the people of the philippines are voting to choose a successor to president rodridgo duterte. access to polling stations is being limited under coronavirus measures. tens of thousands of security personnel have been deployed to safeguard ballots. the frontrunner is the son of the late dictator ferdinand marcos. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. never mind all the problems humans face here on planet earth, we still have an unquenchable curiosity about the cosmos. but in practical terms, where is our fascination with space taking us? it s more than five decades since the first moon landing and nasa is struggling to keep its promise to make a return journey and, by way of preparation, of course, for a mission to mars. my guest, jim green, retired as nasa s chief scientist earlier this year. are problems undermining nasa s mission? are problems of money and geopolitics undermining nasa s mission? jim green in silver spring, maryland, welcome t
to keep its promise to make a returnjourney. and by way of preparation, of course, for a mission to mars. my guest, jim green, retired as nasa s chief scientist earlier this year. are problems undermining nasa s mission? jim green in silver spring, maryland, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much, stephen. it s a pleasure to be here. it s a real pleasure to have you on the show, and you have had a pretty remarkable four decades long career inside nasa. but if you are being honest with me, would you accept that nasa s golden era came and went long before even you arrived at the agency? well, indeed. nasa has had actually several golden eras, and it is a matter of perspective. this you know, the programme has not only humans that explore beyond earth s boundaries, but also we have missions that study the universe or move out into the solar system and explore, and we have absolutely exploded in those areas that you may not be aware of. well, i kind of am aware of them, because i
impeached twice including once for trying to illegally remain in power, a star who is been indicted in four different jurisdictions and faces a minimum of 91 charges, a star preparing for six scheduled criminal and civil trials over the next nine months while running for the 2024 republican presidential nomination, a star who has not been hurt politically by any of this at all. a recent wall street journal poll of republicans pushed donald trump s support at 59%, a full 46 percentage points higher than second place ron desantis. it actually kicks off in atlanta on wednesday, arraignment a for the 19 defendants in the case helmed by fulton county dna fani willis. trump and 11 codefendants way for the right to appear in court. trump also pleaded not guilty to 13 criminal counts. not only that, trump has requested to sever his case from other codefendants seeking a speedy trial like this guy, not that guy, but like his former attorney ken cheeseborough who is set to go to trial.
election interference case is moving to a pivotal phase. all 19 defendants, including former president donald trump, have now surrendered to fulton county authorities and district attorney fani willis is setting the stage for trial. the day she told all the defense attorneys that her office is ready to share evidence, as she is putting for arrangements to begin the week of september 5th, right after labor day. still, no decision on the judge from that. meanwhile, trump s codefendants in the georgia case are making their own moves. today, his former campaign lawyer, sydney powell, filed a motion for a speedy trial. she is accused of promoting false claims of ballot fraud in the 2020 election. powell joins chesbrough in demanding a speedy trial. he was allegedly a key architect of the fake electors scheme. tonight, political reports that three trump codefendants say they became fake electors because the former president and his campaign lawyers told them to. with all of this, a
all 19 defendants, including former president donald trump, i have now surrendered to fulton county authorities and district attorney fani willis is setting the stage for trial. judicial all the defense attorneys that her office is ready to share evidence, as she is putting for arrangements to begin the week of september 5th, right after labor day. still, no decision on the judge from that. meanwhile, trump s codefendants in the georgia case are making their own moves. today, his former campaign lawyer, sydney powell, filed a motion for a speedy trial. she is accused of promoting false claims of ballot fraud in the 2020 election. powell joins can chesbrough in demanding a speedy trial. he was allegedly a key architect of the fake electors scheme. tonight, political reports that three trump codefendants say they became fake electors because the former president and his campaign lawyers told them to. with all of this, at least five defendants have formally asked to have their c