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china claims taiwan as part of its territory, despite having never controlled it and repeatedly warned against pelosi visiting the island, vowing to take resolute and forceful measures if the visit goes forward. john kirby addressed the trip on cnn last hour. >> theres no reason for the chinese rhetoric, theres no reason for any actions to be taken. it is not uncommon for congressional leaders to travel to taiwan. it is very much in keeping with our policy and consistent with our suppo...

Em its till had just been murdered. that was the america that bill russell was stepping into. with nichelle nichols, she was stepping into a tv world where black women were mostly playing maids and domestics. nothing wrong with that but you have to broaden out what people are allowed to play. she was fourth in command on the enterprise. the only above her were spock, kirk and sulu. thats incredible. >> i love this scene. i love this. my mom was a huge trekky. i got a lot of her on star trek. and...

A Battle Creek photographer is hoping to educate her community about black history through a photo series this month.

Good point. for everybody who goes into space, there are literally thousands of people who dont go into space, but have to be better at their jobs, smarter, and be thinking literally outside the box, outside the atmosphere. this is literally outside the box thinking. >> absolutely. and their job is paramount to the safety of the astronauts, to the completion of the mission. and so no job is more important than the other. so its so exciting to see people of all backgrounds engaged in space explor...

Semi-nasty comments from the blue origin team saying, we have bigger windows. we go higher. so maybe branson isnt really going into space. okay, fine. but if youre up there and youve got a fantastic view of the earth and youve got 17 windows to look out of, most people would think thats a pretty great experience. in no way to diminish the experience from blue origin which as you know is a rocket. you have maybe a bigger space capsule. nonetheless, thats the back and forth going on here. and feat...

How do we connect this? because one of the things that all of you astronauts tell me is when you go up there and you look back and you look to earth, things look different. the things we fight about on earth look different. the concerns about the climate and the world in which we live seem bigger. so how do we make sure that this doesnt get away from us and become just the playground for the rich? >> ali, thanks for inviting us back. i think the reason why ill always wear my flight suit is becau...

Its possible. two, there are so many doors being opened. and i guess the path for me is in my ph.d. program, im looking to make myself as competitive as possible for the astronaut corp.s. and so when im finished with this ph.d. program, i look to apply and i look to continue to just contribute to space exploration as it pertains to go to space, as it pertains to building the vehicles, as it pertains to all the behind the scenes that dr. jamison was talking about because this is just the top of t...

About humanity and people around you. >> i want to hit that hard, may. what is that path? thats what people are looking at, right? how do i get to space? how do i get into this exciting new way? may jamison, what do you have to say to people? im sure you get asked this all the time, right? you get asked to speak. people say how do i become like dr. may jamison? how do i become like leland melvin? >> i want to throw a different perspective on this, and that perspective is when i went up into spac...

Month. this one is special. may jemison, the first african-american woman to go to space in 1992. i recently spoke to dr. jemison about her latest projects, "one strange rock" where she shares her unique perspective about our planet and her passion for human travel outside our solar system. >> it is about making sure we have the capabilities for human interstellar travel. heres this wonderful platform of something thats so difficult that we dont know how to do that you also have to have new ener...

30-year-old shuttle program. just a short time ago i talk with former "endeavour" astronaut may jemison. >> it was very bittersweet because it was a wonderful, beautiful launch. i was on the second mission of "endeavour" and things are transitioning. when we spoke last year, we were talking about the fact that the shuttle era was coming to an end and now the united states was putting more of its research money into how to do interplanetary travel, how to come up with the kinds of engines that ar...