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Lets take an example of why it is that house democrats are going to compete in lots of places that they have not competed before, in mull bricks fifth congressional seat in alabama, hes retiring from the u.s. house, president trump carried that last year by a margin of 65 to 31. thats an amazing landslide. 65 to 31. mr. moore and senator elect jones virtually tied in that congressional district. thats where huntsville is, thats where scientists are who work on rocket programs and you know what, ...

And encountered technical problems that offered rocket programs and development encounter, its costs started to increase and the gap started to grow. so that job crisis was always looming no matter what. people either through self-delusion or nasa being very fuzz bewhat numbers were actually going to be lost, it was never clear about what would happen. now that the shuttle program is ending and there is no constellation program that is going to follow on and it wasnt going to follow on even befo...

Have a lot of people nervous and particularly lawmakers on capitol hill who are from states like florida where there are so many thousands of jobs at stake when you start shifting priority and also some of the famous astronauts like neil armstrong, a tight fraternity of former astronauts, theyve written a letter, several of them to the president saying in part, quote, without the skill and experience that actual spacecraft operation provide, the usa is on a long, downward slide to mediocritiy an...

Questioning his plans for nasa. if you look at it on its surface, getting billions of dollars for that is is. >> reporter: clearly this white house is trying to find a compromise. the presidents ormg budget plan would have cut off funding for some of the existing rocket programs politically unpopular with lawmakers from states like florida, fearing layoffs and what not from the costs. the letter from neil armstrong and rock stars of the small ifrm a ternlt, without the skill and material, they a...

The presidents new plan for nasa creating something of a space spat this morning. the administration thinks its time to consider a new direction for americas space agency. ed henry is live at the white house this morning. ed, the president heads to florida tomorrow to present this plan. what do we know about it so far? >> reporter: jim, youre right. its almost two plans. the president had an original plan thats taken some flak. tomorrow in florida hes expected to come up with a compromise plan m...