science. these images are from a documentary by the jackson ks historical society credited to the u.s. air force and these are real time issues of him in the late 1950s in the air force and show some of what he went through as part of his service. his name was alton yates. he is 23 years old in these pictures, airman second class in the u.s. air force. what you see him doing here is participating in important testing that was conducted for the u.s. space program. they were using airmen and the u.s. air force for tests that were designed to see whether the human body could really with stand what were expected to be the rigors of space travel. the vast stresses of acceleration and rapid deceleration and pressure changes and everything else. alton yates was not the only airman who went through this but he was one of them and he participated in a huge number, in 65 of those tests of the human body in the extremes. and he is fine. he lived to tell the tale and proudly. he was disc
in ebony magazine in may 1959. gi risks death 65 times for science. these images are from a documentary by the jackson historical society credited to the u.s. air force and these are real time issues of him in the late 1950s in the air force and show some of what he went through as part of his service. his name was alton yates. he is 23 years old in these pictures, airman second class in the u.s. air force. what you see him doing here is participating in important testing that was conducted for the u.s. space program. they were using airmen and the u.s. air force for tests that were designed to see whether the human body could really with stand what were expected to be the rigors of space travel. the vast stresses of acceleration and rapid deceleration and pressure changes and everything else. alton yates was not the only airman who went through this but he was one of them and he participated in a huge number, in 65 of those tests of the human body in the extremes. and he i
of president joe biden s visit to hawaii later today. a lot to get to on this monday morning. welcome to morning joe. with us, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbckatty kay and charlie sykes is with us. willie will be back tomorrow. right now, we re following new polling that shows donald trump s hold over the republican base is as strong as ever, in the latest cbs poll, the former president has 62% support from likely gop voters, and among those likely trump voters the poll shows they trust the former president even more than their own loved ones. let s put a framer on that. they trust the former president more than they trust their own loved ones. they feel what trump tells them is the truth ahead of friends and family at 63%. conservative media figures at 56%. and a religious leader at 42%. all right, so this weekend, mika and i last night were having a conversation around the table and mika was just asking how could people still be so devoted still to donald tru
it will for, i think, a larger segment of the population that people may realize. and i think that s one of the dynamics that both campaigns but especially the biden campaign has to take into account is you ve got the other variables you can t take your eye off of. and there are many of them and i am glad you all underscored them. thanks a bunch for you guys and see you next week. all right my friend. velshi begins now. good morning. it is sunday march 17th. happy st. patrick s day. 2024 has been dubbed the year of elections. citizens of many countries will head to the polls this year, including in eight of the ten most populous nation in the world. but some of those elections are less legitimate than others and one of them is happening right now. at some point today, we will get the results of russia s presidential election. it s a real nail biter. putin is facing off against three nobody who barely campaigned and in reality it s a foregone conclusion. even though
reelected. i ll get reaction from quintin folk, president for the biden harris campaign. and steve phillips standard of democracy. and inside the fight to enshrine abortion laws. and breaking with the boss. former vice president mike pence on january 6th and his decision not to endorse donald trump. the fact that the president continues to insist that i had the right to overturn the election that day is a fundamental difference. but i want to be clear that, you know, i ve forgiven the president in my heart for what happened that day. i m jonathan capehart, this is the sunday show. it s official, biden versus trump. and what is shaping up to be the first presidential general election rematch in nearly 70 years. sure it feels like deja vu all over again. but this 2024 version is all together different. biden seeks reelection with a strong record to stand on and defend. a record that includes a booming economy despite all those hair on fire prediction that the u.s. wou