To mark may the fourth . We ll speak with simpsons executive producer aljean. Liz cheney is the top ranked republican woman in congress. She comes from a political dynasty. She s credited for her no nonsense midwestern nature, and her willingness to speak her mind. And it s that last bit that could be her biggest problem. Because ms cheney s republican colleagues are calling for her political scalp. Her sin is to stand up to donald trump and his claims the election was stolen. There ve been reports that the republican leadership wants to replace her with a female lawmaker more in line with the party s messaging. Never one to miss a beat, the democratic speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, issued a press release, saying that the gop is seeking a non threatening female to fill the post. But the republican bench isn t that deep. They only have 31 female lawmakers in congress, making upjust14% of the party s representation. On the other side women make up more than 40% of the democratic ca
hello and welcome to the programme. a long running cyber attack targeting government departments in the united states has now affected the two agencies managing the country s nuclear stockpile. investigations into the hack are continuing, but some analysts and politicians have blamed it on russian intelligence. our washington correspondent, lebo disekojoins us now. good to see you. so, we know that a number of government agencies have been affected, but this could go even further than we think right now, couldn t it? yes, the part of the department of homeland security that deals with cyber security said that the hackers did notjust use one method of gaining access, and therefore it could be much larger than we think and as you said, this list of agencies that has been affected, from the pentagon to the treasury too, as you said, probably the agencies you would least wa nt probably the agencies you would least want to be impact said by something like this, those in charge of
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have rotated and should have had separation. this is not a nominal situation. i do want to remind everyone, everything after clearing the tower was icing on the cake. neil: all right. icing on the cake. mission control putting a positive spin on spacex s giant new star ship rocket blowing up shortly after lift off. luckily nobody was on board when the booster rocket failed to peel away, tumbled and exploded four minutes in. such are the risks if you think about it when planning manned missions to the moon and mars and beyond. we got you covered all over the place with jonathan serrie on what went wrong. ashley webster on more americans flogging to see the launches. tom jones on the rewards that outway the risks. and actor william shatner that took that risk and is here to tell us about it. it s straight ahead on a rocketing your world or out of your world. see what i did this? welcome, everybody. very glad to have you. i m neil cavuto. let s get to it with jonathan serr
newsroom. we begin this hour with breaking news in iran where large plumes of smoke can be seen rising from an infamous prison in tehran. officials there confirming a fire has been set by the inmates of that prison. let s go to cnn s jamana. what more are you learning? we re still trying to find out what really is happening or happened at the prison. that notorious facility in northern tehran. of course, that prison that where many political prisoners, human rights activists, journalists, foreigners are kept in tehran. now, an hour ago, we started seeing video on social media showing this large plume of smoke billowing over the prison and according to the social media videos we have received, you could hear gunfire. according to the activist group that put out this video, they say that special forces were heading to the prison. now, according to the government s account of what is going on, they say that this was a fire that was started by these rioters. thugs as they desc