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>> okay. i have just a really quick question. i promise it will be quick. the statue that everyone is talking about that they think is her on the yacht s that her? >> so, it is not her. although a striking resemblance. it's actually the norse goddess freya. beautiful looking mermaid on the front of the ship slash megayacht. it's not a boat. it's much bigger than the boat. >> you don't have that on your yacht? >> i don't have the yacht. >> thank you, chloe. >> thank you, chloe. >> congratulations to them and "cnn this morning" continues right now. ♪ a u-haul truck rammed into secu...

>> i'm so happy to have sara sidner by my side today. kaitlan is off. five things to know for this tuesday, may 23rd. happening overnight, a u haul crashing into a security barrier near the white house. the driver arrested, facing charges of threatening to kill, kidnap or inflict harm on a president, vice president or family member. secret service says that crash may have been intentional. just nine days to go and still no deal in sight. president biden and speaker mccarthy saying they had a productive meeting, but still don't have a deal on the debt ceiling as janet yellen issues ...

It is time now for the good stuff. the daughter of the first american astronaut alan shepard will follow her father's footsteps when on december 9th, she and five other passengers arrived aboard the new shepherd rocket and capsule named after her father that is laura shepard churchly, she will be heading to space on the new blue shepherd mission, her father alan shepard the first man in space, the american man in space, the fifth to walk on the moon. he hit a golf ball into space and laura churchly is only going to be in space or near space for ten minutes and very curious if she'll try to do ...

Little bit busier since then. and it's no longer just monkeys heading into a galaxy far, far away. now almost anyone can snag a seat on the spacecraft, and the richer you are, the better. billionaires and celebrities from around the world are claiming their chance to make it to space. so far this year there have been more than 20 civilians who've taken the journey on six spaceflight missions. richard branson's virgin galactic made two flights to the edge of space in a matter of months, in may with two pilots and in july which had three passengers and two pilots. >> if we can do this, just imag...

When they will buckle up again, parachutes deploy, and the capsule floats back to earth, and you will watch every single minute of it live right here on msnbc. so let's bring in our own aerospace expert, tom costello. he is at the launch site near van horn, texas. tom, give us the facts. set the scene for us. who is on board and what should we be watching for on the ground? >> let's be honest, we probably wouldn't be here for the second launch of the blue origin jeff bezos rocket if it weren't for the fact who's on board this rocket. it is, as you mentioned, captain kirk, right? the iconic sta...