the president and gravely wound his wife and yet as far as we can tell no presidential security forces were injured in some sort of shootout. so there remains a lot of questions at this point here. we re going to try to get to the bottom of it here, john, here in port-au-prince in the next hours, days and maybe weeks. matt rivers, great to have you there. please, you and your team stay safe. the fbi infiltrating a, quote, bible study group that was discussing the possibility of a second civil war. we ll break down how these types of operations work. plus, richard bronson heading to space this weekend beating jeff bezos by nine days. we ll have the latest on bronson s trip coming up. scientific clean here. and you need it here. and here. and here. which is why the scientific expertise that helps
who could become astronauts in future years. and yeah, looking forward to seeing a lot of these people off in future years to come. reporter: now, brianna, richard branson has been on site with his fellow mission specialists and the pilots going through training the past couple days here at space port america. and i want to tell you a little bit about the flight he is going to experience on sunday. vss unity, the spaceship will be mated to the mothership which is called eve. mothership will transport the spaceship to 40,000 feet aboveground, that s when the spaceship will be released and literally dropped right before the rocket the rocket motor ignites, transporting branson more than 50 miles above earth. that s when he ll get those astronaut wings experience a few minutes of precious weightlessness before gliding back down to earth. brianna? very cool. very cool. rachel crane, live for us from new mexico. new day continues right now.
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Cost: Free Event Walt Whitman Birthplace Association (WWBA) is pleased to present the 11th season of Poetry in Performance: Walking With Whitman, hosted by Writer-in-Residence George Wallace and is sponsored by Poets & Writers. The signature series continues to bring the most intriguing figures in contemporary literature on the national scene paired with local poets on the Walt Whitman Stage. April’s featured readers are Ireland-based poet Afric McGlinchey and local professor and poet Richard Bronson with musician Josie Bello.
The Heart of Texas Goodwill was on the receiving end of a $5 million donation from the world s richest woman, MacKenzie Scott.
MacKenzie Scott is the ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, who you may know as the founder and CEO of Amazon. Scott is also a writer and most importantly, a philanthropist. According to USA Today, At one time, She and Jeff Bezos were the richest couple in the world. Following their divorce, she received a 4% stake in Amazon, which was valued at more than $59.3 billion.
Scott is also part of the Giving Pledge. A group of the wealthiest people in the world who have pledged to dedicate the majority of their wealth to giving back. The Giving Pledge was founded by Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates and also includes Arthur Blank, Michael Bloomberg, Richard Bronson and Mark Zuckerberg, just to name a few.