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Nasa building the same type of craft. we could benefit from technology. we could have flying cars, and i love that richard branson is trolling jeff bezos. like president trump announcing he was going to the border before vice president harris. if branson gets up there first its going to drive jeff bezos crazy but we may be the ones who benefit. >> emily: on sunday, are you going to be watching this or are you going to watch italy beat england? i said it. >> gillian: candidly i hope to be asleep ...

Accelerated time line and nobody is more excited about this than richard branson himself. take a listen to what he had to say. >> im going up in, as some, to test the customer experience. and im just going to enjoy every single minute of it. it is something that, i think, millions an millions out there would want to take my seat. and im going to enjoy every second from the beginning to the end. >> jim, branson went on to even invite jeff bezos to this upcoming space flight scheduled for this sun...

Then its going to spread to other places. if we dont get enough vaccinated, theres going to be another variant thats probably worse. thats the way viruses work. >> reporter: in green county, population nearly 300,000, health officials sounding the alarm. >> how concerned are you about the weeks and months ahead? >> terribly concerned. i mean yesterday we reported another 240 cases in one day. were not a huge community. thats a really large number. and we havent seen these numbers since we had a ...

Both plan to soon carry paying passengers with just days to go, branson and team have been practicing in a simulator. >> youre not nervous? >> im not because we have incredible engineers. the best of the bunch. all right, and so there is drama here. nasa and the military say that boundary between space and the atmosphere is 50 miles up, but the international organization that registers these things says 62 miles up. the bezos folks are saying the branson company may not really make the to space,...

New mexico. rachel, the stakes are high for branson and not just for his individually, but also for the space tourism industry. >> reporter: that is absolutely right, boris. i mean, branson himself in the space tourism industry more broadly has been waiting nearly two decades for this space flight. so people here on the the ground and really space enthusiasts around the world very eager to see some space fright tame off on sunday. no one more excited than richard branson himself. i had the oppor...

Out the window as the vaccines have rolled out, even though people are not getting vaccinated. very low vaccination rates across this entire area. then that delta variant. it was first identified in branson and here in springfield in may. it is everywhere in this area. and they are afraid its going to stay in this area until fall when it will cause another outbreak and a lot more misery, anderson. >> miguel marquez, appreciate it. still to come, senator bernie sanders joins us live to talk abo...

Maybe theyre just not someone that vaccinates. weve also heard a little bit of concern over how quickly the vaccine was developed. >> reporter: louis and patty think of it this way. the unknown possibilities of getting the vaccine far outweigh the known horrors of the virus. >> the vaccine, i feel personally, is nothing compared to taking your chances and getting -- >> its russian roulette, really. if you want to take your odds and see if you get it and how well you do it it. unfortunately youre...

Perspective. >> turning to something different. that space race between two billionaires down to its final days. richard branson and jeff bezos, two of the richest people, set to take flight. bezos in blue origin. tom, even with a ton of money, right, do billionaires get a little pre-flight nerves? whats your sense from talking with branson? >> if not he is not portraying that at all. he says he is ready to go. he is ready to take it to the edge of space in less than 48 hours. >> its the last pl...

They say, no, that line is 62 miles up. so the bezos folks this morning are suggesting, you know, maybe branson really isnt going to get to actual space. maybe hes just going to barely dip his toe just below the space level. but we, the bezos team, are going to space. branson is saying, wait a minute, nasa and the air force say that line is 50 miles up. so bit of bragging rights. egos on the line here as you can expect. i had this exclusive interview as you know with richard branson. i said are ...

Absolutely everything will join us on "new day" later in the show. i mean, is there anything she cant do? >> i know. >> i also wonder are these skills somehow interrelated? how does this work that she can manage all of these things, all of these words, all of these basketballs? i just want to know how that works. shes unbelievable. >> and shes ridiculous good at math. i dont think theres anything shes not good at. >> awesome. cant wait to speak with her. this weekend richard branson is set to ...