i love it. look at the blackness of space. they re so giddy. that was on the new shepherd. the first manned flight by jeff bezos company, blue origin. on board was bezos, his brother, mark, plus the oldest and youngest people ever to go to space. 82-year-old wally funk and 18-year-old oliver damon. now, missing from that list, a pilot. this was an autonomous craft, rocketing to sub orbital space before detaching the capsule for a few minutes of weightlessness, and then roughly 10 minutes after launch, a return that was almost as impressive as the liftoff. as the booster comes back to the surface with that pinpoint accurate upright landing. and then just moments later, the capsule followed. the parachutes deployed and the crew arrived with a soft touchdown. welcome back to earth. congratulations to all of you. [ cheers ] 82-year-old wally funk. talk about a spry 82-year-old. right? after taking it in and then they towelled off after the champagne. bezos spoke to our a
new level. you like that? i do. i didn t know if you were going to say it. i really like it. listen, a short time ago bezos s space travel company blue origin released video from inside the capsule of this fully autonomous rocket ship. you could see bezos, his brother, 82-year-old wally funk and 18-year-old oliver daemen, having a flip around here. a little tight. they seem to be having a grand old time. it looks like it is fun. oh. space. unbelievable. oh! is it everything you thought it would be? fantastic. here, look. oliver. oh, that s great! i couldn t tell if they were hugging each other or just running into each other. in a fete of engineering the rocket s booster is recyclable. it landed back at its designated spot so it can be reused, which is a major advance that could keep costs down for future space travelers. we can see it right there, that pinpoint landing. i mean, anderson that s incredible. a thing of beauty for blue origin. i m
candidate seemed to refusal in the specter of violence that resulted from his ambition to cling the power. we will explore how the false claim of a stolen election by the twice-impeached expresident and his party s refusal to knock down that lie has infected our body politic. we will talk to two reporters that reveal the documents, memos and private conversations behind what amounts to a coup plot by the expresident. we will also speak to georgia s secretary of state, brad raffensperger who was famously harassed by donald trump just days before the insurrection and asked to find enough votes to overturn the will of the voters of georgia. we will also speak to someone who has sought to protect their country from donald trump and who is now trying to protect the country from another trump-like term, democratic congressman adam schiff. but we begin with that fresh evidence remerging in the also few days that shows just how close this country came, potentially, to a second trump
allowed then president trump to authorize the secretary of defense to send national guard troops to seize voting machines around the country in the weeks following the 2020 election. now, politico also reports the draft order would have given the defense secretary 60 days to write an assessment of the 2020 election. that suggests that it could have been a gamut to keep trump in power until at least mid-february of 2021, end quote. nbc has not reviewed these documents. in a moment i m going to speak with betsy woodruff-swan, one of the reporters to break the news. and focusing on whether the ex-president and his cronies were behind the republican electorate to send the fake slate to deny joe biden s win. in seven key states, pro trump electors, including many local republican officials submitted fake documents awarding their state s electoral votes to trump despite biden s legitimate victory in those states. but we re now learning that this just wasn t some coincidence. both
farther off now than just a few years ago. or nearly 39 years ago when senator zwres he jesse helms of north carolina used the filibuster in his attempt to scuttle the bill making today a national holiday. that was broken with an overwhelming 78-22 vote in a republican-controlled senate. it is hard to imagine such a vote now. tomorrow, the senate will begin did he dee bait on legislation combining two bills already passed by the house, the freedom to vote act and the john lewis voting rights advancement act. john lewis, who marched with dr. king and nearly lost his life for the cause on a bridge in a state that on in very day still celebrates a joint holiday. honoring dr. king, yes, but also robert e. lee, the confederate general. the combined voting rights bill is opposed by republicans, and at least two democrats opposed measures to eliminate a gop filibuster. today in washington, martin luther king iii spoke to the moment. history will be watching what happens tomorrow.