abilities to defend ourselves if they were used against us. correct me if i'm wrong about that. and if you would tell us how do you believe this administration is now handling beijing. because many of the policies the trump administration put forward are still being pursued, are they not? >> yeah. so to the technology that you are talking about exactly right. hypersonic, they are ballistic missile technology but don't have ballistic trajectories typically how we would track those things. when they were more of a cruise missile technology and maneuver bit they're harder to defend. why agencies are developing sensors to modify our missile defense systems to adjust to hypersonic. that's one of the things that's happening. what i will say to give people a sense of comfort, even though
little picture, paint us a picture of what is going to happen in just over 42 minutes. >> reporter: we want to give you guys an intimate look of what they're going to experience up there, but also more about this spacecraft. let's go ahead and give you some fast facts first. we're talking about blue origin's new shepherd. this is its 18th mission to space. its second crewed mission. this spacecraft is designed to fly autonomously. it could hold six people, four are going to be on board today, of those four none of them are pilots. let's dive into the components here of new shepherd. of course we have that crew capsule, it's pretty spacious, 530 cubic feet. this is what is going to detach from the rocket here. then we're going to keep going down here, those drag brakes, that is what is going to slow the booster down on its descent by about half. again, those two components are going to detach. they're going to have separate trajectories. we're going to show you that in
a second. then we have that booster. that is what propels the spacecraft into flight, also slows down to five miles an hour on the descent. on the bottom we have the fins here, this is what helps guide, really stabilize during the assent and guideascent and guide on the descent. then we have the landing gear. they're going to deploy when they're ready for touch down. this entire spacecraft, about 60 feet tall. i alluded to the flight. let me give you a good look at what's going to happen mere, minute by minute. as that rocket climbs, people will feel the gravity three times stronger than normal. they'll feel pinned to their seats. after about three minutes, that's when the booster and crew capsule will detach. you see the separate trajectories on your screen. that green line, that shows the booster. that will go into a controlled landing on its own concrete pad. that crew capsule will keep going, past the carmen line, 62
fast and then a slow and smooth landing. the fins stabilizes the booster and helps guide on the way down, and then the landing gear. not every booster has this. that landing gear deployed as they were nearing touchdown. let's talk about the flight path we witnessed. so we knew that when they were going to go up, everybody on board that crew capsule, they were going to feel gravity about three times stronger than normal. they were pinned to their seats. then we saw about three minutes and that's when the booster and crew capsule detached from one another. so once they did detach, they went on two separate trajectories. the booster went on a corralled landing on a separate landing pad. it went through the carmen line, 62 miles above the earth. that's when the crew inside that capsule felt three minutes of weightlessness. they got to unbuckle. they got to float around. they have big windows. two and a half by three and a half feet. it's a short three minutes.
southeast and in the midwest where vaccinations in parts of the state are still very low. and so this illness, this virus can continue in those places where vaccination rates are low. and so we'll probably see two trajectories out there, one steeper than the other. >> and this week fda vaccine advisers will meet to discuss moderna and johnson & johnson's application for booster shots. right now pfizer's is the only one that's been approved under emergency use authorization. when do you think we're going to see those additional boosters? everybody wants to know. >> well, my fingers are crossed, jim. i hope the food and drug administration gives the thumbs up to both of those boosters, the moderna and the j&j. this week the cdc's advisory committee will meet very shortly thereafter. and i think the green light will be on. so i'm optimistic about that. so, everybody who's gotten
the 2020 presidential vote if you look at arizona and you look at west virginia. what do you see? in arizona, joe biden barely won, but he won by 0.3 percentage points. west virginia, donald trump won by 39 points. i want take a historical look and go back to the time when i was in college and you have the same job you have. look at 2008. you see, look, west virginia and arizona voted the same. look at the trend over time. look how fast west virginia has moved to the right. last year west virginia 39 point win for trump. you see arizona a 9 point win for romney in 2012, four points in 2016 for trump and biden winning. so west virginia and arizona two completely different trajectories. >> still though clearly a very divided state. so for a senator who needs statewide approval you can make the argument that she wants to
what do you see back then? what you essentially see is look. look, west virginia and arizona voted the same. jm won both states by 10%. look at the trend over time. look how fast west virginia has moved to the right. last year west virginia 39 point win for trump. you see arizona a 9 point win for romney in 2012, four points in 2016 for trump and biden winning. so west virginia and arizona two completely different trajectories. >> still though clearly a very divided state. so for a senator who needs statewide approval you can make the argument that she wants to appeal to as many voters there as possible. she is hoping to keep as many republicans on her side. there are a lot of other democrats who have won in arizona in recent years. >> yeah. it is a divided state. it is a purple state. it's not a red state. if you look at arizona and you compare it to west virginia, you see that kyrsten sinema is one of a number of democrats who
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different directions and trajectories and altitudes and construct an attack that's much more complicated to defend against. >> reporter: the cruise missile test comes days after a spectacular and bizarre midnight parade through the square in pyongyang. no missiles on display. instead, a canine squad, unit in orange hazmat suits and an image that stunned analysts. kim jong-un thinner than a few months before. >> is it in their interest that king kill kim jong-un is shedding weight? it could be issues important to u.s. and north korea. >> reporter: kim was enjoying a bright green drink with a twisty star looking like a reemerging of the supreme leader during the height of pandemic he sealed off
>> the afghan flag. >> who knows how much longer it will be there. it's really sad. i'm loping to be back. i'm hoping but i don't know if i will ever be back. >> eventually the c-17 arrives and taxis into position for boarding. for gina, it sinks in. this is. it these are moments that change the trajectories of families for generations. gina's relatives say goodbye to the only home they've ever known. forced out because they don't want to live under the taliban. finally, boarding time. for gina, it's a painful goodbye. for most of the afghans on board, this is the start of their new lives. as refugees. this was supposed to be an evacuation only of american citizens and afghans who worked for international troops, but because of the chaos now in kabul and people rushing the gates, it's become an emergency air lift of refugees as well. richard engel, nbc news, doha,