of commerce has said the labor shortage is real and getting worse by the day. the world s richest man is heading to space. amazon founder and ceo jeff bezos said monday he would be on the first crewed shepherd of the rocket made by blue origin. the flight is set for july 20th, exactly 52 years after the u.s. landed on the moon and just 15 days after bezos resigns as ceo of amazon. bezos will be executive chairman when he blasts off leaving some to question what that trip could mean for his businesses. imagine, you have the executive chairman who is, you know, rocketing into space. seems a little risky, but maybe he s just a risk taker like that. he is. all right. the u.s. navy denies a football star s request to delay his commission to pursue his dream of playing in the nfl. andy scholes has more on this morning s bleacher report. good morning, andy. cameron kinly served as team captain, class president for the navy, he even introduced vice president harris at graduation.
there it goes. space x falcon 9 rocketing into space. it s a test for nasa. what they want to do is use privately funded spacecraft that deliver supplies to the international space station. another day of record cold temperatures have florida farmers on edge. they re keeping a close eye on their crops to make sure they survive these frigid temperatures. we saw it yesterday, again today rushing to spray those crops with water to keep them from being destroyed. the weather channel s julie martin is following this story from appropriately, plant city, florida. how are things looking there, julie? well, another nerve wrecking night here in grove city. the temperatures did reach that critical 32 degree mark but, fortunately, not for long enough to ruin the strawberry crop here that is just beginning to ripen. we set a number of records, so many crops affected from citrus to vegetables and, in fact, naples and palm beach both set