To all you kids down there, i was once a child with a dream Looking up to the stars. Now im an adult in a Space Ship with other wonderful adults Looking down to our beautiful, beautiful earth. To the next generation of dreamers, if we can do this, just imagine what you can do. Very cool stuff. An hour after liftoff, unity reentered the atmosphere and landed safely. The quick roundtrip nearly two decades in the making. After hugging his family on the tarmac, branson said he hopes the impact of that 60minute Flight is felt for years. Were here to make space more accessible to all and we want to turn the next generation of dreamers into the astronauts of today and tomorrow. Weve all asked on this stage have just had the most extraordinary experience. And wed love it if a number of you can have it, too. Cnns Rachel Crane was at the launch and spoke to branson after his historic journey. Richard, you just fulfilled a lifelong dream. And i know you said earlier you couldnt find the words to
In areas with low vaccination rates. Im joshua johnson. Welcome to the week. Let us begin tonight with two stories that say a lot about who we are as a country and where we might be going. In charlottesville, virginia, crews removed three statues today. Among them were monuments to Confederate Generals robert e. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Charlottesville had planned to remove them nearly four years ago. White supremacists and neonazis marched in protest and that led to violent clashes that turned deadly. It was one of americas first Looks at extremism during donald trumps presidency. Meanwhile in austin, texas, were monitoring a Special Session of the State Legislature that began this morning and continues into the night. Its happening right now. It is the next phase in the republican partys push for new rules on voting. Texas has become a Battleground State in the fight for Voting Rights. According to the brennan center for justice, nearly every state has introduced restrictive bills.
County, home to houston, which we know is trending more left due in part to changing demographics. And it was innovative Voting Options like overnight polling locations that helped the county break an alltime Voter Turnout Record during the 2020 election. Because of that, republicans are pushing new restrictions with the bogus argument of fighting Voter Fraud and trumps Big Lie will be reverberated again when trump speaks at Cpac Tomorrow in dallas. He and texas attorney Ken Paxton are due on stage tomorrow, both of whole have been touting lies about the Election Trump lost fair and square. But getting trumps supporters to face that fact, still appearing near impossible. Attendants handed out fliers outlining a Seventhpoint Plan to reinstate trump without an election. Like the questionable audit in Arizonas Maricopa County by The Group cyber ninjas. A group conducting a bogus audit that the former president continues to cheer on, an audit in which workers checked ballots for bamboo and
To violent clashes that turned deadly. It was one of americas first Looks at extremism during donald trumps presidency. Meanwhile in austin, texas, were monitoring a Special Session of the State Legislature that began this morning and continues into the night. Its happening right now. It is the next phase in the republican partys push for new rules on voting. Texas has become a Battleground State in the fight for Voting Rights. According to the brennan center for justice, nearly every state has introduced restrictive bills. More than 380 bills in all across the country. This is largely driven by the former president s baseless claims of widespread voter fraud. Those Claims Led to another outburst of Extremist Violence at the capitol on january 6th. The bills under Consideration Tonight in texas are House Bill 3 and Senate Bill 1. Theyre similar to legislation that got blocked in may. Democrats staged a Latenight Walkout forcing the legislature to adjourn before the bills could pass. Am
Im la im Laura Coats in for don. Still pushing the Big Lie in case youre wondering if that is front and center, Look what got the biggest cheer at cpac tonight. Donald trump won [ cheers ] more of that in a minute and theyre still pushing the assault on the most sacred rights as americans, the right to vote with the endless election frauded in Maricopa County and another in pennsylvania trying to pass restrictive Voting Laws in texas after states have passed nearly 30 laws to cut back on ballot access, all in support of the Big Lie of bogus Voter Fraud. The party of lincoln. Lincoln would be mortified and then there is the Gop Fear mongering over critical Race Theory. Arizonas Governor Signing bills he claims will keep critical Race Theory out of Arizonas Government and public schools even though the truth is its academic theory. Cpac betting outrage. Here is ronny Jackson Railing against this. This is just another government over reach that sits in the narrative that democrats do ever