Man, oh, man he makes it look so easy. Branson and his crew now back on of Planet Earth after a near picture perfect landing. He is expected to speak any moment now. We will of course bring you his remarks when he steps up to the microphones in New Mexico. Virgin galactic plans to offer private flights to Space Beginning of next year. Jeff paul live at the site just miles from the Launch Pad and where they landed. Man, jeff, what an exciting, historic day this has been. What was it like . Eric, you can probably hear a celebratory mood here in truth or consequences, New Mexico, a very hot day but also a very exciting one. Years and years of work finally paying off for require ingalactic owner, Richard Branson, getting to that milestone, getting to space after working at it for so long. To of day started a little rocky with a 90 Minute Delay due to weather what happened overnight but that was really the only hiccup in the operation. Everything else went at planned. You see the plane taking off, carrying that Space Rocket up to 50,000 feet which at one point then will then release that rocket where it shot Straight Up into the air. You hear a lot of people on the Ground Cheer as they saw the Exhaust Stream from the rocket. It got up past the 50mile mark, whats considered space by u. S. Standards. The live feed was hard to see but you could see the crew in there floating around. After a few minutes, they headed back down t. It was sort of surreal to think that in the matter of 90 minutes we watched Richard Branson and crew come out here, get on an suv, go out to the plane, Take Off, get to space, and then come back in 90 minutes and everything went safe and some people have asked what makes this different. Because Virgin Galactic has sent people to the same mark. I think the big difference here is that youve got the Owner Founder of a company, a billionaire, putting his Life Sort of on the line, taking the risk, going to space and then coming back down safely. To sort of show the people who are thinking about getting into Space Tourism that not only is it possible but its safe and that he did it himself and so far, 600 people have signed up for tickets to do something like this at a tune of a quarter million dollars. So theres definitely the interest there. And then you have billionaire Jeff Bezos who nine days from now will be doing something similar for his company. Blue origin. So a historic day, you huge step towards Space Tourism and the future. Eric can you explain, Bay Joes is more like bezos is more like a rocket, we have the typical like apollo and mercury. Can you explain the unique plane, how high it goes up, then it boosts up to 53 miles into space, then you have four minutes or so of weightlessness. You how does this Thing Work . So, it look almost like a double plane. Twin Fuselage Plane and in the middle of the double looking Plane Youve got the Bss Unity, that is the Space Plane as they call it. It is kind of a mixture between a rocket and a plane. So once that plane takes off, it is sort of giving that Space Plane the boost into the air a it needs. Its not doing anything until it hits the 50,000 mark. Once they they get the all go, they release the Space Plane, the Bss Unity and then it shoots Straight Up, the Rocket Shoots Straight Up and the idea is to get above 50 miles above the new Mexico Desert where they feel the weightlessness. It lasts about 15 minutes once theyre up there. It lands like what you see with a Space Shuttle or a plane, just down on its wheels and thats what We Saw, a perfectly safe landing. Eric its remarkable when we see the video of him. It looks like an executive jet. This is considered a Test Flight. There are a couple more before they will accept paying passengers. What else can they achieve with this, besides giving rich folks a Thrill Ride. As we look back historically with with any technology, whether an iphone or commercial airplane, things like that start expensive and as the private sector gets involved and more competition comes in and streamlines things, it makes it cheaper, more people get involved and theres a supply and demand. And so i think that will sort of we could see that in the few churr, especially when in the future, especially when you have competitors like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos that are dumping their fortunes into something like this, he depending on what the future could bring. Theres the environmental aspect, when you talk to people who have been to space and looked back down on the Planet Earth from a distance, which not many people get to say they have, it gives you an appreciation for what we have down here. This could start a bigger conversation about the environment and just the future of this planet. Eric it is just remarkable. Were awaiting branson, the historic, Courageous Innovator and billionaire, 71 years old. He will be making remarks. Well bring that to you live, of course. Jeff paul, on the ground in New Mexico. Thank you. Get your reservation in. Keep your Tray Table in the upright position and follow all instructions. Man, wow. Arthel wow is right. For more on this historic Virgin Galactic Space Flight, were going to bring in former nassau astronaut, Tom Jones. I want to remind everybody about your extraordinary accomplishments. You completed four Space Shuttle mission, spent 53 days, 48 minutes in space. You helped build the international Space Station, you completed three space walks totaling 19 hours at the iss. First in general terms, your reaction to Richard Bransons trip today. What do you think of the idea . Well, its a great step forward, arthel. Thanks for having me on to talk about this exciting day. Its a great step forward. Its the opening of the door to Space Tourism and thats a new expansion of the economy in space. We go from Communication Satellites and Weather Satellites and transmitting Phone Calls through space, now were opening up the doors to tourism. There have been eight tourists to visit the international Space Station but because of the suborbital venture with Virgin Galactic, the trip is shorter but its cheaper. It opens access to a wider population of prospective spaces travelers. I think this company will go forward within the year to fly passengers. We have Jeff Bezos competing for the same business and the orbital Tourism Market will open up where spacex who has a space capsule, boeing will have one, Theyll Fly tourists to hotels in space, as well as the international Space Station. Its really exciting. Arthel in technical terms, will either commercial flight, Richard Bransons or of Jeff Bezos, will they be getting into space and does that matter, can the Billionaire Battle have a positive impact on how we view the environment, for instance . I think youre onto something there because when you get the perspective of looking back at the earth from Orbital Space or subOrbital Space, the Cannon Ball shot that We Saw today, Straight Up, straight down, you see the curvature of the earth, black sky above, youre far above the clouds and youre in a vacuum but you get to look back at our Home Planet and thats a wonderful sight. Its a way to become inspired about our Space Ship Earth and All Of Us being passengers on it and in fact were not just along for the ride. Weve got to pilot it in the right direction. So that environmental consciousness i think is valuable and the more people that go into space, the more we want to push the boundaries of getting far out of the frontiering back to the moon, to nearby asteroids and eventually to mars. Arthel keeping in mind that bransons was a Test Flight with hopes of bringing other passengers, paying passengers onboard in maybe the next year, you how difficult was it to get to this Point Today . It was a lot harder than they thought at the beginning because Space Ship one, same kind of craft, a smaller Space Ship one is in the smithsonian now, it flew the first suborbital flight to space in 2004 and within five years people expected to see suborbital tourism taking place. Its been 17 years almost to take make it a Reality A. Had a tragic accident in 2013, 2014, when the same kind of craft that We Saw Fly Today broke up because of a Pilot And Design error on that Virgin Galactic Test Flight. So its still got risks. Its still quite an adventure and its quite expensive to get this service started but the prices will come down thanks to competition and i think branson will see his investment pay off. Arthel branson right now, they are on the tar a mack, celebrating tarmac, they are celebrating with the family. I know this is a dream for branson when he was a child, maybe not so young as though kids are right now, his kids. But listen, he has to be feeling an incredible weight off of his shoulders, not alone, set aside the great accomplishment that he has now witnessed for the world. We were all watching this and hes going to speak in a second but once they crank up his audio, ill take that. For now, there he is, celebrating. It was fan fair and it should Fan Fare and it should be. Was there a doubt about the Billionaire Race to space or is any spotlight on space a good thing. Its a good thing were talking more about space and its in peoples consciousness. It becomes part of their lives, part of their futures. Today you can take a vacation to an antarctica. I think within 20 years you can take a vacation to space at the same price point. Its going to be dropping thanks to competition. Its happening in america. Theres no other country in the world that is putting private passengers into space on a private venture, a company funded by investment and by the vision of branson in this case, same with bezos and others to follow like spacex with Elon Musk. So its happening here because we have the fertile environment for that kind of Innovation And Entrepreneurship and i think thats exciting and i hope well continue to keep the edge in the commercial space as we have the edge in exploration. We sent our robots around the solar system. We should keep pressing the edge of whats known and unknown in space and keep america at the forefront of that activity. Arthel thats because america is the best. Have you spoken with Richard Branson or Jeff Bezos . Would you like to. I would loving to chat with both love to chat with both of them. I saw bezos give a talk about his dreams for Space Flight. I havent met branson yet. I respect Bezos Point of view. He wants to make the Transportation System that allows people to generate their own futures in space. And so he wants to make earth very much a protected environment where he moves all the heavy and dirty industry off into space and leaves the park down here for All Of Us to enjoy an thats a vision i think i can get behind. Arthel finally, i know its nothing of compared to what you have done but would you like to take a commercial flight to space . Oh, yeah. I was a pilot in the Air Force and then flew on Space Shuttler shuttle for times for nasa. I would be up for it. I have to be able to take my wife with me and shes the one i have to convince now. Arthel well, i think you can. I dont know. I think you can. Cross your fingers. Arthel okay. Ill cross my fingers for you. Tom jones, thank you so much for joining us. Really enjoyed talking to you. Thank you. Youre welcome. Arthel eric. Eric out of this world. That it is. Back here on Planet Earth to afghanistan now where the withdrawal of u. S. Troops from americas longest war is moving ahead of schedule. President biden says that we will be out of that country by august 31st, not the original deadline of september 11th. Afghan soldiers who are at bagram Air Force base, they say theyre disappointed at the militarys Hasty Exit from the base last week and there are fear thats the taliban could soon take over the nation after we gave so much in our Blood And Treasure to fight radical islamic terrorism. Greg palkot is live in kabul with the latest. Reporter hi, eric. On that deserted base in a moment. Lets look at the intensifying clashes involving the taliban and afghan government forces across the country, something like twothirds of the country is being contested by these two sides. We heard new Reports Today about the strategic southern city of kandahar, the latest flash point, fighters entering the city, foreign diplomats are being evacuated, triggered its believed by the exit of u. S. Troops. We went to the scene of the big hest exit today. Take a look. Youre looking at the most potent symbol of The American Troop Withdrawal from afghanistan. This is the main sprawling Bagram Air base, 40 miles north of kabul, used to be where all of The American Military Activity came from in this region. Now, all thats left is a Skeleton Afghan workforce and a whole bunch of american Hand Me Downs and leftovers. Off camera, afghan soldiers did say they were surprised by the quick u. S. Pullout from bagram and were prepared to take over and were still not prepared to take over the complex facility. Its a Base Weve been to, eric, many times over the last 20 years, Tens Of Thousands of Service Members have passed through there at any given time. The runways were busier than the most congested airports you could imagine. Now, overnight, barely any activity. Eric, the afghan government said they will rededicate this base to counter terrorism activities but seeing it there today, still as it was today, seems more like a monument to america pulling out of this ongoing conflict. Back to you. Eric yeah. Very eerie. Greg palkot live in kabul afghanistan. Thank you. In a few minutes well speak with general jack keane, he will be here to analyze the biden Administrations Withdrawal and what he thinks is next for afghanistan. Arthel in florida, the Death Toll in the Condo Collapse is now 90 after four more victims were recovered today. Search crews continue sifting through the rubble where at least 31 others are still missing. Charles watson live at surfside now. Charles. Reporter hi, arthel. First responders have been working at the collapsed site behind me for 18 days. Despite that, miamidade officials say Search And Recovery efforts are more intense than ever. As you mentioned, this morning we learned four more bodies were pulled from the collapse site, bringing the Death Toll to 90. There are 31 people who are potentially missing. As Rescue Crews navigate the site, theyre using everything at their disposal, including Heavy Machinery and cameras to sift through the debris. Crews are finding where the victims are in the rubble and finding personal items like photos an Wedding Rings and preserving those for the families. The work is still so delicate that weve even found unbroken wine bottles in the rubble and recovered them. Were also finding personal possession as small as rings which are also being returned to the site storage area, categorized, photographed, and saved for the families. Reporter and arthel, this tragedy has really affected everyone in this community, including Business Owners who have lost business or been forced to shut down while the work continues at the collapse site. We spoke to an Ice Cream Shop owner who despite struggling right now has found it in her heart to still help out in any way she can. Someone in the community said the one thing we keep hearing at the Community Center is people want Ice Cream and i was like well, thats what ive been saying. Let me bring the freezer. So instead i road my bike around and rode my bike around and gave to every corner, every intersection, there were Florida Highway Patrol and Police Officers from all over the world or country. Reporter and arthel, weve heard from so many Business Owners like jessica who just want to help, despite taking a loss during covid and during this tragedy here in surfside. The good news is the small Business Administration is on the ground and trying to help weaken some of the financial blow for a lot of these small businesses. Arthel. Arthel Jessica Serving Ice Cream with love. Charles watson live in surfside, florida. Thanks, charles. Eric. Eric well, former President Trump set to take the stage at cpac in a few hours from now. What will he say . What will he predict . Texas attorney general Ken Paxton just wrapped up his remarks. Were waiting for south Dakota Governor Kristi noem to take the podium in a few moments. What theyre saying about the future of the gop, coming up next right here on the Fox News channel. D. How much money can Liberty Mutual save you . One two three four five 72,807 72,808. Dollars. Yep. Everything hurts. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. 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Jonathan serrie is live at the border with more. Reporter hi, arthel. You can see the u. S. Border Wall Right behind me but it is incomplete as you Take A Look at our live aerial shot from the Fox Flight Team drone, you can see large gaps in the Border Wall which initiated construction during the Trump Administration and then abrupted halted when President Biden took office. Its very easy for migrants to simply walk around and thats what appeared to happen this morning. A group of migrants obviously wanting to avoid capture, not turning themselves in to authorities but instead fleeing them. Border patrol rapidly moved into the area. We saw them search through the brush and then Take A Look at this video that we shot earlier in the day. The Border Patrol discovered fresh tracks in a wide open field from these migrants but the migrants were able to reach a nearby highway where they quickly disappeared into the community. Texas authorities are not just concerned about foot chases. Heres what Governor Greg Abbott learned from his Saturday Meeting with sheriffs of counties along the border. Another concern raised by i think literally everybody that ive heard from so far is a massive increase in high Speed Chases and dangerous smuggling encounters. Reporter saturday, troopers with the Texas Department of public safety engaged in a high Speed Chase with a suspected Human Smuggler who crashed into one car before losing control of his vehicle and striking a pole. Authorities say the driver was care quick seven undocumented migrants in his relatively small car, a total of eight people crammed in the vehicle. The driver was arrested. His passengers were turned over to the Border Patrol and eric and arthel, situations like this are unfolding every day here at americas southern border many back to you. Arthel jonathan serrie, well take it back here many thank you. Eric. Eric arthel, live at the Cpac Convention in dallas, there is south Dakota Governor Kristi noem, she has taken the stage, addressing the gathering of conservatives. The South Dakota govern for, one of several potential names being mentioned as a possible republican president ial candidate. But in just a few hours from now, we will hear from former President Trump. He will be back on that stage that has so often in the past embraced him. Were also waiting to learn whether conservatives at that gathering will want to put their faith behind him for another run for the White House or if its time for a new face like nomes or Mike Pompeo or many others to lead the republican party. Matt schlapp joins us now. What do you expect to hear from the former president when he takes the stage. Just like your coverage, is pregnant with the idea of the run for president again. Weve only had one president that was separated by a loss and got a second term. It would be history. I think what well hear from President Trump is an allout assault on the policies that are coming out of the biden administration, the fact that were no longer energy independent, the fact that russia can Build Pipelines but we Cant Build pipelines, an attack on critical race theory, an attack on the idea that schools should still be closed and skids should be in masks and the idea that a shutdown could happen again with a new variant. I think hes going to hit that headon. I think hes going to talk about the midterms. Take it back to the house and the senate. Republicans feel very bouyant. This room in here at cpac, they feel very, very confident that The American people can now finally see that the Democratic Party is not a Moderate Party but a fullon socialist party. Eric what are they saying about that . Biden, others would say hes more moderate, not one of the progressives like aoc and the others. Break it down from what you hear from the people attending. I would say Joe Biden is dancing to aocs tune. I dont know if he wants to dance to that tune but the biden administration is basically making the socialist base of their party happy on every major issue. As a matter of fact, as im sitting here now, i Cant Think of an issue, maybe you can think of one, where theyve been moderate. Theyve been progressive socialists all the way down the line and the people across the country can see it. Think about this, the parties matter less now. Aoc and her socialist views shes an important voice, not only one, bernie sanders, elizabeth warren, and when it comes to the other side, conservatives and America First voters theyre what are animating things. Theyre very against the whole idea that america should be socialist, that americans should feel ashamed for their history, should no longer stand for the flag. These socialists are trying to rip america apart while Joe Biden says im trying to Unite America. You cant Unite America if youre literally splitting america apart by whether youre gay or straight or what color of the rainbow you are. This has to end. If were going to come together, it means that everybody is treated equally including people that arent people of color and right now theres like this warfare going on across the country about whether or not america is worth cabbing. We think it is and were tired of them trying to rip us apart. Eric do you think youll hear that, the themes you just delved into, do you think youll hear that from the former president . I do. I think thats what the moment is in this country, this idea that if you have conservative values, you could get canceled on Social Media and we joined the lawsuit, President Trumps lawsuit against big Tech E Cpac joined that. If you are a white person that somehow youre inherently racist and if youre somebody whose family has been in the country for many generations, Theres Something wrong with me because we have this birth definite defect ofslavery. The True American story is overcoming the him morality and immorality and still leading the world with human rights and freedom. Its not just a conservative movement, its an american movement. Eric the former president has continued to perpetuate the false claim that the election was stolen, critics blamed him for months for causing the devastating attack on our democracy, the heart of or democracy on the capitol. How does that continued Narrative Fit into this and how will that impact the future of the party if he continues of to say that. The problem with your question, eric, is it be lies the fact that we had more illegal ballots in the of last election than we ever had in our history because we stopped checking signatures. We should all agree we have to follow the laws. The states contravened the laws by not checking ballots. New York City they had over 100,000 ballots that mysteriously got into the count. You cant say illegal voting doesnt happen to a large extent and a then have over 100,000 illegal ballots be in the count in new York City. Eric but matt, not enough to tip the Opinions President ial election. How many illegal i would like to ask this question. You seem to know so much. How much illegal ballots were in the count in 2020. Ill wait for your answer. Eric i dont have the answer off the top of my head. How do you know what the the impact would be on those illegal ballots. Ill wait for your answer. Eric because election officials across the country have said there was not massive fraud that would change the results of the election. Brad raffensperger didnt check the signatures in violation of the law. You can say that Brad Raffensperger thinks that was fine but it was illegal. Im not about relitigating 2020. Im saying as we go into the midterms and into another president ial election i have a simple idea. Follow the election laws. For Democrat Voters and for republican voters. If were going to do more mailin ballots we have to make sure youre he legally on the list and have you to verify it through your signature. I think its a very american idea. If we dont do that, well have chaos in our election system. People wont agree that the elections are sound. And our nation will further split apart. What im saying is a very, very Common Sense thing. Eric eric and we i get Cut Off by the computer. Id like to continue with this another time. Id love to continue it. I think people need to know if facts. We have to start reclaiming things that arent true. They they didnt check signatures on ballots. Cant do that anymore. We dont know how big it was. It was big fluff to make a big impact in the important states that were decided by thousands of votes. 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South Carolina Congresswoman Nancy Mace joins us now, she sits on the House Oversight Transportation and infrastructure committees. Very good to have you. So President Biden is pushing to use some of the funding to increase funding for local Law Enforcement, to increase community based policing. Congresswoman, is this something take will get bipartisan support or will republicans find a way to box this allocation because it goes against their narrative that Progressive Democrats want to defund the police . Well, i think its really going to depend on where he wants the spending appropriated. If you look at the major democrat cities over the last year, homicides are up significantly. Hundred arthel i you Poll Guys apologize, i have to jump for a second and go to Richard Branson. Branson. Thank you for performing. We love hello. [laughter] wheres his lovely wife. Come up. Come on there. Right. [ applause ] hes had quite a month. Their beautiful new baby will be born this month and this beautiful baby was born a couple of years ago. And thank you for letting him come with us. I would also like to thank my wonderful, beautiful wife joan who is hopefully here somewhere. Weve been lucky enough to have been together for where is she for 45 wonderful, wonderful years and weve been very blessed and weve got holly and sam here. Our grandchildren. And pretty well everything, lots of friends. Sadly, none from england. Well get you out here one day. But love you lots, all of you. And just finally, i know i said it from the Space Shift but i want to say thank you, thank you, thank you, to every 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. So thank you, all of you. Love you all. [cheers and applause] so of the Mission Statement that i wrote inside my Space Suit was to turn the dream of Space Travel into a reality for my grandchildren, who are here, for your grandchildren, and for many people who are alive today. For everybody. And having flown to space, i can see even more clearly how Virgin Galactic is the Space Line for earth. Were here to make space more accessible to all and we want to turn the next generation of dreamers into the astronauts of today and tomorrow. Weve all, us on this stage, have had the most extraordinary experience and we would love it if a number of you can have it too. And with that in mind, i have some news. So Today Virgin Galactic is thrilled to announce we partnered with amaze to open space for everyone. So if you go to amaze. Com, i think Flash Space to enter, you have a chance to go to space. And every donation supports a charitable space for Humanity And Youll be entered into the amaze sweepstakes for the chance to win not one, but two seats aboard one of the first commercial Virgin Galactic Space Flights. [cheers and applause] and with my Willy Wonka hat on, a Guided Tour given by yours truly and you promise lots of chocolate in the factory. I mean, the exciting thing about this is if enough people all over the world participate, it just means we can keep on the charity can keep on doing tickets for people. So its a lovely sort of selfpropelling way of just trying to get lots of people who couldnt have otherwise afforded to go to space to go to space. So just imagine a world where people of all ages, all backgrounds from he anywhere of any gender, of any ethnicity, have Equal Access to space and they will in turn i think inspire us back here on earth. If youve ever had a dream, now is the time to make it come true. And i would just like to end by saying welcome to the dawn of a new space age. Thank you. [cheers and applause] thank you. Lovely. Thank you. Arthel welcome to the dawn of a new space age. There he is. Richard branson celebrating this new venture into space, commercial Space Flight. Jeff paul is there live on the ground and, jeff, if you would give me the scene, set the scene. Is there a feeling of ex ill raise that i think is exileration that i think is happening on the ground. Part of this was indeed as some people have pointed out a pr stunt, so jeff took the answer richard, i should say, took the opportunity there to announce his sweepstakes that hes offering two seats up of on the first Virgin Galactic space ride, thats going to be happening in the next year or so. But by all accounts, astronauts and space enthusiasts alike, they have said any attention to commercial Space Travel is a good thing, gives an opportunity to focus on the environment as well and i know, eric, that you are an Airplane Enthusiast so im sure youre excited about this as well. Eric yeah, i dont have 250 grand. 250 grand for a seat to go up there. Arthel, would you go . Look, i asked jeff earlier, is this just for rich people to have a Thrill Ride to go up and have weightlessness for four minutes or so. He said no, it can lead to a greater understanding of our about full planet, of the atmosphere and as well as finally eventually some think lead to commercialization and industries and a new world in space. You know, making the jet jetsons come true. Do you think well get to that world . Arthel i think so. I was talking to Tom Of Jones earlier in the show. He is all for it. He thinks commercial travel to space is a good thing and with Jeff Bezos doing this in nine days and then the competition goes on from there and the more access that you have, those of us like us and regular people i should say not right now because it is very expensive. It is for the rich. However, eventually with more opportunity and more competition it will become accessible to people who are working class People Like Us who may be able to afford it eventually and Tom Jones is saying that heres a person that helped build the international Space Station, if hes okay with it, then im okay with it. He says the more people go up there, the more prior United Nations we have appreciation we have for our planet and how delicate our earth is the Earth Environment is, so when you see this picture happening right now of Richard Branson getting his wings, his astronaut wings, then more people will get this opportunity. The more people get the opportunity to see the earth from that perspective, the more appreciation we have for the earth, for our environment and even if All Of Us dont get to go, the more people that do, they talk about it and share something that scientists have been trying to share with us for centuries and when you hear it from your friends or people who know someone who knows someone as the Champagne Bubbles are flowing, then it becomes, again, more of a realistic conversation if you will. Eric and also this opens up also another Era And Way to travel because we havent touched on that yet, arthel. Theres been talk that you could travel from new york to japan in like, what, 30 minutes or so if you do this Orbital Type of airplane and this actually could be the new dawn of a new age of aerospace. Could you imagine the Wright Brothers in Kitty Hawk when they flew that if had the they came back and saw the Boeing 747 or saw one of the new Airbuses Today which are so commonplace for us to be able to travel. Perhaps in the not too distant future, in our lifetimes we will be able to go to a Space Port like the one if numbs mexico. New mexico. I wonder if 24 could do it out of lax or kennedy. Take off, fly in space, get from europe to new york in 40 minutes or less or travel wherever you want to be around. I mean, that certainly seems to be one possibility of what this new technology which we witnessed today is opening up for humankind. Arthel if i could jump in, eric. I actually for the first time during this entire process just got goose bumps. I was watching Richard Branson put on his shoulders this Indian American Astronaut who went on this flight and i know her parents flew in from india to be there in New Mexico to watch this amazing historic flight, commercial flight to space. Its a Test Flight but nonetheless its an exciting Test Flight and Jeff Paul is there on the ground in New Mexico. So jeff, are the people there just through the moon in terms of their Excitement Level . Reporter certainly through the atmosphere, just like Richard Branson could say that he has done now. Arthel, you know what . This is just an incredible moment. Not only because somebody like Richard Branson made it to space but because he made it to space and back safely and if a matter of 90 minutes. You really think about that, how quickly that somebody could leave earth and then Experience Weightlessness see the planet as theyve never seen it before and come back down and be greeted by his family and just walk around. Its incredible to think about that, to think about how Space Travel started. This moment that took hours and hours and hours and days and sometimes people wont come back for quite a while and this is such a quick trip. There was a moment where some people saw this Space Flight Take Off, it was sort of anticry mack particular. Anticlimactic. Theyre expecting the blastoff, Straight Up into the air. That speaks to the technology. It didnt feel weird. It didnt feel moment. There wasnt a moment where a lot of us watching were scared. Theres that moment where you see a Space Shuttle Take Off or the traditional rock he et that shoots straight rocket that shoots Straight Up, youre holding your breath had that it goes okay. This looked somewhat normal, like a plane taking off. Im sure for the people onboard it felt totally different. On top of that youve got someone like Richard Branson who is pushing the limits. He said it truly felt like a Childhood Dream had come true. Arthel he said he wants that dream to come true eventually for his grandchildren and everyone elses grandchildren. So what a day we have experienced and the excitement continues. Right now were going to take a break. Jeff paul, thank you. Struggling to manage my Type 2 Diabetes was knocking me out of my zone, but lowering my a1c with onceweekly ozempic® helped me get back in it. Oh, oh, oh, ozempic® my zone . Lowering my a1c and losing some weight. Now, back to the show. Ozempic® is proven to lower a1c. Most people who took ozempic® reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. And you may lose weight. Adults lost on average up to 12 pounds. Ozempic® isnt for people with Type 1 Diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. Dont share needles or pens, or reuse needles. Dont take ozempic® if you or your family ever had medullary thyroid cancer, or have multiple endocrine Neoplasia Syndrome Type 2, or if allergic to it. 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Before we took that place, congresswoman, you were telling me that republicans can support President Bidens wishes to spend part of his 1. 9 trillion Covid Relief Package to increase funding for Police Departments around the country but it depends on you how the money is spent i believe is what you spent. What do you mean by that . Were going there. Republicans by and large, we support funding of Law Enforcement. But i know that i personally i look at the democratrun cities all over the country who defunded the Police Station over the last year, homicides are up significantly over the last year in democrat run cities. Arthel we realize that. For the sake of the short time we had. I wanted to ask you. You said it depends on how the money is used. If you could give me specifics of what you would support. Some example. Youve got Lori Lightfoot in chicago, 108 shootings in chicago, she tried defunding the police and she is now begging the federal government for funding for this. We have to have incentives to ensure that the mayors in the cities are protecting our communities, are helping our police, give them the resource this need whether thats Mental Health counseling, better salaries and benefits, better qualified candidates, all of these things are things that republicans support. What we dont support is defunding the police. For cities that are doing that, theyve learned that theres a price to pay and thats a cost thats unfortunately human lives. Arthel it seems that the president feels the same way. Hes saying thats what he wants to do, fund the police. On the senate side, does Minority Leader mcconnell and the gop in his chamber, do they want to work in earnest with the White House, to contain, the reduce the rampant crime and shootings that weve been witnessing ors is the feeling of anarchy on bidens watch a Talking Point that could work in favor of the republican as they aim to retake the house and the senate in next years midterms . Right. Well, i havent spoken to the senate Minority Leader on this. I know Senator Ken Scott is a major Champion And Leader of criminal Justice Reform in the country and i hope he has the opportunity to do the work hes been trying to do for years now. That hes been Agreat Leader on this. We cant he reward bad behavior of the cities. If youre defunding the police, we shouldnt reward you for doing that. These mayors have got to invest in their communities and our Law Enforcement to keep everybody safe. Portland, or rejohn,car oregon, homicides are up 800 . Minneapolis, crime was up 56 . We dont need to reward back actors. Arthel No Doubt there needs to be something done and hopefully both parties can get together to fund policing. I hope so. Arthel to stop the Crime Rate in our country. Thank you very much. Well have you back again. Thank you for your patience, representative Nancy Mace and that is going to do it for us for now. But we are back at 4 00 p. M. Eastern right, eric . Eric we are. 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