The International Space station for about six months. Nasa tv coverage. Headset are six key positions were monitoring the health of the vehicle and crew. The mission director, responsible for success, is in charge of the room. The person you here talking is the crew operations and resources engineer. Open. Con 19, this is the other positions are focused on things like navigation and control of the propulsion,tware, lifesupport systems and communications with ground segments. Nasa has its own team members in Mission Control, houston, where they have been preparing for crew dragon crew dragon arrival. For now, lets go to john for an Operational Update on the launch countdown. Hello from spacex headquarters in hawthorne, california. On the falcon principal integration engineer. We are just over four hours to launch it its a major event, getting to this point. The falcon nine for the dragon capsule on top and it has remained vertical on path 309a falcon static fired the nine we used the sa
Princeton. She is a specialist in 19th and 20th century history. She specializes in gender, race, labor, and the history of the United States south. A little bit about her publications, which are multiple awardwinning, her most recent book is bound in wedlock slave and free black marriage in the nineteenth century. Published in 2017. A book about African Americans and marriage in the 19th century, a winner of multiple awards. And a variety of other prizes. The list goes on and on. Let me mention her first book about women after the civil war. Another multiple prizewinning book. Dr. Hunter has agreed to come here today and talk with us specifically about the history of emancipation, the end of slavery during the civil war, a topic always on peoples agenda for teaching and discussion but particularly widely discussed earlier this summer the anniversary of juneteenth. That is what got us started thinking about inviting her to speak with us about that history, which is complicated, excitin
We have rosemary with us to give us a check on the very mild and nice conditions this weekend. Good morning. Happy sunday to all of you pick another gorgeous day coming our way. We are starting out with low clouds this morning. Once again, by the afternoon, we will have sunshine. For the coast partly cloudy skies with fog. Temperatures ranging from 60s at the coast to 70s around the base. A few low to mid 90s expected inland. Details on the Current Conditions and what to expect for the afternoon and the extended forecast, coming up. California recorded 6000 new coronavirus cases in the 24 hour period. More than 9300 people have now died in california. In the bay area there are more than 54,000 cases of covid19. 833 people have died. So say what the numbers continue to rise, hospitalization rates are down by two and half over the last few days. This weekend Santa Clara County recorded a record 410 new cases in 24 hours. That exceed the previous high for the county of 339 from 11 days ag
All right. All right. Everybodys got a Favorite Book from their childhood sometimes stories of adversity and triumph. But the heroes of those stories are often lacking in diversity yeah. Its true. Frustration. We just know, like, its too according to a recent study, much of a gamble straight ahead, the story actually, more childrens books from coast to coast. Massive explosion. What caused this devastating blast in the heart of beirut the mystery growing as the number of dead and injured climbs this morning. But from the rubble, a stunning story. A survivor pulled out alive. Those stories, plus phoning feature white characters than all other types of visible home the astronauts in that historic nasa Spacex Mission revealing the prank calls they made. Minorities combined. Thats one reason why jenna sat down with some really bright young minds to talk about the importance of representation especially in this particular moment by the way, these kids are probably was a pretty funny incredi
Interview today, quote, the presidency is not just a reality show. Said trump, youre lucky you have immunity this week. [ laughter ] youre lucky. [ light laughter ] House Speaker nancy pelosi, today, called president trumps behavior villainous and said that he is, quote, crying out for impeachment. And then she said the democrats are not on the road to impeachment. Then she said the president s family should hold an intervention for him [ laughter ] well, which is it, nancy this is usually the part where the waiter says, do you need a few more minutes . [ laughter and applause thats right [ cheers and applause thats right nancy pelosi said she wishes president trumps family or staff would have an intervention for the good of the country. Although, lets face it, interventions dont generally work if everybody there is also drunk. [ slurring ] do you want to read your letter, uncle mike . I cant, its too my letters too blurry. [ laughter ] the department of Homeland Security reported this