united states is the fact that in april twenty sixth you're arrested an american missionary andrew branson apparently to hold a bargaining chip unless and until the u.s. extradite school and the reason we know that is because you know that this is what's have this is what you're this is what your president admitted in the speech last autumn he said about the americans give us the pass the back they say you have one pastor as well meaning delenn given to us then we will try him branson and give him to you what is that if not hostage diplomacy is not of this diplomacy my friend what is it that branson be offering in exchange is accuse and the indictment is there if you have if you spare five minutes to read the indictment you will see what kind of accusations there are in the indictment it is a poorly judicial process it is not a politically motivated process so why are you offering to trade a no he didn't we never offered you get no we didn't give us a pastor back nor have one we are given to us you never try and we give him to you he never did that but when that there are agreements with b

the back they say you have one pastor as well meaning delenn give him to us then we will try him branson and give him to you what is that if not hostage diplomacy is not of this diplomacy my friend what is it that branson offering in exchange is accuse and the indictment is there if you have if you spare five minutes to read the indictment you will see what kind of accusations there are in the indictment it is a poorly judicial process it is not a politically motivated process so why are you offering to trade you know he didn't we never offer you did not we didn't give us a pastor back nor have the one we are given to us we never try and give him to you he never did that but when that there are agreements between between the countries including between turkey and the united states actually to extradite the people or to xchange of the prisoners to sometimes when the prisoner is sentence for instance you can send him or her to. her or his host countries these are the agreements it can happen but if you're offering we had we didn't offer an i am telling you that there agrement no no no no g

anyway, sir richard branson, thank you so much.ppreciate your time >> nice to talk to you and maybe see you in space one day cheers >> not me. no, no i'll wave from down here i think you're crazy, but i appreciate it. nevertheless >> all right nice to talk to you. >> richard branson there >>> the ceo of airbnb is making comments out west. let's bring julia boorstin in. >> regulation is a big concern for ceos and investors here. brian chesky saying his battle with the nation's largest city and its massive hotel industry is at a stand still but that he won't give up. >> san francisco and new york is two of our four worst cities in the world. new york has been a standstill since 2010 2010 i said this is going to be a one-year challenge and in 2011 i said this was probably going to take a few years. in 2018, it's going to take more than a few more years. it doesn't seem like the end is in sight with that challenge >> chesky also saying the company will be ready to go public next year but that doesn't mean that an ipo will necessarily h

sir richard branson has told the bbc he's training to be an astronaut.n his own commercial space programme, is hoping to take his first trip in a matter of months. ben ando reports. first, it was planes. then boats. then balloons. and then trains. but a decade and a half ago, sir richard branson set his sights even higher, creating virgin galactic with the aim of offering affordable space tourism, affordable, that is, if you could afford the $250,000 ticket price. now at the age of 67, sir richard has revealed he is training hard, ready to be fired into space. iam going hard, ready to be fired into space. i am going astronaut training, for my fitness training, going through centrifuged and other training so that my body can cope, hopefully cope well with it. how are you getting on? so far, so good, i like to keep fit anywhere but to go into space, if you are going to really enjoy your experience, the fitter you can be the better. when he launched virgin galactic sir richard expected to be spaceborne by 2010 by technical problems in the disastrous crash i

sir richard branson talking to radio 1l sir richard branson talking to radio 4.oor plans this weekend, plenty of sunshine and warmth around but there will be some dark, looming clouds every now and again, particularly through england and wales. you may have to dash for cover. the risk of a few severe thunderstorms. but for many of you, they will only form a very small portion of your weekend by and large. today they are focused across some southern, central southern parts of england and wales, mainly towards wales and the south—west as we go into the latter stage of the day. sunshine in between. warm where you have the sunshine, 26, 27 in the south—east corner, 25 in the highlands, a little bit cooler down the eastern coasts, particularly north—east scotland where low cloud will linger. a cool night to come tonight but in the south, more severe storms pushing up from france, frequent lightning and the risk of flooding in one or two spots with gusty wind to go with it. humid night in southern areas, too. a few of those showers will linger into sunday morning, drif

british entrepreneur richard branson also believes space tourism is set to take off in his virgin galactic customers couldn't one day pay two hundred thousand dollars to be experience five minutes of zero gravity in space are these just off the wall ideas pipe dreams. we asked the top spots he's currently setting up a space museum near the swiss to she of syrus. it's just me us the men of billions are being pumped into this is it anything more than a dream. we need to take it seriously if you look at space x. for example. set up the company in two thousand and two with thirty employees in two thousand and eight they celebrated their first successful launch more today the company has seven thousand employees and has already launched more than forty rockets. liftoff docking worlds in march last year space x. became the first to relaunch a used rocket into space it was the start of a new era in space flight. the booster rocket separated from its payload and returned to earth ready for reuse it's a breakthrough that stands to roughly cut the price of space travel. to face us and richard branso

if anyone is up for it, richard branson is.or the new duchess of sussex, meghan markle, following her wedding to prince harry last weekend. the duchess worked closely with the college of arms in london to create the design. it includes elements to reflect her home of california, including the state's flower and the colour blue to respresent the pacific ocean. —— to represent the pacific ocean. there is also a songbird. the lion supporting the shield relates to her husband, the duke of sussex while the songbird on the right represents the duchess. what we will get a toaster after a wedding. buttock rest of arms. a government programme aimed at protecting afghan civilians who worked as interpreters for the british army has been called a "dismalfailure" by mps. the defence committee says not a single person potentially at risk from the taliban had been resettled in the uk so far as part of what is known as the intimidation scheme. it called for a more "sympathetic approach" to those who risked their lives to support british forces

to face us and richard branson of companies are also focusing on a recycling one look at the figures reveals a huge difference in price. under not a space shuttle program a single launch cost around four hundred fifty million dollars the fleet was retired in two thousand and eleven the ariane five the european launch vehicle costs up to two hundred twenty million dollars each time by comparison launching the falcon nine the space x. rocket costs just sixty two million dollars. so a lot less but eleven musk is confident that with me usable rockets he can cut the price by a factor of one hundred it's not yet clear whether that's realistic or not but simply announcing it up the pressure on state's own space agencies in the u.s. and europe. these are called the european space agency has announced it's building the area on six rockets that's purely because of these new players that have come up with more cost effective options for you for the area on five is perfectly functional and very reliable but it's relatively expensive to run so that's why they're now developing a rocket for the lo

and sir richard branson insists his dreams of space travel remain alive.now if he'll go into space in that suit and jacket combo! we'll hear from him as he tells the bbc he's in training to be an astronaut at the age of 67. and matt has the weather. good morning, matt. good morning. sunshine is set to break through the morning, misty for many this bank holiday weekend but always be on guard for one or two thunderstorms. i'll have the full forecast in 15 minutes. see you then. see you then. first, our main story. exit polls suggest people in ireland have voted strongly in favour of liberalising the country's laws on abortion. reports also indicate an exceptionally high turnout, with many people travelling from abroad to cast their vote. the official result is expected this afternoon. our ireland correspondent chris page has more. this referendum is a significant and symbolic moment for ireland. this country was once regarded as the most socially conservative in western europe. currently, abortions are only legal if a woman's life is substantially at risk, b

sir richard branson has told the bbc he's training to be an astronaut.ke his first trip in a matter of months. ben ando reports. first, it was planes. then boats. then balloons. train horn blares. and then trains. but a decade and a half ago, sir richard branson set his sights even higher, creating virgin galactic with the aim of offering affordable space tourism — affordable, that is, if you could afford the $250,000 ticket price. now, at the age of 67, sir richard has revealed that he is training hard, ready to be fired into space. i am going for my astronaut training, going for my fitness training, going through centrifuge and other training so that my body can cope, hopefully cope well with it when i get into space. how are you getting on? so far, so good. i like to keep fit anyway, so, but no, i mean, to go into space, if you are going to really enjoy your experience, the fitter you can be, the better. when he launched virgin galactic, sir richard expected to be spaceborne by 2010, but technical problems and the disastrous crash in 2014 in which a t

sir richard branson has told the bbc he's training to be an astronaut.ial space programme, is hoping to take his first trip in a matter of months. ben ando reports. first it was planes, then boats, then balloons and then trains. but a decade and a half ago sir richard branson set his sights even higher, creating virgin galactic, with the aim of offering affordable space tourism, affordable, that is, if you can tourism, affordable, that is, if you ca n afford tourism, affordable, that is, if you can afford the $250,000 ticket price. now at the age of 67 sir richard has revealed he is training hard, ready to be fired into space. iam going hard, ready to be fired into space. i am going former astronaut training, my fitness training, i am going through centrifuge and other training so my body can hopefully cope well with it. how are you getting on? so far, so good. i like to keep fit anyway. i want to go to space and you can enjoy the experience if you are fit, the fitter, the better. when he launched virgin galactic, he expected to be spaceborne by 2010, bu

sir richard branson has told the bbc he's training to be an astronaut. in a matter of months. can copehat, when i go into space. how are you getting on? so far, so good. the fitter you can be, the better. ambitious, but i'm sure if anyone can do it, he can. can do it, he can. he's had plenty of adventures before. soared and authorities told residents to flee a surge of lava. destructive eruption of kilauea in more than a century. it doesn't look real. that's the amazing thing about it. that brings you up—to—date with the news this morning. it's 9:11am. the tragedy, which began on monday. the proud community, and spoke of their loss. some of the latest tributes. with his neighbours. we used to have so much fun. floor where i lived. will soon be my neighbours, when we move into our new home. to play with us ever again. reminds us of steve power. in maybe even the last moments. "i'll be thinking about you. "when i run out of air to breathe, it's your ghost i see. "i'll be thinking about you. "i'll see you on the other side and we can try it all over again. he looked like he was just sleep

lets talk to sir richard branson whojoins course!ns us from california. how is the tennis fitting in with your training as an astronaut? i love to do fun things to get fit. and tennis is my sport. kite surfing i love, surfing, waking. although we "a few gems, i personally... i prefer to get out and be active. we do centrifuge training which replicates the flight ina training which replicates the flight in a centrifuge. it will put your body through the g—forces it is going to endure through space. how are you enjoying the training? what is the timescale now for what happens next with your mission?” happens next with your mission?|j love happens next with your mission?” love the training. we have been 13 yea rs love the training. we have been 13 years building these spaceships. today, we today very successful second part test flight. it went just on the verge of two times the speed of sound. straight up to 115,000 speed of sound. straight up to 115, 000 feet. speed of sound. straight up to 115,000 feet. and we will have a couple of mo

the commercial space race kicking into high gear after a new pledge by richard branson.nson told bbc rae is currently in astronaut training and will be catapulted into space in months. he's trying to get his rocket off the ground after a deadly crash in 2014. the race includes jeff bezos and elon musk. >>> airplane maker airbus going all in on futuristic transportation that might take us into the jettison age. >> an entire division to explore options. according to bloomberg, already in the works, a flying cab, on demand helicopter service. airbus hoping its experience in aviation can give them a jump-start on companies like uber and kitty hawk backed by google co-founder larry page. >> pandora opening up efforts to compete with spotify and pandora music, offering $15 a month family plan that allows up to six users. there's a catch. you can only sign up through pandora's website. if you subscribing through pandora from a third party through itunes you have to cans emyour subscription and wait for it to expire and sign up again. >> a good price. >>> a live look at new york

. >>> the commercial space race is kicking into high gear following a pledge today by richard branson told bbc radio that he's currently in astronaut training and will be catapulted into space within months. the billionaire is attempting to get his space tourism company virgin galactic off the ground following the deadly crash of a rocket in 2014. his competition to put people in space includes jeff bezos and elon musk. >>> online quiz is targeting fans of the royal wedding much. >> also, more and more credit card companies are doing away with a money-saving perk. >> i hate when that happens. michael finney joins us with more on that. >>let start with credit cards. companies have offered price guarantees. if after you buy an item you find it selling for less, the company rebates it for less. it was a good selling point for banks and consumers hardly used it. a win-win for credit card companies. that's changing. they looked for price drops, once found, they automatically filed the paperwork to get your rebate. not all cards are doing away with the guarantee. read the fine pribt of your

this would be like richard branson saying buy a ticket on my space flight, i will give you the full challengernce. and what john bolton said, upset north korea so much that they specifically called him out for antagonizing them. >> which i think must have made trump so angry. this whole thing could be screwed up because of him. i bet he ran into bolton's office and was like, you idiot, you might have cost me my nobel peace prize. i would punch you but i still want to win it i still want to win it and many people are saying i should win so many people, no-bel, no-bel, no-bel. so as it stands right now, things are not looking good for the june nuclear simentment but i don't think that we should allow things to fall apart. the president's happiness is at stake, people. and i guess so is world peace or whatever. so to make things right with kim jung-un, i would like to offer from "the daily show," john bolton's actual mustache. yeah, as a token of our good will, kim jong, don't ask me how i got t just know that i did. we'll be right back. (applause) [thoughtful sigh] still nervous about buying a h

as part of this, richard branson has blamed network rail. it is not our fault,it's network rail.ch these problems have been caused by network rail and is that going to be sorted out? i suspect the secretary of state is of similar age to me and can therefore remember the last time our railways were nationalised. is he therefore bemused by the somewhat romantic image the labour party portray of what the railways were like? my recollection if they were dirty, inefficient, nearly always late and that is not to mention the terrible sandwiches. is this a far cry from the modern and efficient railway we have today thanks to private investment and where most of our challenges are actually as a result of rapid growth in passenger numbers? franchising on this line has failed repeatedly. he could make himself incredibly popular in my constituency which is the birthplace of the railways, if he'd just stand up, look behind him perhaps and say my name is chris grayling and i've just nationalised a rail line. well, mr speaker, i havejust explained to her why i don't think nationalisation of our

maybe the owner bought a ticket on richard branson's virgin galactic and got cold feet. >> we'll auctionthe house. >> yeah. open houses are scheduled this weekend. >> are you going to go? >> i am going to go. i spoke with the owner. he says that it is still on the market. >> does he know you can't afford it? >> i mean, $85 million. >> at all? nowhere near afford it. >> it's the second most expensive condo on the market in new york right now. >> but you go to space so there's that. >>> one of hollywood's leading men is set to tackle what could be the role of a lifetime. >> yeah. leonardo dicaprio has reportedly been tapped to portray the president and civil war hero ulysses s. grant. >> let's take a look. what do you think of the similarities? >> oh, it could totally, at the time ally work. >> i see a little resemblance. >> so, steven spielberg is reportedly in early talks to produce the grant biopic. no word on a possible release date. >> you read that book. >> yeah, the chernow book who is the same guy who wrote about alexander hamilton. >> so if it doesn't work out with leo, kendis is

sir richard branson has told the bbc he's training to be an astronaut.ng to take his first trip in a matter of months. iam going i am going former astronaut training and fitness training and centrifuge training so my body can hopefully cope well with it. how are you getting on? so far, so good. i like to keep fit anyway. to go to space if you are going to enjoy your experience, the fitter, the better. it's being billed as bbc music's biggest weekend with huge name stars to back that up. ed sheeran, taylor swift and sam smith arejust a few of those performing. four uk cities across the four nations will host their own event — our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has been in swansea talking to anne—marie and george ezra about their performances. iamjoined by i am joined by one of the people performing, anna marie. how are you? iam performing, anna marie. how are you? i am great. how much are you looking forward to an event like this? really looking forward to it. it is a good line—up and it is great to be on the same bill as other people here. good.

idea that if they don't like your opinion they're just going to ignore it and scan your richard branson's and you know nick hanauer is one of the world there's different kinds of billionaires absolute truth is it isn't just about how much money someone has is they're making a point and just because trump criticizes the media doesn't mean no one else is allowed to that's the problem is that immediately it's this when they're just getting trapped now it's double speak now all of the sudden everything's orwellian because someone said hey what it what if i could. so how i feel about the media and how much i really do all the time it's my bread and butter is criticizing me because it is the fourth of state it needs to be criticized it needs to be held up to a higher standard than what i believe they're currently practicing of but it also when you speaking about like people being held up to a higher standard is i think you long has a point when he talks about how the media unfairly treats him yes well a number of things one is when something happens the context of the of the conversation in the

the bank backed by richard branson has received an offer from cyb g that values it a 2.2 billion dollarsoney is the so-called challenger bank, a small recently created bank that uses technology to distinguish itself from more traditional banks. has stepped up his campaign to shake up zero x. xerox.ll consider -- up call to thed their chief executive to resign. that is your latest bloomberg business flash. vonnie: bloomberg is hosting a business of a quality summit, bringing together business, academic, political leaders, nonprofits, and activists to discuss the future of the quality. total gender equality by 2025, what does total gender equality mean? over 400,000 people. 2025, we will be 50-50 men and women globally. vonnie: at every level of the organization? it wille already have pay. we took steps to the in place so we have ongoing monitoring. we have long passed the question of equal pay. that scenario, you need to make a decision as a company you are going to do it. have seven years. i am curious, is it difficult to do? all of these companies, every fortune 500 company, every compa

sir richard branson has told the bbc he's training to be an astronaut. his first trip in a matter of months. sport now, and a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. we have heard already about kiev but there is rugby and cricket as well and mike bushell has all the details. good morning, so it's the day of european destiny for liverpool. they play real madrid in the final of the champions league in kiev tonight. despite going into the match as underdogs, bossjurgen klopp says his freescoring side shouldn't be underestimated. but real madrid are going for their third title in a row. there's another huge match at wembley today — as aston villa play fulham in the championship play off final. it's a match that coule be worth up to £280 million for the winner. fulham looking to return to the premier league after a four year absence. villa have been away for two. kick off is at 5 o'clock. it's all eyes on chris froome in the penultimate stage of the giro d'italia. he's got a 40—second lead after reeling in fellow brit simon yates yesterday. froome's aiming

. >> richard branson. >> [laughing]. >> juan? >> i think gold finger.uy. >> i would say scaramucci. >> [laughing]. >> from man with the golden gun. >> wasn't that his name. >> [laughing]. >> he had 3 nipples. do you remember that? >> no, i do not remember that. >> he had three. look it up. >> not scaramucci. all right. >> i know what it is. a grilled cheese sandwich. >> juan? >> ice cream. >> no way i am getting out of prison alive. >> [laughing]. >> true. >> kennedy? >> death by chocolate. >> i would have whatever i had in jail because i probably lost weight and feel good about myself. >> the prison diet. >> that comes with a lot of good exercise. >> tell me about it. "one more thing" is up next. mom? dad? hi! i had a very minor fender bender tonight in an unreasonably narrow fast food drive thru lane. but what a powerful life lesson. and don't worry i have everything handled. i already spoke to our allstate agent, and i know that we have accident forgiveness. which is so smart on your guy's part. like fact that they'll just... forgive you... four week

virgin galactic founder - richard branson - says he believes this makes the idea of space tourism only months away. the company plans to have another test flight in about six weeks. it )s a girl! a bay area theme park is welcoming a new addition. this is "missy" - a sea lion pup who calls "six flags discovery kingdom" in vallejo home. as of today .. she )s 11 days old. park workers named her missy because she has shown a mischievous side. we hear her mother - "pebbles" .. is now teaching her all the ropes - including how to swim. and if you go - you can see her in the park )s "seal cove" exhibit. toss to wx >> kicking up at times. let's switch it into the clouds. monitoring. bigger change for tomorrow morning. much more widespread low clouds and fog especially for the peninsula, maybe a little bit of drizzle you can see there also for the south bay and east bay. more of a partly sunny sky there throughout the north bay and once we hit the afternoon we'll get sunshine building on your thursday. tomorrow morning's temperatures are going to start off on the cool side. plenty of 50s across

the merger would create the uk's leading challenger bank with around 6 million customers richard branson backed virgin money would earn 36.5% of the combined company. >>> comcast is preparing an all-cash bid for most of 21st century fox in an attempt to beat out a pre-existing offer from disney. disney's bid for fox's assets stands at $52 billion, but reuters reported that comcast would submit a $60 billion bid but only do so if the u.s. government first approves at&t's proposed takeover of time warner comcast would also complete a full takeover of sky just to keep adding to this. >> it's complex. other comcast news is also formally notifying the european commission in its bid for sky. that's a requirement for that ongoing battle with 21st century fox over the british tv group. comcast submitted a 22 billion pound bid for sky. shares there, you can see they're down on the day. and also, you know, not performing hugely well in the last week or so. very positive picture for sky. >> way above the offer price for comcast and fox's original offer. >> absolutely good point to make there. >> wa

. >> caller: by question is regarding kbarcallies with a 5% stake branson has taken and him requesting a shutdown of the investment bank and the whistle whoer issue where he tried to hunt down somebody that sent a letter regarding hiring practices, what is your take on that >> frankly, i do not think you need to own barclays it's okay. we have got jp morgan stock which is just terrific doing absolutely nothing why not buy that one go down the food chain that's what i would do lou in michigan. >> caller: booyah from beautiful salt-free michigan >> all right. >> caller: thank you for sticking with us home gamers my stock is hundredywell it is down $20 since march in the duldrums, is this a buying opportunity or should we keep it in the penalty box >> yes, yes, as i told members who are club members absolutely steve tuesdaya from jp morgan had an amazing piece out talking about honeywell being an e-commerce play. it is extraordinarily good i think you should pull the trig, right here john in florida. >> caller: hi jim, it is a pleasure talking to you. >> same. >> caller: my brother is a 2

. >>> commercial space race kicking into high gear after a pledge from richard branson.e told bbc radio he's currently in astronaut training and will be catapulted into space within months. the millionaire is trying to get his company off the ground following a deadly crash in 2014. the competition to put people in space includes amazon jeff bezos and, of course, elon musk. >>> a 13-year-old boy is a sensation at windermere ranch in san ramon for wing national gop championship. >>> his room is plastered with maps. he fell in love with geography at an early page when his parents gave him a talking globe. he says the united states is actually the hardest country to study. >> you need to treat each state as a country. >> usually dad and me are one team and he's the other team. >> oh, my god. you're eighth-grader know s more than you. >> definitely, he knows more than us. >> >> lebanon has a population most similar to which south american country? look at his proud dad there. paraguay is the right answer. earning him a $50,000 prize and a trip for two to the galapagos island

francine: we had it from richard branson years ago. to bear in mind that a lot of these executives are not suited to a public company position, where you have to have an accountability and answer their questions, whether you like it or not. francine: should elon musk not be on these calls? , ies: he is so powerful would challenge investors to tell me he was even on the board because he is a dominant figure and key position taker. there a dominhis not easy to pass away. tom: as a member of the cfa institute, i want to thank cfa institute for their support of bloomberg surveillance. the most important guy this morning is a guy name todd marron, the general counsel for tesla. how can adam jonas at morgan stanley or ryan brinkman at jpmorgan follow this company? don't their general councils or head of research say, we have to suspend coverage? james: i think it is difficult, but we are always talking about analysts who have to project far further forward in valuing a company than the available financial information the company will provide

branson is known for his activist role in other companies, including british financial institutions.pressed an interest in shrinking operations at barclays and in start contrast to what jes staley wants to do, he is dogged in his desire to pursue investment trading of that business which has been underperforming. and is an area of conflict we will have to see how this plays out. some barclays and it -- board members have met with the shareholder, so we have to see how that relationship regresses. , bloomberg's ward asia finance editor in tokyo. --clays reaching out to both bloomberg reaching out to barclays and standard chartered and other names on this. standard chartered telling onomberg, we are focused executing our strategy and do not comment on this speculation. let's leave the banking sector for a moment. that italy will name a new prime minister today appears to be fading as doubts were cast over the populist choice. ofno longer certain endorsement. they said he may be back in the running for the premiership. joining us to discuss italy and the implications, fund manager at --

you talk about bezos and musk, or sometimes richard branson, he is pursuing more to do the space tourism>> i think it's america that's ahead. only america has this industry you don't find this developing anywhere else. we're leading the world, not just in nasa but in the private sector in terms of all things space. >> is pluto back to a planet >> definitely is >> that was disappointing when they pulled that >> you saw it, what do you think? >> it's semantics at this point, right? i don't want to -- looks cold. >> it's very cold out there. very far from the sun, no question i think the exploration of pluto showed it has the same attributes of planets like earth and mars, mountain ranges, weather, an ocean under its surface. five moons spectacular place. >> given -- now i'm worried that the universe is not infinite given some of the hawking conjecture i've seen in the last couple of days assume it's close to infinite, we're talkin -- civilizations, are there not? >> i think that's true >> there a worm hole and get from one place to another -- >> no one knows that >> can you travel at the s

richard branson tried virgin cola in the united states 15 or 20 years ago millions of others have been don't really have the same urge to produce automobiles that he apparently has to produce candy. but i don't suggest that he takes on snickers. >> you're taking me literally and stepping away from the real story here which is the war of words between you and charlie and elon do you even know elon musk >> i've never said anything negative about elon. you're baiting me to do it >> i am. >> people like his car and everything, but somebody mentioned now he's financing i thought i heard that >> andrew just read some headlines where it looked like tesla may be going back to market and to pick up some additional financing i'm not sure all i heard was the headline >> that's what i call a counterrevelation. i think it was just a few days ago they said they wouldn't need financing. but, you know, he's trying something to improve a product and i salute him for that. and the american public will decide whether it's to assess. it's not easy. it's probably easier to develop a new car than to compete

richard branson is about providing space tourism to the wealthy.. you're thinking about how do we build the model t of rockets essentially. >> wheny long approached me in 2001 -- when elon approached me in 2001 it was all about going to mars. i'm different in the sense that i'm about making money. i want to transform the space economy like elevators do to the new york skyline. it raised the skyline, raised the economy, raised all of the real estate in new york city. so we're going to build rockets at a rate that we can make them reliable and the only way to do that is to emulate the automotive industry, who has made very sophisticated devices called cars at very low cost. >> maria: so you think there's -- what are they going to do, go there and what do we know about space in order to explore more? >> well, so there's always sort of the basic human yearning to see what's around the next corner. i think that's really what drives bezos and elon is to go to mars. i'm motivated by making a dollar and make the economy a little better. >> this past week w

branson called the achievement, quote, inspiring and absolutely breath-taking.ssful test flight. they hope to one data paying tourists to at least the edge of space. they talked about some other destinations down the line. some chick-fil-a employees are about to get a major wage hike. hospitality professionals will soon make $17 to $18 an hour at a sacramento, california restaurant. minimum wage in california is $11 an hour. the franchise owner says it wants to make sure employees have a liveable wage in sacramento. staying on food from chicken to beef, new york's iconic deli launched its first ever subscription service. you can have that famous sandwich delivered anywhere in the country but it's a little expensive. it's $1,500 a year. here's what you get in your box. enough food for four to six people. you can customize it. it begins next month. orders are accepted on their website. they may not be able to make it in new york city as a restaurant, but you know what, they can just ship all over the rest of the country and call it a day. >> maria: the $1,500 a ye

richard branson was disappointed with the returns because of the gdp but he has to can ta ke becauseirectly responsible to the taxpayer and passengers. are you saying that what happens here shows that all the railways in this country should be taken back into public ownership? yes, they should. 0nce those franchisors export buyer, they should. we want to remove those whose single process is to extract value for themselves. we are subsidising companies in germany and holland. that is a ludicrous state of affairs but a lot of the passengers on is of affairs but a lot of the passengers on is coast railway line we re passengers on is coast railway line were reasonably happy. we can have a lengthy discussion about that. some of the rates that i've seen are woeful indeed. especially when it comes to disabled passengers who don't feel that getting a proper service and certainly don't feel co mforta ble service and certainly don't feel comfortable about not only getting ona train, comfortable about not only getting on a train, but with the safety and security been able to get off safely. the