To drink it. Curiosity drilled last month in search of rock. Nasa scientists used the vehicles observation instruments to analyze the samples. They identified sulfur, nitrogen, phosphorus. Some of the chemical ingredients for life. They always found the area the rover searched had a vast amount of water and was almost ph neutral as water is on earth. Curiosity landed on mars last august after a 36week journey through space. Scientists are operating the rover by remote control. Theyve spent the past seven months looking for any trace of life on the red planet where the surface temperature can drop below minus 120 degrees celsius. Curiosity transmitted clear pictures of mars terrain soon after it landed. Scientists examined the images. The photos and data helped them determine that a stream once flowed on the planet. The rover also discovered stones that have been smoothed by water. Junichi watanabe is a leading researcher at the National Astronomical observatory in japan. He says he str
Republicans would sign on. That would be enough to pass it. But you dont have to take my word for it. Just ask republican congressman peter king. He says, quote, im positive that a clean bill would pass. If it went on the floor tomorrow, i could see anywhere from 50 to 75 republicans voting for it. And if it were a secret ballot, 150. The votes are there. But John Boehners afraid to stand up to the tea party. And president obama called him out on it today. The truth of the matter is there are enough republican and democratic votes in the house of representatives right now to end the shutdown immediately. Just vote. Let every member of Congress Vote their conscience. And decide whether or not they want to shut the government down. My strong suspicion is there are enough votes there. And the reason that Speaker Boehner hasnt called a vote on it is because he doesnt want to see the Government Shutdown ends. Call a vote right now. And lets see what happens. Boehner wont hold a vote because
With senator pat roberts on why and how he hopes to hang on to his job. With former jack wells of what he makes of Hillary Clinton saying businesses dont create jobs. Shes dialed that back. Lets say that jack has not. And we have democratic congressman cleaver on his party scrambling. Indications that in georgia and iowa, it has managed to do that. It comes down to this, turning the numbers around. For republicans, they need a gain of six new seats. The construction that is going on outside the United States capitol will be as much a metaphor for what is going on inside that capitol. With the six seats, republicans would get control of senate and change the way the government is run, period. Democrats doing their best to make sure that doesnt happen. We are looking at a candidate in iowa who will be speaking with us very, very shortly. That poll is tight. Thats the case with 80 contests that could decide the future of the United States senate. First, we have carl cameron monitoring all
Im just as concerned about the deficit, im glad im not the only one. Nice to have the democrats along for the ride and hope that keep that focus during the product process. Eric director, President Trump ran on cutting useless waste and spending. Give us a way to understand that. We are he going through that. Omb, office of management and budget identified what we think to be the most wasteful programs and duplicative program, programs that are ineffective and sharing with the various agencies as we work with them to try and get the spending numbers down to where we need them to be in order to provide additional spending for defense. We go through that process this week and by the 16th of march will be able to roll out the budget. Eric you mentioned a 10 increase, shockingly senator john mccain pushed back on that. Whats going on here . You know, some folks think its too much. Theres senator mccain and a few others who dont think its enough. I reefer to it as the goldilocks number, it
The Health Care Vote just got even tighter. Two more republican defections and this sucker is done again. How is health care coming, folks . All right, were moving along . Plus the peacemaker, President Trump, meeting with the Palestinian Leader today after saying this about the middle east peace. There is no reason theres not peace between israel and the palestinians, none whatsoever. We are going to begin this morning with fbi director james comey on the hill in just one hour. You know he is going to get questions about how russia may have meddled in our election but what about his own influence on the outcome . Weve got a great team to help me break it down this morning and i want to take you first to nbcs mike vicara like on capitol hill. Michael, what are we expecting today . Reporter im just outside the Senate Judiciary committee. Folks are lining up waiting for this muchanticipated testimony. Fbi director james comey for the first time testifying before he revealed before congre