How are they feeling and what was your takeaway . She seem pumped and psyched. Whether you are in that rocket or looking at that rocket youre pumped. Something that Jeff Bezos has been doing going back 21 Years Elon Musk and Richard Branson. No rush to be first but a rush to be right. He has taken some slings and arrows on this being the second man in space but his blue Origin Company is pointing out he will go higher than branson did. 66 miles versus 53. A back and forth on whats really space. I think when youre up there and see the black contrasted with the blue of earth youre in space. Once you are there for 2 or 3 minutes it is a big achievement. A huge achievement. Sandra Susan Lee is with us as well. I love that he chose his brother, mark, to accompany him. His little brother. He is a firefighters here in Westchester County outside of new York City and runs a financial firm as well but brothers going to space and an 18yearold Oliver damon, a dutch teenager and i love her to death. Wally funk, 82yearold aviation pioneer. If anybody is more pumped i dont know. She has been waiting 60 years for this moment. She should have flown back in the 60s as well. I have to say dont you find it interesting for all this progressive talk the Billionaires Shouldnt exist, they have to pay their fair share of taxes, america seems fixated on the super wealthy and bezos is a great example of the evolution of the rich guy. Not only do you have to have deep pockets like the rockefellers but howard Hughes Action Adventurer but make no mistake Jeff Bezos is an entrepreneur and businessman. A great Marketing Campaign for his Space Tourism Service where he will charge 200,000 initially. Its why billionaires should exist. They can afford it when government cant. Bill bezos said people ask me if im nervous. Im not nervous, im curious. I want to know what were going to learn. And Elon Musk is like that, too. He has launched ships. Every time he said the data we collect from each failure helps us to get one step closer to success. Sandra such a great point. Neil, a lot of the criticism some criticism has been heaped on him to focus more energy here at home. So many problems to fix. Why be working on space in this moment . He said we need to do both. We need to also be looking off into the future. Yeah, i always wonder when i hear that back and forth like an either or proposition. I like the line john f. Kennedy used to get us to the moon before the decade was out. We werent doing that very well at the time j. F. K. Made the ro,. He said we do it because it is there. The challenge is there. It is in our nature as a species to pursue these things. All together for all of us. And i think that summed up where we stand today 60 plus years later that this is in our human d. N. A. To do something like this and to realize for the chosen few. If you think about it, guys, about 500 have gone into space right now and this is all about the goal is to democratize it so thousands more can get the chance to appreciate the essence of this System And Space itself. All is good in that respect. If Jeff Bezos will lead the charge or Richard Branson or Elon Musk, so be it. All in and all at it. Bill yeah. This is more of a shall we say conventional flight today. Blue origin uses a Rocket And Space Capsule what were more akin to seeing but not fully automated with four humans On Board. It can hold six. One of the selling points for this type of mission was Space Tourism is literally the windows in the Capsule. 3 1 2 feet by 2. 3 feet is described, which is significant because its six times larger than those on a boeing 787 dreamliner. The point being once you hit that moment in space 60 miles above earth, 62 miles above earth, your vista on space will be right in front of you. Funny you mention the 787. It was such a big deal when the 787 first came out because the windows were so much bigger. Enthusiasts to stare at the world below them. In this Instance Theyll see the world below them and interesting to note july 20th, 1969 was the first time that man took off to head for the moon, the first walk on the moon done here in the united states. Were the pioneers of space. That Space Race that neil mentioned. Neil brings up a very good point. We dont do these things because they are easy. We definitely do them because theyre hard. It must be frustrating at times to watch these rockets take off and fail but from failure comes success. We didnt get the Light Bulb from edison the first time he made it. It was 10,000 tries before he finally got it right. This will be it. Space tourism is where its at. Susan mentioned 200,000 initially for the tickets. The prices will come down. Certainly when the Wright Brothers were pushing that plane they werent thinking about the 747 crossing the atlanta for a few hundred dollars from one continent to the next. Bill inventors over time have delivered certain contributions, shall we say. I would say he is not oroville or wilbur and not Henry Ford but he has supplied the financial support you need in order to get to this point today. Sandra and inspiration for the innovation. Theyll be taking off shortly from van horn, texas. Jeff paul is on the ground there. What is it like around all this activity . Compared to the last launch we were at for Virgin Galactic the nerves are higher because it comes down to the one moment. Virgin galactic you had the gradual buildup to the moment and took off like a plane. This is like a Space Shuttle launch. You wait for engines to fire up and Blast Off. I would say the nerves are a little higher for the people watching and certainly they have to be high for the people who are inside that very Capsule going up there. Jeff bezos was here yesterday and dropped off some food and sounded upbeat and excited and walked off and got ready for this mission. Were 3 1 2 minutes away from this happening. It was supposed to happen at the top of the hour, a bit of a hold which Blue Origin tells us its typical. For Virgin Galactic we were delayed two hours. 10 or 15 minutes typical when it comes to something like this as neil said, this company was founded in the year 2000. 21 years of work coming down to this one historic moment for Jeff Bezos an his company. The first time they are sending people to space with the Technology Theyve developed. A very historic moment not only for the company but also for the future of Space Tourism. Bill thank you, jeff. Stand by live in West Texas. One thing that strikes me every time we watch these technology gets better in terms of taking the viewer there, whether its Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson in the Tech Field they tried to take it into the year 2021 literally. And im always impressed by the Camera Angles and the Production Value that we have advanced towards. Nasa has done a degree of it but this is new Age Stuff quite literally. So the viewer at home knows, the Capsule on the type will Blast Off with the rocket in a matter of two minutes and counting now unless we go to another hold. Well Stand By for that. A minute left to launch. Well be quiet and see what we can pick up from the pilots. The rocket goes 250,000 feet and separates. The rocket will land on its legs two miles from the Launch Pad is the plan. The Capsule will continue for another 100,000 feet up in the air the point where they reach what Jeff Bezos calls zero gravity and be there for about four minutes. Sandra this is about to half. Were a minute and a half away. Neil, your thoughts as you were able to talk to the four people On Board just yesterday. You know, its 21 years in the making you think about it. This was the company that decided to commit to this reusable boosters. It started with Jeff Bezos here long before that 18yearold came on the scene or was even a flash in his parents eyes. It is amazing were at this point. Some shrug their shoulders say another rich guy and private effort in space. We have to look back how amazing this has become. That private enterprise can make this happen and build on the heroic efforts of nasa and so many pioneers before. That to me is what makes this such a stellar event. Bill thank you, neil. Net worth 200 Billion. Here we go On Board in West Texas. T minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Mach 1. [silence] [silence] oh, wow, wow, wow. Look out the window. Oh, wow. Ooh. It feels upside down. [laughter] [broken up audio from spacecraft] one minute warning, one minute warning. [broken up audio from spacecraft] oh, look at that. Its dark up here. 2,000 miles per hour. Everybody in . Oh, wow. Copy, astronaut walid. Astronaut demo. Copy, astronaut bezos. Wuhoo happy, happy, happy. Copy. Look at the moon. Your booster has landed. Booster landed, great. You have a very happy crew up here, I Want You to know. Oh, yeah, i see blue. I see the Stand By, Stand By. Stand by name. Stand by name. [silence] [cheering] welcome back to earth. Congratulations to all of you. Bill man, i love america, wow. Only in this country can a Kid Dream about this day at age 57 not only be the worlds richest man at 200 Billion Net Worth but remake The Way you order a package thats delivered to your house, and at the same time some 21 years ago start this company, given very little Press And Attention and very little Media Access and then one day you spring this idea on the world and we watch it together. Man, that was cool. Sandra chilling. You and i were keeping track of the distance at which that went up, at the pace it went up. It was chilling. You just heard Jeff Bezos On Board say you have a very happy crew up here, I Want You to know. Just listen. Copy, everyone, go ahead and remain in your seats and remember theyre on their way. Shortly youll hear the Capsule offgassing. Wow, wow, wow, wow. [broken audio] my main mission was accomplished. I was floating for about five minutes. Yeah. Your feet was bill that was incredible. It was inbelievable. Wally, it was incredible. I was surprised at how easy zerog was. It felt like it it was weird. Actually feels good. It felt Bill I mean, what do you say . What do you say . Sandra im speechless. There is an 18yearold in there. Now the youngest person to ever go to space, an 82yearold Aviator Woman Wally Funk now the oldest to go to space. Bezos and his brother On Board. All i hear is elation. Bill a couple of things we could hear bezos said. He said my main mission was accomplished. I didnt pick up what he said after that. Then later he said i was surprised how easy zerog was meaning that 3 to 4 Minute Period in space. Sandra i dont know if they had three minutes. Expected three minutes. Bill this is so great. There will be video that will play out this morning that was recorded inside the Capsule. Well see that and the reaction On Board. You remember branson from nine days ago the woman with the blond hair that had it tied back in a scrunchy that Got All over the screen as branson was delivering what i would consider his Neil Armstrong Moment describinging what it was like to be in zerog himself. We saw the booster come down. To see it hit its target. So you can reuse that booster. It makes Space Travel cheaper and between musk and now bezos, this is the future. It is here and we just watched it. Sandra they just traveled 62 miles above the earth and are now showing that commercial Space Travel is possible. And i dont know about you, bill, i know everyone ive spoken to is ready to line up to do this. It is expensive now. The goal would be to make it cheaper. But what an amazing. I cant wait to hear what Jeff Bezos said about the view. He had heard so much about how the earth looks from there and how fragile it does look. I believe that is him in the window there. Earlier we saw the teenager. Bill he and his brother look a lot alike separated by four years. Younger Brother Mark is 53, jeff is 57 as we mentioned a moment ago. Well get some Video Playout here. As soon as we get audio near the Capsule well bring it to you as well. The thing that was so stunning. We were sitting here and there was a drone shot here that captured the liftoff from ill guess it was 1,000 feet, maybe 2,000. I could not tell exactly. But to see that moment where that camera follows that rocket as it left earth. You said my stomach just dropped and i said my gosh, look at that. Sandra it really was something. I believe it was seven minutes 28 seconds start to finish. Expected to be 11 minutes. Thats quicker than sandra now well see them emerge. Quicker than they originally said. They were back down safely before 10 minutes. Which is fantastic. Sandra thumbsup. When you watch that Rocket Land it was almost as though someone painted a target for it to land on when it returned. Sandra neil, how are you taking all this in . Quite a few moments here. Im thinking of oliver damon. I have a teenager about his age and im sure he is thinking thats it . The ride is over . [laughter] like a Disney world ride, right . He is thinking all right, i want to go again, i want to go again. Bill you think about how many days weve been reporting on a daily basis on a steady drumbeat of one could argue hasnt been all positive news ill put it that way, neil. But to see this together, man, it is magical. It really is. You are tempted to hype this beyond what it is but it is Worth Hyping beyond what it is. If you think about it and the fact this is new shepard named after Alan Shepard for his flight in 1961. That was 15 minutes. And this was 10 minutes. If you pay the freight it is about 2. 8 million a minute not that anyone is counting. But it is remarkable and how pinpoint it was. A testament to really the billions put into this at a time i think we were mentioning this before when Eve Everyone said musings. Sandra how fun is this. Wally finally got to go to space. Sandra there she is. Bill jeanette, you have been in space three times. Reflect on what were watching here. Pretty remarkable. I remember my first Space Flight and thinking wow, its amazing. To fulfill your Childhood Dream and get to see things that very few people have ever gotten to see and then you kind of have this you beat the odds and survived all that Crazy Ride and decent from the atmosphere and come back. Bill lets watch now and see if we can pick up some reaction in there. [several people talking] Bill Bear with us here. Well try to bring our viewers any sort of reaction as it comes in here. Sandra jeanette, this is just a remarkable moment for the average person to take in to now see that these four people On Board did not have to do anything. This is an example of what Space Tourism would look like to be able to climb On Board, go 62 miles above the earth and skyrocket into space. Why do you believe Space Tourism is so important . Obviously this is a groundbreaking moment for that. It is. If we go back in history and you are thinking about the first explorers and there are very few initial explorers that did this. Only the bravest people would venture out from ports and sail off to The End of the earth and they could find every continent. Initial phase where now people are venturing out. Instead of just professional sailors now you have passengers on boats going to the new world and now were essentially at that new World Point where were taking people that arent really trained professionals and allowing them a sense of what it is like to see space and see the earth from space. It is just the beginning. Bill i walked in the studio 45 minutes ago and one of the crew members said man, it looks like a waste of money to me. I just go ahead and defend the expense and the cost and try and balance that off what were taking away from it in terms of learning. Exactly. So thinking back what i just mentioned, the 1400s and 1500s it was an enormous amount of money for the ships but the benefits of those things realize at some point in history it was paid back. What we believe those of us in the Space Industry now, commercial Space Industry see this as the very, very beginning, right . This is sub orbital flight. Next well have more access to orbital flight and take people around the planet and well have eventually Space Stations where people can go and actually visit a Space Station and stay a week or so and spend your vacation on a Space Station in orbit. While people are vacationing there other people will take advantage of Microgravity And 3d products that you can build there or develop pharmaceuticals that you can only develop in microgravity and all the while nasa is still exploring space and going to the moon and mars so we can make ourselves a oneplanet species and we can inhabit other planets. The nature of humans to keep exploring, getting out there and learning more ways to do new things that we havent even envisioned yet. Sandra if you could Stand By with us. A bit of a celebration. Neil, you had a chance to talk to this crew yesterday. You can see Jeff Bezos. He has the Cowboy Hat on there. They just emerged a few moments ago. Wally was in celebration. Bezos Brother Mark and the crew members. I saw champagne popped. You did. It is funny, too, with this. We forget there was no really aggressive physical training for this flight. A lot of citizen would be astronauts who had to consider and weigh the training that goes into becoming an astronaut and going into space. What i found most intriguing here the biggest thing they had to worry about is getting fitted with their uniforms. If you have any interest in going to space but not necessarily a World Class Athlete like yourself, sandra, there is hope for guys like me. [laughter] i found that to be reassuring. The only thing they have to look at in the future is getting an elevator up to the rocket. That was four or five, six flights of stairs. I joke to make the point here that this is part of the democratizing process, you dont have to go through the rigors. It could cut both ways. That stood out. The message that bezos is sending like Richard Branson 11 days ago is that this makes it accessible to more people. Fighter Pilot Training days are gone. Advanced engineering degrees from m. I. T. Arent necessary. This is open to more folks. Right now im sure those orders are going to be keep coming in. We already know that better than 7600 have bid on getting a shot at one of those seats. Im sure that has gone up exponentially just in the course of this flight. Sandra you think about the technology, though. If there is increased demand, which is expected for Space Travel, for everyday people, you are going to need and amazing amount of people to build this technology. Theyll have to build more of them. Equally impressive, bill, when you and i were watching this as the takeoff was the incredibly soft landing. You and i both had a wow moment. Bill you think about u. S. Astronauts and russian cosmonauts when they land in kazakhstan. Watching that Capsule Hit Earth is like so sudden and they get theyve been in space for sometimes weeks, months perhaps, sometimes more than a year and they are weightless and need to find their gravity back again. Granted this was a Fourminute Flight in terms of zero gravity but nonetheless, they did it. They came back and landed like a pillow for crying out loud. There was a fourth person who won an auction. He or she hasnt been identified. 30 Million to win a seat On Board. I dont know what explains that. What a sucker he or she is to miss the moment. At some point well get an explanation and what opened the door for the 18yearold to be On Board. You had today the oldest person in World History at age 82 to go to space. At the same time the youngest person, an 18yearold Teenager went as well. Sandra wally the 83yearold Female can go home and say what did you do today . Jeff paul is on the ground there. They basically landed in the middle of the desert. Jeff paul is on the ground. What was the reaction to this incredible mission . 21 years in the making. It all goes off exactly as planned especially a mission that had people On Board for the very first time. I can tell you when it took off everyone was holding their breath and you saw the smoke billow up from that rocket and as it shot into the Air Everyone out near no matter who you were tried to get the best view you could if you wanted the rocket to shoot straight up in the sky. You could see the stream from the boosters and after a little while you lost the view. The other moment that everyone was holding their breath was the Booster And Crew was landing. We were looking in the sky to see the booster. That is what makes this very unique. It is reusable, the booster. Were looking around and it is almost directly from where it launched you see the booster come down and as it touches down you hear a big sonic blue. Blue origin folks said we would hear. It was incredibly loud. You had the moment where the crew finally landed. We could see that from here as well. The moment the parachute came out, i dont know if you could tell watching it from your angle but the parallel angle we are from it, it was cruising down pretty fast and immediately when the parachutes went out it just about stopped in the sky. A smooth landing for that crew and a big part of the reason those three parachutes. Something that simple brought them all to safety. Bill thank you, jeff. Want to bring in terry, international Space Station Commander And Space shuttle pilot. Im here and good to be with you guys. Bill im not sure where you are. Share maybe your initial reaction to what we just watched and where were going next. Im in houston. It was a really cool mission. I want to congratulate the former Blue Origin team. My former Space Shuttle Teammate was one of their team managers. What a cool day. How easy they got out of the Capsule and walking around and everything. After my first flight i was really dizzy. It was a few weeks, not just a few minutes. They all look like theyre in good shape. Bill wow. Thats the shot, smitty. You see that . It looks like it is out of star wars. Sandra it took our breath away. Terry, great to have you here. It was incredible for us to all watch and, you know, looking back the Wally Funk talking to Neil Cavuto Yesterday before she took off on this and she said well show the world what can be done in space. How far does this go in advancing Space Travel and tourism for the average person . Still expensive expected to come down in price. A lot less expensive than a orbital money. It is a lot of money. Lots more people are going to fly in space which i think is really good and thats going to make a difference. If people who are Company Owners fly in Space Theyll get a different perspective. Bill spacex, Elon Musks company. Theyre building a huge Launch Tower on the texas East Coast to send their Star Ship into orbit. That is a rocket with more power than we watched today. How does it fight into the current trajectory for where this goes next . That is. Spacex won a competition to build the moon landers. So nasa will pay them money to build the rocket that will take humans back to the moon in the not too distant future. Blue origin and another company also had a wanted to win that contract and a little dispute. Spacex has a big role in human Space Flight. When i was in space they brought up two cargo ships, much appreciated. The third one blew up. The first two made it so that was good. Spacex and Blue Origin are in a competition. Thats a good thing. Competition is what we want as americans. Bill Richard Branson did it quite different nine days ago. He went from truth or consequences, New Mexico. It is easy to understand why you go to houston, texas. Nasa is there. Why did they choose van horn, texas, Far Western Edge of the state, population 2,000 . Actually, you know, West Texas and New Mexico are right next to each other. The part of the country where there arent a lot of people. If rockets crash it wont land on anybody or if they go supersonic, the boom doesnt bother anybody. Its a good place if you want the take off and land from space. These rockets are not going into orbit. If they were going into orbit they would falling back to earth a few hundred miles to the east. Now theyre going straight up and down. West texas, new Mexico And Arizona is a great place to do sub orbital Space Flight. You are part of the space family. More folks Got Added and hundreds more in the next few years. Bill thank you, terry. Well talk again. Do we still have jeanette with us . We have neil with us and Brett Larson and Susan Lee. Lets go around the horn as we watch the recap here and bret since are you in studio, lets start with you. What an amazing thing to have witnessed. We basically saw the beginning of what will be commercial tourism in space. The Rocket Launch was so flawless it almost looks like a Computer Graphic generated launch they wanted to use as an example. The being weightless for a few minutes. I had the chance to be weightless once on a flight, a very exciting feeling. I briefly thought i heard bezos said it was similar to swimming when you were weightless and just the view. To be so far up where you no longer see county lines and State Borders and borders between countries, you just see the earth as one Big Blue Marble in the vastness of space and here we all are. Earth had everybody here except for four people looking back at all of us. Bill Blue Origin takes the name because bezos saw the blue planet as being so significant in our Solar System and this is the original. The only one with water habital water. Bill when you find that water you bring it back. Sandra nasa has sent out a tweet congratulations to the Blue Origin team. We look forward to future flights with researchers and nasa supported technology and payloads aboard. Right now i cant wait to hear from bezos himself. His description of what It Felt like and what he experienced, what he was able to see. He was looking forward to the zerog and the view. Whats interesting, you and bill were touching on this. They didnt reinvent the wheel but they finesseed it. The Shock Absorbers in the seat. Nasa hadnt addressed it and the russians didnt. It is a bumpy hit when you get to the ground. Its coming like a crash almost. We get used to it. Then someone with a sense of aesthetics says there is a better way of doing this. Bezos and the large windows. The largest window for a spacecraft ever to appreciate the view. Into style and aesthetics you get that. Cameras everyone, inside, outside to monitor it from the beginning to The End. Even with Elon Musk himself down to the interior of his rockets like the inside of a Tesla Car down to the Look And Sleekness of the uniforms. Like Steve Jobs with the Sony Camcorders and audio devices. He wanted to bring them to the next level and came up with the ipod as a way of streamlining that and making it more elegant. Billionaires get elegance. They have the money to poor into that. I think Alan Shepard the first one to be in space, 5 minutes longer than this one. They werent big on aesthetics. Get him up there and back and prove to the soviets we can do that. Schedule another mission in the first orbital american flight. Now that weve had so many of our flights under the belts thanks to nasa these guys said i can make it cooler and make it look and feel nicer. There is something to be said of that. The late great Steve Jobs didnt reinvent the Audio And Video devices, he just made them cooler. Bill thats a great way of explaining it. Almost like a user experience. You want to make it better for your customer. When you talk about the finesse of Blue Origin. The next one is as early as september. By The End of this year if theyre on track this will happen and it will likely not make a headline in the news. I think youre right. Keep in mind on the same track we have another one, the new glenn thats named after John Glenn the first u. S. Astronaut to orbit the earth. It will be able to orbit the earth and go to the moon. A tussle back and forth that he and the government have had of awarding some of these contracts to musk, it will almost be like a Modernday Apollo to handle large groups of astronauts and shuttle them back and forth into space. The international Space Station. So he is working on a couple of different things at the same time. Clear he was in no rush to be first. When we got news to Richard Branson wanted to get to space sooner a lot of people we can move, were ready. No he said were not ready. Why he had 15 unmanned test flights to get it right and it reminds me The Way he set up amazon people were we have to make money. He kept pulling the money back into the infrastructure, building warehouses and went public for years in 1995 and after they said we have to get Wall Street seeing were making money. Well make money once we have the system in place. It is in place. No one will second guess him what happened to amazon, it fed this. He did things his way. Sandra such a great point and he said to you yesterday you have to start somewhere and you have to work hard on getting it to be more efficient, more practical and less expensive. Headlines billionaire Space Race but not the only game in town. Hundreds of space startups across the country focused on satellite technology. Orbiting hotels. They say it is 8 Billion currently and could grow to 1. 4 trillion by The End of this decade. Coming from the Business Side during this flight i checked Amazon Stock to see how it reacted when his founder going up to zerog. He could only do it handing over the daytoday reins, there was less risk for amazon shareholders for him to get On Board this Human Flight for Blue Origin. Sandra just remarkable. Bill i want to emphasize this because i think a year from now, five years from now well look back at this moment and think it was old school. Sandra i heard you say that. Hard to think its possible. Bill because the billionaires will finesse it in The Way. You think about your original ipod. I have my actually and loaded with great tunes. It works if you charge it long enough but you look back on it now and look at the iphone 11, 12, 13 that you have in your pocket and it looks like it is so past its due date. I think this will have a similar feel over time. One comment that Susan Lee made. You think about the Company Amazon and neil touched on it, too. That Market Cap for amazon doubled During Covid. The reason that happened in Part Everybody was staying home and they were ordering from their living rooms and apartments all over america and there wasnt much of an effort that had to go into it because you could do it on your phone or desktop. But it also introduced a lot of people would argue, a different generation of americans to the amazon experience. Think about this for a moment. Your local Grocery Store now. The Click And Pay at kroger. That never happened before. All that change right now with the innovation During Covid. As a result Amazon Stock price doubled During Covid and Jeff Bezos for all the headlines several years ago when he announced his divorce and split it 50 50, both California Residents and thought he went from 120 Billion to 60 billion. Today he is worth 200 Billion and the innovation that he put into the company. The 60 Minutes Story that aired three or four years ago but they did the Amazon Drone Story. Bezos next vision. When Elon Musk can prove that he can launch a Rocket And Land it on a ship in the Pacific Ocean people go man, this guy is for real. Then the perception of the Tesla Car changes almost immediately, i believe, and the Stock Price for different reasons shot through the roof. The way we look at bezos from This Day Forward has now changed forever. Sandra he is a brilliant man. Why does the technology from Blue Origin go . Does it go to Boeing Or Airbus do they say we can now improve standard Air Travel for anyone who jumps on an airplane. We saw that a lot with the Space Program with nasa. We got many great things from the Space Program that the rest of us you. We got gps and the internet and look at the amazing apps and services and businesses that were built on that. It is also whats the next step for Blue Origin beyond shuttling people to the edge of space . Where does the technology take us . And where does it take us on the ground . Sandra the bigger question where does the regulation take us. When you were talking about the Amazon Drone Story theyre having such a hard time with the amount of drones in the airspace it is tough to regulate. With the Aviation Industry already inundated, our skyways so busy how do you regulate this . Neil, what do you think about the path forward on this and the basic observation about bezos dreamt it and he funded it and built it. He did not fly it but it happened because of him. Is the perception of this american age 57 now changed forever . I think it has, bill. Whether we have other rich guys and gals out there looking at things. They might never aim to go into space. A lot of their ideas have been picked up by those who are going into space. I think its worth mentioning the Jeff Bezos said were going into space, larger windows. And the german engineers in the beginning of nasa i dont think Von Braun were worrying about the Window Size but these guys get that and how you make this more to your point userfriendly experience and it could be a company, a private or otherwise working with the government here on earth that might be coming up with ideas that make what weve always done in the same way a little different with a lot more flair. Steve jobs likes to say im not a pioneer, im a finetuneer. That probably minimized his impact on society and what he left us. But he left us something very important. A way to look at life and a way to look at our triumphs only with a little more pizzazz. Bill great to be with you, neil. Sandra changes the perception of the man we all know. Thank you, neil. Also Boosts Confidence in Space Travel. Everybody watching saying you can do this. The 18yearold can do this. The 82yearold can do this. I can do this. There will be demand for this. Bill thanks to everybody here. Were trying to stretch a little bit here anticipating Jeff Bezos. He will talk at some point this morning we believe. Well see the Video Play out from inside the Capsules. More to Come On this. Many thanks to bret larson. Nice to be with you today. Susan lee as well. Neil, terrific getting your commentary with us today. Jeanette, the astronaut three times in Space And Terry in houston. So then we have watched it together, sandra. You said it, right, sky is the limit, right . Sandra you know, its another moment we got to take in together, bill. Bill by The Way. My original ipod has an amazing play list. You would love it. Sandra you still have it . You have to keep these things. You keep them because theyre part of your Life And Part of the technology. Sandra you like the play list, the same play list. Bill it is an amazing play list. Sandra i love it. Bill Fox News Alert now Jeff Bezos now he watched it with us. He will hold a News Conference within the hour. Well wait to see the first images inside the cockpit coming up here. We watched it together. It was awesome. We loved it and on we go toward the next venture in space. This was the shot i was talking about. It looks like this came off the universal lot in hollywood The Way they shot that and carried sandra when your plane takes off 20 minutes to reach 30,000 cruising altitude. I think you and i jotted down the amount of time it took them to reach 30,000 feet. Less than a minute . Bill pretty close. Sandra remarkable. I wonder what that feels like. They will tell us. They will have a News Conference a short time from now. They put it on the schedule. Who knows when it will take place. They were ahead of schedule for the launch. Bill the person who didnt make it. I hope it was vital to their own life. At 30 Million a seat that came at a heavy price today. The shutdown. The way a parachute came out. It seemed to be one color for one moment and it changed to a different like a Pink Or Red that slowed it down more and enabled these four people inside to have really the ride of a life. Sandra Got A very happy crew in here, said Jeff Bezos On Board. This was the image as they climbed out. There is 82yearold wally. She has been looking forward to this since she was a little girl. She said all i wanted to do was go toed on the moon and so many millions around the world watched that and today we go a step further. It is 10 00 here in new York City. It is 9 00 a. M. In van horn, texas. Our coverage continues on the rest of the news today. Dr. Anthony fauci and other health officials testifying on The Hill. Were watching that as well. When there are headlines well bring them. Dana has a few days off this week. Im bill hemmer. Sandra i think we should kick off with a Rocket Launch every day. Good way to start tuesday morning. Im sandra smith. More and more local officials are considering reinstating the indoor Mask Mandates with covid cases on the rise again across the country. Bill Jackie Heinrich begins live on Capitol Hill. Good morning. Hello. Good morning. The Delta Variant spreading and stubbornly low Vaccination Rates among key groups some cities are flouting Cdc Mask Guidance or mandating or recommending masks indoors regardless of Vaccination Status. L. A. County mandates masks inside. Las vegas and counties in san francisco Bay Area are also recommending them. Dr. Anthony fauci at the beginning of the pandemic recommended against masks due to the science at the time and also the shortage among Healthcare Workers will be asked now if he feels that the cdc has ended its Mask Guidance too soon. There is a striking statistic that people should really pay attention to. 99. 5 of all the deaths due to covid19 are among unvaccinated people. Thats a striking statistic. So when people are unvaccinated and they look at that hopefully they will really take a look at that and say wow, really. Former Surgeon General under President Trump said both he and dr. Fauci wrongly and prematurely advised against masks at the beginning of the pandemic based on Science And Supply conditions and the cdc is at risk of making a harmful call allowing vaccinated people to go without masks in the states with delta vair yanlt. They should be pushing vaccines and masks in areas with rising cases until the numbers start going back down again. Our Public Health officials have been politicized to such an extend and why nobody trusts them and all the backlash i think to the vaccine and everything. It is because these Public Health officials did so much to lose peoples trust. Thats a shame. The White House said they dont expect the guidance to change. The Vaccines Work and if you got one you are safe, they say. They are however pushing vaccines amid struggles with misinformation they say is discouraging people from getting vaccinated. Some lawmakers are likely to point out today that Vaccination Rates went up when the cdc repealed that Mask Guidance allowing folks who have been vaccinated to go without a mask. It acted as an incentive. Youll hear that point today. Well see how dr. Fauci responds. Bill want to bring in admiral brett giroir, former Hhs Assistant secretary for health. Good day to you. Cdc says no to the mask. Other Pediatrician Groups say 2yearolds need to wear them in the classroom. Is that necessary . So i still firmly agree with the cdc if you are fully vaccinated. We know vaccines are highly protected and youre protected. If youre fully vaccinated you should feel safe and not have to wear a mask. That guidance should continue and is correct. In terms of the American Academy Of Pediatrics one thing they said it is imperative for all kids to get back to school in person. That statement was more about social change and social Poll Si and it was very light on the science. I completely disagree that children over 12 who are vaccinated should wear a mask. I think there is a strong argument that children under 12 should not wear a mask or at least that should be part of a debate and not just sandra i think the confusion for a lot of parents when they have the american pediatrics making this statement suggesting such that kids as young as 2 should be wearing masks and then School Age kids, kindergarten even should be wearing masks. Why only look at one aspect of this . The spread of the possible virus but why isnt there any concern about the lost learning and lost Product Activity and socialization when they dont see each others faces . Why isnt that of equal concerns . These are our kids and this is our future. I completely agree with you. We know and there is increasing evidence that children are at incredibly low risks of death. And it is even arguable that any normal children or significant numbers have died. A new report out of the United Kingdom showed only 25 people under age 18 died of covid in the entire last Year And Half of those were chronically ill on respirators and feeding tubes. We need to debate that. The w. H. O. That children will be safe. What they cite there says children under 5 should not wear a mask at all. It will inhibit their social development and you shouldnt do it. Between 6 and 11 only under very specific highrisk circumstances. Even the material that the a. A. P. Cites is contrary to their recommendation. I can understand why people are confused. Bill Jerome Adams former Surgeon General came out with quite a statement this week. He said last year tony fauci and i famously prematurely and wrongly advised against masks. I felt it was the best call at the time but now regret it. Instead of vaccinate or mask it, it suggests cdc should be Vaccinate And Mask with cases with positivity until we see numbers going back down. Cdc was well intended but the message was premature and wrong. You have that out there. Fauci on monday of this week. Roll this. Call for number three, guys. Watch. Cdc recommendations may be at variance with that. In Effort Respect the cdc always leaves open the flexibility on the part of local agencies, local enterprises, local cities and states to make a Judgment Call based on the situation on the ground. I think thats reasonable thing to do. Bill he talked about flexibility. Recommendations on the ground. This new Delta Variant, what is important about knowing hospitalization rates and death rates about the variant when youve already gotten the vaccine, many of us . So let me make it clear a few points that everyone needs to understand. If you are fully vaccinated, you are not 100 protected but you are well over 90 to 95 protected even against delta. It is a good recommendation if you are fully vaccinated you dont need to wear a mask. If youre unvaccinated the Delta Variant is very contagious. 60, 100 more contagious than the other variants. If youre unvaccinated you are susceptible and need to wear a mask. Very, very important. I dont believe its important unless you are at an Age Group over 85 or you have underlying conditions that if you are vaccinated to wear a mask as well. It is certainly your option. My 88yearold Mother if she is gone in public and fully vaccinated we talk about wearing masks to give her extra protection. Aside from those groups you should be good. Sandra if you could in a couple of words because we have to leave it there. Where are we in this . We felt like we were living in a Post Pandemic World and now there are so many more fears. Where are we with this . We are at a very delicate and potentially dangerous point because the Delta Variant will spread among those who are unvaccinated. There is no question about that. Our hospitals are in a very different situation. We have treatments, we have ppe and lots of hospital capacity. But i do urge people please get vaccinated. It will protect you against all the variants and we can put this thing in our history. Were still in the middle of the fight and people need to take it seriously. Bill in the middle. Thank you. Come back soon. Nice to sigh, admiral. To find out more about the covid19 vaccines find a location to get your shot go to vaccines. Gov and get answers to your questions. You can also learn how to get free rides and childcare for your appointment. Help available online in english and spanish and many other languages. Thats the website. Check it out if you so choose. Sandra cyberattacks against the u. S. On the rise. President biden saying China And Russia may be protecting hackers in their countries. The president calling out both countries today. Yesterday i should say. Stopping short of announcing any sanctions. President biden my understanding is that the chinese government, not unlike the russian government, is not doing this themselves but are protecting those who are doing it. And maybe even accommodating them being able to do it. That may be the difference. Sandra how tough will he be . Mark meredith at the White House on that. Bill good morning. The biden administration says its positive that china is helping fuel major Cyber Espionage operations. How to hold the chinese accountable. The u. S. And allies including nateed say they believe china is using Contract Hackers to launch multiple cyberattacks including the recent attack on the Microsoft Exchange Email servers. By calling out china directly they can work on a strategy with all aisles with allies can address it head on. We understand working together is a stronger way to approach malicious activity, Cyber Activity and others within areas of concern around the world. On monday the government filed charges to chinese nationals about hackers. That decision surprised some people. Russia faced harsher actions and it could lead to the conclusions of when hackers should be held accountable. We need the operate to retaliate. Im not sure there is a clear understanding by the russians or chinese what the american red lines are with regard to cyber intrusions. The White House was asked why no sanctions. They said they arent ruling anything out. Things are still under review. Sandra Mark Meredith live at the White House. Bill keeping an eye on dr. Fauci testifying before a Senate Committee on the Mask Mandate and mask messaging. News from The Hill as we get it coming up shortly. Sandra we have those texas democrats. Their Escape Plan to block a new Election Law not going exactly as planned. 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Want to bring in Karl Rove Fox News Contributor from austin, texas. Congratulations to your Home State with the liftoff with bezos and his Team West of you. So how is this working out . They went from a paid charter to a Zoom Chat in washington, d. C. This isnt working out very well because they are telling a falsehood. Chris turner, the State Representative said it makes it harder to vote. Thats a lie. It expands the number of hours for early voting in texas both on we can days and weekends. It lowers the threshold that you are required to have early voting on weekends. Right now we have 254 counties. Those with a population of 100,000 or more are required to have weekend voting. This lowers it to those counties with 55,000 or more. Expands more counties requiring early voting on weekends. Mailin verification. Your Mailin Ballot used to be signature verification. Now just put your Drivers License number, state issued i. D. Number if you dont have a Drivers License or the last four digits of your social Security Card and if you make a mistake and they identify you made a mistake you have time where you can cure your mistake by the phone, email or in person. The idea that Chris Turner says that it is making it harder to vote is wrong. What they are objecting to is this bill makes it clear that two practices are not allowed. Drivethru voting for people who can walk into the polls. Right now we have a State Law you can vote in your car if you cant get to the polls unassisted. One county said well let Everybody Drivethru Vote and 24 hour voting. They took a weird interpretation of the State Law that required a certain number of minimum hours they had to provide for early voting and said that means we can have 24hour Voting and one day in Harris County on the 29th Of October they had 24hour Voting and it doesnt have anything to do with higher turnout. Teariant county where Chris Turner lives did not do 24hour Voting or Drivethru Voting for people that could walk in the polls and had higher turnout. The one county misinterpreted State Law and Got Away with it. Sandra do you believe that those democrats should prove their Vaccination Status . Those that were traveling on that plane with their masks down were sending the message they were vaccinated and i believe that they have said they were. Should they have to prove it . We have ran through the statistics how unlikely it would be that group would have six positive covid tests as a result of traveling together. Bill the point being with the variant weve been vaccinated and we want to know whether or not are we cool not to wear a mask and go in public . They were vaccinated. Members of the Texas House of representatives during the legislative session had to be vaccinated and tested. So every one of those people was vaccinated. It shows the challenge of the Delta Variant. These people im confident were brought down with covid and tested positive. They had apparently coldlike symptoms because they were vaccinated. It meant they didnt suffer severe disease or didnt go to the hospital but had coldlike sim to. S as a member of the Texas House of representatives they had to be vaccinated. Bill quickly Wall Street journal the headline. Well always have covid. Delta variant spooks markets but the Vaccines Work even if the Virus Wont go away. A Rebound Today on the dow today. The President Yesterday on inflation. Listen carefully here and ill get you to respond after this. President biden if we make prudent multiyear investments it breaks up the bottlenecks in our economy. Goods gets to consumers more rapidly and less expensively. It will take the pressure off of inflation and give a boost to our workforce which leads to lower prices in years ahead. So if your primary concern now is inflation, you should be even more enthusiastic about this plan. Bill it will take the pressure off inflation in the line. This is what you have to consider. What is proposed. 1. 9 was passed in march. At least a trillion in infrastructure, 3. 5 trillion after that. Thats over a six to seven Month Period Spending 6 Trillion dollars. Is that Smart Economics now . No. The definition of inflation is too much money chasing too few goods. The idea well create this big pile of debt and somehow that is going to take the pressure off inflation, that gets you a Failing Grade in any Economics Course i can think of. To give more Welfare Benefits without requiring work and somehow it will cause more people to work is baloney. The president is selling a bill of goods that the country cannot afford and the idea that somehow or another Government Spending more money is going to somehow diminish inflation. Look at argentina and any country in the world that suffered hyper inflation. Look at tanzania and all these countries and find out whats at the bottom of it. 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Look at the video now we shot an hour ago. We see this pretty much every morning in del rio. Another group of migrants crossed the Rio Grande and walk up to the Border Wall. Cubans and nicaraguaians. We certainly heard Governor Abbott say he will build his own Border Barrier in texas. We got exclusive access to the beginning of that construction. Look at the video we shot yesterday. Texas State Troopers giving us access to see the beginning of this construction here in del rio. The only spot in the state where construction has started. A chain link fence. Most people think what is that going to do . The idea behind it is what theyll do is put no Trespassing Signs on top. If any migrants try to climb over it or damage it in any way the state will cut the feds out of the equation. They arent calling Border Patrol. Theyll arrest the migrants on local State Charges and take them to jail an hour away where they prepared 1,000 beds. Essentially they say the feds arent going to do the job, were going to do the job for them. Listen. Essentially go it alone. Bill its frustrating. The state of texas is stepping in and thats what were doing now. Governor abbott initiated this initiative to build a temporary fence so we can take enforcement action. Right now a live look at the fox drone in the Rio Grande valley five hours south of where we are. Rio Grande Valley the busiest in all the u. S. mexico border. Staggering numbers coming out of the Rio Grande valley. The Border Chief saying they have apprehended more than 15,000 migrants in one week. Thats just in that single sector. Remarkable numbers. The surge not slowing down. Well send it back to you. Sandra you and your crew are bringing stunning and unbelievable images from the border. Bill it may not be a minute too soon to get up the wall in texas. 300 migrants pushed through a Border Gate in del rio, Texas Yesterday putting more strain on Border Patrol agents as a key Trump Era Policy known as title 42 is set to expire which would allow more migrants to come across that border. Brandon judd, president of the national Border Patrol council. Good morning to you and welcome back here. First of all in title 42 it was like a Covid Provision that may lapse. Is that smart or a good idea . No, it is the worst thing that can happen at this time especially when you have the Delta Variant spreading throughout the united states. Were about to get rid of title 42 which is going to just increase that number of the Delta Variant being spread but also going to invite more people to come to our country illegally. Those 300 people we just saw yesterday, they know that they are going to be rewarded for violating our laws. Right now in this country there is a fence that criminality will be rewarded. 24 years in law enforcement. What were currently seeing is unprecedented and it starts with the rhetoric and the Policy Actions of this administration that is allowing the criminals to generate profits that weve never seen before by rewarding them for violating our laws. Some of them come through drugs, right . Federal agents, check this out. The amount of fentanyl they seized in the month of june was equal to the total they found in the three junes prior. The numbers on the screen. 2021 1060 pounds. And then look at the overdose Deaths Year to year. Were up 29 since 2020 and 2019 at 93,000 last year in 2020. Sir, how do we catch up for lost time when this happens . The vast majority of these narcotics are coming across our southwest border and they are allowed to come across because our hands are so tied dealing with illegal immigration thats taking place. We shouldnt be doing that. We should be able to go after the cartels. It will start with policy from this administration. Unfortunately what were seeing is they are listening to a very loud but small group of their base that wants them to continue to allow these open borders which allows the drugs to flow in. The people suffering are our children in our inner cities, rural areas and suburbs. They are dying because this administration is putting a small group of their base in front of whats best for this country. Bill i know how hard you worked during the trump years to eliminate the drug trafficking. A lot of it was effective. More can be done and clearly from these numbers it is not right. You mentioned the number of migrants. In june we were up to a million, right, for the year . Extraordinary. Im being told from some of our producers that work the border, dhs, if you remove title 42 they expect the number to increase by 50 at the border. Is that what you hear . Yeah, it is. If you look at the facts, we have allowed 600,000 people to be added to our population illegally since President Biden has taken office. If title 42 goes away, that is going to increase exponentially because more people will be allowed to cross the border illegally and get released into the united states. It all starts with policy and the Catch And Release program. That has to end, which is what this administration has brought back. Bill normally in july the numbers ebb. Not the case now. Thank you for your time and well speak soon. Thank you, sir. Sandra College Student gets into a car she thinks is her uber and gets stabbed to death. Her alleged killer is now on trial. An amazing rescue as a cop races in to save a family from a burning building. Whats the address here . Whats the address . Come on. I got you, i got. Come on. Jump, i got you. I got you. Mutual save you . One two three four five 72,807 72,808. Dollars. Yep. Everything hurts. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. 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Watch now. Jamestown, new york. Near p. A. The officer helped pull out three people from the first floor and caught a Mother And Child as they jumped from an upstairs window. Five people, same home. Police chief called him one of the most outstanding examples of bravery he has ever seen. I guarantee he did not go to work that Day Thinking that would be the outcome. Well done, officer. Sandra a reminder of the risks they put their lives on the line every day they go to work. Thank goodness for him. A trial underway for a man accused of killing university of South Carolina Samantha Joseph Son who disappeared in 2019 after leaving a bar, called an uber. The 24yearold got into the wrong car then. The driver is accused of stabbing her multiple times. Her blood was found in his car along with her cell phone. Jonna spilbor is a criminal defense attorney. I remember covering this every day after she went missing and ultimately was found. But this is a brutal story. As far as the defense is concerned, what case are they making here, jonna . You know, its a little bit of a head scratcher. I was wondering the same thing. It seems like whenever you have a circumstantial case. This is one. You are asking the jury to connect the dots. Here the dots are few but they are strong. There is video of her getting in the car. Her Dna And Blood in the car. Cell phone is in the car. Her body is found in an area where nathaniel was familiar. The only thing the jury doesnt have is, well, who was behind the wheel . If the defense is presenting any sort of defense, my guess is they are going to say maybe it wasnt him who was driving. I still think thats a stretch but thats the only plausible defense i can foresee. Sandra here is his father, Nathaniels Defense of what happened. Listen. Nate passed out at a house party. He checked his pockets when he woke up. His checked his pocket and didnt have his keys. He walked outside to try to find his vehicle. He found the vehicle, opened the door. Seen his keys and seen all the blood inside the vehicle. Sandra his parents trying to explain what they have heard from their son. You know, prosecutors probably arent going to buy that and neither will a jury. Similar to other defenses where we heard where somebody blacks out and dont remember what happened. That doesnt mean you arent guilty. It just means you cant recall. Like i said this case has so much circumstantial evidence that points directly to him. If it werent him in the two years since this crime you would think he would have provided evidence to authorities that would help them catch the real culprit. I think this is what we call in the business, sandra, a slow plea. The prosecutors havent offered him a Plea Deal because they have a very strong case. He has nothing to lose by taking it to trial. Sandra 30 seconds left, jonna. Now he is trying to delay the trial by firing his free lawyer . What is going on here. It is really interesting. The Supreme Court held that you have a right to an attorney of your choosing when you have the means to pay one. In other words, you cant pick your public defender. But if you have the money you can pick your private attorney. Even though this is 11th hour, he probably will get a slight delay in order to do that if he has the means to retain private counsel. It is that tactics. He is behind bars and wont Hurt Anybody if the trial is delayed. Sandra john that, thank you. Bill waiting to hear from Jeff Bezos. Stand by for that coming up in moments after Blue Origin the Space Flight was a success with him and three others. A monumental step for Space Tourism. Where does bezos think it will go next . Well find out in minutes. Alright, guys, no Insurance Talk on beach day. Im down. Yes, please. [ chuckles ] dont get me wrong, i love my rv, but insuring it is such a hassle. Same with my boat. The insurance bills are through the roof. [ sighs ] be cool. 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Bill lets see if they fix that. Waiting to hear from Jeff Bezos. His company conducted the first manned Space Flight this morning and we watched it live together. It carried bezos and crew, three of them, more than 60 miles above the earth and touching down 10 minutes later. Something to watch. Here is what it looked like when they climbed out of the Capsule in West Texas . [cheering] bill she had an awesome day. Mike massimino is with us, former nasa astronaut. Go ahead. You watched it as well. What did you think . Well bill and sandra, thanks for having me. I thought it was pretty cool. Ive seen that Rocket Work before but the first time it had people On Board and it is just wonderful to see the ability of it to have the booster come back. Wally funk. Cool with the crew. Jeff bezos brings his brother and Wally Funk. 82 years old one of the mercury 13 women who were looked at as possible astronauts. Very well qualified. Unfortunately the rules were that women were not included back then unfortunately. But it is great to see her go and then that young kid. The 18yearold Kid go. A pretty good Graduation Gift he got. I hope he appreciates it. It was great to see all that happen. Sandra we have action on Capitol Hill we have to get to in a moment. First who won in the initial Billionaire Space wars . Richard branson or Jeff Bezos . I dont know. I would say its probably a tie. I think they both were successful in what they are trying to do. Im very excited particularly with Blue Origin is looking to go beyond Orbit And Landing people on the moon. There are exciting things coming from both. I think theyre both winners right now. Bill thank you, mike. Come back soon. Awesome day. Want to get to the Capitol Hill. Senator Rand Paul questioning anthony fauci. It is virus cause the pandemic. What were alleging is that Gainoffunction Research was going on in that Lab And Nih funded it. You cant get away from it. You are ob files indicating the truth. I am not. I will allow the witness. Let me finish. I want everyone to understand if you look at those viruses and thats judged by qualified virologists and evolutionary biologists. Those viruses are molecularly impossible to re it is the virus that caused the pandemic. They are gain of function viruses. Animal viruses that became more transmissible in human and you funded. Your time has expired. And you are implying that what we did was responsible for the deaths of individuals. I totally resent that. Could have been it would have been. If anybody is lying here senator, it is you. Senator smith. Thank you, dr. Fauci. And thanks to all of our panelists for being here today and thank you chairman and ranking member burr. Is there anything more you would like to say to counteract these attacks on your integrity that we all just witnessed . I dont think i have any further to say. This is a pattern that Senator Paul has been doing now at multiple hearings based on no reality. He is talking about gain of function. This has been evaluated multiple times by qualified people to not fall under the gain of function definition. I have not lied before congress. I have never lied. Certainly not before congress, case closed. Thank you. So we are 16 months into this pandemic. Bill there it is. The whole Gainoffunction Research has been debated back and forth whether you can alter a virus in a lab. Did u. S. Taxpayer dollars go to the Wuhan Lab and did it help contribute to the virus. You heard what fauci said there. You are insinuating that we caused death here and paul said it could have been was the phrase he sneaked in there. Theyve been going back and fort on this. The senator is correct about that. Every time fauci is up there they have this moment between the two of them. Paul is trying to get to the Truth And Fauci trying to defend what he did During Covid. Sandra fauci said case closed. Paul accused him of ob files indicated the truth. Well continue to watch anymore fireworks on Capitol Hill. Bill Jackie Heinrich teed it up. We want to bring you headlines. Well oh he see if they come back to Senator Paul or if its owes pick up the same line of questioning. Cincinnati, firefighters in ohio before we go as we say, sandra. They went between the concrete because guess what was in between two concrete walls . A Beautiful Short Haired Yellow Lab Looks like to me, right . And rescued it. How did he get there . How did she he get there . Sandra nobody knows. Part of the show you spring this on me. Cincinnati, a place you know well, look at the warm welcome. Happy day. Dog looks okay. Happy ending to that story. What i get so many tweets about your ipod. Viewers are trying to tell me they have their first ipods and still use it. Bill you cant just chuck it away. You have life with it for a while. Sandra good to be with you today. Bill have a great day. We saw history today. Harris takes over now. Byebye. Harris covid cases rising in our nation and Mask Mandates are making a comeback. Could widespread lockdowns be far behind . Im harris. The daily average of Covid Hospitalizations is back to 25,000 americans. Covid related deaths standing at roughly 237 daily, down slightly from june. States are seeing some of the highest increases in covid cases, florida, alabama, maine, massachusetts, and new york