hospital balcony. and later, they re cute little devils, a special species makes a return. they re beautiful, what is not to love about tasmanian devils? they re beautiful this is the cbs weekend news with jericka duncan, reporting from the new york. ork, her barnett: good evening, to our viewers in the west jericka duncan is off tonight. i m errol barnett. british billionaire richard branson first took tourists to the sky in 1984 flying aboard a used jumbo jet. today branson soared into space on board a repainted virgin galactic rocket plane with a crew of five others. he called this the dawn of a new space age aimed at sending tourist there, too. cbs mark strassmann watched it all in truth or consequences, new mexico. good evening. reporter: i tell you, errol, that really was something, a milestone for richard branson personally, but also one for commercial space. the emerging market of space tourism has a genuine success story. sir richard branson, astronaut.
team at virgin galactic have been waiting for for nearly two decades, and we have release, brian. we have release. the rocket engine has ignited. this is the moment that branson and his team have been waiting for. brian, i gotta pause. i gotta take this in. this is really an incredible moment here. so it was an hour-long trip. and there were a few minutes of weightlessness as well, but the journey to get here was decades in the making. not only did branson make this happen, but he in spectacular fashion brought all of us along with him. and making sure that we could see and hear from him while it was happening. one day to be able to experience this. it s a complete experience of a lifetime. now i m looking down. congratulations to everybody for creating such a beautiful, beautiful place. congratulations, all our wonderful team at virgin galactic, for who 17 years had hard work to get us this far. branson s flight making him the first billionaire space barron to travel i
why are they a r. they uncomfortable this marxist regime? if we continue this, just imagine what can you do. going to score here to keep alive. and he does it. easily champion s europe. are i m back back in the new york groove back groove. steve: i am back in the new york groove after taking a little time off. ainsley: how was it? steve: it was great. it was down in celebrating the 4th of july, can had a couple days off, then we got my oldest daughter mary married off. [cheers and applause] steve: three children off married off in the last calendar year. brian: that s impossible. is that a record? steve: could be. how crazy is that. ainsley: how was it? tell us about it. steve: it was lovely, down in palm beach, it was saturday night. and it all worked out. the weather held. it was beautiful. i m going to have some pictures tomorrow. ainsley: did you still have to have a small amount of people there? steve: we had planned for the small because they had still had
people have been killed and over 100 others hospitalised following days of anti government protests. and the countdown is on: virgin galactic announces its first flight to the edge of space could happen as early as next weekend. the last american troops have left bagram air base, the us military s centre of operations throughout two decades of occupation and engagement in afghanistan. the departure is a signal that the complete withdrawal of foreign forces from the country is imminent. a taliban spokesman described the handover of bagram as a positive step. our security correspondent frank gardner reports. backroom airbase, afghanistan, the more strategically vital base in the country. last night, the us military pulled out of the nearly 20 years there. it follows a decision by president biden for us forces to leave afghanistan by december 11. we are leave afghanistan by december 11. - are on track exactly as to where we expected to be but ijust wanted to make sure there was
help tonight in the grim search for an indonesian submarine that went missing with 53 people on board. late today, search crews saying they have detected an object showing a strong magnetic force, but dwindling hope on the oxygen supply. was there a close call for american astronauts on board that that space-x crew dragon? space junk coming within 100 feet of the space craft just hours after their picture-perfect launch from kennedy space center. what we ve learned tonight. 50 million americans on alert tonight from texas to the east coast as severe storms move east. tornado and thunderstorm watches in effect at this hour. hail and damaging winds. rob marciano standing by to time out out. new charges for ghislaine maxwell tonight. back in court. what authorities are saying. the new indictment involving a alleged fourth victim, they say recruited by maxwell f epstein. our series continues this week. and tonight, the battle over the snake river. some environmentalists r