Thank you. [applause] mr. Holbrook howdy. Jfk emphasized the importance of the space race during a time of fear in the u. S. Incredible men and women took this challenge head on. Nasa became a beacon of hope for the nation. I am honored to introduce one of those legends. The man who pioneered apollo 11 and apollo 13. If you have ever heard the phrase houston, Tranquility Base is here, the eagle has landed. With great honor, i am here to introduce houston. Mr. Gene kranz. [applause] mr. Kranz thank you. It is a real privilege. I have a couple aggies in the family. To be introduced by an aggie. They told me i had three hours to speak, so we will have to be speaking through lunch here. But jared said no, he will give me a call when i have five minutes. So he is going to stand up and give me sort of a heads up. When i finish, i have a three minute video of the actual Lunar Landing. And i think that will put this year, this decade of the 50th anniversary in context of what is happening. I u
Makes stories generate sounds of headlines it seems that much the media is still struggling with how to deal with it with different angles from different perspectives and you hold a lawyer to it can separate the spin from the facts. The misinformation from the journalism how careful must you choose your words but some tough stuff has to be said to critics have to debate the listening post on aljazeera. A new political sitcom after 27 years of dictatorship that believe this program that we have can we overcome a commune challenges here looks at the new democracy a new cupids fos changing Political Landscape through the stories of 4 divests ethiopians know that simply this is my studio where i shoot the sitcom. My ethiopia on aljazeera. John bolton is president john 5 his National Security advisers say they disagreed on many issues. And im fully back to boyer watching aljazeera live from i had. Also coming up israels Prime Minister. Benyamin netanyahu draws International Condemnation for
Warplanes dropped 36000 kilograms of bombs on the island in the tigris river the Iraqi Military says the attack was part of a Larger Campaign to clear areas north of baghdad of any remaining eisel fighters including some who may have crossed from syria. The u. S. Led Coalition Says conners island had become infested with deisel fighters who are believed to be using the island as a transit hub and safe haven. At least 31 pilgrims have been killed at one of the most sacred sites muslims in iraq Officials Say about a 100 others were injured when a walkway collapsed and triggered a stampede in karbala the government fears the number of dead could rise Charles Stratford has more. Injured in a rush through the crowd stretches. Millions of shia muslims have gathered in the iraqi city of karbala to commemorate the deaths of hussein even early the prophet muhammads grandson who was killed here more than 1300 years ago witnesses said that when some people fell over slow put one of the entrances
Known for hardline pro military stances against countries like iran venezuela and north korea trump says he was fired for those stances bolton says he resigned and fisher reports from washington think youre going to do a fantastic job and i appreciate that there had been growing divisions between john bolton that his boss but the end was brutal even by the standards of this white house donald trump tweeting i informed john bolton last night that his services are no longer needed at the white house i disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions as did others in the administration therefore i asked for his resignation which was given to me this morning bolton tweeted not the usual thanks for being able to serve but an insistence he quit rather than being fired at a news briefing at the white house which bolton was initially listed to attend stephen secretary of state might prompt defended the president s decision the president s intitled to the staff that he wants at any moment as a s
Now. Also i mean the last few passengers are kicking in about 300 of the more than 600 you mentioned will take the 1st free flight today it will be followed by a 2nd flight on thursday we expect those flights to take off in the coming hours its been quite a long process theyve been issues around documentation some people not having the right paperwork some passports expired some people a small group of them have been kept back because they havent met the requirements by the the immigration and Home Affairs Department here in south africa we also know 1 that there have been concerns around a number of people being flagged by the department of home of face and thats caused a number of delays we know that the nigerian consulate has spent the last few days trying to assist people with the necessary paperwork so we are still to establish exactly how many people do indeed take this flight but of course many have said that they are weary of staying in south africa scared of of what may happen