It was just a year and a half ago that the president of the United States put in his state of the Union Address that we are going to launch american astronauts on american rockets from american soil. He looked at me and said you are going to make that happen. Here we are a year and a half later. And the help of elon musk the spacex team, we have delivered. But of course, the president s agenda is just beginning, there is so much more. He turned around and recreated a moon program. He said we are going to go to the moon for a purpose, because we as a nation are going to get to mars. Agency we call nasa is excited about it. I want to tell you a quick story. Im here to introduce the president , but i have to take a moment. It was about nine years ago. The Space Shuttle atlantis landed right here for the last Space Shuttle mission in the history of the u. S. The next day, 2000 pink slips went out. Over the course of the next two years, this area went from 15,000 jobs down to 7500 jobs. Dev
And the new man at vogue, Edward Enninful takes over at the premierfashion magazine. Good evening and welcome to the Bbc News At Five. British gas has defended its decision to raise Electricity Prices by 12. 5 for more than Three Million customers next month. Centrica, which owns british gas, said it was facing increased costs from government policies, such as installing smart meters, and for transmission and distribution. It said that as a result, its selling electricity at a loss. But the government has expressed concern, insisting that its policies dont explain the increase. Our Business Correspondent theo leggett reports. British gas likes to say its putting its customers in control. Were bringing the nation smarter connected homes. But even if they turn the heating down, those on a standard variable tariff will see their bills going up. After the increases announced today, the cost of an average dualfuel energy bill, thats electricity and gas provided by british gas, will be going
Many under the control of things ganga that kidnap people and extort people and now mexico is a very dangerous safe place. As president obama hosts mexican president pena nieto at the white house, we speak to a mexican journalist living in exile who just exposed how federal police in mexico were involved in the disappearance of 43 students in iguala, guerrero. We will speak to Anabel Hernandez. First, we go to boston where jury selection has begin in the trial of accused bostomarathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The new u. S. Congress convenes today with republicans in control of both houses for the first time in eight years. Republicans now have 246 seats in the house, their largest majority in nearly 70 years. The new congress is also more diverse than ever before, with a record 104 women, including utah representative mia love, the first black republican woman in congres
We will speak to mark potok of the southern poverty law center. Then to narcoland. Now in mexico, there many, many under the control of things ganga that kidnap people and extort people and now mexico is a very dangerous safe place. As president obama hosts mexican president pena nieto at the white house, we speak to a mexican journalist living in exile who just exposed how federal police in mexico were involved in the disappearance of 43 students in iguala, guerrero. We will speak to Anabel Hernandez. First, we go to boston where jury selection has begin in the trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The new u. S. Congress convenes today with republicans in control of both houses for the first time in eight years. Republicans now have 246 seats in the house, their largest majority in nearly 70 years. The new congress is also more diverse than ever befo
We will speak to mark potok of the southern poverty law center. Then to narcoland. Now in mexico, there many, many under the control of things ganga that kidnap people and extort people and now mexico is a very dangerous safe place. As president obama hosts mexican president pena nieto at the white house, we speak to a mexican journalist living in exile who just exposed how federal police in mexico were involved in the disappearance of 43 students in iguala, guerrero. We will speak to Anabel Hernandez. First, we go to boston where jury selection has begin in the trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The new u. S. Congress convenes today with republicans in control of both houses for the first time in eight years. Republicans now have 246 seats in the house, their largest majority in nearly 70 years. The new congress is also more diverse than ever befo