a new era in space travel. the question is, are we witnessing a new start of an era in space travel? it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that some days would like to buy a one-way ticket to mars. i m jonathan lemire on this thursday, september 16th. we ll start with the news. the u.s. has reached another grim milestone in its fight against coronavirus. new data shows that more than one in 500 americans has died from covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, one in 500 americans. according to an nbc news tally, there have been more than 41,689,000 cases. so far 55% are vaccinated. 63% have received one dose. the fda will meet to discuss whether booster shots will be necessary for the majority of adults who are vaccinated. nbc news correspondent miguel almaguer explained. reporter: the battle over boosters as vaccine boosters make their case ahead of friday s fda review of pfizer s booster shot for the general public.
world s greatest gymnasts sharing their stories of sexually abused by usa doctor larry nassar. what they are saying now is the people who are supposed to protect them failed to do their jobs. now in the final details of the $3.5 trillion spending bill. new signs that moderates in the house could sink the whole thing. we are starting with spacex and the crew orbiting 360 miles above thing earth s surface. they are up there right now after a successful blastoff last night. four, three, two, one. ignition. and liftoff. i can watch it 1,000 times and get the chills every time. the rocket roared into the night s sky from the same launch pad from the apollo moon mission. it will orbit the earth for the next three days. they will reenter the atmosphere and splash down into the atlantic ocean. the crew will conduct a series of scientific and medical experiments. i have cal perry in port canaval, florida. cal, walk us through the next three days. when we think of richard bra
and concern from the speaker of the house and general mark milley that president trump was acting irrat particularly. some republican lawmakers are already demanding answers now. others say general milley should be brought in front of a military tribunal. the pentagon is pushing back tonight essentially saying there is nothing to see here general joins us with from the pentagon with the latest. good evening, bret. the two calls made to chinese counterpart were not secret. they were done with 15 people in the room including notetakers in coordination with the civilian leaders of the military at the time and the interagency i m told by current and former u.s. defense officials. unnamed sources in theoodward and acosta book contend general milley told general li that he would give him a heads up if the u.s. planned to strike. colonel dave butler the colonel staff spokesman issued the following statement, quote: his calls with the chinese and other in october and january were i
let s start here in the uk where people are asking if christmas will be cancelled again this year or will england s winter covid plan ensure the festive season gets the green light? all will be revealed later when the uk government sets out its plans to tackle the virus over the coming months. the government has now confirmed it will begin vaccinating 12 to 15 years olds and is expected to lay out plans for a booster scheme for those already vaccinated. the government is also expected to repeal parts of the coronavirus act, such as taking the power to close down the economy away from downing street. joining me now is kate nicholls, chief executive of uk hospitality. before we get on the winter, i haven t talked to you for a while. where are things at right now for the hospitality industry given the challenges, staff shortages, that kind of thing? staff shortages, that kind of thin ? staff shortages, that kind of thin? ., , staff shortages, that kind of thing? the hospitality
weeks ago. you have not stopped ridiculing him, i know you. laura: how do you know me? no sympathy. i ve known you for 25 years, i know. laura: all right, enough from you. we will see you tomorrow night. i am laura ingraham. this is the ingraham angle from washington tonight. only one former president, george w. bush spoke at a september 11th site but instead of remembering the events of that tragic day, took the occasion to smear many of his fellow americans, many of whom pulled the lever for him twice. my angle will come a little later on tonight but as you might imagine, my commentary on this one will be unflinching. but first, you know that old saying when you re in a hole, stop digging? biden and his party don t seem to get it. they jumped into a ditch and then they spend their days shoveling out more dirt. unfortunately for us, the more they did, the deeper the trouble for america. let s start with our fragile state of our economy all self-inflicted. it s la