almost a month, but like a zombie, the trump era continued its undead shuffle into yesterday afternoon, and at this hour, the nation is still digesting how the most significant rebuke of any president in history, five weeks after that president incited an insurrectionist mob could end with without even a tap on donald trump s wrist. instead, we got a slap in america s face. after yesterday s contentious vote to call witnesses widens the chasm between the handful of senate republicans who voted to hold donald trump accountable and literally the dozens that would not, and that s despite the threat that our former president unleashed on them. but because trump s acquittal was a foregone conclusion, this impeachment trial was rightfully viewed as an assessment of the gop s future, and just how split the party is as most of its lawmakers remain in lock step with trump, or at least his voters. and others, the so-called sane republicans like the seven that voted for his conviction,
next, the story of christa mcauliffe, one of the crewmember s on board of the ill-fated space shuttle challenger. 15 seconds. 10. we were in the grandstands and we were located directly behind christa s parents. lift off. after the launch, everyone was yelling and very thrilled that we were seeing our colleague fly in space. the sequencing of it was such that after a proximally two minutes we are supposed to see , the separation of the solid rocket boosters, two minutes and 10 seconds. and i knew the sequencing and after about a minute and 30 seconds, we started to see some plumes that were not correct. and the vast majority of the people in the grandstand there, who were not familiar with the sequencing, they were cheering. and i said no, that s not right. something is wrong. at that point, the announcer at the kennedy space center said over the intercom, there appears to have been a major malfunction. in fact, i ll never in my life forget those words that first came
after about a minute and 30 seconds, we started to see some plumes that were not correct. and the vast majority of the people in the grandstand there, who were not familiar with the sequencing, they were cheering. and i said no, that s not right. something is wrong. at that point, the announcer at the kennedy space center said over the intercom, there appears to have been a major malfunction. in fact, i ll never in my life forget those words that first came over. i am saying to people around me, that is not right, something is wrong. at that point, he then, after a few more seconds, says it appears the shuttle has exploded. we re seeing pieces falling down out of the sky. president reagan: today is a day for mourning and remembering. nancy and i are pained to the core by the tragedy of the shuttle challenger. we share this pain with all of the people of our country. this is truly a national loss. 19 years ago almost to the day, we lost three astronauts in a terrible accident
next, the story of christa mcauliffe, one of the crewmember s on board of the ill-fated space shuttle challenger. 15 seconds. 10. robert: we were in the grandstands and we were located directly behind christa s parents. lift off. robert: after the launch, everyone was yelling and very thrilled that we were seeing our colleague fly in space. the sequencing of it was such that after approximately two minutes, we are supposed to see the separation of the solid rocket boosters, two minutes and 10 seconds. and i knew the sequencing and after about a minute and 30 seconds, we started to see some plumes that were not correct. and the vast majority of the people in the grandstand there, who were not familiar with the sequencing, they were cheering. and i said no, that s not right. something is wrong. at that point, the announcer at the kennedy space center said over the intercom, there appears to have been a major malfunction. in fact, i ll never in my life forget those words tha
15 seconds. robert: we were in the grandstands and we were located directly behind christa s parents. lift off. robert: after the launch, everyone was cheering and yelling and very, very thrilled that we were seeing our colleague fly in space. and the sequencing of it was such that after approximately two minutes, we are supposed to see the separation of the solid rocket boosters, two minutes and 10 seconds. to be exact. and i knew the sequencing and after about a minute and 30 seconds, we started to see some plumes that were not correct. and the vast majority of the people in the grandstand there, who were not familiar with the sequencing, they were cheering. and i said no, that s not right. omething is wrong. at that point, the announcer at the kennedy space center said over the intercom, there appears to have been a major malfunction. in fact, i ll never in my life forget those words that first came over. i am saying to people around me, that is not right, something is