 
OTHERWISE IT WOULD BE 
EMOTIONALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DEAL 
WITH. 
>> NASA SAYS THIS FLIGHT WILL 
OPEN THE DOOR TO AMERICA'S 
RETURN TO THE MOON AND BEYOND. 
>> ALL OF THIS IS ULTIMATELY 
FOR A PURPOSE TO GET TO MARS. 
>> SPENT YEARS TRAINING ON THE 
NEW TECHNOLOGY. 
>> THEY CALLED IT A FLYING 
iPHONE IN TERMS OF JUST THE 
TECHNOLOGY THAT'S GOING UP 
THERE.  
WE'VE SEEN THE TESLA CAR.  
IS IT A BIG OLD iPAD IN THERE? 
>> IT IS KIND OF LIKE A TESLA 
CAR AND MOST OF THE CONTROLS 
FOR THE CREW INSIDE THE COCKPIT 
ARE ALL TOUCH SCREENS.  
WE DO HAVE A FEW HARDWARE 
BUTTONS AND SWITCHES FOR VERY 
CRITICAL THINGS, BUT ALMOST 
EVERYTHING IS CONTROLLED BY 
TOUCH SCREEN.  
THAT'S HOW YOU FLY IT. 
>>  NOW THAT A PRIVATE COMPANY 
IS HANDLING TRANSPORTATION, 
NASA SAYS IT CAN FOCUS ON THE 
SCIENCE OF SPACE EXMRORGS.  
SKYLER HENRY, CBS NEWS AT THE 
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. 
>>  AND, LET'S BRING ASTRONAUT 
ANN McLEAN NOW.  
SHE WAS AN ON FLIGHT EXMROERGS 
58 AND 59.  
THE GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US.  
SO THIS IS THE FIRST MANNED 
FLIGHT FOR THE SpaceX CREW 
DRAGON AND THE FIRST TIME A 
COMMERCIAL SPACECRAFT HAS 
CARRIED NASA ASTRONAUTS INTO 
ORBIT.  
REMIND OUR VIEWERS HOW BIG OF A 
DEAL THAT IS. 
>> IT'S HARD TO SUM UP HOW BIG 
OF A DEAL IT IS.  
AS YOU MENTIONED IT'S THE FIRST 
CREWED FLIGHT TO LEAVE THE 
AMERICAN SOIL SINCE 2011.  
NOW WE ENDED THAT PROGRAM SO WE 
COULD FUND THIS EXACT PROGRAM.  
AND THESE SpaceX AND BOEING AND 
MULTIPLE COMPANIES HAVE BEEN 
COMPETING FOR THESE CONTRACTS 
WITH NASA TO SHUTTLE OUR U.S. 
ASTRONAUTS AND OUR 
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS BACK AND 
FORTH TO THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION.  
YOU CAN THINK OF IT LIKE A 
TAXI.  
WE'RE GOING TO GO, FLY THEIR 
VEHICLES UP TO THE SPACE 
STATION.  
THE FACT THAT OUR COMMERCIAL 
COMPANIES HERE IN THE U.S. HAVE 
BUILT, DESIGNED, DEVELOPED, AND 
WORKED WITH NASA ON THESE 
VEHICLES MEANS THEY CAN TAKE 
THAT TECHNOLOGY AND APPLY IT IN 
WHATEVER WAY THEY -- THAT THEY 
SEE FIT WHICH IS GOING TO OPEN 
UP LOW EARTH ORBIT TO SO MANY 
MORE USERS. 
>> AND WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES 
OR PERHAPS DISZ ADVANTAGES OF A 
PRIVATE COMPANY LAUNCHING NASA 
ASTRONAUTS? 
>> YOU KNOW, IT HAS BEEN A 
GROWING EXPERIENCE I THINK FOR 
NASA AND FOR SpaceX AND BOEING 
AND MANY OTHER COMPANIES 
INVOLVED WITH THIS LAUNCH 
AMERICA.  
THIS IS SO MUCH BIGGER THAN ANY 
ONE ORGANIZATION OR COMPANY.  
BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS 
GOING TO BE GROWING PAINS AND I 
KIND OF HAVE JOKED IN THE PAST 
THAT IT'S KIND OF A PERFECT 
MARRIAGE.  
OUR PRIVATE INDUSTRY IN THE 
UNITED STATES THEY'RE SO 
ADAPTIVE AND MALLUABLE AND 
INNOVATIVE AND THEY CAN MAKE SO 
MANY MORE QUICK CHANGES.  
AND NASA HAS A LOT OF HISTORY, 
A LOT OF INSTITUTIONAL 
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE WITH 
THE INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE 
PROBLEM SOLVING OF COMPANIES, 
IT REALLY IS I THINK A PERFECT 
MARRIAGE WITH A SOLUTION YOU'RE 
LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.  
I HAVE JUST BEEN IN AWE LIKE 
EVERYONE ELSE OF THIS VEHICLE 
TODAY. 
>> IT SOUNDS LIKE A VERY 
EXCITING COLLABORATION FOR 
SURE.  
SO, ANN, PERHAPS YOU CAN 
EXPLAIN TO US A LITTLE BIT MORE 
ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON RIGHT 
NOW AS YOU AND I ARE SPEAKING?  
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE FINAL 
PREPARATIONS BEFORE THE LAUNCH? 
>> SURE, SO MOST PEOPLE JUST 
SAW IF YOU SAW THE VIDEO OF THE 
ACCESS ARM RETRACTING, THAT'S 
KIND OF THAT LONG HALLWAY THE 
ASTRONAUTS TOOK TO GET TO 
THEIR.  
THE LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM IS 
GOING TO BE ARMED.  
YU CAN THINK ABOUT THAT LIKE 
AN EJECTION SEAT IN THE 
AIRCRAFT.  
THAT LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM WILL 
AUTOMATICALLY TRIGGER AND IT 
WILL PULL THE ASTRONAUTS TO 
SAFETY AWAY FROM THE ROCKET.  
MUCH LIKE IN 2018 WHEN U.S. 
ASTRONAUT ABORTED A LAUNCH OVER 
IN KAZIC STAN. 
SO THEY'RE GOING TO ARM THAT 
SYSTEM RIGHT BEFORE THEY'RE 
GOING TO LOAD THE ROCKET FUEL 
AND THE LIQUID OXYGEN ONTO THE 
VEHICLE.  
THIS IS ANOTHER NEW SYSTEM THAT 
SpaceX HAS BEEN TESTING AND 
DEVELOPING.  
WE CALL IT LOAD AND GO AND WHAT 
THAT MEANS IS WE'RE GOING TO 
USE ROCKET GRADE CAROSINE AND 
SUPER COOL LIQUID OXYGEN RIGHT 
BEFORE THE LAUNCH.  
WE WANT THAT OXYGEN TO STAY AT 
A REALLY COOL TEMPERATURE AND 
WE CAN PUT MORE FUEL ONTO THE 
VEHICLE.  
SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT 
ARE HAPPENING OVER THE NEXT 10 
TO 15 MINUTES AND THAT FUELLING 
IS GOING TO HAPPEN RIGHT UP 
UNTIL A COUPLE MINUTES BEFORE 
LAUNCH. 
>> SO INTERESTING TO HEAR AN 
ASTRONAUT DESCRIBE IT.  
AND WE DO KNOW THAT SO MANY 
THINGS ARE CONTROLLED RIGHT 
NOW.  
VERY CAREFULLY CONTROLLED.  
BUT WE KNOW ONE OF THE BIG 
THINGS THAT CAN'T BE CONTROLLED 
IS THE WEATHER.  
SO RIGHT NOW HOW CLOSELY ARE 
NASA SCIENTISTS WATCHING THE 
WEATHER?  
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST WEATHER 
THREAT AT THE MOMENT. 
>> YEAH, SO THE BIG PICTURE IS 
WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY 
SEVERE WEATHER OR STORMS OR 
WINDS NOT ONLY AT THE LAUNCH 
SITE BUT ALSO AT ANY OF THE 
ABORT SITES.  
IF YOU THINK AT A BROAD LEVEL, 
THE VEHICLE'S GOING TO TAKE OFF 
FROM FLORIDA WHICH MEANS THEY 
CAN LAND KIND OF HALFWAY AROUND 
THE WORLD, AND SO, THE FOLKS AT 
NASA AND SpaceX AND THE AIR 
FORCE AND MANY OTHER DIFFERENT 
AGENCIES AND INTERNATIONAL 
PARTNERS IN EUROPE AND RUSSIA 
ARE ALL LOOKING THE AT THE 
WEATHER NOT ONLY AT THE LAUNCH 
SITE BUT ALL OF THE ABORT 
SITES. 
>> RIGHT NOW, ANN, WHAT CAN YOU 
TELL US?  
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE AT THIS 
MOMENT BECAUSE IT'S EVERY 
LAUVENLG.  
WITH EVERY MINUTE THAT TICKS 
BY, WE GET ONE STEP CLOSER TO 
LAUNCHAMERICA BECOMING A 
REALITY HERE IN ABOUT 33 
MINUTES. 
>> THAT IS GOOD NEWS. 
>>  ALL RIGHT.  
BUT WHAT PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES 
ARE IN PLACE IF SOMETHING DOES 
GO WRONG DURING THE LAUNCH? 
>> SO THE LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM 
IS THE BIGGEST SAFETY FEATURE 
FOR OUR ASTRONAUTS THAT ARE 
ABOARD THE TOP OF THAT ROCKET 
RIGHT NOW.  
THE REASON WE ARM THAT BEFORE 
THIS LOAD AND GO, BEFORE WE PUT 
THE ROCKET FUEL AND THE LIQUID 
OXYGEN ONTO THE VEHICLE IS JUST 
FOR THAT.  
IT'S FOR CREW SAFETY.  
IN THE EARLY 80s THE LAUNCH 
ESCAPE SYSTEM PULLED THAT CREW 
TO SAFETY.  
SO THAT IS THE BIG ONE.  
AND THAT IS AN AUTOMATIC SYSTEM 
THAT CAN DETECT ANY PROBLEMS 
LONG BEFORE A HUMAN EYE CAN 
CATCH IT AND BRING THE CREW TO 
SAFETY. 
>>  LONG BEFORE THAT ALL OVER 
THE WORLD RIGHT NOW ARE MISSION 
CONTROL CENTERS.  
THE MAIN ONES RIGHT NOW LOOKING 
AT THIS LAUNCH ARE GOING TO BE 
THE SpaceX CONTROL CENTER OUT 
IN HAWTHORN.     
>>> SPACEX AND NASA COMPLETED A 
FULL REHEARSAL OF LUNCH DAY 
ACTIVITIES WITH ASTRONAUTS OVER 
THE WEEKEND. 
HOW DID THAT GO? 
>> IT WENT WELL. 
THOSE REHEARSALS ARE IMPORTANT 
FOR THE CREW. 
THIS CREW IS NOT ONLY WATCHING 
THIS VEHICLE BUT EVERY STEP 
úTHEY TOOK TODAY IS A TEST. 
WHAT TIME DID THEY GET IN THE 
CAR AND GO TO THE LAUNCH SITE. 
>>> LAST WEEKEND THEY DID A 
DRESS REHEARSAL. 
EVERYTHING ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL 
LIGHTING THE FIRES LAST WEEKEND 
AND THAT WAS TO TEST THE 
SEQUENCE TO MAKE SURE THEY HAD 
TIME TO GET EVERYTHING DONE 
WITHOUT FEELING RUSHED AND WE 
COULD TAKE ADEQUATE CHECKS ALL 
ALONG THE WAY. 
THAT TEST WENT WELL AND TODAY 
THEY BASICALLY RAN THAT AGAIN 
AND HOPEFULLY AT THE END WE 
WILL LET THE FIRES. 
>> IF EVERYTHING GOES AS 
PLANNED, AND THOSE ASTRONAUTS ú 
THEY GET TO THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION? 
DO THEY SPEND ONE NIGHT IN 
SPACE? 
>> THEY HAVE MULTIPLE CHECKOUTS 
TO DO BETWEEN NOW AND THEN BUT 
THEY WILL DOCK TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 
TOMORROW MORNING. BETWEEN NOW 
AND THEN THEY WILL TEST THE 
SYSTEMS ON THE VEHICLES. 
IT'S THE FIRST TIME A LOT OF 
THEM IN SPACE. 
THEY WILL BE IN IN SPACE IN 
LESS THAN NINE MINUTES. 
ACHE IT IS A QUICK TRIP TO GO 
UPHILL. 
THEY WILL SEQUENCE TO GET READY 
FOR THE DOCKING. 
>> WHAT IS IT LIKE WHEN YOU'VE 
SPENT OVER 200 DAYS IN SPACE? 
WHAT IS THAT LIKE? 
OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE EACH OTHER 
SO THEY ARE NOT ALONE, BUT IS 
THERE A SENSE OF ISOLATION NOT 
FAR FROM EARTH? 
>> IT IS PROFOUNDLY DIFFERENT 
FOR EVERYBODY. 
MY EXPERIENCE WAS THE OPPOSITE. 
I FELT SO CONNECTED TO 
EVERYBODY I WAS WORKING WITH. 
BOTH ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION AND ON THE GROUND. HALF 
THE TIME I WAS IN SPACE, THERE 
WERE THREE OF US AND THE OTHER 
HALF, THERE WERE SIX OF US. 
GREAT PEOPLE TO BE WORKING 
WITH. 
WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE CONTROL 
CENTERS ALL AROUND THE WORLD 
WITH HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN MANY 
DIFFERENT PLACES THAT WE ARE 
INTERACTING WITH EVERY DAY, YOU 
GET A PROFOUND SENSE OF HOW 
MUCH SUPPORT YOU HAVE WHEN YOU 
ARE IN SPACE. 
TO ME I FELT VERY CONNECTED. 
I DIDN'T FEEL ISOLATED. 
I FELT PHYSICALLY CONNECTED TO 
THE EARTH. 
I WOULD LOOK OUT AND SEE THE 
EARTH ESPECIALLY ON A SPACE 
WALK. 
I REALIZED HOW CLOSE WE WERE TO 
THE EARTH ON THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION. 
AND HOW CONNECTED. 
>> THAT MOST BE THE MOST 
MAGNIFICENT VISION TO BE 
LOOKING DOWN AT THE EARTH. 
WHAT IS THAT LIKE? 
>> I WILL PROBABLY SPEND THE 
REST OF MY LIFE TRYING TO FIND 
THE RIGHT WORDS. 
I REMEMBER HOLDING ONTO THE 
SIDE OF THE SPACE STATION AND 
LOOKING DOWN AND SEEING MY FEET 
AND THEN THE EARTH MOVING. THE 
BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT WHEN 
YOU LOOK OUT OVER THE EARTH ON 
A SPACE WALK, IT'S LIKE ORBITAL 
MECHANICS IN FAST FORWARD. 
YOU CAN SEE THE SUN MOVING AND 
THE MOON MOVING AND THE EARTH 
SPINNING. 
YOU REALLY FEEL LIKE YOU ARE 
PART OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM 
POSTERS YOU WERE GROWING UP WITH
. YOU ALSO FEEL A PROFOUND 
SENSE OF FRAGILITY OF THE 
EARTH. 
THE ATMOSPHERE IS SO THIN AND 
THE PLANET IS SO BEAUTIFUL. 
IT IS THE BEST PLANET IN THE 
SOLAR SYSTEM. 
I ASSURE YOU. 
I CHECKED. 
WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF IT. 
>> SO FASCINATED TO HEAR YOUR 
TALK ABOUT BEING IN SPACE AND 
LOOKING DOWN AT THE EARTH. 
FOR MOST OF US MERE MORTALS, 
THAT IMAGE YOU ARE DESCRIBING 
IS BOTH AWE-INSPIRING BUT ALSO 
TERRIFYING. 
TO ASTRONAUTS NOT FEEL FEAR? 
>> WE FEEL FEAR. 
I OFTEN WHEN I TALK TO KIDS I 
SAY IT IS NOT THAT WE HAVE THE 
ABSENCE OF FEAR. 
YOU JUST HAVE TO BE A LITTLE 
BIT MORE BRAVE THAN YOU ARE 
AFRAID. 
IT IS FEELING THE FEAR AND 
DOING IT ANYWAY. 
INTERESTINGLY IN DYNAMIC TIMES 
LIKE WHEN BOB AND DOUG ARE 
DOING THIS NOW, WHEN YOU HAVE 
SO MANY THINGS TO THINK ABOUT 
YOU THINK ABOUT EXECUTION, YOU 
ONLY WORRY ABOUT SCREWING UP A 
PROCEDURE. 
YOU DON'T TAKE THE TIME TO 
REFLECT ON THE BIG PICTURE 
UNTIL EITHER YOU ARE FINISHED 
AND LOOKING BACK, WERE SITTING 
HERE LIKE I AM AND WATCHING MY 
FRIENDS ABOUT TO LAUNCH. 
THAT'S WHEN IT HITS YOU. 
>> YOU ARE SO INVOLVED IN THE 
PROCEDURES THAT YOU HAVE TO 
TAKE CARE OF AS A SCIENTIST IN 
SPACE OF. 
YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO 
REFLECT. 
>>> OVER THE COURSE OF SIX 
MONTHS THERE WAS A LOT OF 
REFLECTING TIME. 
A LOT MORE THAN I MAKE TIME FOR 
ON EARTH. 
THE PROCEDURES THAT THESE TEST 
PILOTS ARE GOING THROUGH RIGHT 
NOW -- THEY ARE HEADS DOWN AND 
FOCUSED ON THE PROCEDURES AND 
CHECKING EVERYTHING. 
IF I HAD TO GUESS THEY ARE VERY 
CALM. 
I HAVE BEEN STRUCK THAT ON 
LAUNCH DAY THE CALL MOST PEOPLE 
ARE THE ESTIMATES BOARDING THE 
VEHICLE. 
I NOTICED THAT WHEN I WAS 
BACKUP CREWMEMBER. 
I WOKE UP WITH EXCITEMENT FOR 
THE DAY AND REALIZED THE CREW 
WAS CALM. ON MY LUNCH DAY I 
REALIZED WHY. 
YOU WAKE UP WITH A SENSE OF 
PURPOSE AND FOCUS. 
>> ONE LAST QUESTION. IN YOUR 
MIND DO YOU THINK IS ASTRONAUTS 
WILL GET ANY SLEEP TONIGHT? 
OR WILL EXCITEMENT KEEP THEM UP?
>> AS SOON AS THEY RUN OUT OF 
THINGS TO DO THEY WILL BE 
EXHAUSTED. 
UNTIL THAT MOMENT THERE WILL BE 
ADRENALINE AND IT WILL KEEP 
THEM GOING. 
>>> ASTRONAUT AND McLEAN, THANK 
YOU FOR SHARING YOUR 
EXPERIENCES IN SPACE AND 
PUTTING ALL OF THIS INTO 
PERSPECTIVE FOR US. 
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 
>>> AGAIN, WE ARE HALF AN HOUR 
AWAY FROM LIFTOFF. AHEAD OF THE 
HISTORIC EVENT. 
MARK STRASSMANN SPOKE TO TESLA 
CEO ELON MUSK AND JIM BIDEN SIGN
, NASA ADMINISTRATOR. 
>> I AM THE CHIEF ENGINEER OF 
THE THING. 
IF IT GOES RIGHT IT'S A CREDIT 
TO THE SPACEX TEAM AND IF IT 
GOES WRONG IT'S MY FAULT. 
>> WE MET TESLA CEO ELON MUSK 
AND JIM BRYDEN STEIN INSIDE 
KENNEDY-BASED CENTER. THIS IS 
SPACEX FIRING ROOM WHERE MOST 
WILL WATCH THE LIFTOFF TODAY. 
HIS FALCON 9 ROCKET STOOD ON 
WATCH PAM 30 9A, THE SAME PAD 
THAT SENT APOLLO 11 TO THE 
MOON. 
>> IT'S AN HONOR TO BE ON THIS 
PAD AND WE ARE GRATEFUL. 
30 9A IS LIKE TIME SQUARE. 
IT IS THE OPENING PLATE ON TIME 
SQUARE. 
IT IS THE BEST PATTERN THE 
WORLD. 
>> WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU? 
>> THIS IS THE CULMINATION OF A 
DREAM COME TRUE. 
IT FEELS SO REAL. IF YOU ASKED 
ME WHEN STARTING SPACEX IF THIS 
WOULD HAPPEN I WOULD BE LIKE 
1%, .1% CHANCE. 
>> SINCE SPACEX LAUNCHED 18 
YEARS AGO I, MUSK HAS 
REVOLUTIONIZED SPACE TRAVEL. 
HIS DOPPLER 9 ROCKET IS 
REUSABLE, A MILESTONE PRECHTER 
BECAUSE IT IS FLASHES THE 
DOMINANT COST OF LODGING. 
BRYDEN STEIN SAID THAT 
CORPORATE INNOVATION IS KEY TO 
NASA'S FUTURE. 
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME THE 
GOVERNMENT IS SAYING WE WANT TO 
BE A CUSTOMER FOR SURE THAT WE 
WANT TO BE ONE CUSTOMER OF 
MANY. 
WE WANT TO HAVE NUMEROUS 
PROVIDERS COMPETING ON COST AND 
INNOVATION. 
THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE 
COMMERCIAL MARKETPLACE IN 
SPACE. 
>> SPACEX HAS HAD 19 SUCCESSFUL 
LODGES OF CARGO TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION BUT 
WITH THIS LAUNCH, FOR THE FIRST 
TIME, SPACEX WILL CARRY PEOPLE. 
ASTRONAUTS BOB BEHNKEN  AND 
DOUG HURLEY. 
THE MOST PIVOTAL TEST.  
>> IS THE ONE THING THAT KEEPS 
YOU UP AT NIGHT? 
>> NOT ONE THING. 
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS. 
>> 1 MILLION THINGS HAVE TO GO 
RIGHT. 
>> DOZENS OF THINGS GET TO GO 
WRONG. 
>> MAKE SURE WE ARE SAFELY 
TAKEN TO THE SPACE STATION, IT 
IS THE ONLY PRIORITY. 
>> HOW DOES THAT RESPONSIBILITY 
WAY ON YOU? 
>> IT WEIGHS HEAVILY. 
IT'S ALL I CAN PICK ABOUT RIGHT 
NOW. 
I HAVE TO MENTALLY BLOCK IT 
BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT WOULD BE 
EMOTIONALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DEAL 
WITH. 
IT IS THAT SIGNIFICANT. 
>> I WAS ASKING THEM A FEW 
HOURS AGO LIKE DO YOU FEEL GOOD 
ABOUT THIS AND IS THERE 
ANYTHING YOU WANT US TO DO, AND 
THEY ARE COOL AS A CUCUMBER. 
LIKE NERVES OF STEEL. 
>> IS ASTONISHING. 
THEY ARE READY TO GO. 
I SENT THEM A TEXT YESTERDAY 
AND SAID IF THERE IS ANYTHING 
YOU WANT TO DO -- I WILL STOP 
AT IT AND I HEARTBEAT AND BOTH 
OF THEM SAID WE ARE GO FOR 
LUNCH. 
>> SO THE ASTRONAUTS ARE COOL. 
>> ONE OF THE GOALS, GET 
AMERICANS EXCITED ABOUT SPACE 
AGAIN. 
ACTOR TOM CRUISE IS WORKING 
WITH HIM TO FILM A SPACE MOVIE 
ABOARD THE SPACE STATION. 
>> WHAT IS THE DEAL? 
>> IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN. 
WE ARE SUPPORTIVE AND NASA IS 
SUPPORTIVE OF ANYTHING THAT 
CAPTURES THE IMAGINATION OF THE 
PUBLIC. 
>> IF THEY WANT TO MAKE A MOVIE 
ON INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 
AND INSPIRE A GENERATION, THAT 
IS WHAT WE WANT. 
I WILL TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT 
I DON'T OFTEN ADMIT THAT I 
BECAME A NAVY PILOT BECAUSE I 
WATCH THE MOVIE TOP GUN WHEN I 
WAS IN SIXTH GRADE AND TO 
CHANGE MY LIFE. 
THE QUESTION IS, IS TOM CRUISE 
MAKING A MOVIE ABOUT GOING TO 
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
. IS HE GOING TO INSPIRE THE 
NEXT TESLA CEO ELON MUSK. 
THAT IS THE NEXT QUESTION. 
IF HE COULD DO THAT THEN WE 
WIN. 
>> MARK STRASSMANN. 
>>> CBS NEWS SKYLER HENRY JOINS 
ME NOW FROM THE KENNEDY SPACE 
CENTER. 
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT 
WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE SPACE 
CENTER? 
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THERE?  
>> Reporter: GOOD AFTERNOON. 
WE ARE WATCHING THE 
PRESIDENTIAL MOTORCADE DRIVE-IN 
TO THE BUILDING RIGHT BEHIND 
OUR CAMERA RIGHT NOW. 
WE SAW SEVERAL BLACK SUVS COME 
IN, FIVE OR SIX MINUTES AGO BUT 
WE SAW THE PRESIDENTIAL 
LIMOUSINE, THE BEAST, PULL INTO 
THE PARKING LOT. 
THERE IS ANTICIPATION OUT HERE. 
WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE LINE UP ALONG 
THE HIGHWAY TRYING TO GET A 
GLIMPSE OF THE ROCKET LAUNCH IF 
IT SHOULD HAPPEN. 
A BIG QUESTION HAS BEEN THE 
WEATHER, WILL IT BE APPROPRIATE 
ENOUGH FOR AN ACTUAL LAUNCH TO 
HAPPEN. 
IT HAS BEEN ON, AND OFF, AND A 
TORNADO WARNING WHERE WE HAD TO 
LEAVE THE ROOF. 
IT IS RELATIVELY CLEAR NOW AND 
STILL CLOUDY. 
ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO IN TERMS OF 
THE ASTRONAUTS ABOARD THE 
FALCON 9 ROCKET. 
EVERYTHING IS PUT IN PLACE AT 
AND THE HATCHES CLOSED. 
EVERYONE IS PREPARED FOR THIS 
LAUNCH SHOULD IT HAPPEN. 
I WILL LOOK OVER TO LOOK AT THE 
COUNTDOWN. 
WE HAVE 21 MINUTES LEFT BEFORE 
THIS LAUNCH. 
THESE ASTRONAUTS ARE COOL AS A 
CUCUMBER EITHER WAY. 
>> EVERYONE IS KEEPING THEIR 
FINGERS CROSSED CONCERNING THE 
WEATHER. 
PEOPLE WERE ASKED NOT TO 
CONVENE AT THE KENNEDY SPACE 
CENTER BECAUSE OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS  CRISIS. 
DOESN'T SEEM LIKE MOST PEOPLE 
HAVE OBEYED THAT MANDATE? 
>> AS FAR AS THE VISITOR CENTER,
THEY TYPICALLY HAVE SPECTATORS 
THAT WATCH THE LAUNCH 
APPARENTLY. 
THIS IS MY FIRST ONE. 
PEOPLE SAY IT IS MORE PACKED IN 
TERMS OF ON-BASE AND GETTING A 
GLIMPSE OF THE ROCKET GO INTO 
THE AIR. 
IT COULD BE THE SAME TO BE SET 
FOR THE MEDIA. 
WE HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT 
REDUCTION IN TERMS OF THE A 
MEDIA THAT WERE CREDENTIALED TO 
GET ON BASE TO WATCH THIS 
ROCKET LAUNCH BECAUSE OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS . NASA ASKED PEOPLE 
TO CELEBRATE VIRTUALLY IN THIS 
CASE BUT AGAIN, HOW CAN YOU 
STAY AWAY FROM WANTING TO GET A 
GLIMPSE OF THIS. WE'VE SEEN 
PEOPLE WHO ARE LINED UP IN RVS 
AND CAMPERS INTENSE TRY TO GET 
A GLIMPSE OF SOMETHING LIKE 
THIS. 
THE CORONAVIRUS THREAT IS HERE  
AND NASA IS DOING ITS PART TO 
TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS 
SOCIAL DISTANCING HAPPENING 
HERE AT THAT KENNEDY SPACE 
CENTER. 
>>> SKYLER HENRY, THANK YOU FOR 
THAT. 
>> DENNIS OVERBY JOINING US, A 
COSMIC AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT 
FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES. 
I ENJOYED READING YOUR STORY IN 
THE TIMES TODAY. IS THE TIME TO 
PLAY WITH SPACESHIPS AGAIN, YOU 
ASKED. 
LET'S TALK ABOUT LAST YEAR 
WHICH MARKED 50 YEARS SINCE WE 
LANDED ON THE MOON. 
IF THIS MISSION IS SUCCESSFUL, 
WHAT WOULD THIS MEAN FOR THE 
SPACE RACE AND THE FUTURE OF 
SPACE TRAVEL AS A WHOLE? 
>> I THINK IT IS EVOLVING INTO 
A NEW ARENA IN WHICH PRIVATE 
AND EXCISE IS TAKING THE LEAD 
IN ADVENTUROUS SPACE TRAVEL. 
THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO THINK 
THAT TESLA CEO ELON MUSK HAS A 
BETTER CHANCE AT GETTING TO 
MARS THAT NASA DOES BECAUSE HE 
HAS BEEN MORE IMAGINATIVE AND 
CREATIVE IN BUILDING ROCKETS. 
THE FALCON HEAVY LAUNCHED A FEW 
YEARS AGO AND WATCHING THOSE 
ROCKETS COME BACK DOWN TO 
EARTH. 
I THOUGHT I WAS WATCHING A 
COMPUTER SIMULATION. THAT WAS 
THE REAL THING. 
NOBODY THOUGHT THAT WAS 
POSSIBLE. 
>> IT IS A HISTORIC 
COLLABORATION BETWEEN A PRIVATE 
COMPANY AND NASA. ARE THERE ANY 
ETHICAL CONCERNS ABOUT TURNING 
OVER SPACE TRAVEL TO PRIVATE 
COMPANIES? 
>> I DON'T THINK SO. 
THE MAIN THING THAT PRIVATE 
COMPANIES HAVE IS THAT THEY CAN 
TAKE THEIR OWN RISK AND IF 
SOMETHING GOES WRONG ON THIS OR 
OTHER SPACEX MISSION, TESLA CEO 
ELON MUSK DOESN'T HAVE TO SPENT 
TWO YEARS ANSWERING TO 
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES. 
HE CAN GO AHEAD. 
THAT IS THE FUTURE OF THE SPACE 
PROGRAM. 
ALLOWING PEOPLE TO TAKE THEIR 
OWN LEAD AND RISK. 
>> WHAT KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES 
FOR SPACE TRAVEL OR SPACE STUDY 
MIGHT BECOME AVAILABLE TO NASA 
IF IT CONTINUES PARTNERING WITH 
PRIVATE COMPANIES? 
>> I THINK IT HAS TO PARTNER 
WITH THESE COMPANIES BECAUSE 
THAT HAS BEEN THE MANDATE FOR 
THE LAST 10 YEARS. NASA IS NO 
LONGER OPERATING A SPACE STATION
, PRIVATE ENTERPRISES DOING 
THAT. 
THEY ARE TRYING TO CONCENTRATE 
ON BIGGER ISSUES LIKE GETTING 
TO MARS OR GETTING TO THE MOON. 
IT IS NOT CLEAR WHEN ROCKETS 
ARE GOING TO WIND UP ACHIEVING 
THIS. THIS SPACE LAUNCH -- THEY 
ARE BUILDING IT FOR THE MOON 
MISSION. THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM IS 
A GOING TO HAVE ITS FIRST 
FLIGHT UNTIL HE YEAR AND A HALF 
FROM NOW. 
>> YOU WRITE ABOUT THE FACT THAT
-- SORRY, GO AHEAD. 
YOU WRITE ABOUT HOW SPACE TRAVEL
IS OFTEN COMBINED WITH LARGER 
WORLD EVENTS AND OFTEN SEEN 
THROUGH A POLITICAL LENS. 
HOW WOULD YOU THEN CONTEXTUALIZE
THIS PARTICULAR LAUNCH? 
>> I THINK IN THE 60s THERE 
WASN'T THAT MUCH -- THE REASON 
WE DID THE APOLLO PROGRAM WAS 
TO BEACH THE RUSSIANS. 
WOULD BE DID IT WAS OVER WITH. 
THEY WERE TAKEN THE PROGRAM 
DOWN BEFORE THE APOLLO MISSIONS 
HAD FINISHED. 
AND THEY WERE CANCELING BY 
APOLLO 13 MISSIONS. 
THIS TIME AROUND I DON'T SEE 
THE NEED TO BE THE CHINESE OR 
RUSSIANS TO THE MOON. AND I 
THINK THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS 
ARE GOING TO TAKE WAY MORE MONEY
THAN CONGRESS HAS BEEN SHOWING 
ITSELF TO APPROPRIATE IN THE 
LAST 20 YEARS. WE HAVE SEEN ALL 
KINDS OF BRIGHT BEGINNINGS. 
BUSH HAD THE CONSOLATION 
PROGRAM THAT WAS GOING TO GO 
BACK TO THE MOON BUT HE NEVER 
ASKED FOR ENOUGH MONEY TO DO IT.
OBAMA TOOK IT APART AND WANTED 
TO PUT EMPHASIS ON MARS AND 
TRUMP'S PEOPLE CAME IN AND 
CHANGED IT BACK TO THE MOON. 
THAT BACK-AND-FORTH, THE GOALS 
WITHOUT ENOUGH MONEY TO DO IT 
WILL NOT CHANGE ANYTIME SOON. 
>> AHEAD OF TODAY'S LAUNCH, 
NASA ADMINISTRATOR NASA 
ADMINISTRATOR JIM BRIDENSTINE 
SAID THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A 
COMMERCIAL MARKETPLACE IN 
SPACE. 
YOU WRITE THAT WE HAVE YET TO 
FULLY ANSWER WHY WE KEEP 
SENDING HUMANS INTO SPACE AS 
CLIMATE CHANGE ACCELERATES AND 
THERE IS TALK ABOUT PERHAPS WE 
NEED TO FIND ANOTHER PLANET 
EVENTUALLY. COULD THAT BE THE 
ANSWER? 
>> I THINK IN THE LONG RUN 
MAYBE WE NEED TO FIND ANOTHER 
PLANET BUT THAT IS NOT GOING TO 
HAPPEN IN OUR LIFETIMES HER 
GRANDCHILDREN'S LIFETIMES. 
I JUST FINISHED READING ABOUT 
THE EARLY ANTARCTIC EXPLORERS 
AND IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE BUT 
IT IS A TRIP TO THE BEACH 
COMPARED TO MARS. 
THE REASON TO GO TO MARS IS FOR 
SCIENCE TO SHOW THAT IT CAN BE 
DONE, TO FIND OUT IF THERE EVER 
WAS LIFE ON MARS OR IF LIFE IS 
POSSIBLE ON MARS. 
THERE ARE THEORIES THAT LIFE 
ACTUALLY STARTED ON MARS AND 
CAME HERE. 
THESE ARE ALL IMPORTANT REASONS 
TO VISIT MARS AND EXPLORE MARS. 
I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO 
SEE PEOPLE LIVING THERE EXCEPT 
IN THE SENSE THAT PEOPLE LIVE 
IN ANTARCTICA AND DO SCIENCE 
THERE. 
>> I'M SOUNDING KIND OF DOWNBEAT
BUT THIS IS EXCITING. 
IT REALLY IS EXCITING TO SEE 
THIS HAPPEN. 
IT IS SORT OF A NEW BUCK ROGERS 
ERA THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE 
PREDICTED LONG AGO. 
BUT WE STILL -- 
>> THAT IS MY NEXT QUESTION. 
AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN COVERING
THE UNIVERSE FOR 30 YEARS, WHAT 
ARE YOU MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO 
WITH THIS LAUNCH? 
>> FIRST OF ALL I'M LOOKING 
FORWARD TO THE LAUNCH GOING 
WELL. 
I WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO 
THE SIDE OF THE ROCKETS COMING 
BACK DOWN. 
I USED TO GO TO A LOT OF SPACE 
SHUTTLE LAUNCHES BACK IN THE 
DAY AND I'M IMPRESSED BY THE 
AMOUNT OF VIOLENCE THAT YOU 
HAVE TO HARNESS TO GET AWAY 
FROM THE EARTH'S GRAVITY. 
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. IT SEEMS LIKE 
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE THAT YOU COULD 
CONTROL THAT. 
>> I HATE TO INTERRUPT YOU BUT 
SPEAKING OF THINGS THAT YOU 
CAN'T CONTROL, I HAVE JUST BEEN 
TOLD BY MY PRODUCERS AND MY EAR 
THAT THE LAUNCH HAS BEEN 
POSTPONED. 
WE ARE NOT SURE WHY ALTHOUGH I 
WOULD IMAGINE IT IS THE WEATHER.
YOU ARE NOT SURPRISED BY THAT? 
>> NO, THIS IS PART OF THE GAME.
I REALLY WISH I WERE IN FLORIDA 
RIGHT NOW BECAUSE PART OF THE 
FUN OF COVERING SPACE LAUNCHES 
THAT YOU HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE 
NEXT LAUNCH ATTEMPT AND YOU MAY 
HAVE TO HANG OUT ON THAT BEACH. 
THIS IS DISAPPOINTING. 
FOR THE ASTRONAUTS. 
THEY ARE USED TO IT AND THEY'RE 
ALL STRAPPED IN AND READY TO GO 
AND NOW THEY CAN'T GO. 
>> THEY WERE PREPARED FOR THAT. 
>> NOW THERE IS NOTHING TO BE 
REVVED UP ABOUT. 
>> THEY WERE PREPARED FOR THE 
POSSIBILITY. 
WE DON'T KNOW IF IT IS A DELAY 
OR A POSTPONEMENT FOR ANOTHER 
DAY. 
WE WILL TELL VIEWERS AS SOON AS 
WE KNOW. 
DEPUTIES DENNIS OVERVIEW FROM 
THE NEW YORK TIMES, THANK YOU 
FOR JOINING US. 
>> THE NEXT LAUNCH WINDOW IS 
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT 3:00 I 
THINK. 
MAY BE WE WILL SEE YOU THEN. 
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 
>>> WE WILL TAKEN OUT TO A CBS 
NEWS SPECIAL REPORT. 
>>> STORMY WEATHER HAS FORCED 
TODAY'S LAUNCH TO BE SCRUBBED. 
THIS WAS TO BE THE HISTORIC 
FIRST CRUDE FLIGHT AT THE CREW 
DRAGON, THE FIRST PRIVATELY 
OWNED AND OPERATED SPACECRAFT 
TO SEND ASTRONAUTS INTO ORBIT. 
THE NEXT POSSIBLE LAUNCH DATE 
WILL BE ON SATURDAY. 
MARK STRASSMANN HAS BEEN 
STANDING BY ALL DAY AT THE 
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. 
>> Reporter: THEY CAME CLOSE 
BUT 17 MINUTES BEFORE LAUNCH 
SPACEX LAUNCH CONTROL MADE THE 
CALL THAT THE WEATHER 
CONDITIONS VIOLATED SEVERAL 
DIFFERENT SAFETY RULES AND THEY 
WILL HAVE TO TRY AGAIN THIS 
WEEKEND. 
THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A 
HISTORIC MOMENT IN SPACE 
TRAVEL. 
THE FIRST TIME IN NINE YEARS 
THAT A SPACECRAFT WOULD LEAVE 
FROM U.S. WELL CARRYING U.S. 
ASTRONAUTS AND THE FIRST TIME 
IN NEARLY 40 YEARS THAT 
ASTRONAUTS WOULD FLY IN A NEW 
SPACECRAFT, AND THE FIRST TIME 
EVER THAT A PRIVATE COMPANY 
WOULD LAUNCH HUMANS INTO SPACE. 
OF COURSE THAT IS ON HOLD BUT 
THE REASONS ARE BECAUSE OF 
WEATHER AS A SAFETY PRECAUTION. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS HERE AND 
THE FIRST LADY  AND THE VICE 
PRESIDENT IS HERE. 
OF COURSE THERE WILL NOT BE IN 
LAUNCH TODAY. 
THEY HAVE TO DRAIN THE TANKS. 
THE ASTRONAUTS ARE STILL IN THE 
SPACE DRAGON CAPSULE AND WILL 
REMAIN THERE FOR AN HOUR WHILE 
THE TANKS ARE BEING DRAINED. 
THE LAUNCH WILL NOW BE 
RESCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, THE 
NEXT TIME THEY CAN DO IT. 3:21 
AM EASTERN TIME. 
THEY WILL SHOOT AGAIN FOR SUNDAY
IF IT IS A NO GO ON SATURDAY. 
>> IT IS A DISAPPOINTMENT FOR 
MANY TAKING SAFETY PRECAUTIONS 
AS NECESSARY. 
IT WAS MOVING TODAY TO SEE THE 
TWO ASTRONAUTS WITH A FINAL 
GOODBYE TO THEIR FAMILIES. 
THESE ASTRONAUTS HAVE BEEN IN 
QUARANTINE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS 
AND YOU HAVE SPOKEN WITH THEM. 
THESE ARE EMOTIONAL MOMENTS. 
>> THEY ARE. IT WAS TOUCHING 
TODAY AT ONE POINT TO SEE THE 
FAMILIES OF THE TWO WIVES, AND 
THE SONS, GET THE ESTIMATES A 
VIRTUAL HUG GOODBYE AS THEY 
STEPPED INTO A TESLA AND WERE 
DRIVEN TO THE LAUNCHPAD. 
IF YOU LISTEN TO ASTRONAUTS 
THEY WILL OFTEN SAY THAT THESE 
LAUNCH DAY STRESSES ARE THE 
HARDEST ON THE FAMILIES WHO 
HAVE TO WATCH. 
NOW THEY WILL HAVE TO GO 
THROUGH THE WHOLE THING AGAIN 
SOMETIME THIS WEEKEND. 
>> THIS WILL BE QUITE AN 
ACHIEVEMENT FOR TESLA CEO ELON 
MUSK AND FACE US NASA. 
THEY WILL MAKE ANOTHER ATTEMPT 
AT USHERING AMERICA INTO A NEW 
ERA OF SPACEFLIGHT. TO MARK 
STRASSMANN AND OUR TEAM ON THE 
GROUND THERE, THANK YOU. OUR 
COVERAGE WILL CONTINUE ON OUR 
STREAMING NETWORK, CBSN. 
ALSO GO TO CBSNEWS.COM . MORE 
ON LOCAL NEWS ON THIS STATION. 
WE WILL HAVE A FULL WRAPUP 
TONIGHT ON THE CBS EVENING 
NEWS. 
THIS HAS BEEN A SPECIAL REPORT. 
I AM NORAH O'DONNELL. 
>>> AS YOU JUST HEARD FROM 
NORAH O'DONNELL, THE SPACEX 
LAUNCH SCHEDULED TO GO OFF AT 
4:33 PM EASTERN TIME HAS BEEN 
POSTPONED. THEY WILL TRY AGAIN 
FOR SATURDAY AT 3:22 PM. 
THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE NOT 
QUITE RIGHT AND SAFETY IS 
FIRST. 
WE WILL TAKE A QUICK BREAK AND 
BE RIGHT BACK. 
STAY WITH US. 
YOU ARE STREAMING CBSN. 
CBS NEWS, ALWAYS ON.  
>>> HELLO. 
I AM TANYA RIVERO. 
THE SPACEX FLIGHT FOR TODAY HAS 
BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER. 
ANOTHER ATTEMPT WILL HAPPEN 
SATURDAY ON 3:22 PM EASTERN 
TIME. 
JOINING US IS ASKED OR NOT ANNE 
McCLAIN.  
THIS IS OF THE OUT FARM WE WERE 
HOPING FOR BUT IT WAS VERY MUCH 
A POSSIBILITY. 
>> WE EXPECT THIS POSSIBILITY 
WITH ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS AND THE 
WEATHER. 
ELON SAID TODAY 10,000 THINGS 
CAN GO WRONG AND ONLY ONE THING 
IN RIGHT. 
WE ARE CONSTANT LOOKING AT ALL 
SYSTEMS. 
WE REALLY DON'T SECOND-GUESS 
THESE DECISIONS FROM AN 
ASTRONAUTS PERSPECTIVE. 
IF THERE IS A SCREWUP THERE IS 
A GOOD REASON. 
>> IT IS CLEARLY BECAUSE OF 
SAFETY. 
>> THAT'S CORRECT. 
UNFORTUNATELY THE WEATHER 
FORECASTERS CAN'T CONTROL THE 
WEATHER. 
IF THEY COULD THEY WOULD HAVE 
GIVEN US SOMETHING GOOD. 
WE APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF 
EVERYONE ACROSS THE WORLD TO 
LOOK AT THE WEATHER AND THE 
SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT THE LAUNCH. 
WE WILL COME BACK AND DO IT 
AGAIN ON SATURDAY. 
>> YOU ARE AN ASTRONAUT AND 
THIS IS PAR FOR THE COURSE, 
RIGHT? 
>> IT IS. 
THERE HAS BEEN SOME NEW CHANGES 
ON SCHEDULES AND THESE TWO 
ASTRONAUTS WERE ASSIGNED TO 
DEVELOP THE MISSION IN 2014. 
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME WAITING 
AND A FEW MORE DAYS IS HARD. 
WE EXPECT IT BECAUSE THESE ARE 
REALLY COMPLICATED SYSTEMS. 
SOMETIMES THAT NASA WE CAN MAKE 
IT POSSIBLE LOOK RETAIN. 
EVERY DAY THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION -- EVERY 
SPACEWALK, EVERY LAUNCH IS 
EXTREMELY COMPLICATED AND TAKES 
A LOT OF THINGS TO GO RIGHT AND 
UNFORTUNATELY THESE THINGS 
HAPPEN. 
WEATHER IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS 
OUT OF OUR CONTROL. 
WE WILL DO IT AGAIN SATURDAY. 
>> WE KNOW THAT JUNE 1 IS THE 
BEGINNING OF HER CAN SEASON 
THOSE SO THERE IS NO GUARANTEE 
THE WEATHER WILL BE PERFECT. 
IS THERE A THIRD POTENTIAL 
DATE? 
>> ONE THING I HAVE LEARNED IS 
WE DON'T JUST HAVE BACKUP PLANS 
WE HAVE BACKUPS TO BACKUPS. 
THERE ARE AS MANY DATES AS IT 
TAKES. 
>> OKAY, WE WILL BE ANTICIPATING
EAGERLY. 
ANNE McCLAIN, THANK YOU FOR 
JOINING US. 
IT'S GREAT TO GET THE 
PERSPECTIVE OF AN ASTRONAUT.  
>> THANK YOU. 
SEE YOU SATURDAY. 
>>> WE WILL TAKE A BREAK. 
YOU ARE STREAMING CBSN. 
CBS NEWS, ALWAYS ON.  
>>> MINNEAPOLIS ASSAULT VIOLENT 
PROTEST YESTERDAY OVER THE 
DEATH OF A BLACK MAN WHO 
APPEARED TO BE SUFFOCATED 
DURING AN ATTEMPTED ARREST. 
OFFICERS FIRED TEAR GAS WHILE 
PROTESTERS CHANTED I CAN 
BREATHE, THAT IS WHAT GEORGE 
FLOYD TOLD POLICE BEFORE HE 
DIED MONDAY NIGHT. 
HIS ARREST CAN BE SEEN IN A 10 
MINUTE VIDEO WHERE A WHITE 
OFFICER IS SEEN PINNING DOWN 
FLOYD'S NECK. JEFF PEGUES SPOKE 
TO MEMBERS OF FLOYD'S FAMILY. 
>> Reporter: THIS WAS A CHAOTIC 
SCENE IN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS 
LAST NIGHT. 
HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS CLASHING 
WITH POLICE OVER THE DEATH OF 
GEORGE FLOYD. 
EARLIER IN THE EVENING CHANCE 
FOR JUSTICE RANG OUT AT THE 
SITE WHERE FLOYD WAS KILLED. 
THE PROTEST FOLLOWED FLOYD'S 
DEATH ON MONDAY NIGHT. A WHITE 
POLICE OFFICER PRESSED HIS KNEE 
INTO FLOYD'S NECK FOR MORE THAN 
SEVEN MINUTES AS THE 46-YEAR-
OLD PLEADED FOR HELP WITH HIS 
HANDS CUFFED BEHIND HIS BACK 
BEFORE HIS BODY WENT STILL. 
>> THAT'S WHAT COPS DO THESE 
THINGS. 
KILL BLACK FOLKS. 
>> WE SPOKE TO GEORGE'S BROTHERS
AND HIS PRESENT COUSIN. 
>> THEY SAID HE WAS RESISTING. 
>> THEY CAN BELIEVE THIS BUT I 
SAW IN THE NATIONS ON THE 
COUNTRY SAW AND EVERY PERSON IN 
AMERICA SAW THE SAME THING. 
IT DIDN'T HAPPEN TO ANYBODY 
ELSE. 
SPLIT POLICE CLAIM FLOYD WAS A 
SUSPECT IN A FORGERY CASE AND 
PHYSICALLY RESISTED OFFICERS. 
NEW VIDEO OBTAINED BY CBS NEWS 
FROM A RESTAURANT NEARBY SHOWS 
OFFICERS CONNELLY DETAINING HIM 
. BENJAMIN CRUMP IS 
REPRESENTING FLOYD'S FAMILY. 
>> HE WAS HANDCUFFED LONG BEFORE
THEY TOOK HIM TO THE CAR. 
AND YOU CAN SEE HIS DEMEANOR 
FROM THE SECURITY VIDEO. 
THEY DID NOT HAVE TO USE THIS 
EXCESSIVE LETHAL FORCE. 
>> THIS WAS CLEARLY MURDER. 
WE WANT TO SEE THEM ARRESTED 
AND WE WANT TO SEE THEM CHARGED 
AND SEE THEM CONVICTED. 
>> I SEE YOU WIPING TEARS FROM 
HER EYES. 
WHAT IS RUNNING TO YOUR MIND? 
>> JUST THINKING HOW AMAZING MY 
BROTHER WAS. HE NEVER DID 
ANYTHING TO NOBODY. 
EVERYBODY LOVED MY BROTHER. 
>> THERE ARE HAS BEEN AN 
OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FOR 
GEORGE FLOYD ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY. 
ON TWITTER, JOE BIDEN TWEETED 
FLOYD'S FAMILY DESERVE JUSTICE 
AND CALLED FOR POLICE TO BE 
HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR 
ACTIONS. 
FORMER NBA PLAYER JACKSON 
REMEMBERED HIS LONGTIME FRIEND 
WHOM HE CONSIDERED TO BE FAMILY.
>> HE WAS MY BROTHER. 
WE CALLED EACH OTHER TWINS. 
EVERYBODY KNOWS ME AND FLOYD 
CALLED EACH OTHER TWINS. 
>> NEW YORK CITY HAS BEEN THE 
HARDEST HIT IN THE U.S. BY THE 
CORONAVIRUS . NOW THE NUMBERS 
HAVE BEEN GOING DOWN THERE FOR 
WEEKS IS CASES RISE IN SEVERAL 
OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. 
THE U.S. HAS OVER 1.6 MILLION 
CORONAVIRUS CASES , AND MORE 
THAN 99,000 DEATHS. 
THIS IS A LOOK AT THE FRONT 
PAGE OF USA TODAY AS THE DEATH 
TOLL NEARS 100,000. IT SHOWS 
PICTURES OF SOME WHO HAVE LOST 
THEIR LIVES TO COVID-19, AND 
THEN SHOWS IT ON SCALE OF 
100,000. 
DAVID BEGNAUD HAS THE LATEST.  
>> Reporter: WITH THE PROPER 
SAFETY MEASURES, AND WITH 
EXTRAORDINARY CAUTION, WE 
CANNOT GO BACK INTO ALL STORES. 
>>> THAT IS THE MAYOR OF LA, 
LOS ANGELES MAYOR ERIC GARCETTI
, ANNOUNCING AND OPENING OF 
CERTAIN BUSINESSES. 
SOME BUSINESSES ARE REOPENING 
ON LONG ISLAND TODAY. 
DESPITE THE REGION HAVING THE 
STATE'S HIGHEST NUMBER OF 
CORONAVIRUS CASES  OUTSIDE OF 
NEW YORK CITY'S FIVE BOROUGHS. 
>> WE HOPE TO SALVAGE THE 
SEASON. 
>> CASES IN NEW YORK TO 
CONTINUE TO DECLINE BUT 27 
STATES REPORTED INCREASES IN 
THEIR AVERAGE DAILY NEW 
CORONAVIRUS CASES.  
THAT'S COMPARED TO TWO WEEKS 
AGO. 
INCLUDING MINNESOTA. 
THAT IS WHERE THE NUMBER OF 
COVID PATIENTS IN INTENSIVE 
CARE HIT A NEW HIGH. 
258 PEOPLE. 
ICU CAPACITY STANDS AT 87%. 
THERE ARE OUTBREAKS THAT FOOD 
PROCESSING PLANTS AT 
NATIONWIDE. 
FROM A FOR FACILITY IN 
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON, TO A 
FISH PARKING PLAN IN SANTA 
CLARA, CALIFORNIA. 
IN IOWA, NEW OUTBREAKS AT WORK 
PROCESSES. 
A MAINTENANCE WORKER AT A TYSON 
MEATPACKING PLANT IN WATERLOO, 
IOWA DIED. 
HE HAD BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL FOR 
SIX WEEKS. 
>> HE HAS THIS LAST THAT 
SPREADS TO THE WHOLE ROOM. 
>> ZACH MENDENHALL WAS HIS 
FRIEND AND COWORKER AND WAS BY 
HIS SIDE WHEN HE DIED. 
>> WHEN YOU GRAB THEIR HAND AND 
THEY CAN'T GRAB IT BACK. 
SOMEONE THAT YOU WORK WITH ALL 
OF THE TIME. 
AND THEY AREN'T MOVING. 
IT IS SCARY. 
>> CBS NEWS. 
>> THE U.S. IS REACHING THE 
GRIM MILESTONE OF CORONAVIRUS 
DEATHS . 100,000 DEATHS 
NATIONWIDE. 
THAT IS MORE THAN THE NUMBER OF 
AMERICANS KILLED IN THE KOREAN 
AND VIETNAM WARS COMBINED. 
IT COULD TOP THE U.S. DEATH 
TOLL FROM WORLD WAR I SOON. 
IT'S COMPARED TO ANOTHER CRISIS
. FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY. 
IN 1918, THE SPANISH FLU KILLED 
AROUND 675,000 AMERICANS AND AN 
ESTIMATED 500 MILLION PEOPLE 
WORLDWIDE. 
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS LASHING 
OUT AT TWITTER  AFTER THE 
SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY ISSUED ITS 
FIRST FACTOR CHECK ON ONE OF 
HIS TWEETS. 
THE PRESIDENT IS MAKING A 
NUMBER OF BASELESS CLAIMS ABOUT 
VOTING ON THE PLATFORM, 
PARTICULARLY ATTACKING STATE 
PLANS FOR MAIL-IN VOTING. 
TWITTER ADDED A LABEL TO QUOTE, 
GET THE FACTS ON VOTING. 
TO THE PRESIDENT STREET WHICH 
NOTES HIS CLAIMS ARE 
UNSUBSTANTIATED. 
PAULA REID EXPLAINS, WHY TWITTER
IS FACT CHECKING THE PRESIDENT. 
>> Reporter: TWITTER HAS BECOME 
A POLITICAL FLASHPOINT AFTER 
FLAGGING TWO AT THE PRESIDENT'S 
RECENT TWEETS. 
IN A STATEMENT THE COMPANY SAID 
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGES ABOUT 
MAIL-IN BALLOTS CONTAIN 
POTENTIALLY MISLEADING 
INFORMATION ABOUT VOTING 
PROCESSES THAT HAVE BEEN ABLE 
TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CONTEXT. 
THE SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY HAS 
BEEN FACING PRESSURE AFTER 
ANOTHER UNSUBSTANTIATED CLAIM 
BY THE PRESIDENT WHERE HE 
PUSHED A BASELESS CONSPIRACY 
THEORY ACCUSING CABLE NEWS HOST 
JOE SCARBOROUGH OF KILLING HIS 
FORMER STAFF MEMBER. SHE 
SUFFERED A HEART CONDITION THAT 
CAUSED HER TO FALL AND HIT HER 
HEAD IN SCARBOROUGH'S OFFICE IN 
2001. 
MEDICAL EXAMINER RULED HER 
DEATH AN ACCIDENT
