The alive lost from the Kennedy space center this morning, as nasa prepares to take a key step in a long awaited return to the moon with a test flight of it's most powerful rocket. Yet the artemis one mission is expected to launch in just a few hours from now, depending on the weather, and we will carry it live. We are also following this morning. The major national security concerns from donald trump's, reckless handling of classified. documents were U s intelligence sources and operatives compromised, but look at that point the investigation into possible obstruction good

wedding and welcome to morning Joe, it is Monday august. Twenty. Ninth, it's pretty much the end of summer. There is new reaction. This morning, after a heavily redacted copy of the f b, I affidavit used to justify the search of former president Donald trump's mar a lago home was unsealed on friday. The thirty six page affidavit reveal details of the federal government's efforts to recover classified documents, including top secret information. That trump is alleged to have illegally taken from the white house. At the end, this presidency, the affidavit states that in mid may be, I agents, conducted a preliminary review of the contents of fifteen boxes. Trump returned to the national archives from his florida property in january and quote identified documents with classification markings in fourteen of the fifteen boxes, its

eight than agents found. One hundred and eighty four unique documents that had class vacation markings, twenty five doc, whence were marked as top secret. Sixty seven documents were marked as confidential, and ninety two were marked secret. According say, affidavit agent, some markings denoting various control systems designed to protect various types of sensitive information. They included markings that designate intelligence gathered by boat, clandestine human sources such as europe by a cia officer or someone who works for the defense intelligence agency. As for the reductions, they were primarily found in the section providing problem cause for the search which is about twenty pages. Long one almost completely blacked out section, is titled. There is probable cause to believe that dog

containing classified national defence information and presidential records remains out premises. A federal image has indicated she will appoint a special master to review the materials seized from mar a lago by federal agents. U s district judge, Eileen cannon, who was appointed by trump in two thousand, and twenty issued a two page water on saturday. Despite not yet hearing arguments from the justice department, the judge gave federal officials until tomorrow to provide the court with a more detailed list of items the fbi had removed from the floor a state, but the rolling left unclear how a special master would operate and who my qualified to take on such a role in a case involving class of national security secrets and a former president? meanwhile national intelligence director April.

it's announced. Her office will conducted damage assessment related to trumps handling of top secret docking writing. In a letter to lawmakers on friday, Hain said her office will quote lead and intelligence community assessment of the potential risk to national security. That would result from the disclosure of the relevant documents house oversight, committee, chair, Carolyn, maloney and house intelligence committee. Chair Adam ship had asked for a security damage assessment in the days. following the f b, I search a spokesperson for The office of the director of national intelligence also confirmed on saturday that the quote assessment we are leading is consistent with the by partisan request from the Senate intelligence committee. So let's and unbiased news, justice and intelligence correspondent can Delaney and presidential historian and rogers chair and the american presidency vendible university, John major,

and the host of way tourmaline whitehouse barricade that political, Joe then le maire, also with us that co founder of access, my gallant good to have you all on this Monday morning, so we're getting intel damage assessment from intel officials possible a special Ask her to review the documents and to do that to look at the process as it's moving along a lot of procedural steps are starting to be taken to assess just how damaging this is the national security. What can you tell us. good morning, Joe so yeah have a lot of interesting developments over the weekend. With this judge in florida, this signalling our preliminary intent to in a special master in this case in demanding that the justice department provide a more detailed inventory and, of course, she was appointed by president trump and a lot of people are very

find out about this. I think we should wait and see on that, because, first of all, they ve been reviewing these documents. The justice department has for three weeks with their own food, thirteen and independent team designed to weed out things they shouldn't say, like the documents cover by attorney climb privilege. So we don't know exactly what this judge is going to order. At the end of the day she may be satisfied after she sees what the J files that they fall the procedures here and people talking about. You know especial master did they need the security clearance goal of the special master would be to take out privileged documents produced Nothing that's highly classified is also privilege, there's no attorney client, privilege and cia human source report that the throng trump at my lawyer. So so again, I think we should wait and see that look the big take away from this document up being unsealed with to me one this, the fbi talking to a significant number of civilian witnesses and that's those names are blacked out, but that's how they

probably cause not one in four men are key witness a significant number, whose idea these need to be protected too. I believe they were going to find evidence of obstruction of justice at mar a lago that was new and then three, the the incredibly highly classified nature of some of these. I can agree for things that normally would never be outside of the originally agency, like the sea, I let alone a secure, vault things that could compromise sources of methods could get people killed. Those the kind of markings you human control system, meaning possibly a report by a senior officer about- is his or her interview with an overseas by sitting in Donald trump golf club at moral, argo, just stunning, stunning developments guys you're really is a menu and you look at dumb look. Look at what we're talking about here is make it set. A hundred and eighty four classified markings on documents. Twenty five documents marked topsecret: twenty five:

sixty seven mark confidential. Me too marked sacred and yet they're always seems to me this process of defining deviancy down for donald trump, regardless of whether it is dealings in the two thousand. Sixteen campaign with russia dealings that actually a republic consented intel committee said was grave account intelligence. Risks are whether you take these items. You know there There are a lot of republican senators and members of congress and former members of congress, I know this is a former member of come back If we had mishandled documents, have we taken one document, one top secret document, let alone five or ten documents classified markings, the fbi. would be at our house than I stay and

all of these senators and all of these members of congress centre, suggesting that or are or newspaper editorial, a sewer, suggesting that somehow this is much ado about nothing they would all be in jail. You will all be in jail, I know, because the briefings I got and when I was an armed services committee and and the warnings that we got. And yet here you have republican senator linsey, Graham south carolina sang in an interview yesterday, not not the what I'll drop dead. ok, mothers, there's no defense. He didn't Do something that would have away he thrown in jail in a day, but this threat of violence, if you- If you hold- and this is where isn't this, where it ends really for the republicans. The job I said

the d magda troposphere, the semi fascist. I don't know where the word semi came from, but is this where it ends where they say if you hold our people to account, if it's real true, but in america, right No man is above the law. Well, well, is going to be violence, pics startled. Donald is above the law. Linsey suggest, if Donald rob is indicted for taking twenty four top secret documents, sixty seven confidential documents. Ninety two secret documents and taking them from the white house in refusing to give them. back to the federal government, despite trying to work with basically if he is indicted for doing something that would have member congress thrown in jail immediately. Well, there

be riots out there. There may be violent sets. Lindsays warning take a look most publicans, including me, believe when it comes to drop their is no law is all about getting hand if they try to prosecute present tromp for mishandling class classified information after Hillary Clinton the server and are based, but they literally will be rise in the street. I worry about our country. it's in the street, so there is a threat of violence and, of course, a lindsey ITALY It admitted the truth, but when it comes to donald trump, he and other republicans believe quote: there is no law. Now, on a b c news, retiring republican, senator Roy blunt of Missouri brought up Hillary Clinton's emails. Was it right the president to take these government documents which are supposed to turn over the national archives down to morrow logo.

Cause should be very careful with classified documents. I've been had access to documents like that for a long time I'm increase We careful, I was wondering, as I was listening to them discussion. If the same things were said windsor very Clinton had documents, one direct call me had documents the same things were said: what do you think we've been catching hell for for like five years others and things were said. Pinocchio times wrote about it for a year and a half goldschmidt, still prob. We cannot go into a bar on the upper west side without people yell and adding for importing for a year and a half in the new york times about galleries emails, we talked about it. We said she needed to be straightforward. Where have you been roy blind? in a second? You were wallowing in your basking in it, republicans were basking in it. They love the label, the fbi,

when James call me ten days before the election sent a letter that they know that donald trump new would throw the election is way I mean, Charlie's Hillary Clinton. Females, yes, asked a lot of questions lot. Of course, there is a far cry between her a males and the documents were talking about that right, removed in boxes and taken to a country club you don't you you wrote in the basement walls, equivalence of false moral equivalency here with donald trump. Let me just say it. I don't know if you just waken up right now, but a hundred lady for classified markings on documents, the donald trump, took out of the white house in properly most likely illegally twenty five arguments, commend top secret sixty seven confidential documents. Ninety two documents, more sacred and yet Knowing all of this

We now wish to be the case all three data, torreon board walls, journal editorial board the moral law affidavit. Is that all there is now a quota was wall, whether toil, bored a because I like a lot of things that they write. I know most people are watching the showed not by me and on russia on this. They are this This is talk defining. the sea down. This is what the wall street journal editorial pedro. Viral judge on friday released a heavily reductive version of the fbi. Affidavit used to justify the search of donald trump, more allow go home and we can't but wonder is that it is did. You really just ask that question

Why agents descended on a former presidents residents like they would a mob us all? I dont know or are, or they would have. Somebody took a hundred lady for documents with ass. If I'd markings on wall street journal editorial, the european union going don't died of former president better, have him dead to rides on something bigger than mishandling back what what that john I know you aura coolly detached Maybe it's just this. Other bad boy is there now is, is ok, research is that all the rest- and I'm not only heard the Can you read that done? from former acting chief of staff mic vainly, who I do actually is working for a news operation, says so I dont use whom our logo turn out to be cross fire hurricane, the two thousand, sixteen russia hoax. He said those words, russia hopes

and they exonerate tromp. What happens x Y responded. If you are any member of congress and taken a half of those government documents after leaving office, you would already be in jail, but you know that and the right, a hoax relay through Begins senate intel committee said trumps. Two thousand sixteen campaign cause wild and this is marco's committee by the way, grave counter intelligence, fred John medium fight our town this morning, despite my town this morning, this so damn serious, because here you, you have the wall street journal editorial page general as a conservative ban, but it's it's written a lot of great. it on january sex, it's called tromp out for for lying about the stolen election, but here.

you have the wall street journal asking is this it. When you are talking about a press, seizing top secret documents from the white house, and refusing to return home. You ve got this machinery of reflexive and perpetual partisan defence that has gone. Into overdrive. As ever. it is not even defence it's it's now. Formidably bad. For that, institutional experiment, to refer simply and blindly defence anything! Your side does does not make you a cop detention or actor in the way we're supposed to be. It makes you a partisan warrior in what is good, very no know if Senator graham said it in what

become a kind of state of nature bright, and so we have. much about thomas hobbes yet this morning. So let's do that I won't be a directive for a cup. I'm here for your hobbs road and hugely important about about that. The state of nature is the war of all against all the point of civilization, the point of the rule of law, the point of understanding in the rest of the tradition of understanding that we have rights and responsibilities to each other. That that way we move above this constant perpetual conflict the journal editorial, z grams riots, combat all of that is part of this institution. instinctive cult of personality, the chief personality, it has been decided, can do no wrong So therefore, any criticism of any

factually based assertion about. Em to be wrong or evil just possibly be true. We can't they can't lose He added, as you know, what the fuck say this, maybe that me made a place. I don't wanna be, but guess what that's what life in a republic is supposed to be. facts can leave you to a place. You don't want to go and that's what some america at its best marvelous place, because it enables us to actually use our minds and not just our muscles and our guts and right now, the trump you're in the united states of america is about muscle and guide and power you don't make. It is member of congress. if any ambassador if any member of the intelligence agency?

it can vis these many documents out. You know that like? I said they would be in jail? We saw with two former cia age as the cia directors them miss handling of class I documents nothing on this scale and vienna they. They they face consequences. We saw sandy burger. Former an essay direct face consequences for this, but when you Here, lindsey graham saying you can't hold donald trump standards that we hold other when you can't even why you can you can go back and retrieve the documents it. He won't return now, he's above the law. If you tried to to hold them to the same standards that we were all former cia directors would form a whole or more national security agency directors it that way

members of congress, the senator while there will be violence in the street in the wall street journal, emit mulvaney as right is there, all their ears do do. I need to go over the one hundred and eighty four classified markings. documents that twenty five top secret documents. Twenty five at the highest classification, the sixties and documents work confidential, like with hillary's email, santa people. Are you that's a sea? Does that stand classified? I don't know, but let's talk about it for another year than ninety two documents- morgue secret, It is not a closed call and what the wall street journal editorial page is saying is. In trumps, america crop is above the law because for anybody else, but say editorial board would be demanding that they immediately get set to present

the new york times at a tory on board at a pace that really laid out. It was the board itself. Writing that. Actually, Donald trump is not above the law, not at all, not even because he's a former president and that in the case. Yes, yes, there may be more violence. There were two has been violence. Many argue because of this president, instigated by this president, promulgated by this president, and there will be more if he is held to account whether to hold them to account johnson le maire. The york times, editorial board argues that an therefore our democracy to survive- he has to because our democracy has been put in peril and there not just there's their several crimes here that could have been committed. If you look at what's not reject

and so far this affidavit, including obstruction. yeah. It's seemingly every development we learn makes that what more damaging what trump took with him and we're working in a slow motion, wheels of justice to eventually decision from d o j, whether to indict or not, there's no sense. That will be any time soon, but I want to revisit first of all, the idea that Clinton intelligence gathered by clandestine human sources was part of it was found there. This is the most top secret, sensitive and dangerous material. The! U S, government has this will be the identity of spies of their handlers and the people who are in doing the most patriotic duty overseas? Put your all lives at risk and potentially that

being cavalierly held in an unsecured room in march, a logo and now can delay. We hear from centre lindsey grand talking about violence in the streets. Well, we already had violence in the streets. We had violence at the, u s, capital fuelled by trump and his supporters, the belief that things were unfair and they were going to fight back and it seems like he is lighting a match to that again. Talk to us. A little bit. If you will about the ongoing threats that law enforcement agencies themselves have faced fbi field offices since eight other places, but also what those intel officers are fearful of what could happen as well begins are storing up this talk of violence.

The great question. Jonathan, look that the my view- s law enforcement sources say they have never seen a threat environment, more dangerous to federal agents than the one that they are seeing right now. We know about the attack on the gas incentive. You'll love us. There was another. I didn't get a lot of attention. Last week a man jumped defend, outside of Chicago fbi office, was throwing rocks. So it's so that, and that may have been person quickly, wist away by police, but it just shows you the extent of the the threat environment out there. In that it looks end, there was intelligent support from the EU. as in any fbi to this effect that bit they are under siege, set to fbi agents, who were named in the original warrant. That was disclosed some media organisations published with their names they were subject to death threat, so it is is actually the case that that,

the federal government is is very concerned about this and tracking this, and they did. They link it directly to the search into the rhetoric. From report and politicians in the EU senator from Florida who, compared to the fbi, to the gestapo Slowly, Jonathan, it's it's a huge concern. Everything's candlelight need. Thank you. So much greatly appreciate your reporting is always mike Alan Following up on that, it is interesting that there some reports after the rejected affidavit was put out that some the the most inflammatory reckless members of congress who past had had written things about fbi in the search and donald trump? went onto other subjects, yes it it's almost as if the republican party has sent out the sort of it an order. The same stop calling

federal bureau of investigation biggest byways members of of that rules and the Senate have done stop calling them communist stop. Republicans saying that you want to defined the fbi. An operation that obviously takes care of of kidnappings. That bet course tries to stop demand terrorism and foreign terrorism every single day that chases down drug cartels that keeps a safe, It seems as if someone the police have figured out, that they pay will they need to stop pudding Fbi agents lives in danger by calling a, add, or do that a great point and going back weeks on the show you ve been talking about how republicans on the wrong side of law and order, and that what's inside that they have been for decades and so that

one part of it right environment. The can was, key about incredible story on the front page of the sunday Washington was that now, in addition to federal agents and the ira's now threats against that national archives, the keeper of the creation of independence, so that, for sure is part of it. but Joe there's a second reality here. As I talk to people close to the present a former president trump over the weekend. your queasy about the backs. Now there were coming our people in the bended him reflexive, we defended here. All these many years likes suddenly there's a lot of concern, but the facts and one of them thing. Joe is just the volume that you ve been asked you ve been highlighting in that graphic. Think about that, some in the bar test. They but the number of boxes, the number of documents, Joe. I can tell you that there are some short term within

public and party political above maybe four down from but the law the term really bad. You talk to people who know how the justice works. How deal J operates? Look at that stage. They knew that he had documents. They for them back there's a lot of sign in these documents that he was not forthcoming about them the waste and that's kind of textbook of how deal J operates very difficult to prosecute. Someone for submission, but We are seeing here much less complex, much more. What do you jake does right and and and of course, the wheels of justice do turned slowly. You look the investigation into the last democratic nominee for governor of the state of Florida, who always be rhonda sadness in two thousand eighteen. He was just indicted by the feds a couple of weeks ago in six.

year investigation so yeah, that's the Feds often take their time. I know that that's going to be the case here, but Jon Meacham. I want to go back and we we we've been talking about the violence that she and the threats that the men and women of the fbi are enduring right now that the national Archives had it is it is, is a fear of right now you know Joe, I talked about magda trappist monk go republicans the most extreme trumps borders being almost anti fascists and there were people that were affair, by this. I knew the governor of new Hampshire. Oh, he owes an apology, doll, republicans, impersonally, didn't say I'll Republicans where's that my fascists. He talked about the stream, Magda republicans, but I just

again: I'm maybe I'm a little little fuzzy on what exists. Clean fascism is, but if you have, threats of violence. If you make threats of violence, saying hold our leader I do the same standards. You hold everybody else's leaders and there will be violence in the streets, rights of violence, it's out their acts, acts of violence, we saw on January six donald trump calling call People were to washington, saying it was going to be wild. We that's what the january six committee has shown us. He was calling people there to do exactly what they did and the use of violence to to achieve political ends, which is exactly what is going on in january, the sex donald trump

and the mob wanted to stop the counting of the electoral votes. On january six, a constitutionally mandated act that congress is is supposed to do. Every four years it's you, you didn't take all of trumps. Fascist rhetoric during campaigns talking Beating the hell out of them, carry them out Ring protesters out on a stretcher beat him up I'll pay for your legal defence. I tell cops bang criminals heads on on the top of what he called patio Organs its again appraising a member of congress for beating up a reporter who s question about health, reform I I must say actually for the most extreme sang semi fascists leads me on to the question: what sir, about that

full on fascist, The presidency speaks for the president in the full disclosure mode is, as you know, buttons. My friend, I help it when I can end so everything I'm about to say should be seen in that context. Calling it as he saw it. He under I begin makes for himself. But what else. Would one take away? from the last five years, six years or so of american politics, but that There is an extraordinary number of people who of designs on or have been brought along on a kind of tied to undo the do detention. Conversation in favour of their own vision of power. That's what this is about

What what you know? Fascism, autocracy, the dick dictatorial trends. You know We could spend the rest of the day white boarding as we say that. But the point is that the republican party the party of eyes an hour reagan, ford, bush, romney, mackay, a party. The party found it eight. They mid eighteen fifties too. pose the spread of every two, the territories. That party has in the acts and there's lots of them aid about that, but it is a vehicle for this autocratic personality who overrides the rule of law who, except I certainly would prefer to be in power as opposed to following constitutional principle

extraordinary number of americans have proven willing to support him. The question for the future of the country. Is how big is that number? How big is that number and so my The question is, I think this is a moral crisis as much as it is a legal one Joe you and I know endless. Numbers of republicans who were all over this right, some or all in with tribe summer amber as too bad at some will say they are all in when they talk to us. But really are you know, they're they're, all these gradations of this black, but but but at the end of the day, Are they will aim to do something and maybe it comes down to just voting right? Maybe no poll shows it. Maybe just it's gonna end up being in that voting season they say enough

problem is you ve, probably got out of it forty percent? I don't what the number is. You got a lotta, true believers, and then you have their opportunistic enablers and a lot of opportunistic, enablers or the people we ve been talking about this morning, and that's the moral crisis right here, you're putting your own position, your own fund, raising euro reelection above that our experiment. Then you, though, we talk about here, we're not talk. About a man and democracy as given take we're talking about it only as take yeah, you know I agree with you that does that the historical question is what is that number right now? I will say I just Judging from what the fact that most of my friends and family members, borders of donald trump. There have been supporters of drums, donald trump in the past. I think that dropped

bed after january the sex. Not now not. for everything. You said not as much as we think, but you know what ten sent fair fifteen percent there. Obviously, as more information comes out here is my gallant said more people quietly going, my god, this has got worse and worse than we expected I've, have. I have noticed that what may have been forty five percent is three percent. I think it may be thirty five percent, maybe those for the true believers, maybe even thirty percent, a most people, up to now say they want tromp ism without tromp. They want rind sadness, but will see how that goes. I electorally. I don't think I I know that electorally donald trump has caused republicans to lose the two thousand and seventeen two thousand and eighteen, two thousand and nineteen two thousand and twenty he'll cost the under performance twenty

the two most likely: cause I'm to lose and twenty twenty four it is losing proposition. But the question what do we do with thirty five percent of the country that believe I saw acceptable that believe that done. from did nothing wrong in january, the sex by calling people the washington and having them right. Believe that Donald trump can take whatever topsecret documents out of the white house that he wants and that he is above the law. What are we doing region where those thirty five percent of americans? Of course the answer. Is we do our best try to move them back to believing and the boy sick tenants of this constitutional republic, and I think that in general effort on all of our votes, presidential is John major you so much at the latest apis out of his is podcast roof

actions of his reign it's an extraordinary podcast. It's a voice level now here he actually em. At every day. For five three mandates: hee hee, hee If you great insight in there important historical moment that happen on get stuff like for this moment, yeah imperfect for this must be sorted out. Thank you, John, for being with us co, founder of access like Alan. Thank you as well for coming on this morning, and still I had on morning Joe president Biden marks one of former president trumps excuses. Taking top secret documents. Tomorrow. Logo will show- Those remarks plus alive report from war torn ukraine amid escalating fears of a nuclear accident, more shelling near europe's largest nuclear plant. Have you and officials heading two, the area today also this morning after months of gloomy predictions, democratic voice, voicing growing confidence about this year's

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no fears of a potential radiation disaster. This week. Inspectors from united nations nuclear watchdog are expected to visit the russian occupied plant joining. From a desolate ukraine, NBC news, foreign correspondent mega fits Joe. with more megawatts. The latest we'll make it. We are expecting to see those inspectors inside this operation nuclear plant The end of this week, the latest look once there there, but we expect them to do is to look at everything from these structural integrity of this plan to paying close attention to the damage that has been done, because the fighting even assess those workers that are inside the facility. Of course, ukrainian officials are saying that its ukrainians that are inside working at gunpoint under the russians, because, of course they control this nuclear facility this is a critical mission that leaders across the world have been calling on four weeks now, because of course, the concern is that Chris shelling in the area could contribute to

They are meltdown where we are seeing radioactive material seeping out of that plan, valise just disseminating across the continent, so ukrainian officials, this week, and saying look they're, not taking any chances. They have distributed already. These iodine pills to people in the area out of an abundance of caution telling them not to take it yet, but that they are met during the levels in the area should they need to take it. They will let them know, but this, of course, coming as shelling continues in round the aperture nuclear power went over the weekend at the russians are saying that the ukrainians hit the plant. Ukrainians are saying: it's the russians, all this coming We saw a huge potential disaster last week when that fire if shelling broke out right near the plant, knocking it off the power grid causing the plant to run off of these backup. Diesel fuel running generators and the big question here is just how much diesel fuel

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How proud we for everyone to be the proudest alive. That was, and president Nixon speaking on the phone with neil Armstrong and buzz aldrin as they were The lunar surface in nineteen sixty nine a few years later now says nineteen. Seventy two apollo seventeen would be there ass time, astronauts widow, and on the moon now, after more than fifty here's nasa as ready to return with these scheduled launch of its artemus one rocket this morning from the space center in florida once launched the rocket and I, which has no one, no proven board, will spend six weeks orbiting the moon before turning to earth. If the test flights those well. The next step is putting

astronauts in orbit around the moon in twenty twenty four. Before attempting a landing in twenty. Any five joining us now from the Kennedy space center is NBC news, correspondent, Jake war jake is the weather, cooperating this morning, good morning meeker. Certainly the weather at this point is extraordinarily beautiful, I'm here from california, and I still can't get over what it looks like to be in florida, at the break of dawn and extraordinarily beautiful, clear day. The trouble, of course, is getting worse.

System, that one of the most powerful, but certainly the most probable one of the most technologically complex systems ever to leave earth's gravity, getting it ready for launch. That's another matter now just to talk for a second about the purpose of this mission, because you can so quickly get bogged down in in whether it will go at this particular moment. I just want to touch on how extraordinary it is to go. I mean, on the one hand, nasa and the whole spaceflight enterprise has changed immensely. I mean once upon a time this facility, the kennedy space center, was entirely government only top secret facility. Today, when you drive in it's got launch pads and buildings operated and, in some cases, even owned by private companies. Nearly a thousand private contractors went into building this particular rocket and when we speak to the researchers about what it is to go to, the I don't know why we want to send humans there, but their ambitions are really quite startling. Have a listen to the the chief scientist in charge of what we would find out upon the moon when we land humans there have a list

humans are just much better feel geologists than robots. Are we really we can? We can think faster? We can react faster. We can absorb what's going on around us better. We can also do are complicated. Things in terms of sampling, were digging trenches and in taking drill tourism and making sure. We get really the right samples back and not just random samples back right. So you know in a pilot we went, we went to six places, but they were all kind of in the same part of the moon sort of central near side of the moon. With artemis, you know we're going to go and explore an entirely new part of the moon, we're going to go to the south pole. Some of the the structure of the moon. We ve got this water and volatile is that we think we can exploit their as well. So there's some really some new stuff So what is so amazing about the possibly of going to the south pole? Is that idea of perhaps getting down there and looking at water in there? point, but we are waiting on for the launch. Today. Is the combination of hydrogen and oxygen in the various tanks on board the spacecraft

for them to be ready to go. You have from remember h to o water. Hydrogen auction could in fact be a fuel source for onward flight from the moon, so the ambitions here are enormous and if, as you mentioned, this one gets off the ground today than we wind up with the possibility of another launch and twenty twenty four with people aboard it and then twenty twenty five actual boots on the moon. Now those are the big picture. Amazing things here. Let's talk about the early matters are whether it's gonna go off today. At this point, nasa sources are telling NBC news that the eight thirty three a m scheduled law it is probably not going to happen. It is slipping because the pre flight checklist is so complicated because their falling behind weather has been difficult up until now, there's been a lot of complicated issues truly there having trouble getting hydrated flow properly through the third of fort engines on board, but Various hope in that there is a two hour window, eight thirty, three to ten. Thirty three. Is that window, the bad news, of course meagre weather, is for to get worse over the course of that window? If it doesn't fly today, it could fly friday, but whether must be bad then, and if not, for

than monday, in which case The forecast also has bad weather. So it's not looking great for a launch right now, but certainly the the ambitions here. I dunno for some reason they stick with me, even though we are of course going to be disappointed if it doesn't go up today, because all right and bases. Jake ward will be watching the weather, and you thank you very much and still I had. We have the latest developments related to the fbi, eyes, search of moral logo including what the agency found back in may accelerated efforts to get more boxes of documents from the more president's home, morning, Joe is coming right back whether it's the complexity, of climate change, the channel is of racial injustice or the threat to american democracy get your daily. I've been lightning articles at MSNBC, daily written perspective.

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