or the moon pulling on the earth?" remember when you weren't so sure about a question like that. what if i'd asked you guys that question a month ago? what would you have said? now, that's a big earth, honey. that's a little dinky moon. that gravity of that earth thing pulling that moon right down, right? oh, maybe the moon pulling a little bit back but how hard back? check your neighbor now. which pulls harder? you learning the stuff? huh, is it kinda fittin', huh? the moon and the earth are pulling on each other in one interaction. and that one interaction, earth pull on moon, moon pull on the-- you can't have one without the other. they're both counterparts of the same interaction, do you see that? we can out that down as a rule. if body "a" pulls on body b, call that action. and the reaction is body b pulls on body "a." it's that simple. let's put that up here. if action is "a" pulls on b, "a" could be the earth. the earth pulls on the moon. how can that be? unless... okay? and we call that the reaction. reaction i

it doesn't say anything about whether private companies can sit along the moon or extract the moon's resources because people weren't thinking about that back then. >> one minute, 35 seconds. >> the forprofit space ventures of today are a far cry from the big efforts that thurs the nation to exceptional new heights. >> the eagle has landed. >> during the space race, nasa as a government entity would farm out projects to many companies, many a single use mission and they would fund it. in the new model, companions look for business opportunities. >> steve invested tens of millions of dollars in space x, a rocket maker, musk, nasa is paying space x more than a billion dollars, resupply missions to the international space station. in may 2012 space x was the first to launch a mission into the space station and proved the company could build and launch rockets reliably and cheaply. >> capture is confirmed of this dragon spacecraft. >> many of these news space companies are being built by software engineers and folks like the founder of space x, they can come from aerospace and conpewter

man on the moon. this 20-minute address took place at rice university in houston. >> mr. vice president, governor, congressman thomas, senator wily and congressman miller, mr. webb, mr. bell, scientists, distinguished guests and ladies and gentlemen, i appreciate your president having immediate he m made me an honorary visiting professor and i assure you my first lecture will be very brief. i am delighted to be here and particularly delighted to be here on this occasion. we meet at a college noted for knowledge in a city noted for progress in a state noted for strength. and we stand in need of all three. we meet in an hour of change and challenge and a decade of hope and fear. in an age of both knowledge and ignorance. to greatest our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds. despite the striking fact that most of the scientists that the world has ever known are alive and working today, despite the fact that this nation's own scientific manpower is doubling every 12 years in a rate of gr

moon, fueled by the risk-taking start-up culture of silicon valley. bob richards is the c.e.o. of moon express, a start-up in mountain view. he and his team of young engineers are planning an unmanned mission to the moon at a cost of 50 to $100 million. >> so in getting to the moon like any business, it's really about balancing risk

hour, the start of launch window on this, the mission to land men on the moon. the countdown still proceeding very satisfactorily at this time. >> time. it plays tricks on us. it smudges and blurs the sharp edges of reality. but we turn the trick and summon up our own reality, images, sounds, to help us remember. >> next time we go internal will be at the 50 second mark. the lunar module which has been rather inactive during these latter phases of the count is also going on internal power at this time, on the two batteries in the ascent stage -- >> they came, one million of them, to this place, drawn by the magnet of history in the making. >> the astronauts, the prime crew were awakened at 4:15 eastern daylight and proceeded to have a physical examination in which they were declared flight-ready. they sat down for the normal astronaut fare on launch day, scrambled eggs, toast and coffee. the target for the apollo 11 astronauts, the moon at liftoff will be at a distance of 218,096 miles away. the astronauts departed from their crew quarters after checking out the

the moon. we can use that technology today. and we can use technology largely for the commercial sector. >> reporter: sure a privately funded mission to the moon sounds risky, but richard thinks it's a gold mine of a business opportunity. >> reporter: moon express is a hundreddar resources company that means we will eventually be mining the moon. asteroids have been bombarding both the earth and moon for billions of years and every asteroid contains billions or maybe trillionses of dollars worth of valuable resources. metals, gold, silver. >> reporter: but before moon express can mine the moon, it has to get there. which it's trying to do with a lunar landing being tested and developed inside a hangar at nasa aims research center. >> let me show you the test from this morning. this is kind of like drivers ed for the spacecraft. we're teaching it over and over how to land safely. >> the lander is scheduled to launch in 2015 with later commissions to prospect and eventually mine the moon. but can

on the moon by the end of the decade. but over the next to your skin to be remain somewhat conflicted about the moon project, program. the romantic, the visionary kennedy likened the daring and challenge. but the practical kennedy, a kennedy who checked the ice fretted about the cost and wondered if it was just a cold war stunt. things began to change in the summer of 1963. at a july 20, 1963, press conference the reporter asked him to comment on rumors that the russians were abandoning the moon race and whether we should reconsider our own program. he answered that america had to push on with its own program and called a moon landing important for its own sake, because it would demonstrate the capacity to dominate space. five days later, u.s. and soviet negotiators and moscow agreed on terms of the test ban treaty. it was signed on august 5. on august 26, soviet ambassador came to the oval office, and we know went on because kennedy had a taping system that he activated when he thought there was something interesting, pa

the moon. scientists say the moon may hold a lot of extremely valuable minerals. according to the oater space treaty of the year 1967, no nation can own the moon. the u.s. and many other world powers have signed that treaty. but that space company, boss robert bigelow says the agreement does not prevent private companies from owning parts of the moon, so he wants to stake his claim. analysts say this could spark a huge fight with china. they plan to launch a mission to the moon in march. michael gold is joining us from washington, the director of d.c. operations and business growth at bigelow aero space. nice to see you. >> how are you. >> i'm good. there's more than cheese there. what do you hope to do? >> there's a lot of things more valuable than cheese on the map, and we hope to open up the moon to private sector investment for the ben benefit of nasa and get america engaged and on the move again and get us on the moon to develop that for benefits on earth. >> china is going stan -- stand i

when shooting the moon. china says it will launch its china for either the mother in early december i opted for joining us for the subtitled cctv new sign in with na bei jing. chinese premier league coach john is in bucharest where he's met the romanian prime minister of the tool on to another top leaders the official visits will be followed by a summit with leaders of central and eastern europe. john uniting milks it for the first visit by a chinese premier to romania in nineteen units the card in romania welcomed china's lead to john in his maiden trip to central and eastern europe since becoming premier in march. he held talks with his counterpart the job on it. on monday that you agree to or braid on the number of projects that cover energy finance telecommunications infrastructure agriculture and called for exchange the highlight was a proposed high speed railway project the first formal meeting. and digital media status as a graduate of euro li said china was to import as much prodding just me and can

system in the soft landing and for the moon over. china has the two chinese antennas for that specific task. there's also the ua five s band observation system or usb and a very long baseline into for roma tree all the alp on think of it. they use to track the distance and angle position of supply for all that determination. receiving the data from there over an hour to working conditions and also send orders to control its function due to indicate that the sense that to us. don't get into a communications and dishing out what excites him. see the ngv years ago on hats were told to reach on the pulpit. jesus this post will roll four provides both a challenge and an inspiration in deep space tracking and control of the alp on aviation command the toll sometimes witness all the time and space progress including this until madness space missions that on its previous two probes this is a place where the scientists and engineers collect a top one three signals and make crucial decisions at each stage. and it's here that i would buy anothe

united tates. >> well, the sun is surely sinking down but the moon is slowly rising the must be still spinning round so this old world must still be spinning 'round and i still love you so close your eyes. you can close your eyes. it's all right. i don't know no love songs and i can't sing the blues anymore but i can sing this song and you can sing this song hen i'm gone it won't be long before another day yeah, we're gonna have good time and no one's going to take that time away you can stay as long as you like so close your eyes you can close your eyes it's all right darlin', i don't know no love songs and i can't sing the blues anymore but i can sing this song and you can sing this song when i'm gone >> we are confronted in america with a moral issue. it is as old as the scripture. and it is as clear as the american constitution. the heart of the question is whether all americans ought to be afforded equal rights and equal opportunities, whether we are going to treat our fellow americans how we want to be treated. if an american, because his skin is dark, cannot eat lunch in a rest

imagine trying to do it on the moon. bigelow aerospace founded by robert bigelow, they make inflatable space habitats. elon musk's spacex is going to take one to the space station in 2015. now he's suggesting the we private companies can do more for less beyond earth orbit. and applying to amend 1976 international treaty on the moon allowing private property rights, hoping to motivate u.s. companies to get u.s. back to moon and guarantee rights of discovery by people who put up money by rights to explore. >> the big fear here isn't fear of private enterprise. owning and maximizing profitable benefit from the moon. the big worry is that america is asleep and does nothing. while china comes along, lands people on the moon and decides, we might as well start surveying and laying claim because who is going to stop us? >> reporter: china is preparing to launch its first lunar rover. bhi asked bigelow how much that worries him, he said, quote, a lot. >> we have a busy day of earnings tomorrow. wall street money pros are up nex

to the moon, we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard. because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skill, because that challenge is one that we're willing to accept, one we are willing -- not willing to postpone and one we intend to win. so as we set sail we ask god's blessing on the most hazardous and greatest adventure on which man has ever embarked. thank you. >> to larry wrote the book on the kennedy half century. larry, we forget what an audacious if not ridiculous goal that sounded like at the time, with all of 60 minutes of space experience we were aiming for the man before the decade was out. >> it really was. i'm here in dallas for the commemorative evens today, and i talk to people and asked them dwight you think john f. kennedy's legacy is? and the space program is mentioned more than anything else. people understand, this was president kennedy's personal initiative. he cared about it deeply. he took the time to be fully briefed on it. he made sure i was mak

the last man to walk on the moon on what else we buried with john kennedy after we got to the moon. vo: it's that time of year again. medicare open enrollment. time to compare plans and costs. you don't have to make changes. buit never hurts to see if u can find bettoverage, save money, or both. and check out the preventive benefits you get after the health care la open enrollment ends december 7th. so now's the time. visit medicare.gov or call 1-800-medicare >>> 50 years ago today, it was over. it was all over. the president of the united states was finally laid to rest. after the dramatic news of his shooting in dallas and then his shooter's shooting 48 hours later in dallas, after the somber funeral march and the silent heads of state, jfk quietly laid to rest in arlington cemetery. a beacon for many gone. perhaps the space program's biggest booster silenced. kennedy would not live to see his once deemed impossible dream come true. a man landing on the moon. just as he would not see the unwinding of that space program itself soon afterward. gene cernen remembers how things change

he's the last man ever to walk on the moon 41 years ago. former astronaut gen astro astrs his walk on the moon. we are live in times square for the black friday madness. [♪] ♪ through 12 blizzards blowg ♪ 8 front yards blinding ♪ 6 snowballs flying ♪ 5 packages addressed by toddlers ♪ ♪ that's a q ♪ 4 lightning bolts ♪ 3reepy gnomes ♪ 2 angry geese ♪ and a giant blow-up snowman ♪ that kind of freaks out [ beep ] [ female nouncer ] no one delivers the holidays like the u.s. postal service. priority mail flat rate is more reliable than ever. and with improved tracking up to 11 scans, you can even watch us get it there. ♪ heather: welcome back. the day after thanksgiving, plaque friday. retailers pull out all the stops. rich edson is live for us at times a square. you had that lovely toy that made those weird noises. do you have that, and also how much are people expected to spend? >> reporter: this holiday season they are expected to spend $600 million. $600 billion throughout the entire holiday season. they totaled

and his going to the moon. going to the moon -- we take it now for granted. yeah, of course, we went to the moon, ya, mm-hmm. >> it gave us a national effort. >> it was emblematic. it was symbolism. we can do what we determine if we work together, and we've got to remember that. we have got to work together. it's a joint effort. and, yes, you can have political differences, but we're all in this together. and if we don't stop playing these childish games in national politics and get back to the job at hand, we're going to be in the soup. >> it occurs to me that the majesty is in the presidency, how we elect them, how we inaugurate them, the trappings of office. but thinking that we've had a president assassinated at an exposition. we've had a president assassinated in a theater. and in this perfectly ordinary setting. >> yes, yes. i think that's what strikes me about it here. it's anywhere, usa. it's not a great ceremonial something would have to happen here. you go to little big horn, for example. you know something had to have happened here. it was like a g

there have been 12 people to walk on the surface of the moon. every single one of them was an american. >> for a d.v.d. copy of this program, call 1-877-662-7726. for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q&a.org. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> an event honoring the first american woman to address legislature. and digital technologies and journalism. -- an examination examination of the deal reached with iran over its nuclear program. honoring angelina lemke. is over 2n, this hours. ♪

soviet union and the united states to reach the moon's surface. china's leaders to construct a space station by around twenty twenty. they already have an experimental laboratory and in orbit astronaut successfully docked it ends though spacecraft with it. in june. lawmakers in japan's lower house have passed a bill that would give government official sweeping powers to decide what constitutes a state secret the government already has controls in place on classified information the bill would give senior government officials the authority to define what are known as special secrets that would include information related to defence diplomacy counterintelligence and counterterrorism. servants found leaking or deliberately obtaining such information could be jailed for up to ten years. one lawmaker says about four hundred thousand pieces of information initially be classified as a special secret. the footage to a pickle to reno nevada on the speedo is securing the safety of the japanese people. we will explain its purpose to them all i know that some

. >> other countries not yet to see the moon. a quiet billionaire that wants rights to the moon. third hour of "squawk box" begins right now. >>> welcome back to "squawk box" here on cnbc. first in business worldwide. couple of guest this is morning. richard bern stein and more importantly and more prestigi s prestigiously, our cnbc contributor. >> more importantly. >> more importantly we have ben white. >> is that what you were worried about? i said you first. i'm sorry about that. our guest hosts today ben white chief correspondent author of morning money a cnbc contributor and also richard bern stein. >> earnings are supposed to be over. retailers are on the weird fiscal year. >> macy's came in with earnings that were up you 31% to 47 cents in the quarter. the estimate 39 cents. they beat strongly. they say they were able to achieve the successful quarter despite the economic climate. let's see, both macys and blooming dales performed well in the quarter. we saw improvement in every region of the country. they say business improved during the quarter with strength in october.

dinner was at the edge of the moon. did they keep them out leaflets about the bbc. the opposition parties and the party also said that former prime minister and to the honey watch they should give india's most collegiate of all. now what perfectionist aamir khan ordered the teeing off his upcoming action to end up going three. by promoting it to be the flu speeding eighty in showbiz capital the moon. i in. pm sch the piano. she she. he is. but even if it's this comic con yard in fifteen of his upcoming action said of duty by promoting it the defense heating the initial this topic. i commented on the scene with his immense talent and a buffet of plotting an attack continued to use to it. oh to be told what to do the chicken i told them the feel of the pin punch at the end it was to succeed even if it's a stunt to bugis de clichy and i don't should not be given credit for pov to shove. joe couldn't know he said the money now. i don't see the snow. you know when you see it that you expected it to get the i don't think any ego. expected attendance of it. soul of what ha

the moon is pulling on the earth, that's right. okay, they're pulling on each other and it pulls it right around and around and around. you guys are standing right here and you're standing right here, you got a mass too and this got a mass. take your mass, multiply by the mass of the world, then divide it between the distance between you and the center of the world squared. guess what you get? begin with 'w' end with 'eight'? try it. your weight, that's what your weight is. your weight is a gravity force. it's a gravitational interaction between you and the world, between the mass that makes you up and the mass that makes up the world and that's what it is. makes sense? you feel weight because the gravitational interaction pulls you against the surface. what if we cut out the surface and you're here? well, honey, if you cut the surface out, then you kinda fall toward this, wouldn't you? you fall to it. what happens when you jump off a curbstone for a little bit? do you weigh anything? what happens when you jump off a cliff? do you

civilization as well. ♪ >> we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things i'm a not because they are easy, but because they are hard about because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone him and one which we intend to win. many years ago, the great british explorer george mallory, who was to die on matt everest, asked mount everest, was what he wanted to climb it. he said because it was there. space is there, and we are going to climate, and the moon and the planets are there, and new hopes for knowledge and peace are there. and, therefore, as we set sail, we ask god's blessing on the and hazardous and dangerous greatest adventure on which man has ever embarked. ♪ >> please join me in a moment of silence in memory of john fitzgerald kennedy, 35th president of the united states. ♪ the moon is slowly rising spinning roundll and i still love you so close your eyes eyesan close your it's all right i don't know no love songs and i

i include among these possibilities a joint expedition to the moon. space offers to problems of sovereignty. they have foreswarn any claim that territorial right s in spae and declared that international law and charter will apply. why should man's first flight to the moon be a matter of competition? why should the united states and the soviet union become involved in efforts of research and expenditure? surely we should explore whether the scientists and astronauts of our two countries -- the effort to improve the conditions of man however is not a task for a few. it is the task of all nations acting alopnalone, in groups in united states. and the hunger of children are the foes of every nation. as man had such capacity to control his own environment, to end thirty and hunger, to stop poverty and disease. we have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world. i want to make it the last. the provision of development assistance by individual nations must go on. but the united nations also must play a larger role by h

a lone cop sits in a patrol car, gazing up at the moon. suddenly, a flash of light appears in the sky, and a flaming meteor plummets to the earth. all right. now we're cooking. alan? mia? i thought that was you. what a nice surprise. uh, didn't you move back to new york with your husband? we did, but then split up, and i came back here. oh, i'm sorry to hear that. i mean, not that you moved back here, but that it didn't work out. you're kidding. no, no, she moved in and everything. good for him. hmm! so, where are you living now? what do you mean? you know, since charlie's fiancée moved in, i assumed... you look great, alan. thank you-- you, too. please give charlie my best. uh, will do. bye-bye. bye. fade in. interior-- coffeshop. night. an unconventionally handsomean pounds away at his lonely laptop, writinthe summer blockbuster that will lift him from poverty and put him in a home of his own. a beautiful woman crosses to him. their eyes meet. suddenly, a flash of light appears in the sky, and a flaming meteor plummets to the earth. ♪

and the moon and the planets are there. and new hopes for knowledge and peace are there. and therefore, as we set sail, we ask god's blessing on the most hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventure on which man has ever embarked. ♪ ♪ ♪ er. >> please join me in a moment of silence in memory of john fitzgerald kennedy, 35th president of the united states. ♪ is moon is still rising so this ole world must still be spinning round ♪ ♪ and i still love you ♪ so close your eyes you can close your eyes ♪ ♪ it's all right ♪ i don't know no love songs ♪ i can't seem to do anymore ♪ ♪ but i can sing this song ♪ and you can sing this song when i'm gone ♪ ♪ it won't be long before another day ♪ ♪ yeah we're going to have good time ♪ ♪ and no one is going to take that time away ♪ ♪ you can stay as long as you like ♪ ♪ only close your eyes you can close your eyes ♪ ♪ it's all right ♪ darling i don't know no love songs ♪ ♪ and i can't seem to look anymore ♪ ♪ but i can sing this song and you can sing this song ♪ ♪ when i

and the moon program was the best example of that. i think there is a sense that in some ways at least we have not had as capable a president as him in the years since. and again, i think that the nostalgia for him among people your age and mine and older, wolf, is that he represents an america when our political system worked much better than it does now, when the nation had common values to a certain extent that it does not have now and when we could solve problems in a way we're having a great deal of difficulty doing now. >> the color guard -- i just want to tell viewers what they're seeing. color guard with bagpipes entering dealey plaza for this memorial service at the bottom of the hour once again, there will be that moment of silence. david mccould you la will read from some of the more memorable moments of president kennedy's speeches, as well. we have a lot to look forward fop i want to bring jeff greenefield into this conversation. our old friend has written an amazing new book entitled "if kennedy had lived." you learn a g

so as the moon travels, it actually moves closer or farther from the earth. the closest point is the perigee. the furthest is the apogee, so when a perigee moon rises, it's 14% bigger and 30% brighter than the other full moons, unless it's a cloudy night. >> "teen kids news" got a chance to visit the culinary institute of america and get some recipes and cooking tips. here's a taste of what we learned. >> when you get home from school, you're always looking for an afternoon snack. i'm gonna show you how to make a frozen peach smoothie that will boost your energy for your homework and your sports. the first thing we're gonna do is we're gonna take ice, and we're gonna put it in the bottom of our blender. next, we're gonna take our fresh fruit. i have two sliced bananas. make sure we get all of that. and i have some canned peaches. next i'm gonna add my liquids. i have some low-fat yogurt here. and i like to use yogurt instead of ice cream to make it a little bit more healthy. next i'm gonna add some peach nectar. you could really use any fruit juice. you could

the soviet union and the united states to reach the moon's surface. they already have an experimental laboratory in orbit. u >>> demonstrators have expanded their protests to more government buildings in thailand. tension is continuing to mount between the antigovernment protesters and security forces. on monday, sit-ins at more than ten locations. on tuesday, 2,000 people continued sit-ins. other temporarily entered the compounds of three more ministries. the trigger for the demonstrations was an amnesty bill that could allow former prime minister thaksin shin what. thaksin is the brother of prime minister yinluck. protesters claim the prime minister is the puppet of thaksin and should stand down. >>> some of the most expensive rice in the world is found in japan, but a shakeup in industry could change all that. ron? >> yeah, farmers have been enjoying a subsidy that's been supporting their industry for decades now, so you can imagine any changes to that might be met with some resistance. so what's happening, the japanese government has decided to en

he went for the moon. but for the tax cut, he really, he tried to find stuff with congress. it's a different situation, right? the democrats controlled both houses of congress during the kennedy administration. some of them were conservative democrats who were not too kindly disposed towards some of the things that kennedy was trying to do. so i think, you know, focus on what's possible, stick to your principles and look for, look for things that can be a win/win, you know? like the free trade and the tax cut and the military spending. i mean, all that stuff there was broad, there was pretty broad support for that sometimes cut across party lines or ideological lines. so, i mean, growth is a great example, right? who's against growth? maybe some hard core environmentalist, but -- [laughter] but, you know, or winning against the soviet union. who was against that? so kennedy managed to -- and i think all successful politicians -- managed to find what, i think frank luntz would call them 90% issues. 90 percent of the people are for that. >> we'll make in the last question. >>

we choose to go to the moon. [ applause ] we choose to go to the moon and do the other things, not because they are easy but because they are hard. >> you know, i think that encapsulates a lot of john kennedy. i mean, the hard things, the big things are tough to do. i think he recognized that and challenged people who went along with him. >> i think that's his most almost compelling comment, that everyone points to the other one. ask not what you can do -- >> exactly. not -- >> that one i like. >> this is the highlight of my week right now. charles krauthammer made his way into our studio today. he gave us a half hour. he's holding my book and i'm holding his. this is number one in the country. over 60,000 last week. mine is number six. he was kind enough to read it. you can get charles krauthammer whatever you can, pick up both and, of course, bill o'reilly is one or two every single week. >> yours is so popular, it's -- people need to order it now so they can get it for christmas. >> everybody ought to buy it. it's a great read. >> fantastic. don't forget to set your dvrs. so you never m

tae young and the world would see the real role for on the moon pictures taken and sent back from the lender. when science stream is to see that a rabbit running on the blue he also believes the country with gold beyond the moon to last an office in astral qualities. this mission shows china's wheat sold to breach the gap with all the space going make sense. the tunnel three. it's just one more example of the country's increased the technological capabilities. scientists like it are gone. the next part of the space frame could be clear. sending astronauts to the mall. and the cpp. a little shut eye one expo in twenty ten dubai is now on the right to host the twenty twenty one expo fire loves the stuff from the world's tallest building the boat really fun to celebrate. they go one way to bring in the fireworks. the victory of the spa screwing gone for most of the come up with three rounds of voting was basically buying a forty fold the international exhibitions euro based out of our sovereign sixteen of the stasi of both the buy of course one. the expo will kick off on the twentieth of

genome, the government has put the mars explorer on the moon. the government has championed massive breakthroughs in science, technology, information technology, nanotechnology. we've scorned, we have constriction. this is again i think where leadersh leadership -- kennedy showed with so much extreme right wing, cold war thinking, you know, when he got that treaty passed, he got it through 80-19. one of the wonderful things about kennedy, an amazing story, he didn't know he would get it through the senate but was determined to try and he carried the country with him. and that is leadership. >> a wonderful description, jeffrey sachs, author of "to move the world" thank you. of course there will be much more coverage on the kennedy anniversary throughout the day tomorrow and right here on msnbc. ent retirement. those dreams, there's just no way we're going to let them die. ♪ like they helped millions of others. by listening. planning. working one on one. that's what ameriprise financial does. that's what they can do with you. that's how ameripri

the moon and planted a flag. that cost taxpayers $250 billion. if you want to talk about big government and yes, it was done to be a race with the soviet union but kennedy believed in government. he was a student of franklin roosevelt's new deal and probably would embrace what happened in the great society of lyndon johnson, medicaid medicare, legislation that kennedy was fighting for. on the environmental front, he was pushing for the wilderness act, which johnson signed in '64 but kennedy signed 1957. we have wilderness areas today. i would put space and going to the moon as being what people will remember 100 years from now. >> interesting discussion. great to have you on the program. for more go to cnn.com. >>> new details about the undercover drug bust that netted this man, a u.s. congressman. how the string went down and the sentence he's going to serve. >>> plus breaking news tonight, an american family's nightmare, an 85-year-old california man dragged off his plane as he was about to leave north korea. t

on the moon. i hope that happens. >> fly me to the moon, a special hosted by neil cavuto. >>> thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. that may sound strange coming from someone with a british accent. let me explain. i give thanks because i'm here. nearly 40 years i felt the warmth of america. it's a welcoming warmth, openness from someone that clearly comes from some place else. i've traveled widely, worked in east africa, australia, hong kong. nowhere matches america. here you're embraced. americans wrap their arms around you. here comes the guy with an exotic foreign act sevencent an ace job on tv telling locals what going on in their country. it doesn't happen everywhere. to me, it happened here. that's the thing about america. it's not who you are, what your mom or dad did for a living, not your social class. it's what you've got. show us what you've got, what you can do. it's a wide open country for opportunity for all. i'll eat turkey, be surrounded by my large american family. i'll give thanks

we choose to go to the moon. [ applause ] we choose to go to the moon and dot other things. not because they are easy but because they are hard. >> you know, i think that encapsulates a lot of john kennedy. i mean, the hard things, the big things are tough to do. i think he recognized that and challenged that. >> i think that's his most almost compelling comment, that one points to the other one. not what you can do for your country. what you can do for your country. >> exactly. not -- >> that one i like. >> this is the highlight of my week right now. charles krauthammer made his way into our studio today. he gave us a half hour. he's holding my book and i'm holding his. this is number one in the country. over 60,000 last week. mine is number six. he was kind enough to read it. you can get charles krauthammer or secret 6 whenever you can. pick up both. tanned billow really is one or two every single week. >> yours is so popular, it's so -- people need to order it now to get it for christmas. >> yeah! >> everybody ought to buy it. it's a great read. >> fantastic. don't forget

in rare hybrid eclipses the moon completely blocks the sun at some times and at others leaves a solar ring. the next hybrid eclipse won't take place for another ten years. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. [no audio]-- for mahmoud trial morsi is adjourned till january. they are being moved to cairo's notorious prison. france's foreign minister pays tribute from dissertation -- from our sister station killed in mali. lemaitre wins france's most prestigious book prize. prix goncourt.

to get to the moon. we're here at st. john's''s episcopal church in colorado. john carpenter was an altar boy here growing up. he was one of the seven astronauts selected in 1959 to take part of the race to get america to the moon. he was the fourth american to travel into space. in 1962, in may of 1962 three times, not only did he love space. once he retired from nasa he went under the sea. he became an aquanaut, if you will. he spent 30 days under the pacific ocean in the sea lab studying the effects of sea life on the human body. there is going to be a large group of people here today. of course, some of his fellow navy fliers. he was a navy cadet, some of the navy personnel will be here. we had the navy honor guard just a short time ago. and some of the nasa astronauts will be here acting as honorary paul bearers. john glenn will be giving the eulogy. he and carpenter were great friends, neighbors during the nasa program. with carpenter's death today, john glenn will be the sole surviving members of

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they're going to put this buggy on the ground, on the surface of the moon. they hope sometime in december. the jade rabbit will do some investigations on the lunar surface. certainly it is a big deal for china in terms of pride and the latest move in a very accelerating space race. >> what can you tell us about whether the space probe is a threat to the united states. this is coming on a day when they're putting an aircraft carrier to confront the u.s. because the u.s. flew some b-52 bombers over what china believes it's territory. >> reporter: they have gone from putting the first out in space and they hope to put a space station and even put an astronaut on the moon by the end of the decade. they're certainly taking this very seriously. it is a point. national pride here in china. the chinese say it is nothing to do with any conflict that this is a peaceful process, they want to share their technology. but the u.s. defense department has repeatedly said they need to watch the chinese space program very closely. and they do believe china is looking to flex

the moon's shadow will make the sun look like a half moon or three quarter moon, so don't look directly at the sun, obviously, and the safest way to view a solar eclipse is through one side of a bough knocka hrurz or telescope. >>> and there were headlines saying he is through playing black characters, noting it has not had a black cast member since 2007. >> so carry washington, of course, a female black actress guest hosted the show last night. >> so sorry to interrupt, oprah winfrey has arrived and would like to pop in and say hello. >> that's wonderful. >> what a nice surprise? >> don't you think you should go and get changed? >> why? >> so oprah can come in? >> oh, yeah -- and keenan won't? >> no. >> in that case, i will leave and in a few minutes oprah will be here. >> the producers at "saturday night live" would like to apologize to washington because of the number of black actresses she will be asked to play. we look forward to rectifying it in the near future, unless of course we fall in love with another white guy first. >> i'm here! >> she is just awesome, isn't she? >> she is

the sun, the moon passes between the earth and sun so the moon eclipses the sun and that's what we're seeing and actually, this was pretty rare, this eclipse. it was the hybrid eclipse and 5% are this. meaning some of us see a total and some of us see a partial eclipse so absolutely cool. guys? >> all righty. >> al thank you so much. >>> "state of the union" with >>> "state of the union" with candy crowley starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> the week in number, six, the number signed up for obama care on day one. 4 2, the president's approval rating. today, barack obama's town turn, the beginning of his lame duck era or a temporary slump. >> january 1st and thereafter when real people around the country regardless of politics are getting belter benefits, this will be a different story. >>> 22, percentage of americans with a favorable view of republicans after the obama care

the moon doesn't quite hide the entire sun. a partial eclipse was visable from the eastern united states as the sun came up yesterday. >>> bring in the professional to talk about that. >> yes. and beautiful but we didn't get to see it. dog gone it. you know, we got clear skies out there now and chilly temperatures. he looks like it is going to be a cold, frosty start in some of the north bay valleys. otherwise, warmer temperatures ahead. high pressure trying to build back into the bay area. we have nice clear skies outside. 37 degrees in some of the coldest spots. actually dropping down to freezing in the napa valley. 40s inside the bay. we have some 40s towards the coastline. as we head towards the afternoon should be a little bit warmer today. plan on low 70s inland. 60s inside the bay and cool low 60s towards the coastline. a couple of high clouds dropping over the top of that ridge, rolling through the bay area. er wise, high pressure going to build in here for today and it looks like some warmer weather over the next few d

he promised to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. he spoke of a new frontier. this gave people -- it was inspiring. it gave people hope. is what they associate with him. finally, i would say it is also the kennedys. the kennedys are america's royal family, not the clintons or the bushes. they are the embodiment of the american success story. irish catholics who achieved such great wealth and fame. the olderer hand, brother was killed in world war ii, the older sister killed in a plane crash in france in 1948, the president assassinated, his brother robert running for president in 1968, assassinated. ted kennedy goes through a tragedy with a young woman killed. the son, john kennedy junior, killed in a senseless plane crashed off of cape cod. it is a combination, i think, of continuesthings that to recommend kennedy to us as this very, very appealing figure. >> i wonder whether or not whether -- what ever john kennedy did or did not accomplish, there are those to this day who are concerned about the hype of the kennedy years, and they see him as a mediocre presi