these welcome drew warned, associate director of policy, office of the vice president of the united states. [applause] excited to speak to this. first off, i would like to say that space is a top priority of this administration. through the leadership of the president we have seen remarkable progress in this area. the united states was founded by brave pioneers. their spirit continues today as america leads humanity into a new chapter of space exploration . by combining the efforts of the u.s. government with the leaders in private industry, we will reach new heights that until recently we could have only dreamed of. as chair of the national space council, device resident is leading policy development to sustain u.s. leadership in space and open doors to u.s. private sector growth. the presidential policy are sparking efforts to put americans back on the moon, unleash commercial use of space, strengthen u.s.-based awareness, space traffic management, and stand up u.s.-based
this afternoon, asjens stoltenberg has been discussing the war in ukraine, with the big announcement from him today is that finland will join nato, formallyjoining the alliance on tuesday. that join nato, formally joining the alliance on tuesday. that helps turke in alliance on tuesday. that helps turkey in the alliance on tuesday. that helps turkey in the fight alliance on tuesday. that helps turkey in the fight against, - alliance on tuesday. that helps turkey in the fight against, for- turkey in the fight against, for instance, the pkk, which is regarded as a terrorist organisation by finland and the european union. of course, we work together to fight this type of organisation. it also helps sweden in addressing some of the organised crime that sweden is seeing taking place in its own streets. we know there is a close link between these terrorist organisations and their objectives and organised crime and drug traffic in a country like sweden. i strongly agree that we
hello, i m lucy hockings. finland is set to officiallyjoin nato on tuesday tomorrow. the country applied to join the military alliance in the wake of vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine the finnish border with russia is over 1300km long, and nato leaders are hoping finland s accession will improve the overall security provided by the alliance. turkey was the last of nato s members to accept finland s application last month, clearing path for the blue cross on a white background to join 30 otherflags outside nato headquarters in brussels. this is a historic week. tomorrow, we will welcome finland as the 31st member of nato, making finland safer and our alliance stronger. we will raise the finnish flag, for the first time, here at the nato headquarters. it will be a good day for finland s security, for nordic security and for nato as a whole. a defence correspondentjonathan beale has more on the significance of this. it is beale has more on the significance of this. it is
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good evening, guess case off tonight i m chris may. that plane flew a 1700-mile journey, down the the east coast and through cuban air space, until the flight ended off the coast of jamaica. plane took off from an airport in rochester, new york bound for naples florida. now this is a look at the actual plane that crashed, and it is a tbm700. u.s. fighter jets, f15 s actually flew alongside this plane after the pilot failed to respond to air traffic control. the fighter jet pilots report that the pilot was slumped over at the controls. on board that plane was larry glazer, a prominent real estate developer from rochester, and his wife. their son confirmed that both were licensed pilots, but did not say anything about the fate of the couple or if anyone else was on board this plane. cbs news is covering this story very closely. they will have other late breaking developments, on the cbs evening news with scott pelley, that follows, this broadcast. well, there is breakin