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Matter where you live in america, you need to wear a mask and socially distance. Quote, no matter where you live in america. What if you live in the white house . The president of the United States acts as though this doesnt apply to him. We see him holding maskless rallies. We see him playing maskless rounds of golf, and as far as the pandemic is concerned, thats not the only way he dangerously contradicts experts within his own administration. This morning the White House CoronavirusTask Force Member in charge of testing said the report straight on hydroxychloroquine. From a Public Health standpoint, at first it looked promising. There were not the definitive studies. At this point in time theres been five randomized play seebocontrolled trials that do ....
Newsroom. Ill pick up our coverage as we follow this breaking news. Mission to earth complete. Bon behnken and doug hurley are back from the International Space station. This is the first crew misch this is a big moment. Lets listen in. As we watch this, i want to bring in c business and innovation, rachel crain. And so, rachel, this has been a moment weve all been watching the past hour or sore since the splashdown. And here we go. The capsule is open. They so close from being back officially on american soil. Thats right. Weve been waiting for this moment since launch, i have to say. This is a moment that spacex, nasa and enthusiasts around the world having waiting for, that this mission was success. It loose as though the splashdown has gone without a hitch. Now, what you are seeing right now, thinks completely normal. The Flight Surgeon was expected to interinto the ....
Efforts, 60 miles high to the edge of space. Cnn aviation correspondent rene marsh joins us now. What do we know about what went wrong . Were still pulling in details about the exactly what happened. But heres what we can tell you. Ntsb have launched their go team. The National Transportation safety board . Correct. They have a team headeded in that direction to investigate. The faa is investigating this. As far as what happened, according to the faa, things went wrong at around 10 00 pacific time. That would be 1 00 our time here. They say Ground Control essentially lost contact with spaceshiptwo. We should remind folks at home that this is an experimental flight vehicle. On board were two pilots. We have the unfortunate news that one of the two people on board did not survive this. A little bit more about this vehicle, its intended as you mentioned off the top, the ....
Be this flight. 62 miles out to suborbital orbit just to the edge if they can pay for that ticket to get onboard this spacecraft, they could experience the awe that is space. Weightlessness. You can see what that really is like and so now we are experiencing a tragedy which in the wake of the rocket that exploded six seconds after takeoff a couple days ago is certainly tough to swallow for anyone who loves space. I have a former Washington Post reporter and author who has followed the development of this particular program. This Virgin Galactic program. When you look at these pictures here, pieces of presumably this space ship 2 here in the desert and we now have the news that at least one of the pilots has died. Its tough news to swallow. Actually, yes, brooke. Im quite heartbroken. I knew both of these pilots very, very well. They were both engaged with the predecessor pr ....
Back. What that does is give you an outline in the image of the object. That also tells you its manmade. Its not natural. What theyre hoping for in the next 24 hours is actually take a closer look. Maybe take photographs. And potentially bring the objects up. At least one of them out. Just for context, that 60foot object just to put it in perspective. Wing span about 120 feet wide the length also about 120 feet. Well see what happens when search gets throughout in the morning. Fred. And david, theres other situations. Locating of the wreckage. Where is it . And where are more bodies . And what happened in the first place to bring this flight down. And preceding that because now apparently were told airasia didnt have a permit to fly the route they took. Explain is why that is important or is it an aside to the various investigations . Reporter yeah fred i think at this point in the investigation, we dont know what happened to 8501 so everything has to be taken into account. What we do ....