50 years ago, exactly what each week from today, at approximately 9 30 am, 2 astronauts, sitting atop a rocket the size of a navy destroyer, packing 7. 5 Million Pounds of thrust, took off from Kennedy Space center in florida. Roughly 1 Million People had gathered on the ground to watch this historic event. That included half of the u. S. Congress. These 3 astronauts, as one of the newspapers put it at the time, carried with them the hopes of the world. The u. S. 1969. The year before i was born. The astronauts were now im strong, but, and michael collins. And the mission was apollo 11. Armstrong and aldrin went on to make history a little more than 100 hours later. When with more than one third of the earths the earth watching, word listening live. They became the first humans to ever set foot on the moon. The apollo 11 mission would go on to make history again. A little less than 100 hours after that, as the First Mission not only to put men on the moon, but to bring them home safely
This hearing is called to order. Welcome. 50 years ago, exactly what each week from today, at approximately 9 30 am, two astronauts, sitting atop a rocket the size of a navy destroyer, packing 7. 5 Million Pounds of thrust, took off from Kennedy Space center in florida. Roughly 1 Million People had gathered on the ground to watch this historic event. Including half of the United States congress. These three astronauts, as one of the newspapers put it at the time, carried with them the hopes of the world. The year was 1969. The year before i was born. The astronauts were Neil Armstrong, buzz aldrin, and michael collins. And the mission was apollo 11. Armstrong and aldrin went on to make history a little more than 100 hours later. When, with more than one third of the earths the earth watching or listening live, they became the first humans to ever set foot on the moon. The apollo 11 mission would go on to make history again. A little less than 100 hours after that, as the First Mission
[gavel pounding] this hearing is call to order. Welcome. 50 years ago, exactly what each week from today, at approximately 9 30 am, 2 astronauts, sitting atop a rocket the size of a navy destroyer, packing 7. 5 Million Pounds of thrust, took off from Kennedy Space center in florida. Roughly 1 Million People had gathered on the ground to watch this historic event. That included half of the u. S. Congress. These 3 astronauts, as one of the newspapers put it at the time, carried with them the hopes of the world. The u. S. 1969. The year before i was born. The astronauts were now im strong, but, and michael collins. And the mission was apollo 11. Armstrong and aldrin went on to make history a little more than 100 hours later. When with more than one third of the earths the earth watching, word listening live. They became the first humans to ever set foot on the moon. The apollo 11 mission would go on to make history again. A little less than 100 hours after that, as the First Mission not o
We want to say that we are protesting the fact that 1400 children are going to be brought to this military site. We are here because we do not want to have that happen. And as former children of prison camps, of concentration camps in america, we are saying no more, never again. Amy japaneseamericans who survived living in u. S. Internment camps during world war ii return to the site of one of those camps fort sill in oklahoma to protest the Trump Administrations plan to indefinitely detain 1400 immigrant and refugee children. We will air a special report from the oklahoma protest. But first, we speak to an attorney who helped expose how some 250 infants, children, and teenagers have been locked up for weeks without adequate food, water, and sanitation at a Border Patrol station near el paso, texas. We will talk to her about children taking care of children. And then we go to ecuador to speak with the swedish Computer Programmer ola bini who was just released from jail after being held
Democracy now we want to say that we are protesting the fact that 1400 children are going to be brought to this military site. We are here because we do not want to have that happen. And as former children of prison camps, of concentration camps in america, we are saying no more, never again. Amy japaneseamericans who survived living in u. S. Internment camps during world war ii return to the site of one of those camps fort sill in oklahoma to protest the Trump Administrations plan to indefinitely detain 1400 immigrant and refugee children. We will air a special report from the oklahoma protest. But first, we speak to an attorney who helped expose how some 250 infants, children, and teenagers have been locked up for weeks without adequate food, water, and sanitation at a Border Patrol station near el paso, texas. We will talk to her about children taking care of children. And then we go to ecuador to speak with the swedish Computer Programmer ola bini who was just released from jail af