Be back in the embrace of Earths Gravity and your familys arms. It may sound far fetch Bud Branson is on a quest to make the final frontier a little less out of reach. Hes approached Todays Journey as part joy ride, part market research. The last week ive had my notebook with me. Ive written down, you know, 30 or 40 little things that will make the next experience for the next person who goes to space with us that much better. And the only way sometimes you can find these little things is to get in a spaceship and go to Space And Experience it. But having said that, 99. 99 was beyond my wildest dreams. Kristin fisher is at the space launch site. Richard branson celebrating tonight after achieving this lifelong dream of seeing Planet Earth from space and finally becoming an astronaut. He got his wings after a successful test flight. The ship returned in pristine condition. The crew returned safe. And what this is, is really the fulfillment of 17 years of tough work and a few setbacks by the entire Virgin Galactic team. Listen to how Richard Branson summed it up, at Times A Little Bit at A Loss For Words after returning from the edge of space. I just want to say thank you, thank you, thank you to every single person who has believed in Virgin Galactic. The team who have worked so hard to make this dream come true. Love you all. Its 17 years of painstaking work, and the occasional Horrible Down but, by and large, ups with it and today was definitely the biggest up. And they went all the way up. 53. 5 miles above earth. That is above the Demarcation Line for which the u. S. Government recognizes as the edge of space. And the way it works, Spaceship 2 took off attached to a Mother Ship called eve at the right altitude. It detached. The pilots fired the rocket engine. It flew nearly vertical up to the edge of space. The astronauts got a few minutes of weightlessness before the Plane Glided back down, landing back on the same runway it took off from at space port america. So now the idea is, after two more test flights, Virgin Galactic will finally begin making good on its promise to send paying customers up on these Suborbital Space flights. If thats not enough, in just a few days, nine days, to be exact, another billionaire, Jeff Bezos is going to attempt to fly into space on his own spaceship. Blue origins new shepherd spacecraft. So theres been so much talk about this rivalry between these Billionaire Space barrons but today, Jeff Bezos wishing Richard Branson a safe and successful flight and afterwards congratulating him and saying, i look forward to joining the club in just a few days. Jim, truly an incredibly exciting time for the entire commercial space industry. Exciting stuff. Thanks, kristin. Joining us is retired Nasa Restaurant Scott kelly. Scott, great to see you. What an exciting and historic day. You know what its like to get to space and get back. Whats going through your mind right now, and what does this mean for the future of Space Travel . Are we seeing the dawn of this Space Tourism Age in this country and around the world . Yeah, jim, thanks for having me. Of course, like you mentioned, the getting back part is the most important part. And it was great. It was great to see Richard Branson and the entire crew get back safely. Certainly an exciting day for Space Tourism and commercial space flight. And i do think this kind of puts us on the cusp of a New Dawn For Human Travel and readily accessible or more easily accessible Human Travel to space than weve had previously. And Todays Test Launch comes just nine days before Jeff Bezos is set to launch. It appears theres a Billionaire Space race going on here as weve been discussing. Is it too soon to think about commercial Space Travel . Is that within the grasp of mere mortals like You And Me . You and i . You know, i think its going to take awhile before this is an experience thats accessible to most americans or most, you know, humans on the planet. Its kind of going to be like the early days of Commercial Aviation or the early days of aviation where in the beginning its very expensive and very risky. And i think that will be the case here, but the more people we fly, the more flights and experience we get, the cost will come down and safety will go up. We still have a long ways to go. What do we think will be the biggest challenge in getting there . Is it just the cost. Can you imagine being able to brag with your friends . I went up to space and floated around. Yeah, it does give you some unique bragging rights. That will certainly be the case here. Certainly, there will be its risky. There will be a balance that people will have to weigh with regards to the risk and the reward. I think the challenge will be doing it on a regular basis and where you do it also safely, but then lowering the cost to make it more accessible because at 200,000 a flight, i know theres a lot of people waiting in line, but how many people are there, you know, that have that kind of means to fund a vacation, so to speak, into space . And sustain that as a business for a long period of time. One of the challenges, besides doing this safely, will be lowering the cost over time. Right. And the other question i have to ask, dont these space tours, if this will be an industry, dont they have to be in good shape . I remember watching The Right Stuff and how those astronauts you have to be in Tiptop Shape to do this thing, like yourself. You cant just send anybody up there. So i suppose people will have to be prepared and train for this sort of thing in addition to coughing up the 200 grand or whatever it is. Well, you know, this experience is much different than launching on a Space Shuttle to the Space Station and being able to perform your job as a professional astronaut. You know, certainly you have to be medically qualified to be able to sit in a essentially a small vehicle for several hours and experience gforces. I think probably up to 3 1 2 gs for a number of seconds during the Boost Phase and then the G Forces they experience on the way down. But i think its safe and i dont really know how safe it is. Well have to see over time. But i think the experience is benign enough and the requirements on the crew are low enough that you could have a pretty broad range of people to be able to have this experience, assuming they could afford it. Interesting. All right. Well, well see what happens. Would you go up in one of those space planes, scott . Youd do it . You know, i would have to understand a little bit more about it, but, you know, so far, so good. It looks like they had a successful flight today. But i wouldnt, you know, jump on another Space Shuttle or russian Soyuz Or Dragon for that matter without knowing more about the vehicle. Certainly i know a lot about the Space Shuttle and the soyuz so im pretty comfortable with those. But id have to learn a lot more about the technology of the Virgin Galactics space ship, too, but so far, it seems like theyre doing a good job. And you got the vintage Space Suit behind you there. Not like the fancy ones that Richard Branson was wearing today. Yeah, that Space Suit serves a little different function than what they were wearing, which was not a Pressure Suit like that is. Exactly. All right. Very good. It still looks really good on you. I dont mean any offense. Scott kelly, good seeing you as always. We appreciate it. Thank you. Coming up, the Nations Failure to meet the Vaccination Goal and save lives. Apparently that is an applaud line at cpac. That sick reality is next. 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You know, we are the united states, right . And you Cant Hope that a Killer Pandemic prevails in this country but yet thats what seems to happen. Yeah, its just shameful. I dont get it. Lets talk about the Delta Variant. We dont want to talk about the crazy people talking about that stuff for too long. But the Delta Variant is spreading rapidly in states with low vaccination rates. One hospital in missouri, for instance, forced to borrow ventilators this week. That hospitals Chief Administrator said the current crisis is nothing compared to last year. Thats alarming. Lets listen to this. 91 of our icu Patients Today are on ventilators. And thats shocking to us. To have that kind of number. Last year during the peak it was around 40 to 50 of icu patients on ventilators. And these are young patients. 20s, 30s, 40s. Again, its alarming. Dr. Reiner, the Death Number were seeing are so much lower than during the height of this pandemic at its worst but are we sort of missing a Slowmoving Snowball with this Delta Variant and how its crushing some communities . Its starting to really impact some communities around this country. What do you think . Yeah, well, you have to remember that mortality lags behind cases by sometimes three to four weeks. It takes folks about a week to get sick enough to be hospitalized and then takes a couple of weeks often for someone to die. But we will start to see an increase in mortality in this country. Its just mathematics. In partss of this country. So about a third of the cases in the united states are coming out of five hot spots. Florida, louisiana, arkansas, missouri and nevada. And those five states are generating a third of the cases in the united states right now. And in places like missouri, where icus are packed, youre going to see a surprising amount of death. And whats so frustrating to me and to, you know, i think Everyone Else who has been so deeply involved in this for the last 16 months is that this is completely avoidable. The vaccines we have work really well against this variant. It doesnt need to be this way. All right. Dr. Jonathan reiner, thanks so much. We appreciate that Alarm Bell being rung. Well have you on again and keep tabs on these moving numbers. I hope they dont move in the direction you were warning about. Thanks again. We appreciate it. Thanks, jim. Coming up the dramatic investigation into Harvey Weinstein and the ugly Open Secret that took years to expose from payoffs in a Sppolice Stin to the brave women who came forward. Ronan farrow joins us with his new Series Catch and kill the Podcast Tapes. Not touching is still touching protection. Adding Lysol Laundry Sanitizer kills 99. 9 of bacteria. Detergent alone, cant. Lysol. What it takes to protect. Ever notice how stiff clothes can feel rough on your skin . 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The Sixpart Hbo Documentary catch and kill the Podcast Tapes chases Ronan Farrows investigation for the New Yorker and the brave women willing to come forward after years of intimidation and secret payoffs. It begins with the story of a Filipino Italian model who Got Weinstein to confess on tape during a Police Sting that he had groped her. Audio that later became a critical part of farrows story. I want to go downstairs. Youre not going to see me again after this. If you embarrass me in this hotel im not embarrassing you. And just i dont feel comfortable. I mean, you dont have to please. Im not going to do anything. I swear on my children. Please come in. Im a famous guy. Im feeling very uncomfortable. Please come in now, one minute. If you want to leave when the Guy Comes you touch my breast. Im sorry. Come on in. Im used to that. Youre used to that . Yes, come in. Just stunning. As part of the series we get to hear from Ambra Gutierrez directly. Your reputation was getting destroyed completely. Yeah, like i was losing everything and then i got an email from my lawyer where harvey wanted to stipulate a contract to help me out in the situation. It was to put this all behind and exchange of money. I told him, no, i dont want anything from you. Like i dont want money. And he started with, i think 300,000. And then he went up to 500,000. At the last time that he tried to offer me the million dollar, i remember that day because it was the most scary that i could remember because my brother called me. And started saying that someone went to where he worked asking about me. Unbelievable. Ronan farrow joins me. Thanks for coming on. Great to have you on. This is fascinating. I didnt realize that your work produced so much Audio Material that you could use in this fashion. What were you surprised to learn from this series . And what do you think viewers will be surprised to learn that they didnt already know about this . Its great to be here, jim. Thanks for having me. I clposed this exact question wn you have a story where you put everything on the line to tell it in Book Form and in underlying print investigative articles and where theres a podcast that delves deeper into sources stories. My question when a pair of very talented Filmmakers Randy and fenton directed this, wanted to take it on was, okay, is there genuine purpose to this . Is there something new. The answer is really yes. Ive been stunned watching someone else go into this huge reservoir of underlying tapes and find these new nuggets of information and these new contours of these emotional journeys. Part of it is actual new information that we are returning to this story several years later. I think at a very timely moment. Were seeing bill Cosbys Conviction get overturned. Were watching as Harvey Weinstein may soon be extradited to california to face another trial. These are still very much live and important issues. And we see updated pieces of information in the chapter of this where an Nbc Producer talks about the cycle of that story at that network. We have more details of an inside the Room Account of a senior nbc executive talking about killing this story in a very casual way. In some of the cases we go farther into the future. We see one of the hired spies that weinstein sent after people who ultimately became a Source Talk about now helping Journalism Groups to equip the reporters to evade those kinds of tactics but overall, the most important thing, jim, in my mind and the reason i felt it was important to have this in the world is youre seeing these incredibly brave source goes through hell to get the truth out. And i draw strength from that. I hope other people do, too. Yeah, and in the series you also introduce us to some of the reporters you tried for years to cover. This Open Secret that Harvey Weinstein was assaulting women. Lets watch another clip. I met harvey at the peninsula at least 20 years ago, and i remember sitting there on the terrace out there at the peninsula waiting for harvey. And all of a srudden, harvey comes running onto this thing screaming like a mad man. Why do you write this about me . Why do you write this . Why do you say im a bully, which was funny in the moment. And then he said, what have you heard about me . And i thought, all right, like this is the moment. Like, this is it. I got to do this now or do it never. I said i heard you rape women. Amazing. Ronan, youre kind of walking us through what reporters go through in trying to uncover something like this. Its remarkable to see this sort of revealed to the viewer right before their eyes. I was fortunate to have all of these sources talk to have fellow reporters talk and i do think youre right. It gives us something really valuable which is, look, this is not just a story about Harvey Weinstein, about one persons crimes. This is a story about the structures that keep the truth buried for years and years. And the bravery on the part of these sources and on the part of some of those dogged reporters like Kim Masters and a number of others we talked to in the course of this thats required to break through all of those structures. I think in some ways its a blueprint of what i hope happens in a lot of stories. And its not all darkness. Yes, were dealing with people who went through incredible stakes, incredible risk. But also we see how they brought forward something important and in this series were able to check in with them and see how a lot of them are flourishing after that. And theres even a part in the series where you interview the private investigator who is surveilling you while you were doing research on this story. Again, just to demonstrate the intimidation, the risk that you were taking and what you were dealing with as you were trying to uncover all of this. What was that like . You know, its something im honestly still sort of working out my relationship with as a part of my life. I was followed around for a while in some pretty intrusive and underhanded tactics were thrown at me. Things in my Family History were thrown at me. And for a moment, it was effective in suppressing the story and i had to fight to get it out in the public somewhere other than where i originally worked. And, you know, i am cautious to draw a sharp distinction between that and the hell that so many reporters go through around the world in countries where if youre reporting on powerful interests you may be dead the next day. I was fortunate and privileged in a whole lot of ways but also thats hard. I am in a lot of therapy for that stuff. So i did want to be honest and vulnerable about that part of the story because i think that reporters of a lot of different types go through a lot of versions of that and you have to shine a loight on that. Telling your story goes a long way in geltting you throug that process. Our hats are off to you for the Work Youve done here. Its an important work. Its profound work. And we hope our viewers will tune in. Sixpart Hbo Documentary Series Catch and kill the Podcast Tapes debuts tomorrow on Hbo And Hbo max. Hbo is owned by the same Parent Company as Cnn Warner media. But looks like mustwatch tv. Thanks to Ronan Farrow for that. Up next, Donald Trump incited a violent insurrection but at cpac, his name is emblazoned on purses and jackets and hats. Well take you live to dallas where the 45th President Of The United States is the big headliner. Thats next. When technology is easier to use. Barriers dont stand a chance. Thats why well stop at nothing to deliver our technology asaservice. You need an ecolab scientific clean here. And here. Which is why the scientific expertise that helps Operating Rooms stay clean now helps the places you go too. Look for the Ecolab Science certified seal. 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They released a Straw Poll results before he came onto the stage and it showed with trump in the pac, 70 of the cpac attendees would vote for trump again. Yeah, what do you make of those results . We shouldnt put too much stock into the Straw Polls. Who knows if there are any bamboo ballots involved, but what do you make of that . What does it say about where things stand in the gop right now . Well, right, i think we shouldnt put a ton of stock in a Straw Poll but it shows you what a lock he has over the republican party. He wont say whether he is or is not going to run again. When you walk around cpac, everything they have for sale here is trump. Trump hats, tshirts. One tshirt i think i saw that mentioned Ron Desantis and only in the context of desantis from florida being trumps vp. And this is obviously a very conservative gathering. But the folks here, you know, they are firm believers that trump was robbed of victory and hes the guy that they want to see. Its telling that he is far and away the biggest star at cpac. Youve been to a lot of these events. You normally see all the rising stars of the republican party. There really hasnt been that spotlight. Its just been all about trump. Yeah, certainly a Trump Love fest. I feel like im having Deja Vu with you and i doing live coverage of trump. Feels very 2016. Sara murray, thanks so much. Great seeing you. With me now political Commentator Margaret Hoover and senior political analyst john avlon. John and margaret, you know, i have to wonder, trump obviously talk about the Lowhanging Fruit and bright shiny objects. Hitting the Border Issue is one that resonates with that base and continues to, even though it is sort of the tired old schtick for him. And all of trumps speeches post presidency we hear him hitting that theme. Its going to resonate especially at a Cpac Event in texas. Its disconnected from the reality of whats gone on, despite bidens problems at the border early on that have been somewhat reined back in. But what were seeing here is not the party of lincoln. This is the cult of trump. And hes going to stand up there and do all the swollen Arena Rock Tour Greatest Hits and appeal to the crowd. And its not going to actually do anything to help that Conservative Movement meet the next election with anything resembling greater success. So its tired and those kind of Immigration Rifts are old but you an lipsync to them so the crowd likes them. Margaret, just jumping off what john just said. Sara murray was talking about how all of the tshirts at cpac are about trump. I have to wonder because you sometimes like to talk about what would be best for the republican party. I just have to wonder what other republicans, other aspiring president ial candidates think of all of this and whether or not they see any daylight for themselves as long as he is dominating the scene at events like cpac. Well, thats fair, jim. As long as Donald Trump is in the center of the arena, there is no room for a healthy competition of a next generation of leadership for the republican party. Not from Ron Desaint or other apyring frankly republican men who have and they are mostly men with the exception of Nikki Haley and some look at kristi noem. But the tom cottons, mike pompeos, rick scotts, you know, and actually there is Tim Scott who is looking seriously at a run for president as i understand as long as trump is in the ring, none of them have any chance. And i have to beg to differ with my husband a little bit. Because he said there is no way the results will yield anything different than it did last time and lets just not dissuade ourselves or persuade ourselves thats correct. Donald trump is in the ring. He is putting himself there. Hes crowding out all the other oxygen in the room and he very well may run again. If he does, he very well could win again. The next election is in two years, not four. And the House Of Representatives poised for a take back from republicans. Lets not pretend like these tired elvis hits, as my husband put it are not going to work. Jim, may i, point of personal privilege. Push back here. Why would i jump in here. Republicans will say that Donald Trump doesnt actually help at winning over Swing Voters and suburban voters. If you look at any national poll hes deeply unpopular in a national electorate. He is very popular in the republican electorate. And what the Stockholm Synd rom were seeing is all these republicans who would like to run for president are all cowering in the wings instead of standing up an alternative vision. Its this line to kiss the Ring And Hope that Donald Trump doesnt run. Thats not a sign of strength or confidence. Its a sign of weakness. But thats in four years and were looking at a very energized republican base and republican party, frankly, even republican establishment that believes the House Of Representatives is just within their grasp. And so Donald Trump doing what hes doing doesnt hurt that. Well, let me jump to something that trump just said. He was talking about crime in the u. S. Lets listen. In new york city, crime is out of control. Set record levels with nobody being prosecuted, except, of course, innocent republicans are being prosecuted. The democrats know their policies on crime are so unpopular, so radical, so crazy, they are now trying to pretend they never led the defund the Police Movement in the first place. Disinformation. We never said disfund the police. You know who did it . The republicans did it. Yeah, he can hit a gop Talking Point On Crime Without Playing The Victim there. You probably heard that in the middle of the comment there. But this Crime Issue for democrats, people are talking about Eric Adams winning the democratic primary in new york. Also sort of highlighting that issue. Is this a potential vulnerability for democrats, and trump and his clumsy sort of way talking about it. I think does it highlight that. Rising crime in cities or anywhere is always an issue that democrats need to focus on because republicans can run on that successfully saying, look, its time for law and order. The defund the Police Crowd does not help but thats why its so significant but not only Eric Adams won the democratic nomination by specifically campaigning against that, as i should note did joe biden, but the person who came in second in the race, catherine garcia, always did not support defunding the police. This is about creating a left wing bogeyman. Theyve got something to work with. The democratic base has shown that they do not support what a handful of folks on the far left do. That doesnt mean that those Folks Wont be demonized and tried to be made the face of the democratic party. Ill say one other thing, too. Donald Trump Loves to talk about law and order. Unless it applies to anyone on his side. And then its all play the victim and they dont want to see law and order. And thats just more situational ethics which is the essence of what this cat believes in. Margaret, ill give you the last word. Only to irritate john. Ill give you the last word. Actually, i will give my Husband Credit for that. Donald trump is all for the court of Law And Justice and the judicial branch insofar as its his Supreme Court justices, his judicial appointees, so long as they, so long as they, ar they,e affirming his right to be in the presidency or his right to lie or frankly to not be prosecuted. And so, you know, the double standard is obvious to us. Doesnt really you know, it hits him in the suburban districts and places where it made the difference in the general election, but, you know, we all see that contrast, but thats not the Playing Field that politics and primary politics is being played on right now. All right. Very good. Well let you guys sort this out after the break. Margaret and john, thanks. We appreciate it. Thanks, jim. Be well. In cuba, thousands of people took to the Streets Today in rare demonstrations. Check this out. They are protesting the lack of freedom and the worsening economic situation there in one city. Hundreds of people defied a heavy Police Presence to protest. A resident told cnn that cubans have been experiencing Power Outages for a week. Fueling anger. This comes as the coronavirus is decimating the island nation. Skuban Health Officials reported more than 6,900 new covid cases and 47 related covid related deaths. Both single day records for cuba. Well be staying on top of that as the protests are so very rare to see in the communist island. Well stay on top of that. In the world of sports, Novak Djokovic now joins the ranks of the most decorated Mens Tennis stars. The Worlds Number one Tennis Player took the mens wimbledon Crown Today making it the 20th Grand Slam mens single title for him. And joining Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal on 20 career grand slams. Hes already won the Australian Open and French Open this year. He needs the olympic Gold Medal and u. S. Open title to become the first man to ever win a golden slam. Djokovic also made news after todays match. He expressed hesitancy in the past about taking a Covid Vaccine and talked about whether he will head to the Tokyo Olympics later this month. I also hear that theres going to be a lot of restrictions within the village. Ill have to think about it. Right now, as i said, my plan was always to go to olympic games, but right now, im a little bit divided. Its kind of 50 50 because of what i heard in the last couple of days. Very interesting. Coming up, our countdown to the new Series History of the sitcom continues. We take you live to a memorable location from seinfeld. First, Christine Romans with your Before The Bell report. Hi, jim. A roaring economy means soaring profits for american companies. This week kicks off second quarter earnings season. S p 500 companies are expected to report Profit Growth of more than 63 from last year. Thats the biggest jump since the fourth quarter of 2009. Also recovering from the recession. Bouncing back from last summers covid crash. One big question here, are higher costs eating into corporate Profit Margins or are businesses raising prices instead . Economic data this week could help answer that question. Reports on Consumer And Producer prices for june are due. Both jumped in may. Interestingly, Inflation Fears have eased, though, on wall street. Instead investors are worried about the spread of the Delta Variant which could threaten the global economic recovery. In new york, im Christine Romans. Sales are down from last quarter but we are hoping things will pick up by q3. Yeah. Uh. Doug . Sorry about that. Umm. What. Its. Um. You alright . [sigh] [ding] never settle with power E Trade. It has powerful, easytouse tools to help you find opportunities, 24 7 support when you need answers plus some of the lowest options and Futures Contract prices around. Dont get mad. Get E Trade and start trading today. Press start and consider the job finished. 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Before we go to the macro of seinfeld, look at a wide shot of where we are. This is midwest street. So many shows and movies have been filmed here. That gazebo has been used in multiple shows. Gilmore girls. And it was also in the seinfeld finale. You can see it because right about where im standing is where the four friends, jerry, elaine, kramer and george, were standing while they watched a man getting carjacked and mugged. That happened right over here. Well cross the street a little bit. All of that happening right here in this midwestern town. Supposed to be in latham, massachusetts. But midwestern, massachusetts. This is where it was filmed. People are out enjoying the tour for this warner Brothers Studio tour. They can come out and actually see what its like out here because there is so much. The church, this courthouse thats also used. And all of It Blending together with other shows. No matter which angle you shoot from you can see something here. I want to introduce you to sarah on the tour. Are you having a great time . Yes, it is fantastic. What is your favorite sitcom . Friends. Theres plenty of friends here. Have you gotten your fill . Yes, ive seen just ran by ross home. That was very cool. Hope you enjoy your tour. As you can see, jim, out here people enjoying the tour. This is the courthouse that we saw them all in court for seinfeld in that finale. Just because you may have been paying attention last hour we talked about the Growing Pains house. Thats it from a different angle. Thats how theyre able to use the lot in different ways. All of this teague us up for the hiftly of the sitcom which airs tonight. Great assignment. Im having some fomo right now. Be sure to tune in the history of the Sitcom Tonight with backtoback episodes at 9 00 and 10 00 eastern on cnn. Thats the news from washington. Im jim acosta. Ill see you back here next saturday at 3 00 p. M. Eastern. 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