for richard branson, it's virgin territory. >> richard branson joins us now. welcome. of what this is going to be like. not only your company, but others are trying to inhabit this space. >> i think as a person, i'm certainly biased. i think it's going to be absolutely incredible because finally people -- you know, ordinary people -- and i know $200,000 is not the ordinary person, but in time it will be ordinary people, will be able to have a chance to become astronauts, go into space. >> and look at the world from a distance. >> and look at the world from a distance. i think that's just the beginning. i think over the next 20 years, we will take literally hundreds of thousands of people to space and that will give us the financial resources to do even bigger things. >> the irony about this is here's a guy who founded an airline that's been successful, who then got interested in balloons because he wanted to create world records. now that's not enough, he wants to go into space. >> why is it so exciting for you, sir richard? what do you want us to see and what do you w

richard branson only does one thing really well which is make money for richard branson.e into america and give us what we need -- >> bill: he's done a good job with virgin atlantic and virgin america. >> he's good with building a brand but it is not the model we need this country for one reason, amtrak is a national system. not all parts of the amtrak system are going to be financially successful. but it all supports itself so you can keep a national network going and some on capitol hill just want to privatize it. mitt romney wants it zeroed out of all of the things you could do with the federal budget, that's the one program he identified that would completely disappear under a romney administration. >> bill: amtrak. >> no more subsidies for it. >> bill: so sort of contradictory though right? get rid of the auto industry. let the american auto industry fail. and also get rid of amtrak. >> yeah. >> bill: what do you want us to do? bike? >> it appears -- >> bill: horseback? >> maybe he thinks everyone has three or four cars at home with a car elevator. that's his view of

featured speakers include virgin group founder sir richard branson. >>> sunny vale police are on thefor two men who robbed a bank branch this morning. two masked men entered the bank at about 11:30 this morning. police say no weapons were seen during the robbery and no one was hurt. investigators are now reviewing surveillance footage of the bank. police did not say how much money was taken. >>> only on 2, the former leader of your muslim bakery is resurrecting the organization from behind bars. christien kafton has the details on the organizations new presence online. >> repo: store front is vacant today but your black muslim bakery is reemerging online, on the website a letter reads in part, we wish to give you a brief history of just who we are, what we stand for and how we wish to proceed in our mission at this time under the name your black resurrected nation. bay is currently serving three consecutive life sentences in salinas prison. he goes on to say the missions of your black muslim bakery is now entering a new phase. and make no mistake, we'll be greater and better than we

featured speakers include virgin group founder sir richard branson. >>> sunny vale police are on the search for two men who robbed a bank branch this morning. two masked men entered the bank at about 11:30 this morning. police say no weapons were seen during the robbery and no one was hurt. investigators are now reviewing surveillance footage of the bank. police did not say how much money was taken. >>> only on 2, the former leader of your muslim bakery is resurrecting the organization from behind bars. christien kafton has the details on the organizations new presence online. >> reporter: the store front is vacant today but your black muslim bakery is reemerging online, on the website a letter reads in part, we wish to give you a brief history of just who we are, what we stand for and how we wish to proceed in our mission at this time under the name your black resurrected nation. bay is currently serving three consecutive life sentences in salinas prison. he goes on to say the missions of your black muslim bakery is now entering a new phase. and make no mistake, we'll be greater and

. >> with celebrities, tony robbins and richard branson, the red hot chili peppers will play a concert this evening. >> free lunch. free swag. people are willing to give you a button. a hat, a shirt. i think they're giving away head celtics in there. >> organizers say the gathering's size is a sign of growing interest in social media related technology. and for san francisco, it's a sign that at laeast for this week, the city is to become a technology hub in the middle of a tech revolution. >> all about the cloud. 90,000 people and big party in san francisco. a lot had aye phoniphones in th. waiting for the newest this friday. long line at apple stores. business and tech reporter, scott budman has a preof what you will find on the new iphone. scott? >> go from dream force. right in line at apple. might have taken a while, raj, lots of people took the time to download the operating system for mobile devices. preview of what is to come for those who plan to buy the iphone 5. apple's operating system update did not come without glitches. lots reporting problems getting on to wi-fi after l

yon'lith headlining an alternative investment event in the cayman islands along with sir richard branson. the cayman alternative investment summit is a hub for business people and investors to discuss and promote offshore investments, a place where investment summit is a hub for business people and investors to discuss and promote offshore investments, a place where democrats will point outomney a right at home. ie oteaon the event's first night, november 1st. what a favor "w" is doing romney here. >>> up next, the repubcan party baed on missouri's todd akin after his legitimate rape comments. with an hanging tough against reas, republicans may be willing to live with akin if it helps them win control of the senate. apparently that's what's going on. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. >>welce ba tarl. reert h ter dd akin made this comment? >> it seems to me, first of all, from what i understand from doctors, that's really rare. if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. >> they tried to shut him down. republicans fr mitt rom

along with billionaire richard branson. the summit, i guess you could say is like a summer camp for rich guys. they offer a seminar on, let's see, how to capitalize on asia as an emerging fund superpower. mitt romney would love that one, don't you think? if you don't like financial regulation, you can attend a speech on accepting regulation as a way of life. and influencing the regulators. can't you just see bush saying, i'm down there to try to make them influence the regulators? republicans have been doing a great job by keeping bush away from this election cycle this election season, but bush didn't attend the gop convention, and he didn't get a lot of mentions there, either. in his videotape appearance, well, was not played in primetime. just when republicans thought that they were rid of w., he's back. and this time he could be costing romney votes right before the election. how's the public going to view this one? for more, let's turn to msnbc political analyst and "bloomberg view" columnist, jonathan alter. >> hi, ed

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the show is being produced by virgin founder richard branson and australian producer paul danty.racy: who is going to go though? ashley: they're older crowd. tracy: they're old. we're old. only old people. ashley: oldish. tracy: as i said, old people. ashley: justin says he is going to go. tracy: old people are going. quarter after. every 15 minutes we check on the markets. nicole petallides on the floor of the new york stock exchange. nicole, would you go to a stones concert? >> i would have to consider my schedule. there are a lot of people that would go. i can tell you all man brothers come through here once, twice a year. everybody i know goes to that. i am sure a lot of people would like to see mick jagger and start me up. what is not starting facebook. all-time low again today for facebook. let's real it back and to may 18th. that was the ipo date. $38. went up to 45 bucks. plenty of folks thought that was way too overpriced. whether you thought that was the case or not it is moving lower. a lot of folks were saying 18, 17, 12, whatever they were saying. here it is new all-

. >> look at this with an interview with richard branson. >> everybody knows that u.s.h. singapore does a better job than american. that's not what most people fly. that's a very small percentage of people. as far as the economic model and how they run their businesses i think it's pretty advance. we have a lot to learn from others. >> david, many people say jetblue has not been the same since you left. i'm sure you've heard that. >> thousands of times. >> not been the same. was it difficult for you? here's the airline you founded and after that big fluff in february where you step aside. was it a painful decision for you >> extras extremely painful because it's something -- i created a business. i didn't need to do jetblue it was something i felt passionate about. i wanted to create a place where people could say this is the best job i ever had. if they could say that then customers would get on board and say wow this is the best flight i've ever had. that's the model. to have customers say that and crew members say please come back. it's hard. really difficult. but i

. >> look at this with an interview with richard branson. >> everybody knows that u.s.l. >> yeah. singapore does a better job than american. that's not what most people fly. that's a very small percentage of people. as far as the economic model and how they run their businesses i think it's pretty advance. we have a lot to learn from others. >> david, many people say jetblue has not been the same since you left. i'm sure you've heard that. >> thousands of times. >> not been the same. was it difficult for you? here's the airline you founded and after that big fluff in february where you step aside. was it a painful decision for you >> extras extremely painful because it's something -- i created a business. i didn't need to do jetblue it was something i felt passionate about. i wanted to create a place where people could say this is the best job i ever had. if they could say that then customers would get on board and say wow this is the best flight i've ever had. that's the model. to have customers say that and crew members say please come back. it's hard. really difficul