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In tokyo, the numbers have been trending upward the last month. theyve been hitting over 1,000 new cases every single month, the i whoest since january. so the problem is you have less than 20% of people in japan who are vaccinated. if these staff members are interacting with athletes, there is that real potential for a super spreader scenario. thats why you have the most unusual olympics well ever see with no spectators at all these events, aside from vips who are covering it. youll have a very...

Selfie videos. maybe, even letting athletes video chat with their friends and families who will be dialing in from various locations around the world. but there are still athletes who have been dropping out of the competition saying that the prospect of playing in an empty venue where the handful of vips in attendance can almost hear their own echo when they applaud is just not something they are interested in. thats why we are seeing basketball players and a lot of tennis players deciding they ...

The events held in the host city of tokyo without spectators. so the multi-billion dollars venues will not have any japanese citizens aside of a handful of olympics officials and vips and staff members and journalists. when they applaud, theyll hear their own echo. even the torch relay has been moved off of public streets. only family and friends of the torch bearers allowed to attend. so people cant line the streets and participate in any way in the games. restaurants are forbidden from serving...

They moved to areas with only a handful of officials and family and friends of the torch bearers themselves allowed to witness it. 97%, more than that, of the olympic events will be held without spectators. so these multibillion dollar venues that japan has built are going to sit empty and the vips, sponsors and olympic officials and journalists allowed to actually enter these venues during the competitions would probably hear their own echo when they applaud it. there was a big storm that moved...

Happen? what are we going to see? >> reporter: well, fareed, we just had a really exciting moment happen just a few short moments ago. we saw richard branson and his specialists come out of the hangar, get in their vehicles and head out to the runway where vss unity, their spaceship, their mother eve are parked and ready to take off in about 30 minutes. this lift-off, the mother ship eve will take vss unity to about 40,000 feet. thats when the spaceship will release and the rocket engine will ig...

Whats my 20-year goal? thats a good thing for everyone to think about. lets see if we can zoom out and show the scene. youre at the digital spaceport building. behind you, thats where these vips are, right? >> reporter: thats where all the vips are, the virgin galactic employees who worked so hard to pull this off are standing. closest to us, thats where a lot of the virgin galactic employees are standing. beyond that, right in front of the hangar, thats where the vips are, where bransons family...

Images of richard and the mission specialists on the ground. we saw pilot dave mckay hugging dave moses, the safety specialist on board. here at spaceport america, as we pointed out, there is a lot of vips in the audience. notably, elon musk is in attendance here at spaceport america to witness branson take this historic flight. thats of note, because people have often pegged branson, musk, bezos all against one another. but musks appearance here at spaceport america highlights also that, yes, t...

Including sir richard branson -- or the soon to be astronauts, i should say, come out of the building, the hangar behind me. 40 minutes prior to the scheduled takeoff, they will board the vehicle and they will drive out there in some l land landrovers. 40 minutes after takeoff, thats when the mother ship will release spaceship 2. it will be in freef fall. it will blast off. it will be a 60-second burn. the passengers on board will experience about 3g. after that, the motor will cut and they will...

Its a flurry of activity, setting up tents, buses coming in, fences being erected. there is the spectacle of the space flight and also the event surrounding the space flight. in typical richard branson fashion, hes making this a huge event. lots of vips coming to witness the space flight. theyre having musical performances. stephen colbert is hosting the webcast of the space flight. today the crew is going through rehearsals. mission control going through rehearsals to make sure that tomorrows f...

Allowed them to have up to 50% capacity. 10,000 spectators. but now, that the city is about to enter its fourth state of emergency lasting through the duration of the games, and well after, actually, till august 22nd. it just isnt going to be feasible or safe to have people inside watching these events, aside from a handful of handpicked vips and a few, other journalists and whatnot. but what about getting all of the athletes and the vips and the dignitaries? you you are still talking about thou...