coming along for the ride veteran pilot and one-time nasao female astronaut candidate wally funk.st at 82, her first ride into space will make her the oldest person to go there. also flying, an anonymous person who bid $28 million for the trip. blue origin uses a rocket.gi virgin galactic uses a space plane with wings that unfold for landing. both plan to soon carry paying passengers.to branson and team have been practicing in a simulator. hello down there. you re not nervous? i m not nervous because we ve got incredible engineers. we ve got the best of the bunch. that was tom costello reporting. our special coverage of the virgin galactic space flight begins tomorrow morning 8:00 a.m. eastern right here on msnbc. next, dangerous heat in the west. so hot it is cooking marine life alive. the effect the record-breaking temperatures are having on the environment after a short break. first, a look at what s ahead tonight on msnbc. l hey there, i m joshua johnson. tonight at 8:0
reporter: jeff bezos blue origin has also been flying test flights. no pilots, all remote controlled from the ground. bezos is set to fly on tuesday, july 20th. coming along for the ride veteran pilot and one-time nasa female astronaut candidate wally funk. at 82, her first ride into space will make her the oldest person to go there. also flying, an anonymous person who bid $28 million for the trip. blue origin uses a rocket. virgin galactic uses a space plane with wings that unfold for landing. both plan to soon carry paying passengers. branson and team have been practicing in a simulator. hello down there. you re not nervous? i m not nervous because we ve got incredible engineers. we ve got the best of the bunch. that was tom costello reporting. our special coverage of the virgin galactic space flight begins tomorrow morning 8:00
president trump in the senate. the senate judiciary chairman on so many issues. but yes. you saw the president s response to that. he pushed back on senator graham, said it was not something that, that he was mistaken and it was actually a sign of strength, not weakness. he felt like he needed to respond to that. and we ve seen that over and over with president trump. when he is criticized, he pushes back no matter who is doing the criticizing. so he felt like he needed to say that. he talked about the sanctions. and we ll see if there s anything else. you know, i talked to some people today who were saying, you know, this is what this trump presidency is like. it s possible he will go ahead with these sanctions as he mentioned and then he ll move on to something else, at least for the time being. so it s unclear if he plans on doing more. in that respect it s only wednesday after all. three of our returning veterans on this breaking news night. to michael crowley, anita kumar, franc
president trump in the senate. the senate judiciary chairman on so many issues. but yes. you saw the president s response to that. he pushed back on senator graham, said it was not something that he he was mistaken and it was actually a sign of strength, not weakness. he felt like he needed to respond to that. and we ve seen that over and over with president trump. when he is criticized, he pushes back no matter who is doing the criticizing. so he felt like he needed to say that. he talked about the sanctions. and we ll see if there s anything else. you know, i talked to some people today who were saying, you know, this is what this trump presidency is like. it s possible he will go ahead with these sanctions as he mentioned, and then he ll move on to something else, at least for the time being. so it s unclear whether he plans on doing more. in that respect it s only wednesday after all. three of our returning veterans on this breaking news night. to michael crowley, anita kumar,
close. they talk frequently about a variety of issues. and he s an important ally to president trump in the senate. the senate judiciary chairman on so many issues. but yes. you saw the president s response to that. he pushed back on senator graham, said it was not something that he he was mistaken and it was actually a sign of strength, not weakness. he felt like he needed to respond to that. and we ve seen that over and over with president trump. when he is criticized, he pushes back no matter who is doing the criticizing. so he felt like he needed to say that. he talked about the sanctions. and we ll see if there s anything else. you know, i talked to some people today who were saying, you know, this is what this trump presidency is like. it s possible he will go ahead with these sanctions as he mentioned, and then he ll move on to something else, at least for the time being. so it s unclear whether he plans on doing more. in that respect it s only wednesday after all. three of