Jeff bezos is about to lift off to the edge of space and back. The flight comes on the anniversary of another historic mission. It s one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind. More than five decades after neil armstrong mesmerized man with his step into space, space tourism and beyond that, the privatization of space. This is a project 20 years in the making for bezos. The founder of blue origin and amazon will be the second billionaire to blast off from earth in his own spacecraft. Richard branson and his virgin galactic soared to the skies from new mexico earlier this month. The youngest and oldest humans will be on the blue shepherd rocket along with jeff bezos and his brother mark. Wally funk was trained to be an astronaut in the 1960s. Part of the group known as of the mercury 13. They never made it to space because only men were sent at the time. Women proved they could pass the rigorous physical requirements that nasa had set up. Also aboard today, an 18yearold, recent
Last night amid the sound of gunshots. During the sixth inning of the nationals game against the diego padres is when this all happened. The announcers urging people to stay calm while fans actually rushed to the team dugouts trying to escape. So several people have run into both the nationals and padres dugout here and have run out of the stadium. So the threat wasn t inside the stadium. D. C. Police say that two cars on the street directly outside near the third base exit were involved in a shootout that injured three people, including one fan. Ladies and gentlemen, your attention please. The action is outside of the stadium. Gunfire sending fans and players scrambling during a game at nationals park stadium in washington, d. C. A fan, one of three people wounded in a shooting near the park saturday night according to d. C. Metro police. Cnn journalists inside the stadium reported hearing multiple loud bangs. It was the middle of the sixth inning and we there were some to loud bangs.
Here in the uk, a number of airlines and some airport operators have told the bbc this weekend could be the busiest for international travel since the start of the pandemic. Jet2 says it s operating 170 flights to more than a0 destinations, with fully vaccinated travellers to amber list countries no longer having to quarantine on return. Simon browning has more. Finally, the suitcases are packed. The hand luggage sorted. Sunglasses at the ready. The last 18 months have been tough for the travel industry, but recent government changes mean most amber list countries are open for travel without quarantine on return if you re double jabbed. And people are booking, packing and jetting off. It s just so exciting to get on an aeroplane again. It s wonderful. We re off to ibiza. Yeah. Friends have got a villa there and we booked it ages ago, weren t sure if we can make it or not, but looks like, you know, we ve jumped through all the hoops, so. I m going to spain to see my family. It s been
Plan trying to go doortodoor on its vaccine push. We begin first with president biden arriving in illinois just a few moments ago set to meet with the mayor of chicago as her city faces an alarming rise in crime. This is america reports. Hello. Good afternoon. I m in for john roberts jay. Staggering statistics coming from a crime pledge chicago will be on his mind. One of their own offices working undercover was shot while driving on the freeway. All are supposed be okay. Sandra: the windy city is reporting its deadliest weekend over the air over the fourth of july holiday weekend. 18 people were killed in a shooting and 100 others were moved down like wounded. The death of a college student hit by a stray bullet that came through a train window. About 45 millionths northwest of the city where the president is expected to speak a short time from now. Hello. Air force one is now on the ground with president biden and chicago s troubled mayor lori lightfoot is taking place as we speak. W
Melberstart you no. Good evening, we begin with breaking news. The trump organization will be charged for these tax and corporate related crimes as soon as tomorrow afternoon. The wall street journal reporting alan weisselberg who has been the center of so much of this will be himself independently indicted for evading taxes on his benefits. He ll appear in court tomorrow. This is a huge development. This is what donald trump has been running from for many years. It is what his desperate bid to hide his taxes. The wall street journal which by the way is as twin sister publication of fox news. Any charges against the trump organization, weisselberg would be a blow to former president trump. What may also worry donald trump is that the beginning of the indictment phase of this case if you watch the beat, we have been watching on it when it was leaked and there was a grand jury probe and some witnesses here learned what the investigators were asking, all of that was the investigation stag