achievement for the company and space tourism jeff paul is live on-site at truth or consequences, what can you tell us. not only an incredible moment that happened but that it happened safely have a billionaire like richard branson who is shy of turning 71 years of signals if someone like this can go up into space and come back down 90 minutes later that the future of space tourism and other people can also follow those exact footsteps. there was a bit of a hiccup early this morning i weather delay due to high winds overnight but that was really the only major setback once they got through the 90 minute delay. everything went basically as planned the space plane took off enough fashion that you would be accustomed to see that normal airport once it hit the 50000-foot mark that s when the space plane detached from the fuselage and shooting straight into the air, climbing more than 60 miles we are told about the new mexico that s when the crew got a good view of planet earth
hot dog or. chicken? only pay for what you need. liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. right now on msnbc reports, everything literally the day s big events, the news being made this hour. you re going to watch it unfold live here over the next 60 minutes starting in less than 15 minutes from now, when president biden and british prime minister boris johnson come face to face for the first time since the president took office trying to shore up their special relationship and looking to show a united threat against the threat from russia. our team following what s ahead. we are live in the uk and moscow. on capitol hill fbi director christopher wray about to face tough questions from house lawmakers. his first testimony since the senate january 6th report and the first since the new ransomware attacks from russia. we re on supreme court watch. may be getting our first decision of the day any second, waiting on rulings around obamacare, religious freedoms and whether colleg
cbs news is there. less than half will recover. diaz: in our eye on earth, a beach battle. off-roaders in california facing off with rare birds. and later, hippo love: one woman s mission to save the threatened species. and without my intervention, none of the hippos would have survived. this is the cbs weekend news. from chicago, here s adriana diaz. diaz: good evening. a man of courage, fortitude, and faith. that s how britain s prince philip was remembered at his funeral today. only 30 family members and friends were allowed to attend because of britain s covid restrictions. the queen sat alone, her face covered, as she bid farewell to her husband of more than seven decades. the service, small, but no less powerful. cbs roxana saberi is outside windsor castle where today s service was held. roxana, good evening. reporter: good evening, adriana. prince philip wanted a low-fuss funeral, but today s service seemed fitting for the longest- serving spouse of a
the white house approving a major disaster declaration for the state of texas today and new york congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez is actually in texas after raising millions of people to aid people affected by the brutal storms. this is not just an issue for it texans. this is an issue for our entire country. disasters don t strike everyone equally, when you have already have so many families in the state and across the country that are on the brink, that can t even afford an emergency to begin with. if you are documented, undocumented, no matter your income, no matter your housing status, you can get help here. cnn s omar jiminez is in austin. half the people in texas, more than 14 million people were told still need water or under a boil water advisory right now. how are folks getting by? reporter: that s right, erica. water is really the focus over the course of this weekend as maybe electricity was the focus early on. we re at a brewery in austin and what you
while the lights are coming back on, it s revealing droves of new problems for texans to tackle including the ability to drink clean water, broken lines leading to tainted water supplies statewide. and there s a shortage of food at grocery stores and at restaurants. nbc s antonia hylton is in texas following all of it, uncovering a reality texas must reckon with. a majority of the pain is being absorbed by black and latino communities. reporter: here in houston, residents are freezing in their homes, with no safe water to drink. at this church in houston they launched a massive water distribution effort. people started lining up at 5:30 a.m., according to the mayor s office. i think that shows the level of need in the city. many of the people that we ve met today come from communities of color, black, latino neighborhoods, low income neighborhoods in houston. they worry they ll be the last residents to see their lives and resources go back to normal. and then there s the