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Longer than that. billionaire elon musk said he can do it in 29 minutes. 29 minutes. musk tweeted just received verbal government approval for the boring company, yes that's what this very exciting company is called. to build an underground new york philadelphia, baltimore, d.c. hyper loop. new york to d.c. in 29 minutes. 29 minutes. i could anchor my 2:00 p.m. show right here in new york, get on the hyper loop and be in d.c. to fill in for chuck at 5:00 p.m. with time to spare. a long distance relationship would become nothing. it sounds amazing. it also sunounds too good to be true. a couple...

>> gees. >> tom: that was one of the passenger drums set to carry commuters around dubai starting in july. the flying taxi can go about 30 miles on a single battery charge. and has enough speed of 100 miles per hour. sadly for americans, it can only carry one passenger weighing up to 220 pounds. [laughter] i can fly! >> you are in. >> tom: the drones are part of several new initiatives to eliminate traffic in dubai, including driverless cars, a hyper loop, and suiterpods, catapults for businessmen. >> they are still working on the catchapult.

And you can throw paypal in there, the company put in money matters. a lot of people use paypal and it changed the way we do business in this country. >> he had millions in silicon valley with a couple internet startups. >> he is worth $13 billion these days. that the estimate but not really money that drives this guy. >> it sounds a little crazy to people. its ultimate goal in life is to make man a multi planetary > species and get us to mars. the driving force with companies like tesla and solar city where he is the chairman you seem focused on global warming and changing our energy equation...

Five, five, six-hour journey. there's portraying something that could beam you down here. you said you wouldn't do this. >> he has a great vision of new science and technologies and exploring ways of things that nobody thought of before. i myself, i'm late in life. i love to drive. i count the time that i would drive from my home to an airport, go through the security stuff where you feel so demeaned by -- >> you haven't flown since 9/11? >> i have not flown since 9/11. if i can drive in a day. that means salt lake city, 12 hours. phoenix, 12 hours. i drive. i don't fly. i'm just the wrong per...

Up, you are my fire, the one desire. believe when i say i want it that way. not a story, just a very direct text message i got from steve doosey last night. he is freaking me out. is the hyper loop the fastest train in the history of the history. what do i look like an expert in hyper loops, you jerk?