the status by queen victoria. good afternoon. nasa is to launch a new era of moon exploration. later today the most powerful rocket it s ever built will blast off from the kennedy space center in florida. the artemis test flight will orbit the moon and it s hoped will help pave the way for a crewed mission to the lunar surface in three years. our science editor, rebecca morelle reports. it s almost time. standing on launch pad 39b, the same one used by the apollo missions, the most powerful rocket nasa has ever built is ready for liftoff. the rocket is simply enormous. and it s only when you re standing here that you really get a sense of its size. and this is the last chance we ll see it up close. the launch pad is closing and fuelling is about to begin. because in just a few hours time, this will be blasting off. the first step in our return to the moon for 50 years. we talk about moonshots as things that humans can do when we put our differences aside and we focus on the
an investigation after former manchester united footballer paul pogba claims he s the victim of a blackmail plot by an organised gang. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. pakistan will launch a global appeal to help it deal with the flooding catastrophe that s killed more than a thousand people and affected 30 million. un member states will be asked to contribute. pakistan s foreign minister has estimated the financial impact at $4 billion. bilawal bhutto zardari said he hoped the international community would grasp the sheer level of devastation in his country. and it s not over yet water is still surging down the mightly indus river and will flood the low lying sindh province yet further over the next few days. azadeh moshiri reports. a young boy stranded on a rock as raging waters surround him. you can see a rescue worker edging out of the helicopter, lifting him up to safety. it s but one of the countless rescue efforts that are happening
seven charles watson is in jackson mississippi with the latest on this, charles. hey afternoon guys. the suspect has been identified as cory patterson. please say he s facing grand larceny charges in charges of making terroristic threats with federal charges pending in connection to that plane and police that he stole and threatened to crash into a walmart. not just a short time ago we heard from tupelo police chief who tells us he is a ten year employee of tupelo aviation where he fuels the planes. police are not sure whether or not patterson had a license to pilot. but they do believe he has at least some flight experience that made it possible for him to not only possibly fueled the aircraft but to steal it and fly through as long as he did. now, you can imagine it was concerning for police when he started getting calls early this morning with people reporting a small plane flying at a low altitude. it was circling the walmart. 5:23 a.m. central time police a patterson c
more details for that and just a moment. we begin tonight with president biden calling on voters to reject maga republicans during his prime time address to the nation from philadelphia. the president using the term maga 13 times blasting so-called maga ideology as a threat to democracy and the country. maga forces are determined to take on and maga republicans to destroy american democracy. maga look at americans and see carnage and darkness and despair. gillian: the president warning about republican extremism as tens and thousands of dollars endorsing the trump candidates throughout the primary counsel, betting they ll flameout in the general election coming in the fall. also this evening where we find kevin corke, tracking reaction of the president s address. good to meet you my friend. when the white house s press secretary was asked if the president s speech would be a political one, she answered the question directly and forcefully with the confidence you d think
hard virtual learning was, math and reading scores plummeting to their lowest levels in decades. welcome to the lead. i m kaitlan collins in for jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and the florida courtroom showdown unfold thing afternoon over the classified documents found at trump s mar-a-lago home. the hearing ended a little over an hour ago, with no immediate decision from the judge on whether or not to appoint a special master in the case. a special master would be a third party attorney put in charge of reviewing the evidence seized from trump s florida home, his newest lawyer in his first appearance as part of the legal team today argued a special master is needed to restore order and lower the temperature in the nation. and another trump attorney compared the battle over the classified documents to a dispute over an overdue library book. let s get straight to our reporter in florida. tell us more about what arguments these lawyers were making, but a