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Hayley arceneaux was the first. just so happy. and sian proctor even did a dance. i was on tv watching it with leroy, a former astronaut and also international space station commander as all of this was playing out. he is joining us right now. commander, so great to see you again. thank you so much. as you were watching that, watching that splashdown, and watching as well the rocket take off, what were you thinking? >> everything looked really perfect, frankly. it looked like there were very few anomalies, if any. i was thinking these folks inside, the crew inside, they are very excited. i am ...

Good afternoon, everybody. i'm yasmin vossoughian, coming to you live from washington, d.c. we're going to have the latest on whether it lived up to its billing. plus we have new efforts by the biden administration to deal with a massive surge of haitian migrants at the border. new reaction to the pentagon's admission and apology for a drone strike that hit afghan civilians including seven children. and then there's the latest fallout to an fda panel's decision denying booster shots to most americans and we're just a couple hours away from splashdown for the latest historic leap by spacex. m...

(excitedly yelling) ahh! that's 7 times the entertainment. because everyone deserves better. and with plans starting at just $35... better costs less than you think. in just a few hours the first all civilian crew to travel to space will head back to earth. and my colleague is joining us from cape canaveral, florida, where he's been following everything all day today. how is spacex preparing for their arrival, their splashdown in the atlantic? >> well, we're told there is a possibility there might be a big event that will happen sunday, but we'll tell you from a

Technical standpoint. they've already deployed one of their recovery ships right out here from cape canaveral. into the atlantic ocean right now ready for them to splashdown. we actually watched as that ship made its way out of port canaveral just yesterday. the crew spent the last day doing what many of us would normally do if we were in space. taking plenty of selfies, of photos. they had a big, hearty breakfast. they woke up today to the song it's a beautiful day by bono and fitting because they had a phone call can bono from the space capsule just last night. this is one, alex, really one ...

Had little to do with a crude launch from the kennedy space center. >> we don't have a very big role here. this is spacex's show and we're happy for them. >> reporter: it's a milestone years in the making as the government's decades-long monopoly on sending humans into orbit ends. isaacman, founder and ceo of shift 4 payments, funded the entire trip and put up the first half of $200 million which he's hoping to raise for st. jude children's hospital. >> we're giving up all our time here for science research and some ukelele playing and trying to raise awareness for an important cause back on e...