the ukrainian national flag, and it raised some eyebrows particularly back in russia, what the heck are you guys doing. one of the cosmonauts said it had something to do with the fact that yellow was the predominant color they had in the closet, the others saying all three are graduates of the positive cow technical state university moscow. it certainly got noticed around the world, some saying it was not a coincidence. by the way, the american astronaut who s onboard due back on the 30th of this month, there was a kerfuffle, you might recall, on whether the russians would fly him back home. apparently, the other two cosmonauts insisted he should fly back home. cooler heads prevailed, he will go back with those other two cosmonauts. but the latest new additions to the international space station and their yellow space suits have gotten much more talk than anything else today. so we ll keep an eye on that.
what the u.s. is now promising. and declassified u.s. intelligence about vladimir putin says the russian leader is being misled by his closest military advisers. james longman in kyiv tonight. back here at home, president biden s new covid warning, saying the pandemic is not over, but it no longer controls our lives. the now dominant omicron subvariant fueling an uptick in cases, one day after fda authorization of a second booster shot for adults 50 and older. president biden today getting his second booster in front of the cameras. new details abo smith s on-stage assault of chris rock during the oscars. academy officials now revealing smith was asked to leave after it happened and refused. chris rock taking the stage tonight for the fist time since the incident. and we re now hearing from two of the oscar cohosts. stunning news about actor bruce willis. his family revealing the brain disorder forcing him to step away from acting. and the american astronaut
the u.s. congress passed a law because critics have long linked china s space program to its rising military ambitions. indeed when you look at these three astronauts, they re all officers and pilots from the people s liberation army. and the commander actually holds the rank of a major general. but interestingly, rosemary, we have interviewed him back in 2015. he said one of his favorite movies was gravity. in that movie, the american astronaut was saved actually by the chinese. but giving the rising tensions, that probably could only exist in hollywood movies now. rosemary. appears that way. many thanks. thank you for joining us. i m rosemary many are. up next, fred pleitgen is live with coverage of the summit due to begin in less than 3 1/2 hours from now. we re back in just a moment.
new information. one of the strangest criminal investigations ever. the american astronaut and the claim defending herself today. whether mcclain committed a crime while she was a couple of months ago. she s kiezaccused of tapping in her estranged wife s bank account. she did check it from space but was checking to make sure the family s finances were in order. joining me now, msnbc legal contributor katy. this is fascinating case for me. first of all, let me start with you, danny. say they find out there was a crime here. who has jurisdiction over it? it was an international space station. got up there on a rocket. probably the u.s. but as a defense attorney, i m always thinking of ways to get the case tossed.
a cardiovascular aging process here on earth and why do we use zero gravity because weightlessness imitates the aging process. the team has discovered that the body ages faster in zero gravity the problem is especially obvious in long term missions like scott kelly s the american astronaut spent a year on the international space station longer than anyone else on his return he was physically incapable of leaving the capsule without assistance it was thought to be a muscle problem but furnished up first says that s not quite the case. and that even if his leg muscles and everything were still working he still wouldn t be able to climb out because the blood vessels especially here in the carotid artery change so much over time he couldn t regulate his blood pressure effectively. the researchers who small tubes called tissue chips to imitate the human vascular system by simulating zero gravity with this random positioning machine they were