Good morning and welcome to Kid News. I'm Tori. Today is Monday, December 17, 2018.

And we begin with Warrior's great Steph Curry, still walking back his moon landing comments. In an

Instagram live conversation over the weekend he

apologized to retired astronaut Scott Kelly for his joke and

acknowledge that he needs to be more careful with his words because of the weight they carried, especially with kids.

As you may remember, Curry suggested on a podcast last week that the lunar landing was faked.

The comment instantly went viral. NASA begged to differ as

to Kelly who's been to space four times. Kelly said the danger is when small

conspiracy theories like the moon landing lead to bigger ones like those on science, climate change, and vaccines.

While we're on the subject of space, the Peanuts Gang is ready for takeoff.

Apple is teaming up with a production company to bring back Charlie Brown, Linus, and Lucy to create new shows

aimed at getting kids interested in science, technology, engineering, and math.

Special emphasis will be paid to space travel, with astronaut Snoopy being among the

storylines.

The Peanuts comics were first published in 1950 and its first TV show was a Charlie Brown Christmas way back in 1965.

In politics this morning, the 2020 presidential election is a long way off,

but the list of Democratic challengers to President Trump is taking shape.

Iowa is first in the nation to weigh in on a candidate's chances by holding a caucus or a vote among party members,

the results of which often determine whether a politician stays in a race or drops out.

Over the weekend, an early poll of Iowa... says in a race or drops out.

Over the weekend, an early poll of Iowa Democrats put former VP Joe Biden in front,

followed by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and Texas Representative Beto O'Rourke.

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