Let me take you up. Up into the air. Up above the clouds. Above the weather. Above all the aircraft. This is the stratosphere. A place yet to be conquered by humankind. Up here the air is thin and calm. And it is here that youll find the zephyr. This is a strange beast, and the fact that it flies this high is the least strange thing about it. See, it only travels at 40mph. It only weighs 75kg. Its launched by hand. Its completely Solar powered. And in theory, it may be able to stay up here for months. I was last at zephyr s base in farnborough in the uk in 2018, when it had just stayed aloft for very nearly 26 days. Since then its done 64. So, this is how it works. During the day, The Sun hits the Solar panels, which charge the batteries and power the propellers, and the plane climbs to 75,000ft. When The Sun goes down, the batteries completely take over. The propellers do slow down and the plane does lose altitude. The trick, though, is to make sure youre still above 60,000ft by the t
Climbing. Its in southern states with poor Vaccination Rates. And a strong hesitancy against the shot, according to a Cnn Analysis of data from the cdc. Take alabama for example, The State has seen an average of 2,600 new cases per day. Up by 131 from two weeks ago. One State Health Official says theyve literally been throwing away doses because theyve expired with not enough people going to get them. But on thursday, The States sevenDay Average of vaccine doses administered per day was about 13,000, according to the cdc. Thats up from a month prior when the seven Day Average of doses each day Up To 7,000. Weve seen an uptick in vaccinations in hardhit states like arkansas, louisiana and missouri. What is suddenly motivating people to get the shots, State Officials say its partly driven by fears about the spread of the Delta Variant. And driven by date that a that shows that unvaccinated people face a much higher Riskch Death from covid. Were still taking steps backward. The rate of ne
Was left bloody and reportedly had two teeth knocked out after being punched by a passenger, southwest says the passenger had repeatedly ignored standard in Flight Instructions and became verbally and physically abusive upon landing. The woman has been charged with Felony Battery but are witness claims the Flight Attendant provoked the altercation. Now sadly, seems like this may be the new normal. In a typical year that faa sees about 100 cases of unruly passengers but so far this year the number has jumped to 2500. The federal government is now issuing warnings like this. We are not going to tolerate behavior that threatens the wellbeing of the public, the employees that bravely are on the front lines to facilitate the travel for individuals who want to reunite with friends and family. So the consequence regime is in place. Juan jesse, yesterday on The Show we talked about how the u. S. Is ready to get out and party, we are optimistic but now its like we are not only ready to party bu
Hello, im Katty Kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. The visuals on American Tv Are Stark and sad families and children wading rivers or braving deserts, sometimes wIth their belongings on their backs, in a desperate bid to cross into america. Those are just the final steps in a long journey, that often starts in Central America, places like el salvador, honduras and guatemala, which is why the us Vice President has made herfirst overseas trip to the region starting in guatemala cIty. She wants to highlight us efforts to fix the Root Causes of mass migration. Shes carrying wIth her the us chequebook, and a simple idea if life in these nations is improved, then people wont try to come north to seek a better one. To that end, Ms Harris and the biden administration are pledging 310 Million in immediate humanItarian aid, plus, 4 Billion in long term funds to boost Development And SecurIty across the region. That is part of 4 Billion in long term funds. And Its notjust money la