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 you re 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 what s really space. I think when you re up there and see the black contrasted with the blue of earth you re 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 d
Texas democrats fight back against the roll back on voting rights ahead of a big speech by president biden. Next on the manhattan d. A. s list, donald trump s own kids. That s the question many are wondering, why some actually think ivanka is next in the criminal investigation into her father s company. As we do say good morning, everybody, it is sunday, july 111. I m kendis gibson. I m lindsey reiser. We are tracking breaking news of the space launch. We talked about a little bit of a delay but we have plenty of experts to break down everything we can expect. It is rocket time so it does take a little bit of work. Rocket plane science? exactly, asterisks. We do have a good team with us this morning of reporteders and analysts who are following the very latest for us. We are hours away from the beginning of a new space race. We have breaking news that we told you about, billionaire richard branson will have to wait an extra 90 minutes or so at least before blasting off from new mexico
We mustn t lose all the gains we have made in the last few months by premature and tasty non evidence based loosening of restrictions. Fine weather brings a new influx of migrants across the channel, hundreds more arriving in the last few days. And after naomi osaka pulls out of the french open, questions about how professional tennis deals with the mental health of its superstars. And coming up on the bbc news channel. Gareth southgate names his england squad for the euros this afternoon, but there will be no mason greenwood. He s been ruled out through injury. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. At nearly £2 million a dose, zolgensma has been called the most expensive drug in the world. But now, through a discount deal, this revolutionary gene therapy is available on the nhs and a five month old baby, has become one of the first children to be given it at a hospital in london. Arthur morgan received the ground breaking treatment for the genetic condition, spinal muscu
Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news. At nearly £2 million a dose, zolgensma has been called the most expensive drug in the world. But now, through a discount deal, this revolutionary gene therapy is available on the nhs and a five month old baby has become one of the first children to be given it, at a hospital in london. Arthur morgan received the groundbreaking treatment for the genetic condition, spinal muscular atrophy, a devastating disorder which shortens life. Our medical editor fergus walsh reports. This is the world s most expensive medicine. The list price of zolgensma is almost £1. 8 million. Though the nhs has negotiated a confidential discount which will enable dozens of affected infants to be treated each year. Five month old arthur is one of the first to benefit. He has spinal muscular atrophy, sma, a genetic condition which causes progressive muscle weakness. Without treatment, those affected rarely live beyond the age of two. Arthur is unable to lift his head