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Thing 1 tonight a flat earther named mike hughes attempted a momentous rocket launch. there were technical difficulties. hughes said it was a bad e ring. the rocket never ignited. >> i hear words. i hear numbers. i hear a lot of words. so im going to call this right now, guys. the launch aint happening. >> so close. saturdays failed launch was his third aborted attempt. today there was a much different outcome for another entrepreneur and it ended the sports car in space. amazingly this live pic...

Ask your doctor if brilinta is right for you. my heart is worth brilinta. if you cant afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to help. thing 1 tonight a flat earther named mike hughes attempted a momentous rocket launch. there were technical difficulties. hughes said it was a bad e ring. the rocket never ignited. >> i hear words. i hear numbers. i hear a lot of words. so im going to call this right now, guys. the launch aint happening. >> so close. saturdays failed launch was his third...

People coming from around the world to see what will be a great rocket launch or the best fireworks display they have ever seen. >> erica, he went on to say that it is really a miracle that this rocket is able to hold itself together at all. it is basically three of their falcon nine rockets held together. but, you know, firework displays are great, but everybody here on the ground at kennedy space center and around the world is rooting for a successful launch today. >> and once that launch idea...

Speak with musk and joins us now. rachel? >> reporter: this is a huge day for spacex and space exploration in general. once that falcon heavy behind me has lift off, it will become the most powerful operational rocket in the world by a factor of two. and people are flocking to cape canaveral and cocoa beach to see this historic flight. the hotels are sold out, the parking lots are jammed, there are mile long lines to get into kennedy space center and were still hours away from launch. also, the ...

Coast. questions on the democratic memo and the russia investigation and whether the president will sign off on its release. plus, were waiting for a first of its kind rocket launch. you probably heard about this. elan musk telling one interviewer it has a 50/50 shot of failure which could mean an enormous explosion. well watch what happens live. thats top of the hour on shepherd smith reporting. see you then. >> dana: the u.s. is stepping up its offensive against the taliban in afghanistan. air...

This is a live look at cape canaveral in florida. spacex is about to launch a new rocket and its a very big deal. this is a falcon heavy rocket. it is right now the most powerful rocket on the planet times two. this is set to be the biggest and brightest and most impressive rocket launch since the space shuttles retired and spacex reports it to be the future of human space travel. this rocket has 28 merlin engines, five million pounds of thrust. the equivalent of strapping 18 747s together and i...

The rockets come back down. hopefully, theyll land right on the target zone. that will save them a lot of money. already has in previous launches. that makes this a much more feasible way economically feasible way to launch satellites. >> as journalists we get to see a lot of fantastic amazing things, but having been down there for a launch of the shuttle, a rocket launch is a fascinating thing. if you are not impressed by that, just throw in the towel. >> reporter: well, they are saying the roa...

Still a sticking point for immigration, but right now it looks like because of the progress in talks, that perhaps were not headed for a shutdown on the deadline day, thursday. plenty to watch for today again in washington. lewis, but for now, back to you. >> an interesting week in washington for sure. in philadelphia, a judge is scheduled to hold a hearing today on the 2015 amtrak train derailment that killed eight and injured more than 200 passengers. the pennsylvania attorney general wants ...

Separate. were now 1.30 into this flight and it has gone off seam leales. >> yeah, we have to watch for the size boosters at 3:07. this looks like a perfect day for them. >> it looks fantastic right now. i have worked for nasa for 37 years and i have never seen a large rocket launch for the first time. it is very exciting. >> i have stood here for nbc news as steve was in a shuttle going up into space, and i have never felt that much of a rumble here. >> the whole building was shaking, very impr...

>> but during water gate when nixon claimed national security for false reasons, that became the basis for impeachment. >> so they better think they should get their is dotted. >> yeah, were in serious territory here. there is no national skurlt basis aba -- security basis, it could be a grounds for impeachment. all right, lets go back to the space launch that you have in the bottom right corner of your screen. the rocket launch. the smoke that we saw earlier is just part of the fuelling process...