Part of the massive empire. This is the third such mission for jeff bezoss. Origins space group and this will be the most crowded yet all six seats filled. Stranahan himself squeezed in with five others but he was commenting earlier, ground controlling vanhorn, texas, for the launch. T minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, four, main engine start, two, one. [engine roaring] [engine roaring] [silence] [silence] bill for those just tuning in you are witnessing the third launch of the blue origin rocket, the new Shepard Rocket named after alan shepard, the First American to go into space on a suborbital flight. All the various new Shepard Rockets, the First Mission they are all suborbital, about 10 minutes. We are already about halfway into this. Technically getting into space, they are going to have a couple minutes to look around. You might be Hearing Crewmembers inside. Lets go back. Never seen anything like this. All right. There we go. Make sure you know where your seat is. 19. Original sin. One
new details about the u.s. soldier who ran into north korea why he spent time at a south korean jail. what the army secretary says about the incident the washington commanders finally sold, and the huge fine the current owners will pay as one of the new investors, magic johnson, tells us exclusively how he would change a toxic culture. my exclusive look inside norad tracking potential threats from air and sea. the commander s new insights about that chinese spy balloon. and soccer fever as team usa goes for a three-peat at the world cup. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome. by now even the hardiest among us may be reaching their limits not only is the crippling heat in many parts of the country not easing, it is expanding. let me walk you through it the searing heat in the desert southwest where phoenix continues its record streak of days reaching 110 or above is expected to persist well into next week. the gulf coast and
index over 100. a hiker dies in death valley where it was 121 degrees. the overnight low in phoenix 97. europe sweating it out as well. so hot that workers in greece are refusing to show up at the acropolis as wildfires spread. also tonight, the expanding investigation of the suspect in new york s gilgo beach killings. authorities now looking at unsolved cases in three other states. a former trump white house aide testifies again before the grand jury investigating 2020 election interference. new details about the u.s. soldier who ran into north korea. why he spent time at a south korean jail. what the army secretary says about the incident. the washington commanders finally sold, and the huge fine the current owners will pay as one of the new investors magic johnson tells us exclusively how he would change a toxic culture. my exclusive look inside norad. tracking potential threats from air and sea. the commander s new insights about that chinese spy balloon. and so
the mayors of some of the biggest and bluest cities joins us this hour. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. and morning the pressure is mounting for the supreme court to step in after maine joined colorado in throwing donald trump off the ballot. just like the colorado supreme court maine s top election official deciding trump engaged in an insurrection on january 6th and should be disqualified under the constitution. it is unprecedented. no secretary of state has ever deprived a presidential candidate of ballot access based on section 3 of the 14th amendment. but no presidential candidate has ever engaged in insurrection. trump s attorneys are vowing to appeal. we are waiting to see if the supreme court will take up that historic ruling in colorado which of course could have an impact in maine and keeping a close watch on oregon. a decision there could be coming soon in another major lawsuit also trying to disqualify trump on the same grounds. katelyn