The latest on the investigation. How first responders in louisiana are still struggling to recover weeks after Hurricane Ida. And later, a landmark gets wrapped. Reporter a. M. Holly williams In Paris, where this symbol of french national identity is now almost unrecognizable. This is the Cbs Weekend News. From chicago, with adriana diaz. Barnett good evening. Adriana diaz is off. Im Errol Barnett. Welcome. We start this evening with an historic return. Inspiration4, the first privately funded allcivilian Space Crew successfully comes back to earth tonight, which means Science Fiction has become reality. Spacex launched a team of amateurs to circle the globe, and now brought them home safely. The capsule set down on the Atlantic Ocean just off the florida coast. Cbs Mark Strassmann has been monitoring it all from the kennedy space center. Good evening, mark. Reporter errol, this crew just became the most successful tourists in space history. They splashed down off the coast of florida
It is truly a trillion to see Space Diplomacy a topic, near and dear to me, draw so much of a crowd. Thank you for joining us. Im the historian of Science And Technology and a curator at the smithsonian national Air And Space museum for the apollo spacecraft collection. 50 years ago this week, the apollo 11 crew fulfilled president kennedys call to land humans on the moon within a decade and return them safely back to earth. And i hope youve been celebrating all week. A greater percentage of Earths Population followed their flight than any previous event in history. Atheir flight they toured 20 countries on every continent. President nixon declared them best Ambassadors America could have on this earth. Today were looking back and asking what was the political and foreign Relations Significance of the Apollo Program . And what is its enduring legacy . Were also going to look forward, questioning how Apollo Air and Space Diplomacy should inform Foreign Relations today. So very shortly,
American History Tv continues now. Watch more online any time at cspan. Org history. Well, welcome. It is truly a trillion to see Space Diplomacy a topic, near and dear to me, draw so much of a crowd. Thank you for joining us. Im the historian of Science And Technology and a curator at the smithsonian national Air And Space museum for the apollo spacecraft collection. 50 years ago this week, the apollo 11 crew fulfilled president kennedys call to land humans on the moon within a decade and return them safely back to earth. And i hope youve been celebrating all week. A greater percentage of Earths Population followed their flight than any previous event in history. Atheir flight they toured 20 countries on every continent. President nixon declared them best Ambassadors America could have on this earth. Today were looking back and asking what was the political and foreign Relations Significance of the Apollo Program . And what is its enduring legacy . Were also going to look forward, que
Overdrive On The Road to a massive infrastructure bill. Olympic glory. The latest on team u. S. A. , and Allyson Felixs golden finish. And later, wonderful wally. A Home Town honors a trailblazer as she shares her story of soaring into space. Im looking out the window, and i say, wow there goes the ground this is the Cbs Weekend News. From chicago, heres Adriana Diaz. Diaz good evening. We begin tonight with the significant setback in americas covid recovery. New Daily Infections have reached their highest levels in six months, returning to numbers we havent seen since the past winter surge. Take a look. New daily cases bottomed out in june at 11,000. Now they number more than 100,000. Several southern states are facing their largest outbreaks of the pandemic. The worst is in florida, which had more than 134,000 cases last week. The Delta Variant is fueling infections, especially among the unvaccinated nationwide. And now theres concern that one of the worlds biggest Motorcycle Rallies
Backed out. This Fundraising Pair was on a street corner. Apparently, the Landscaping Company made famous by Rudy Giuliani was not available. People still showed up to see the two in california, including some of trumps Wildest Supporters that clashed with counterprotesters as this video shows. You can say its time to take republicans at their word, that loyalty to trump and to trumpism is who they are. Heres what Senator Lindsey Graham puts it. Heres what i can tell you about president trump. Hes heartbroken what is Going On in our country and at the world at large. He thinks he can mix it and he told me he has unfinished business. I will be shocked if he doesnt run for president in 2024. This is the party of president trump. If you think otherwise, you are in for a rude awakening. Lindsey graham says trump is the one to, quote, fix our country. No scare for all of the Destruction Trump has caused. This loyalty to come comes as we learn more about january 6th. Three new Bombshell Book