. >>> richard branson's dream of space travel, this is video from the test flight in july.ce ship passed all the tests yesterday over california's mojave desert at 45,000 feet. branson says the test flight means the sky is no longer the limit. >> after the meeting the spt going to make public comments. we'll bring it to you live. >>> we are 22 days away from one of the most watched midterm elections in recent memory. among the issues marijuana. several states have proposals that would loosen mariner statutes. josh levs has the details. >> it is a big year for marijuana battles, before we take a look at specific ballot initiatives i want to show you a map. this is from stateline.org. they show how many states considered loosening marijuana laws. the states in light green considered medicinal marijuana. and the yellow states considered taxing marijuana. a lot of bills died in committee but there are four states we're looking at the initiatives on the ballots. the main one we hear about is california here with a conversation about legalizing marijuana and taxing its sale. ther

branson is predicting that space tourist flights could begin nine to 18 months from now. it will be quite exciting. we're on the ground, though. a lot of rain? >> right now, mendocino county had a wave move through. cold front and spread rain throughout the afternoon today. in fact, it's going to stay with us throughout the evening hours and by tomorrow, a stronger storm system heads our way. wind associated with it. look at the yellows to 1:00 to 4:00. overall, a wet weekend. we're talking about rain upwards of three to five inches in the north bay mountains. >> quite a lot to contend with.

billionaire ceo richard branson wants to put people in space.ternational entrepreneur is starting a new venture called virgin galactic. the world's first company to offer commercial space travel. branson says he's 18 months away from taking people into space. he's thinking beyond just traveling to space. branson says he plans to have hotels in space. the cost for this adventure? a mere $200,000 not bad for those of us who might be dreaming about the day when space travel will be easy heading out to the -- as easy as heading out to the beach in the summer. >> now a huge discovery that is creating a buzz. as we continue to ponder the question could life exist on planets beyond earth? scientists have discovered a new earth-like planet capable of harboring water and sustaining life. it has been nicknamed the goldilocks planet because it is not too hot and not too cold. here to tell us more about this discovery an astronomer with the carnegie institution. author of the search for living planets. great to have you here today this is an exciting discov

. >>> in new mexico, richard branson will be on hand when his spaceship airplane combo galactic spaceship ii flies over a dedication ceremony for the world's first commercial built spaceport. >>> on wall street, the new york stock exchange will host this year's global entrepreneur awards. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. hear from a survivor of the alaska plane crash that claimed the life of senator ted stevens. >>> and meet some fathers who are helping their daughters take the beauty pageant circuit by storm. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

. >> reporter: that is sir richard branson, a big part of this project. >> this is a very long trip.er: while it might not be futurama, it is the future. they hope to start taking passengers to space as early as next year. several hundred paying customers have already signed up. the cost? $200,000. hey, no one said the final frontier was cheap. i'm john berman for "nightline" in new york. >> and "virgin galactic" premieres monday on the national geographic channel. thanks to john berman for that. here's what's coming up next with "jimmy kimmel live." >> jimmy: bruce willis and karl urban. we have music from hugo. and freshly killed from tonight's "dancing with the stars," from "jersey shore," mike, "the situation" >>> time now for tonight's closing arguments. after recent spate of suicides among young people bullies for being or appearing to be gay, a city councilman in texas made a plea to american teens in a public meeting this week. describing himself as the son of a methodist church pianist and a cowboy, joel burns broke down with his own tale of persecution. the despair his felt

. >> reporter: that is sir richard branson, a big part of this project. >> this is a very long trip.: while it might not be futurama, it is the future. they hope to start taking passengers to space as early as next year. several hundred paying customers have already signed up. the cost? $200,000. hey, no one said the final frontier was cheap. i'm john berman for "nightline" in new york. >> and "virgin galactic" premieres monday on the national geographic channel. thanks to john berman for that. here's what's coming up next with "jimmy kimmel live." >> jimmy: bruce willis and karl urban. we have music from hugo. and freshly killed from tonight's "dancing with the stars," from "jersey shore," mike, "the situation" [ male announcer ] martin o'malley sworn in. inherits a billion-dollar surplus, low unemployment. o'malley signs the biggest tax hike in maryland history. raids chesapeake bay fund to cover spending. gives raises to top aides. business climate ranks 45th worst in the nation. now 200,000 jobs lost. o'malley covers up jobs report that proved maryland's economy stalled. if re-el

virgin owner sir richard branson says even with the milestone a lot more tests have to be done. >> thefortable enough to take my parents and my children to space then i think it will be it will be fine for customers to go. -ú>>reporter: now a ticket for a ride on thh spaceeship 2 costs 200,000 dollars. visual ingalactic already collected 50 million dollars

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billionairee richard branson wants to speed up tours into space.s now, ain't no way you're getting on this flight. >> you can just stop listening. just kidding. >> that's a good way to think about it. it's interesting they're seeing enough of a market that experts are saying right now there's this huge expansion in what will be space tourism. actually, in the next 18 months, we're going to start to see it. we have photos behind me and renderings of what various types of spacecraft are going to be looking like. just the other day, the vss enterprise from virgin galactic, which is the world's first manned commercial spacecraft took off. you can see a little video of it there. i know it looks like a wide sort of triple plane there, but from a mother ship at 45,000 feet to a landing in mojave, california, two pilots on board. richard branson put out a statement saying the sky is no longer the limit. going to start pushing more and more people up the final frontier of space. i'll tell you this. we've heard in the past about millions of dollars to try to

the step that has richard branson giddy with excitement. >>> tim williams is updating the first warning weather forecast. eaks to send jobs over seas. i think we need tax breaks to send kids to college. so i worked for a $2,500 tax credit to help pay for college. fought to get pell grants expanded and insisted that college loans go directly to kids instead of through banks. i'm barbara mikulski. i approve this message. because it's not about the next election, it's about the next generation. right? yeah!!! >>> and an unusual drowning inside an indianapolis home. >> a toddler dies after falling into a half full bucket of water. the child's mother called 911 after she saw him in the utility room. she tried to resuscitate him and there was no hope. the child was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. >>> california rescue crews free a pair glider. she was stuck 15 feet off of the ground on a busy highway. the crews had to shut the power off to the area to free the glider and she didn't appear to be seriously injured. >>> bank it for thousands of dollars or throw it away. those are the only

richard branson later put out a statement saying the sky is no longer the limit.said his company will begin pushing to the final frontier of space over the next year. and in as soon as 18 months, hundreds of travelers might actually be among the first paying passengers aboard the version "galactic" which plans to take them 62 miles above the earth. the cost, $200,000 each. yes, $200,000 is an incredible oomt of money. but in this story on cnn.com, we talk about what's happening with the costs and we show you the spacecraft. it's saying you can find some places talking about $100,000 like a group called space adventures saying they can get you into space for $100,000. the idea is these prices where you heard about $20 million, and now hearing $200,000 and $100,000, it's changing pretty fast and more and more locations are being licensed as non-government space boards. we have images here as we flip through it of what some of these different spacecraft look like. and what you see is a lot of them have very different designs. the idea is they have different ways, dif

space port america, holding a dedication ceremony for its brand new two-mile runway, richard bransonn galactic, plans to have private space flight as early as next year. >> ohio, one 13-year-old overcoming her total hearing loss to win place in her school's marching band. she spent years learning to play the clarinet without hearing a note. now a surgically implanted hearing aid allows her to her the music and play on the field. >> texas. rangers fans paying top dollar to watch their team beat the yankees and earn their first-ever trip to the world series. but boris quit his job at a los angeles law firm to attend the series. he says he knows some would consider his decision crazy. >> it's the rangers. i have loved the rangers for so long. they haven't been to the playoffs since '99. i cooperate miss it. >> google admitting it wirily collected private information from people's homes. we tell you why they did it, what sort of information they got and what they're doing about it now. >> the tough new law that people who are cruel to animals may be treated the same way as sex offenders.

own are richard branson says the next step is equipping it with the rockets needed for flight. >> i'mrtable enough to take my children and parents into space. once i feel comfortable enough to take my parents and churn into space, then i think it will be fine for customers to go. we're going to be doing many, many, many test flights into space before i would feel comfortable to go up. >> once they are ready for space flight, it will cost tourists about # hundred thousand for a ride in that glider. >> i would love that. maybe the good folks at virgin will help us out. in the mood for a healthy refreshing drink it why not make one yourself. >> tony will talk to a health and nutrition i think indicator about which fruits and vegetables are ideal for making juice. >> stay with us. inus >>> ate nice start to your tuesday morning. off in the distance there, you see the lincoln memorial. 65degrees in the d.c. area. a different story in new york. take a look. severe thunderstorms swept through parts of new york city. a lot of thunder and lightning. some areas even saw hail the size of marbles

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the company owner richard branson said he'll be putting practice flights into space in two months and will soon be taking rides into space with his children. passengers have already put down $200,000 to get on it and into space. wow! >>> crews are working on what will be the tallest skyscraper in the area. >>> doug kammerer has our >>> levg the lincoln center has been invaded by bed bugs. the bugs have been found in theaters, stores, office buildings, housing projects, and fancy apartments throughout the city. a spokeswoman for the metropolitan opera which shares the koch theater says the bugs were found in some isolated areas. they have two weeks to get rid of the little pests before the opera's fall season gets underway. it seem like they're everywhere now. >> and the stink bugs. we've done about a billion stories. >> yeah. it's a bumper crop of pestsut there. >> yes. >> kind of nasty start to our day. but it has shaped up all right late in the day. >> not bad out there. we were talking about this afternoon's rush hour being problem at ig. it is really not. that's the good news. thi

owner richard branson said the next step is equipping the glider with rockets developed for those flightbut sending people into space is a little ways off. >> i've got to feel comfortable enough to take my children and my parents into space. once i feel comfortable enough to take them into space, then i think it will be fine for customers to go. we're going to be doing many, many, many test plights into space before i would feel comfortable to go -- flights into space before i would feel comfortable to go up. >> once virgin galactic is ready for spaceflights, it will cost would be tourists $200,000 for a ride in the 6 feet glider. here's what we're working on for the news edge at 11:00. taking a closer look at the rash of pedestrian accidents across the area, are our streets growing more unsafe? >>> the republican candidate for new york governor taking hits about his thought on homosexuals, his controversial comment that has him doing damage control tonight. woman 1 sync: i knew what bob ehrlich did as governor. man 1 sync: raised my property taxes 60 percent. woman 2 sync: let utilities

we can't cut corners and we are predicated on safety, and richard branson and his kids are going to beting any corners on that one. we hope that the customers as you saw them and many others will becomes a troe nautstronau? >> how long is the flight? >> 2 1/2 hours, and you will have time of zero gravity to float around the cabin and look out at the big windows of the fabulous view of the beautiful earth below you. >> well, it is amazing that nasa is talking about, you know, ending and cutting back and ending the shuttle program. you know, this is still so expensive, $200,000 for a trip. i mean, it really makes it impossible for most people to even think about doing this, but 400 people have already reserved seats? >> they have. and the numbers keep going up everyday. if you look back at the days for the earliest days of commercial aviation, it was the same. the ticket prices have to start expensive for these sorts of thingses if you start a new industry, but if, you know, we are successful which we think we will be, we will be able to bring the prices down in the future, so it is affo

. >> rose: whether it's branson or baos from amazon. >> and i did in the exhibition, there's a full-size mock-up of a suborbital spacecraft which i was designed in designing the interior and exterior as well. >> rose: we have a picture of that. take a look. there it is. >> so i came up with quite an innovative way of-- >> rose: now, does all this say that you, as i am, growing up in north carolina have this great love of speed. do you? do you like fast cars? >> to a degree-- >> rose: motorcycles? speed boat? >> well, i like beautiful cars. i don't know, i like the idea of cars as sort of iconic objects of designer, which they often are, and boats as well for that matter. i'm not so much interested in spade as much as the object-- the beauty of the upon object itself. rnjts you, for example other a huge formula one fan? >> i'm not a huge formula one fan. i'm aware of it. i'm more interested in the mechanics of how those things work, in what makes them go fast. i'm interested in quality and performance. >> rose: a bit of engineering? >> very much engineering. a lot of what i do is engineer

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. >> and richard branson is probably very upset, too. >> right, that he can't buy this planet. >> soould scientists not be able to find it? >> we're talking about the so-called xo planet. there have been fewer than 500 of these discovered so far. but they're looking at this possible goldilocks planet. that means not too close, not at that too far, not too hot, not too cold. possibly perfect for the ingredients of life. this is very difficult research we're talking about. this is meticulous and painstaking stuff. they're looking at imagery coming from 20 light years away, trying to pick out these objects. they came across this one object and they weren't too sure. i'll give you a quick demonstration of how hard this stuff is to measure. i have some props. now, this flashlight is meant to illustrate the star. so it's bright. now you have to imagine a fire fly that's circling around this star. you have to spot that fire fly and measure it from 1,000 miles away. that's what they're trying to do in this case. it's very, very difficult work. >> so does that mean that the work that they've

it was founded by virgin airlines founder richard branson and hopes to make its first passenger flightsometime next year. the price for the experience estimated at $200,000. the company says it already has 370 reservations for a ride. >> debbie downer dogs really? researchers find that some dogs are pessimists viewing their water bowl as half empty. british scientists learn this by training dogs to go to their water bowl. those that ran quickly to find a meal are optimistic. some would slink up expecting the worst. experts say those downer doggies tend to bark when left alone and can be destructive. maybe mad because people keep moving their food around. >> that might be what it is. >> i know there's people that are angry at 49ers. >> a lot of talk. sick of the talk. 49er fans are sick of the talk. there was some decisions today that were made and this was caught on the national cameras last night. the argument between singletary and smith. the owner sent a text message that's getting national headlines and the poor guy for the atlanta braves. an update of what he's doing at the game t

richard branson made a dramatic entrance at the opening of his new mexico space port, a slide in of whiteng people into space for a fraction of what nasa charges. they expect tour flights could begin 9 to 18 months from now. next at 6:00, system failure, system fear. flames shooting into the sky from a local refinery. the largest leak of pentagon documents in u.s. history offers documents in u.s. history offers new insight into what insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and hoping for different results. i've built businesses. i've built a business. met the payroll. met a payroll. i enter this office beholden to no one except you. i will owe my office to no one but you. i don't owe anyone anything. i don't owe anyone anything. what's the worst that can happen? what's the worst thing that can happen?

sir richard branson made a dramatic entrance of the opening of his new mexico space port by flying inrd 1-9-2. that's a special jet with a launch platform taking people into space for a fraction of what nasa spends. nasa officials were on board for the space port's grand opening. they predict tour flights could begin 9 to 18 months from now. and that would be fantastic. today's not a day you want to go up in the sky, right? >> no no. still stuck in our little wet pattern. although now looking at things beginning to dry out a little bit. still some light rain especially over into the east bay. berkeley and orinda now through walnut creek. but this is the flow starting from west to east. we're looking at about five hours of a bit of a lull. only see some light rain because of the next system for mid afternoon through early evening. heavier rain tomorrow midday and we'll see a couple of dry days before another system wants to get us wet by next thursday. >> you've given us the heads up. thanks lisa. thank you for joining us. next news

sir richard branson's enterprise spaceship made its first manned free flight rising from 45,000 feetcommercial space vehicle. commercial flights are scheduled to begin -- just two years away, brian. 2012. save your money. flight is expected to cost $200,000 a pop. passengers will have to undergo rigorous testing before their trip including -- then, you're out of it. those are the headlines today. >> all right. and look who is joining us on the curvy couch, dana perino. >> hi. how are you? >> good. what was going on yesterday? karl rove, ed gillespie both being attacked by the white house and the president of the united states. >> been going on for a few days, you know, the -- the white house is obviously in a fix. the democrats are having a rough time. they're going to lose seats in november big time. what you've seen, i think, from the white house over every other week or so, you have a new villian. one day it's george bush and the next week it's john boehner and then they'll bring probably vice president cheney around. they attacked the chamber of commerce as well. karl rove is a p

. >> as richard branson said, the sky is no longer the limit. >> 200 k a pop. >> i know. >> our, jujuanks. >>> time now for the weather and good morning, monday morning, to sam champion. >> hey, good morning, everyone. >>> we're starting this week in october with summerlike heat hanging on in the country. check out minneapolis, normally at 61. memphis, you're at 88 today. there's an awful lot of warm air. some of that will spark strong storms new york of dallas. and texarkana. the entire state of pennsylvania looks like from pittsburgh all the way to philly will fire up some strong severe thunderstorms later on this afternoon. there's a look at your big board on this with the flag with columbus day kind of thing. >>> you've got a foon day in store temperatures above norma with move move the sunny to partly cloudy sky two degree guaranteed high of 8h clouds will build up and the chance of showers and thunderstorms this evening and overnight with temperatures cooler at 76 but the cool weather spills into second half of the week. wednesday 68 and rain showers on thursday and high of only

. >> as richard branson said, the sky is no longer the limit. >> 200k a pop. >> i know.there a refundable deposit if you change your mind? >> not for acts of god or weather, i'm sure. >> okay, juju, thanks. >>> time now for the weather and good morning, monday morning, to sam champion. >> hey, good morning, everyone. and we're starting this week in october with summerlike heat still holding on in the country. check minneapolis. normally, you're at 61 degrees this time of year. 77 for the high today. memphis, you're at 88 today. there's an awful lot of warm air still holding, and some of that will spark some strong storms. north of dallas and texarkana. strong storms this area that will later refire today. also, the entire state of pennsylvania it looks like from pittsburgh all the way to philly will fire up some strong, severe thunderstorms later on this afternoon. there's a look at your big board on this wave the flag columbus day kind of thing. >> should also mention this late summer heat is not just a problem for the south but l.a.'s at 85 today. it looks like phoenix

sir rich and branson and governor bill richardson were on hand friday at space port america.the british billionaire says his spaceship ii may start flying tourists to space in 9 to 18 months for a cool 200,000 bucks. >>> taken took 50 years but the texas rangers are heading to the world series. last night, texas won its first pennant in franchise history, by rolling over the defending world series champion new york yankees, 6-1, and it was yankees slugger alex rodriguez, the former texas ranger himself, of course, who was the final out of the series, and the 27 world series championships for the yankees, a little solace with the folks sitting with me in the restaurant last night. >> you can't win them a all though. >>> bill karins has a first check of the forecast. >> two big storms, one in the middle of the country and one in the pacific northwest. the storm systems in the pacific northwest almost feels like the middle of winter. these are big rain storms and wind makers and the higher elevations we're going to pick up some snow. we're expecting as much as three to five inch

for locations, see drscholls.com arthel: one small flight for richard branson, his spaceship, one bigp for space tourism, virgin galactic's spaceship 2 piggy backing a ride, above the mohave desert and released for the first solo glide flight and the plan is for the 6 passenger spaceship to carry tourists into space, someday soon. they are still in the testing phase, 370 customers put down their deposits another trip to space and it costs them $200,000, each. bill: we'll buy two tickets. arthel: absolutely. bill: imagine, frequent flyer mileage you get with that bad boy! rack 'em up, right? all of these fly miles, i went to space, for crying out loud! if republicans have a big night in 22 days they might take control of congress, both the house and the senate. they might and if they do, what are their ideas? one leading political handicapper is charlie cook out of washington and he now says, as of today, 90 seats currently held by democrats are in jeopardy. now, that is up from 81 seats about a week ago and charlie cook is the guy a lot of people follow and give a lot of attention to,

branson of all, running for governor of nevada -- brian sandoval, running for governments and nevada. we have seen tom -- will lose, paul harry lose -- tom daschle lose, paul harry lose. he gap between sandoval's popularity and engle's merrilee this shows the difference between the two parties. -- narrow lead shows the differences between the parties. they're a great within their group that -- against anyone -- they are angry with anyone it within their group that does not play party politics. >> john avlon is our guest -- host: john avlon is our guest. he is the author of "wingnuts: how the lunatic fringe is hijacking america" and is a senior political columnist for the daily beast. first caller, from oregon. caller: i have been a greeny for years. this two-party system -- the only people, elizabeth warren and bernie sanders, they're the only people that i feel are still fighting a good fight. it is beyond me why we do not have some form of a single payer plan, if you will. host: we have some environmental issues on the table, john avlon, single payer, from laurean. guest: callers se

that from virgin go lactic's richard branson.i suppose, to the baby ship. at one point the passengers will be paying $200,000 a ticket to go at low space flight. good morning. i'm rob marciano. this shot taken about 23,000 feet up. we're watching this area of development for potentially becoming a tropical depression or storm in the next couple of days as it drifts to the northwestern caribbean. this is a hot spot for hurricanes this time of year. this is where wilma developed in 2005 and pummeled south folks n. the record warm temperatures across the eastern third of the country. more humidity being pumped up by this low which has thunderstorms that earlier were on the severe side north of dallas. these are rumbling to the east toward texarkana. if you are traveling, d.c. metro, a little delays later because of thunderstorms and thunderstorms right now across dallas and houston and later this morning may cause problems. little rock at 91. 117 days above the 90-degree mark, that set a record. it's been a toasty summer and fall. "