can actually mine it so what we're looking at is being done by billionaires, but if you look at the beginning of automobiles and the beginning of aircraft, then quite often you see this kind of activity in the very beginning. just because they are the ones who have where everyone can take an airline flight. perhaps in future and we're talking perhaps decades or not everyone can take a space flight. >> let's talk about the future. talk about what you expect in the immediate aftermath of this, of this flight. >> well, assuming everything goes right, we entered into a new era, right, and we now have a space race between two sub orbital corporations that are doing things differently.

we'll learn things about the various technologies. the idea of just going into space as -- you don't have to be an astronaut and go through the astronaut and getting a view of that dark black sky, the universe is really is, that's mind-blowing to me. personally, i've been to 40 countries at this point in my life, i didn't get a perspective on america until i left america and then i had perspective. so imagine the one gains when they leave earth and look back down on it. >> i think if you look at what has happened in a matter of few weeks, so many people launching into space.

realize her dreams. it just shows the young people out there they can be part of it. they can actual ly -- >> we apologize, we have some trouble with your sound. we want to go back to gio benitez at the launch site. we're closing in. >> reporter: we're closing in, george, and they just finished the poll they take inside mission control, they have everyone say go or no go. we're a go for launch. that's very critical. a reminder when you're talking about a launch everything is taken into account at every single second. this is something that we'll be watching. it's a very good sign that go

poll is go for launch. >> what are jeff bezos and his fellow crew members doing right now? >> reporter: you know, when i talked to astronauts, nasa astronauts, they say in this moment this is what they've been training for, relaxed and waiting for it to happen. they believe, they always tell me, they always say that it's a very calm, relaxed moment. i'm not sure i would be as relaxed. certainly these nasa astronauts are, he's been training for a while, he's been working on this for 21 years, a company he founded in 2000, and he started with this vision of human space flight and now he's making that dream come true, i'm imagining like those nasa astronauts preparing all that time for this he's probably feeling a lot like that. >> gio, thank you. let's talk to a former astronaut, cady coleman.

>> i think it's -- you look at the clock, you've got a clock in front of you and you realize hopefully nothing's not going to stop that clock, at the same time it's moving too fast, you're not quite too ready, even though you feel like you've been ready all your life, waiting for that engine to light, the most unbelievable feeling when that happens and it becomes clear in this way that it's just so hard to get people off this planet, it takes immense force, complicated engineering and when it really happens, and you're a part of it, it's something to be inside that rocket at the same time. >> what's the difference between what people say with richard branson not too long his flight into space and what we're going to see today. the difference between the two flights. >> well, i mean, there's the vehicle themselves, there's an

airplane, the mother ship that's going to drop the spaceship, that's when they begin their climb to space, one of the differences they have to climb up, you know n the mothership, about a 40-minute flight before they get dropped and they start their launch, whereas it's much quicker here, and i think that all of these second of laying on your back, on the pad, getting to be absosettled mentally in y se seat. >> you talked about getting settled mentally, were you afraid at all? >> you know, you make up your mind about wanting to be on the top of that launch pad long before you're ever sitting there, something that you do with your family and you

really -- you trust the people. i trust the people. you trust people to have done their best and there's also this spirited of exploration that makes it all worthwhile. >> cady as we watch the countdown clock, you mentioned the difficulty to get people to space, sometimes it takes decades, you know so much focus is on jeff bezos, he's the richest man in the world he's about to leave, he's also the guy with the style, with the hat, it's his company, but this is wally funk's day in at lo of ways, she's waited 60 years to get here, a pioneer for a long time, first female investigator. first faa sin spector female.

to get this opportunity some 60 years late we could argue. >> well, i i'll put this way when jeff invited her to fly on this flight i cried. i mean, it's a statement from someone, you know, jeff bezos, i don't know him well, at the same time i doubt he's been denied something that he wants to do in his life based on his sex or his gender or the color of his skin, for someone who doesn't know what it feels like to be one of those people, to say, wally, i'd like you to come with us, it says you matter, what you did matters. so wally is flying with so many people onboard. not aviation people like me, but so many people who have persisted at a dream and knew tey could be a part of a big, big solution and not been able to, they know persistence is going to get them there.

>> cady did you feel any barriers when you were joining this program? >> i don't like think of them as barriers, definitely as a person who looks and sounds and feels difference than most of the people around them you know you're very visible and i at least feel like, you know, when i excel i excel for all of us and when i don't excel people are going hmm i don't know about that. part of the reason it's important wally is on this flight, it's only 60 years ago, it seems ludicrous, i don't know, could a woman do that as well as a man? i don't think so. i looked at the research, i mean, the things they thought would get in the way if women menstruating, test them all over ago, because they're different people when it happens. women are denied the right to do

the work that they could be doing really, really well for our planet. so that's why her place is so important today. >> it's very important. >> looking at the clock. >> we are looking at the clock, we are cady, let's go back there on the ground. gio, it's getting very close. under 3 minutes until liftoff. >> reporter: robin, we heard cady there talk about feeling that it's harder on your nerves to sort of watch this than it is to be inside that capsule, every time i'm at the launch and i see the clock going at t-minus 2:00, that's hue you feel, you feel very excited, nervous, your heart is sort of racing to watch this happen, it's also an emotional moment because you're watching this launch you think about all of the incredible engineers and the incredible people that it took to build something like this, to literally lift human beings off of this planet. it's quite an achievement, quite

a human achievement. there we are. we're seeing those minutes right now. >> let's listen in on the blue origin. >> we're about to go to space, everybody. >> we're in auto sequence. when that engine checks ago, they should actually be able to feel it in the cabin because it will sway back and forth.

>> there you see the engine check, just peeking out at the base of the rocket. >> see we're getting close there. look at the clock. >> all right, here we go, everybody. thousands of people contributed years to this historic moment. ladies and gentlemen, it's time for blue origin's first human flight. god speed. first crew of "new shepard." let's light this candle. >> t-minus 16. t-minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

"new shepshepard" has clear the tower. go jeff. go mark. go wally. go oliver. you are going to space. >> there you see it right there. blue origin has begun its liftoff into space. cady, if we're all watching this rocket go up with such force, give us a sense of what those passengers are feeling right this moment? >> they're realizing it's so hard to leave the planet. they're going. you realize you're going somewhere and you're not going to stop until that engine cuts out and then you're going to be in space.

the gs are building up. >> what does max q feel like? >> it's not a sudden thing for us. you realize that it's the most stress on the vehicle itself and it's a nice thing to get done with and that's the most stress on the part of the vehicle and you know your vehicle is doing fine. >> what are they feeling inside their bodies at this moment? >> they're actually feeling sort of pressed into their seat, like having a gorilla sitting on your chest, it's a little hard to breathe, at the same time you know that you can, you also know it's not going to last that long. they're coming up on 2:00. coming up on mach 2. >> they'll eventually hit mach

3. everything going perfectly so far? >> as far as i can tell. >> main engine cutoff shortly by separation. after separation we'll let the astronauts unbuckle and take in the freedoms of zero gs. a beautiful shot. down the "new shepard" rocket. look at that view. >> they're weightless. >> unreal. >> coming up. >> once they hit zero g -- >> as soon as they got that separation they're at zero g there. >> here we are, you can start to

s see, stand by, you'll see the separation of the capsule from the booster itself. >> cady, once the booster separates, what's going to happen? >> that's when they are -- >> look at the window. oh, wow. >> i'm not sure if you can hear them. >> that sounds like the crew inside there. >> it's awesome. >> that was definitely -- >> our astronauts have passed the line at 320,000 feet. the two vehicles there. when the speed hits zero you know hit half g.

their maximum altitude. quite an experience. >> that's a high, cady, isn't it? >> oh, you can hear it in their voices. there's nothing like it. the floating. the flying, you're flying inside the capsule. the view of the earth. that combination. and those windows are as big as you are. >> no matter how many times you practice it still feels different when it's real? >> one minute warning. >> you know, we call this civilians in space, it's people in space and when it's when real it's just -- there's nothing like that feeling and it makes

you realize there's a whole big world out there in that universe just waiting for us to explore. you see the separation. the booster is on the bottom there. actually the booster is probably on the top. it depends on the camera angles. >> it's dark up here. >> everybody in. >> astronaut oliver. >> oh, wow. >> more. >> oliver, check.

>> thank you. >> copy astronaut, wally. >> wally? >> the astronaut demo. >> copy. astronaut bezos? >> copy. >> that sounded like jeff bezos saying happy, happy, happy. >> almost seven minutes into their flight into space. >> the booster is about to

return to its landing pad. >> they're going faster and faster and faster, now they're starting to slow down and actually we're looking at the booster there. two things are happening the booster actually lands before they do, you see it coming in for a landing, slowing down, it will land at about 5 miles per hour, usually right on that launch pad. that's the booster landing that we're seeing right now. they're about two miles away. >> booster touchdown, welcome back, "new shepard." a beautiful rocket that provided a beautiful flight to space. >> your booster has landed. >> booster landed. >> right there on the launch pad. >> they're happy to hear about the booster. to be able to hear them, they're so calm, excited but yet so calm. >> very happy crew up here i want you to know.

>> now, they're just floating. you see it right there. you see the blue origin capsule. >> i see blue. >> stand by. stand by. stand by. stand by. >> oh, so here comes the crew capsule back from space. coming to full inflation. our rocket went over mach 3 and now they're coming floating back down at about 14 or 16 miles an hour. about to join us home.

back here in west texas after having gone. >> robin and george, you see those parachtes now, slowing it down to 16 miles per hour, eventually before it hits that desert, it will slow down to just 1 mile per hour, it's a slow and gentle descent. >> it seemed to go well as it possibly could have gone. >> we can count a 16th successful trip because this was the first one with humans onboard. seems to be going very, very well. >> that cushion of air will puff and they'll have a soft touchdown, almost like sitting in a chair. i'm sure their adrenaline is

pumping now. >> what a gentle float. >> george, if you can see the capsule there it's looking -- >> and touchdown. welcome back, "new shepard." first human crew. what a flight. >> congratulations to all of you. >> welcome back to earth. 35 seconds ahead of schedule. >> oh, i have a feeling a lot of people are exhaling right here. there's a lot to be thankful for. a lot that they learned. it may look easy but we know it was anything but. >> robin, i will tell you, from

being here on the ground, you hold your breath from the beginning all the way until the end, the sonic boom when the rocket comes back, to watching the rocket float down and land, i don't think i have been at a loss for words for a long time in my life, this is definitely one of those moments that leaves with a loss of words. just goes to show how far we can go when we really push ourselves and it was great to hear them up in the capsule, having their fun, hooting, hollering and really taking in the moment, because here, watching them was a moment in itself. >> gio was talking about how you have, you know, he was saying your organs would be rumbling being that close to liftoff. >> you feel it. you absolutely feel it. it gets into your chest, into

your bones, the ground shakes, a little delay, you see the rocket go up, you're so far away, then you hear the sound, you feel it, you see the smoke from the engines when they start them up. just can't help but to be in awe of watching this. this is magnificent. one of the greatest things i've seen in my time on this planet. but i'm so happy when this flight went as smoothly and perfectly as it did. i'm so excited to talk with them and hear what they have to say about their experiences as well. >> let's give people another look at liftoff. >> cleared the tower. >> and "new shepard" has cleared the tower, on the way that space with our first human crew.

go, jeff. go, mark. go go, wally. go, oliver. you are going to space. >> cady, we hope to hear from all crew members very soon, what it felt like, everybody has said, jeff bezos was saying earlier in the interview leading up to this flight that everybody has gone to space it changes you. how did it change you? >> it's hard to ever be the same i think that view lookiing down at the planet, everyone except the people in the spacecraft, everyone is down there on the planet. you don't see the borders. you realize that if everyone could actually meet each other and be connected we could solve

anything. when you bring people who have means and resources up and you show them that view, when they get back home, because earth is home, they realize they've got a lot of work to do right here. >> there we see the recovery team is on the scene right now. rushing right to the capsule. a big thumbs up right there. both inside and outside. >> water balloons we launched throughout the morning that gives us a good idea of where we'll land. what you're seeing they're doing right now is crew members making sure everyone's okay, gives them a thumbs up, they're also grounding the space. why we prefer that the astronauts not get out themselves so we can ground the vehicle. >> excellent. i think kevin our crew member 7

has given the themes up for all of our astronauts that are onboard there. jeff bezos, mark bezos, wally funk and oliver daemen. what an incredible day. this is i feel like this is our best day ever and with we didn't even get to go up into space. congratulations to the entire blue team. our astronaut crew. the friends and families of these incredible astronauts. about to exit the capsule here. let's wait for that moment. there you see jeff in the window. >> this is a new generation. we talked about how when we were kids we would watch. think about the generation watching this. >> they're also thinking, maybe

i can go. a new era in space travel, you can get a seat on one of these, it's expensive now, they're making it accessible. the whole mission, the blue origin, to get people to space and making space travel accessible. it's taken them longer to get them out than for the actual trip. we watched the entire trip to space it took 11 minutes to space. just under. >> a little ahead of schedule. look at the smile on jeff bezos' face. >> a dream come true for him. he had his naysayers. he had people who didn't believe in this and didn't want this. he was steadfast. we heard from so many on the benefits of this. >> i think the first test flight

was 2012. >> go ahead. >> i was going to say, i think it means so much to have a crew like this where they're so different. it makes you think you could go to space, something that's necessary you see people who feel like us and having oliver on that flight, he's 18, first of all, he'll see everything differently and other kids are going to realize, by looking at the rest of that crew, they could be on that capsule and they better get ready. >> i think it was something to have the oldest and the youngest together on that mission. >> wally is timely an astronaut. >> i think wally didn't want to come home. >> she may have stayed. >> can't blame her. she's waited a long time. >> oh, my goodness. you can hear her voice clearly and distinct ly up there.

>> my face hurts from smiling and i don't know about you, it's so wonderful to watch. part of you has -- it's just, when it's over, i guess i was a little worried about that. >> took that hat with him? >> here he comes. >> guys, it's remark to believe see them walk out here without that traditional space suit. walking out of the spaceship without that traditional space suit, it's quite remarkable to see that. >> oliver, congratulations. congratulations.

>> oh, my gosh. >> lots of hugs from friends and family. >> lot of stories. >> a successful launch and landing of the "new shepard" rocket and crew capsule with our first human flight crew there, jeff bezos, mark bezos, oliver daemen and wally funk. and their families there giving big hugs all around. what a moment, so much emotion from all of them, the elation, did you see wally? did you see wally when she came out? i told she was just probably going to do a cartwheel whenha . what an incredible, incredible day. >> even the play by play is nontraditional compared to when

it's nasa. a new world. >> you know what's amazing as well, earlier, i was thinking about the family and friends who are here and if you closely in that video, my buddy, my good friend, tony gonzalez is great friends with jeff bezos and tony is out there with the family, you know, getting his hugs there and sending his congratulations as well, this has been a historic moment for so many and i think watching them and realizing the excitement they have to go up and be in space but the nervousness and the excitement for the family to watch this and be here and greet them when they come out of that capsule, that must be pretty overwhelming as well. >> michael you have to run because u're going to try to talk to the crew? >> yes, i'm going to get first hand how they feel about it and i can't wait, this is going to be an exciting interview and i'm looking forward to this

interview, george, hopefully that will be done soon enough and people can hear firsthand how it was to be in space for 11 minutes or 10:25. as they were early. >> i can't wait to hear their impressions of the view from up there and in fact i hear in just a moment we hope to be getting a couple of impressions from our astronauts. we'll stand by for that there. you see the friends, the family, our ceo bob smith there, you see a couple of our executives there, of course this crew safety team. and it's champagne time, everybody. >> proper way to end the spa pr

space flight. with a champagne shower. that's the beginning of the celebrations, there's a lot more to come. we are, again, not just the crew and the families but everybody at blue origin who's made the historic day possible. >> there's a big hug from jeff to wall funky. a beautiful moment there. for a woman who was denied her opportunity to go to space in the '60s she had to wait until

the 2020s it was worth the wait. the bezos brothers hugging it out. oliver daemen giving his dad a big hug. what a moment. if first hug when jeff came out of the capsule to followed by h mike. again, what a day. what a day. to the thousands and thousands of members of team blue, you contributed to today as well. i know you're all hugging it out back in kent, washington, at our headquarters near seattle, sending you guys a lot of love from down here in west texas. what a moment. i mean, granted, you know, we weren't in the capsule but my

favorite part was hearing, you know, the hollering and the laughing, you know, jeff is known for his big, boisterous laugh, i mean he's having the moment of a lifetime here and you can only imagine as they were floating around up there, you heard them say, oh, gosh, look at the views. >> doctor, a successful flight. celebratory moment for jeff bezos. your thoughts? >> this confirms what i learned a long time, humans are dope, look at what we can do, when people talk about earth being visited by aliens we are the advanced aliens, right, this is what this is showing, when you look at the universe, this is not happening everywhere, it's happening here on earth, i love it, i'm excited by it and you

know what, earlier, cady was saying, they're going to have great stories to tell, no one tell the story of their commercial air flight. hopefully we can get there with this and change humanity and with can venture out further. i'm incredibly excited about this and i'm excited for their excitement. >> you summed it up. humansle are dope. successful launch of the "new she shepard". jeff bezos and his crew going into space for about ten minutes. 10:25. >> it doesn't compare. it doesn't matter. this is real. anld is so much better tha imin. agn,he emotional component to human space flight, we've had 15 consecutive test flights as you said earlier we knew we were ready to put people onboard this

rocket, and that's what led us today. we can do this, safely, and give people the experience of a lifetime and i think based on, based on what we see there, job well done, sir. job well done. >> we can do it again and again and again and again. >> precisely. absolutely love it. that was amazing. everybody, i want to thank you all for joining us from around the world for today's blue origin historic. >> there you hear it. >> first human flight. a matter for the ages. guess what, we're just getting started. two many flights this year and several more in the coming years. join us later today, we'll have a live press conference on our website. >> there you have it, the new shepard base on earth. jeff bezos and crew walking away after their nearly

>> michael strahan will be talking to them shortly. back to our regular programming right now. ♪ ♪ concern later today. thunderstorms move across the across the south. from texas to the carolinas. all right. ten minute journey into space. jeff bezos, blue origin. everything went well. incredible to see. >> it was.

and we're happy for wally. that was a moment. >> yes, you can tell how happy they were. can't wait to hear her talk about how that experience went. we hope we'll have that in a few minutes. >> welcome to abc 7 mornings. five, four, two, one. >> you just watched it live. the top stories right now. a new era. civilians in it space making history. now they're back on earth. we can't afford to lose another franchise. you have the a's. you had the raiders. you had the warriors. now you have nothing. >> safe at home? what could be a fateful vote for keeping the a's in oakland. the city council set to decide on the future of the team in town. we're looking at the dow

jones. the market the stabilizing this morning. dow futures are up after the worst tumble this year. you can see we are more than 100 points up this morning. heading in the positive direction compared to yesterday. good morning, everybody. it's tuesday, july 20th. you're watching abc 7 mornings live on abc 7, hulu live, wherever you stream. we just saw that launch. we're going to get to that in a moment. we want to check in to see what our forecast is like for today. >> maybe anticlimactic compared to what we just watched. roof camera,ing the flags are calmer than they were earlier this morning. you can see the marine layer clouds out there. we're back to a more summer- like routine with the morning marine layer clouds and afternoon sunshine. most of the state is much quieter than yesterday when we were getting bombard the with those thunderstorms. pretty close to average just about everywhere. low to mid60s coast into san

francisco. low to mid70s around the bay. near 80 to near 90 in the south bay. low to mid80s up in the north bay. low to mid90s in the east ba valleys. happening today, a crucial decision for the future of the city of oakland. >> city council is going to cast a preliminary vote on the proposed howard terminal ballpark for the oakland a's. the a's say if they get a no vote it'll set off the moving process. >> amy hollyfield live to break down the weight of this decision. today's vote could send the a's to another city. today city council members will be asked whether they support building a new stadium complex on the water front at howard terminal. in that vote is a yes, it doesn't mean it's a done deal. it does keep hopes alive. if the vote is a no the a's will have said they will make plans to leave. some fans say the thought of losing the team is just heart

breaking. >> i have gone to games at this stadium since i was a little kid. it hurts my heart deeply. i was in high school when the raiders left. i was here when they came back. envisioning oakland without a sports team is something i can't even imagine. >> another proposed idea is to rebuild at the current coliseum site. this would be a cheaper alternative and would help avoid using taxpayer money which the city said it does not want to do. but the a's have said they do not want to play at the coliseum site. they want the howard terminal site. that will be the big issue discussed and voted on today. that meeting is set for 9:00 this morning. live in the newsroom, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you. nearly all bay area counties are recommending that everyone wear a mask indoors. napa and santa cruz counties joined the push to encourage

masking inside vaccination status. only solano county has yet to weigh in. >> committed not to imposing new restrictions. we are also committed to addressing the latest increase in the number of new cases in the state of california. >> nearly 21 million californians over the age of 12 are fully vaccinated. a stanford virologist has figured out why many covid long haulers experience symptoms months after getting infected. dr. bruce patterson says people who feel fatigue and brain fog long after getting covid are not making up the symptoms. he used machine learning to find the root cause. a specific kind of white blood cell. >> these cells were acting like a garbage can and they were ey

going around and scavaging dying cells that contained the covid proteins and was reprocessing them. >> dr. patterson says these white blood cells trigger an inflammatory response. his research is leading to better treatment for covid long haulers. if you have questions you can always ask the vaccine team. well, you just saw her. wally funk's history making mission. we'll have a look back at the trail blazing aviator's storied career. you can see we are now up 222 points after a yesterday. [ music ] i needed that. tony bennett's lasting legacy. teaming up with a pop mega star for two special shows in a few

weeks. the time you'll want to know to get your tickets. first though checking on our morning commute with jobina. >> thank you. we are going to start off with a live look at the bay aza metering lights are on. they came on at 6:20 and the backup is through the maze. a heads up to you if you're headed in this direction. everything else is moving letty much at the limit bringing you a look from walnut creek showing off 680 here. we do have an update from the chp. they did not have any advisories out. they now have a wind advisory but as you saw that overall look at our map, all green except for that slowdown out of tracy which is our usual spot. let's check in with mike. >> hi, everybody. here's a look at 880. the marine layer of clouds. they're going to continue to thicken as we head through the next couple of days. that's going to keep the cooling trend going through at least thursday. biggest issue later on is going to be south of the bay bridge.

not north of the bay bridge. south of the bay bridge we have the small craft advisory for breezy and choppy conditions. as far as the air quality. with the marine layer it's gointo bring in and draw in clean air from out over the ocean. that will continue through thursday. as far as temperatures we're homogenized thanks to the cloud cover from 52 at half moon bay to redwood city and menlo park. a lack of clouds earlier is doing for you to 60 in palo alto. look at the sunshine down 280 and 17. through the morning everything stays status quo through 7:00. by noon,al at the coast. 78 inland with sunshine. we'll see a few pockets of sunshine along the coast. not a tremendous amount of sunshine. especially compared to the bay that'll be 75 at 4:00 and 85 at

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leading up to this moment. >> this is a dream 60 years in the making. wally funk is the oldest person to go to space. in 1961 funk was the youngest member of the mercury 13. the group of 13 women went through astronaut training but at the time women were deemed not fit to go to space. and the program was ultimately canceled. funk went on to become the first female air safety investigator for the ntsb and the first female inspector for the faa. she competed in a number of air races. in 1975 she won the pacific air race from san diego to santa rosa placing first out of 80 competitors. with the blue origin flight she's making history again at 82 years old. funk is oldest person to fly to space. >> we were hoping everything would be fine and it was. so happy for her.

a delay for one major bay area company returning to the office. apple is now pushing back its return date from september to october. that's because of a rise in coronavirus cases fueled by variants. the original plan was for workers to come in at least three days a week. apple will give a new warning for when it plans to have them return back to the office. taking a live look at the new york stock exchange after the dow's worst session since november yesterday as trading gets underway today. we are up 331 points. costco is backtracking on its pandemic policy. it'll keep its senior hours at stores nationwide on tuesdays and thursdays. stores have been reserving 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. for shoppers ages 60 and up for people with compromised immune systems as well. costco initially planned on ending senior hours next week. that policy now remains indefinitely. two legendary voices are joining forces for two can't

miss shows in new york city's radio city music hall. tony bennett who calls san francisco his second hometown and frequent collaborator and friend lady gaga will perform august 3rd and 5th. the show is called one last time an evening with tony bennett and lady gaga. it'll celebrate bennett's 95th birthday. earlier this year bennett revealed he'd been diagnosed with alzheimer's disease. tickets go on sale thursday at 7:00 a.m. i'm glad they get this chance to be together >> have you seen either in concert? >> i've seen lady gaga. >> what about you, mike? >> neither. only on tv. >> that it was really shady. i love lady gaga. the particular show i saw was very specific to certain kind of music and she didn't sing any of her songs. so it wasn't what i was really there for. i would love to see a real show. >> i would love to see this

show. >> two legends. that'd be nice. >> you can see from mount tam the marine layer is up to about 1500 feet. having a hard time getting into the inland east bay. we're seeing increasing clouds through about 9:00 this morning. that's going to lead to close to average temperatures. clouds spread to more of our neighborhoods during the overnight hours. there's going to be more drizzle. most of it has been confined to the coast. there's a possible return of monsoon moisture late into the weekend. look how dry the air is. all that orange pushing into nevada. you can see where the moisture is retreating back to the four corners. that means still going to have hot temperatures. fairfield and look at most of the inland east bay valleys. low to mid90s. near 80 in san jose to near 90 in morgan hill. low to mid70s for most of the bay with that breeze kicking up around 3:00 south of the bay bridge. that's why you're not going to

overheat today. low to mid60s into san francisco. without the breezes coming up north like they ven, a little warmer in the north bay valleys. low to mid80s. tonight you can see more green in the east bay hills. more green along the coast. temperatures in the 50s and drizzle for tomorrow morning's commute. slight bit of cooling tomorrow. our coolest day. you can see we slowly warm but temperatures close to average this weekend. have a good one. >> thank you, mike. coming up next the seven things you need to know today. >> you can watch our newscasts live and on demand through the bay area connected tv app. it's available for apple tv, android tv, amazon fire tv and roku. download the app now and you can start streaming. >> as we head to break, let's take a live look outside right now. how beautiful is that watching the clouds move

it is 6:57. if you're just joining us here are the seven things to know

this morning. number one, a historic flight. jeff bezos and his crew blasting off into space earlier this morning. this was the first blue origin flight with a hu>>nuo, that flih lasted nearly 11 minutes. the capsule landing capsulthat it was the best day ever. number three, we are just hours away from a pivotal vote that could determine whether the a's will stay in oakland. team wants approval to build a new stadium complex on the water front at howard terminal complete with housing, retail and office space. the american academy of pediatrics is going against cdc guidelines and recommending masks in school for everyone regardless of vaccination status. california's policy requires masks in schools. our breeziest conditions this afternoon will be south of the bay bridge. placeslike san jose and redwood city. couple of degrees below arch. you look at ord which won't be as breezy. warmer than average. number six, traffic is light around the bay area.

even though you see this backup at the toll plaza it's light for a weekday there too. metering lights came on at 6:20. number seven, we are taking a live look outside right now because basically looks like black friday in july. this is outside the best buy store in san francisco. people are camping out right now because they want to get their hands on this highly coveted graphics card featuring the rtx 30 chip. the price tag is about $1200. and they are only selling them in store so this is why you see people lined up. best buy does not open for another three hours. >> we just saw the oldest person fly up into space and come down safely and then we just saw that. >> priorities. >> everybody has their fantasies. >> everybody has what they enjoy. >> that's true. >> wasn't wally cute? >> i'm back. wally was cute. >> everybody was leaving and she was like looking through the capsule like she didn't

want to leave. >> i did want her to come out first though. >> i did. >> i hope someone heard that. good morning, america.at. as we join you this tuesday that space launch marks an exciting new chapter for our generation. >> mission accomplished. the blue origin soars 62 miles above the earth's surface, lands safely back on earth. >> and touchdown. welcome back, "new shepard's" first human crew. >> new details from inside that capsule. one of the passengers wally funk, a life long dream 60 years in the making. michael strahan is there with all the latest. new mask warning, the american academy of pediatrics say all kids should wear masks