Hello and welcome to the programme. The rIchest person on earth has decIded that earth Itself Is not enough. EarlIer Todayjezz Bezos blasted Into space, accompanIed by both the oldest and youngest ever astronauts. The Amazon Founder was launched from the Texan Desert on a rocket developed by hIs own fIrm, Blue OrIgIn. The craft travelled at nearly three tImes the speed of sound, reachIng a heIght of nearly A Hundred kIlometres above the Planet On a flIght that lasted lIttle over ten mInutes. The bbc s SophIe Long begIns our coverage. BoardIng hIs 60 foot suborbItal rocket. He was not nervous, he saId, just excIted. ThIs was notjust about realIsIng a lIfelong dream, but expandIng hIs ever growIng empIre beyond the grIp of gravIty. WIth hIm on thIs fIrst fully autonomous flIght, three other cIvIlIans. HIs brother, mark, 18 year Old Dutch student olIver daemen, and 82 year old traIlblazIng avIator wally funk. One of mercury 13, a group of women who went through astral TestIng And TraInIng
Landmark national investments, investments that only the government has the capaCity To make. Only the government working together could make. Today happens to mark coincidental, but today is the 60th Anniversary of one of those significant investments that changed the nation. 65 years ago Today President Dwight eisenhower signed a bill that created the interstate highway system, 65 years ago today. That was the last Infrastructure Investment of the Size And Scope of the agreement im about to talk about today. It is time for us to write a new chapter in that story. After months of careful negotiation, of listening, compromising together in a good faith moving together with Ups And Downs and some blips, a bipartisan group of senators got together and theyve forged an agreement to move forward on the key priorities of my american Jobs Plan. One of them is sitting in front of me. As a result, this is a generational investment, a generational investment to modernize our infrastructure, cre
America has always been propelled into the future by landmark national investments, investments that only the government has the capaCity To make, only the government working together could make. Today happens to mark its coincidental, but today is the 60th Anniversary of one of those significant investments that changed the nation. 65 years ago Today President Dwight eisenhower signed a bill to create the interstate highway system, 65 years ago today. That was the last Infrastructure Investment of the Size And Scope of what im about to talk about today. Its time for us to write a new chapter in that story. After months of careful negotiations, of listening, compromising together and in good faith, moving together, with Ups And Downs and some blips, a bipartisan group of senators got together and they forged an agreement to move forward on the key priorities of my american jobs plan, The One sitting in front of me. As a result, this is a generational investment, a generational investme
Trying to do just that more shortly. But 1st a be hello to view it from the here in lagos, nigeria is good to have you with us. Have a look at some of the topics on the program will meet jeron positive is to work at hawk reviews, poacher illegals animal topic, and see how youre in germany, kenya makes function. The dogs from lets look here how to use social instruction was helping to ensure a clean supply of water up children. And you can pull chain and the legal trade in endangered species are a huge global business targeting everything from right. Those to exotic reptiles and pan collins around half of all seizures of puddle in skills worldwide in 2019 could be traced back to nigeria. But its that fact is meant people resort to hunting wild animals in order to provide for their families. And not just here, but in a number of african countries. The got enough with keen red captured the hunters walk off with a blunder. These young men regularly go out hunting with the dogs to sell what
Redouble their efforts to uncover the origins of the coronavirus, new cnn reporting this morning on exactly what that renewed push evntails. And it became a Rallying Cry in the wake of the murder of george floyd. Why cities across the country are now refunding the police after initially slashing hair bu their budgets. Newsroom starts right now. Ir their budgets. Newsroom starts right now. Good morning to you on this saturday. Im christi paul. And im boris sanchez. You are live in the cnn newsroom. And we begin this hour cuing up the sound track to the unofficial start of summer. Americans On The Road again going places they havent been in a while. And whether it is the beach or a barbecue, both sounding great, and the cdc says if you are fully vaccinated, you are fully protected. Memorial Day Weekend is the first major holiday since the cdc said fully vaccinated people can drop masks, stop social distancing. We all know states have since relaxed their restrictions and well see what imp