What does Nasa Ministrator Bill Nelson say now . Firing line with Margaret Hoover is made possible in part by. And by. Corporate funding is provided by. Nasa administrator Bill Nelson, welcome to firing line. Thank you so much. I love to talk about space. You have said that nasa is in your blood. You grew up on the Space Coast and became the second sitting member of congress to travel into space aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1986. But a decade ago, nasa seemed adrift in space. The Space Shuttle Program was ending, and the u. S. Had no means of reaching space. Compared to 10 years ago, senator, where does nasa stand today . Well, it was specifically 11 years ago that Kayley Hutchison of texas and i wrote the bill that put nasa on the course that its on, a dual course onecourse commercial companies that nasa would hire, specifically the delivery of Crew And Cargo to the international Space Station. And then the other course, nasa, to get out of low Earth Orbit and go explore the h
How the operation played out. When asked today, the president said hes considering operations as well to get the americans and afghan allies who might be stuck behind taliban check points. He continued to portray the countrys sudden collapse as unforeseeable, down playing the internal State Department Memo we reported on last night which warned of such a fate as American Forces withdrew. Were going to have more on all that coming up. First we want to get to the reality, the reality on the ground for so many people. Clarissa ward and her team were among the evacuees today, taking their place aboard crowded Air Force C17 transport. Our producer took these photos, an estimated 400 people on board, most of them afghan nationals. Their destination tonight, doha, qatar. We spoke to clarissa a few hours before she departed on that plane. Clarissa, youre at the kabul airport. What are you seeing there . I mean, anderson, its just chaos. Right now were actually on the airfield, which is the pri
We begin tonight with new developments in the pullout from afghanistan. Evacuation flights are back up and running after being on Hold Part of the day, the first Airport Transport Landing in germany. At the White House what some saw as effort to project Resolve And Competence after a chaotic week In Kabul and punishing week in washington, President Biden renewed his promise to get any american home who wants to leave. He made a similar promise to evac all evacuate all afghans who helped in the war effort. We have Breaking News on exactly how the operation played out. When asked today, the president said hes considering operations as well to get the americans and afghan allies who might be stuck behind taliban check points. He continued to portray the countrys sudden collapse as unforeseeable, down playing the internal State Department Memo we reported on last night which warned of such a fate as American Forces withdrew. Were going to have more on all that coming up. First we want to g
Dead. Weve heard republicans, including their Dear Leader himself, turn the rioters into victims and martyrs, even as video showed them beating police. We heard congressional republicans like Andrew Clyde even describe k it as, quote, a normal tourist video, and then widely reject a bipartisan commission to investigate the attack. What is also emerged in the past six months is a clearer picture of what happened on January 6th thanks to the governments have you had Yo Evidence released at the request of Nbc News and other organizations. Some of that new video shows police trying to rotate fresh officers to the frontlines of the siege. Slowly, guys. Were rotating out. Weve got a shield behind you. You go behind me. You, come here. Go, go. You, go. Ladies and gentlemen, back up joining me now is scott mcfarland, investigative reporter for nbc washington, michelle dean, nbc columnist. Scott, i want to start with you. Youve been going through and pouring through these cases against these in
psaki said president biden, quote, supports the work of the committee and the independent role of the department of justice to make any decisions about prosecutions. the spotlight will be on the january 6th committee, as we enter next week. tuesday evening they vote on a report recommending to the full house that steve bannon be cited for criminal contempt of congress. that begins a long process in and of itself. earlier on this network, betsy woodruff swann of politico described what will go into that report. before they take that vote, they will issue a report. i believe this report will be public, and the report is going to lay out the case against bannon, what the committee wants from him, the steps they took to try to get him to cooperate voluntarily, his defiance of their requests and demands for information, and finally language for a house resolution that the committee will vote on, holding bannon in contempt. as this congressional investigation gains momentum, th