they have put the rest of us basically on notice that they are catching up rapidly. nasa administrator tweeted this. congratulations to china s team for what appears to be a successful landing on the far side of the moon. this is a first for humanity and an impressive accomplishment. what else is china planning for its space program? china has already launched crews into space. in 2003, china became only the third nation able to launch astronauts into space. since then, they have shown a steady increase in capability doing evas or space walks, having two small space labs. and starting in another couple of years they ll begin construction on their own space station, and they intend to have international partners cooperating in scientific research and also in flying other astronauts from europe, from russia, japan, all other nations that want to cooperate with them.
interesting. maybe they ll have a better on-line presence. that s what zagat needs in my humble opinion. thank you very much. we appreciate it. american morning continues right now. i m christine romans. here s what you need to know to start your day. people in new york and washington being told to stay alert and stay calm. the feds watching a possible terror threat as our nation marks ten years after 9/11. i m carol costello. a fiery president obama announcing his jobs plan to jolt the economy and create jobs, challenging congress 17 times to pass his bill right away. we ll tell you what s in it and what republicans are saying about it on this american morning. hi, christine. good morning. it s friday, september 9th. welcome to american morning. ali is off. you had the president and football last night, so you re i know. i m exhausted. up first we have to talk about this breaking news. we have new information that al qaeda may want to mark 9/11 with ano