watching nasa s historic artemis i mission preparing for a second launch attempt to the moon. these are live pictures coming straight from kennedy space center in cape canaveral, florida, where crews are working on a liquid hydrogen leak that delayed fueling the massive rocket. the two-hour launch window still expected to open up this afternoon at 2:17 p.m. currently weather conditions are 60% favorable. the mission will mark the united states return to the moon for the first time in nearly 50 years. and aims to land the first woman and the first person of color on the moon without within the next few years. and it will eventually send the first astronaut to mars. and while nasa said there s no guarantee that the launch will happen today, engineers appear optimistic that this rocket is ready to fly. let s go now to cnn s space and defense correspondent kristin fisher live this morning from the kennedy space center. hi there, kristin. any good news to update us with? rep
that john eastman continued his hunt for widespread voter fraud even after president biden was inaugurated. hours after president biden s inauguration, mr. eastman emailed rudy giuliani, donald j. trump s personal lawyer propose that they challenge in georgia for two senate seats that were won by democrats. according to the times eastman hoped that by trying to overturn another election and finding fraud in that race he would find proof that the 2020 election was stolen, but as we all know, was there no fraud. the election wasn t stolen and the big lie is still just that, a lie. the times also reports that eastman charged the trump campaign $270,000 and no surprise, given trump s long history of not paying his bills, it looks like trump never paid him. by the time mr. biden became president mr. eastman tried to be paid directly although two people with knowledge of the campaign s finances said he never was. john eastman has been under a lot of scrutiny from the justice depart
constitution. politico reports this on the fallout of the referendum, quote, turnout soared in canas despite advisory and little else to draw democrats to the polls yet in a state where trump beat president joe biden by 15 percentage points in 2020, the amendment was failing badly in a brushback to republican legislators who are preparing to move legislation s stricting abortion, and if the politics of roe proved fruitful for republicans in kansas, it will be even more treacherous for the gop and swing more moderate swaths of the country and here s how abortion rights advocates pulled it off according to the new york times, quote, registered republicans far outnumber democrats in kansas and they made explicit appeals to unaffiliated voters and center right voters. in interviews last week in johnson county, texas, a number of voters said they were registered republicans and opposed the amendment, a dynamic that certainly played out across the state given the margin. the resu
To keep them. i also wanted to get your perspective on the appearance before a grand jury in d.c. of former trump white house lawyers, pat cipollone and patrick philbin. what s the significance of their appearance? well, i think it could be very significant. you know, all of us who watched the january 6th committee remember moments where pat cipollone was asked a question, he consulted with his lawyer and then he said it was privileged. all of those questions would be answered in front of the grand jury. the d.c. circuit case law is very clear that grand jury proceeding trumps the concerns of the grand jury trump any concern of executive privilege or attorney/client privilege for government lawyer in that context. so i do think he ll answer all those questions. usually in my experience people give very candid statements to their attorneys. they seek candid advice from their attorneys. and while mr. cipollone was an
Hopes pat cipollone tells the truth and that there s no reason to protect criminal behavior with executive privilege. how do you expect this to play itself out? doj is in solid legal footing, but that doesn t mean necessarily that it will be instantaneous because while there s d.c. circuit case law that suggests that government employees have an obligation to come forward and share information about criminality, there are legal twists and turns to that argument and including whether or not the supreme court will want to consider the issue itself or whether it will lead the circuit court of appeals in place. so i don t think we re at the point yet where we can load up on popcorn or get ready to listen to pat cipollone testify or at least hear reporting about what he said. i don t think, though, that it s in a future that s too far distant. although i could use some popcorn. luke and joyce are sticking around. when we come back, yet another