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Younger patients. again, something we have seen in some of the other hot spots. is that what you are experiencing? >> yeah. as a matter of fact, i think part of that is almost not a surprise. the elderly have been very effectively vaccinated in a lot of parts of the country including fairly well here. so the people who arent vaccinated often are younger and, therefore, theyre not immune and theyre the ones most likely to get the disease and to spread it. just earlier today i caught a 6-month-old...

Numbers could match last summer and exceed them. so there is no doubt, we need some mitigation strategies, we need to limit the spread of this infection. and by far the best way we have to do that is vaccination, we need to encourage more and more folks to get vaccinated, not to be reluctant to go get it. you dont, the issues with vaccines its no longer an access issue, its an issue of just persuasion. persuading the people that have yet to get vaccinated to go get it. there are free rides to va...

It. theres free rides to vaccine sites. theres free vaccinations throughout the country. thats what we really need to push throughout our community, is getting more and more people vaccinated, because honestly, the vast majority of the patients that are in my hospital today with covid-19 are unvaccinated. most of these admissions into the hospital could have been prevented if we had just gotten this vaccine earlier. its quite disheartening to talk to folks after they get the infection and then t...

Carries for me forever. >> reporter: both uber and lyft responding to the verdict with condolences for the family, stressing continued efforts to secure rides. ubers website encourages riders to use their app to match the license plate of the vehicle as women as the make and model and drivers photo. and before entering the car, have the driver confirm the riders name. >> i still to this day cant believe she is gone. i keep waiting for her to walk through the door. >> reporter: safety solutions t...

Colleagues and i did. the idea that you can hollow out an asteroid and then spin it up, right, because theres no -- gravity is hard to come by on an asteroid. theyre not that massive. but if you spin it, if you hollow it out and spin it, then the rotation actually -- if youve ever been on one of those rides, one of those vomitator rides, youre spinning rapidly pressed up against the wall, you could do that for an asteroid and live and walk around on the inside. that idea has been around in scien...

>> blue origin is working with heavy industries on earth are moved into space to preserve the planet and protect humahumanity. he believes its a natural evolution for humankind. >> one of the biggest surprises because it felt so normal. it felt so -- like almost like we were as humans evolved to be in that environment. >> back on planet earth, many people believe its not normal for there to be billionaires, congresswoman tweeting once the crew landed, welcome back to earth where the richest .1% ...

Above without borders and the vulnerability of our planet. but a lot of people have been critical of these flights. that is because of the price tag. one person paying $28 million to secure a seat at auction for a new shepherd flight. and that seat is filled by oliver daemen taking place of the auction winner because the winner had a scheduling conflict. but these flights are incredibly expensive, so a lot of people have been critical of that. i had an opportunity to speak to bezos about it. tak...

We felt like we were living in a post pandemic world and now there are so many more fears. where are we with this? >> we are at a very delicate and potentially dangerous point because the delta variant will spread among those who are unvaccinated. there is no question about that. our hospitals are in a very different situation. we have treatments, we have ppe and lots of hospital capacity. but i do urge people please get vaccinated. it will protect you against all the variants and we can put thi...

I mean, just think about it. theyre going to be going up at three times the speed of sound. and when youre in that simulator, you can really feel the moment when the booster separates from the capsule. and then theyve got to make that, that landing with the three parachutes. so it really is quite a ride, very different from what we saw virgin galactic and richard branson do with the plane nine days ago. the thing im thinking about here as i watch this, anderson, is you know, the united states ju...

Large tip until he pointed it out to them. not telling them -- telling them not to spend it all in one place. when asked why he would be so generous the man told them they deserve the money for all their hard work. well done. the tip was split by eight bartenders who worked that night. how about that? to go thats pretty awesome. ive gotten some good tips when i worked in food service. nothing like that. let me take you to louisiana. the offers are rolling in for the 2021 scripps national spellin...