musk thought it funny to use a car because it's a heavy object. but it was cleary, you know, sort of tongue in cheek moment to reference his other company, which was tesla. but it really did a phenomenal job. people were blown away to see the images of this car with a mannequin dressed in a space suit kind of hurtling towards the outer reaches of the space system. those are the images that gets people excited of thinking about space, which is not something a lot of people really focus on given all the issues here on earth. >> indeed. and i guess that's why it's caused so much excitement and everybody's talking about it, day two. how long, how far away do you think the dream is, the dream of going to mars ask space tourism, all things that musk has said he wants to do? >> you know, it's hard to put a time line on it. it's not going to be, you know, next year. but if you look at spacex overall as a company, they've been at this since 2002 and they've designed rockets from the beginning to be reusable. so what was incredible about yesterday's falcon

>>> elon musk tells us what surprised him the most about his groundbreaking launch sending his car toward mars. >> i didn't really think this would work. >> what it could mean now for the future of space travel. >>> plus, the new warning about snapchat after photos of teen girls hacked and posted online. >> a decision on a controversial idea to clean up bourbon street in new orleans. >>> and prepare for "game of thrones" meets "star wars." the new plan just announced. >>> and a good wednesday morning to you all. president trump threatens to shut down the government if he doesn't get his way on immigration. >> the white house chief of staff john kelly is making no apologies after calling some immigrants who didn't sign up for the daca program lazy. all this as congress scrambles to come up with a funding bill before the government runs out of money again this time tomorrow night. abc's kenneth moton has the latest. good morning, kenneth. >> reporter: good morning. yes, we have a few looming deadlines here in washington, up first funding the government by tomorrow and then addressing the fa

it sounds like elon musk is managing all our expectations, isn't he!es matter fit into all of this, and the space agencies? spacex does have a contract with nasa to supply materials to the international space station, it also has a contract for future astronauts to be sent into space. nasa is watching this very, very carefully. nasa's also competing with this rocket development, because it has its own very heavy rocket in development at the moment, the space launch system. that has actually been delayed until 2022, which makes this test launch commercially hugely important for elon musk and spacex. victoria, we must leave it there for now. i note you will keep an eye on this for us, and fingers crossed that it does happen within this window you will have been describing. victoria gill, oui’ have been describing. victoria gill, our science correspondent, thank you. some news in from taiwan. there has been a huge earthquake there, and rotors are now reporting that two people have died —— reuters reporting. and more than 100 have been injured in this eart

a new american rocket built not by nasa, but by billionaire entrepreneur elon musk. and millions were watching today. his $90 million gamble, launching his own rocket. the spacex falcon heavy lifting off into a clear sky, some very unusual cargo inside. elon musk's own tesla sports car carried into space, where it is tonight, with a dummy there in the driver's seat. that car now speeding toward mars. you can't make this up. three rockets attached are supposed to come back down and stick the landing. but would they? millions again watching that part, as well. all part of elon musk's hope of carrying people back to the moon and starting a colony on mars. abc's david kerley leads us off from cape canaveral tonight. >> three, two -- >> reporter: from the same launch pad america sent men to the moon -- >> liftoff of falcon heavy. >> reporter: -- elon musk's spacex ignited the falcon heavy, the biggest rocket in the world. >> you heard the callout. vehicle is supersonic. >> reporter: actually, three rockets strapped together. the two boosters recycled. cheers as they pull

it did carry one of musk's tesla sports cars aboard. the launch, and a jaw-dropping landing, pushing the boundaries of technology and possibly owning the doors for potential space travel. we are at cape canaveral with details. >> ten, nine, eight -- >> reporter: under a perfect florida blue sky, another of billionaire elon musk's dreams roared to life today. >> ignition. liftoff! the spacex falcon heavy rocket with 27 engines thundering off the launch pad. that for decades sent apollo missions into space. this time an unmanned mission to prove three rockets tied together could work in perfect synchrony. break the earth's gravitational pull and head for a journey into deep space. spacex mission control near los angeles, euphoric. and in a stroke of engineering genius, this. two of the three rockets returned safely to earth for reuse, setting off sonic booms as they roared through the atmosphere and hit their targets, side by side. >> and the falcons hatch landed. >> it really feels like we've got a shot at going back to the moon, mars an

. >> elon musk just tossed a car to mars. it's so cool. i love that moment. >> awesome. good morning, everyone, welcome to "early start." i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. it is wednesday, february 7th. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. the federal government runs out of money in about 44 hours. but leaders from both parties say they are near a deal to fund the government for two years. the republican and democratic leaders in the senate huddling to hash out their remaining -- remaining issues on defense and spending problems. daca has not been part of the spending talks. >> negotiators got a brief scare when president trump jumped into that issue with both feet. >> we don't get rid of these loopholes where killers are allowed to come into our country and continue to kill, gang members, and we're not just talking about ms13. there are many gang members we already have mentioned. if we don't change it, let's have a shutdown. we'll do a shutdown. it's worth it for our country. i'd love to see a shutdown if we don't get there stuff take -- get this stuff taken care of. >

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|j that —— elon musk. will it be this year as you said earlier?people, we will have oui’ year. for other people, we will have our brave test pilot going up and i will go up. will we see you going up if that happens? i would obviously love to go up this year, so we will see how it goes. you have been trying to do this for a long time. as elon musk really increased the pressure? in this business, there must be no pressure. we have spent 12 years getting this far. we will not rush unnecessarily to be the first to put people into space. if we happen to be the first to put people into space, i am sure, i'm hope elon musk will do the same! with see how it goes. the reason he hasn't put people into space it is he wants to be sure of their safety. that is richard branson there now. let's brief you on other business stories. hundreds of kentucky fried chicken's 900 restaurants across the uk are expected to remain closed today because of a lack of chicken. they've been struggling to deliver supplies chain switched its delivery contract to dhl last week. kfc

personal roadsters into space, when asked why he would sends $100,000 vehicle into outer space, musk tweeted that he loved the thought of a car drifting apparently endlessly through space. and if everything goes well, on the this launch, the falcon heavily start hauling satellites and other space items into orbit. >> when the rocket -- it will be exciting. >> the price tag for each falcon heavy launch $90 million which is considered inexpensive for a rocket this size. says the reuseable parts will help keep the cost lower than his competition, and says if the lawn such successful, these rockets could be used by the us government. >> and musk said he himself would like to be able to lands on mars by the year 2020. very cool. >> so chantee, this launch it, doesn't sound like it is a sure thing. like what are the chances cents of this thing may blow up? >> reporter: musk says only between 50 to 75% chance of being successful, and packing the equivalent of 4 million pounds every tn. it will either be the a great rocket launch or best fireworks display we've ever seen. blasts offset to ha

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musk's very own roadster from his own company, tesla.dummy in a space suit and a message on the dash. don't panic, the playful test car accompanied by music from david bowie. the plan is to send it tesla towards mars. but first remarkable pictures of the dummy dubbed star man with a glorious background of earth. what did you learn? what did falcon heavy teach you? >> i guess taught me like crazy things can come true. i didn't really think this would work. when i say rocket lift off, i see a thousand things that could not work and it's amazing when they do. >> reporter: the big rocket means much heavier cargo, satellites can be carried to space and gets musk closer to his dream of going to mars, even colinizing the red planet. musk, who said there was only a 50/50 chance of this working has an amazing launch. you could feel the funder as the rocket was up in the air. as for the core, it slammed in to the ocean next to the drone ship. a minor setback considering the spectacular day and the pictures of the roadster from space. it was quite

as elon musk increased the pressure? trying to do this a long time.eased the pressure7m this business, there must be no pressure. we spent 12 years getting this part. we will not rush unnecessarily to be the first to put people into space. if we happen to be the first to put people into space, i hope elon musk would do the same but we'll see how it goes. the reason he has not put people into spaceis reason he has not put people into space is because he wants to be sure of their safety. stating that india and canada's prime ministerjustin trudeau continues a week—long visit to promote trade and investment. it is his first visit to india since taking office. he will meet the prime minister with an agenda covering energy and education and infrastructure. for more, we are joined by a macro —— or more, we are joined by a macro —— or more, we are joined by a macro —— or more, we are joined by devina gupta. it looks like both countries want to increase trade and investment? yes, and it is down to business forjustin trudeau who will be meeting mumbai business

rocket that this is the elon musk rocket thatis that this is the elon musk rocket that is reusable,ots of you getting in touch sending out m essa g es getting in touch sending out messages about this. one says, hell yes, i'd go to space. another said, send the politicians and their spin doctors into space to see how small they really are. these are incredible pictures from space. that isa mannequin, incredible pictures from space. that is a mannequin, a dummy, nota real person. we had one tweet that said yes, i wanted to be an astronaut after seeing the moon landing aged ten. i was told a girl cannot be an astronaut, i want to prove them wrong. that has already been proved wrong, plenty of women in space. another said could i go into space quest might yes, i'm curious to go up quest might yes, i'm curious to go up there and what we could do given a bigger space. a few viewers got in touch saying, i know who i would send into space but we won't mention those names! no, we will leave it to your imagination. just as they are tesla car is up there in space. elon musk will be in there in

onboard the unmanned ship musk's own cherry red tesla roadster from his electric car company with the space suit a dummy in the seat and a stereo playing the late david bowie's space oddity on repeat the rockets side boosters separated from the main body and flew back to earth touching down in a perfectly choreographed double landing the boosters will eventually be reused on another mission another booster was designed to land of war to ship at sea musk says felt going to have these payload will go into an elliptical orbit of the sun that extends as far out as the orbit of mars and will continue circling for hundreds of millions of years a some people have criticized the norns as an expensive stunt it came a day before musk's tesla electric car an energy storage company reported its biggest ever quarterly loss last more than six hundred seventy five million dollars in the last three months of twenty seventeen companies been spending heavily as it rolls out the next generation of the electric cars and social media platform twitter has reported its first ever quarterly net profits of ni

musk's very own roadster from his other company tesla which makes electric cars.n't panic, playful test cargo accompanied by music from david bowie. the plan is to send a tesla to mars but first remarkable picture of a dummy dubbed star man with glorious background of the star called earth. >> what did you learn? what did falcon heavy teach you. >> i get it taught me that crazy things come true. because i didn't really think this would work. because when i seen the rocket lift off i seen a thousand things that could not work and it's amazing when they do. >> the big rocket means much heavier cargo. satellites can be carried to space and closer to his dream of colonizing mars. musk said there was only 50/50 chance of this working has a stunning success tonight. >> for "nightline" i'm david curly. >> it was eleanor roosevelt who said the future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. thank you for watching "nightline" and as always we're online on facebook thanks for the company america. good night.

here is elon musk. it is just forfun. business. here is elon musk. it is just for fun.t is the purpose of sending a card to mars, there's no point, it isjust sending a card to mars, there's no point, it is just for fun and to get the public excited. as you were saying, normally when a new rocket is tested they put something boring on likea is tested they put something boring on like a block of concrete. we were like, that is boring, what is the most fun thing we can put on because this is just most fun thing we can put on because this isjust a most fun thing we can put on because this is just a test flights. we don't want to put valuable satellites on board so the car is the most fun thing we can think of. this graphic helps us understand how it compares with other rockets. it lifts 6a tonnes into lower orbit, twice as much as its nearest rival, the delta four heavy space shuttle which used to lift around 2a tonnes but now decommissioned. this video is entitled how not to land a rocket booster. it has had its ups and downs over the years. you may remember this from 201a

we're still waiting to hear from elon musk.'ll be hearing from a lot of market analysts on the comeback that was to the right of your screen. so if there's a way to time these metaphors, this was it. welcome, everybody. i'm neil cavuto. you're watching "your world." stocks came back and 50 years after we use that space platform to really get going on our lunar program, remember it was from th

yesterday i spoke with elon musk.e was running through all the things that could possibly go wrong here. he said he would consider it a success if the rocket just simply cleared launch pad 39 a. of course this is an historic launch pad. this is where apollo 11 sent humans to the moon. but had it been destroyed with this launch, it also would have delayed all the further launches. they said falcon heavy could be toward relaunch in three to six months and of course that would have been delayed if the launch pad was destroyed. as we saw today, it was successful. it was not destroyed so that will not be a problem. we're waiting to see how successful it was. as you were speaking with miles, there is his own personal tesla roadster on board with that space dummy on there playing david bowie space odyssey. we will keep you updated as we get all this incredibly exciting space information. >> i love, love, love the enthusiasm. thank you so much. i still have miles o'brian and leroy caio with me. where is the rocket going? >> i

lives that don't have an elosk musk to care for them. today in maryland a high-speed amtrak train came apart at 120 miles an hour. it just came apart. amtrak prefers the phrase decoupling, like a celebrity divorce. a fatal accident this past weekend killed two workers when a train was on the wrong track. it's all preventable. the technology is there. high-speed trains around the world are over twice as fast as ours because there's no elon musk to care about our trains. the new york city subway system is an assault on the human senses. every ride, every day. and yet for millions it's become normal, because there is no elon musk to care enough to make it any better. and here's an american airlines timetable from 1961. new york to l.a., faster than it is on today's schedule with delays factored in. our jet planes still fly at the same speed as they did in the eisenhower era because there's no elon musk to make them any better or faster. one final note about elon musk, the inventor of tesla. he sent his own tesla into space today just for fu

we're going to go to elon musk.that lawns, there will be a lot of spoke, that is a big thrust. so anyway, tom will be around to tell us is going on. i don't really care what else is happening, we will show that rob et launch. the issue of russia continues to get in the way. the new york times says his legal team wants him to avoid a meeting with robert hoouler. they're also debating whether or not to release the response to that nunes memo from last week. joining me is ken delaney. she voted to impeach president nixon. let's see, what did the president's people say about on our off of the record about where they don't want him interviewed? >> they think it is a perjury trap. they are deeply concerned, it's not fair for any defendant it would be difficult. >> yeah, and the vice president, convicted, and trump is a man who was caught lying 30 times by some counts in a 2007 deposition. a lot of peril for him to sit down. >> if you're under oath, if you're in front of a grand jury, you're cop pells not to lie, and if yo

and heavy is carrying a long musk tesla roadster convertible as a mock payload loaded these pictures to his twitter feed a short time ago and these are the very latest is just a few seconds ago live as the test or the tell me at least driving past. an extraordinary almost live shot there are plenty of razzmatazz on this particular space flight the falcon heavy is propelled by twenty seven rocket engines giving us a thrust the sequel to eighteen boeing seven four seven jets means it can take incredibly heavy payloads of up to sixty three thousand kilos second only to the rocket nasa used for its moon missions its cost cutting really usable boosters also gives space x. an edge over other companies competing for lucrative contracts with nasa satellite companies and the u.s. military and it's a kind of technology that musk hopes will eventually send people to mars and build a colony there well i'm joined by space author tim fernholz from the kennedy space center in cape canaveral florida thanks very much for coming on to algiers or on what is an extraordinary day that i am sure we're see

elon musk is a dreamer, right? he tries to do things.rastructure doesn't exist, he tries to do it. he talked to tom costello about having a town orvil village on mars. he wants to be buried there in decades. the science doesn't say it is necessarily practical in decades. but without guys like elon musk and guys like him, he won't dream big enough to try. >> you're absolutely right. at nasa, we like to say we make the impossible possible. turn science fiction into science facts. it's dreaming. elon has brought an energy and imagination to the space industry that was sorely needed. he's challenged everybody. nasa and other commercial companies. we all appreciate that. you have to keep everything in perspective, however. you know, all of a sudden, launch day comes and the mission comes and you've got to make sure that what you set in your sights is achievablchievable. you should strive for something bigger and better than has ever been done before. >> elon musk said, 50% chance or better the thing is going to blow up before it takes off. sc

but ever the showman of commercial space travel, elon musk let loose his own tesla roadster into spacemplete with a space suited mannequin in the driving seat and david bowie on a loop on the radio. as the drama of this launch is celebrated back on earth, mr musk says his car could be on a journey around the sun for up to a billion years. victoria gill, bbc news. that's it from us. in a moment, here on bbc one, we'll have the news where you are, but we leave you tonight with some words and images to mark the centenary of women's suffrage. good night. in spite of awful danger and discouragement because they knew their cause was right. they were ordinary women from ordinary backgrounds who did extraordinary things because they felt it was right that they should be able to vote and have a say in the policies of the nation. we stand on their shoulders, we know we have a huge challenge ahead to get equality for out challenge ahead to get equality for our daughters and granddaughters. welcome to sportsday with me john watson, swansea with eight goals against notts county. manchester united r

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elon musk said the rocket has a 50% chance of blowing up. if it works, it could be a landmark step toward privatized travel into deeper space, to the moon or mars. tom costello joins us live from the kennedy space center. you drew the good straw on this one, tom. >> reporter: not bad. 70 plus degrees in florida. all systems are good. the weather looks good. so far, no technical issues. elon musk calls this the falcon heavy. it is essentially three falcon 9s put together. as you mentioned, this will now be the biggest launch from the ksc since the apollo moon missions. the giant sitting on the pad this morning in florida is set to lift off with the kind of explosive power not seen here in 45 years. the mission, break through earth's gravitational pull and head for a solar orbit, including mars. this reported $90 million mission, paid for by elon musk, billionaire space founder, who admits he is a little giddy. how you feeling? >> really excited. i mean, this is the moment i've been waiting for for a long time. >> lift off on apollo 11. >> rep

made not by nasa but bay area billionaire elon musk. and tonight his own tesla roadster with a starman mannequin in the driver's seat in a space suit is in permanent orbit between the earth and marshals. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> now the tesla and the mannequin expected to orbit the suns for hundreds of millions of years and the launch will likely lead to even bigger rockets which could help one day help musk send people to marshals. >> here is abc news reporter. >> reporter: from the launch pad america sent men to the moon, elon musk's spacex ignited the falcon heavy, the biggest rocket in the world. >> you heard the callout, vehicle is supersonic. >> actually three rockets strapped together. the two boosters recycled. cheers as heye they pull away from the $90 million vehicle. >> successful separation. >> but this private space company with intentions of going to marshals wasn't through. the boosters slowing reentry with another engine firing and nearly synchronized landing. >> falcon has landed. >>en at big reveal of the cargo

and his aerospace company and to mark the occasion musk i'm sure the rocket contains some very special cargo. three weeks i he said it was either going to be a great rocket launch or the best fireworks display ever be thankfully for a long mouse it was the former not least because the rocket was carrying one of his tesla sports cars. you know that this image of just a explosion that you. get that we all about their daily lives excitement there would be because a lot of the legs saying good night i miss you just as or inspiring as it once was here some fifty years ago and it provided the backdrop to missions to the moon now it could be about getting to mas be the spoken heavy is special not just because of its power but also because of its price it can carry twice the weight of its closest rival about five double decker buses for a third of the cost so can have the will be the biggest rocket since the saturn five moon booster it's not quite that big but it's on the path to enabling that kind of exploration whether it's the moon or mars basically beyond low earth orbit and. much of the c

behind mosque -- musk's humor, bold ambitions. falcon heavy will lift twice as much as the current largest rocket in the u.s. spaceflight for a quarter of the cost. what are those cost savings are found in reusable boosters, designed to return to earth after launch. at stake is a big business, with nasa, satellite companies, and the u.s. military. before the launch, musk acknowledged the thin margin for error, but was characteristically optimistic. >> there is so much that can go wrong. i hope it goes right. reporter: he is already designing a bigger rocket, capable of carrying astronauts -- hopefully, one day to mars. daniel: but for now, back down to earth. consumers will now be able to shop online throughout the european union, without being blocked or rerouted. the european parliament has voted to end geo-blocking. traders have to treat cross-border shoppers in the same way as local ones, and grant them access to the same prices, which means online buyers will have wider and easier access to products. but the new rules do not

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elon musk planning to drive a tesla to mars. >> only elon musk would do this was the falcon heavy, spacee launching in florida, elon musk posted pictures on instagram what the payload would be before the falcon heavy, the new tesla roadster, a red one with a dummy wearing a spacesuit inside that roadster. that is going up tomorrow also. here is what elon musk said in a press conference over the phone. >> if we are successful it is game over for others. >> reporter: only elon musk would do this and he says if it is successful we can expect some commercial launches sometime in the future. it is interesting stuff. heather: appreciate it, have a great day. another declassified document to shake up congress, the democrats turn, democrats counter memo heading to the president's desk, the house and tell committee votes to make it public, here to weigh in investigative reporter, thanks for joining us this morning, appreciate it. will this democratic memo be released? are they doing what they did with the republican side, the president had five days to decide. >> democrats tied to block the relea

like most things with elon musk, this is at scale. there a little cool -- a little bit of a political contest as well? south australia suffered a blackout in 2016. who is for it and who is against it? perry: that is a good point. the statewide blackout, september in 2016, it is what sparked all of this. south australia has come under a lot of criticism for embracing clean energy to ambitiously come around for 5% of its power comes from clean energy. elon musk was one of the solutions to that last year. thats not lost on anyone the announcement came yesterday at the start of an election campaign. the labor government in south australia is pinning its hopes on a little bit of elon musk's star appeal. they're also saying it will lower power bills by around one third. people generally think it is not a bad idea so far. the big question is where the funding is coming from. we know there is a little bit, government grant, obviously tesla is involved in the installation, there is still a question over who is going to pay for the rest of this

the falcon heavy launcher is made by spacex, the company owned by the american entrepreneur elon muskondent victoria gill reports. five, four, three, two, one... a countdown to a critical moment. the world's most powerful rocket ignited all 27 of its engines at once, and lifted off from kennedy space centre at 8:45 uk time. less than ten minutes later, in a carefully choreographed aerial dance, its boosters separated and headed back towards earth. two landed simultaneously at the kennedy space centre, while the third headed for a drone ship in the middle of the atlantic ocean. and, apart from its power, it is this recycling of the rocket, slashing the cost of a launch, that makes this a breakthrough in the business of space travel. spacex's ambitions have previously produced some high—profile failures. this falcon nine rocket exploded on the launchpad in 2016, destroying a $260 million satellite. but this test makes falcon heavy the most capable rocket since saturn v, the vehicle that nasa used to take the first astronauts to the moon, almost half a century ago. now the us space agenc

. >> good morning, space x founder and ' long musk says giddy with excitement. over the world to see the lunch. if successful it can become the world's most powerful rocket. >> this is falcon heavy. and in less than ten hours, we will take flight. >> the biggest rocket in the world by far. like first time something exciting happened in rocket launch into very long time. >> nearly as strong as 20 boeing 747 jetliners, and could some day be able to take people to mars. exploring outer space has been long time goal of space x founder musk. >> about believing in the future, thinking the future is better than the past. and i i can't think of anything more exciting than going out there, being among the stars. >> tuesday's test mission will carry one of musk personal test roadsters into space. when asked why he would sends $100,000 vehicle into outer space he tweeted he loved the thought of carstarphan drifting apparently endlessly through space. and if everything goes well on this launch, the falcon heavily start hauling satellites and other space items into orbit. >>

elon musk is down to about $1,000 a pound. we're talking about an improvement on cost, anthat has to do with with the reusability of the boo sers. >> yan these boosters relanded after take-off? >> two madeit back. they landed in perfect sink nisty. it almost looked like animation. it was rather spectacular. those are fully reusable boothsers. the shuttle tried to reusability. but because of compromises in bullets along the way, it was onlierally reusable and ultimately an expensive craft to fly. >> yang: and elon musk, what is he using for a payload? >> sreenivasan: nasa probably would have put in bricks furht we he put in a tesla roadster with a dummy sitting in the seat wite his arm onithin doe, and on the screen of the tesla, it says, "don't panic." david bowie playing, of course. you have to appreciate the cro marketing, tesla, his company, and number two, just the good, plain fun of it. >> yang: absolutely. onu covered the space program for a long, time. what was it like for you to watch this today? >> iurcaught me byise.

three cheers for the spacex crew and elon musk. very exciting.n the meantime, back to markets, shall we. the threat of higher interest rates in fear of inflation. how central banks respond. jerome, give us your perspective on the turmoil that we have seen in equity markets in the u.s., europe, asia, and what that might mean for central banks as they consider the next move? centraln't believe that banks will react to the market selloff, although it is starting to stabilize in some way. some investors are considering selling, but we stay volatile in the markets in general. what is interesting for us, we are seeing crowded this and there are short strategies, but the fundamental driver that led to market to that -- we have been vocal of the fact that we are seeing the market underpricing inflation risk. discussedhs ago we looking at different dimensions of inflation showing notistently that inflation only in the u.s. but europe. the market has to digest that. we think central banks will soon normalize, and that is what will happen. joe: so you think

a tesla roadster which elon musk says will go deep into space. >> we think it's a dummy sitting in the drivers seat, either that or a very underpaid intern. d>> this morning's "eye opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places. >> >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." gayle likes the intern car. >> we've all been interns. that. i'll do that." > does somebody have a claim check? >>> the u.s. says it will unveil its toughest and most aggressive sanctions ever against north korea. the could dampen hopes the two sides could meet at the winter olympics. vice president mike pence discussed the sanctions this sayi morning without saying what they .ill be. he spoke in tokyo after mee to japan's's prime minister. im> this morning kim jong un's sister, also a key adviser, was who's added to north korea's official olympic delegation that will go willuth korea. ben tracy is at the winter olympics site in pyeongchang. ben, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. vice president pence arrives here on friday for the opening ceremony of the winter games. and just two days ago he said a meeting with nor

but this stock, to erin's point, this is a call option on elon musk there is so much future imbeddedthis price. you look at where they have to get to to justify just the market cap they have, $55 billion. somewhere in there talking about selling one to two million cars a year. right now they're selling 100,000 cars a year. yes, they're rolling out new mod ldz. y -- models it's an amazing product. but so much execution priproduc in you have to pull a rabbit out of the hat to get a great return. and then there is the constant delusion problem for years oh, we need at $2 billion. we need this we need that it's not like can you say that's all it's ever going to be. >> isn't this "good will hunting" at a level? i mean here's this guy, ee lon mus who can is clearly brilliant, genius, able to execute amazing things but doesn't actually execute all the time to the point where analysts are saying he says he can deliver this many cars but we don't necessarily believe him. yet look where the stock is. i mean, are you really betting on the potential of elon musk to either deliver something or so