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blastoff. nasa will try to launch the rocket again on friday for the six-week test flight if it can the fix that engine. if it is successful, artemis is poised to carry astronauts back to the moon nearly 50 years since astronauts last walked on the moon. new fallout from the fbi search of president trumps florida home. the director of national intelligence is launching an assessment of the potential risk to national security, including to human intelligence sources. a florida judge a...

Truth, and i would say as an historian, and joe biden studies history, too, you look at presidents, you know, who get involved in wars. they should never carry on a war and put american young people at risk if the american people no longer support that war and if they dont understand why we were there. we have been in americas longest war, 20 years in afghanistan, and the public support as public opinion polls will show in both parties and everyone else ran out for the war in afghanistan a long ...

Caught flat footed. >> michael, you mentioned vietnam. the president invoked the memory of vietnam during his remarks as well. have a listen. >> i made a commitment to the brave men and women who serve this nation that i wasnt going to ask them to continue to risk their lives in a military action that should have ended long ago. our leaders did that in vietnam when i got here as a young man. i will not do it in afghanistan. >> how important do you think the memory of vietnam for biden and other ...

States of america and the buck stops with me. >> did he say enough to silence his growing army of critics? nbc presidential historian michael beshlof is here to put it in perspective. thats next. n perspective. thats next. the first full prescription strength gel for powerful arthritis pain relief... voltaren the joy of movement your skin isnt just skin, its a beautiful reflection of everything youve been through. thats why dove renews your skins ceramides and strengthens it against dryness for ...

And in other parts of the world. >> joining me now someone who understands better than most the ways in which major foreign policy decisions like this can come to shape a presidency, michael beschloss, nbc news presidential historian and author of "presidents of war." michael, thanks so much for coming on the share. >> my pleasure. i wish it were a happier -- >> same here. and biden has come to the white house today from camp david to give these remarks, the kind of blunt, frank remarks joe bide...

To fbi headquarters, publicly floating the idea this morning as we know it. were now told that idea was dropped today. administration officials tell nbc news the optics would not be good. fbi officials apparently said that the president was unlikely to have been greeted warmly having unceremoniously fired a very popular director. again, this is new reporting just coming into us at nbc. the fbi agents say that many of them voterdd for trump. few are happy about the decision to sack james comey an...

They told the world that history had taken a 90 degree right angle turn. joining us is michael beshlof. thank you very much for being here. >> thank you, rachel. i couldnt imagine anything more chilling and exciting than to hear those broadcasts. >> curting into the music in the middle of the night, we know from the way they wrote about it, that they honestly didnt know if this was a hoax. imagine just the news making decision about whether or not you put it on the air knowing that you may be do...

Their life. when you think about that part of it, hes a significant that is extraordinary even if hes the one-term president. i dont know why were talking about this in october. i reject the premise of this segment. >> michael, how much is pop culture responsible for shaping the legacy of a president the way we remember him? i have to think back to presidents who will embraced by pop culture like jfk and bill clinton and, of course, we remember them sort of gauzily. we look back and dont necessa...

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