with the united states says with a chinese surveillance balloon, roughly six nautical miles off the coast of south carolina. well within u.s. territorial airspace. the balloon crashed into the atlantic ocean, creating a debris field at least seven mile spread out in relatively short shallow water. the recovery of that debris is ongoing, including navy divers, the coast guard, and other manned and unmanned salvage feedback vessels. the fbi counter intelligence agents are also on board the recovery vessels, officials say there are plenty to learn from that debris, but added that they have also been studying that balloon since it first entered u.s. airspace in the illusion islands of alaska, on january 28th. the balloon, which had maneuverability capabilities via small motors and multiple propellers entered canadian airspace on january 3rd, for troubled self crop crossing into the united states. president biden says he gave the order to shoot the balloon down on, wednesday but o
Forgive him. A lawyer for nfl Star Rashee Rice says hes cooperating with police after reports his car was involved in a major crash. Authorities asking for help i. D. Ing the man in this video. And hes young and driven. The Gamer Turned Nascar star who just claimed his first major checkered flag. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening and welcome. Breaking tonight, a pair of closely watched Abortion Rulings late today by floridas supreme court. The conservative Majority Panel opening the door for a ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. A point at which some women dont know they are pregnant. But in a separate ruling the court will leave it to florida voters to decide whether To Restore Abortion Rights when they go to the polls in november. Senior Legal Correspondent Laura Jarrett starts us off tonight. Reporter tonight floridas highest court paving the way for a strict abortion ban to go into effect, while also sending the issue back to the voters th
With the united states says with a chinese surveillance balloon, roughly six nautical miles off the coast of south carolina. well within u.s. territorial airspace. the balloon crashed into the atlantic ocean, creating a debris field at least seven mile spread out in relatively short shallow water. the recovery of that debris is ongoing, including navy divers, the coast guard, and other manned and unmanned salvage feedback vessels. the fbi counter intelligence agents are also on board the recovery vessels, officials say there are plenty to learn from that debris, but added that they have also been studying that balloon since it first entered u.s. airspace in the illusion islands of alaska, on january 28th. the balloon, which had maneuverability capabilities via small motors and multiple propellers entered canadian airspace on january 3rd, for troubled self crop crossing into the united states. president biden says he gave the order to shoot the balloon down on, wednesday but on the advi
Completed a series of history making events. reporter: a key objective is to test the heat shield. it is moving 24,000 miles an hour, 7 miles a second. the heatshield will get 5000 °. they are trying to skip reentry. the capsule will enter the s for, bounce back up, to reduce the heat and the g forces on the astronauts on reentry. 11 parachutes are going to slow this thing down to 20 miles an hour before it hits the water. recovery vessels, several navy ships, are there to bring in the orbiter if you will. the cost of this about $93 billion for all four of these missions. in 2,024, four astronauts will go up. the following year they will land on the moon. by 2027 we hope to have a lunar lander up there to prove we can live and work in space for a longer period. alicia: this is also cool. thank you.
The water with some of our seafood. what do we know about that? reporter: yeah, and the concerns are not just the oil in the water, but also the chemical dispersants that bp has been using in record amounts to break up this spill. bp over the course of this disaster has used nearly 2 million gallons of dispersants, and local officials and local residents are worried what the long-term toxicity of that may be. both to the environment and to human life. jenna: the recovery vessels, we re actually seeing video out there of some of the dispersants but the recovery vessel that is we also often see when we talk about this, this leak, they re finding less oil. what does that actually mean and does that mean they re not going to be effective anymore? you know, the oil is much more sparse on the surface but what folks are worried about is what lies underneath. residents are worried there may be vast plumes of oil submerged, both because of