Team at virgin galactic have been waiting for for nearly two decades, and 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. Brian, i gotta pause. I gotta take this in. This is really an incredible moment here. So it was an hourlong trip. And there were a few minutes of weightlessness as well, but the journey 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 that we could see and hear from him while it was happening. One day to be able to experience this. It s a complete experience of a lifetime. Now i m looking down. Congratulations to everybody for creating such a beautiful, beautiful place. Congratulations, all our wonderful team at virgin galactic, for who 17 years had hard work to get us this far. Branson s flight making him the first billionaire space barron to travel into suborbital sp
Lie about what happened in the 2020 election and look no further than the cpac straw poll for how that s manifesting among this selfselecting conserve this has become a top issue for the party and there is a reward structure for lawmaker whose go along with this. If you look into the straw poll, many of the people who rank highly on the list, like ron desantis and ted cruz, have backed up or not directly condemned this lie about the 2020 election. There is definitely a reward structure in this. In terms of trump s hold on the party, though, you see it from the messaging perspective, especially as he s starting to take much more public posture over the course of these next few weeks and months leading up to the midterm elections this is the message that he is choosing to lead with. A backwards looking message about what happened in 2020, hoping that that s enough red meat to actually fire up the base to go vote again in the upcoming midterm elections it may be a different plan than peop
Good to have you with us. In just a matter of hours, u. S. President biden will sit down with senate democrats hoping to win over skeptical lawmakers when it comes to spending trillion. Late tuesday democrats agreed on a $3. 5 trillion budget resolution, but the plan would go beyond traditional infrastructure and tackle other key items such as medicare. Every major program that president biden has asked us for is funded in a robust way. And in addition we are making some additions to that. Most important something that senator sanders has led and convinced america is so important, which is robust expansion of medicare. We are very proud of this plan, we know we have a long road to go, but we ll get it done for the sake of making average americans lives a whole lot better. It is unclear if the proposal will earn support from moderates. Schumer has promised the legislation eventually will have the 50 votes it needs to pass the senate. The infrastructure agreement followed a fiery speech
Position, with their 1% pay rise, a real terms pay cut, rejected by the independent peabody. So what do the government do? nothing. Less than an hour ago, there were competing briefings on what the deal was going to be but it turned out to be nothing. Our nhs staff deserve better than this. They have worked incredibly hard throughout this pandemic, the personal sacrifice is astounding. Their hard work never stops, and that is not without consequences. Work related stress has increased by nearly io%, mental health is consistently the most reported reason for staff absence in the nhs, accounting for approximately half a million days lost every single month. Half a million days lost every single month to mental health. These issues preceded the pandemic, but the increased pressure, intensity and trauma experienced by staff is taking its toll. Reports published in january found that nearly taking its toll. Reports published injanuary found that nearly half of front line nhs staff are suffe
Welcome to the lead, i m pamela brown in for jake tapper on this friday. We start with the health lead and the white house today insisting those who are fully vaccinated don t need a booster shot. At least not right now. That in rebuttal to pfizer which last night prompted a scramble when it issued a statement saying its vaccine can wear off and people may need a third dose. Within hours the fda and cdc trying to tamp that down, the white house underscoring the message this afternoon. They are a private sector company. I can t speak to the origin or the motivation of their announcement. You have to ask them that. The back and forth comes as the cdc issues new backtoschool guidance which may make some parents happy. Athena jones starts us off. Reporter: confusion and concern as pfizer announces it s seening waning immunity from its vaccine and plans to seek emergency authorization for a booster shot next month. The company is not releasing any new data of its own. Within hours the fda a