Thank you. Id like to start off the briefing by saying that im not a superstitious person, and therefore when we were assigned apollo 13 i thought nothing of it. As a matter of fact, some of my friends of italian descent 13 was a lucky number. It all started before the flight as documented as we are approaching the final phase of our training the last couple of days are usually ones which are taken very usually. Try to keep a couple of days free to unwind from the long Training Cycle and get plenty of rest so that when we launch were in good shape and we can go with an easy mind. As you know a turn of events occurred and at that time we had to make a big decision to bring jack along or delay the flight. It was one which was not easy for me to help decide. And when they asked me what i wanted to do because we had worked as a team for a long time, but i also realized that the program had matured to that degree whereby we had quite a few people who were well knowledgeable about the spacec
Explosion on board. The interview is from the Oral History Program at the Johnson Space center. This is the Johnson Space Center Original history project, may 25th, 1999, at the Johnson Space center. When you were a little kid, you saw a rocket go off and you said i want to do that . Is it that simple or that complex . You know, i was interested in rockets and astronomy long before the glenns and the shepherds of the world could spell rocket. I was interested in it way back in high school. I went to try and build some rockets. I wanted to be a rocket engineer, as a matter of fact. I wrote to the American Rocket Society at that time which is now the aaia or Something Like that, and i said i want to be a rocket engineer, and they wrote back and said you need to go to i. T. Or cal tech, and i couldnt afford either so i got an rotc appointment to wisconsin and then from there i went to the Navel Academy and then i got the flight training. I became a naval aviator, and low and behold in 195
Holy god, we love you. You are our strength, rock, and protection. Use our senators today to make our nation safer and better. May they often think of the positive legacy they can leave through faithful service to you and country. Lord, remind them that you have brought our nation through much greater difficulties than the ones we now face. As they strive to unite for the common good of this land we love, may they embrace your promise that you will never leave or forsake us. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the senator from iowa is recognized. Mr. Grassley i ask permission to speak in morning business for one minute. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley the Trump Ad
Negotiations, theres been a lot of progress made in the subjects that are within the jurisdiction of the finance committee that i chair. And these a result of these negotiations have led to decisions that will be in this legislation, we hope to vote on tomorrow, that would make sure that checks went from the federal government to individuals, all individuals, of 1200 or individuals, 2400 for married couples, and 500 for each child. And that would go to people who need it, people with no income, up to people with 75,000 a year in, or a couple of 150,000 income with a phaseout to make sure that no very wealthy people or even higher income, middle income class people benefit from it. So we are trying to help those who need the most help. And there wasnt disagreement from the other side that we ought to mail checks out to people. This would give americans in any case what you need to provide for the famine and to weather the storm. This isnt the first time weve done this. We did it in 2008
Drastic measures to combat the coronavirus are forcing dramatic changes across the country. Well bring you the very latest this morning. Our guest the fema administrator now spear heading the nations response. And new Jersey Governor Phil Murphy. Plus, two former members of trumps Homeland Security team, tom bossert and Kevin Mcaleenan and dr. Jennifer ashton what you need about the pandemic. And Chris Christie and rahm emanuel are handling a nation in crisis. From abc news, its this week, here now coanchor martha raddatz. Good morning and thanks for joining us this sunday. As we come on the air this morning, alarming and sobering numbers from across the globe. There are now more than 300,000 confirmed cases worldwide and more than 13,000 deaths from coronavirus. And in the u. S. , there are now over 26,000 cases and at least 340 have died. New york, the city that never sleeps has gone quiet. Now the epicenter of this crisis with more than 12,000 confirmed cases, one of least five stat