to criminally investigate donald trump for 2020 election including the events of january six. the crescendoed bill through this summer as they were televised saying explosive revelations about what was happening in the white house in and around january six. but that committee had no ability to charge anyone with anything. only the department of justice did. and from what everyone could tell, at least from the outside, not a whole lot seem to be happening over at the doj. by july, attorney general garland felt the need to speak out and defend his department. there is a lot of speculation about what the justice department is doing, what it s not doing, what the theories are, what the theories aren t, and there will continue to be that speculation. this is the most wide ranging investigation and the most important investigation for the justice department has ever done. and we have done so because this [inaudible] effort to upend and general election transfer of power from on
justice department is doing, what it s not doing, what the theories are, what the theories aren t, and there will continue to be that speculation. this is the most wide ranging investigation and the most important investigation for the justice department has ever done. and we have done so because this [inaudible] effort to upend and general election transfer of power from one administration to the other, concept of the fundamental of american democracy. we have to get this right. garland was not wrong, this is the most important investigation that the justice department has ever entered into. no president has ever been criminally charged in the history of the united states of america. and that means that merrick garland holds one of the most difficult jobs in the entire country. he is now not only at the helm of one, but two sweet being justice department investigations into a former president, donald trump. the departments investigation into january 6th, and the probe into
the status by queen victoria. good afternoon. nasa is to launch a new era of moon exploration. later today the most powerful rocket it s ever built will blast off from the kennedy space center in florida. the artemis test flight will orbit the moon and it s hoped will help pave the way for a crewed mission to the lunar surface in three years. our science editor, rebecca morelle reports. it s almost time. standing on launch pad 39b, the same one used by the apollo missions, the most powerful rocket nasa has ever built is ready for liftoff. the rocket is simply enormous. and it s only when you re standing here that you really get a sense of its size. and this is the last chance we ll see it up close. the launch pad is closing and fuelling is about to begin. because in just a few hours time, this will be blasting off. the first step in our return to the moon for 50 years. we talk about moonshots as things that humans can do when we put our differences aside and we focus on the
and tearful families saying good-bye to loved ones departing for training. putin wants 300,000 new fighters to help turn the tide as the russian military suffers setbacks in ukraine. russia is saying the call up would be limited to those with military experience but reports say civilians also now are being conscripted. the new york times tells the story of a husband and father of five who received a summons at a 4:00 a.m. meeting where a train had been organized to take him to a military center. many men are fleeing russia to avoid the forced enlistment. this is traffic as people escape to nearby georgia. russian airporting have been packed with people trying to get out of the country. one human rights group said more than 1,300 people have been arrested in anti-car protests in moscow and st. petersburg over the past few days. also today, voting begins in four regions of russian-occupied ukraine, in a sham referendum that could lead to the annexation of 15% of ukrainian ter
miles beyond it, further than any spacecraft intended to carry humans. cameras inside and outside orion will document the trip because this crew is unmanned but not unmannequined. a suited mannequin that will collect data on what future human crews might experience as nasa prepares for a lunar landing in 2025. we re sending mannequins into space. i suppose maybe that s been done before. none of this happens if the weather doesn t cooperate. i m sure nasa is on pins and needles about all of this. how is it looking for tomorrow? reporter: that s right, jim. when it comes to rocket launches everyone s eyes are on mother nature and right now nasa is saying that the conditions are 80% favorable for a launch tomorrow morning. the launch window opens at 8:33 a.m. eastern time and the countdown clock has already started, jim, so people are pretty optimistic this will take flight, the weather will not be the deciding factor but, also, a lot of folks are concerned about the fact that