe. i would imagine when you fly a balloon over another country that the chance is going to get covered. whatever the u.s. or anyone else loses military criminal another country they try to destroy it somewhat someone cannot figure out what was on that vehicle. here is the thing, the coast guard is off the coast of south carolina, they are pulling it in. in theory, if it was gathering information, americans will be able to tell that it was. the chinese have already said, what it is. is that faux pas number two right now? is that going to matter or at some point do we just know it s by a balloon? the fact that they say that it is it is immaterial? well, the self destruct button that we see in spy movies doesn t always work out and realize. this is quite sensitive and sophisticated equipment. you don t want to damage it yourself until we are absolutely sure, even if you have the ability
falling back to earth. the bottom falling apart. at the 20 second mark, the safety launch officer presses the self-destruct button to ensure the rocket doesn t fly off causing even more harm. launch team, launch team, be advised. stay at your consoles. reporter: take a look from another angle. the blinding white light of the blast. the shock of spectators. and from 3,000 feet in the air, the scene captured by a passenger in a small plane. in space, the astronauts on the station watching the tv feed of their supplies being destroyed. we re very grateful it appears no one was injured. reporter: a $200 million loss of rocket and cargo, including science experiments by students from around the country. the first flyover. the debris of the rocket and all the damage to the pad. orbital sciences built the rocket and is being criticized by some for using old refurbished soviet engines designed and built in the late 60s and early 70s. did you make a mistake using this russian engine?
announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning. i m reena ninan. hello to you all. i m t.j. holmes. glad you could spend some time here with us. we start with the failed rocket launch. failed in dramatic fashion in virginia. crews are searching, still looking for clues among the debris. all this as the company that owns the rocket is criticized for the types of engines it uses. abc s karen travers is at the scene. reporter: investigators got their first look at the damage caused by the fiery rocket explosion. it was immediately obvious something was wrong. data was lost. we knew it was over. reporter: it was over quickly. just six seconds after the launch, an explosion near the base. the self-destruct button was pushed within seconds and then more explosions. nobody on the ground was injured. the unmanned rocket was heading to the international space station. with 5,000 pounds of equipment
obamacare to get this off our political back. you point out, though, that sometimes republicans in the individual races nominate somebody who has hit the self-destruct button because there are conservatives and those issues. what do you think? that has happened in the past. todd akin comes to mind. it s also happened in the past that establishment candidates have been nominated that turned off the tea party or libertarian voters. those are states mitt romney carried by over 20 points and yet republican moderates continued to lose. john, great column. thanks very much. that s it. a healthy you with carol alt is coming up next. hope you have a great week, everybody. bye-bye. [ sneezes, coughs ]