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Me. marc, welcome to the nbc family. so happy to have you as a space analyst for us. and mark your brother will spend an entire year in space. tell us about that challenge. >> first of all, thanks jose. yeah. in about five hours, going to lift off off the same pad flown from 1961. instead of one lap around the planet as yuri did how many years ago, scott will spend a year in space, pretty incredible. >> what are you doing there in kazakhstan? >> well, you know i am here to support him. i was here the last time. we have always been at each other's space flights, the liftoffs anyway and i am her...

And it's going to be creepy. for now space-x and other private ventures, they can be used to ferry cargo, such as for example robot legs, they can be used to ferry cargo up to the space station. but these private companies can't be used to transport people to and from the space station. not yet. they can't do that yet but it's not going to be long. and that brings us back to the mysterious russian tugboat off the coast of florida today. because the russians like, they really like that they've got a monopoly on being able to transport people in and out of space. they have a global monopoly on t...

Used to ferry cargo up to the space station. but these private companies can't be used to transport people to and from the space station. not yet. they can't do that yet, but it's not going to be long. and that brings us back to the mysterious russian tugboat off the coast of florida today. because the russians like, they really like that they've got a monopoly on being able to transport people in and out of space. they have a global monopoly on that. and that's in part why they can charge $71 million a seat if you want to catch a ride with them. if somebody else develops that capability now, ...

Describing the plan and the teen a self-described white supremacist was arrested. the department of defense has settled a class action don't ask, don't tell lawsuit giving full discharge pay to gay and lesbian service members forced to left military because of their sexual orientation. the medical examiner in chicago is expected to exhume the bod yif a lottery winner that may have been murdered. he ingested a lethal dose of cyanide a day after the state cut him a chuck worth $425,000. police now launched a homicide investigation. who knew that astronauts were packing heat? nbc news space...

good morning everyone. welcome to early start. nice to have you with us. i'm ashleigh banfield. i'm zoraida sambolin. we're bringing you the news from a to z. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. let's get started. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> we begin with breaking news this morning. two american tourists kidnapped by gunmen in egypt. it happened in the town of dahab in the region of egypt. the report says that two americans were forced out of a car and taken away. the alleged kidnappers demanding the release of a man who was arrested a day before for drug possession. cnn's ben wedema...