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right behind us in that campaign. tribal warriors in south africa proclaim a new king of the zulus after a year—long family feud. hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. we start in somalia where a security commander has told the afp news agency that somali forces have ended a deadly siege by al—shabab jihadists at a hotel in the capital mogadishu. theres been no independent verification of the claim, but the building had been targetted by heavy weapons a...

>> counting down. >> the art miss rocket is finally on the launch pad ready to fly for the first time on monday. >> its no longer the apollo generation. its the artemis generation and that brings new discoveries. >> im pamela brown in washington. youre live in the cnn "newsroom." >> well, its nasas long overdue return to the moon, and t-minus just a few hours until hopefully launchtime of the u.s. space agencys most powerful rocket. the program is called artemis, the first phase blasti...

orbit the moon with astronauts board and artemis iii for 2025 will land people at the moons south pole. joining me now is kristen fisher live at the kennedy space center in florida. i love the nod to the program, calling this artemis. whats the significance of this mission if weve been to the moon before? >> reporter: you know, a lot of people say that. the reason nasa wants to go back to the moon with the artemis program is two reasons one they want to leave behind more than flags and...

of frost so that could just be frost, it could be the result of a crack, so the teams are looking into that, but also an engine issue. engine number 3 on the core stage, the core stage is that orange huge middle part of the rocket that you see. one of the four engines is not performing as expected right now. as you pointed out there is a two-hour launch window but all of these delays have added up so its unclear right now if the teams will be able to troubleshoot these issues but also ...

the artemis program aims to land humans on the unexplored lunar south pole of the moon in the next few years and ultimately serve as a way to get to mars. nasa administrator bill nelson says were returning to the moon to live, work and survive. lets get right to the kennedy space center, cnns space and defense correspondent kristin fisher is there. kristen, how are we looking so far? >> reporter: it is too soon to say, john. nasa has already successfully troubleshooted two big issues t...

space center where the uncrewed artemis i mission is scheduled to lift off between 8:33 and 10:33 a.m. heres the thing, there are technical issues right now. a hydrogen leak and potentially an engine problem threatening this mornings launch. >> the plan is for artemis one to eventually fly around the moon with three mannequins, including one named commander moonequin. nearly 50 years ago apollo went to the moon. the artemis plans to land humans on the lunar south pole of the moon in th...

the missions ambitious agenda remains landing the first woman and first person of color on the moon. this by 2025. also going further afield, ultimately getting humans to land on the surface of mars. but before we get there, "artemis 1" will need to fly around the moon using the most powerful rocket to launch since "saturn 5" took astronauts to the moon for the last time back in 1972. space and defense correspondent kristin fisher is live from kennedy space center. you are ready to see...

the issue that came up was an engine bleed that couldnt be remedied, but the rocket is currently in a stable configuration. >> when it ultimately does take off, the artemis i will set the stage for nasas goal to land the first woman and the first person of color on the moon by 2025, and eventually tackle human exploration of mars. >> and a lot of new experiments for the moon. cnns space and defense correspondent kristin fisher is live at the kennedy space center. a lot of stops and sta...

the damage of documents recovered from former president trump the property, sharing new details what its filter teams found in the materials. begin this hour with a major new development in russias war on ukraine. senior u.s. officials tell cnn that ukrainian forces are now launching a significant counteroffensive. go right to cnn jim sciutto who broke the story. whats the latest from the plan from ukraine and how do we expect it to play out? >> reporter: the latest, the much anticip...

artemis mission was postponed. basically there was an engine malfunction. artemis one is the first in a series of missions that would return humans to the moon for the first time since 1972. >> the launch team discovered a bleed in one of the rockets four engines. cnns space correspondent joins us. explain more of what happened and then what happens next. >> reporter: yeah, so, victor, essentially we all thought that this was an engine issue. what we learned during the press conference...