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this is America in the morning from Westwood one good morning I'm John trout it's Friday August 30th 2024 here's what's coming up on America in the morning vice president kamla Harris and Governor Tim wall sit down for their long anticipated first interview as Democratic nominees for the White House I'm John stoles in Washington Trump taking the town hall stage opposite the Harris interview why are we doing it live and she's doing it t I'm Clayton Neville life crime death and taxes are among the controversial issues appearing on ballots in dozens of States I'm Jackie Quinn the Army is giving more details about an incident this week with Donald Trump's staff at Arlington National Cemetery sagur magani Washington Wall Street Embraces the soft Landing scenario and separates itself from the fate of tech bellweather Nvidia I'm Peter Shak now Publishers Sue Florida over their education law a small plane made an emergency landing on a highway near a North Carolina airport I'm hya Pani all ahead on America in the morning after being dogged by critics for waiting nearly 40 days to sit down for a one-on-one interview since replacing President Biden at top the Democratic ticket for president VP Harris and running mate Governor Tim Walls sat with CNN for a wide ranging discussion John stoles has the story the interview covered a wide range of topics Chief among them some policy reversals by Harris over the the years specifically previous comments in 2019 supporting decriminalizing illegal border crossings and banning fracking Harris explained she changed her position on fracking back in 2020 because it's important to build consensus and solve problems let's be clear my values have not changed what we've already done creating over 300,000 new clean energy jobs that tells me from my experience as Vice President we can do it without Banning fracking the Trump campaign has asked why Harris hasn't done some of the things she wants to do as president while she's been vice president Harris defended bomic well first of all we had to recover as an economy and we have done that I'm very proud of the work that we have done that has brought inflation down to less than 3% the work that we have done to cap the cost of insulin at $35 a month for seniors Donald Trump said he was going to do a number of things including allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices never happened we did it Harris also said she would be willing to appoint a republican to her cabinet yes I would anyone in I would no one no one in particular in mine I got a we got 68 days to go with this election so I'm not putting the car before the horse on the campaign Trail Trump has spoken out about Harris's race saying she happened to recently turn black for political purposes to which she responded same old tired Playbook next question please meanwhile Governor walls was asked about his claims that he carried weapons in War while serving in the National Guard when critics argue he did not we were talking about in this case this was after school shooting the ideas of carrying these weapons of war and uh my wife the English to my grammar is not always correct but again if it's not this it's an attack on my children for showing love for me or it's an attack on my dog uh I'm not going to do that and the one thing I'll never do is I'll never demean another members Harris also recalled when President Biden told her that he was dropping out of the race we were going to S we were sitting down to to do a puzzle and the phone rang and it was Joe Biden and um and he told me what he had decided to do and um I asked him are you sure and he said yes John stalis Washington as kamla Harris traveled through Georgia former president Trump hit two Battleground States and capped off his trip with a town hall hosted by a former Democrat correspondent Clayton Neville reports ladies and Gentlemen please welcome the next president of the United States president Donald J Trump he said he came to Michigan with a simple message for the American Auto worker your long economic nightmare will very soon be over it's going to be over he hit On the Border in high prices Ian got in a few Jabs at Democrats like President Biden who was photographed this week in a chair on the beach do you think Kim Jong-un is sleeping from North Korea with his nuclear weapons all over the place they don't sleep so much from Michigan it was on to Wisconsin where Trump took part in a town hall moderated by former Democrat Tulsi gabard who endorsed Trump he opened by detailing a big announcement surrounding initro fertilization as women's Access to Health Care is a key focus of the campaigning and what we're going to do is for people that are using IVF which is fertilization we are the government is going to pay for it or we're going to get or mandate your insurance company to pay for it which is going to be great we're going to do that Trump town hall with gabard aired opposite his opponent vice president kamla Harris first sit down interviews since taking over the Democratic ticket why are we doing it live and she's doing it taped but that's right he's real Trump took questions from the crowd including this one from a struggling American on the economy now what's your plan to make life more affordable and bring down inflation for someone like me it's probably the question I get most you know they say you're going to vote with your stomach I don't know if you've heard it but it's a little bit true and groceries food has gone up at levels that nobody's ever seen before we've never seen anything like it 50 60 70% you take a look at bacon and some of these products and some people don't eat bacon anymore and uh we are going to get the energy prices down when we get energy down you know this was caused by their horrible energy wind they want wind all over the place but when it doesn't blow we have a little problem Trump painted Harris is a weak leader who's already spent three and A2 years in the White House even went after her record on immigration and harped on the idea that she's running a copycat campaign I'm Clayton Neville the top stories of the day are sponsored by Sleep Number its sleep number's biggest sale of the Year save 50% on the Sleep Number limited edition smart bed only at a sleepnumber store or sleepnumber.com Army responds to Trump's staff at Arlington Cemetery when America in the morning continues after these messages the all important Labor Day weekend forecast on America in the morning here's AI weather.com meteorologist LaTroy Thorton at the national map as a strong cold front pushes rather slowly toward the Eastern Seaboard over the next couple of days the risk for severe weather will follow along just ahead of the front for today this means that a Zone from lower Michigan to Central Indiana and parts of Illinois is in line for storms that can produce damaging winds and some hail along with drenching downpours this afternoon and into the night tomorrow expect the severe risks to track Eastward from Northeastern Kentucky to Western Maryland and the Western half or so of New York State the very same cold front should spark some coverage of mostly non- severe thunderstorms today from much of Northern Texas into Missouri as well as Eastern portions of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and Wisconsin with a pleasant and much more comfortable day expected behind the front from the dtas through Minnesota and Western Iowa a hot and humid day instead brings thunderstorms to parts of the South with a very moist air mass able to ring out some torrential downpours from Southeast Texas to Southern parts of Mississippi however there can be some thunderstorms through interior sections of Alabama and Georgia as well along with the Florida Peninsula but nothing too unusual for late August the West looks mainly dry with the beginning of another heat wave for the interior Northwest and some Monsoon thunder showers mainly focused over New Mexico but the Mid-Atlantic will be active once again with showers from Southern New York to Delaware and thunder more likely Southward from there into North Carolina much of the New England and the interior Northeast should be dry today in Baltimore expect a Cloudy and cooler day today with a shower around and a high of just 77 for Denver look for Sunshine and a nice end to the work week with a high getting up to 88 that's the nation's weather I'm ACU weather . meteorologist lroy Thornton remember to follow us wherever you get your podcasts Apple Spotify Amazon YouTube just search America in the morning in your favorite listening app I'm John Trout the 2024 election is not just about the White House correspondent Jackie Quinn reports there are ballot measures on several hot button issues in 41 States voters in nine states will be deciding on Constitutional Amendments to enshrine the right to an abortion into state law in response to the Supreme Court overturning Row versus Wade while Nebraska is trying to cement its 12-week ban West Virginia might Outlaw medically assisted suicide voters in North Dakota will consider the elimination of property taxes which sounds like an easy yes but how would the revenue be replaced Arizona might make it a State Crime to come in from a foreign country unless it's through an official entrance the legalization of marijuana for recreational use will be decided by voters in Florida and North and South Dakota election day is November 5th I'm Jackie Quinn the Army is now providing new information about an incident at Arlington National Cemetery involving Donald Trump's staff Washington correspondent Saga magani has the update oh Trump was at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Monday and late at section 60 the burial site for fallen from Afghanistan and Iraq an army spokesman says all participants were told of rules Banning political activities at Arlington and when a cemetery employee tried to enforce them was pushed aside the spokesman says the employee refused to press charges the Trump campaigns denied it did anything wrong and VP nominee JD Vance has instead gone after the employee some staff member had a little disagreement with with somebody and they have turned the media has turned this into a national news story a defense official told the AP yesterday the campaign had been warned about not taking pictures in section 60 Sager magani Washington the economic soft Landing when America in the morning continues after these messages welcome back this is America in the morning the business report is brought to you by Fisher Investments Fisher Investments is a fiduciary always putting clients interests first learn more at Fisher investments.com it is Friday the last day of August let's get an update on where the stock markets been this month here's cnbc's Peter Shack now the stock market is on the verge of finishing the month of August in way better shape than anyone could have imagined when the month began in the first three trading days of August the S&P 500 fell about 6% the NASDAQ about 8% Flash Forward to today the last day of the month the Dow is at a record high the S&P is higher for August and the NASDAQ is just below break even and the market didn't slump even though chipmaker envidia shares fell after it did not beat consensus earnings estimates quite as much as it had in the past Craig Johnson Chief Market technician for Piper Sandler is pleased that in investors are now looking Beyond Nvidia and the other so-called Magnificent Seven stocks they're not making the same new highs like we've seen before you can actually find some better-looking stocks in this midcap world uh that look a lot more constructive and I think that sort of the change is happening this is a market that's broadening out it doesn't have to be led by just the mag seven yesterday's relatively steady stock session came after two pieces of data showed the economy on solid footing initial jobless claims fell while second quarter economic growth was revised higher to a 3% Ann ual rate Laura R chief us Economist at FS Investments says this sets up the FED to go as slow or as fast as it needs to in cutting interest rates it's a better policy stance that the FED is starting from than we've had in 20 years the economy is looking solid it's weathered a global slowdown beyond the market there's a strong economy that's very resilient today the focus will be on economic numbers that could strengthen the idea of the economic soft Landing meaning a slow down without a recession we'll be getting fresh numbers on personal income and spending as well as the personal consumption expenditures or pce index the fed's preferred measure of inflation earnings reports this week Peter they've been all over the road for major retailers what's the explanation depends on what those particular retailers are selling and what customers they're targeting that can be the case but this week we've seen at least one instance that contradicts that narrative Dollar General was by far Thursday's worst S&P 500 performer losing 32% after we week earnings and a cut in its yearly Outlook the discount retailer said financially constrained consumers are focusing on Essentials rather than higher margin products but Walmart reported upbeat earnings earlier this month and its stock is up 45% this year analysts say Walmart is simply executing better as well as having the advantage of a significant online presence but it is targeting a similar customer with the same constraints having said all that it does indeed help if you're selling what people want or need to buy whereas Dollar General was Thursday's worst S&P performer the biggest gainer was Electronics retailer Best Buy mhm cnbc's Peter Shack now when we return on America in the morning plane hit by car on the highway after these messages welcome back here with America in the morning a group of major book publishers sued the State of Florida over what they called an unconstitutional book ban law that allows challenges to books in school libraries the Publishers which includes Simon and Schuster penguin random house and author's Guild alleges that book bands have surged in violation of the First Amendment because of the passage of Florida's 2023 election bill which allows parents to ask for the removal of materials from schools if they're seen as pornographic in nature the complaint stated that hundreds of books have been banned including Farenheit 451 A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens and the Diary of a young girl by Anne Frank America in the morning continues well here's a tough one to explain to your insurance agent an airplane makes an emergency landing on a highway and was soon after hit by an automobile correspondent haa panani has that story the single engine plane experienced a mechanical failure and put out a distress call to pedmont Triad International Airport that's according to a news release from Greensboro police the plane landed on Westbound Interstate 840 at the junction with Interstate 73 and after it stopped a passenger vehicle hit it one of the two people on the plane was taken to the hospital with a minor injury the driver of the passenger vehicle wasn't hurt Greensboro police said it'll investigate the crash in the National Transportation safety board will investigate the cause of the airplane malfunction I'm Haya Pani a reminder this busy Labor Day travel weekend that if you're driving keep your eyes on the road and perhaps the sky from time to time America in the morning for Friday August 30th 2024 is produced by Jeff McKay senior producer Kevin Delaney I'm John trout this is Westwood One [Music] this is America in the morning from Westwood one I'm John trout coming up this half hour Trump Harris will have the latest from the campaign Trail removing himself from the presidential ballot proving to be easier said than done for RFK Jr I'm Clayton Neville Ukraine says a western donated war plane has crashed Sager meani Washington Attorneys asked the federal court to intervene in Donald Trump's New York hush money Chrono case I Norman Hall Jeff Bezos blue or gen launches six passengers into space and back I'm Pamela fur tornado winds knock nearly four dozen train cars off of a track in North Dakota I'm H up and a new sci-fi thriller examines the effects of isolation in space I'm Kevin Carr back after these messages welcome back you're with America in the morning on the start to the Labor Day weekend hot weather continues in the west with details here's zachi weather.com meteorologist LaTroy thoron as high pressure settles in over interior sections of the Northwest starting today the flow of warmer air around that feature means yet another heat wave as we approach The Unofficial end of summer this latest round of hot air means that high temperatures of tend to in some spots 15° above the historical average can be expected from today through Sunday approaching or even reaching ing daily record highs at times these sorts of conditions will raise the risk for heat related illnesses especially for those getting an early start to the holiday festivities the rest of the West will enjoy yet another largely rain-free day with only afternoon Monsoon Thunders showers breaking up the pattern from New Mexico into Eastern Arizona and Southern Colorado a drier more refreshing air mask brings a nice state of the northern and much of the Central Plains today behind a potent cold front areas along the path of the front from North Texas into Missouri can have a thunderstorm around today farther to the north and east and closer to the core of the disturbance thunderstorms May instead turn severe later today and into tonight from North Central Illinois to Central lower Michigan bringing the risk for Hail strong winds and soaking downpours a more General thunderstorm risk extends to the Northwest into parts of southeastern Wisconsin for the Mid-Atlantic showers are expected as a stalled front hangs over the region today with thunder most likely near and to the south of that front from Virginia through the Carolina thunderstorms can also pop up once again for Central and Southern parts of the Florida Peninsula storms delivering numerous downpours for parts of Eastern Texas and much of Louisiana today with more spotty storms from Mississippi to Tennessee that's the weather across America I'm acuweather.com meteorologist lroy Thornton remember you can follow us wherever you get your podcasts Apple Spotify Amazon and YouTube just search America in the morning in your favorite listening app I'm John trout on the campaign Trail vice president kamla Harris and her running mate Tim Walls spent their second day on a bus tour through Georgia where polling has them in a statistical Dead Heat with Donald Trump and then gave their first interview together since becoming the top of the Democrat ticket on CNN where Harris discussed why she's changed her positions on immigration and fracking since becoming vice president and vowed to name a republican to cabinet if elected meanwhile Trump held events in Michigan and Wisconsin including a town hall hosted by tulsy Gabbert where Trump called for Universal coverage of IVF the first week of September will be important for both candidates Harris and President Biden will be together in Pittsburgh for a rally on September 2nd while Donald Trump's new book called save America will be released September 3rd meantime Robert F Kennedy Jr's strategy to endorse former president Donald Trump may not be working out exactly as planned when it comes to the all important Battleground States correspondent Clayton Neville reports RFK Jr who ran for president as an independent through his support behind Republican nominee and former president Donald Trump late last week and now to throw my support to president Trump the the causes were free speech a war in Ukraine and the war on our children the plan was to keep Kennedy's name on the ballot in states where doing that wouldn't sway the election one way or another but in Battleground States Kennedy said he would take his name off the ballot to let Trump get more votes in those States easier said than done though apparently Kennedy can't remove his name from the ballot in Michigan where he was nominated by the natural law party and a Wisconsin election official say law state anyone who applies and qualifies for the ballot will appear on it unless they die Trump's running mate JD Vance ripped the state I think it's ridiculous that RFK has endorsed Donald Trump he has petitioned to be taken off the Wisconsin ballot but a bunch of bureaucrats are going to keep his name on the ballot because they think it'll hurt Donald Trump I think we're going to win Wisconsin anyway and we're going to fight for every single vote that's our plan RFK Jr will stay on the ballot in North Carolina after the state's Board of Elections voted yesterday to reject the request to remove by the nominating party he is expected though to be taken off the ballot in other swing states to include Pennsylvania and Nevada both believed to be crucial in November I'm Clayton Neville the European Union's top Diplomat is ramping up pressure on Ukraine's Western backers including the United States to lift restrictions on using weapons they provide Ukraine announced one of the F-16 fighter jets donated by Western Partners crashed killing its pilot the Kremlin is now redeploying some of its forces as Ukraine Ian troops take more territory from inside Russia's KK region the latest from Washington correspondent Saga manani the Ukrainian military says the pilot died when an F-16 went down Monday it was the first reported loss of an F-16 in Ukraine after at least six were delivered last month ke's defense Ministry says it's investigating just what happened the jet went down as Russia launched a major missile and drone barrage on Ukraine which says F-16 shot down four missiles at the Pentagon broadly speaking combat Aviation is incredibly complex um and we've been very proud to train some of the pilots here in the United States and not just here but our partners and allies um through the udg are also training um Ukrainian pilots on F-16 spokeswoman Sabrina sing says the US has trained some Ukrainian pilots on flying the f-16s but could not give any details about the crash if we are supplied with sufficient amount of uh missiles if we are allowed to strike uh we will significantly decrease the capacity of Russia to inflict damage on our critical infrastructure and we will uh improve the situation for our forces on the ground the European Union's top Diplomat is urging Ukraine's International backers to lift restrictions on the use of weapons they provide the US restricts the use of longrange ballistic missiles that gives Ukraine and some European nation also limit Weaponry use keev is desperate to use the weapons to strike targets inside Russia which are used to Stage attacks on Ukraine EU foreign policy Chief Joseph Burell says the restrictions must be lifted otherwise speaking alongside him in Brussels Ukrainian foreign minister demitro kbba says if certain decisions are made Ukraine can succeed if they are not it won't and that's on ke's haers then do not complain on Ukraine complain on yourself Sager meani Washington in a Blow to the kremlin's coffers their usual trade partner Serbia has agreed to buy several french-made war planes in a shift away from Russia correspondent Lisa DWI reports Russia has been a traditional supplier of military aircraft to Serbia which has refused to join sanctions against Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine Serbia is forly seeking European union membership but has not met the main preconditions due to Serbian president Alexander vk's increasingly autocratic rule the deal has raised concerns because Serbia at times has had an aggressive stance against its Balan neighbors and there are questions as to how France plans to protect sensitive information about the planes from getting into the hands of Russia French president Emanuel macron says the deal includes full guarantees like any defense agreement no further details were given I'm Lisa dwire when we return on America in the morning White House plans to naturalize migrants from Latin American countries plus Elon musk's flap with Brazil we're back after these messages welcome back I'm John trout this is American in the morning with a court date for sentencing just a few weeks away Donald Trump's legal team wants a federal court to take his case from the state level correspondent Norman Hall has details attorneys for the former president asked a federal court late Thursday to intervene in Donald Trump's New York hush money criminal case seeking a pathway to overturn his felony conviction and indefinitely delay his sentencing schedule for next month Trump lawyers asked the federal court in Manhattan to seize the case from the state court where it was brought and tried they argue that the historic prosecution violated fr's constitutional rights and ran a file of the US Supreme Court's recent ruling on presidential immunity they also say that a federal court would provide an unbiased Forum free from local hostilities I'm Norman Hall from a Texas facility and the first in two years six people launched into space and returned safely on Earth Pamela fur has the latest on the blue orig [Music] flight There She Goes new shepher has cleared the tower on its way to space blue origin launched its 26th new Shephard space flight in West Texas the company's eighth human flight booster touchdown a successful touchdown of the booster for the NS 26 Mission blue Origins says for the first time a NASA funded researcher conducted an experiment during the 11-minute suborbital space flight an experiment designed to help scientists understand how plant genes react to the transition to and from microgravity also on board the youngest woman to fly in space blue origin builds and markets the new Shephard rocket and spacecraft for space tourism human tended research and unpiloted experiments but the company is also building a large orbit class rocket called the new Glenn that will compete with spacex's Falcon family of boosters it's tentatively scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral on October 13th to boost two probes to Mars I'm Pam lier from the power of rockets to the strength of Mother Nature correspondent haa panani reports on a tornado strong enough to derail train cars in North Dakota tornado winds knock nearly four dozen train cars off of a track in North Dakota a spokesperson for the railway BNSF says a train was stopped due to to a tornado warning near the town of Steel North Dakota high winds caused 43 empty coal cars to derail no one was hurt and no hazardous materials were in the car the national weather service confirmed the winds at steel were from the tornado and that they're looking into the wind speeds we actually have a A team out there right now that is investigating that damage to determine potentially what wind speeds might have caused that um we don't yet have that survey completed so not quite sure exactly um yet what their findings are going to be but they're investigating that uh right now a second twister also touched down near Selfridge North Dakota I'm H Pani the White House is relaunching an immigration program for thousands of migrants from four Latin American countries correspondent Jackie Quinn has that story a Biden Administration program that allows up to 30,000 migrants a month to enter the US is being restarted after recent concerns over screening for eligibility after one month suspension the White House is again implementing an immigration program 4 thousands from Cuba Haiti Nicaragua and Venezuela allowing them to fly into the US for a 2-year stay as long as they have a financial sponsor allegations of fraud were investigated and the Department of Homeland Security says it's not widespread but the agency will step up its review of financial records that sponsors are required to submit as well as their criminal backgrounds allowing 30,000 migrants a month is part of the Biden Administration policy to expand legal Pathways for those who follow the rules I'm Jackie Quinn Elon musk's battle with International Powers over censorship on X is taken to a new level this time with Brazil here's Chuck Palm with today's Tech news Elon Musk continues to have problems with Brazil now judge Alejandra de mores blocks star account over X's lack of legal representation musk has called morice a criminal and denounces his actions against X as censorship earlier this month X has closed the Brazilian office and told the employees to pack up and go home and now the Brazilian Supreme Court Judge has blocked the financial accounts of Elon musk's starlink in an ongoing feud that leaves the social media platform on the brink of being taken down in Brazil the judge sanctioned starlink the satellite Broadband unit of musk's SpaceX Corporation in response to a lack of legal representation in Brazil for the X mega social network currently at issue is whether or not Marice can order the social media platform to block certain accounts they have accused of spreading lies and distortions unrelated to this story The X Network did experience outages for several hours yesterday for more Tech news you can follow me on X at Chuck Palm Friday Sports is in on America in the morning here's our Robert Workman baseball Thursday all three National League Division leaders came out on top Dodgers doubled up the oral 63 to maintain the best record in the majors Phillies powered past the Braves 5-4 wiping out a 4 nothing deficit thanks to a three-run Homer from Brandon marsh and a two-run shot by Nick castanos Brewers blew by the Giants 6 nothing behind the twoh hit pitching of Aaron savali and Aaron Ashby manager Pat Murphy great version of Ash great version of Telly you know attacking the Zone with various pitches and stay after it the tempo of both pitchers was Fant fantastic elsewhere the Blue Jays blanked the Red Sox Bowen Francis who took a no hitter into the ninth in his last start held Boston hitless into the sixth and combined on a two-hitter angel shut out the Tigers Jack konowitz and Company scattered eight hits to snap a seven game skid Astros scored four in the E to take down the Royals Mets nipped the Diamondbacks Reds rallied past the A's Cardinals Marlins and Rangers win the first full week of college football is underway four top 25 teams in action last night they all won unranked Colorado rallied past FCS power North Dakota State 3126 shador Sanders son of Buff's coach Dion Sanders passed for 445 yards and four touchdowns three of those to two-way threat Travis Hunter Saturday kicks off with number one Georgia and number 14 Clemson in Atlanta tennis a major upset on day four of the US Open 3C Carlos alcarez fell in straight sets to bodic vanzan the 74th ranked player in the world the 21-year-old Spaniard was coming off titles at Paris and Wimbledon top sieg yanic CER andas fan EAS won to make round three golf's FedEx Cup playoffs Scotty sheffler fired an opening round 65 and leads the Tour Championship by 7 Strokes as he aims for that $25 million prize and the final race of the NASCAR regular season is Sunday evening in Darlington three playoff spots up for grabs that's Friday Sports thank you Robert when we return on America in the morning new details on that terrorist targeted attack at a Taylor Swift concert after the these [Music] messages you're with America in the morning us intelligence is sharing more details about this month's foiled terrorist plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna Austria correspondent Donna wer reports a warning from the CIA helped thwart an ISIS attack that was intended to kill thousands of concert goers while addressing this week's annual intelligence and National Security Summit in Maryland CIA deputy director David Cohen said the suspects who were planning to attack Taylor Swift's arys tour in Vienna earlier this month wanted to kill tens of thousands of fans the CIA discovered intelligence and disrupted the plot leading to arrests by law enforcement in Austria Cohen said the suspects were quite advanced in their plot but after intelligence about what he calls this Isis connected group The austrians were able to make those arrests Austrian officials say the main suspect a 19-year-old man was inspired by Islamic State group and that he planned to attack outside the concert venue where more than 30,000 Taylor Swift fans were expected to gather his attorney says the allegations are overacting at its best I'm Donna water there's plenty to choose from this Labor Day weekend at your nearby theater including one debut reaching for the Stars Kevin Carr has a sneak peek at slingshot if you think your job can make you feel isolated there's a movie that might give you a new perspective so I don't know if you heard but I'll be leaving town soon billion and a half miles no big deal slingshot is a science fiction Thriller that examines the potential challenges of space travel the story follows a trio of astronauts on a mission to Saturn's moon of Titan Titan it's the most earthlike World we can reach but to get there we'll need Jupiter's gravity for a speed boost however as they approach a critical moment where they have to slingshot around Jupiter things begin to break down the harsh dangers of space and the influence of drugs used in suspended animation start to affect their psychological and emotional stability the drugs used to induce hibernation can produce side effects including confusion and disorientation I'm a sucker for movies about a handful of people trying to survive in space and a strong but limited cast featuring Casey Affleck and Lawrence Fishburn helps carry the film Houston we have a situation the impact represents no real danger what if the whole system is compromised the paranoia and Trauma of the characters is where the meat of the story is the movie does milk the tension a little too much drawing out the running time but it kept me guessing and for an ambitious psychological Thriller in the vast emptiness of space it made its point nation is playing a cool trick on you how do you know this slingshock gets three gas giants out of five I'm Kevin Carr and that's the way I see it that's our show for today have a safe and happy Labor Day weekend America in the morning for Friday August 30th 2024 is produced by Jeff McKay senior producer Kevin Delaney I'm John trout this is Westwood One