our guest is sir richard branson.ndup of the morning's top stories. >> alcoa announcing it will split into two publicly traded companies. the former dow component said its legacy aluminum operation and automotive are diverging and no longer compatible. alcoa getting a lift on this news. glencorp shares getting hit hard. take a look at glencore down another 3%. check out the futures this morning as well. u.s. futures down at the lows of the morning now. the dow open by more than 100 points to the down side, the s&p and the nasdaq decidedly negative as well. >> one headline to this as well crossing the tape, energy transfer equity and the williams companies announcing a business combination today. the transaction valued at $37.7 billion with a b includes debt. in the meantime we'll get back to richard branson the conversation for the next 20 years focus on the future of entrepreneurship and impact visionaries will have a global economy. his retail music business led to other endeavors from airlines, mobile, health and n

dab in the middle -- people ask me all the time, why branson.and grew up in los angeles and chose branson to live at this stage. >> you're loving life there. >> i am. >> getting out on the boat and going fishing often. >> getting a look at the ozark mountains and how beautiful they are and take a stroll down highway 66 which you've done. >> i have. >> and see all the theaters a. >> people love branson. >> speaking of family. we want to test your knowledge. if you remember or name some of the dishes when you were part of "t the brady family. >> we just celebrated the 45th anniversary. >> really. >> september 25th. >> gee. >> in honor of the 45th anniversary. >> i hope my memory doesn't fail me. >> test you on your culinary. >> all right. >> here we go. >> so you've got to touch the food i guess. >> touch it. >> get in there and bite it, do you know what that is? >> pork chops and applesauce. >> yes. >> excellent. >> all right. got that one right. >> going to get messy here. >> next, little mess, go ahead right here. >> this better be alice pasta,

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and supporters including billionaire richard branson have one fear, that branson just articulated inlahoma newspaper. let me read this for you. richard branson saying, quote, oklahoma is about to kill a man who may well be completely innocent. cnn's victor blackwell joins me now. we know this was supposed to happen at 4:00 eastern. now what, it's up to the supreme court? >> yeah. the state officials are waiting for the decision from two last-minute appeals submitted to the supreme court late last night. and collectively they're asking for a stay, just block this execution while this new information is considered. we'll get to that new information in a moment. but we've got to take you back to 1997 to give you the context. back then, a 19 year eeld handyman at a motel killed the owner of the hotel. now, he was arrested. his story changed several times but eventually he told investigators, yes, he killed the owner of the hotel only because the manager richard gloss up, the man who's now on death row, told him to do so. now, there was an exchange for the testimony in court against gloss

richard branson talking about this. he says, "congrats, malcolm turnbull.sh you all the best and hope social progress and good governance follow." here is one from julia gillard. she was ousted after some bitter internal party relations in recent years. she says, "congratulations and welcome turnbull -- congratulations to malcolm turnbull on becoming prime minister, a great honor and responsibility." rishaad: let's get back to the part -- to parliament. awaiting tony abbott. 24 hours ago, he had dismissed rumors of a leadership challenge and had said it was all canberra gossip. just hours later, he was voted out by his fellow liberal mp's. it is malcolm turnbull, the incoming prime minister. a little movement with the u.s.alian dollar, 0.7128 for one unit of the aussie. as we await tony abbott, let's have a look at what else is going on. looking at commodities and oil, recovering slightly from its fifth fall in six days. concerns about the china slowdown adding to worries about overall supply. investors have been warned to brace themselves for more volatili

when people like resident clinton and richard branson said don't be ashamed about socially consciouspeople see you can't mix philanthropic endeavor with commercial activity. they completely flipped it, and said yes, you can. i am seeing a mentor and a space. who sits on which side of the fence? it's a person who i believe is engaged in the world. charlie: are you talking to him or is he simply posing and you waiting for the moment that you want? russell: we were talking about the citadel, a little-known story in the north of haiti. so i had just interviewed the president on that subject and asked if i could take some photographs. i did. i guess the closest thing for me is that it was just his personality that i was looking for. who he actually is. charlie: where is the biggest passion for you? someone said to take a month and go where ever you want. russell: that would be sophie's choice for me. and i would go to the roots that have driven me. it is around indigenous culture and marginalized culture. and again, i probably want to bring all the elements and bring them together. charli

the ceo is raising with richard branson to develop commercial spaceflights for customers. >>> sal hasn watching traffic for us. 880 is a mess. >> there's slow traffic everywhere. a lot of people have commented to me how this new season, which is notfullily autumn yet. >>> -- officially autumn yet, but it will be soon. it's made things slow. let's take a look. we have northbound 280 that listen super slow getting up from downtown into the valley. that means 101, 85 are slow as well. we're looking at 880. 880 is backed up out of san leandro into fremont now. we had a rash of accidents earlier this morning between 238 and 92. some of them have cleared out. but traffic is slow. it's also slow getting over on the san mateo bridge westbound to the peninsula where we have slow traffic as well. and you can see 680 coming out of the pleasanton area is backed up. but the bay bridge that's really backed up for the 40, 45- minute delay. that's big coming into san francisco if you are paying cash. 7:19. let's go to steve. steve? >> yes, sir. >> it's raining pretty hard in southern california. >> b

perhaps cheaper than richard branson's richard galactic, and it may do some research.st trip slated by the end of the decade. blue origin is also building engines. you're looking at the be3, a be4 is in the works to go into the shepherd and into the nation's new heavy lift rocket being built. basos is helping to rejuvenate the long dormant space coast. guys, at the end of florida news conference, officials trying to pitch basos to move amazon to florida too. no state income taxes. there aren't any state income taxes in washington too where amazon already is. >> he is already pretty good at handling the tax situation, jane. thanks so much. sfwlimplgts right now the s&p right about at session highs. the dow near session highs too. moving in and out of territory. we'll bring you the european close when we come back. it's more than the cloud. it's security - and flexibility. it's where great ideas and vital data are stored. with centurylink you get advanced technology solutions from a trusted it partner. including cloud and hosting services - all backed by an industry lead

richard branson wants to take more than passengers into space.irgin galactic is beefing up their rockets to take small satellites into orbit. a company called one web hired for urgent to deploy a global internet satellite system. those are your top stories at this hour. a quick check of the markets as we are about one hour into the start of u.s. trading. ames have accelerated with the dow jones up 98 points and s&p 500 gaining 10 and the nasdaq up by .5 of 1%. if you take a look at how my bloomberg terminal, you can see the ticks of the three major indices. the white line being s&p 500, the yellow the dow jones and the great the nasdaq. we are pretty much at our best levels of the session. coming back a little bit. if you look at the volume breakdown by sector, you can see that there is actually increased volume in consumer staples. that is higher than a 20 day average. more as trading and the rest of the sectors, nine out of 10 sectors, is below average. notably health care, 37% below the 20 day average. an interesting breakdown as consumers tak

we've seen business leaders, including richard branson, show off their plans to send tourists into spacethe head of amazon, jeff bazos. sorry jeff. i know you watch. he says his startup plan to launch rockets from cape canaveral within just a few years. how is that going to work out? that's coming right up. here to volunteer to help those in need. when a twinge of back pain surprises him. morning starts in high spirits but there's a growing pain in his lower back. as lines grow longer, his pain continues to linger. but after a long day of helping others, he gets some helpful advice. just two aleve have the strength to keep back pain away all day. today, jason chose aleve. aleve, all day strong. and try aleve pm, now with an easy open cap. you pay your auto insurance every month on the dot. you're like the poster child for paying on time. and then one day you tap the bumper of a station wagon. no big deal... until your insurance company jacks up your rates. you freak out. what good is having insurance for using it? hey insurance companies, news flash. nobody's perfect. for drivers with ac

branson,rol randolf these four did not leave the same kind of protectors. the reasons may have varied. at the conditions that have caused them to leave may have changed. the thing that brings them all together is the desire to work out their own destiny. for more than 135 years of this church has been a bedrock in the african-american community. it is the 19th street baptist church. when that part of foggy bottom was predominantly african-american. it is a reminder to us that one of its members was one of the most efficient members of the local underground railroad. .eonard a grimes the thing about brother grimes, he would be drawn into the ministry. would have to go to boston because of underground railroad work in the district. he would be imprisoned. he would never forget being locked up in richmond. he was born outside the city. he was the one occupation in the district that gave black folk a measure of mobility. we couldn't do a lot of other things by law, but they let us drive. for you younger folk when you , iter how to that get to be is because the

charlie: which raises the question, all these people like elon musk and sir richard branson, who wantedreate some kind of vehicles in space -- don't laugh at me. neil: somebody has got to do that. they affect how other people think. i have had students in my class who say, when dan want to work -- one day i want to work for spacex. they are the smartest kid in the class. i want to invent a new car, a new transportation system. i want to invent the next rocket. that is the influence that i am telling you infuses into a , culture when you go into space in a big way. the space sets and everything else comes in after that. charlie: are we losing the race to develop the brightest minds in sufficient quantity as well as other people serve science? neil: the focus tends to be on the brightest units, to get them -- who brightest students, can we get them interested in science, and can they invent something to save the world. there will always be the smartest kids in the class, so i'm not worried about them. i'm worried about the rest of everyone else who is given the freedom to say to themselve

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rose: which raises the question of all these people like jeff basos and elonmusk and sir richard branson that want to create some kind of vehicles in space -- don't laugh at me. >> no, no, i'm not. somebody has to do that. whether or not they will succeed you want somebody there doing that, and they affect how other people i think. i've had students in my classes saying one day i want to work for spacex -- not wall street and get rich. they say, i want to explore what he's doing. i want to invent the new car, the new transportation system, the next rocket. that is the influence that i'm telling you infuses into a culture when you go into space in a big way. the space sets the carrot and everything else comes in after that. >> rose: is that part of your mission? >> i don't have a mission. i would rather stay home. >> rose: when you get up in the morning -- >> when i get up in the morning, i hope the phone doesn't ring. >> rose: why are you going to work? >> i want to play with my kids, have a play date with my wife, that's all i want to do, then i want to go to my lab. >> rose: are you se

rishaad: you don't about richard branson and -- talk about richard benson and the fact that they haveand that makes them afraid of failure. alastair: for a lot of people, fear of failure is something that will hold them back. to embrace that, to embrace failure and to say that that did not go well, what can i learn from that, it might be that you do not learn and you do not develop but i think a lot of people in this book, when i drove down, what draws them ill down,-- dr what draws them together, many of them will point to something they learned. rishaad: that is the impression i get from the book because it is not about what is driving theers, it is actually absolute hatred of losing. alastair: i think a lot of them would say, it is interesting how many of them do not enjoy the moment of winning. what they are driven by is an almost pathological fear of losing. but that can be a very powerful positive motivating force. rishaad: i want to get you one thing as well. queen elizabeth you describe as being a great winter. alastair: that surprises me. rishaad: as a lifelong republican? br

. >> he has high profile supporters, including sir richard branson, actor susan as her ran don. >> just days ahead of his visit, pope francis is making his strongest comments yet about the role of science in the catholic church. speaking at the academy of sciences, the pope said evolution and the big bang are real, and that god is not a "magician with a magic wand." he also said evolution does not contradict the role of a divine crater, it requires it. the pope worked as a chemist before entering seminary. >> refugees are finding new routes through europe this morning, many crossing from serbia into croatia right now after hungary sealed its borders. we are looking at live pictures where refugees have been gathered for hours. austria is placing extra controls on its border to hungary. austrian officials say the measure could extend to other borders, as well. >> for many refugees, germany has become the destination of choice because of its liberal asylum policies. we have more from hamburg on what that city's residents are doing to help. >> they're clearly happy to be here. these newly a

for suborbital space, richard branson is ahead with virgin galactic.ilding a new ship there. so paul allen, couldn't count him out. they're building world's largest airplane to launch a rocket in seattle. bill: they see the future. and it's right around the corner? >> it's really starting to happen now. bill: thanks, tariq malik, from space.com. >> my pleasure. bill: see you in space. martha. martha: all right. well the republican presidential candidates gearing up for the second big bait tonight. a lot at stake those looking to make favorable impression. others feeling the show on the campaign trail. we'll show you what is next. >> memy ple >> my prediction is 11 people on stage. we have to run. but we will be on the radio in a few. >> so, the republican candidates gear up for round two as the campaign shifts into high gear. hello, everybody. >> we have live pictures from the ronald reagan library where another battle could be shaking up between the top ranking outsiders and those referred to as establishment candidates as a recent poll is showing don

. >> jeff bezos elon musk, richard branson, all are creating companies to go to space.en making a movie. >> i'm going. >> making a movie is not going. >> well, i have been to 17th century, 18th century. i like it. >> it has no appeal to you? >> not really. i like us. i think we should take care of earth. >> i like charlie saying making a movie is not going t. writer said when he heard you were going to direct it. he thought it was being pumped, it was a hoax. you read it. why did you think this is something i want to do? you now have "alien" and now "martian. >> he is a funny man. he's a geek by hesion very, very smart, very, very bright. so he really researched this going chapter by chaptner what we called it web or e-mail and people gradually got enthusiastic as each chapter came out. he was about halfway through it. then one day he got a call from fox. he said he couldn't believe it. he thought somebody was joking. >> right. >> if you are a great director and you are, there are so many more opportunities to make films because of what's happened in television? >> tele

. >> great fun with sir richard branson and you guys. >> we'll see you this week. >> see me at noon today. >> we'll see you because you have president clinton interview. look forward to that. >> we'll see you. time for "squawk on the street". ♪ >>> good monday morning. welcome to "squawk on the street". i'm carl quintanilla with jim cramer and david faber. multiple headlines on m and a, more fears of a hard landing in china, glencore, putin at the u.n., icahn with a market warning. futures are lower. bonds, dudley is out saying he still sees a rate hike this year. oil is lower amid a lot of news from companies with energy and materials. we begin with a record breaking weekend for apple. >>> fed calling for at that rate hike. >> a set to become two separate publicly traded companies. >>> but first up apple is announcing it has sold more than 13 million new iphone 66s and 6 plus. it will be available in 40 more countries beginning october 9th. >> look, i think that no one will care. this is a market no one may even care about alcoa which is a major split and that's because the gloom is so p

sir richard branson plans to provide suborbital flights to space tourists.well as a space elevator. three, microsoft co-founder paul allen is behind a company which is working on several different types of launch vehicles. four, billionaire from russia, yuri milner. in july he announced a $100 million proj e ject to search s for signs of intelligent life. google moguls larry paige to send spacecraft to mines already nearby asteroids for minerals. is anyone asking the x thbeingst live on those asteroids if they want their minerals stolen? >>> "news nation" with tamron hall is up next. i'll see you tomorrow. 3 million lines of code, 40,000 sets of eyes, or a million sleepless nights. whether it's building the world's most advanced satellite, the space station, or the next leap in unmanned systems. at boeing, one thing never changes. our passion to make it real. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] everything kids touch at school sticks with them. make sure the germs they bring home don't stick around. use clorox disinfecting products. you handle life; clorox handles the g

. >> on the next washington journal, adam branson of freedom works will talk about the group's call for the removal of congressman john boehner from his position of house speaker and the possibility of a government shutdown. later, issues important to black ,omen in 2016, melanie campell and editor in chief of essence join us.will washington journal, live every morning at 7:00 eastern. we welcome your comments on facebook and twitter. today, the house voted on two abortion bills. the first was to eliminate federal funding for planned parenthood. 241-147-one. the second bill, a portion survivors protection act extended legal projections to fetuses that survive an abortion procedure. that passed. here is three hours of the debate on those bills starting with judiciary committee chair bob goodlatte. courts fraud purposes the agenda and from virginia seeking recognition? >> pursuant to resolution of 40021i call up 4 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 3504, a bill to amend title 18, united states code

richard branson doing same thing. paul allen, doing same thing.onaires, all very interested in this. the space expert what is the differentiator is with mr. bezos. what do you think? >> i think this is huge debt for jeff bezos and his company, blue origin. selecting a launch sight. neil: right at cape canaveral. >> right at cape canaveral. legacy of human and unmanned launches in our country. they have a lot of expertise they can draw on. 300 plus jobs they will create there. they are investing 200 million in the new facility. neil: how is it different, difference from what elon musk is doing from any of these guys? >> in the background blue origin have been building and designing rockets. they have no site but they have a design but no site. that brings them up to where elon musk and spacex are. they are launching out of the same air force station, cape canaveral since 2010. they also have a launch site across the pond at kennedy space center for their next rocket, the falcon heavy. this brings blue origin to that level. they have a site where th

susan swain: robert is in branson west, missouri. william seale: oh. susan swain: hi, robert, you're on the air. robert: hello. i was wondering if bess truman ever attended former or future first ladies' funerals. thank you. william seale: gosh, i don't know. nicole anslover: i know three first ladies attended her funeral, but it's a very good question. william seale: well, she would have -- susan swain: certainly some died, because she lived such a long time. nicole anslover: well, i'm trying to think it -- william seale: actually, ms. theodore roosevelt died during his presidency. nicole anslover: she certainly probably went to mrs. roosevelt's funeral. william seale: i would think so. nicole anslover: i would imagine. and when did mamie eisenhower? william seale: oh, no, late, much later, as did mrs. franklin roosevelt, but ms. theodore roosevelt -- nicole anslover: so there really wouldn't have been a huge opportunity. william seale: no, and probably wasn't expected, but i -- now, that's a tough one. nicole anslover: that's a really interesting que

we will tell you what the richard branson space company will bring.nce is high and volatility is low. this time, it's different. thes&p has tumbled 10% and x is well above 17, that is the average level win interest rates are tightened. -- when interest rates are tightened. here with some insight is a partner. great joe, that is a fact. we are seeing some volatility. why would the fed tighten now? joe: i am not going to prognosticate on the fed. i gave that up years ago. it is calling volatility in the market and august was a particularly volatile month. it doesn't have the robustness that most people thought it had. it's probably because so many markets are linked together. when one market seizes, they all seem to catch cold. the equity market did not do a good job. betty: the fed hiking rates? joe: i care what they do. toare trading on behalf of shoot you are making those decisions. i saw a quote today from larry summers. a rate a 20% chance of hike, the fed should act on what the market is predicting. that is backwards to me. i think it should be th

maria: richard branson's virgin galactic announcing plans to launch small satellites into orbit unveiling rocket designed to carry heavier payloads for more flights. the 1 crafted a one baby able to launch from on top of a jumbo jet. jeff bezos will visit kitty canaveral, florida today to announce new plans for blue origin, his private space company to build and launch rockets, is their money to be made here or ids just expensive hobbies for billionaires? >> there is money to be made and there will be money in the space tourism business but it will be an incredibly select segment of the economy. you have to wonder if lot of this is being done not just for space travel and tourism but commercial use, the fact that has that is using this, the europeans will be using their rockets. >> this may sound odd but we -- just launched the first test on small satellite commercial tests outside austin, texas. this is what is happening. the small satellite set up in a lot of different people, not the least of which is the chinese people trying to not let people actually see information. there is a ton

. >> look at the new downtown, we had richard branson. >> great interview. with other guys who have done this, but it's the inner city downtown and beyond that. >> needs a lot of help, but it's cool. who's not performing? >> well, unfortunately, new york city, and some of the areas, metro areas like boston and new york city are coming back a bit, but they are lowest on the index roll, and while it looks like things are better, small businesses are still suffering a little bit from the big ones. >> i quote the internet, a couple years ago, the rent is too high. marty, thank you for coming in. >> great, great to see you. >>> still to come, youngest self-made billionaire in a rare television appearance. we'll show you the founder and ceo, elizabeth holmes, joining us here after the break, talking startup success, women in the work force, and more. look at u.s. equity futures as we break. is out for you. it's your grandpappy's hammer and he would have wanted you to have it. it meant a lot to him... yes, ge makes powerful machines. but i'll be writing the code th

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