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. >> hello, everyone. i' m charlie kirk along with katie pavlich and welcome to thh big weekend show. the big story tonight, the count-down is onto super tuesdas in two days voters will head to the polls in 15 states. brand new fox poll gives donaldt trump hedge over president biden in a matchup.d and moremo republicans say it's time for nikki haley to drop out. >> i don't think she's actuallyh being realistic in what she's trying to get done here. she hasn't wono a state yet. >> it's going to be over tuesday night when super tuesday ballotb come in because there is no path to victory for nikki haley. >> fox news national correspondent bill in portlandio maine whern e haley is campaigng tonight, bill? bill: brand new fox news poll shows potential trouble in thero horizon for joe biden. take a look. that poln l shows nikki haley

beating him 8 points in head to head matchup and also shows donald trump beating him by 2 points in head to head matchupdo and that's within the margin ofi error which was 2 and a half points. take a look at the video. nikki haley campaigning in burlington, vermont yesterday. look, it's clear, polls show she's the gop's best chance at winning joe biden in head to head matchup in november.d- she'tos sporting recent pre endorsements from alaska senato lisa murkowski and maine senaton susas n collins and she hasn't n a state yet and as of now she's not committing to supporting the gop nominee.o take asu listen. >> i think i will make whatever decision i want to make butso that's not something that i'm thinking about.rm >> as for former president hemp campaigned in richmond, virginia, she's been sweeping the primary, winning every state and urging voters do not get complacent.wa he wantss knockout blow against haley tuesday night and mixing i up nikki haley's name and nancy

pelosi on purpose. take a listen.g li i purposely mix up burt with nancy pelosi, they are interchangeable in my mind. and except i have to say -- i have to say, i shouldn't say about this a semirepublican but i think pelosi is probably a i little bit smarter actually. >> as of sunday night here isac where we stand otun the delegate count. donald trump has 244 delegates. nikk trui haley has just 24. you need just over 1200 to secure the nomination.mina 874 are going to be up for grabu on super tuesday, back to you. >> thank you, bill, is nikki haley trying to burn it all down in what appears to be the last days of her campaign? she told reporters, i get why republicans are leaving the republican party because we were

always about small governmentwa anysd freedom, economic freedom, personal freedom.fr you don't see economic freedom coming from republicans now, she went onto say, quote, that ie wethink the republican party is and i think we w can do more than that. tonight a new york post op ed says attacks on conservativek exposes her demise. the column reading in part, quote, she doesn't -- didn't persuade enough of them so she's blaming them for not being thean right kind of republicans. she's out of step with the party. she wants to lead.uld' couldn't have said this better. kellyanne, it does seem like nikki haley is getting strident at the end, maybe a little bit more desperate. is it an effective strategy to a go after the voters and attacking the voters you're'r trying to win over?e at >> no, in fact, her poll numbers in this primary hadn't declinedl in terms of favorability as she

stepped on donale d trump thers person but donald trumonp voter. i have never understood why the mainstream media, the never the trumpers, the hard left, softme republicans, why did all t ofle these people tenars of millionsf them vote for donald trump last tyke and even more this time, how is he borrowing into some os the coreom constituencies of the democratic party. she's alsof th saying things tht aren't true. republicans ar e leaving the republican party, we are actually expanding it. t hidonald trump had about 5% of african-american voters in 2020 in "the new york times" poll. he's now at 23%.ight if it's half of that, it's lights out for joe biden. he can get close to 40% amongt hispanicpe males, it's over. he can get more young people than last time, more women than he did last time.e he doesn't needad a majority of any of them and what she'sin saying isn't true. i

people presume that nikki haley would have been e a unifier,r, m consensus builder, maybe somebody who can reach to independents that would havecrat been democrats but shows you that a lot of the people she's relied upon forking anemic margins and consecutive loss to donald trump she's relying on democrats and people to participate because they don't like trump. the last thing you're saying is an effective strategy, it's a brilliant sitting on corporate boards and making overly paid speeches. we have been listening for free and i don't know who is buying it. charlie: do you think she's doing general election damage?ec >> yes. e ads, anything the never trumpers will need she'svi providing on thedi daily. biden's ads can come through nikki haley. we were for smaller government and economic freedom. the tax cut and job's act was

passed by all of the republicano and housuse and senate and donad trump. , sign intoed law by donald trump. if you're talkin, g about spendg during covid and ringing national debt, et cetera, but also and i will say this about nicky and i work with her and n like her but iik don't like the fantasy of her. the actuale nicky, creationrent around her for people who don't like trump and corporate guys are jealous, how in the world he made it from ceo billionaires,s it's donald trump.is ohe's the one who ran. she somehow believes she's at close second. she's actually the only one left. charlie: right. >> if it consider desantis -- >> in the new york post went onto say i like the media haley yearns when the gop was gentleli

when losing. enters donald trump, his gop is not comfortable with losing. i think that's probably true. >> i think trump has taken a loi ofnk positions that americans hd thought for a long time. the truth is and the bottom line is that donald trump will be the republican nominee. he's not goinge anywhere.um he has a very professionalin campaignee.e he can beat joe biden inbe november. think people working in tanks in washington, d.c., america first policy institute, for example, who are ready to bo plugged into the federal government should he win or willing to do the work and deliver on the promises that he's making in this new campaign. he's more popular than everth inside the republicaein party.r and you can never underestimate the power of unfinished business. this is a campaign of unfinishef business and he's been running away wit and he's going to run away with it on super tuesdayoi and nothing is goingng to change no how much republican voterse are shamed. charlie: the importantch thing, the issues, the fox news poll p

wentoo onto stay that 45% of people say that trump policiespr help theetm compared to 32% whom said that itpa doesn't help the. he's winning on the issues. >> the issues have never been a problem. personality is a problem for some people.a things like, you know, how he responded to losing the election is a huge problem for some people. those are the onlye problems he has, though, his policies andha the results have never been a problem. it's actually what is winning those people over that don't traditionally vote for republican or maybe not donaldvo trump. polls are great in 2016 only a few folks had good polts. the anecdote, the conversation was ohou, trump is going to win, there's no way he's not to. ll ti remember being in texas aa talking to folks and they could not believe that people on tv were saying trump wasn't going to win or that he couldn't winng because in their minds there was no choice between him and hillary clinton. the e anecdote, the conversatioo i was just in nashville for an opportunity to speak to folksi

and just in texas and reminded of a conversation of folks thate were independently wealthy, one supported trump and one, supported jeb bush andwh one supported rick perry and without going to debail as to why they owned the same company together all three of them it's a no-brainer for trump today. that's the difference. there's no question with nikki haley. i love the idea of smalle government.rare nikki haley isn't small government. she has spent a lot of money on next war. >> that's the most important point and really does all come i down to the issues.om okay, coming up on this jam-packed hour. the big weekend show, saturday night live actually brings somel laughs with this parity about biden so-called close door energy. >> information just with him ans behind closed door he's a when i will wind.

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>> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome back to the big we can show that some hello can joe possibly go to 58 percent of the voters disapproved of his job performance and brenda "fox news" balls, and a new low first presidency and fox news correspondent lucas thompson extend the numbers from the white house. >> that is right katie, we brenda "fox news" pulling, showing the president with less than passing marks as take a look at his job performance first, only 42 percent approve of the job he's doing and 58 percent disapprove about his approval rating is been underwater since the ac withdrawal from afghanistan it

2021 at a majority of the voters disapproved of the presidents handling of the economy of china coming inflation, israeli hamas war, and immigration. sue sunday senator chris said, don't believe the ball. >> we have consistently as immigrants, over performed bowls this coming super tuesday, we had 20 percent or more, of the voters say they will never vote for former president trump about it because his 91 criminal counts that is facing because of the chaos that he created as a former president, because of his ongoing statements. reporter: earlier today by present, here is speaking in alabama, weighing in on the proposed six we six fire cease-fire in gaza she said this will give the hostages out and get it to giving amount of the den. >> even with the proposed cease-fire goes through that all of the hostages be really some gaza loss they still had to decide an ideal edge of oral many - main political ballot of

rival of benjamin netanyahu will arrive you're the white house remains with vice president harris national security advisor, jake sullivan. katie: thank you lucas and in the meantime, saturday night live from his booth about impressive and invited it was actually pretty funny check it out. >> is just behind closed doors joe he is incredible to the crime is with him, and behind closed doors, is a whirlwind. >> was just with him and behind closed doors, he is a dynamo. >> i was just with him behind closed doors when he is strong, he is a involve monkey strength. >> he is 81 years old and is in the loop concerning to act we don't have the etc. to brett better. >> i'm not the face time him. unable betty's writing the middle of a bike ride. >> mr. president, hey although i'm just going to turn up the volume. i just gotta find the button there we go whoops. katie: charlie, what he thinks. charlie: will i guess that's a lobar some sort of like we've

got to giving props for actually making a joke if it is illegal to make a joke media about your bided vault listening to five minutes of donald trump speaking in richmond last like my was like ruling in the four laughing like oh my gosh, that's genuinely funny but whatever, but the props well i do think it is interesting you know, like a minute ago we're just talking to chris coons on the quote from him, and you know when you text donald trump me talks about the chaos at the 91 indictments, and so he's admitting that they cannot really affect donald trump on any of the issues and i get it, they'll stuff is not good for joe biden but honestly, the left and right is would rather be making fun of joe biden about his health that actually talking about the issues that having 16 points underwater. katie: because the polling of the issues including a "fox news" pulling, shows that the

economy 37 approve of the performances 2 percent disapprove on the issue of inflation which is the tax owner can 34 percent approve is 85 percent disapprove, and immigration illegal immigration 31 percent approve and 66 percent, disapprove and so killian is he correct when he said they press upper form the polls that everything is fine and you don't need to void by joe biden 65 disapproval and their key issues that affect owner can. >> some person add the fact that he could be president again i believe all, i believe he will be president joe biden is the present commitments on smart reasonable as say foolish things in such a because there on tape saying the fact is, i go back to the abc news poll, in wisconsin right before election day 2020 and joe biden is waiting wisconsin by 17 points and joe

biden was ever waiting wisconsin like 17 points donald trump was ever waiting wisconsin by 17 points of that his wife is wisconsin, and trump one it, by times purpose percentage point bite what a bike seven - representative pointed 2020, so a public that's sure she'll even see the light of day hundred middleton civilly swimming was because of a 17 points of although they are always more favorable divide which is we katie these polls are so remarkable everybody's full say the same thing and you to show their disapproval ratings of the 60s and lives of the top issues everybody inflation economy order immigration, any disobey personal attributes either. dizzy of the energy, does he care about the middle place in casa atlanta division for the country to see fit to do the job and is he a good sense of humor, everything that people polite about say of the democratic process, his approval ratings will be jealous of all of the joe biden has not a thinkable among any major constituents. katie: will she brings in the question whether job biden is

fit to do the job for a second term in the white house is physical last week to distract maybe away from other issues that were in the news not making what house position available to the press for parsing so that leaves us with the doctors outside the white house, for advice about your bided cognitive abilities and take a listen. >> doctor phil, do you think president biden is using a cognitive exam sooner people with nothing to hide public nothing summer not. katie: so. joey: what is in a slightly disagree because he asked me how many guns i have will take i have - action will be donated no stuff case pretty something from the government, this height and in plain sight just think about what we've done "fox news" okay, tentative faith political slate of a lot of are so special your opinion and chose of the evening that's fine but we just shattered it and ascending i live in bill bar as evidence, that the idea that karine

jean-pierre and eric and said he passes it cognitive just everyday, that is so much of a purity, for the l was the folksk in step with evan policy and ideology are not believing it making fun of it. thinking of his approving putting they don't have to put up karine jean-pierre in order to. see her and show the ridiculousness of what she says biden says missus watch me because they're doing through every syria that he has other government said the same thing is always been gotta starting today with a phrase less of a long. the. that is all the shows you, just how much they think that they can spit in her face and adjust is not work anymore. katie: will begin seeing a chemical he may have for dodger blue but steve garvey in a garbage may be fueling as he takes 11 shift, the flip california's open senate seat, next

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>> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome back to the big we can show, he made for dodger steve garvey may be driving a red - in california "fox news" hoarsely on christina coleman is going to break down the new numbers and of the super tuesday from la tonight. >> doing super tuesday come they compete against one another november general election regardless of their party and new poll shows a former la dodger political become a republican see garvey is a statistical tie with democratic of richmond adam schiff insurance house only katie porter's drilling a third of the 27 candidates on the ballot and how even though i republican is in the lead heading into super tuesday, experts predicted this seat which once belonged to the late senator dianne feinstein, will ultimately see blue november and keep in mind, no

republican is been elected to a statewide office in california as arnold schwarzenegger we governor and 2006 for deceive poll also shows shift really garvey by 50 voiced head-to-head match up in the general but the race between adam schiff and porter would be tells of both both poignant 30 poison adam schiff spent millions statewide ads that elevate republican candidate steve garvey in the race and even though porter uses a similar tactic, with another republican dinner, porter has criticized adam schiff's gsa has effectively downplayed her chances making the november valid. >> it is about taking the best qualified woman it in the race is been winning and they can win and of a rough love it and i don't think i is for somebody so styled defender of democracy like representative adam schiff should be doing. >> they tell "fox news" that she's campaign dads he worked as a date advantage and his chances of winning this race is probably

the single most difficult seated america for conservative and bad but you know the path is built on common sense, compassion and consensus building to be for this is also the most expensive in the states history with giving spitting more than $65 million nearly triple what was spent in the last three california senate races, combined. joey: thank you and only katie was looking at the polls instead of all of your republicans have good news in the beginning you see that three - 3 percent but three of the full real quick this was 27 percent steve gordy entered garvey's lady adam schiff stupor semi had a look at this as a red 1980 percent of the 25 and should be a real gap but what about this good news for republicans in california. katie: will first i should say adam schiff believes he's titles in the sea because he kept beach don't advise a russian - which just george of the country for four years and he thinks that he deserves the sea because of the disease favor the party.

but in terms of the republican will look of i would love to think about ronald reagan is the governor of california back in the day, ahead of you think that maybe republicans can make estate here, the republicans in california that try to get out of the sake of the way and when rick caruso ran as a republican after being lifelong democrat against care asked with all of crime he ended up losing the seat that's what i think i really realizing california essentially lost because is very difficult for republicans with her because of the machine that imparts have built. so admire evers run he said that's a seat in the country to go for i don't disagree but i thank you so appalling shows the reality is what's going on california see when you talk about california be lost because of the play right now, steve garvey's pitch was an morning future with maria right. >> could be the last 50 years people come here with dreams and they wanted to use our families and preschools for the kids any other dreams and you know one

party state suppressant, sing the hard-working people of california and for them into the noise for the sole of califor california. joey: he's ready for the sole california come the frontispiece what give you talk about the abandonment of california on places, is a solo california if you are republican savable. >> will i believe it that is always as big fan of the board of electric la, i was telling people to think it would not be rubbing the people of their voice choice and one thing that equalizes that one choice and one-vote edits a crime worth doing because some point, something is going to change and shift and i just read an article yesterday about the republican registration roles, california and maybe that is modest but you have to build time indicate a scale in the best in the you have to go in baby steps garvey's pitch is pitch perfect you don't mind me saying that

and that is it republican and chilly actually think we can get adam schiff on a month-to-month you make this the actual race, both of these donors who are sitting in the silence of the races, they come out as it we would've won adam schiff united states and after he lied in the country that i 91 of the city shows nobody's a girl, take into the bank and said, pressure collusion is hiding in plain sight there was a lie ever country to rebuff like this with you go there also just want to quickly sarah got here, dianne feinstein died and she was in her 90s for the 90 she had secret often gavin newsom, replaced dianne feinstein in the sea, somebody he knew as a placeholder she lives in maryland and he probably turned her at a dinner party hesitate with the seat difference so this and we got to this whenever 11 race, let's make the issue adam schiff see what okay there a couple of states charlie

george's one of them, texas is one that they've made big headways on in this pro california, and virginia's one republicans on back you know a lot about that in his this a model that the republican should take up to him. charlie: well agree with kelly, that you have to fight these fights we cannot see the territory or evelyn and of course nothing says diversity like adam schiff especially with a history buff but the real problem here is still the same old terrible ideas and you have all the democrats and there's race believing in $20.1 of the blaze and $50 an hour minimum wage which is going to further destroy the economy there and they'll believe in free healthcare for illegal aliens see what we can leave it there the washington post, redefines the crime prices with a woke twist. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the virus that causes shingles is sleeping... in 99% of people over 50.

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>> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ katie: welcome back to the we've been a big week and so the washington post reporter, for a brand-new way to downplay crime article titled, is only cbs late capitalism horror story, the washington post reported 50 cbs2 somehow become a standard for all of that wrong with american cities and liberals, liberal democracy, and 2024 in america is a sticky finger donation is holy land and as moral panic is about shoplifting. this remarkable for the washington post, the style section the style getting watching to see ourselves very well you're here actually reads my family near the fact is that unity store shelves because photo americans are thinking figured other people know that they can rob with impunity

nobody will treat them or something nobody will prosecute them. and even mayor - attic mayor dc came out and lower income neighborhoods need goods and services and hurting them. how local elected officials about to be recalled perhaps because crime. so you say to the one to a close when jesus is a moral panic, is a something that should be taken as moral as you well it is a moral issue not about to cbs2 write a greeting card agreement deodorant or bag of candy for example, there's a grocery store in washington dc the last grocery store in the neighborhood southeast dc is that summa shoplifting that there threatening to close the mayor is begging them to stay open because there no grocery store for the neighborhood people live there to have fresh food to go to the steward that they can afford to give their families many people people like us the washington post the site is a moral issue nobody's panicking just about cbs late at night will knows or two about people's livelihood and remember back in 2020 with

the right seven in downtown minneapolis liver and everything got a woman got interviewed ands saying the money right everything will just disabling equity worlds that all the stores on the get what i need to live in my own as an independent person, or destroyed now and people to curb that. >> i played out all of the country including here in new york city differently, if you don't punish them, you think you're going to be punished now for charlie the washington post aside, affect the people stare crime in the face what is happening the southern border and face just call it for what it is beginning at the top of the white house, i think that's a big into silly stories like this is they've done enough reports about children as mortgages new black this is not the style section of the washington post. charlie: exactly this resume of the greatest left ideas they never come along this is what you get i thank you so proof that the left is completely bankrupt of ideas the rent out of everything i've tried them all of the week of the tribal in southeast washington dc and this

is what the result of it all is and then it all happens in a moment where you have the internet here on the washington post which is ridiculous newspaper and nobody should read it, it is willing to publish anything as of the publish all of this nonsense and they don't even realize that is like they're mocking themselves show printed so ridiculous to enjoy read different the police and so many early retirement on putting the money went to the police somewhere else and in these crazy programs that do nothing for the public safety, give us the texas. joey: all of george and i never got to be texting because i did not live over 20 years but i was telling well is a book of this entire piece about dc and the stolen land was eludes to colonialism that is a big part of the underlying progressive movement come to this country and everything about it but he comes down to is these are people that the only thing they hate worse than getting themselves out of their current station into a better would like to be in the most prosperous

individual liberty system of capitalism ever to be created, losing the hate worse than that is what it takes to do it, they hate it is existence there's no way they want to partake in and they would rather find some way to get just enough to survive close that includes an iphone and taylor swift take his son about lazy they just don't understand if you go to work harder than the person to left and right to make it no matter what your color or creed is. >> and coming up, the new freebie taste of the american dream come the movie coming soon to move legal immigrants in california

panera bread, bloomberg reports . newsom pushed for that break among the main beneficiaries is gregg flynn, who's a longtime

newsom donor. actually, with the high school with him, and he has a california holdings that include two dozen panera bread locations state ways making illegal immigrants knowledgeable for really nice hometown buyer loan program. kellyanne i will go to you first, i will head the headline and quote real quick, this is from the capital weekly and says an applicant under the program so not shall not be disqualified based on the applicant's status. so that's from the article and that's on the idea that -- i'm sorry, we misconfused. i want to ask you about illegal immigrants. i researched this, what it means there's a program california that they basically loan you your down payment and you don't pay it back unless you sell your house and there's a chance they don't get it back at all.

they are saying illegal immigrants can do it. it's popular and it's lottery now. californians are fighting for the opportunity and they want to throwty legal immigrants on top of them. >> we saw in new york when school children, american school children plucked out of their seats in classrooms in new york and being replaced with migrant children that survived here. this is part why the worst issue for joe biden and the democrats hand asking the border and the illegal immigration. and i think that when gavin newsom something like that triples down on this, i don't know who the constitutency is. >> get out of that tax real quick. >> the question is when was the last time the federal government put you up in a hotel for a month? [laughter] >> not counting the marine corps, it's been a while. we will wrap this up. stick around the big four is

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ashley strohmier in new york. all missions are a go. and cape canaveral, florida. this is

nasa and spacex prepare to launch a manned rocket into space. on board are three american astronauts and one russian cosmonaut. the crew eight team is heading to the international space station for a six month tour of duty, while there, the crew will conduct more than 200 science experiments, which includes studies of motion sickness and human movement in microgravity. the launch was moved to tonight after unfavorable weather scrubbed last night's attempt. it will take the falcon nine rocket about eight minutes to get to its orbit. this is the fifth time the capsule carrying the crew will launch. we're now just a couple of seconds away. actually you can see on the timer there, we're all ready. we're already getting there. we're going to lift on in for the countdown. stick with us. we have jonathan serrie on the ground. we're going to speak to him as soon as this rocket takes off. listen in. over. just shortly. and you can hear it even better now. something

else you might see here in a few moments is water being poured onto the pad. because rockets are super loud, the sound can impart loads back on the rocket itself so that water helps absorb and prevent the sound from hitting the structure and reverberating back on to the rocket. coming up on one minute until launch, controlling dragon isn't countdown. the flight termination system is armed and we are in space. let's go for launch seconds. copy is built for launch. let's go! crew reports. go now. about 30s away from liftoff.

15 seconds. t-minus ten. nine. eight. seven. six. five. four. three. two. one. ignition. engines full power and liftoff of nasa crew eight. go falcon! go! spacex, go! nasa. known outside endeavor ascends a beacon of human ambition. 1.7 million pounds of thrust. now propelling falcon nine and crew eight. vehicle is pitching downrange.

nominal power and telemetry. and we are getting good callouts on propulsion. falcon nine engines now throttling down to help. how cool is that? we're going to check in now with fox news correspondent jonathan serrie, who has more insight on the mission, who is on the ground there in cape canaveral? well, you know, jonathan, i have to admit, this is the first time i've ever watched one of these. and that was pretty awesome. what was it like for you being there, seeing it firsthand? oh, it's absolutely amazing. especially a night launch. it just lights up the space coast sky. just incredible to watch. and then we're about three miles away from the launch site, launch pad 39 a, and so it takes away a while for the sound to reach us. so first you see the bright light, and then several seconds later you hear that loud

rumble. it sounds like this constant thunder tearing through the atmosphere here as we watch this live image of the rocket blasting off it just before you came to me, they were beginning to throttle down, entering a period that's called max q or the period of maximum dynamic pressure. if you can imagine driving a sports car accelerating on a gravel road, you ease off the gas pedal until you hit the pavement, and then you can floor it. that's what's happening with this rocket when it's low in the atmosphere. but accelerating, you have all of this resistance from the dense atmosphere, but the rocket very quickly moves higher to thin air. and then at that point they can throttle up. definitely an adventure to watch from the ground. and i can only imagine what it must be like being one of those four astronauts on board. ashley i know, and they were saying as

we were listening in before i came to you, they were saying it was 1.7 million pounds of thrust. i cannot even imagine what that would be like for those astronauts. and it was so cool to see them sitting there waiting to take off. they're going to be in the es for six months. do you know what they're going to be doing? main engine cutoff. yeah, they're going to be they're through late august. they're going to be performing approximately 250 science experiments. many of them are going to be experiments focused on the effects of long terme space travel on the human body. and this is really important to nasa as it looks to send astronauts on long terme missions to the lunar south pole. and then after that, they want to send astronauts on even longer missions to mars. but, you know, during the early space flights that lasted a matter of days, they learned about bone loss and how some of the astronauts had trouble walking temporarily when they

returned to earth. then on these extended missions on the international space station, they're learning about some vision problems that develop over long terme, some problems with the some blood flowing between the body and the brain. and so they really need to learn how to best address those . also, they have to learn how do you deal with a major medical emergency if you have astronauts halfway to mars and they're not going to get back to earth for several months, how do you perform remote surgery? all of these hypothetical goals that they're trying to address, they're going to learn a lot of information leading towards these goals on board the international space station. yeah. when you talk about medical emergencies, that's something that i hadn't thought about. and, you know, this is for me and for maybe whoever else doesn't know. but if there is a medical emergency on the es, are they there fully prepared to take care of that? correct yeah, they are indeed.

in fact, one of the astronauts s on board is a medical doctor, michael barratt, and he has written several medical textbooks, which he said that he has to revise each time he goes up into space because they keep learning more things that they didn't know before. for that's so awesome. and the more they they go up there and the more they study, the more we're going to know for the future. and the history books. so this is great. you're seeing history play out every time one of these launches. jonathan serrie, thank you so much for your time tonight, jonathan is on the ground in cape canaveral and he got to witness that awesome takeoff off of that rocket. it will be back in six months. as he said in august. um, of course we're going to keep following any developments for this, but now we're going ♪ back to regular programming already in progress. thanks for staying with us.