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Since the space shuttle retired in 2011. demo mission one is scheduled in early january. it won't carry a crew but will launch the dragon spacecraft to dock to the iss. it will be a full test without a crew on board. later or a few months after that, they'll test their launch abort system on a live test, on a rocket. if all goes well, hopefully later in the year, we'll see the first nasa astronaut as board both of those spacecraft. >> that would be really cool to see. >> no doubt. leroy chiao, thank you so much. >> joking aside, i love all space stuff. it's really fascinating. >> and you know ...

What is this? the budget? >> yeah. we'll get to the space stuff in just a moment. this is a $4.4 trillion spending plan. let's begin with the cuts. medicaid and medicare. $250 billion for medicaid over ten years. cuts to the food stamp program. $214 billion over ten years. the epa, this will get some tongues wagging. $208 billion in cuts. a 34% cut. by the way, virtually eliminates all climate change related programs. let's take a look at the boosts. defense spending. heard a lot about this of the $716 billion going to the mel teary. healthcare for the veterans. the opioid crisis response, $13...

Government shutdown by friday. >> we was a black hole for the first time ever in 2018. astronomers expect to see the silhouette of a disc of a supermassive black hole at the heart of the galaxy, burning against the background of superheated plasma. they are using inner thighs telescope to catch the glimpse 26,000 light years away. rob: i can't get enough of this space stuff. not quite as high up in the sky as a black hole. >> no black hole listens today but temperatures warm in the northeast, as we get into christmas, snow on christmas day, the frontal boundary, the eastern half warmer than av...

Nation's capitol. prince harry in town to attend events in support of the invictus games held in orlando next year. later this morning he'll meet with wounded service men and women along with first lady michelle obama and dr. jill biden. he'll wrap up the visit by meeting with president obama at the white house. live pictures from boulder, colorado, and the stage from tonight's presidential gop debate. that's not a live picture. that's a live picture. not really. those are still pictures. but there is movement in them. we'll look back at the first few debates and what we can expect tonight...

I think if you can do that, why can't you do something a little more helpful like guide the asteroid into robin thicke's home? you know what i'm saying? >> or maybe into the home of isis. >> or the home of isis, exactly. >> that is a great idea. >> why are we wasting money on this? we should be using billions of nasa to defeat hillary clinton. come on. >> do you agree waste of money or worth while endeavor. i have a theory, but i wul hold off. >> i am not into the space stuff. a project called asteroid redirect mission? >> although i do like your point. i hadn't thought about that. but if you ...