And we start the day's other headlines in space. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his company, Blue Origin,

sent their first rocket into orbit after scrubbing an initial attempt earlier this week.

The successful test flight of the uncrewed New Glenn rocket is a major step in the company's hopes to challenge Elon Musk's

SpaceX. Meantime astronaut Sonny Williams got to venture outside the International Space Station

for the first time today to carry out repairs. She's one of the two astronauts who've been

stuck aboard the ISS for about seven months longer than planned. Williams and Butch Wilmore

are now due to return to Earth in March or early April. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis today

appointed State Attorney General Ashley Moody to the U.S. Senate, setting her up to fill the seat

of Senator Marco Rubio, whom President-elect Donald Trump, tapped to be Secretary of State.

Our Attorney General and your next United States Senator, Ashley Moody.

The 49-year-old was first elected as the state's AG in 2018.

She'll be only the second woman to ever represent Florida in the U.S. Senate.

Rudy Giuliani has reached a settlement with the two former Georgia election workers he defamed. The former New York mayor and

Trump advisor will get to keep his homes and other personal belongings. In return, Giuliani

will pay an unspecified amount to Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Shea Moss.

He also promised to never defame them again.

The settlement came on the day Giuliani was due to testify in a trial over his assets.

At issue was whether he would surrender his Florida home and three World Series rings

as part of the $148 million judgment against him. There's news today in the

nation's fight against cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, the mortality rate dropped

by 34% from the early 1990s to 2022, preventing millions of deaths. But younger adults and women are getting cancer more often,

with rates for women under 65 now higher than men. Racial disparities also persist.

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