ahead, a walk in the the testing ground mojave. this is bloomberg. Â emily: many of america's top rocketeer's work in the middle of the mojave desert. in this week's edition of hello world, ashley travels to the landscape to speak with richard branson and discover how close virgin galactic has come to commercializing space travel for tourists. >> out here in the mojave, there's testing rockets and then there is testing rockets. you need to test a lot. >> many of america's top rocketeers work here in mohave. this is where the big kids play with fire. pyro maniacs at virginia aur offer ope to tourists a chance at space. george was a nasa veteran and serves as the ceo of virgin galactic. he gave me a tour of their whichtion, it includes a test area. >> nature does not like what we're trying to do. the art of just taking something that nature doesn't want and building it -- bending into an outcome. >> the spaceship will fire up its own thrusters and head for the heavens. it is a complex system and there are few places on earth where you can work out the

and we take you to the heart of the mojave deserts where they play with fire. he c.e.o. of virgin galactic gives us a tour. ♪ emily: beb a slow year for tech i.p.o.'s with three going public in the u.s. data technology company making its debut on the nasdaq and climbed 45% out of the gate. but besides the uncertain market environment there has been a spike in activity. our i.p.o. reporter sat down makes c.e.o. and what this company apart. >> what we find is a small number of very large legacy incumbent players and those players haven't done a great job of tracking the changes because the market is moving strongly to the big data technologies into the cloud and the players have a business model that doesn't work well there. that business for us is going 100% a year. that is pouring our top line. >> those legacy players who don't have the capability to do what you do, what is keeping you from snatching them after you have a value placed on your company? >> the beautiful thing for us right now is a couple of them have been taken private themselves and they are in very, very

. >> i was in the mojave desert, and i didn't wear any and i'm feeling it. >> why did do you that? >> because i'm dumb. i was just trying to get out the door and trying to find a break. with the monsoonal rain, you can see the video i posted on facebook. it was crfnlt you -- incredible. you couldn't pass any road, and the boulders -- and then the fires in kern county, so i'm so happy to be here. hi, everybody. good morning. as you get ready to begin your holiday, this is a look at mineta international, clear skies and the temperatures are pretty much in the 50s and low 60s. redwood city at 61. here's what you need to know on this holiday. we have a thin layer of clouds and foggy conditions, and a little bit of drizzle along the coast and the bay. it's all the condensation associated with the clouds. sunshine and one thing you must notice heading into the coast, from the north coast into monterey bay for strong rip currents. when you couple in the cold temperatures, it can change rapidly. be mindful. here is the futurecast. lunch time, we see the stratus in san francisco, backing of

. >> you remember about a month ago, i was tied up in the monsoon and the mojave desert? >> i remember that. >> and they're wicked. the rain moves in quickly, you have to have heads up at all time. good afternoon. we're looking at the live weather camera, featuring the golden gate bridge. keep in mind, the tower stands 756 feet tall from the water and you can't see the tip top of it, giving you a good indication that the sealing is down to 5, 600 feet at this time and i like using the flag on the fly here as a barometer to see how gusty the winds are. i take a look at all of the visitors touring the bridge. they're bundled up and the park on this july 19th day. it's summer time in the bay area. 58 degrees and that is as good as it gets at this lunchtime in san francisco and 70 in redwood city, san jose and santa rosa. robert sullivan, he's the guy, our weather man and in redwood city. the weather watcher reporting around the peninsula now. the blue skies and see how refreshing they are, robert now, san francisco, 15; 17, sfo. no more delays at sfo and we had up to an hour

and on our website, police arrest a couple after they sent their children into the mojave desert as a punishment. thsanranscohroclescoirmg tne. >>> confirmation that racist flyers posted in san francisco are official ku klux klan material. those 90ers posted in haigt ash bury describe the black lives matter movement is bent on killing white people. he said he has seen it in the wake of police shooting and those protests. >>> a beautification prong in the south bay has been dealt a terrible blow by vandals. volunteers from our city force program has plant 23 trees south of dry creek road in san jose. look at that. they saw that someone sawed the trees off at the bottom. police are wouldn't figure neighbors had security cameras. >>> a north bay neighborhood is dealing with a serious pest problem. rats. neighbors say no matter what they do they can't get rid of them. the animals seem to know they have strength in numbers them come out during the day destroying gardens, getting into engines and taking over small trees. >> i don't know what to tell you. i'm balling all the time. >> i don't

the fire in southern california is compromising the air quality all the way inland into the mojave desert. nasty days coming up. >> yeah, no kidding. >>> in louisiana a funeral service today for the last of the baton rouge officers killed in an ambush last weekend. 32-year-old montrell jackson will be buried today. authorities say they're confident the gunman who killed them was definitely on the hunt for law enforcement. a group of san francisco police officers went to louisiana this weekend to pay their respects for the fallen officers. they posted these photos and the message, we stand with you. >>> the prime minister of france says the country needs to rethink its security culture in the wake of bastille day truck attack in nice. he did not elaborate, but defended france's interior minister facing accusations his office pressured a local official to cover up a lack of national police presence the night of the attack. the prime minister called the accusations an effort by the conservative opposition to destabilize the government. >>> authorities in turkey have reportedly issued warrant

the astronauts have about 14 more hours in space before they touch down tomorrow in california's mojaveere in l.a. and we heard the sonic boom. >> that was it, that was it. it's coming down. >> there it is. >> putting that all together and the technology to make it fly, and then landing is remarkable. nothing like it. had ever been done. >> i said it worked. the damn thing worked. >> the day will come, according to nasa, that a launch will be so routine that the press and television won't even bother to cover it. >> 30 weeks later, after "columbia" had been returned to the kennedy space center, astronauts joe engel and dick truly flew into space again. >> space shuttle was like a large truck that could deploy satellites and it had a robotic arm so that you can repair and upgrade spacecraft. >> and liftoff of the orbitter "challenger." >> this was the birth of space travel not just space missions. we are talking about sending a laboratory, almost like a university in space, and it started feeling like anybody could be an astronaut. >> the countdown is under way tonight at cape canaveral

i think the moe haw see livestock association -- mojave livestock association summed it up best then they said, the last more rules.d is i'm honored that the amendment is supported by americans for limbed government thembing american public power association, americans for tax reform, the council for citizens against government waste, the family farm alliance, the national association of conservation district the national water resources association and countless other organizations and individuals throughout the country. my amendment prohibits the e.p.a. from implementing, administering or enforcing their misguided attempt to jew surp water states rights and control. i ask my colleagues to support this amendment and i thank the chairman and ranking member for their time, for their good work on this bill, a with -- and with that i reserve. choi any member seeking time in opposition? >> i claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. alter the: this would draft published by the e.p.a. on march 1, 016. this draft technical report is not a policy. it

california couple is locked up after a woman's three young children were punished by being sent into the mojaveert without shoes or water. their story is at nbcbayarea.com. we're back in two minutes. maybe almond breeze tastes so good because it's the only almondmilk made with california blue diamond almonds. but if you ask our almond growers... there's no maybe about it. almond breeze. the best almonds make the best almondmilk. proud sponsor of usa volleyball. >>> we continue to track breaking news out of france where the death toll from yesterday's gruesome truck attack continues to climb. the driver in a big rig, drove his truck into a large crowd plowing people over for nearly a mile. the crowd had gathered along the water front in nice to watch a fireworks show and celebrate bastille day which is like fourth of july here in the u.s. >>> just waking up right now within the last few hours we have learned two americans, a father and his 11-year-old son from texas, are among the dead. they're identified as sean copeland and son brodie. [ gunfire ] >> we can hear the gunshots this morning and n