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And we will speak to the ceo of the risks in Space Tourism and im ali velshi and this is real money. As i told you we will keep an eye on those protests continuing across america tonight but let me tell you about news that happened today. One month ago voters sent democrats packing in congress in part because of discontent over the economy but november turned out to be a gang buster month for job creation and we learned 321,000 net new jobs were added to the economy, that is nearly 100,000 more than most economists had forecast. And up ward revisions which we get from september and october boo...

And liftoff, ill speak to Virgin Galactics chairman about the future of space travel. Im ali velshi, this is real money. As i told you we will keep an eye on those protests continuing across america tonight. But let me tell you about news that happened today. Part of discontent about the economy but november turned out to be a gang buster month for jb job creation. 320,000 new jobs added to the economy, nearly 100,000 more than economists had forecast, boosted this years total figure by an additional 44,000 new jobs. America has now added on average almost 241,000 net new jobs per month so far...

For our viewers, it's important to remember that this is still a test flight. virgin galactic saying they don't expect to start their commercial operations until the beginning of 2022, and as a result they're taking extra safety precautions. everybody on board will be, in fact, wearing a parachute. the company has not said if that will continue beyond the test flight program, but everybody on board today, we know that they will be wearing parachutes with their space suits. also supplemental oxygen on board for the paenssengers. we'll see i ammages from insidee cabins on the livestream. the pil...

There is also the spectacle of the space flight. that is becoming a huge event here at spaceport america, including musical performances as well as a webcast hosted by stephen colbert. but it's important to remember, this is still a test flight, virgin galactic still in the test flight program. any say they will not begin commercial operations until 2022. i would the chance to speak with president of safety mike most he is about the extra safety precautions on the flight. take a listen to what he had to say. >> so on this flight, everybody will be wearing a pair chute. there for a case that's ...

Was a lot of boosterism and a lot of optimistic statements when they were going in space and it was just around the corner. and after the crash i think it was not only humbling from a operational perspective but i think they took a different approach, which is at that point they still needed to rebuild or build another spaceship to replace the one that crashed in the desert and they needed to resume their test flight program and they saw that being a long path and didn't want to get in their own way making statements when they were going to be ready to do this. it's been an amazing and inspiri...