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space center where an all-european mission to the international space station will be taking off later on this hour featuring an italian astronaut on board. a lot of you are saying you re only saying this because there s an italian astronaut on board. that italian co pilot would be the tenth italian in space. a lot of you have been saying, you re only saying that because he would be the tenth italian in space. you re actually correct. but it is a beautiful day for a space launch on this spacex mission, which would be the third commercial crew flight. there s a way that the italians look at this by talking about a beautiful day for a space launch. [speaking italian]. that means it s a beautiful day for a space launch. we ll take you there in 49 minutes when this gets going. meantime, another big story right now, and it is getting bigger by the second, the border and what to do about. is a deal close? some republicans say for any deal to happen, there better be big improv ....
said about how they are preparing in case china attacks. in just two hours, spacex will launch a spacecraft with five astronauts to the international space station. we ll take you live to the kennedy space center and explain the significance of this historic mission. we begin with our top story this morning. this hour president biden and the first lady will head to florida where crews are working around the clock doing door to door searches in neighborhoods hardest hit by hurricane ian seven days after this monster storm battered the gulf coast. and these communities, particularly those outside of major cities, are still suffering. they are saying they have no power, no water, no food and help is not getting to them like it did in the past. this is the scenario many florida residents are dealing with right now. at least 105 people have lost their lives in the wake of this storm. the sheriff says crews are more likely to the recovery phase. heartbreaking developmen ....
Board. we ve also got a russian astronaut on board. she s very accomplished but the only female russian astronaut right now. and given the tension between the united states and russia, just really amazing that the space programs continue to cooperate. ten days ago, we had an american go up on a rocket. so these are two headlines given the tension between the united states and russia, we continue to have cooperation on the space station and now we are going to be bringing her up to the station. i talked to her, by the way, and i asked her and asked the commander the same thing, any tension right now in space or in training? they both said no. we got to focus on the mission because our lives depend on each other. so they try to avoid the topic of ukraine and the threats of nuclear attacks. also two other people on board, we ve got the pilot. ....
Atlantic or off the gulf of mexico, in the gulf of mexico rather. we don t exactly know where they will be landing. they are intending to be around jacksonville, florida, but, you know, that in and of itself is quite a wild experience, and it can be a little tough on the stomach, so, you know, these neese these gentlemen, they haven t been in space for too long so hopefully they will be able to get their earth legs back once they get outside of the space capsule endeavor. certainly this mission has been incredible with them on board, but they are about to embark on an incredible journey, just in and of itself this, splashdown here. absolutely. and we re getting ready for that to happen at 9:15. it s been moved to 9:15 and, ch, rachel alluded to this, just all the training that went into this for these private individuals. we ve seen other private missions, but this one is different, but if you would walk us through how it is different. well, sure. they have one professional astro ....
five, four, three, two, one! ignition. and liftoff. the spacex rocket taking off wednesday with no professional astronaut on board. it led by jared isaacman who funded the mission. spacex hopes that this will be the first of many similar tourist missions paving the way for a new era of space travel. christian fisher has a closer look at the mission from the kennedy space center. reporter: it was a spectacular and successful nighttime launch from the kennedy space center. and what makes this inspiration 4 mission so extraordinary is just how ordinary the crew is. none are professional astronauts and yet they will be orbiting the earth the next three days ....