White House pulls nomination for Trump's pick to lead NASA

The White House is pulling the nomination for billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, President Trump's pick to lead NASA, just days before a Senate confirmation vote was set to take place, CBS News confirmed on Saturday.

White House spokeswoman Elizabeth Huston told CBS News in a statement that the next administrator for NASA will "help lead humanity into space and execute President Trump's bold mission of planting the American flag on the planet Mars."

"It's essential that the next leader of NASA is in complete alignment with President Trump's America First agenda and a replacement will be announced directly by President Trump soon," Huston said.