Capitol hill, and this is cnn its Monday April 8 right now on cnn this morning, a Record Fundraising Haul for donald trump, the former president , also. Now, again, comparing himself to Nelson Mandela an engine cover coming loose on takeoff, forcing a southwest flights man Emergency Landing and the countdowns on. Are you all set for todays total Solar Eclipse 6 00 a. M. Here in washington, alive. Look at the Washington Monument on this Monday Mornings that son still hasnt made any appearance here in washington yet today, its going to be the star of the show throughout the afternoon. Good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us former President Donald Trump. This weekend. Both comparing himself to Nelson Mandela. Again, and also telling wealthy donors, according to the New York Times, that he likes immigrants from nice countries like denmark and promising guests at the Palm Beach Mansion that he was speaking at, that they were safe for now from undocumented i
could help reach out just some of those suburban voters, like herself erin. all right. geoff i want to thank you very much. thanks for joining us. the news continues now right here on cnn it s wednesday, june 5th, right now on cnn, this morning, band at the order asylum seekers waking up to new rules after president biden s executive action already facing political and legal challenges victory and discipline appointment india s prime minister winning a third consecutive term in erase though, that was much closer than predicted. and boeing about to try one more time to launch two astronauts to the international space station on its starliner spacecraft all right five again here in washington, a live look at our us but on this wednesday morning. good morning, everyone. it s wonderful to have you with us. i m kasie hunt president biden s new restrictions on asylum seekers at the us mexico border are now in effect only a limited number of migrants claiming asylum will be allo
Why this launch of the boeing starliner it s a test flight the two astronauts our test pilots if everything works well then the next one will be the starting of a cadence of four astronauts in the starliner. all right, joining me now is rocket scientist and former nasa space biologists keep counting. keith. good morning. thanks for being here so what s going on in terms of the launches here because obviously we ve seen two of them scrubbed. i m sure that there are americans out there. what we re thinking boeing now we got a lot of problems with boeing airplanes. why are we testing? think a boeing space craft? can you help people work through that? the name boeing is about the only similarity you have between the spacecraft and the rockets. it s a massively large company, two totally different groups people that said it s the first time that this capsule is going to take two people up. and the first time it went, it had big