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BARACK OBAMA, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We can come out of this moment stronger than before.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Former president Barack Obama will hit the campaign trail in Philadelphia.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: President Trump is presenting a familiar closing argument, attacking his enemies and firing up the base.
DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Before the plague came in I had it made. We had this thing won. We were so far up, we had the
greatest economy ever.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Nationwide the virus is surging.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're facing a tough circumstance right now, we will see accelerating cases headed into the next four to six weeks.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice-over): Live from CNN Abu Dhabi, this is CONNECT THE WORLD with Becky Anderson.
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BECKY ANDERSON, CNN HOST: Tonight remember this?
It's the Bretton Woods conference when the West essentially reimagined the political and financial apparatus of the world in their image after the
Second World War. The status quo fathomed in this scene essentially lasting ever since with America and Europe still very much in charge of global
affairs.
But alas, the pandemic slowly but surely changing everything we once thought we knew just a few short months ago because, this hour, 2.5 million
years' worth of lives have been lost due to the pandemic in America alone. That is the projection from a preliminary new study.
Wondering how we get to that, well, each person killed by the virus could have lived on average for another 13 years. Multiply that by the number of
those who have sadly died, you get to 2.5 million years.
For context, our species, that is, we homo sapiens, came around about 200,000 years ago.
A lot more sickness and death could soon be on the way in America. We have cases on the rise across the country; health officials warn that a wave of
coronavirus cases is coming, unlike anything we have seen thus far.
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DR. SCOTT GOTTLIEB, FORMER U.S. FDA COMMISSIONER: We're about a week away from starting to enter a period where we are going to see a rapid
acceleration in cases. I think November and December will be tough months. We're seeing hospitalizations go up in 42 states right now. Cases are going
up in 45 states and there really is no backstop.
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ANDERSON: The president of the United States with some incoherent message in the pandemic, a message so counter to medical facts as to be considered
by many as reckless. As just one example among many he kept on attacking Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert.
A source tells CNN that the president's allies have told him that the attacks are, quote, "the dumbest thing in the history of politics," not to
mention scientifically unsound. But Mr. Trump doesn't like much of Dr. Fauci's guidance, like wear masks, stay out of crowds and other sensible
measures like in a pandemic.
As you can see here, Mr. Trump remains insistently fond of getting people together in potential superspreader events.
Not so for Joe Biden, who is keeping far more low-key and who will have a powerful new ally starting today in Barack Obama, who will be making his
first live appearance on behalf of Biden.
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OBAMA: Your generation can be the one that creates a new normal in America, one that's fair, where the system treats everybody equally and
gives everybody opportunity.
I know Joe better than almost anybody. I trust him to be a great president. He's different. He's on the right side of the issues. He will get the job
done. And Joe and Kamala will want you to keep pushing them to get the job done.
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ANDERSON: As CNN's Elle Reeve discovered, for some Americans, Donald Trump can get the job done just fine.
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MIKE BUCK, TRUMP SUPPORTER: I like alpha males. I think President Trump is an alpha male.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Whenever I watch the news, it seems like they're bagging on Trump. They make it sound like nobody's going to vote for him.
So, we feel like we all need to get together, just to show people, that "Hey, there are people that are going to vote for him."
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is the "Dunes & Deplorables Let Freedom Ride" Trump rally protest. It was unfurling a 30 foot by 50 foot American flag,
having everybody gather around, play the national anthem and just be able to be with a bunch of friends and family.
ELLE REEVE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Unofficial Trump events like this have been happening all over the country.
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REEVE (voice-over): Boat parades, car caravans, bike parades. What attendees have in common is disposable income to spend on fun.
While Trump's working-class supporters have gotten lots of attention, in 2016, a third of his voters made more than $100,000 a year. In fact,
support for Trump is particularly strong among White voters, who have high incomes for their area, the locally rich.
PAUL VELUSCEK, TRUMP SUPPORTER: The people on the Left that really think we're deplorable think we're deplorable.
If hanging out with families, bringing your kids out and having a good time, is deplorable, then I guess we'll take it.
REEVE (voice-over): I went for a ride in the dunes with Eric Nelson, who has been riding motorcycle since he was 14. Eric drove two hours to come to
the rally.
ERIC NELSON, TRUMP SUPPORTER: Hopefully, you heard her scream.
REEVE (on camera): Yes. That's what the mike is for.
NELSON: The reason we're here supporting Trump is because we believe that Trump will help us to keep the money that we make and let us be able to
work as hard as we want and not give our money away.
People like Nancy Pelosi can get her fundings through - that's given money to people that aren't willing to work for it. I worked for it all my life.
I had to work to put myself through college and so I can get a job and do what I enjoy, which is an activity like this and spend $15,000, $20,000 on
toys because I choose to.
VELUSCEK: He really is for your hard-working people. Do I think he's racist? No. I think he's racist against lazy people.
REEVE (voice-over): The rally was mostly men. That's no surprise, given national polls. Men are much more likely to support Trump than women. And
what these men said they liked about Trump was that he's a guy who is just like them. NELSON: He's not a politician. He's one of us. Yes, he is one
of us on steroids, because he runs a great big business and, makes a lot more money than we do.
BUCK: He can be crass. But we didn't hire him as a President. We hired him because he was a businessperson and that's what America needed, because our
country was starting to tank.
REEVE (on camera): But isn't part of his job being like a moral leader?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't believe so.
REEVE (on camera): You don't think so?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No. He says things that upsets people and we just don't care. And we think he's helping all those people because they don't fully
understand what's going on.
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ANDERSON: Elle Reeve reporting.
Let's discuss what's going on in this presidential race right now. We have less than two weeks out from Election Day. Here is CNN's John Harwood.
Always good to have you. Donald Trump's latest tweet reflecting the views of those supporters that we were interviewing there.
"Biden is going to raise your taxes to a level never seen before."
I wonder, does Joe Biden have a realistic plan that counters that narrative or not?
JOHN HARWOOD, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Well, Joe Biden has vowed not to raise taxes for anyone earning less than $400,000 a year, which would
seem to encompass the people in that piece that you just played in setting up the segment.
So Joe Biden does have a plan to raise taxes on people at the top of the spectrum, to raise taxes on business, to try to fund a variety of services,
from education to child care to health care expansion.
And the question is whether those are going to be popular to voters. Polls show they are. But the proof is going to be what happens on Election Day.
ANDERSON: Absolutely. So many people, of course, have voted already. But Election Day, as I said, November the 3rd. Joe Biden has about tripled the
cash on hand that Mr. Trump does. And he is spending it, John, on ads like this during the World Series. Have a listen.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice-over): Joe Biden doesn't need everyone this country to always agree, just to agree we all love this country and go from
there.
JOE BIDEN (D-DE), FORMER U.S. VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I'm Joe Biden and I approve this message.
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ANDERSON: For those who might say that he is sort of preaching to the converted there, those who already buy into Joe Biden, will like the ad. I
wonder whether you think that that ad is likely to change the minds of, for example, those voters that Elle spoke to.
HARWOOD: Well, I think it's not necessarily designed to change a lot of minds. But Joe Biden has got a 10-point lead in this race, Becky. It's
designed to hold people that he's already got.
The task for Donald Trump over the last two weeks is to claw voters away from Joe Biden. And that was an extraordinary ad that we saw played during
the World Series last night. And it reflects the uniquely divisive character of Donald Trump's presidency.
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HARWOOD: That was an ad that resembles, more than any that I have seen in my career, the "Morning in America" ad that Ronald Reagan ran in 1984 when
he was running for reelection. He won in a landslide. He was trying to pull the country together and say things are going well.
Joe Biden is trying to say things are not going well but they can go well. That was something that tells you about the core appeal that Joe Biden is
making and so far the polls seem to indicate that it's working.
ANDERSON: Your wealth of experience is always so insightful, John, particularly as we -- those of us who are watching this internationally,
try to get our head around what is going on. Joe Biden will be getting a big boost today from an old friend of his, Barack Obama, who we heard from
before Elle's reporting.
Is Barack Obama getting to the party just a little late at this point?
HARWOOD: I think the calculation that Barack Obama makes in election campaigns, including this one, is that, as a former president, you only --
and when you're campaigning for somebody else -- you only have so much ammunition to use -- use it -- wait to use it when it counts.
We are now at the countdown to the election. One of the things that Democrats are laser focused on is not having the kind of dropoff in
turnout, especially from people of color that Hillary Clinton experienced in 2016, that helped Donald Trump edge out Hillary Clinton in Pennsylvania,
Wisconsin and Michigan.
So Barack Obama is going to Philadelphia; a lot of African American vote there as well as vote in the suburbs of Philadelphia, more of the white
women, who are powering the Biden campaign.
And I think Joe Biden is very welcome to have -- or very happy to have Barack Obama trying to propel that turnout, to safeguard the lead that he's
got, which is over 6 points in Pennsylvania.
ANDERSON: Both these campaigns fully focused on what are known as these swing states. John, thank you.
The White House behind you, there, shrouded in what looks like an eerie fog. We will have to see if Donald Trump has the political mouse (ph) to
work his way out of the fog of what is electoral war, as it were. Thank you, sir.
All states are equal in American politics except some that are not equal, perhaps some others that are not as equal as others, as it were, as some
swing. And they can decide who wins and who loses. Places like Pennsylvania and Michigan, where CNN's Kate Bolduan spoke to several Black women who are
getting as many people out to vote as they can.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Women are the backbone.
KATE BOLDUAN, CNN ANCHOR: But do you think the Democratic Party takes you for granted?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Absolutely. Absolutely.
ANDERSON (voice-over): Black women are often called the backbone of the Democratic Party, which makes their voice so important to this election.
More of that interview is just ahead in what is this two-hour show.
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ANDERSON: Well, coronavirus, of course, the cloud that shadows not just America and its election at present but much of the rest of the world. We
have been spending a lot of energy over the last few weeks showing you Europe's collapse back into COVID-19. Now the region desperately trying to
pull itself back from the precipice of what feels like utter disaster.
Perhaps the most extreme example is Ireland. It will become the first E.U. country to return to a national lockdown just hours from now. Everyone who
lives there being urged to stay home for the next six weeks. That is until December. CNN's Nic Robertson collecting all of that from London.
Why?
Because he hasn't been able to get to Ireland, given his strict travel restrictions.
It's a mizzy day there.
When and where are people actually allowed to go out, Nic, at this point in Ireland?
NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: Sure. And unless you are an essential worker and you have to go out to work, the instruction is
work from home. You can't go out and visit your neighbors because households can't mix.
You can't meet them in the garden so you can't do that. You can't travel more than 5 kilometers, three miles, from your home, even for exercise so
the limits really are in. They're tight. The government is restricting the way that people can use public transport; 25 percent capacity only.
So the opportunity to go out then, the limitations are really proscribed at the moment, Becky.
ANDERSON: Nic, I spoke to a family in Ireland yesterday. Have a listen.
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JOHN MARTIN, DUBLIN RESIDENT: So it's - I suppose the difference this time, but the lockdown, last time we didn't know what was coming. This time
we know what's going to happen. We know, you know how difficult it's going to be for all of us
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CAROLINE MARTIN, DUBLIN RESIDENT: We really need to try to flatten the curve again. We did a really good job at the start back in March so it's
just to get it back down again, you know.
From a business point of view, it's been full on for John and myself and an awful lot of people. And I think these six weeks, especially with retail,
there will be a lot of shops that won't reopen, which is going to be really hard on the economy.
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ANDERSON: Is she right about retailers, Nic?
ROBERTSON: Yes, sure. Look, only essential retail stores will be allowed to open. As they say, they've already gone through a lockdown once already;
25 people will be able to go to a wedding, 10 to a funeral. We are talking about tiny sectors of the economy that will get a tiny infusion of money.
We spoke to people who run a couple small stores in Ireland. They're worried.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I would say devastated to be honest. You know, I think it was flagged that it was going to happen. But at the same time I was
hoping that maybe common sense would prevail because, from our point of view, we feel retail is a safe environment.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If you're strong enough you can actually (INAUDIBLE) because there are a lot of people out there with a second shutdown, will
really, really find it hard to come through.
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ROBERTSON: You got a hint of it there, Becky, from that storekeeper, saying we thought common sense would prevail. We need the retail sector.
There is a fear that as many as 150,000 jobs could be lost through this.
One of the Irish newspapers is right now reporting that Gap retail store chain may close some of its outlets. That's been reported in the "Irish
Times." So you know, if you live in Ireland that's going to be within of your go-to newspapers, that's the headline you are seeing at the moment.
Lockdown begins midnight tonight, Becky.
ANDERSON: Nic Robertson in what looks like a very dreary London today, thank you.
Ireland has had to bite the bullet and go back into a lockdown. But other places, facing far worse pressure, simply aren't doing that. But there are
tougher restrictions hitting Poland and now the Czech Republic from tomorrow.
Tomorrow morning, Prague will ban all but the most essential trips. Shops will shutter. Services will close. It is a dramatic move but a clearly
necessary move to get Europe's fastest growing case count back under control. Scott McLean is live for you in Berlin. And you've been reporting
on these situations in the Czech Republic.
What are the new rules and when will they come into effect?
SCOTT MCLEAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Sure. So Becky, I should point out this morning there was actually an emergency session of Parliament. And after
that the prime minister conceded the current set of restrictions simply were not working to get this pandemic under control, the second outbreak of
the virus.
So starting tomorrow, the Czech Republic will go back into something that you might describe as a lockdown. So only essential businesses will be
allowed to open. And movement will be severely restricted to only essential trips or to work.
Yesterday, the Czech health minister had already announced that masks, face masks, will have to be worn almost everywhere outdoors. We spoke to some
people in Prague about it yesterday. Listen.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: In the Czech Republic we had the facemask and the epidemic was contained and, therefore, I believe in face masks and I think
it makes sense to have the new measures (INAUDIBLE).
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think mask wearing is important and it certainly helps, maybe it's coming a little too late.
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MCLEAN: A little too late, perhaps, because the Czech health care system is actually nearing its capacity. And so the country is going to be
accepting help from the U.S. National Guard.
Doctors from Nebraska will be coming in soon to help deal with the overflow of patients. The government is also building right now a field hospital in
Prague with 500 beds. The health minister told me last week he expects those beds could be needed as soon as this month.
I want to walk you through a couple graphics, Becky, that illustrate the problem here in Europe and just how bad things are in the Czech Republic.
The European average, the case counts are much higher on the second wave than they were in the first, at least on paper. But there are other
countries like the Netherlands, Belgium and Czech Republic, you can see there in white, that have many more cases than the European average.
The difference with the Czech Republic, though, is that most other European countries have not seen their death tolls come anywhere close to what they
were in the first wave; while the Czech Republic is different, theirs actually has eclipsed the first wave.
So the prime minister got a lot of praise for his early handling and his ability to tamp down the first wave of the virus. Now he's actually
apologizing for not taking action to tamp down the second wave sooner. Becky?
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ANDERSON: Scott McLean on the story for you. Thank you, sir.
A northern rebellion of sorts has been emphatically shut down by the British prime minister. That, if it hadn't, one, could have meant that
London needed to negotiate every lockdown with every region every time it happened.
So now Manchester will be forced into the harshest set of coronavirus measures after talks with local leaders ended without a deal. Residents
responding with both resignation and anger. You can see graffiti lining the streets, saying, "The North is not a Petri dish, and "Full pay."
Manchester wanted more money to help cushion the blow of a lockdown. The mayor asking for nearly $85 million but the British government just
wouldn't hit that number. Take a look at the moment Andy Burnham realized defeat was inevitable.
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MAYOR ANDY BURNHAM, MANCHESTER, ENGLAND: It's brutal to be honest, isn't it?
This is no way to run the country, in a national crisis. It isn't -- this is not right, they should not be doing this, grinding people down, trying
to accept the least that they can get away with, 22 million pounds to fight the situation that we are in is, frankly, disgraceful.
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ANDERSON: Andy Burnham, the mayor of Manchester.
Still ahead on this show, there are reports of multiple deaths and injuries at a protest in Nigeria but a top official is denying the claims.
So what is going on?
More on that coming up.
Then, scientists and space buffs are over the moon, applauding NASA's big success in deep space. I will be talking to the man in charge about the
space agency's historic first. That is coming up a little later.
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JOHN VAUSE, CNN ANCHOR (voice-over): Protests against police brutality turned violent as eyewitnesses and soldiers opened fire on demonstrators.
ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN ANCHOR (voice-over): Witnesses tell CNN that multiple people were shot.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I was saying that you're our government (ph). You guys are a shame to the world.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We spoke to so many eyewitnesses, everyone traumatized, disappointed.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (from captions): For a soldier to face their own citizen and be shooting them, it's not right in any way in this country.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're comforted that we have not recorded any fatality.
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ANDERSON: This is a story that has defined parts of this year, albeit in a different place and a far different context to what we have seen elsewhere.
It's a story that mirrors some of the feelings we saw back in May, when the killing of George Floyd by police led to protests across the United States
and other parts of the world.
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ANDERSON: But now protests against police brutality have taken a violent turn in Nigeria where there are distressing and conflicting reports this
hour.
Witnesses say multiple demonstrators have been killed or injured in Lagos after being shot by soldiers at a toll gate.
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ANDERSON (voice-over): These protests against police brutality have been taking place now for nearly two weeks. You may have seen the #EndSARS on
social media, referring to a police unit known as the Special Anti-Robbery Squad. It's been mostly peaceful, mostly, until now that is.
These are images of fires burning across Lagos, smoke dominating the horizon, even though the video was taken from some distance away.
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ANDERSON: We don't have clear numbers on how many people may have been killed or hurt; in fact, the Lagos governor denies reports of fatalities
but says one person died from blunt force trauma. Stephanie Busari has the latest for you.
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STEPHANIE BUSARI, CNN PRODUCER (voice-over): Gunshots ring out in a wealthy suburb of Lagos, Africa's largest city. The target: young
Nigerians, who have been protesting peacefully against police brutality in the country for close to two weeks.
Eyewitnesses tell CNN that military trucks barricaded them and started shooting from both sides, hitting multiple demonstrators. The Lagos state
governor has appealed for peace and said only one person has been confirmed dead so far, contrary to what witnesses have told CNN.
BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU, LAGOS GOVERNOR: I want to plead to parents and to appeal to guardians and appeal to our citizens, especially our youth, that
I am for you. I am with you. I feel the pain and I understand that indeed you are not happy with what the turn of events have been last night.
I want to say once again that, as your governor, I will do everything to ensure that every life indeed do matters (sic).
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BUSARI (voice-over): The military has also taken to social media to cry "fake news." So far 15 people have died since the protests started earlier
this month, according to Amnesty International.
Police turned water cannons, tear gas and live ammunition on protesters early on in the marches in the capital city. But on the streets of Lagos
this morning, those shock and anger as the city comes to terms with a night of violence.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (from captions): For a soldier to face their own citizen and be shooting them, it's not right in any way in this country. So let the
government just do the right thing or they will see more anger of the people.
BUSARI (voice-over): -- Stephanie Busari, CNN.
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ANDERSON: And more on that as we get it.
Up next, over the moon and into the history books. We are connecting you with NASA's deep space success. The man in charge will be talking to me
live up next.
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ANDERSON: In the time of coronavirus amid political upheaval something amazing, almost otherworldly, is sparking joy and not a little curiosity, a
daring landing in deep space. NASA nailing it, making history along the way as the Osiris-REx spacecraft confronted a scary rock that scientists worry
might even come too close to Earth in the next century.
The Bennu asteroid didn't make the trip easy for the folks at NASA. This was no walk in the park, believe me. It took two years and more than 300
million kilometers for Osiris-REx to get there. Then it wasted no time using its robotic arm to collect ancient bits of rock and dust, all in the
name of getting the inside track on the galactic soup that surrounds us.
It took teamwork to do it and NASA's administrator, Jim Bridenstine, is applauding audibly. He says, quote, "made it possible to hold a piece of
the most ancient solar system in our hands," and he joins me now live.
It's wonderful to have you.
As simply as you can make it, what has NASA achieved and why does it matter?
JIM BRIDENSTINE, NASA ADMINISTRATOR: OK. So first of all, we orbited the smallest object that's ever been orbited before, which is fantastic. Then
we turned around and we characterized that object.
And then we went down and we grabbed some material from that object that we're going to bring back to Earth in 2023. And we're going to characterize
all of that -- all of that material.
As you mentioned, Bennu has about one in 2,700ths of a chance of contacting Earth in the years 2175 through 2199. So we're trying to characterize, what
is this asteroid made of and ultimately make a determination as to what we want to go do next.
Part of NASA's mission is planetary protection. And that's really what this mission was all about. Now I will tell you, there is a very low chance that
this asteroid will hit Earth but, at the same time, we want to make sure we are characterizing it in a meaningful way.
ANDERSON: Were it to hit Earth -- and you say it's very unlikely -- what would happen, out of interest?
BRIDENSTINE: We have seen -- you probably remember, back in 2013, there was an asteroid that hit the Earth. It actually burned up in the upper
atmosphere but it was over Russia. And so those kinds of activities happen, they happen frequently. Mostly over the ocean but every once in awhile it
impacts humanity.
When we find meteorites, that's what they are. This is just an opportunity -- really this is about science. It's about studying the early solar
system.
ANDERSON: Sure. One assumes, therefore, you are trying to avoid us going the way of the dinosaurs at this point, right?
BRIDENSTINE: Yes, there's no risk of that. It wouldn't have that kind of an impact. But I will tell you what we're doing is we're characterizing a
very primitive object from the early solar system so we can characterize, what did the solar system look like 4 billion years ago?
ANDERSON: So we are looking at some images that you have sent us, which are fascinating. We see that arm at work.
Just how hard is this to do, I mean, compared to, say, going to the moon or Mars, for example?
BRIDENSTINE: This is very difficult. You know, it's one of those things -- orbiting an object this small is very difficult in itself and then,
ultimately, there's no gravity so you're basically flying in formation with this object.
And then how do you -- when you touch down, how do you collect all of that data?
How do you collect all of those samples?
This was -- this project was started back in 2011, if you can imagine and, of course, we're thrilled with the amazing success.
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ANDERSON: Look, this is not a political question, I don't want to get into that. But Donald Trump has made space a key part of his foreign policy in
many ways.
Has he or that decision been a boost to NASA?
BRIDENSTINE: Yes, so space is an amazing way of bringing people together all around the world and it has been for years. We think about tonight
we're bringing home two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut from the International Space Station, which is going to be another -- it's
another achievement.
And the partnerships that go around the world with space, we've got 15 nations operating the International Space Station right now. We've had
astronauts from 19 nations and it's growing. And, of course, we have had experiments from 103 different countries. So it is a tool of diplomacy for
all countries.
ANDERSON: What's next?
BRIDENSTINE: Yes, so, like I said, tonight we're bringing home three astronauts; we are grateful to our Russian partners. They're going to be
coming home in a Soyuz spacecraft. And then, of course, we're launching more astronauts to the International Space Station here next month.
In November, we will launch astronauts on a SpaceX, what's called a Crew Dragon, which is a commercial vehicle that NASA now buys rides to get our
astronauts to the International Space Station.
ANDERSON: Fascinating stuff. Well, enjoy and congratulations on this latest success. Amazing stuff.
You will remember, viewers, that the UAE where we are based here in Abu Dhabi launched its first space mission to Mars a few months ago, the Hope
probe.
Where is it now?
Take a look, 93 days after takeoff, the Hope probe is rocketing through space at just under 100,000 kilometers per hour and is more than halfway to
its destination, that being the Red Planet.
The Hope expects to arrive in February to mark the 50th anniversary of the UAE's formation. Keeping you bang up to date with what's going on up there.
Coming up, a first in 16 years, Paris Saint-Germain with an at-home loss after Tuesday's Champions League match. More on that with "WORLD SPORT"
after this.
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