of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, rch, to alex witt reports. here s what is happening at 11 a.m. pacifictime, 2:00 p.m. eastern. we kick off with the story we have been bringing you live here on msnbc. one small step for man, and a giant leap for a billionaire taking on space as the next frontier. richard branson making history, successfully launching himself into space on his virgin galactic unity spaceplane. release, release, release, release. clean release. ignition. and branson s trip to the edge of space, edging out fellow billionaire jeff bezos in the race to commercialize space travel. he spoke about what it was like moments after landing. ridiculous. it is a complete experience of a lifetime. and now i m looking down at a beautiful space port. congratulations to everybody. clearly that was while he was still in space a remarkable feat in itself. the historic launch this morning was the first fully crewed test flight to the edge
criminals and russian intelligence continue to target american companies and organizations. president biden convened a meeting in the situation room to discuss his administration s response to the attacks. today s meeting comes after revelations of that massive ransomware attack. and a newly revealed attempted attack on the republican national committee. when pressed this was biden s response. what s your message on cyber? any message on cyber? what point does the united states respond? biden seemed to down play the severity of the kaseya attack yesterday. on the latest ransomware attack can you tell us if that rises to the level of u.s. retaliation? i can tell you a couple things. i received an up date from the national security team this morning. it appears to have caused minimal damage to u.s. businesses but still gathering information. i will have more to say about this in the next several days. we are getting more detailed information. today sit room meeting
this is bbc news. the headlines: england s footballers are through to the semi finals of euro 2020 after a 4 0 victory over ukraine. it s the first time in 25 years that they ve got so far in the competition. they ll now play denmark, while italy will take on spain in the other semi final. officials in the us state of florida are bringing forward plans to demolish the remains of a building that collapsed just over a week ago, killing at least 2a people. it s feared an approaching storm could destabilise what remains of the structure. 121 people are still missing. protests against the brazilian government s handling of the coronavirus crisis have been taking place in cities across the country. tens of thousands of people have been demonstrating to demand a boost to the vaccination programme and the resumption of financial support for the poorest in society. now on bbc news, our world. a warning, this programme contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting for months, a
now on bbc news, datelinen london. hello and welcome to the programme, which brings together some of the country s leading columnists, bbc specialists and the foreign correspondents writing, blogging and broadcasting to audiences back home from the dateline london . this week: a valedictory visit from angela merkel. species decline and why it s worth trying to stop it. and how do you live with a centenarian planning to be around for another hundred years? joining us this week: yasmin alibhai brown is an award winning newspaper columnist in the uk. thomas kielinger has been reporting and explaining the british to audiences in his native germany for decades. he s also an historian. with me in the studio is the bbc s chief environment correspondentjustin rowlatt. a warm welcome to all of you, good to have you with us. like all political leaders who pre announce their departure, angela merkel s influence has been in decline ever since. two recent rebuffs within the european unio