you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in atlanta. we re less than 40 minutes to the launch of axiom two. it s the second mission to the international space station. on board is a former space station commander who has spent more time in space than any other american along with a pilot and two mission specialists from saudi arabia. we ll bring you that launch live in about a half an hour. and negotiations will resume over the debt crisis. they will set the stakge for a high-stakes meeting tomorrow. the president is flying home from the g-7 summit in japan. here s what mccarthy had to say about that conversation. i believe it was a productive phone call. and so at the end of the phone call, what we need to do is, we re going to have patrick mchenry get back together with he s going to ask his team, get back together. so we can walk them through literally what we ve been talking about. i think some of the challenges here they might not completely understand h
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liftoff holds and they make it to the international space station. well over a dozen experiments including one that takes a look at the effect of microgravity on the production of stem cells. jim, right now, it seems that we are a go for this liftoff with about 40 seconds left before the spacex rocket launches. and commander kelly, we re about 30 seconds or so from lift off. what your thoughts? it s exciting. it s the second commercial mission, private mission to the international space station. i m excited because peggy whitson, my classmate, is the commander of this flight and he s ready to go as always. and i think the crew is probably excited. but very aware of the seriousness. we re about to ten seconds from lift off. let s listen in. six, five, four, three, two,