politicsnation. tonight s lead, 100 days to election. a lot is on the line. who will take control? right now, america s going towards a milestone election. the culmination of a mid term cycle defying uncertainty of over the economic shocks still really roaring or nation. over the supreme s court decision overturning roe versus wade. and the political upheaval still playing out over a year after the january 6th insurrection. the struggle is real for democrats trying to hold on to their majorities in the senate, and in congress. both of which hanging by a thread while the biden administration has to fight off out from midterms, trying to promote its and the parties considerable accomplishments despite the president s dismal approval ratings. the injuring influence of president trump and his big lie on the republican side. hanging in the balance, the future of the congressional january 6th investigation, republicans having vowed to dissolve it, along with the biden legacy to
origin right now, both good and bad. who can argue, who can be upset with sending the original captain kirk into space. that is something star trek and star wars fans can get behind, right? yes. look, it s no star ship enterprise, but captain kirk is going to take it. kristin fisher, thank you so much. there s so much going on, we will check back with you later in the show. how is it playing with some of his most devoted fans? the trekkies. jason carroll went deep inside this complicated community and has emerged to talk about it. jason, i m glad to see you re safe here. tell us what you learned. reporter: that sounds a little bit scary. it was actually a lot of fun, john. i have been getting email from fans. they have been on the edge of their seat waiting for this to happen. whether you call them trekkies or trekkers.
it makes this so much more fun. i know that s the whole point of why he s going, kristin. reporter: it really is. he is blue origin s special guest. i don t think captain kirk ever had to deal with weather delays when he was commanding the star ship enterprise on star trek . but they had to deal with two wind delays at launch site 1. but this morning all systems a go. this is going to be a quick sub orbital trip, up and down, 10 minutes total. about four minutes of weightlessness. then they will be landing the capsule will land in the desert right behind me just about 10 minutes after. in addition to shoter in, he will be joined by audrey powers. they are not paying. but there are two other paying customers, two tech entrepreneurs. and the four of them have been
bill: the space program got boring. watered down. it was competing with reality tv. it s nice now the kids are looking at the stars again. dana: a new frontier. bold. captain signing out. dana: [laughing]. fox news alert the countdown back on for the launch of blue origin. pushed back briefly. i am dana perino. and i remember bill hemmer. an exciting day. dana: fun. we are not on capitol hill. bill: a fair point. 30 minutes away. marking the company s second sub-orbital space flight. it may not be the star ship enterprise, captain kirk will be on board. william shatner and 3 others will blast off into space for 11 minutes before coming back
spaceflight earlier this summer. they source who made a cameo in star trek s latest movie, and a self proclaimed tricky, this time inviting the actor on board. 13 years ago, i beamed off the star ship enterprise. it was to honor the 40th anniversary of the show. thanks to cable, still boldly going where no man has gone before. you are now going to disappear. all of you who have been and still are and will be fans of star trek, thank you for all these wonderful years. shatner will join three others on the mission. among them audrey powers, blue origin vice president, and to paying customers. come next week the boldly go where no man has gone before. shatner will boldly go where no one his age has gone before. life now imitating art. our thanks to carrie sanders