richard cook was a budget analyst at nasa for mid 1985 until early 1986. that's not a long period of time. what is important is that almost immediately after assuming his position. richard warren has supervisors about the safety of the solid rocket booster used on the space shuttle. he wrote specifically about the o rings saying this quote. there is little question that flight safety has been and is still being compromised by the potential failure of the seals. and it is acknowledged that failure during flight would certainly be catastrophic, unquote. richard cook, we are so grateful to have you with us. thanks for being here. thank you. right. glad to be here. john. richard, this is such a fascinating story. and one that changed the course of the us based program. i want to start from the beginning of your time at nasa. you were a young man. you were new to the job, but you had the background to see a problem right off the bat and the presence of mind frankly, to warn your superiors. how did that happen? how was it that you were able to determine so quickl

jesse, i'm ten years old, old and even i can't figure out where the cook belongs gure out. richardfrom naples, florida. >> how do you elbow someone's kidneys? i just learned that the kidneys are like, here. is that the liver is kidneys. where's the liver? the l >> livers on the front? i don't know. yovene just you're notivr is in a doctor. >> all right, nancy from north nanc, congress looks like a spirit airlines flight. >> that sure does. john from newport, virginia. jesse, you ask the questiona spr is this who we are? yes, iitrlines ft is who we are. and i think the peanut butter bathtub woman's running for congress. >> we're actually hearing that the guy with the hornpeanus on six is running for congresscs . >> can't wait till he makesil his appearance on prime time. george,m prince he ma british columbia. >> you all are maniacs and you elect maniacmaniacs s. >> you elect trudeau. you have no standing. maria from bridgeport, connecticut. you said i voted for these people. >> i didn't vote for these people. funded. did want to voted for these people like a dozen timesese pe in yo

richard branson who is a showman knows the power of these moments to inspire people. there are all kinds of ideas cookingthis space. new york is going to have electric helicopters running from downtown to the airports. >> sir richard branson was actually on that greasy flight, if you want to call it that. bill, tomorrow the top 28 climate summit is set to take place in dubai. we're learning vice president harris is scheduled to attend in lieu of president biden. is there anything to take from her attending and not president biden? >> reporter: the white house says he's got other things. there's a lot going on in the world. if you look at the top three emitters of carbon pollution, it's china, the united states and russia. 200 world leaders will be there. the cloud is who's hosting this. the ceo of aubu dabi's biggest oil company is hosting it. there have been claims he's going to try to use this meeting to sell their oil and gas. it's a blatant conflict of interest when the world needs to burn less oil. so many of the vulnerable countries that depend on this conference for their very existence are relyin

cooking oil. this is the virgin atlantic boeing flight taking off. it's a richardseless . recognise so useless. >> oh, you know, this is not this is nothing new. this is nothing as i said you nothing new. as i said to you before, like uncle, who before, like my uncle, who was a priest, used this in his priest, used to do this in his volkswagen van ten years ago. >> charles prince charles has a little sports car the little sports car like the plane. it's taking off. >> taking off. it's being >> it's taking off. it's being fuelled by this staff. sustainable aviation fuel. this, ladies and gentlemen , might be ladies and gentlemen, might be a glimpse of your future right here. tonya's uncle used to run his van on chip fat ten years ago, but this is what it leads to . to. >> richard. >> richard. >> richard. >> richard branson is on that flight. i mean, he's showing off, really, isn't it? >> it's up in the air from what we can see. >> so far, so good. if i was on there, nigel, i'd have my fingers crossed a little bit. i'm sure it'll be fine. >> i always have my fingers

richard branson was in the mood to brag after making history. his 787 flew from london to new york using 100% sustainable aviation. it's a blend of processed cooking oil, animal fat and corn based kerosene using 70% less carbon than normal flights. but branson admits the fuel is, in short supply and it's expensive. so there's a long way to go before this is streamlined. >> authorities are investigating new cyber attacks targeting the health care industry in several states. a data breach at one medical service company is affecting 4 million people in new york and dozens of hospitals in these six states have been impacted by a ransomware attack against ardent health services. the health care chain was forced to divert patients from emergency rooms and reschedule their surgeries. >> dramatic moments in court as convicted killer alec murdoch was sentenced for fraud. his victims confronting him face to face. and murdoch took the opportunity to deliver a familiar message. here's abc's andrea fujii disgraced south carolina attorney alec murdoch faced his victims in court as he was sentenced to 27 years for financial crimes because of what you did to me,

cooking oil. the founder of the virgin group, richard branson, was on board.s the first time a commercial flight has flown across the atlantic on 100% sustainable fuel. what's even more incredible is that it is a drop in fuel which means none of the equipment had to be changed. they just used this fuel instead of fossil jet fuel. it was two years ago when we were very brave on board the first domestic flight with 100% sustainable fuel with united airlines. we flew from chicago to d.c. one of the engines had fuel made from sugar water and corn. clearly, we landed safely. all of the equipment was the same, so virgin makes the point that electric and hydrogen technology on planes is decades away, but this fuel can actually be used right now. >> they didn't have to change anything with the engines? >> nothing at all. all the same plane. >> richard branson. >> pioneer. >> i love it. i love it. thank you so much, gio. take a look at this, everyone. the iconic paris sky line is looking more familiar. notre dame's famed cathedral has a new spire in place for the first