announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome. after a dangerous confrontation in the skies, a warning tonight from russia to the u.s. not to fly aircraft near its airspace throwing the onus on the united states for that midair collision between a russian and american plane over the black sea yesterday. the u.s. making clear its pilotless surveillance plane was flying legally in international airspace when it was knocked from the sky by a russian fighter jet that had been flying close and aggressively the act raising alarms in the pentagon. secretary of defense lloyd austin confirming he spoke by telephone today with the russian defense minister, though not revealing the nature of their conversation. the u.s., however, accuses the russians of reckless and unprofessional behavior, and we have new reporting tonight on just how high up the orders came from in russia. peter alexander is at the white house with more reporter: tonight, for t
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Boosters ignition. And lift off of artemis one. We rise together, back to the moon and beyond. Roaring off launch pad 49 be at the Kennedy Space center, the next chapter in americas love affair with all things space. And is on the core stage into Solid Rocket Boosters now prevailing the vehicle at 128 miles per hour. Nasas artemis rocket, the most Powerful Ebel built headed for a multi day crew orbit around the moon. A test flight before astronauts climb into the orion spaceship and head for a lunar landing, perhaps within 2 to 5 years. Flanked with two booster rockets, artemis looks like apollo on steroids. 15 more powerful than the Monster Center five rockets that carried apollo astronauts to the moon. There is a lot out there to explore, and this is the next beginning. And this is the artemis generation. Artemis is all about asserting americas leadership of space, building a lunar base, and orbiting lunar Space Station. Then, in the late 2030s, a Mission To Mars. The moon is a few d
i m not sure what it was, but it sounded urgent. anyway, do not pretend you re not glad to see me. it s almost 2023, which means two things. one, i will build enough to rent a car. and to joe biden will be halfway through his presidency. [cheers and applause] so, before the ball drops like joe following up biker bicycle. let us talk about how he is finishing 2022. on wednesday, president biden president biden welcome ukrainian will relay to the white house, assuring him u.s. support in the fight against russia. so thanks he gave friday and a ukrainian cross from interior merit which biden called undeserved much appreciated. which, i think is the same thing joe said after he got elected. [laughter] bought, might ve been the most normal movement of the administration that having in the past week. take for instance the citic court or a job support. they claimed that they added more than 1 million jobs between march and june. and that s not including the hundred and 40 replacemen
boosters ignition. and lift off of artemis one. we rise together, back to the moon and beyond. roaring off launch pad 49 be at the kennedy space center, the next chapter in americas love affair with all things space. and is on the core stage into solid rocket boosters now prevailing the vehicle at 128 miles per hour. nasa s artemis rocket, the most powerful ebel built headed for a multi day crew orbit around the moon. a test flight before astronauts climb into the orion spaceship and head for a lunar landing, perhaps within 2 to 5 years. flanked with two booster rockets, artemis looks like apollo on steroids. 15% more powerful than the monster center five rockets that carried apollo astronauts to the moon. there is a lot out there to explore, and this is the next beginning. and this is the artemis generation. artemis is all about asserting america s leadership of space, building a lunar base, and orbiting lunar space station. then, in the late 2030 s, a mission to m