branson is going into space. >>> we are back as richard branson goes to space. neil didegrasse tyson is here wh me in new york, kristin fisher and rachel crane at the space center in new mexico. u what is your sense of that plane as it was taking off, how fast does it go and why do pilots love flying it? >> they love flying it because they're actually flying it. much like the space shuttle, this is a pretty much fully analog plane in the sense that these pilots are the ones firing those rocket engines, turning them off and then deploying the space plane's feathering system to allow it to re-enter the earth's atmosphere. you know what i was thinking about, it was ten years ago this month that nasa retired a very similar-looking spacecraft, the space shuttle. it took nearly a decade before the united states was able to launch american astronauts from u.s. soil again. during that dry spell, we had to launch american astronauts on a russian rocket. during that time, look at what the commercial space industry was able to accomplish. both jeff bezos' blue origin and e

richard branson is a big environmentalist. like i said, brian, it's really hard to overemphasize what this moment means to branson, his team, his friends, his family and for space reporters like myself, we have been following this since its infancy. so to absorb this is happening and from our perspective, it went off without a hitch and richard branson will soon be awarded his astronaut wings along with two specialists. it's a moment that gives you goosebumps. we as reporters have moments that we put in the memory book forever that we hold onto for the rest of our lives. this is one of them for me. >> and my kids are watching, your kitds are watching, and ths will one day be normal. rachel, the notion of a space plane, a spaceport, all this language. this is going to become common language probably sooner rather than later. is that fair to say? >> reporter: that's right. i also want to point out, you talked about space plane, but this, of course, is a rocket-powered space plane that branson and his team have built. that's thei

richard branson going where no billionaire has gone before. virgin galactic's supersonic space plane, vss community takit -- vss unit. rachel crane reporting on the breathtaking moment when the supersonic space plane separated from the mother ship eve. >> reporter: you can hear the crowd cheering behind me. this is that historic moment that richard branson and his team at virgin galactic have been waiting for for nearly two decades. we have release, brian. we have release. the rocket engine has ignited. this is the moment that branson and his team have been waiting for. i've got to pause. i've got to take this in. this is really an incredible moment here. >> we all took it in. in this hour-long journey, and a few minutes of weightlessness, the journey, the mission to get here was decades in the making. not only did branson make this happen, but he in spectacular fashion brought all of us along with him and making sure we could see and hear from him while it was happening. >> -- one day you'll get to experience it. it's a complete experience of

branson, sir richard branson. they've been saying for years that his family members and many of his close aides have been trying to talk him out of doing this. did you get a sense that he's nervous at all about this? >> reporter: i asked him. i said, are you nervous? he said no. he said, i've been waiting for this for 17 years. 17 years ago was when he started virgin galactic, and he has been passionate about this since he was a teenager growing up in the uk and he watched the apollo 11 moon landing and said right then looking up at the moon, i want to go to space someday. as you know, this guy is just a serial entrepreneur and serial dare devil. by his own count he has escaped death 75 times already. he's had close calls. balloon accidents, and serious car crashes, and mountain biking accidents. i mean, the list goes on and on and on. so it's in his blood to take risk and he told me, he said, i believe and the family motto is that life is for taking risks. and if you're not taking risks, ural not living life. i'm

richard branson has his own plane. they fly in here. now ultimately i had a conversation with somebody who is in the virgin galactic hierarchy last night. ultimately they think they have to have hotels, maybe in truth or consequences but that's really remote. so how do you get somebody who is going to pay that kind of money and who is going to come in and we're staying in the nicest hotel is a beautiful courtyard marriott. if you're used to the ritz, what are you going to do? they may think they have to build something like that if this takes off and then they have to chopper people in. again, you're talking about the world's wealthiest people right now. chopper them in from albuquerque. they've got a big two-mile runway here. it's beautiful. and that might be the ultimate plan. they are actually talking about the billionaires combining this vacation with maybe i'll go skiing over the weekend and maybe i'll fly there as well. >> i tell you, such issues to have to deal with. let me ask you, tom, you know, watching this we watched start t

even greater than richard branson to realize that rate. as he said, they got to just under 86 kilometers above the. i'm not sure if this is the question you can answer, but i'm going to ask anyway, richard branson is a week away from turning 71 years old. is space flight hard on the body i made is that, you know, is that, is that a factor here and the how do you prepare for a flight like this? well, bronson is a pretty healthy 71 year old. i mean, he's 71. i would say going on $51.00. so he's quite quite the candidate for space travel stark, have been older astronauts. so he's not by any means the oldest person to fly in space. and i think that this is a particularly branch branson's method is interesting because of course, most of the distance is traveled in irregular aircraft. they're carried under wing by the mother craft, which takes them all to 15 kilometers. so much of hard lifting is actually done, inconsiderable comfort. whereas if you want to go with the bees are route you're starting, you know, rocket from the ground up. and so t

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so presumably, richard branson and cool are in it. now. let's see what happens next, but talk us through, you know, when most people think about space flight. they think about, of course, the astronaut circling the earth floating in space and, and for at least a few days. that's not what which bronson is going to be doing. right, no, absolutely not. this is essentially a joy ride. they will go up. they will float for about 5 minutes. they will have a wonderful opportunity to see the earth in all its magnificence and through the windows of this spacecraft. they will then strap themselves back into their seats. the pilots there are 2 pilots on board. their most important job will be to change the shape of the vehicle. it's almost like an hour. a gammy japanese are a gammy paper model. they will change the shape of the spaceship so that when it hits the atmosphere, it slows down and gently re enters back into the arts atmosphere. at that point they will change the shape of the spacecraft again to turn it in to a regular planes. and at that st

richard branson is back from space richard branson is back from space the rocket plane is useful our mark strassmann has been following this historic development in new mexico, and joins youosphere there for you and spectators, and what comes next. >> everybody here at virgin galactica, this company that has had its shining moment, everybody has to be over the moot picture-perfect, from the moment the mother ship, the twin fuselage, left the runway and started lifting off to the sky, it all went spectacularly. the real first spectacular moment was when the mother ship released unity 22, the spaceship, which rocketed up to about 50 miles above earth, and the now astronauts, four civilians, went ahead and experienced several minutes of weightlessness. then they came back to earth, glideed into the runway, the landing, like the take off, picture-perfect, just the way richard branson must have hoped it would. clearly for branson, this is a personal milestone and a professional one, but it is also meaningful for anyone who has a passion for space, or anyone who believes that the sky is th

it's been focused on richard branson. richard branson has been focused on space for a very long time in his career. what do you make of what's happening today? >> well, this is definitely a huge day for richard branson because he's wanted to go to space ever since he watched the moon landing in 1969. he said that when he saw the footage of neil armstrong walking on the surface of the moon, he knew without a doubt some day he would go to space. so this is a big day for him, but it's also a big day for space tourism in general. branson has long wanted to create a commercial space line. so has jeff bezos. so, you know, people -- private citizens and space tourists have gone to space before, but they've done so in a different way. they've flown alongside professional astronaut and flown on government-operated spacecraft. now the game is extremely different. they have several options to choose from. they have virgin galactic, blue origin, jeff bezos' company and spacex, elon musk's company. >> peter, let me ask you about the c

howie: 500 feet. >> safely as we await sir richard branson landing. howie: we're waiting now, 500 feet above the landing zone. let's be quiet for a moment and watch. >> main gear touchdown. and we're going to hold it just like this for a minute before bringing the nose down. they're already celebrating inside there. and the nose is coming down now. nose gear touchdown. and braking. howie: well, it looks like a picture perfect landing, a smashing success. i've been on plane landings that were a lot bumpier than that. >> it's incredible drone footage as we come in and there is full stop. howie: the crowd there i'm sure very happy. jeff paul. we did get to see that shot of richard branson kind of clapping his hands together, knowing that he's just completed this historic flight and just watching those pictures was something when you consider all the technology and the hard work and the risks involved and now we're looking at the plane having successfully completed its landing. your thoughts? >> yeah, 90 minute flight, a very historic one and he's back do

and the same affect it had on richard branson. everybody was watching from planet earth on that day. this is a culmination of his dreams, of him taking his own spaceflight, not to the space station or moon, but an altitude of -- there we go. we have pictures on the inside. assuming the technology works and they can get the live shot -- >> tom, we have been using the term feathering here and university climbs and lands. what does that mean, exactly? what are we watching here? >> reporter: the bottom line here is they -- i may even defer to the expert in terms of mike, because you have a fellow pilot right there and astronaut in terms of how this works, because it's a delicate procedure as they feather the wings back for re-entry. >> mike, what does that mean to feather as they return here and land shortly on a runway in new mexico? >> it's interesting technology they are using here, they are combining the aspects of a capsule re-entry which is fairly safe, and they will form inline with the spacecraft, and then they can deploy them

well richard branson is one of 3 building their business. then as we said, promising to thank tourists into orbit branson and 5 crew members are expected to take 19 minutes to complete the flight surgeon. galactic 1st for commercial life isn't until next year and will cost you a quarter of a $1000000.00 for a seat. that being said, $600.00 tickets are already reserved. and in just a few days, blew origins, new shepherd rocket will head to space with its owner. and to amazon found jeff based off his brother and an 82 year old female pilot. while they funk that font pilot was trained as an astronaut, but denied the chance in the 60s to go into space because of her agenda. she'll soon get a chance on a flight that will last 10 minutes. and while in mosques space x has already taken astronauts to the international space station, it plans to take a crew made up entirely of private citizens for the 1st time into orbit lakes. this year that has found the says charges it's private flights will go toward moon and mars missions inspiration for will ta

richard branson has been waiting for this his whole life. his company has been working on this for 16 years. so a 90 minute delay should not be a big deal. we do not know the exact details of what it is, tom costello has been working this story for years things it's something about winds, atmosphere, that will make sense. we talk about an airplane that will fire its rocket at 50,000 feet, trying to reach that sub ordeal space, guys it should be pretty amazing. >> we are still trying to figure out exactly what is the reason behind this 90 minute delay. there were some military experts, just last night who were saying, there was a 60% chance this launch will not happen today, because of a weather report they have been seeing. >> in the meantime, the backdrop is what appears to be a competition of sorts between two billionaire bros, branson and bezos. he is set for takeoff july 20th of course, talking about basis, brandon moved up his launch, to kind of be into the punch of all of this. but really, there are a lot of people looking at this and

have you spoken with richard branson or jeff bezos? would you like to. >> i would loving to chat with both -- love to chat with both of them. i saw bezos give a talk about his dreams for space flight. i haven't met branson yet. i respect bezos' point of view. he wants to make the transportation system that allows people to generate their own futures in space. and so he wants to make earth very much a protected environment where he moves all the heavy and dirty industry off into space and leaves the park down here for all of us to enjoy an that's a vision i think i can get behind. arthel: finally, i know it's nothing of compared to what you have done but would you like to take a commercial flight to space? >> oh, yeah. i was a pilot in the air force and then flew on space shuttler -- shuttle for times for nasa. i would be up for it. i have to be able to take my wife with me and she's the one i have to convince now. arthel: well, i think you can. i don't know. i think you can. >> cross your fingers. arthel: okay. i'll cross my fingers fo

but richard branson beat bays those in this building aerospace race. so is the space tourism industry ready for blast off? i don't think you're see a wave of people signing up. i think it'll, it'll take some time. but certainly those who have already signed up are, are significant. certainly does it maybe hundreds. there's plenty of multimillionaires in the world that would like to go up on an adventure, so long as they see that it's relatively safe. a trip with virgin galactic costs cool. $250000.00. space ex meanwhile, has plans to ferry 3 people to the international space station as early as next year, for $55000000.00 a ticket. so perhaps a giant leap for space enthusiasts, but only if you have the cash. and marco folks is the boss of german space tech company o h b market was branson's flight historical. do you see it as just another step on a much longer journey? good morning. well, i felt it was a historic, was very exciting to watch. and the visuals around the whole piano around it. to me show that it is a step and i think we're going to be the

there is the man himself, richard branson, on board the spaceship. >> what an experience. complete experience for life. and now i'm looking down at a beautiful spaceport. congratulations to everybody for creating such a beautiful, beautiful day. congratulations all our wonderful team at virgin galactic for 17 years of hard, hard work. >> you just heard from richard branson himself. >> all right. >> speaking live from the spaceship to his fellow earthlings as he descends with his passengers and the pilots back to their base in new mexico. cady coleman, let me bring you back in. where are we heading with commercial spacecraft? we saw something incredible. a commercial privately owned spacecraft blasting off into space for a few minutes and then everybody got to be weightless and float around the cabin and look down at planet earth. is this something that's going to be available to regular human beings at some point in the not too distant future? >> it's certainly looking that way to me. this is still a test flight for virgin galactic technically but they're still -- every fl

the book's forward was written by richard branson. we have a professor of theoretical physics the author of the recent "new york times" best seller "the god equation, the quest for a theory of everything." thanks to both of you for being here this morning. doctor, let me start with you about why this is beneficial other than richard branson getting into space why should the rest of my viewers be excited by what we are about to see? >> this is more than the battle of the billionaires or the race to see who has the biggest ego. we are now entering the second golden era of space exploration. the first was with the apollo space program but it cost too much. the apollo space program consumed 5% of the u.s. federal budget. that was unsustainable. and so the moon program basically crashed and burned. but now we have the new influx of energy. all of a sudden silicon valley billionaires are opening up their checkbooks. rockets are reusable. costs are dropping. we're entering the second golden era of space exploration. and as elon musk pointed

richard branson is with our rachel crane right now. let's listen. >> fred, the world has a few new astronauts, and i happen to be standing with two of them. sharicia and richard branson. you just fulfilled a lifelong dream. i know you said earlier you couldn't find the words to describe it, but you have been back on earth for a couple hours. tell us, what was the experience like for you? >> i dreamt of going to space since i was a kid. i have always pictured what it would be like. and it was just far more extraordinary than i could ever, ever imagine. from going north of 3,000 miles an hour in 7 or 8 seconds, being pressed back into the seat, the roar of the rocket, to arriving in space and the silence. and, you know, to looking out of the window, to seeing our glorious, glorious colors of the sky. to unbuckling and floating, just literally lifting, going off to the ceiling and floating, looking back down on these big windows, now the spaceship is upside down, facing back down to the earth. seeing these three float around underneath me

i count down to take off british millionaire richard branson is minutes away from blasting off on a mission to kick start space stories. ah, are you watching al jazeera life from bill? how with me fully by people also ahead. i. 7 see a somber anniversary in bosnia herzegovina, another 900 victims of the 70, some masika buried as a country marks 26 years in the genocide. crowds ready gathering ahead of the euro . 2020 footfall final. although there is they could be causing coven 19 to spray and kidnapped while at school in nigeria, we meet this student who determined to pursue his education, despite the risks involved. ah, the billionaire space race is due to blast off in about a half an hour's time with entrepreneurs, her richard branson fit to join his company. virgin galactic for its 1st fully crude flight to the edge of space. these are life pictures from the spaceport in new mexico, where branson and his team will be lifting off from the launch has been slightly delayed because of the weather. the flight is a milestone in the effort to ushering a new iraq private commercial is travel. a

is richard branson going to space or not? >> the debate is a matter of 15 miles, as the video just set out. in previous missions, virgin galactic's spacecraft has gone 54 miles, which is above the line that nasa recognizes for space or the line that you cross to become an official astronaut. blue origin tweeted that virgin galactic's system is nothing more than a high-altitude plane. their attempts to go into real space, the karman line of 62 miles is more legitimate. richard branson got the approval for this before blue origin. this is just to billionaires racing to get into space. caroline: i wish they could just celebrate each other rather than trying to smite one versus the other. what are you most looking forward to when you go down to new mexico? what do you think will unfold? they must be super nervous. >> this is the 22nd test flight for the virgin galactic spacecraft. in 2014, they did have a fatal crash during a test where one of the pilots was killed. they have had a number of successful tests since then. attention

we're waiting for bit llionaire richard branson to launch into space. after 20 years and 2400-mile-an-hour service members killed, president biden is forcefully defending his decision to understand the loechct war in history saying it's highly unlikely that the taliban will take over in afghanistan despite troubling gains over recent weeks. joining me is afghanistan veteran, pilot in the air national guard and republican congressman from illinois adam kinzinger. thanks for joining us. i want to start with afghanistan. over the past two decades, hundreds of thousands of american service members, including yourself, deployed to afghanistan. 2,448 american service members and dod employees lost their lives to this war along with nearly 4,000 private contractors and untold numbers of afghan civilians. tens of thousands of americans have suffered physical and emotional wounds. as the u.s. leaves, i guess the big question is, was it all worth it? >> well, look, jake, you know, you're, i guess, following in the outpost of that real kind of human story that hap

ispoke by one have his keenest rivals, richard branson. i spoke to sir richard branson. i spoke to sir richard branson. i spoke to sir richard branson about this last week and he said it wasn't about that at all, it's not about the race but i'm not sure jeff bezos would have all, it's not about the race but i'm not surejeff bezos would have been particularly pleased. they have launched 15 successful launches from the spaceport behind me. lots of things go into this. people were voicing concerns that people are putting speed above safety. both men will offer reassurances that that is not the case. sir richard branson is said to me it wasjust in incredible coincidence, a delightful coincidence, a delightful coincidence, that both men were travelling on their own company's rocket into space in the same month. however you look at it, everyone in the space community will tell you this is a hugely important month for space travel. asine this is a hugely important month for space travel-— space travel. one of the really interesting — space travel. one of the really interest

we heard richard branson thanks those who contributed to the success. i think he's well aware it's not just about him. he seemed to be gracious in his initial comments. we have been told the press has gathered. this news conference scheduled for about 18 minutes ago is scheduled to begin. if i interrupt you, my apologies for being rude. that said, what do you think was the biggest hurdle in your reporting that which richard branson had to get past. we know there was a massive hiccup in 2014 when his first test flight into space literally fell apart costing the life of one pilot and severely injuring the other. there was a big pause. was it emotional, technical, engineering? was it fear. what do you know about that? >> there were several big hurdles. in 2007, the company that designed this had another failed accident with three employees died on the ground bauds of a tank explosion. that was a big learning curve at that time too. they had never reached space at that point. you come back seven years later, they have what they think is a pretty good, becau

there is no hiding the issue relation of richard branson -- sheer elation of richard branson and his crew. nancy: this is bbc news. the latest headlines -- the last american troops have left the main u.s. base i afghanistan, as more districts fall to a taliban offensive. 20 people are now confirmed that in the surfside apartment collapsed in miami. anymore are still missing --many more are still missing. candidate's national holiday has been marked by purchase following the recent discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at former schools for indigenous children. thousands of people joined a "cancel canada day" rally. reporter:raditionally a day of celebration, but this year canada has found itself reckoning with its colonial past. this was the scene in winnipeg. demonstrators pulling down a statue of queen victoria. across canada, thousands of people took to the streets protesting a dark chapter of the country's history, the residential school system. >> you murdered hundreds of thousands of children. we don't know yet. but we are here to tell you today that was wrong. you all know

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sir richard branson. ( cheers and applause ) ♪ >> that's a 3.3. i think that should be a 5.5. i mean, how can you -- you can take yours off. there you go. >> stephen: oh, yeah. oh, yeah. oh, yeah. 4.93, baby. what else it with your billionaires not wearing shoes? do you just have the entire yard leathered instead? lovely to see you again. welcome back to the cool green hills of earth. >> thank you. i'm still coming down slowly. >> stephen: i can imagine. congratulations. >> thank you. >> stephen: i just want to take -- jim, look at this acceleration that you went through on sunday morning. do we have this, jim? there you go. there's the release. fire in the rocket and here's where we see you get jammed back into your seat. ere's e dr, en here we go, slam -- here it is. at any point during that process, do you think this was not a good idea? ( laughter ) >> you know, there are times in the years leading up to it, i was wondering whether the body would cope, and the moment i realized the body would cope,

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richard branson soars into space in his own rocket. what this historic flight means for average citizens hoping to for average citizens hoping to fly above earth one day. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. this morning, 30 million people in the west are under excessive heat warnings and advisories. the scorching temperatures are helping wildfires explode in size. the bootleg fire which has burned more than 140,000 acres is threatening two small towns in southern oregon. officials say they may start arresting people who refuse evacuation orders. meantime, california's largest fire of the year spawned this fire-nado north of lake tahoe as flames doubled in size over the weekend. now burning more than 86,000 acres. laura podesta is tracking the latest. how bad is the wildfire damage so far? >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. well, the exact number of structures burned is not known. but witnesses say that on saturday in doyle, california, they saw six houses go up in flames. yesterday

ah, ah the ah ah ah ah, this is dw news alive from berlin, virgin tycoon, richard branson, edge of the head and a battle between high wind, billionaires, a trip to the edge of space and backs down again and says its mission accomplished after the trip of a lifetime also coming up on the show, public anger over corruption, overshadowed volt jared's 2nd election in a 3 month. a new populace party led by a t. v star is up against the center, right? there is no clear winner so far. and games best and a record for novak's. joke of the 3rd, when that wimbledon to claim his 20th grand slam title. people in the record of arch rivals, roger federer and the job i use hello, i'm claire richardson, a very warm welcome to the show. british billionaire richard branson has completed a maiden flight through the edge of space. france and 5 crewmates afford 5080 kilometers above the earth in the virgin galactic unity space plain brands and has now edge ahead of his rivals and jeff bezos and you on musk in a battle between high flying ty coons shoot and climbing as we take off for richard branson, as in

richard branson proving he is safe and he will do it. mike: a private industry space race, everything went great and everybody is overjoyed richard branson sound like a kid on christmas morning but were there any nerves about something went wrong. >> i definitely think there's always the only one something goes wrong i think what was working in favor of virgin galactic, they have sent people into space and done this with other people, just not the owner and the bossman, that was only big difference that the person funding is behind us was taking the leap himself, that was a huge moment to show people he finds a safe and he can do this than anyone can. mike: jeff paul doing a phenomenal job in truth or consequences new mexico, many things. ♪. mike: the number of border crossings and apprehensions taking up as greg abbott adds border security to the list of topics he wants to deal with during the state legislature special session jonathan serrie is live them away in texas with the latest from the border, good afternoon. >> good afternoon

richard branson's trip is new in the history books. the billionaire making the ground breaking journey today. and branson and his crew are now back on earth and making a smooth landing in the new mexico desert. from lift off to landing, the trip lasted about an hour but it may usher in a new entry into travel space. a dream long in cartoons. ♪ meet george jetson, his boy elroy ♪ >> so are we closer? joining me again is the retired astronaut kay heyer. we all thought that the day couldn't possibly come but wouldn't it be fun if can do. so are we closer now that we're seeing that civilians will be in sub orbital space and perhaps even beyond after today's test flight? >> we have absolutely closer to making science fiction reality. watching the jetsons as a young child and when i was very young watching the apollo program and astronauts watch on the moon and the way that technology was chancing so quickly during that time, i just assumed that everyone would be flying in space by the time i was an adult. so in my mind it slowed down a

did sir richard branson really go quote to space? >> absolutely. there's no question about it this is the historic first here. the first time a privately financed, not government sp sponsored mission was flown to space right at the edge of space ex exactly as morgan described it the u.s. definition of the edge of space itself. this is a remarkable achievement. you know, remarkable spacecraft he designed that is a direct evolutionary differivative fligt that was done 17 years ago it is a remarkable evolution that he's pulled together here and now making this available for commercial asset for anybody to pay the freight to get the flight. >> not just 17 years when i see these video images of the plane and launching the rocket, i think back to 1948 the xi and general chuck yeager breaking the sound barrier the rocket style that we talked about, sean. if you look at the future of commercial space travel, they are doing it very differently. is there one better or longer lived than others? >> i think they both have assets and advantages this particular a

emily: virgin galactic founder richard branson. speechless as he talk about -- as he talked about that trip. shares of virgin galactic tumbling the day after this big event. the company disclosing the potential sale of up to $500 million in sales, suggesting it needs funds as it prepares for its debut. they spoke about how the math works out for virgin if they plan to charge passengers $250,000. >> i think the financial model will be very robust. i think this is the supply constrained market. it does cost a decent amount. but our ships are reusable. the vast majority of what we build is reusable. that will allow us to have good flow-through. >> is it really software company level margins that you are open for? -- you are hoping for? >> i think you will see healthy margins out of this because we will lead with value. i think what you saw today, there is no comparison in the world. i think the economics will come out of that. you are focused on your guests, you're consumer, your future astronauts. as we bring them into being astronau

this test flight is part of a furious race to launch space tourism. >> this here is for richard branson, astronaut. >> it was just magical. >> also tonight wildfires rage as a heatwave blisters the west. in arizona two firefighters killed in a plane crash. plus, rising infections. new concerns about a covid comeback. we'll get a checkup from our dr. david agus. haiti's crisis deepens following the assassination of the country's president. how is the biden administration helping. special appearance, pope francis offers his weekly prayers from a hospital balcony. and later, they're cute little devils, a special species makes a return. >> they're beautiful, what is not to love about tasmanian devils? >> they're beautiful this is the "cbs weekend news" with jericka duncan, reporting from the new york. ork, her >> barnett: good evening, to our viewers in the west jericka duncan is off tonight. i'm errol barnett. british billionaire richard branson first took tourists to the sky in 1984 flying aboard a used jumbo jet. today branson soared into space on board a repainted virgin galactic rocket

billionaire richard branson blasting off into space, the moment the plane left the earth's atmosphere, the minutes he and his crew floated weightless his message from the edge of space. >> if we can do this, just imagine what you can do. >> the triumph ntd landing and our exclusive sit-down with branson that sent him leaping. as a new age in space travel begins >> will you need another shot. pfizer to meet with health officials to push for a third vaccine dose for americans one country announcing today an extra booster shot for at-risk patients >> the life-threatening heat across the west. record highs in las vegas and palm springs scorching temperatures fueling out of control wildfires u.s. officials on the ground in haiti today, will more americans resources be sent in >> chaos in the air. an unruly passenger duct taped to her seat, other passengers forced to keep their hands in the air. plus the airline ceo who says the mask mandate may go away >> and the victory that put novak djokovic into the history books. what he is on the verge of doing that no player has done in 30 years. >>

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the billionaire space race is heating up tomorrow as virgin galactic's richard branson, sir richard branson plans to launch himself along with 5 others into the atmosphere. it is a joy ride. more than 2 decades in the making. markie. martin has a preview. >> i asked an old sears there. one. richard branson. i'll be evaluating the customer spaceflight experience. and with the posting of this twitter video it's official of going to space billionaire business mogul. richard branson. >> we'll be launching himself into the final frontier. it will be his maiden voyage aboard his virgin galactic rocket which will blast off from new mexico desert sunday morning. i've always been a my mom told me to never give up. >> and to reach for the stars. >> only the 4th mission for virgin galactic. it's a short flight. the entire experience lasting about 10 minutes with 3 minutes of weightlessness. branson will travel 55 miles, which is considered to be the edge of space and his journey hasn't been without hefty competition. >> changes your relationship with this planet, with humanity. it's one earth amazon c

that says it's sending a team to the security that ah, everybody and richard branson has flown to the edge of space fulfilling a lifelong dream and making a great leap towards making space tourism a reality. branson was joined by 5 others aboard. virgin galactic wind rocket called unity. the group reached 80 kilometers above the surface of the earth where they experienced a few minutes of weightlessness. a ship then folded its wings in and glided back to earth before landing on a spaceport runway in new mexico. the mission statement that i wrote inside my space to was to turn the dream a space shuttle into a reality for my grandchildren, half your grandchildren. and for many people who are alive today for everybody and having flown to space, i can see even more clearly how virgin is the space line for the way here to make space more accessible to all. and we want to turn the next generation of dreamers into the astronauts of today and tomorrow we will from the stage or just had the most extraordinary experience. we'd love it. it's a number of you can have it to as a major milestone in

richard branson becomes the first person to ride into space on the rocket he funded. plus, to booster or not? one country is now offering covid booster shots. could the united states be far behind? and the pandemic has made child care costs a whole lot more. >>> i'm pamela brown in washington. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. you are live in the cnn "newsroom" on this sunday, and it's great to have you along with us. as the delta variant prompts concerns of a coronavirus resurgence, drugmaker pfizer will brief u.s. government officials tomorrow evening on covid-19 vaccine boosters. last week pfizer, biontech have seen waning immunity among people who got the vaccine and would seek emergency use authorization for a booster from the fda in august. the fda and cdc said there's no evidence boosters are needed yet, but a short time ago, israel announced it's immediately going to allow third doses of the pfizer vaccine for people with compromised immune systems. joining me now with more is dr. megan rainy, emergency physician at brown univer

of course, with an enormous a business empire that really dwarfs richard branson. but branson is really good at this kind of showmanship, base us maybe not so much, but basis is going to have his time to. we'll have his moment on the 20th. and i'm sure that with him, bringing on board his brother and bring on board wally funky, you mentioned a short while ago. that's going to be touching, i think that'll, that'll be some very emotional territory there. so we'll see how that goes. and then we'll see what, what eli musk can pull out of his head another showman with, with the reputation for a lot of surprises. we all remember that capsule, the, that rocket ship that headed off to mars with the david booey song playing in the, in the cockpit. so mosque has yet to unveil his his big show. but this is really, yeah, it's kind of like 3 really rich bars. men, bailey, kind of show me and doing their thing in space, and it's definitely captured the attention of so many people around the world can not this similar way, i guess, to those 1st those early space flights by people

and obviously, richard branson has confidence in it. and so, i will be looking for, you know, the passengers' reactions. you know, not -- not only richard branson but the other people who would be making their first flight. and so, be very interesting to see what they have to say. >> so, leroy, branson is only entering the edge of outer space. how do you think that compares to traveling further into the depths of outer space, the way that you and other -- other astronauts have? >> sure. you know, i've spent almost 230 days in orbit on space shuttles and on the space station. so, i definitely start to get a different perspective the longer you stay up there. but, you know, these guys will get a taste. i guess, it's a little bit like, you know, getting a -- a -- a glimpse or, maybe, just a taste of something at a -- at a nice restaurant. then, you're -- then, you're kind of ushered out. but, you know, one day, they might be going -- some of these people might be going orbital, as well. >> all right. fascinating discussion. we are going to

the fed, chair powell, and countdowns sent richard branson into space. richard branson culling the weekend test flight the dawn of a new space-age. investors initially cheered the tip -- cheered the trip but then shares came back to earth amid a stock sale. tomorrow morning's u.s. ppi release. jay powell testifying in the week. we are going to start with this on-again, off-again rotation. value to growth, growth to value. where are we? joe: the indices hitting new records today once again, kind of same old story. for several months within this rally this year, there was the story of the so-called great rotation. value taking up the mantle. the blue line is the value index. that one has kind of stalled out. it has not really gone anywhere since early may. the white line growth surpassing the value index in recent days. for more, let's welcome bloomberg news senior editor at harrison. thank you for joining us. what is the story? it just seemed like, this is like a real moment. value has so much catching up after years and years of outperformance. it ended

emily: virgin galactic founder richard branson. speechless as he talked about that trip, practically. almost at a loss for words at points. shares for virgin galactic tumbling the day after this big event. the company disclosing the potential sale of up to $500 million in shares, suggesting it needs additional funds as it prepares for its commercial debut. also caught up with the virgin galactic ceo to talk about how the math works out for virgin if they plan to charge passengers $250,000 apiece. >> i think the financial model is going to be very robust. i do think this is a supply constrained market. it will be that way for a while. it does cost a decent amount to go to space, but our ships are reusable. the vast majority of what we build is reusable. that will allow us to have good flow-through when we get the economics moving and scaling. >> is it really software company level margins that you are hoping for? >> i think you will see solid margins out of this, and it is because we are going to lead with value. when you are going

richard branson -- that is a geopolitical definition. richard branson does not care. he says i went into space. if there is a benchmark, nasa is a good one. tom: which is more risky, a plane and a detachment from a plane, or the rocketry of mr. bezos? ed: yesterday was certainly tense, but the delivery mechanism had a number eight of failsafes -- had a number of failsafes. it can be cut off at any time. it can glide back to earth. at 50 miles you are still within the earth's gravitational pull. blasting yourself into space and a rocket is more risky. anyone in the aerospace industry will tell you that. there are fewer opportunities to abort. the safety mechanisms are different. richard branson had a lot of training for that mission and i'm told by sources jeff bezos is also going through very specific training. lisa: it is an incredible feat and a wonderful experience to be able to fulfill a dream of being weightless. there is also a business case for this. what is that business case in terms of space tourism for the likes of richard branson? ed: it is a very narrow p

and richard branson, billionaire founder of virgin galactic, has flown to the edge of space on the company's first ever passenger flight. no, i wanted to enjoy every minute of it, and i did. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. you could describe it as a classic italianjob. italy have snatched the euro 2020 trophy from england at wembley and in the most dramatic fashion — on penalties. it ends a 51—year wait since they last won these championships. england have never won it. mark lobel reports. it was italy's night. coming back from england's electric start and then winning it on penalties. cheering. european football's finest honour goes to rome. incredibile! translation: it's incredible, it's incredible! _ you can't feel better than this! it is amazing — we won the final! translation: i am so happy! we are euro champions! i'm going to celebrate all night! after sky—high expectations for england, it was heartbreak. after 55 years without a trophy, the wait goes on. i feel sorry in particular, ifeel sorry in particular, you know, for everyone because, you kn

. >>> now to a billionaire's victory in the crowded space race sir richard branson rocketing to the edge of space along with a full crew on a virgin galactic plane. nbc's tom costello has more. >> reporter: phillip, good morning. picture perfect from start to finish here at the new mexico space port virgin galactic with richard branson on board planning for this day for 17 years. it went off without a hitch. under a blazing sun a new age of space travel lifted off from the new mexico desert. virgin galactic's unity, attached to the belly of its mother ship. inside virgin founder richard branson, three other employee passengers, and two pilots climbing to 46,000 feet. then 45 minutes after lift-off -- >> three, two, one release, release, release. >> reporter: a 2,300-mile-per-hour rocket ride. three gs to more than 53 miles high >> passengers in the back have been cleared to unstrap. >> reporter: then the moment that branson has beendreaming of since he was a teen the curvature of the earth and the darkness of space. >> looking down to our beautiful, beautiful earth >> reporter: after thr

virgin galactic successfully launches richard branson into space. we discuss what it means for the future. of space tourism. and the ecb's christine lagarde is preparing for new monetary stimulus. we bring you more from the exclusive interview. we have the latest on the virus as the u.k. reopens in the delta variant takes over the u.s. we discussed with tober when johns hopkins university. this is the head of a really big day with u.s. cpi data and being bank earnings kicking off -- big bank earnings kicking off. it is the banks outperforming today ahead of those numbers. we are getting a bit of a flattening right now. sitting at 118 basis points or so and it is stronger in the space today including against the euro. i want to get back to the bond market and look at the 10-year treasury yield because we got a $38 billion auction. 1.36% after that. essentially where was before the auction. investors seem satisfied with the takedown. virgin galactic pulled off a key flight yesterday when richard branson completed a test flight to space. with us is ed

richard branson won the space race, he was up there first. talk about how different bezos' mission will be a week from now? >> there are two different vehicles. one vehicle launches like they see a rocket, blue origin has a different size and capsule. my understanding is that you have about the same time and weightlessness. neither of these vehicles goes in orbit around the earth, they do a big -- go up like a roller coaster, come down. at the top you have about three to four minutes of weightlessness. that's the difference. but i believe blue origin is work on getting other vehicles that can go further in space, i'm sure that's also the case with virgin. those are the difference between the vehicles. i think the process now is to understand who gets to go, how much does it cost. you talk about space and demock kraitization of space, how much is it when the vast majority of us could not afford to go. >> tom, from a branding perspective in the very, very high end universe of space tourism, team bezos is arguing richard branson didn't actually