watch it. and our colleague maybe her son had an incredible guest on last hour, i don t know if you saw. it had the woman who was the first fixed wing pilot from the first female fixed wing pilot from the air force who eventually had to apply for asylum in our country, because of the taliban hunting her. her talking about happening what s happening in the country and her fear for her family, it s there is no word for it other than dire. a share your view that when many mehdi finishes he is sure it was riveting. may this have a better ending. rachel, you have a good weekend. see on monday. thanks, elaine. well, it is. friday friday the 13th. may seem silly to say this about joe biden is still the president of the united states. perhaps you didn t know, but for months the my pillow guy was telling any person, gullible school who would listen, that some all chemical voodoo was going to make trump president again. and it was going to happen today. right after joe biden an
taliban. president biden now rushing some 3,000 troops to the capital to help evacuate u.s. embassy personnel, and all of this coming just weeks before the u.s. was set to complete its withdrawal from the country. targeted to coincide, of course, with the 20th anniversary of 9/11. we will have much more on that in a moment. we are following the developments on the ground. first, though, this other news breaking overnight. the fda authorizing a third covid-19 shot for people with compromised immune systems. the cdc s advisory committee will meet in just a few hours to discuss those additional shots. this as hospital systems across the country are being pushed to their limits again. more than 2,500 covid patients admitted every single day for the past week. in tennessee, one doctor saying simply, quote, no beds. there are no beds. we want to begin this morning with cnn s chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. sanjay, as we re looking at this, let s start with the news
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
is taking to boost supply. that actually involves one of the vaccine-makers competitors so hang tight for that. also today, u.s. senators grilled fbi director christopher wray. he testified that his agency sent, quote, more than just an email to warn capitol police about online chatter ahead of the january 6th riots. wray also unequivocally called that insurrection domestic terrorism. plus, a third woman is reportedly coming forward accusing new york governor andrew cuomo of inappropriate behavior. she tells the new york times that the governor touched her face and back and asked to kiss her moments after they met at a wedding in september of 2019, and now at least one member of congress from new york is calling for the governor s resignation. we have more on the growing fallout from that in just a moment. but we begin with cnn s pete montene at ohio state university where they are now officially administering the first doses of the johnson & johnson vaccine. the floor i
grounds, democrats tried to paper it over this week with the vague warnings about tele- to terrible things i can happen at the hands of terrible people. the acting capitol police chief and a pathetic attempt to shift blame from their inadequate preparation claimed yesterday that he had been briefed about troubling intelligence reports. members of the militia groups that were present on january 6th stated their desire that they want to blow up the capitol until as many as members of his possible are with the direct nexus to the state of the union. we think it s prudent that the capitol police maintain its enhanced and robust security posture until we address those vulnerabilities going forward. laura: translation, agencies one billions of dollars to keep the government and accessible to people who pay the bills. this will include systems and surveillance to monitor, track, and harass law-abiding americans. there s a reason though should not be public now, we want to see th