A thin veil of clouds out there, but nothing that i think is going to stop everything. 71 degrees, this doesn t have to take off at a certain time. It s not trying to catch up with the space station, it s going to go up and come down. We could delay it if we have to. Haze, fog, smoke and sky in the northeast, heavy rainfall in the southeast, and still, that monsoonal moisture in the desert southwest. New day continues right now. That s where i do the robot. With that music, i m not going to do it. I ll spare you, welcome to our viewers in the united states, and around the world, it s tuesday, july 20th. And it s all systems go for jeff bezos as they prepare for their 11 minute journey to the edge of space and back. The new rocket was positioned on the launch pad overnight, and it s now two hours and counting until lift off from west texas. Bezos will be joined by his brother and 18yearold from the netherlands and 82yearold female aviation pioneer, wally funk from texas. His rocket will
Good morning. And welcome to your new day. I m boris sanchez. I m christi paul. We are counting down together here. In a few hours richard branson will board a supersonic plane that will launch him to the em of space. Hear his message this morning ahead of the flight. There is also a race to vaccinate parts of the country. What health officials are doing to reach vaccine skeptics as concerns grow over the delta variant. The town of charlottesville removed two confederate statues amid cheers from onlookers. How officials hope had will close a painful chapter of the city s history. And president biden warning there will be consequences if russia does not do more to stop hackers from targeting the united states. But what can realtily be done to stop him? new day starts right now. It is sunday, july 11. We are grateful that you are with us. We will get to that historic launch in a moment. But we begin with rising concerns about coronavirus. Yeah, the delta variant, it is really, it s scare
Case rates have risen a little, but the good news is that hospitalisations come the number of people arriving in hospital is broadly flat. Borisjohnson will tell global leaders he wants the whole world to be vaccinated against coronavirus, by the end of next year. El salvador says it wants to be the first country to adopt bitcoin as an official curency. Charities are warning that cuts to foreign aid are casting a shadow over the uk s influence at the g7 summit. Hello and welcome to bbc news. A memorial to commemorate british and commonwealth serviceman who died on d day is to be unveiled in normandy this morning. The monument honours more than 22,000 serviceman who died on this day exactly 77 years ago and in the fighting that followed. 0ur correspondent hugh schofield reports. D day, the normandy campaign. The thousands of british and commonwealth soldiers who died to liberate europe. It s here that future generations are going to come to honour their memory. Part temple of remembranc
Helen catt reports. It s been nearly three weeks that people in england have been able to socialise more freely. It s not yet been decided if the remaining businesses can reopen in a fortnight and the legal limits on how many people can meet up lifted. Cases of coronavirus have risen and the health secretary this morning confirmed that the delta variant which first originated in india is significantly more transmissible than the previously dominant kent variant. , , ,. ,. , variant. The best estimate of the urowth variant. The best estimate of the growth advantage variant. The best estimate of the growth advantage as variant. The best estimate of the growth advantage as we variant. The best estimate of the growth advantage as we call variant. The best estimate of the growth advantage as we call it i variant. The best estimate of the growth advantage as we call it ofi growth advantage as we call it of the delta variant from sage is around a0%, so that does make life more challenging