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>> me >> came to that go >> very cool. you were alive in the sun and newsroom. i'm jim acosta in washington we'll, roughly 87% of totality. we are just hours away from a where were you event the solar eclipse of 2020 for some 32 million americans will be in these so-called path of totality this afternoon. that means from texas to maine, they will be plunged into darkness when the moon blocks out the sun for about four minutes. but if you're not lucky enough to the, in this narrow band don't worry, 99% of americans will see at least a partial eclipse. and this reminder, of course,

be sure to wear those special eclipse glasses to avoid permanently damaging your eyes. today's celestial wonder will be a site to savor. it will be another 20 years before the next total solar eclipse is visible. in the contiguous united states, we're covering all the angles of this rare bent, including in the studio. and here, i mean, i don't know if we can take this shot for just a second here, but look at the set that are wonderful tech teams have put together here in washington, it is marvelous, but in the meantime, we've got a team out there in the field as well. of course, cnn's rosa flores and stephanie elam are in the totality zone and meteorologist allison chinchar will show us where weather could compromise the view. but let's begin this hour with cnn's rosa flores and carville, texas rosa, i'm sure they're getting excited out there. you got at your glasses. i've got mine because we are doing sort of an eclipse here in the studio as well. although if i do that, i can't read the teleprompter, so that doesn't work. rosa, what kind of crowds are expected? there? how's it

looking out there? >> it is definitely an eclipse party right now, jim. and one of the things that i'm trying to figure out is what type of eclipse glasses should i be wearing? i don't know exactly. there's these kinds. there's these, and this is where the public service announcement comes in because you have i have to wear the proper glasses. if you're going to witness this eclipse, if your glasses look like this, and you could put your finger through them. these are not good glasses. you're not going to protect your eyes these are the real ones. these are the ones that you want. and yes there is a third eye of wisdom here, right at the center where it says times two. that's because carville, texas will experience to eclipses in six months or was one in october. i want you to take a look at this map from nasa because it really shows that x marks the spot two paths of totality. one from october, the one from today, and right at the smack center is

carville, texas, which is why a lot of people are saying that we might be feeling things here in curveball texas that are not cells in other places. now, i talked to the mayor of this city she says, there's about a population of about 25,000, but it might grow to up to 100,000 today for the viewing of this eclipse >> i asked her it mayor? that's a lot of pressure. the weather might not be great. do you have any any sense of what the weather's going to be like and if all these revelers are going to be happy, well she says that she tapped into some supernatural powers. take a listen >> concerns, of course is the weather. >> weather but it would be clear >> i'm ray. >> i checked my magic balls morning sno rate and we're going to be able to see it. so what else does that magic ball >> i'll have to look harder

>> lottery numbers because if not, i want those two. that's the secret that i can i can share jim, i borrowed her crystal ball. i'm looking through it. i do see some cloud cover right now, but i think wait, let me look at it. it's going to clear we're going to be able to see this eclipse and all the people here in clairvaux, texas are going to have a ball back to you all, right rosa it sounds like it yes, absolutely. if you could tell us our future while you're at it, that would be good. get some tarot cards out. we'll >> do the whole thing. all right. rosa, looking great as always. thank you so much. >> you don't want to learn what i'm seeing but i don't i've got i don't rosa, you're right our rosa flores. thank you very much. and what better way to celebrate this afternoon's rare experience and to show you love someone to the moon and back hundreds of couples are expected to tie the knot in a mass wedding ceremony

at a free event, appropriately called a lope at the eclipse. cnn stephanie elam is raul seville, arkansas for the nuptials in a hot air balloon loon. >> stephanie, i guess, you >> know, you're going to win the competition as to who's the closest to the eclipse. if you're up in that hot air balloon watching this thing how big is this serum are going to be today? >> yeah, well, i will not be up there during the eclipse because who wants a big balloon in their way, but you know what right now, let's go ahead. let's go ahead and raise >> you could be doing here >> good >> part of the day we are in hard and we are in a soccer field where some 358 couples are planning to get married here during this elopement. they oh, there we go. we're rising up now. ecs were going up there. >> other balloons. >> look at those great day. we thought we were gonna get some rain. >> but now oh, we've got pretty blue skies, maybe a little high white house. but

hey we were still see something here is going to be a futile day >> and then let me just tell you how things are gonna go. so there is going to be the elopement and then everyone's going to stop and we're all going to watch this guy. and then after that, the liverpool legends, which you might guess as a beatles cover band, they are going to play. here comes the sun appropriately and the couple's will have their first dance. that's how it's gonna go. it's gonna be a mass wedding. there's already wedding dresses out here. and for some people, maybe i don't know the balloon doesn't morning things. so some couples live in as you're taking a right, i want to introduce you to joel. joel here is a pilot has been planned joel, i've been flying for 43 years now for re-mix. >> so i'm safe right now. oh, yeah. yeah. okay. take care of you. >> and so when you heard about this event and coming here, what drew you to be here? >> oh, just the clips we've got to see the eclipse. you've never been eclipse, you've gotta, you gotta go see you on. we drove all the way down from kansas city for this kansas city, i'm from san francisco

bay area, but we're going to we're not going to let that go right now but you have named something, this phenomenon, this behind us. yes, i see rough er, are photojournalist. you can show it. there's a big balloon shadow back here that's what i call willis the balloon or eclipse. and i think it's pretty fitting. so that person right there isn't it is total totality of the balloon are eclipse that we've got going on here where the sun is being blocked by the balloon, had so we call that a balloon or eclipse instead of a, so we're having fun here, jim, with what we're going to loop. let me just tell you how many people how many people are here. this is a town of about 30,000. there were about hundred thousand people that are here to take part in the festivities and looks like the clouds are agreeing with that. we're going to have a great show here today of the eclipse. everyone's very excited. jim i'm excited for you. stefani got correspondent, me a little fomo happening here, but i'm so glad the weather is cleared up. where you are. a lot of americans are gonna be wondering that very same thing at this moment. all right, the

news is capable of being fun. stephanie elam just proved before stephanie. thank you so much. let's go to the cnn weather center. and cnn meteorologist allison chinchar. allison, i mean, that is the other big question is where you're at and how much of the eclipse you're going to see. but the other big question that's looming over everything today is the weather, which areas are going to have the best views of this path or from the path of totality yeah, that's right. >> i mean, we'll mother nature cooperate is really the ultimate question for so many folks and the answer is yes, there are going to be plenty of spots along the path that are really going to be fantastic. take for example, areas of south eastern missouri, southern illinois, southern indiana, all looking at plenty of sunshine there another good spot is going to be way up into the northeast basically from burlington, vermont all the way up to caribou main, plenty of sunshine there as well? yes, there are going to be a couple of rough spots here and there basically from niagara falls up through rochester, new york, we are going to be looking at some pretty significant cloud cover there. and we also have the potential for those thunderstorms across areas of

texas. now the good news here is it the bulk of the strong to severe thunderstorms should be after the eclipse event is over however, we know a lot of those clouds begin to increase out ahead of the storm. so that's becomes the big question. how much of that increase in cloud cover do we get? and does it time up with the actual eclipse? now, one other thing to note is after the eclipse is over, a lot of those shower horse and thunderstorms are really going to fire up for a lot of the folks that are leaving, maybe heading back to where they came from, they may be encountering some of these storms, especially large hail damaging winds and the potential for some tornadoes, especially as we go into the evening hours. but all is not lost. some very good locations to see it, including indianapolis with clouds are decreasing throughout the day fantastic aroh, allison and i see that eclipse-themed outfit that you have on there. we're all getting in the spirit, just like the guys in the crew here in dc with this amazing studio that we have set up here. it's just, it's getting me in the spirit as well. thanks, alice. and really appreciate that we're following the eclipse all morning long. we'll have live special coverage. starting

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>> i was proudly the person responsible for the ending of something that all legal scholars, both sides wanted. and in fact demanded be ended. roe v. wade, they wanted it ended. >> it must be >> remembered that the democrats or the radical ones on this position, because they support abortion up to an even beyond the ninth month the concept of having an abortion and the later months and even executed you should after birth are in fact track. >> democrats do not believe in >> execution after birth and the claim that both sides demanded the end of roe versus wade is completely false. in fact, new polling indicates the vast majority of americans, including nearly half of republicans, support a federally guaranteed right to abortion. let's discuss with cnn political commentator, democratic strategy because maria cardona and cnn political commentator and republican strategist alice stewart, alice and maria are the host of the podcast hot mics from left to right. alice, your reaction to what trump had to say this

morning? >> look, i think from a political standpoint, moving into the general election, this was the smart move to make because as those numbers indicate, most majority of americans for a bright to abortion access and he understands that people that fought to overturn roe v. wade and people that are pro-life fought to take this issue out of the hands of unelected justices and put it in the hands of the states, which is exactly what happened with the dobbs case and what president trump said. and that's comment was now it's an issue. hands of the states and the state's rules are the law of the land each state will be different, but here's the pushback. he's getting a lot of pushback from the pro-life community. the susan b. anthony association, who was strong pro-life, they say seating this issue back to the states basically turns this back to the hands of democrats concerned women for america, whose another i'm pro-life organization say they favor limits on abortion and want the conversation to be held on limits. the campaign has already reached out to many of these pro-life groups trying to gauge the field and pushback on

this helps so happy on that side of the equation. >> and maria, i mean this allows florida's six-week abortion ban essentially to stand. so does that put states like florida in play? i mean, that's this is what democrats. one isn't it? >> i mean, in a way, well, yes, because the issue will continue to be that this is something that should just be in the hands of women. it should not be in the hands of any anyone who's elected. it should not be in the hands of justices. do what happened with roe v. wade was an earthquake and nothing will eclipse the fact that donald trump see what donald trump is, the one who appointed the three judges, conservative judges, who overturned it, lying during they are confirmation hearings, because this was settled law of the land. and that's why you have seen since then, jim, electorally, this has been kryptonite for republicans. that's why we did so well, democrats did well in the midterm elections. that's why we have been overperforming and

special election after special election and that's what it's going to continue to be in the general yeah. i mean dallas, it was a good idea, politically speaking for donald trump to say he was glad that he overturned roe versus wade. he continues to say that. i mean, that that has not worked in kansas, not worked in ohio. where voters have gone are the poles voted to protect abortion rights? >> well, again, the issue, putting it back in the hands of the states was a huge victory for life. and those that protect the sanctity of life. but when you look at this issue from a federal ban, look, donald trump can can say or not say that he supports a federal ban. and maria and your democratic friends are going to say regardless, donald trump is going to try in get a federal ban politically speaking, no side is going to have 60 votes necessary to reimpose a federal ban on it. so using that argument is ridiculous, and i think the issue right now is where it should be in the hands of the states and if people in that state, as we've seen already decided, we want to have reproductive rights and pro-abortion issues on the state ballot, then it will be in their favor. but the

pro-life community is extremely frustrated that donald trump said one thing as they helped him get elected. and now that he is a tough general election, they feel as though he's turning his back on the pro-life movement. >> here's what republicans don't understand. there are 20 states now that have almost complete abortion bans. almost one in three women south of virginia exactly. almost one in three women of reproductive age live in those states. those women's lives are in danger. we have already seen the nightmare scenarios of women having to leave their states to get the reproductive care that they want. we've seen nightmare scenarios where 12 girls who have been raped are being forced to carry that pregnancy to term. this is what republicans have caused and this is where women all across the country, including republican women, are saying absolutely not. we do not want to live in a country where our daughters will have less rights than we did. this should be something the only women, their families, their doctors should be the ones that be able to

decide this. i think the important thing that pro-life community is looking at, changing the conversation from abortion outright bands to limits and where we can agree on this with also the exception of rape, incest, and life of the mother, which is an important component that's never will never be enough until this decision is in the hand hands of women only. >> we're going to keep this conversation going, ladies. thank you. enjoy the eclipse. really appreciated it, tim. all right. in the meantime, six months into israel's war against hamas, the two sides may be inching closer to a ceasefire deal. egyptian state media is reporting, quote, significant progress as negotiations continue today in cairo and in gaza, the idf says it has withdrawn forces from the southern city of khan yunis. but says they are still far from houlton ground operations in gaza in an international diplomatic editor, nic robertson joins me now from jerusalem nic, where do things stand right now? >> yeah, it's a big withdrawal by the idf from khan yunis they say that this is now markedly are marks the end of the phase of ground operations inside of

gaza by adding in their current form and implying that these troops could be redeployed to refer that for town on the border with egypt, 1.5 million palestinians estimated there something the white house doesn't want to happen. so the move by the idf does that in the context of these talks in cairo changed the equation significantly? it certainly seems to change the dynamic of the battlefield wins in southern gaza at the moment, a lot of idf forces still left in the north of the gaza strip. what we're hearing from the katara is the spokesman for the foreign minister has just said in the last few minutes that he is optimistic about the new proposals that have been put on the table, but says waiting for to hear back from both sides about it. what we know these talks of at times seem close the gaps have not been bridged

but each time it gets light that we hear from usually both sides saying this cannot be done negative comments, if you will, right now, we're not getting those negative comments. so the door is still open. that's where we stand all right. >> nic robertson. thank you very much. let's discuss more now with democratic congressman mark pocan of wisconsin. he's the chair emeritus of the congressional progressive caucus. congressman thanks very much for being here. what's your sense of it? do you think they're going to come to an agreement on some kind of a ceasefire that involves a hostage release. what do you think? >> thanks for having me, jim. i hope so. we want peace in this region. i think everyone looks at what happened, the horrific attack on october 7, understands israel's right to be able to respond to hamas, but then from what i hear is i've been around my district last two weeks. people think this is way more than a response to hamas and it appears to be a collective punishment of all palestinians in gaza. 2 million people

displaced 33,000 dead, 70% being women and children. we need to stop the bombing now, we need to get aid and food and water to people now who are starving and we need to get this resolved. i think the united state's position has always been a two-state solution, recognizing states of israel and palestine. i think that's where we need to focus our efforts >> and congressman, you and other progressives recently penned a letter to president biden calling on him to stop transferring weapons to israel after that strike in gaza, that killed seven aid workers with world central kitchen. the president has warned the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu that there could be changes in us support, changes in us policy if he doesn't change course, he has not gotten to a point where he is demanding that netanyahu bring about an immediate ceasefire today, right now, are you satisfied by his response to the attack? do you think he needs to go further?

>> well, at minimum, i think any new assistance to israel has to have conditions we can't allow it to continue to bomb people who don't even have food and water, we need to be able to protect aid workers were providing aid ourselves. the united states, but we have to do it by air and by water rather than through our friends checkpoints, israel that's not acceptable. we need to get aid to people. we need to make sure it's delivered safely. over 200 aid workers have been killed, not just the most recent seven that's gotten a lot of attention, a whole lot more has to be done. they should not be invading rafah. and certainly not doing it with the weaponry that the united states is providing. so we're hoping to talk to the administration about conditions on that funding for offensive weapons and that's what the letter was about from the members of congress and i know some of your colleagues up on the hill are worried that the president's stance on israel could complicate efforts to pass a bill that would include aid for nachos israel, but >> also ukraine and taiwan how

do you unpack that? >> yeah i mean, i think if you put the lone on the floor of the funding for ukraine, you'd have three-quarters of congress voting for half the republicans and virtually every democrat including myself, would vote for assistance for ukraine. the problem is right now it's tied in through what the senate hadn't a package with aid to israel that does not have conditions as well as humanitarian for you need. right now, mike johnson, the speaker won't put it on the floor. we got to figure out how we get that to the floor. but there is wide support to support ukraine. i think the question really that is out there is we can't continue to support benjamin netanyahu, who does not have the best interest of the united states. he doesn't support a two-state solution. that's a big deal and we have to make sure that we're protecting as many innocence as benjamin netanyahu is conducting his war in gaza >> and congressman, i'm sure you saw the news this morning. former president trump announcing his abortion policies, saying it should be left up to the state's saying

he was proud of overturning roe versus wade. do you trust trump when he says he would leave abortion up to the states. and what did you make of his announcement this morning? >> yeah, you can put the period after do you trust trump? but they answer would be no unfortunately, i've served with him when he was president on this issue. he's particularly wrong when over when he helped to overturn roe versus wade with his appointments on the supreme court that made states like wisconsin. we now are under 18 49 in law. >> we used to >> tax horses and buggies. i think it was $0.10 for one horse, $0.15. if you had to in 18, 49, and that's the exact same law of people in wisconsin have to live under for abortion. that's why we had roe versus wade to protect women no matter where you lived in this country. and he is completely out of sync with the american people. this issue >> and i'm sure you know, this congress, president biden is set to travel to your state of wisconsin today. and this comes after a new round of polling by the wall street journal

revealed he's tied at 46% with trump among registered voters. obviously, we've seen these poles move all over the place, but i mean it's sorted deadlocked all over the country. if you look at our poll of polls and wisconsin kind of mirrors that, does that concern you? how close is wisconsin going to be? do you >> think at the end of the day >> yeah look we're a purple state. i think joe biden wanted by under 21,000 votes last time we have a tendency to have those really close statewide elections, sometimes under 1% difference and it means a number of things. one, showing up, joe biden, this is his ninth or 10th strip. in fact, he's been here so often i'm asked the governor if you he's eligible for residency requirements to pay state income taxes. he's showing up. that's good. >> but it's also people want to know >> what's happening. and he has done so much to deliver for the american people, investing in infrastructure, rebuilding, things in this country creating good paying jobs doing that also reducing cost for americans and health care and energy through the inflation

reduction act in today, he's announcing saving millions more people money on their student debt. >> i think that's the sort of stuff people want from our president. so he's actually showing, he's taking that agent experience. he brings to actually deliver things and get things done. and i think at the end for the day, people in wisconsin that's what they're going to look at. you look at what affects your family the most directly. clearly, joe biden has been very good for families and wisconsin, i think that's going to pay off just very quickly. >> they're finally though, if i mean, it was so close the last time around and wisconsin, if you haven't rfk junior there on the ballot, if you have cornel west, jill stein could that really cause havoc for the president? and if it's just down to a few thousand votes and you have a third party are multiple third-party candidates and there that that might be the difference look if the election was decided just on the merits, what i just explained, what the president is doing for people, he should win. no problem. but there's other complicating issues and third-party candidates

certainly complicate things. i think the current situation in gaza is i've gotten around my district is complicating things >> so we're gonna do >> everything we can to make sure people understand that joe biden is fighting and working hard for wisconsin families. and i think that message at the end of the de will be what delivers votes for joe biden. but third party candidates certainly are never gonna be elected president. and i hope people understand that when they go to vote all right >> congressman pokey. and thank you very much. appreciate your time >> sure. thank you. >> all right. in the meantime, we are just hours away from a historic total solar eclipse coming up next, you will hear from nasa is deputy the administrator about what they're scientists will be looking for. a during this celestial phenomenon, stay tuned for that he clips across america. he's brought to you by american home shield. don't worry be warranty now go to cnn.com slash eclipse to follow

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in washington, dc for the last total solar eclipse, but you only got to see a partial eclipse. have you ever seen a total solar eclipse? >> good morning, christian. it is wonderful to be here with you and 50,000 of our closest friends at the speedway no, i have never seen a total solar eclipse. i've seen several partial, but there's something very mysterious about our total solar eclipse. when literally day turns tonight, animals start to behave differently. we're seeing changes, years, atmosphere. it's a mystical, mysterious experience >> and i love >> the thought that millions of americans will stand together today looking up into the sky, wearing your glasses, where and 50,000 of them roughly, right here at the indianapolis motor speedway. pam, you've seen so much the incredible things in your life. you've been displaced multiple times >> but this i >> imagine a total solar eclipse is always been on your bucket list of y absolutely i think the science that we see

from it is amazing but also you have to recognize this is an extraordinary cosmic coincidence it just so happens and we're the only planet in the solar system that this is true for the apparent size of the moon in our sky is the same as the apparent size of the sun in the sky. it's not true anywhere else in the solar system. there's no other, other situation like we are so lucky and so blessed to have this incredible experience. but we also get the opportunity to see it as a three body problem. we're going to learn about the sun. we're going to learn about the moon, and we're going to learn about the earth by that, align a cosmic coincidence. i love that. >> and nasa of course course doing so many scientific observations during this total solar eclipse, eclipse, both professional and citizen science, right? >> that's right. this is such a unique opportunity, a huge

swath of the united states will have visible we'll be able to see if, even if they don't see totality, they'll say near totality. so it gives us the opportunity not just to leverage all the great scientific capabilities that we have in the united states for professionals this week, we're gonna be using all kinds of equipment will have aircraft, kites balloons, sounding rockets, all flying up into the atmosphere to observe. but in addition, we had trained regular citizens not professional scientists, to use solar telescopes >> and >> we have an app on your phone. we're going to have hundreds of thousands of people taking pictures and by pooling all that data together we think we're going to understand the shape of the sun down to within a few kilometer. wow. >> so leveraging the fact that this is an amazing totality that covers so many places across the united states. we're

going to get more and better data >> well, deputy administrator pam melroy, it has been such a pleasure speaking with you do i hope the sky space this way? and the clouds part, so we get to see your first total solar eclipse later today gym bag to you. >> i'm jealous of everybody in the field today. >> i >> mean, earlier stephanie's in a hot air balloon, your with somebody from nasa, a top official at nasser that's the best way to watch total solar eclipse. amazing stuff. all right, kristen and pam, thanks to both. he really appreciate it still ahead. march bad. this is coming to a close tonight. uconn will face purdue for the men's championship. oh, that's right. there's a men's championship. we already heard about the women's champions the real championship, while talking about the men's one next get your viewing glasses ready. >> it flips across america live today, it won't >> she random place like a puppy again, his number to use is a brand new dog all in less than a year

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listen to them they're playing for one on solar eclipse day and home-state indiana is in the path of totality. the only other time they played for a title was 1969, when purdue alum neil armstrong walked on the moon. basketball is like religion. and in janna, apparently astronomy two coach matt painter wants to bring home one of the his titles for his fans. listen >> it'd be great for our fans. it'd be great for our players are former players, you know, coach katie bruce weber, you know, all the people that have helped me be in this position and they deserve it. you see? lot of people on the back, nine of their lives and it's a big thing that they've stayed with us and supported us and they want to be able to see it >> all right, to massive players will make massive differences in this one produce seven foot-4. zach edey facing off uconn, seven foot to donovan clingan, uconn coach dan hurley called them clean kong and cad i got up with coach and ask them, wouldn't nickname, he would give himself

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from fredericksburg, texas at the planetary society's eclipse. oh rama event the peak time for stargazers there is about 2:32 p.m. eastern time. build great to see you. i see you have the glasses there. i've got my glasses here i mean, i don't know if i put them on. i can't really read the teleprompter but hey, let's just wing it here. tell us about what you're going to be expecting to see, where you are. it looks a little cloudy behind. i'm a little worried about your perspective. their bill >> well, it's a little cloudy, but it is, as we say in sailing burning off, >> good. >> if you look or i can't look at it right now, the disk of the sun is there with the little partial cloud cover between us and the sun, but it's fine it's gonna be a great experience. i've been in a total solar eclipse in 2002 when it was a little cloudy, it's still amazing. you guys, this it goes dark. it turns tonight in a few moments and you talked about the eclipse

glasses >> they are even >> though these are cardboard with mylar lenses, ray are completely effective and you can stare right at the sun with them. regular sunglasses do not work, everybody do not do it. and as i sell the time we all looked at the sun, you've ever played the outfield and there's a flyball you look at the sun for a moment. but these glasses are so much darker there's so much darker. everybody >> and you can't you can't mess with mother, here right? >> no, you can't >> yeah. and just think what it was like in ancient times when people didn't know what was going on whereas now modern astronomers can predict it within less than 100th of a second. >> yeah, we've seen some notable >> folks out there trying to look up during the club's you really shouldn't do that no matter what anybody tells you that, just don't do that bill, i also wanted to ask you, what about our little pets and animals that we have in our

lives? what happens with those little guys? i've got my dog duke, i'm worried about what i want to take them outside to watch it, but i suppose does he need his glasses to what's the deal with that? >> well, i've spent time with dogs. i've spoken at least two dogs quite a bit if it's night, they do their night thing. if it's day, they do their naibe day thing. i think duke will be fine. i think if you try to get duke to where the so, eclipse glasses? >> yeah. >> i'm predicting you won't have much success. i mean, you >> well, he's a big old, so i will not have any jargon is far above other dogs. i understand that, but yes, he may get the whole eclipsing right away. >> i barely have success putting >> them on myself and just talk about if you i can't bill. i mean, this is going to be such an amazing event that we're all going to watch as a nation which there aren't many things like that anymore that bring us together in a positive way. talk about that, why this is so

special, why this is so important >> well, we are unique in the solar system and we're probably unique in the galaxy and its situation where our moon blocks the same, width of sky as our sun. there's no place else in the solar system where that happens. but it happens here. it probably doesn't happen any other place nearby galactic cli. and so appreciate us. it's a remarkable thing where it goes completely dark when you're in the path underneath the shadow and you can see the sun's come out here and i'm pretty hopeful it will be out all day and instead of the thing is it's amazing. we all want to stare at it, look at it, and enjoy it. but the other thing that's right what did we all do all the time now, everybody's got a phone. everybody wants to take pictures once selfies assess what taking pictures. okay. >> but just take these few minutes and be present. between

the moment and look up what your glasses on. enjoyed that when it goes completely dark, if you're in the path, you can take them off. >> but >> also look around because i'm hoping that everybody the 30 maybe even 40 million people who experienced this yeah, we'll being with others. >> that's other citizens of earth. that's right. we're all going to experience it together. shared experience. >> that's right. yeah. >> such a wonderful sentiment. their bill. i got to go, but thanks so much for doing this. really appreciate it. we'll put our glasses on one last time and i'll and, i'll thank you for joining us and thank everybody out there for joining us. enjoy the eclipse for everybody and wolf blitzer here in this, in a newsroom starts after a short break, happy eclipse day, everybody i have a great day >> the day you get your clear choice dental implants changes

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