, but for our purposes today, the thing that is most interesting about allen shepard is that he is theshepard and that was because the mission profile that we did today is very similar to the one that allen flew when he became the first american in space i guess 60 years ago. so we are very honored to have you guys here. thank you for joining us. it's incredible. i got some pictures with them backstage, and those are getting blown up big. thank you. [ laughter ] and we have a couple of things we flew. >> so we had the opportunity to bring with us -- it was actually on loan from the explorers club. we were able to fly with a piece of canvas from the wright flyer. so the plane that the wright brothers flew, we brought a piece of that canvas with us which was really powerful as well as a bronze medallion that was made from the first hot air balloon flight in 1783 which was the first time man ever, you know, left the earth and controlled flight. so we were very thrilled to be able to bring both of those along with us. >> and we thought those precious objects back. >> yes, we did. and the e

and then allen shepard was apollo moon walker and has a gigantic list of accomplishments, but for ourhing that is most interesting about allen shepherd is that he is the name sake for this vehicle new she shepherd, and that's because the mission profile we did today is similar to the one that allen flew when he became the first american in space i guess 6 0ish years ago. that is -- we are honored to have you guys here. thank you for joining us. it's incredible. and i got some pictures with them backstage, and i know those are getting blown up big. thank you. and i have a couple things to show. can we start -- do you want to talk about a couple things we flew? like -- go ahead. >> well, we did -- so, we had the opportunity to brick with us, it was on loan from the explorer's club. we were able to fly with a piece of canvas from the right flier. so the plane the wright brothers flew, we brought a piece of that canvas with us as well as a bronze medallion that was made from the first hot air balloon flight in 1783. that was the first time man ever left the earth and controlled flights. s

feels even roomier, and also to give you a sense, this has ten times the amount of volume that allen shepardspace in 19 61. >> the crew now preparing to blast off for the 11 minute flight where they will experience three minutes of weightlessness. >> everything comes loose, and if you're in space, you're literally going to start to essentially levitate out of your space, because you're in zero g. you're going to get out of your seat. you can come and do somersaults and maybe a superman across the capsule. >> bezos will be accompanied by the first paying civilian aboard a commercial spacecraft. >> oliver, become. >> bezos electric the second billionaire to leave the planet. after richard branson launched his spaceship last week. bezos and his passengers will travel 62 miles above the surface of the earth, a little farther than branson's 53 miles. >> blue origin will take off from west texas where forecasters say the weather looks favorable for liftoff. we'll provide live coverage to the flight tomorrow morning. >>> coming up, the reward increasing after a popular podcaster is killed in a hit

all-civilian, sub orbital's spacecraft, new shepard, named after the first shepherd of space travel, allen shepardamerican in space. we get all reports again for tonight from arms costello. >> roaring off the launch pad in texas, jeff bezos, billionaire space streams came to today. as he, brother mark, oliver damon, and wally funk, blue origin's first passengers flew a weightless 65 miles up. after a few minutes, a dramatic parachute plunge to earth. 3:10-minute trip coming to a soft landing in the desert stand. >> and touchdown. wow >> [laughs] [applause] 21 years after founding blue origin, as an all purpose based company, bezos and his follow passengers earned their astronaut ranks today. >> for wally fong, who was the not allowed to fly because of her gender, as celebrated. >> i want to thank you, sweetheart, because you made it possible for me. i've been waiting a long time to finally get it up there -- >> now the oldest person to ever go to space, joined by the youngest, 18 year old all over. among the memorabilia on board, 1 million a hearts aviator goggles looking down at the earth's atmos

ship, aptly named the new shepherd, after the first american man to achieve sub orbital flight, allen shepardat life magazine story kindle the hopes of a young pilot from oklahoma, one of the first female astronaut hopefuls may finally get her chance to fly high. that does it for tonight. rachel will be back next week. i'll see you tomorrow and sunday morning from eight to 10 pm eastern. this week i'm talking to congressman bennie thompson, from the committee to investigate the january 6th insurrection. have a great holiday. and goodnight. ay an>> let me welcome everyone to the be. we begin tonight with donald trump's kids speaking out amid this ongoing criminal criminal probe after their company, where they work, the trump organization and his longtime cfo, have been indicted. it was 15 counts of charges we've been running through that are in our coverage starting -- growing pressure and heat on ellen weisselberg to talk, to flip. now, there are many ways to count this up and their debates over how typical this kind of charges is. but as a practical, legal matter he could face over a decade.

. >> yeah so it's the difference between what allen shepard did and what john glen did in the early space program. alan shepard, like we're seeing here with the virgin galactic and blue origin is the lowest hanging fruit. it's basically if you threw a rock straight up in the air and that rock was able to go up to 50 or 60 miles high. gravity will eventually pull it back down to the earth. that's your flight. a hop up into the atmosphere and back down. that's what a sub orbital flight is. an orbital flight, you throw a rock so hard that it misses the earth and goes all the way around the earth and goes coming flying back from behind your head over and over again and you're in orbit. you're flying at 17,500 miles per hour and orbiting the earth every 90 minutes. it's a matter of how fast you have to go when the space shuttle or when falcon 9 and dragon are going to orbit, they're expending enough energy 50 times more energy than we're seeing here by these vehicles. it's the velocity squared for high school a students at home, you know, it's mach 3 minus -- versus mach 27 or 28 thereabouts.

we are learning that, again, the spacecraft named the new shepard after allen shepard, the first americana really big day for not only jeff bezos but for the future of space tourism and space exploration. bezos taking a big step but also joining another billionaire virgin galactic founder richard branson who did the same thing with his team about nine days ago. much different operations though. you know, you look at virgin galactic. they have a space plane with blue origin not like your traditional rocket it takes off vertically. once it is launched into space that booster that got the capsule to space will then land vertically to be reused later. whereas branson's ship it landed like the space shuttle would. so bezos and team hoping to land safely in a capsule via parachute. jeff bezos though talking about, obviously, their operations are much different than virgin galactic but the sort of goal and the future of space travel and tourism is sort of the same. >> this is a tourism mission. it's very important because it lets us practice and it will let more people get up into space. that pr

morning at the manhattan district attorney's office cfo allen weisselberg is appearing in court this hour along with trump organization lawyers shepard smith will be back with details as soon as they are made public covid cases are up 10% as the delta variant spreads in the u.s. cdc director walensky and the white house will send special teams to where the variant is having a significant impact. president biden says today's agreement to support a global minimum tax for large corporations is an important step toward more equity in the global economy >>> and this panda cub in china probably not thinking about global taxes our fascination has caught the attention for giant pandas in the northwestern section of the country. kelly, back to you >> thank you, rahel solomon. >>> a check on the markets here. the s&p in record territory in the trading session once again, still hanging on to a half a percent gain the nasdaq went positive it's up nearly 100 points right now. how about hertz. it had been up 11% let's see, hanging on to about that gain as the company exits bankruptcy avis is 3% higher and has more than doubled this year one of the

allen shepherded. that's why the name of that spacecraft is called shepard.rience and come down in a parish where the launchpad as but a different model but i still i think it's still impressive and i'm really looking forward to that one. >> michael messam you note, appreciate talking history this tonight. >> joshua, thanks so much for having me. >> thank you very much. coming up, the u.s. is withdrawing from afghanistan. what will become of the afghan interpreters who risked their lives alongside americas troops? that's next. ext. to give everyone the joy of 5g by giving every customer a new 5g phone, on us, aha! old customers. new customers. families. businesses. in-laws. law firms. every customer. new 5g phones when you trade in your old ones. and if you're not a customer, we'll help cover the cost to switch. just ask wanda. she's been with us since... (gasps)... now. upgrade your phone. upgrade your network. your mission: stand up to moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. and take. it. on... with rinvoq. rinvoq a once-daily pill can dramatically improve

shepard smith. this is the news on cnbc the trump organization and cfo allen weisselberg plead not guilty to charges of fraud and grand larceny. what is in the newly unsealed indictments? rescue efforts back on after fears of a second collapse >> there is still a possibility someone could be alive someone could still be breathing. someone could be there >> the consoler-in-chief thanking first responders and visiting victim family shock and outrage. bill cosby's accusers speaking out. after the former tv star's release from prison. the supreme court closes it term with a major decision on voting rights the ruling and how it will impact all of us at the polls. 17 injured in a fireworks explosion. and represent liz cheney gets the nod to investigate the capitol hill riot. >> live from cnbc, the facts the truth. the news with shepard smith. >>> good evening former president trump's family business is facings it gravest threat yet the trump organization ands it money man, indicted, charged and accused what prosecutors call a sweeping and audacious illegal payment and criminal tax fraud scheme the manhatt

shepard smith. this is the news on cnbc the trump organization and cfo allen weisselberg plead not guilty to chargesents? rescue efforts back on after fears of a second collapse >> there is still a possibility someone could be

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shepard smith with the latest hi, shep. >> we're expecting criminal indictments against the trump organization and its money man, the chief financial officer, allenastern time. we will have live coverage on cnbc when it happens weisselberg, of course, already surrendered himself to the manhattan district attorney. that happened early this morning after 6:00 nbc news learned the charges handed up from a grand jury in new york involve an alleged scheme by the former president's company to pay weisselberg and other employees off the books with fringe benefits like cars and apartments to avoid, evade, i should say, taxes. let's take a live look at the manhattan criminal courthouse now. weisselberg's attorney says he plans to plead not guilty and plans to fight the charges the manhattan d.a. has been investigating the trump organization for years now they are looking into possible criminal conduct, including insurance and tax fraud. attorneys for the former president say that they do not expect he'll be charged today. he has called this investigation a witch hunt now, here's what we're told will happen this afternoon inside the courtroom. after the in