counting down. the art miss rocket is finally on the launch pad ready to fly for the first time on monday. it s no longer the apollo generation. it s the artemis generation and that brings new discoveries. i m pamela brown in washington. you re live in the cnn newsroom. well, it s nasa s long overdue return to the moon, and t-minus just a few hours until hopefully launchtime of the u.s. space agency s most powerful rocket. the program is called artemis, the first phase blasting off in the morning, unmanned and setting the stage for a manned landing on the lunar surface once again. just a short time ago vice president kamala harris touched down in central florida. she and the second gentleman planning to watch the liftoff in person. as the head of the space council i can tell you i m so proud of what is happening in terms of our space program and the leadership that the united states is providing to the world. the arte myos program is the beginning of the next er
miles beyond it, further than any spacecraft intended to carry humans. cameras inside and outside orion will document the trip because this crew is unmanned but not unmannequined. a suited mannequin that will collect data on what future human crews might experience as nasa prepares for a lunar landing in 2025. we re sending mannequins into space. i suppose maybe that s been done before. none of this happens if the weather doesn t cooperate. i m sure nasa is on pins and needles about all of this. how is it looking for tomorrow? reporter: that s right, jim. when it comes to rocket launches everyone s eyes are on mother nature and right now nasa is saying that the conditions are 80% favorable for a launch tomorrow morning. the launch window opens at 8:33 a.m. eastern time and the countdown clock has already started, jim, so people are pretty optimistic this will take flight, the weather will not be the deciding factor but, also, a lot of folks are concerned about the fact that
have not gone inter alia, i am not supplying equipment to go into there. we need to make sure israel is secure in terms of iron dome and responding to acts like those that came out of recent times. let s cross to washington and speak to our correspondent, will vernon. this is the clearest signal that the us is unhappy with how israel is conducting the offensive in gaza. what else did biden say? offensive in gaza. what else did biden say? you heard mr barton say did biden say? you heard mr barton say america - did biden say? you heard mr barton say america would i barton say america would continue giving israel weapons that needs to defend itself but he said the us would not supply heavy weapons, bombs, artillery shells that could be used in a major offensive in the city of rafah. weapons he said they could be used in major population centres and mr barton added us but weapons have already killed civilians in gaza. human rights groups say it is exactly these kind of muni
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in rafah, let s hear from some of them. we are afraid of war and terrified of the storming of we are afraid of war and terrified of the rafa h. rafah. we help the world will end in that we return to gaza. we feel very uncomfortable and we cannot be here any longer. this we cannot be here any longer. this is we cannot be here any longer. this is distressing for all of us we this is distressing for all of us we hope to warble in soon and us we hope to warble in soon and we us we hope to warble in soon and we can go home. people of lost sense and we can go home. people of lost sense of comfort and security lost sense of comfort and security and we are more scared at night security and we are more scared at night due to the bombardments. they kill everyone bombardments. they kill everyone without - everyone without differentiating. everyone without - differentiating between children differentiating between children and differentiating between children and old -