future, the near term, and i don t think it has had any real consequence. and what was your second question? as you raise these broader issues of human rights and democracy, what is your message to those, including some members of your own party who believe that your administration is overlooking the targeting of religious minorities and a crackdown on descent in india. look, the prime minister and i had a good discussion on democratic values and there is a that s the nature of our relationship, we are straightforward with each other and we respect each other. one of the fundamental reasons that i believe u.s.-china relationship is not in the space as the u.s.-india relationship is that there is an overwhelming respect for each other because we are both democracies, and it s a common democratic character both our countries that, and our people, our diversity, our culture, our open tolerant robust debate and we believe the dignity of every citizen and it is in america s
a lot of time and expense expended on that because they need to learn, and that s how we do learn about future exploration and moving forward is to analyze exactly what happened. unfortunately, these five souls paid for it with their lives so i hope it doesn t go just, you know, undetermined that we can use this for advancement for future exploration. john: so tom, when you were down on the mir, i don t know if you know much about i don t think you know all that much about the construction of titan, but when you were down in the mir, what was your air supply derived from? does the mir have co2 scrubbers, oxygen tanks, how long would you be able to survive if that craft had become disabled and how might we apply those parameters to where we are now? john, this is inherent risk to this expedition. you are in a capsule and you are rebreathing your same air over and over again.
it s got to be tide. 37 past the hour. more on our breaking news. brittney griner now on her way to the united states after being released from russia in a prisoner exchange for viktor bout, a convicted russian arms dealer who has been called the merchant of death. joining now is tom winter. also with us is julia yofi. so tom, who exactly is viktor bout? good morning, jose. he s referred to as the merchant of death. that s the name he s acquired over the years. when you look at his past, he s somebody the justice department alleged and we are able to bring him to trial and convict him of someone who trafficked arms going back to the 1990s. he s somebody who over the course of the years u.s. officials have said there s ties to the kgb.
president will be impeached or removed from office. but the key is they think the 2020 election will decide his fate. laura: so tom, they did the same thing in wisconsin before that poll came out. so i have to imagine this is how most americans are feeling. they want the election to happen, vote their views and that s it. everything else is white noise. i generally agree with that. this impeachment proceeding, one of the polls showed, 80% of the people have their minds made up before any testimony at all. and they haven t moved. so this is what the democrats ultimately their problem is. there was no smoking gun, there was no direct testimony, linkage. so even voters think that trump did something wrong or unethical don t think he should be impeached for it. there s no getting around that. pelosi is on this track now and i don t know if they ll can unwind it. they don t look like they can
that we spoke to in pennsylvania say they don t believe the president will be impeached or removed from office. but the key is they think the 2020 election will decide his fate. laura: so tom, they did the same thing in wisconsin before that poll came out. so i have to imagine this is how most americans are feeling. they want the election to happen, vote their views and that s it. everything else is white noise.h i generally agree with that. this impeachment proceeding, one of the polls showed, 80% of the people have their minds made up before any testimony at all. and they haven t moved. so this is what the democrats ultimately their problem is. there was no smoking gun, there was no direct testimony linkage. so even voters think that trump did something wrong or unethical don t think he should be impeached for it. there s no getting around that. pelosi is on this track now and i don t know if they ll can unwind it.