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What is the risk factor here for branson and his team? >> well, any time you are pushing 2,200, 2,300 miles an hour and lighting off rockets, you are engaging in a risky endeavor. richard branson has a history of doing risky things. hot air ballooning. in both cases he has to be plucked out of the water by rescue folks, so he knows a little bit about what risk is about and he does enjoy the adrenaline that comes with it. but he doesnt have a crew escape system there. so we will watch this and we...

>> reporter: jeff, good day from beautiful southern new mexico. the space port is just a few miles out into the desert. this is where on sunday morning branson is going to take off from that mother ship. as you know, his space ship, unity, is going to be connected to the bottom of the mother ship, named after his own mother. theyre going to soar to 40 to 50,000 feet and then that is when the big mother ship will release the space ship. the space ship then lights a rocket and the rocket sends the...

>> and, hallie, the people living in those ten buildings that were red flagged, they know theyve been spotlighted for further inspection and would not disclose the city of miami beach where they are, which ones it is, they dont want to alarm people unnecessarily but if there is not a letter received from a structural engineer with an engineering report certifying those buildings are structurally sound, we could definitely be looking at more evacuations here, ham -- hallie. >> thank you very much...

Red states. new england needs to save itself and at some point the good people on the west coast are growing to grow tired of things like rolling blackouts and i taxes and skyrocketing crime. it is only a matter of time. and when that happens we could see a wipeout of the liberal lunacy that is made the past 6 months seem like 6 years and that is the angle. joining us never today was anson, senior fellow at the hoover institution and dennis desousa, host of the dennis desousa podcast. eric adams...

What kind of party is this? >> ah, elsa. >> reporter: elsa, from "froze p." >> yeah, "frozen." >> reporter: well, happy birthday. >> happy birthday to me! >> reporter: adorable. happy birthday to me. theyre saying, again, pam, this is the way youre supposed to celebrate. stay cool, be on the sand and dont go lighting off fireworks near brush, thats for sure. back to you. >> hey, and good job being on point there, knowing elsa was from "frozen." very impressed there, paul vercammen. this u so muc...

Release, release, release. >> fire. fire. >> new today, a summer space race heats up. virgin galactic founder richard branson says he will be on the next test flight like this one. that next flight set for july 11th. amazon founder jeff bezos planning his own trip to space in blue orbits first crewed space craft nine days later on jewel 20th. joining me a retired astronaut and author of the book "chasing space." leland, awesome to see you. talk to us. whats behind the new space race? why the rus...

Both tycoons have created space tourism companies offering flights for the wealthy. bransons vehicle can climb to an altitude of 90km giving those on—board a few minutes of weightlessness and a view of the curvature of the earth. what is the betting thatjeff bezos will somehow bring forward his timeline by nine days? filth. will somehow bring forward his timeline by nine days? 0h, ust to net some timeline by nine days? 0h, ust to get some more i timeline by nine days? 0h, ust to get some more...

Bezos asking her to join him. >> youre going to be an astronaut. >> oh, finally. >> reporter: bezos and the blue origin team documenting the moment. >> we open the hatch, and you step outside, whats the first thing you say? >> i would say, honey, that was the best thing that ever happened to me. >> reporter: but with history on the line, branson remains courteous towards his billionaire rival, insisting he doesnt see it as a race. >> jeff has a different approach. so were not really in direct co...

The billionaire race to space has become even more interesting. british billionaire richard branson is making plans to beat fellow american billionaire jeff bezos to space. bransons company made a surprise announcement thursday that branson will attempt to fly in its rocket powered plan on july 11th which is nine days before bezos planned to on july 20th. rachel crane is cnn business inknovation and creative correspondent about that mission. >> reporter: while it seems like a billionaire race to...

Cnn. well, a billionaire space race. richard branson announcing his plans to beat rival jeff bezos to space. virgin galactic revealed on thursday he will attempt to fly in the rocket powered plane on july 11th, nine days before bezoss launch. rachel crane joins me now. is this a little personal one-upmanship here. >> from the outside, it could look that way. but i spoke to branson just moments ago and he maintains that this is not a race. that bezoss plans did not impact his decision to join t...