Man blasting off successfully and safely to the edge of space aboard the new shepard, a suborbital rocket built by his space company blue origin. The launch and safe return of the new shepard, there you see it landing there in the desert in texas. New shepard name for alan shepard, the first american in space. A pivotal moment for the space industry, potentially. Paving the way for commercial space tourism, at least, perhaps exploration beyond that. Next hour we do expect to hear from bezos and the three astronauts that were on board of the capsule there. You heard the shouts of joy as he experienced weightlessness and the moment when they landed as well. You see there. That included mark bezos, jeff bezos s brother and 82yearold wally funk, the oldest person to leave funk and a lucky 18yearold oliver damon. Two records broken there. Kristin fisher is at launch site one in van horn, texas. And kristen, we are going to hear from jeff bezos and the crew soon. Excitement as they landed, e
With communism while marching in the streets. But the biden administration is blaming the unrest on covid cases and deaths. The president finally getting around to reacting to the situation. Speak of the united states stands firmly for the people in cuba, as they assert their universal rights. We call on the government to refrain from violence, their attempts to silence the voice of the people of cuba. Jesse: and it s been crickets from selfdescribed socialists like bernie sanders and aoc. They are quick to bash america but so far have yet to condemn the communist regime. And take a look how the white house press secretary jen psaki carefully avoids saying the word communism. There is every indication that yesterday s protests where spontaneous expressions of people who are exhausted with the cuban government s economic mismanagement and repression. These are protests inspired by the harsh reality of everyday life in cuba, not people in another country. Jesse: economic mismanagement, a
trump s former chief of staff, does he want to be like steve bannon? why his loyalty to the defeated former president also could land him in court. plus, tis the season for a shortage of stuff. what if everything you need this holiday season is the next tickle-me-elmo? welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. we begin in the politics lead. moments ago, president biden wrapped up the first stop of his infrastructure bill road tour stopping at one of new hampshire s crumbling bridges which has been on the red list for poor conditions for years. now the president says help is on the way. what is still in limbo, the other more expensive part of biden s big legislative agenda. nearly $2 trillion social safety net bill. the build back better act. we ll talk to the chair of the congressional progressive caucus, pramila jayapal, in just a minute. first, kaitlan collins has new reporting about when that bill might come to a floor vote in the house. president
new york hush money trial. in iran, thousands of people showing up today for the funeral for the country s president as the u.s. and other world leaders worry about what tehran will do next in the region and beyond. plus, three european countries now recognizing the palestinian state today. the u.n. enforces are forced to halt food and aid into gaza as israel fails to provide protection from military attacks. this as cease-fire talks remain stalled. we will talk to the parents of an israeli american hostage. they are here pressing for the release of those being held. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. as president trump awaits closing arguments, the judge s instructions and the hush money trial going to the jury, important developments today in the mar-a-lago classified documents case. trump defense attorney todd blanche will try again to get the 40 federal charges in the florida classified documents case thrown out. when judge cannon convenes a hea
capitol. welcome it our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is early start. i m laura jarrett. and i m christine romans. it s wednesday, march 10th, good morning, everyone. in nearly a year since the pandemic hit this could be one of the most consequential days in american history. the president s $1.9 trillion recovery plan is near. and defying health experts by dropping public health measures. as for the recovery package it could deliver a generational transformation of the economy. poll after poll shows broad public support but the measure has no republican backing in the house or the senate. daniella diaz is live on capitol hill with the very latest, daniella, good morning. huge day on capitol hill. reporter: good morning, laura. that s right, the house is going to vote on this massive stimulus package today marking the last step before it ends up on biden s desk and he signs this legislation into law. this is a major achievement for the bi