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flight was called off due to wind conditions. our reporter, john maguire reports. if ever anyone was born to fly, it was pete gregory. a third—generation hot air balloonist and also an airline pilot, he lived his life in the skies. since the age of three, pete and his brother dan often flew with their father, andrew. ballooning is a field and he was passionate about aviation as a job and ballooning as his hobby and his passion. i guess you could say we were born into hot air ballooning. pete gained his licence at the age of 17, i gained mine at 19, and we've flown in many countries around the world and been very lucky to do so. the brothers took up competitive flying. here they are winning thejunior world championships in poland two years ago. they were both involved in a contest in worcestershire injune when pete's balloon crashed and he was killed. dan's ground crew that day was andrew, with his wife louise doing the same for pete.

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Breakfast

memory of pete, his name was mentioned in the pilot briefing this morning and of moment of reflection. racing balloons especially as a very tight—knit community so pete's death has been very heartfelt. —— has been felt very hard. if ever, anyone was born to fly, it was pete gregory. a third—generation hot air balloonist and also an airline pilot, he lived his life in the skies. since the age of three, pete and his brother dan often flew with their father, andrew. ballooning is a field and he was passionate about aviation as a job and ballooning as his hobby and his passion. i guess you could say we were born into hot air ballooning. pete gained his licence at the age of 17, i gained mine at 19, and we've flown in many countries around the world and been

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Breakfast

saint quite quickly. once the burners are turned off it becomes quite quiet. i want to ask you about pete gregory, you know the family well. a small community. a very safe activity, accidents are very rare. it's very sad. nobody knows exactly what happened at the moment. he was an amazing _ what happened at the moment. he was an amazing balloonist and amazing pilot, _ an amazing balloonist and amazing pilot, so— an amazing balloonist and amazing pilot, so i— an amazing balloonist and amazing pilot, so i very sad loss for the community. it pilot, so i very sad loss for the community-— community. it is felt very hard across the _ community. it is felt very hard across the community. - community. it is felt very hard across the community. and i community. it is felt very hard - across the community. and you're trying to inspire the next generation with this balloon. yes, he has been _ generation with this balloon. yes, he has been in _ generation with this balloon. yes, he has been in ballooning all his life and — he has been in ballooning all his life and he — he has been in ballooning all his life and he always wanted people to experience it themselves. people who couldn't_ experience it themselves. people who couldn't afford to get into ballooning. it couldn't afford to get into ballooning.—

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BBC News at One

it was pete gregory. a third—generation hot air balloonist, and also an airline pilot, he lived his life in the skies. since the age of three, pete and his brother dan often flew with their father, andrew. ballooning is a feel, and he was passionate about aviation as a job, and ballooning as his hobby and his passion. the brothers took up competitive flying. here they are winning thejunior world championships in poland two years ago. they were both involved in a contest in worcestershire injune, when pete's balloon crashed and he was killed. dan's ground crew that day was andrew, with his wife, louise, doing the same for pete. losing your son is just... yeah, it's just horrific. people say, oh, he was doing something that he loved when he sort of left the planet, but that's sort of bittersweet, in reality. it really is. i mean, i think it's also a lot harderfor his mother because she was on the marker cross to actually...

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Verified Live

for bodies is ongoing. we will continue to see loss of life but we have extraordinary professionals working on thejob. we have also seen many hundreds of homes destroyed and that's going to take a great deal of time to recover from. the healing process will be long and difficult but this disaster will never be forgotten. richard galpin, bbc news. you heard a little bit from the governor of hawaii in richard galpin's report. later in the day the governor toured the devastated town of lahaina and sent this powerful message. take a listen. you can see the devastation behind me.

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Verified Live

by the council and the other is a criminal investigation being led by staffordshire police who said they believe the cause of fire is arson. andy street has said they are all laser—focused on trying to get answers about what happened and they are still appealing and saying they hope it can be re—built brick by brick. that may not be possible, so many bricks have been taken away as souvenirs by people, but they do want to get the crooked house reinstated in some way. people in bristol have been watching the first mass ascent of dozens of hot air balloons as the international balloon fiesta gets properly under way. yesterday evening's flight was called off due to the windy conditions. the balloon fiesta is an important event for thousands of people, but for one family it will be a bittersweet time, as john maguire reports. if ever anyone was born to fly, it was pete gregory. a third—generation hot air balloonist, and also an airline pilot, he lived his life in the skies. since the age of three, pete and his brother dan often flew with their father,

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Americas Newsroom

>> all right, once again if you would like to help, go to vet dogs.org. thank you very much. good luck. >> stay within yourself. >> on at 8:00. >> bill: they are saying this is a potentially hazardous asteroid about to buzz planet earth. nasa is keeping an eye on it called 2020db5. it is 1600 feet long, about the size of the brooklyn bridge and just hours from now that asteroid will be within 2 1/2 million miles of us on planet earth. we're watching it. so is nasa. we'll keep you posted. first, however, in the skies last night dangerous storms in the deep south, outbreak of severe weather putting millions on alert. a rare occurrence for the month

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CNN Newsroom Live

miscal miscalculations. animosity is growing inside of china. will ripley explains. >> on the streets, in the skies and on the sea, rising rhetoric. and the u.s. warns real danger of military confrontation. flare-ups, fueling fears. chinese state media adding fuel to the fire. blasting the air waves where public perception of the u.s. plummeted. more than hoff of those surveyed have an unfavorable impression of the u.s. the u.s. keeps picking on china. it feels like the u.s. is bullying china. another making his views career. i don't like the u.s. all bad things are caused by the u.s. many americans have similar views about china. countering beijing has rare

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Sportsday

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CNN Primetime

that china's expanding its footprint with surveillance. do you see this as more aggression toward the u. s from china? absolutely they're seeing threats from united states and, of course from the just the movement of democracy there an authoritarian regime. it's wide there, of course, gravitating toward russia and that they're challenging us. and as you just said, they're challenging us on our streets are challenging us in the skies and, you know we need to bring a stop to it. this is a start, but clearly they have expanded their surveillance society that they've already implemented their own country into others, even now penetrating in the united states. should there be retaliation by the biden administration and congress? well, certainly i think what we need to do here is to scrub this and all the other activities that we're seeing. we can learn as much about what they're doing to be able to stop it in the future. and then certainly this needs to be dealt with. with china itself. we can't have the chinese government believing that can be in our skies and on our streets and at the same time

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