the whole team at virgin galactic, they've been talking about richard's flight, richard's flight since the beginning of the company. today is the day. you hear the cheering behind me, fareed? there it is. for a moment it went silent. this thing is about to take off. we have liftoff, fareed, of spaceship america, mother eve unity, richard branson making his flight to space, the spacecraft that he and virgin galactic created. that is a beautiful sight to see. space enthusiasts around the world, we have been following the journey of this company, the tenaciousness and the passion they have poured into this program, and to see this take off with sir richard branson, the company's founder, wow. let me tell you what the next few moments will be like. for about 40 minutes, vss unity and eve will be mated together. they'll be climbing to an altitude of about 40,000 to 50,000 feet. that's when vss unity will be released from mothership eve. it will be in free fall for a few seconds. after that, the rocket will ignite. the passengers on board will experience about 3g's. the motor will be cut and

sense. >> richard: dagen? >> dagen: i find it astonishing that they want to take money from taxpayers and use our money to take our rights away and tell us what kind of automobile to drive and impose fines if we don't bend to their will. this is hiring potentially a few million socialists. oh, do you get a castro cap or barbera beret. this i make a joke but this is incredibly frightening what they're talking about. this is out there. there was a bill that was introduced by oregon senator jeff markley and four other democrats to take away gasoline powered vehicles in this country. that mandate that you have to buy -- mandate 100 percent cars sold by 2035 would be electric. do you know what that would do without government subsidies these cars are exceedingly expensive. do you know what that would could to people who actually have to commute to work. and kamala harris proposed the exact same thing when she was campaigning. >> brian: power plants to charge the cars. >> dagen: this sex extremely. it's an army of s

they have been talking about richard's flight, richard's flight, richard's flight for nearly two decades since they bought the technology of spacex 1 exprise in 2004. this is a long time in the making and i can't wait to speak to richard branson when he lands from had historic flight and hear what he has to say. >> retired astronaut damon tawny. damon, describe the moments they're feeling right now. >> it's locked in my head. it's just fantastic. in my case in the shuttle, we were strapped in pretty hard, so when you're strapped in, you're not flown out of your seat but you feel things. you hold up your pencil and your book, let go and it floats there. visually, it was an amazing thing, but getting out and floating, just a fantastic sensation. >> now it's speeding autopsy the 17,000 miles an hour. they're now heading quickly back to earth. the period of weightlessness is now over. tell us what's going to happen next, daniel. >> it's not clear it's over. what's happening is they were thrown up and they and the airplane are falling down to earth at the same time, so they're going to pickin

. >> richard: okay. i will take that. >> greg: lawrence, i love your style. >> lawrence: i will take that. ainsley you are a babe. will. >> greg: glints me in care of greg gutfeld. lawrence? >> lawrence: jesse would never do this segment. >> greg: help me jesse why doing this. >> dagen: i do flatter my plants and tell my orchids and tell them how gorgeous they're. >> lawrence: meet rex the wildest petty have ever seen a t weighs over 40 pounds lives in a home of u.k. with a family of four. they eat and take him on walks wearing a leash. the lizard is more like a puppy than a reptile. and he loves nothing more than going on walks with the kids. look at this. and check this out, guys, the pet is allowed to have free range in the house. even got lost in the sofa. this is crazy. >> greg: i wonder what poops are like. i think about that any time i see an animal. that's all i think about. >> lawrence: let animals stay in their natural habitat, please? >> dagen: they are not venomous. but if you do get bitten b

and sir richard gets that. and that is -- that is a big part of what is happening right now is engaging across the generations that idea of excitement and the idea that stopping for a moment to do and dare mighty things, what ultimately makes our plan either a better place. so hard for people it make that connection, but i believe that it is very real. >> thanks so much. and don't go anywhere, we have so much more straight ahead. so... i know you and george were struggling with the possibility of having to move. how's that going? well... we found a way to make bathing safer with a kohler walk-in bath. it has the lowest step-in of any bath. it has handrails, a wide door, and textured surfaces. so it gives you peace of mind. and you would love the heated backrest - and the whirlpool jets - and the bubblemassage. and, it was installed quickly and conveniently by a kohler-certified installer. a kohler- authorized dealer walked us through every step in the process and made us feel completely comfortable in our home.

>> richard: why are we back in masks then? >> greg: we are back in masks because we don't have a plan. >> richard: do you believe that covid-19 is not spreading in the current moment? and how do you determine his vaccinated or not vaccinated? >> the problem is you can't have your kick and eat it too? i don't care what analogy want to use here but you can't say we don't want any masks, we don't want any lockdown but we are also not going to take the vaccine. we have an increase in hospitalizations and an increase in death which is happening and part of the country. >> i would love to answer some of richard's questions. >> i'm not talking about -- i'm talking about on the ground. i've seen you out there. [laughs] >> i seen you. i have people. [laughs] >> kaite: at the first reason we have wuhan coronavirus in the first place is because of the chinese communist party and people like dr. fauci trust of the world health organization early on. we never found out what really happened and had a hard time combating this from the very b

richard is the passenger. the test passenger. i paid, you know, a quarter million dollars for this flight, how does that feel? how can virgin galactic make it better? so what is the experience of walking out. how do i feel getting put into my seat? how do i know when it's safe to move about the cabin, if you will, after we launch and what is that experience like. am i getting the value for what i paid for this flight? so he will definitely have a lot to say about what that was like for himself. their chief astronaut trainer is there to see how her plans for shepherd these passengers through the fight worked out. she was the only passenger pilot on that flight. she's testing those flights. >> they're going to bring future passengers to the spaceport a couple days in advance because they have to -- it's not like you can go up into space and come back down and be home for dinner even though i was flippantly suggesting that. reality is you have to get trained. it's like anything. i've gone sky diving. you have to be trained into what

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

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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

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

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 this was a very, very big day for richard brown. some really and as rob was saying, it really could not have gone any smoother. it's a triumph for him and gives an enormous boost to public confidence in his space enterprise. the next big question and perhaps the surprise that he's promised to spring on us later today. the next big thing may be an announcement that they're opening up yet again, ticket sales for headspace blame. they close them down after the tragic loss of a vehicle and the death of a crew members back in 2014. so there is every possibility that later today brown will announce that he's opening it up again. and it'll be interesting to see how many tickets he's willing to sell. we do have an official height. the space plane reached 85.9536 kilometers. so just short of 86 kilometers below what the international astronomical association aeronautical federation and call outer space. but certainly well within what to tourist, i think would be happy to enjoy what we're actually seeing now. layer as we speak to is the live

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

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and richard nixon. could there be any greater punishment, the only president in american history who was forced to resign because of his illegal behavior, in the office and beyond. it was torture for richard nixon. it will never ever be eased by a president, or rewriting of history. so you should keep that in mind as well. what i remember most of all however is that in washington in those days you woke up in the morning and you had no idea what would happen next. and there was nothing more stunning scent to hear that the president of the united states was about to pardon the former president of the united states. men nbc news, new york. >> i have to tell you that most americans thought the pardon was the wrong decision at the time. it sent the wrong signal that powerful politicians like nixon were above the law while ordinary citizens, you and i had done, this would have gone to jail for the same thing. certainly -- felt the same way. ford understood the criticism but he sincerely believed that pardonin

would you pardonen richard m. nixon again if you had it to do over. >> based on some additional observations, testimony, et cetera, i think today if i had to go through the same process with more evidence, i would certainly have executed a pardon on his behalf. there was no doubt when i did it back in september of 1974 that i was doing the right thing, regardless of what the press said, regardless of what many americans said. it was absolutely unequivocally the right thing to do for the country. and you had to look at it from that point of view to understand why i took the action that i did. >> and did we learn anything more recently from the exhausting and divisive clinton scandals this past year? did it shed any light on what the nation might have endured back in 1974 if president nixon had not been pardoned but rather subject to a full-blown criminal prosecution? >> well, the clinton difficulties i think illustrate that the impeachment process is a very, very difficult one. you have to have action by the commit

that was torture by richard nixon. it will never be eased by a pardon, by a president or by the rewriting of history. what i remember most of all, however, was that in washington in those days you woke up in the morning and had no idea what would happen next and there was nothing more stunning than to hear the president of the united states was about to pardon the former president of the united states. i'm tom brokaw, nbc news in new york. >> i have to tell you that most americans thought that the pardon was the wrong decision at the time. it sent the wrong signal that powerful politicians like nixon were above the law while ordinary citizens, you or i if we would have done this would have gone to jail for the same thing and certainly archibald cox felt that way at the time, too. ford understood that criticism, but he sincerely believed that pardoning nixon was the best thing for the country, which is what he told me multiple times when i first interviewed him in 1995. so i want to tell you about that interview. i met

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

forjust underfour richard ranson is now on his way to space. forjust under four minutes, the experience weightlessness and enjoy it if of planet earth that only astronauts can dream of. i didn't think i would see this in my lifetime. ijust can't didn't think i would see this in my lifetime. i just can't wait for this to one day be experienced like mine. and a down. safely back on earth after a 19 minute flight. critics call this a billionaire's joyride, harmful to the planet but that sir richard says he wants to protect. but for the people here at the first purpose—built commercial spaceport of the planets, this marks the historic moment to the continuing journey toward space tourism becoming a reality. parts of the united states are braced for more record—breaking temperatures, having already endured the hottestjune on record. forecasters are warning that some places including california and nevada will remain dangerously hot, fuelling fears of even more wildfires. charlotte wright reports. in the western united states, the heat is relentl

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,

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

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richard, let me start with you today. i just like to take a step back for a moment and ask you to explain to our viewers what exactly constitutes a ransomware attack and how it works. yeah, it's pretty straightforward. a attacker find some vulnerability inside a network ground, somebody's computer infects it, and downloads tool, the ransomware software itself that encrypts the complete hard drive making without a key that you know about. so it makes it impossible to get access to your data. if it's spread throughout a large network like calling your pipeline, it can shut down all of the office systems of an organization. and then the attacker demands ransom usually right on the screen of the infected computer. and they say pay us x amounts in fairly untraceable crypto currencies. and we'll give you the key to decrypt your hard drive. and it's as simple as that, but it's devastating placement until recently, the u. s. was treating ransomware as more of a criminal problem or a criminal act. it seems that the thinking on tha

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

richard: . [inaudible]. akhil: so lincoln reads newspapers rights ads and also owns german language newspaper and especially yes, there were german language newspapers. i have hundreds of citations to the newspapers. not because i'm better than the folks that came before us, ten years ago or five years ago, they were not online in word searchable. and of the ark, three database that every academic can get for free and hit america's struggle newspaper so i don't have to go to 40 different cities and find piles newspapers predict and just find them online. but the truth is that intent really look at too many of the german language newspapers which are around the because i don't speak german. richard: on questioners asking about the religious diversity in america during this period and is not a problem or somehow benefited. akhil: it is a challenge and hamilton, excuse me madison rights it powerfully. in billing on experience even in virginia between baptist and episcopalians. but today to say basically they're

richard branch, it will be 71 years old in a week's time. that's pretty old for an astronaut. excuse me. bit dusty here. and of course, branson himself, in addition to his money making, pursuits is no stranger to the perilous adventure, sees the flown across the pacific and the atlantic in a balloon is piloted and drove various high speed craft and boats. so he's done a lot of that sort of thing, but this is definitely going to be something different altogether. and it is the fact that this is the part of the, the launch of commercial human space exploration really underlines the differences between today's events and those events. in the early days of space, exploration in 1961 soviet cosmos, yury, good gar, and blasted into outer space. and as his was stop, rocket blasted off guard and shouted cheerfully that means let's go. the guards, 108 minutes and space was the beginning of the space, age and age of space, heroes, gar, and was idolized at home and travelled the world, cheered everywhere by jubilant crowds, his american counterparts. allen shepherd, followed by john glen

and that's pretty much the best day of richard branson's life, i guess. all right, thank you for that robin live in sarah county. let's go to leo and she was a space analyst. and joining us now from us say, in the south of france, thank you for your time. just give, if you will take how big a day was this for space exploration for ushering in space tourism. well it is a big day for richard branson. there's no question about that. let us not forget his well that those astronaut wings that were handed out just a short time ago at the ceremony. just pre and the people on board got them because the others had already flown aboard the space plain before. and so the people who got the space wings where a column banner to an english months, an employee, richard brown, some and the other person really does deserve mention. here is reesha band lab. she is the 2nd woman born in india to reach space. and this is desperately sad because the 1st indian woman to go to space was counting the child. and she died along with her crewmates and when the space shuttle columbi

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 both sides obviously to each other breaking that russian backseat fire. the flare ups are not new. they've been going on for decades, but what has happened in the last few days to trigger this particular confrontation? well, actually we have 2 separate color, which the wor no, brought our car off, which was initiated by algebra. john with turkey support was last year. but since may consistently, we see an inclusion biology withdrawn, military forces into the republic, a bar which has little to do with the horrible conflict. what a reasonable way forward is actually a return to the soviet borders and the beginning of at least try a lateral negotiations over border demarcation. similar to a precedent that is working. there is a trilateral working group on regional trade in transport that can be replicated where a legal institutional foundation for border demarcation can serve as the 1st step in a word for anti diplomacy. and again, the danger here is renewed off still what needs in, in terms of escalation and expansion. the only way out of this dilemma is i

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

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

now 90% complete our richard engel inside the firefight with afghan troops tasked with holding the line against the taliban. >>> new york becoming the first state to declare a disaster emergency on gun violence. what will change under that order. >>> breaking news on sha'carri richardson the star sprinter's last hope for competing in tokyo not happening. >>> and our exclusive with billionaire richard branson on making history in his race to space. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. i'm kate snow in for lester tonight. it is rare to see hurricane warnings on the west coast of florida in july. but that's exactly what we have tonight. tropical storm elsa dumping heavy rain on the florida keys today and then strengthening over the open water with maximum winds now just below hurricane strength and the threat of life-threatening storm surge the tampa area bracing with forecasters expecting the storm to become a hurricane just before making landfall tomorrow morning, likely somewhere north of tampa we'll have the full forecast ahead, but we begin with

show, richard falcon real clear politics executive editor tom bevan. in fact kennedy would call this amana panel identify blood use that myself it is dudes everywhere here tonight. tom i want to start with you. look, i am totally against covid misinformation. we want good, accurate information out there. but the median big tech giants and political elites for months said the lab leak theory itself was misinformation and had to be censored. many of them are doing 180 are almost 180 on that issue now while they are also calling for new censorship of what they are deeming to be misinformation. what could go wrong? [laughter] >> look you pointed out exactly right. the problem is, this is a slippery slope we are on, right? misinformation and other information we do not what hate speech we do not want misinformation. who gets to decide what is hate speech or what is misinformation. the people in government? the people and technology companies? you have their own biases? we see what happens when those biases get injected into this. we know -- my people know t

the prime minister richard nicole pass on yan says the move would allow border demarcation though to be carried out without the risk of military clashes. i mean, what is the likelihood that this move actually minimizes the risk of classes when it comes to demarcation? well, on the one hand, the real answer the question depends on how laws are, but john, react. the good news, however, on the other hand, is that the argona and government is also proposing a bilateral with brawl, a pull back to reduce the risk of possibilities in classes, in terms of a dangerous proximity of forces and to commit to diplomacy. engaging in diplomatic negotiations over border demarcation and not necessarily under force alarm. and we do hope that also john accepts the offer for read. how was as or by john viewing this offer by the armenians? i think so. so we should know, would underline that the cost of all these problems at the border between i mean those are by john about for 30 years. this area was occupied by armenia and we kind of lost the sense of where this goes. and after the war there by john prop

it's not he's not nixon's first choice, but he is a solid choice for richard nixon ford. however because of his coalition building because of his work because of his reputation on capitol hill. is an easy selection carl albert the speaker of the house tells richard nixon i can get you jerry ford if you want jerry ford nixon's makes that choice ford goes through an extended investigation background investigation because even as he's selected there is this whirlwind of controversy surrounding richard nixon over the matter of watergate nefarious activities that had taken place during the 1972 election and before involving secret tapes bugging of opposition offices and a number of other issues that many people believed the president himself had been involved in what he what nixon was involved in was obstructing the investigation into that. so even as nick's are even as ford is being investigated for the vice presidency. there are a number on capitol hill who believe that they're choosing not the next vice president necessarily but quite likely the next president of the united

what makes richard so special? you know, he's one to take a chance and i think that's a testament to his character and it also speaks to his confidence in the vehicle that he was ready to hop in there. it's very important to remember, prior to this flight they had only had three space flights and the second one nearly didn't come back in one piece. it suffered some serious structural damage. so three flights in for him to say i'm ready to buckle up and go on the fourth, it's a real vote of confidence for his engineering team. >> and what is the future for space tourism? let's say they can get the price down from the extraordinary quarter of a million dollars. but will people be willing to take this risk? would you do it? >> well, so there are a few great questions there. first of all, the price is going to have to go up before it comes down. they've already said it's potentially going to be -- they're reporting it could be as much as half a million dollars per seat. right now you have 600 passengers who have reserv

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. >>

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

>> richard engel in afghanistan tonight, richard, thank you >>> tonight a breakthrough between the u.s. and russia allowing urgent aid deliveries for syrian refugees displaced by civil war. chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell recently traveled to both of those border camps andrea, this deal came right before the deadline >> peter, only hours before the u.n.'s aid to millions of syrian refugees was to be shut down, russia agreed to let it continue for 12 months, but only through one corridor from turkey. we visited that border crossing last month with u.s. u.n. ambassador linda thomas greenfield who negotiated the aid renewal with her russian counterpart in around-the-clock talks at the u.n president biden commended the renewal in his call with vladimir putin today but critics say it's not enough given the dire conditions. last saturday, russian air strikes and syrian artillery struck more villages in the area, relief workers say killing eight, including children peter? >> andrea mitchell, thank you very much. >>> heavy rain is falling across parts of new england tonight