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Remarkable. he's in remarkable shape. he is just as bright and smart and witty and funny as he was 40, 50 years ago, and he admits he said it on our air, he's nervous about this flight, and then i said, wait a minute, you battled rom yulens and klingons, and he said yes, but this is the real deal. he's going up, as you mentioned, it's just an 11-minute trip. three to four minutes of weightlessness, about 62 miles up, what is that you say? let me bring you back to the summer. remember richard branson, he was the first one to go up and float in space for three to four minutes, but the bezos team...

They can hire engineers. space tourists flights are one thing but they want to go deeper in space. this gives them revenue and allows them to build a base for much bigger things they will do. >> harris: i want our audience to understand the landscape they are looking at. it is just profound to see it. i am certain it was chosen for its remote location and logistics. think about what america can do and what tests. -- tests. it is. this is a dream generator.it is. -- it is. it is. this is a dream generator. little van horn, texas has done so much for the bezos team. you can read about the dent h...

Three other passengers who work for virgin galactic, and then the two pilots. they've already had several test flights with just the pilots. this is the first time they have branson and the passengers on board. as you know, it's all about getting to the edge of space, which nasa and the pentagon say is 15 miles up. there's been back-and-forth. the bezos teams that is space is up 62 miles, so the bezos team is suggesting that branson and his passengers won't be real astronauts, they'll have an asterisk by their name, and last night bezos tried to clean it up, wishing branson luck. there's clear...

Rocket at a very accelerated mach 3, 2300 miles per hour and that's 3.5 gs, by the way, on the way to the altitude you mentioned. the bottom line here, they're trying to achieve that goal of 50 miles to 56 miles above the earth. that would put them very comfortably in what nasa and the military calls the edge of space or into space. as you know, there's been a back and forth. some on the bezos team suggested it's not high enough for space. blue origin will go to space and branson won't. it doesn't really matter, you'll be 3 to 4 minutes of weightlessness. the faa and nasa acknowledge it's, in ...

Along those lines, Galetti said Amazon hopes to retain employees at statistically similar rates across all demographics as part of its goals for this year. The decision comes as Amazon faces growing scrutiny over its hiring and promotion practices. Recode reported in February that Black Amazon employees are promoted less often and endure harsher evaluations than their non-Black colleagues, citing interviews and internal data. Additionally, in March, an Amazon Web Services senior manager sued Amazon for allegedly discriminating against Black and female employees at its corporate offices. Charl...