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Yourself and window shop. and then apply. it was designed to apply first and then see your policies. new york and kentucky con set it up differently and apparently setting it up without the window shopping at the beginning may have slowed things down. >> what about what the critics say? we expect john mccain will be critical of the president. he says take air force one, send it to silicon valley, get a couple of smart people, make this thing work. is it that simple? >> the experts said it's not that simple. they said the contractor the feds used is a widely respected contractor for doing this ...

Each time it made things a little better just learning from the previous flight. >> i started using a pilot's parachute, which is nice and comfortable. we had more balloons, more ballast, we got more security and safety. better communication between the ground crew. >> july 5, 2008. kent couch attempts to fly from bend, oregon, to boise, idaho, and break his record of 193 miles traveled in a cluster balloon. >> on launch day, we had to be up at 3:30 in the morning. >> it's usually about 50 to 70 volunteers that make this thing work. we'd normally have four or six helium stations. each station ...

>> july 5, 2008. kent couch attempts to fly from bend, oregon, to boise, idaho, and break his record of 193 miles traveled in a cluster balloon. >> on launch day, we got to be up at 3:30 in the morning. >> it's usually between 50 to 70 volunteers that make this thing work. we'd normally have four or six helium stations. each station has four people on it with a different role. >> it takes a minute or two to blow up one balloon. we don't want to blow them up all the way because we want room for them to expand. >> after all the balloons are staged, we put them in clusters of five. then you start...

Into 2013. >> arthel: okay. i don't know if you herod rick earlier. he's feeling optimistic. i'm going to grab on the optimism myself. let's make this thing work. kyle, always good to see you. thank you very much. enjoy san diego. >> rick: coming up, israel and hamas threatening war as rockets and missiles fly across the border. tens of thousands of troops are mobilized. what, if anything, can the u.s. do behind the scenes to try to prevent any more bloodshed? we'll talk about that [ abdul-rashid ] i've been working since i was about 16.

Back up. then when he gets too high, he pops a couple balloons to come back down. running out of ballast is the end of the ride in terms of his ability to control his altitude. each time it made things a little better just learning from the previous flight. >> i started using a pilot's parachute, which is nice and comfortable. we had more balloons, more ballast, we got more security and safety. better communication between the ground crew. >> july 5, 2008. kent couch attempts to fly from bend, oregon, to boise, idaho, and break his record of 193 miles traveled in a cluster balloon. >> on launc...