we see coming from van horn. i'm ashley banks reporting in van horn, texas. and with so much bye around today's historic blue origin launch, you may be a surprise that not everyone's feeling the same excitement from lawsuits to workplace injuries and reports of mandatory overtime. amazon has come under fire for its treatment of its own employees. are te correspondence. i have a jury following the story and joins us now with the latest via what can you tell us? the today was no doubt another big day for jeff bezos, blue origin made it 2nd successful human launch into space, all paid by his thriving company, amazon, which has made bases a very rich. in fact, basis was v, which was person in the world with a net worth of $189000000000.00 until this week. when he lost the 1st spot to learn mosque, who has a net worth of $224000000000.00. and like school yard kids must made sure baze. those didn't forget that on monday year, apply to retweet from baze those with emoji, showing a silver metal with the number 2 on it. but that might not be bays those lee's worries r

we see coming from van horn, i'm ashley banks reporting in van horn, texas. and asked to join us now ashley, you just gave me the great team. you're right, this is not the last thing from van horn. so do we have any idea yet? you know, that's one great thing about the amazon p r there. usually the next ones are now. do we know what comes next? do not know what's coming next, but i did speak with a few residents here in texas, and we suspect that we'll probably see another launch in about 3 months. and this could become a regular occurrence. well, i know the people there in van harm are certainly looking forward to and i hope you enjoy your time and texas. thanks. ashley for very sure. i thank you so much. got a now that's all the time we have for today shall. but i promise this conversation to which will continue to follow me on twitter. that is at scottie and hughes last talk about and share your stories right now about how the economy and the job search is going for you. use hash tag team and b and for this on more affordable dot tv app on your apple androi

we are currently in a hold and watching the launch site just outside van horn, texas.r this mission, my friend and colleague, jose diaz-balart. tom costello at the launch site near van horn, lindsey riser in our own mission control with a closer look at the new shepherd rocket, dr. may gemson, a former nasa astronaut and the first black woman in space and back with us, leroy chiou the former commander of the international space station, and garrett riseman and dr. jose hernandez. >> let's start with tom, good morning, tom, do we know anything about this delay, why the delay? >> reporter: hang on one second. i'm going to give you an answer. it looks like the -- it looks like we've resumed the countdown, guys. so they were going through the checklist, pardon me for listening to the voice of mission control, which is actually blue origin. this was a vehicle readiness issue. it was not weather-related. it was not atc-related. this was vehicle readiness, something on that checklist kind of had them pause for a while, but they just as you came to me, they were picking up the

william shot that is on board a blue origin spacecraft, which is due to lift lift off shortly from van horn in texas. the 19 year old is said to become the oldest person to go into space, and we will be back with that live event for you on the dra 0 when it happens next year though, the stream stay with this. i care about healthy us engaging with the rest of the world. i cover foreign policy, national curity. this is a political im house here to paul ford or with how only good story we're really interested in taking you into a place that you might not visit otherwise. it actually feels if you were there. i hi, i'm semi ok. stay on the stream. the mistreatment of asylum seekers in europe. i will it take a look at this video taken by undercover jonas on the crecia bosnia border so what you are seeing here are refugees being beaten. this technique is used to discourage people from entering european union. it's known as pushback, and it is a needle. in this episode of the stream, the ask is europe abandoning refugees? if you're on youtube right now, the comment section is live, put your thought

william shatner is on board a blue origin spacecraft, which is due to liftoff shortly from van horn in texas. the 90 year old is set to become the oldest person to go to space. his launch was scheduled for monday but it was delayed because of strong winds. live to andy gallegos, covering the story for us from miami's to launch has been delayed again to day by at least a half an hour. now, do we know what's going on while we're on a hold patent at the moment we were down to t minus 15 minutes, but for about the last 10 minutes, we're on whole blue origin hasn't said why, but i have been some concerns about high when the initial launch was supposed to happen on tuesday that was delayed for the very same reason. but william shatner, also known as captain james t. kirk is on board inside that new ship at rocket. he was driven out to the pad by jeff bay's off himself, looking pretty relaxed. remember, this is a 90 year old man. once this happens, once the launch gets on the way, he will be the oldest human being to get into space. although people will argue about whether the blue are actual

in beautiful van horn, texas, where my friends and i used to go to the van horn truck stop.stop. it's a pretty small footprint here in west texas. joe, you and i are about the aim aim age, and "star trek" what was a bfd for us when we were kids, captain kirk and romulus, it was a big thing. to see captain kirk take off later, 10:00 a.m. eastern time is the launch. 9:00 a.m. central time. right now, all systems are go. >> reporter: if jeff bezos and his blue origin team had hoped to generate even more buzz than their successful first flight, who better for that mission than the man who played the iconic captain kirk. >> that will give us warp speed. >> reporter: if there's anything special you want to do kind of play tribute to all of those years playing captain kirk. >> the thing i really want to do? come back down. >> reporter: 90-year-old william shatner, and blue origin executive and two who paid. >> i can't think of a better ambassador. >> reporter: last night, we got our first glimpse ever of the astronaut village where guests who pay to fly cool their jets including a

little van horn, texas has done so much for the bezos team. you can read about the dent he is making in the local economy there. i would say, tom, the dream making and dream inspiration is coming directly infused first into the little town of van horn and spreading from there. >> this is like nasa's history. the money doesn't get spent up in space in the black void. the money for the space budget and jeff bezos's company is spent on the ground, it provides jobs and inspiration and the motivation for people to jump into these high-tech industries. we need more of this and other start ups. this is not just for launching high speed internet satellites but providing a way to get lunar mining under way to take advantage of resources. that's part of our american future. >> harris: that's fascinating. i think of the young boys and girls who are leaving high school to figure out which college to go to. this drives innovation. people say why doesn't bezos do something else on earth? i want to focus on texas and florida and every place we have been bles

nbc's morgan chesky is near the launch site in van horn, texas.ast. you're super lucky to have gotten this assignment. talk to us about the preparations here. what's happening, what we can expect. what we should be watching for. >> reporter: yasmin, good morning. a lot of anticipation here in van horn, texas, in the west texas desert. and all systems are a go, according to blue origin. the big question they're waiting on right now is the weather. we know they had to push this back by a day, because winds hit about 75 miles an hour earlier. and that's what caused them to err on the side of caution out here. they want to make sure this is a seamless flight, just like the one back in late july that took up jeff bezos and that's why right now, we know those four astronauts at their astronaut village outside of the launch site, we know that tomorrow at 8:30 local time, they'll go up, have that 11-minute flight, experience about three minutes of weightlessness before coming back down to earth. and you have william shatner about to be the oldest person e

even in van horn, about 20 miles away where we were for the first launch. you could feel that initial boom when the rocket went skyward. and as we approach this final countdown, there's been a lot of discussion about the autonomous nature of the controlling of this rocket. however, built into this, blue origin has said that it does have significant safety features onboard, should anything go wrong. and that includes the ability to actually jettison that capsule on top of the rocket, away from that tlurs, at any point during flight. whether that be on the launch pad, whether that be as it starts to take off, or as it starts to enter that edge of space there, crossing that carmen line. they said they've tested this repeatedly and that's why they're confident in some of the safe gaurds in place here, that should something go wrong with the tlurs, that capsule would be able to leave entirely and return to earth. and in doing so, you can still make a safe landing on the earth's surface with two out of its three chutes still working there and those seats we've se

let's take you back out live to van horn, texas, where the caravan is underway.kup trucks that you see there on the bottom of the screen are carrying the crew of this capsule is going to be going up into space here in about 40 minutes from right now about 7.30 or so and every now and then they'll put up a little box on the screen showing the interior shot of the truck. that's carrying william shatner and from time to time i've seen sitting in the middle seats are right along lacks looking amazing at the age of 90 years old to leavt it all this person ever to go into space and at 4 minutes of weightlessness and this is this is pretty cool. this is going to be pretty epic. i'm hoping they'll give us another interior shot because it's kind of fun to see him riding along kind of a full-circle moment beginning of his acting obviously is playing captain kirk on the original series of star trek. and then here is at 90 actually going into space. for real this time instead of just pretending it's really incredible. so we'll give you this blast off live as soon as it happe

. >> the mayor of van horn texas which is 25-mile from the launch pad said she is excited shatner ison board today hoping will inspire kids who are into science fiction to grow an interest in space travel. >> and shatner at 90 will be the oldest person to fly into orbit. it's scheduled to take off at seven. >> all right. >>> time for us to get a check of weather and traffic. >> we are going to start with mary lee. >> good morning. by the way i think all of the trekkie fans super excited about the launch. i just checked weather conditions and it looks great. the weather shouldn't be a problem as they blast off. very cool. here we go. a live look back at home at our sales force tower camera as we look east across the bay with the bay bridge there. the east bay and we are looking at temperatures on the chilly side. we are in the 40's and 50's. 53 in concord, oakland. 45 in livermore. 53 in san francisco. 49 san jose. 4 # for santa rosa. let's check that 24 hour temperature change. we are chillier compared to yesterday at this time. 11 address chillier in livermore. five degrees cooler i

he'll join three passengers for blue origin's second launch near van horn, texas, tomorrow. old, "star trek's" captain kirk will become the oldest person to ever fly in space. >> and it looks like there's a great deal of curiosity about this fictional character captain kirk going into space. so let's go along with it and enjoy the ride. >> enjoy the ride. abc news live will have complete coverage of tomorrow's 11-minute flight, set for 10:00 a.m. eastern. >>> and when we come back, the american two-star general tonight, and something that has just happened, changing his life forever. people everywhere living with type 2 diabetes are waking up to what's possible with rybelsus®. ♪ you are my sunshine ♪ ♪ my only sunshine... ♪ rybelsus® works differently than any other diabetes pill to lower blood sugar in all 3 of these ways... increases insulin when you need it... decreases sugar... and slows food. the majority of people taking rybelsus® lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than 7. people taking rybelsus® lost up to 8 pounds. rybelsus® isn't for peopl with typ

his on board, a blue origin spacecraft, which is due to lift off shortly from van horn in texas. a 90 year old is set to become the oldest person to go to space. his launch was scheduled for monday, but it was delayed because of strong winds. now the 19 year old. oh blade captain kirk, of course, in the series, will be on board a blue origin capsule, which is blasting off from texas, as we've said, is following in the footsteps of the world's richest man jeff bezos. he reached out a space in july which the world governing body puts at about 100 kilometers above earth. that same month entrepreneur richard branson also took off in his specially designed rocket, plain branson's virgin galactic mission, reaching out to altitude of 88 kilometers. now both commercial flights are still a long way from the international space station which orbit around 400 kilometers above earth. but all our major milestones, of course, in the push towards private commercial space travel live to andy gallagher, who's in miami for his lunch time for william shatner's is what 20 minutes away. andy, it's be

no doubt this has got the small town of 2000 people of van horn, texas, it's got them talking.es that got me interested in space and science fiction. are junior high age up to now where william shatner is in our town fixing it go up into space. it's the whole circle for me. >> it was just the end of july when the inaugural blue origin human flight was conducted carrying the company's founder amazon mooingal and his brother bezos. he took them out to the launchpad.ggal and his brother bezos. he took them out to the launchpad. there are jokes he may take a second ride. we are in west texas. >> bill: we want to bring in first female commander of a space capsule. we heard from the mayor of van horn, texas. wanted an invite for the liftoff and didn't get it. she said she'll get as close as she can. what does this mean today? >> well, it means a lot to me. i was a big fan of star trek when i was in third or 4th grade. it's pretty cool to see william shatner walk up all of those stairs at age 90. he is in tremendous shape to be able to do that. it's good to see space flight expand out

william shatner, has touched down in van horn, texas. the latest on blue origin's mission.ing flashbacks watching jeff bezos touched down safely. sounds like this one went off without a hitch. >> he can live long and prosper. it was mission successful. emily chuckles away. it was fascinating because william shatner was visibly moved. here is what he had to say. mr. shatner: what you have given me is the most profound experience i could've asked for. i'm so filled with emotion about what just happened. just extraordinary. ed: an astonishing reaction for a man who was such an icon in the 60's. a figure of the future of space. now he is lived it. astonishing. emily: astonishing indeed. they say it is not a competition but of course it is. how would you put this blue origin mission in the context of what we saw with spacex and inspiration four. ed: it is 62 miles above the earth. it is a fraction of what spacex achieved. 320 mile orbit. three consecutive days. this is the business model for blue origin, what they want to sell. shatner was flying for free paid for by bezos and b

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kelly o'grady following it all from van horn, texas. kelly?eporter: $25,000 a minute, what a stat, neil. it was quite a day in van horn, texas. blue origin had second spaceflight. william shatner made history going boldly where no 90-year-old man ever went before. shatner described what it came down when. once the vessel took off there was successful separation of the capsule and the booster. the capsule reached 347,000 feet, passing that karman line and the sonic boom everyone talks about happened about 7 minutes and 15 seconds. listen they told me to prepared for it but i was so caught by surprise. it returned to earth after ten minutes and 17 seconds. weightlessness, the astronauts experienced about four minutes. when shatner got out of the capsule he talked to bezos and he was visibly overwhelmed by the experience. take a listen. >> what you have given me is the most profound experience i -- i'm so filled with emotion about what just happened. i just, it is extraordinary, extraordinary. reporter: that is what we're going to remember about

let's go back to gio benitez at the launch site in van horn, texas.there. a successful launch apparently and a successful landing. there's the blue origin new shepherd capsule. it has landed with william shatner on board and three crew members with him. it was just about 12 minutes ago we saw the launch. you're rumble. we could feel it as it went up there. you can imagine what was william shatner thinking when he was going up to the edge of space, 62 miles above the earth's surface, 2,200 miles per hour. the g force that he must have been feeling against his body must have been extraordinary. 90 years old. now at this point william shatner has made history as the oldest person ever to go to space. again, they spent four minutes of weightlessness up there at the edge of space in that zero gravity, just floating around. he said he would be looking through that window the whole time. guys? >>> now we turn to the new fda eles forry duof sodium in the food we csume proposing changes for restaurants, manufacturers, cafeterias and food trucks. dr. jen ashton

early wednesday morning star track in aerospace fans alike gathered for a highway watch party in van horn pad often the distance as actor william shatner prepared for the 90 year-old widely known as star trek's captain kirk becoming the oldest person to travel to space back on earth. but it's right there on lookers young and old marveling at the miracle of flight before up there. what and shot their sage. very impressive as his life doesn't stop like a none of us. >> should ever give up. none of us had ever rest on our laurels. >> we should always keep pushing 10 minutes, 350,000 feet high 2200 miles per hour. chatter and his crew earning their wings from blue origin, founder and star trek fan. jeff ok, guys. we have 4 astronauts before you. the beloved captain kirk overwhelmed with emotion at the experience of a lifetime what you've given is the most profound so. filled with emotion. but but what just happened. i just. >> extra. we have >> incredible was incredible. it was markie. martin reporting for us tonight. that does it for us here on kron 4 news at 8. but our primetime news contin

. >> the mayor of van horn texas which is 25-mile from the launch pad said she is particularly excited shatner is on board hoping will inspire kids who are into science fiction to grow an interest in space travel. laura podesta. cbs news. >> he will be the oldest person to fly into orbit. the flight is scheduled to take off this morning at seven. cbs news will carry the launch live in a special report. >>> time 6:15. let's get a check of weather and traffic. >> very mary lee and a look at the traffic. we will start with mary with the conditions out there. >> good morning to you. i just checked west texas and the conditions out there for the launch. it looks great. clear skies, light winds, jeff bezos. here we go. a live look here in the bay area. beautiful view of the golden gate this morning. we are looking at a chilly start to our day. much cooledder compared to yesterday and also a few more clouds streaming in. 453 in concord, oakland at 42, 44 livermore, mid-40s's in san jose and 47 for santa rose a. high definition doppler and i'm tracking a weak weather system. it's -- on the tai

morgan norwood abc news, van horn, texas really cool to see his reaction because he was just overwhelmed experience spencer. he was it was it was just incredible you could feel his emotion. you know it. i don't think there was any acting there. i think that was his honest feeling. yeah true. yeah, i was those heartwarming to see you know get emotional. was the cool thing for him to do also i did not know that he was a musician and he's gonna create some new music out of this. oh, that is cool. i was like i was inspired he couldn't stop talking about that comforter of blue seeing her atmosphere right? i just think it's amazing that he is 90. he said i'm gonna do it. he did it. he did. i just wanted him at some point to to blurred out. i need my engines now scotty. yeah drive and have somebody go. i'm working on it captain. that's scottish. it's okay. all right, nice. try it out. i reportedly working on new health us. es tech giant is exploring ways to have the pods take your temperature monitor your posture even improve your hearing. the report says there's no time frame to roll out the f

eastern from van horn, texas.ration has authorized an electronic cigarette to be sold in the united states. one of a contentious turns. the fda wrote, the authorized products aerosols are significantly less toxic than combusted cigarettes based on available data. the fda determined that without weighing the risk to you. i guess we'll see. >>> according to network, the south korean show "squid game" is the most watched ever. over 111 million have tuned in last month, beating out "bridgerton." netflix share with 6% since its release with south korea with more original content with plans to spend $5 million this year alone. and coachella is reversing its plan to require vaccinations for next year's event. are we sure this is a good idea? instead, attendees must show proof of a negative covid test 72 hours of the festival. the announcement was made via instagram, citing low transmission data and safety protocols and other festivals towards the change. this festival is scheduled for april of next year. >>> still ahead,

texas, van horn, texas, where william shatner has just climb the stairway. there in that picture window there on the bottom right corner as he and the rest of the crew here of this ew shepard mission aboard the blue origin rocket about to rocket themselves into space in about a half hour. stay to we're going to have it live right here on the kron 00:00am morning news citing and down here on earth. we're also checking out whether and traffic for you, not such a big journey. just to work or school john, how's it going as you blast off in the parking not too much to hold you up this morning. we do have a little bit of cloud cover overhead. we've had a couple of sprinkles in the north bay. >> but the biggest change from where we have been is the calmer winds that we have for your wednesday, which is really going to the cherry on top of a cool fall day ahead of us. your view outside her berkeley hills camera does show you that cloud cover. that's sitting right above us now for the most part, the bay area is looking at dry skies. but a couple of sprinkles have bee

today's launch took place near the rural town of van horn texas mayor becky brewster says the flurry of space travel is boosting local tourism. we're wanting people to come in and stay for a while every time there's a launch coming in. the hotels fill up some of it with extra people, some of the blue origin people that have come in from the other side's blue origin has not announced final pricing for its space flights, but tickets are expected to cost thousands of dollars. c j poppa ktvu fox two news. just become at noon. walgreens is closing more stores in san francisco we'll take a look at how rampant retail theft prompted the decision and how supervisors are now pushing for more private security. also people continue to be impacted by the southwest airline disruptions the new challenge that passengers face when it comes to getting their lost luggage back. and it is a much cooler day today for most of the bay area and awfully pretty picture, though, on this thursday, ktvu meteorologist mark tamayo. it is a wednesday he knows that i love your full forecast coming up. from a majorn n

are going to watch that rocket rise once again from the west texas desert just outside the city of van hornl have a four-person team inside that capsule sitting atop the rocket, including, of course, as you mentioned, william shatner. captain kirk himself going to experiencing that 3 minutes or so of weightlessness before he and the crew members will be dropped back to the earth's surface with that capsule via a parachute for hopefully a soft landing here in the desert. we know this launch had to be pushed back by at least a day because wind gusts were hitting around 75 miles an hour here, definitely not the conditions you want to have when you're launching a rocket to space. we had a chance to hear from shatner himself. >> do you think there was a connection subconsciously with playing the role of captain kirk and getting you to this point? >> i'm so sorry to disappoint you. >> no connection? >> but all that was fiction. i'm going to see the vastness of space and the extraordinary miracle of our earth and how fragile it is. >> while there is some nervous energy ahead of the big launch, blu

that's the latest outside van horn, texas. casey stegall fox news.oast ports containers stacked up without truckers to haul them. the end result, goods meant for store shelves are not being delivered. but today the president announced a deal to bring in help in hopes of ending the problem. good evening to you. i'm andre. senior. frank is off. and i'm julie julie haener congestion at west coast ports is so bad right now the president biden is brokering deals with the ports and shippers to get things moving faster. it is a last ditch effort in order to save the holidays from bare shelves and aggravating inflation, not to mention keeping the u. s economy from stalling out. ktvu tom baker joins us now he's live in oakland, overlooking the port of oakland. with the details of this new plan, and tom there is still not a guarantee of success. not a guarantee of success. in fact, it is a big bold plan for sure, and it's a big, bold plan that we really need, but there will be some likely big potholes. in front of it. with the holidays coming up, you might be

cnn's space and defense correspondent kristen fisher is at the launch site in van horn, texas. after 24 hour delay, we're minutes away from a new scheduled time. are conditions there, kristen, favorable for the launch today? >> reporter: it is a little chilly, but not a lot of wind, which is exactly the thing that has caused those two delays up until this point. but as of now, all systems are go and, you know, jeff bezos has been a fan of "star trek" since he was a kid. it is part of the reason he became so interested in space. it is part of the reason that he ultimately founded this company, blue origin. and so it is quite fitting that he is getting able to -- he's able to send his childhood hero into space on his company's second crude launch. what we're going to see here today is very similar to what we saw when jeff bezos himself launched into space, back in july. this is a quick suborbital trip, ten minutes long from start to finish, about four minutes of weightlessness, but this crew of four people, they will indeed cross the carmen line, the historical marker, the defini

that's the latest outside van horn, texas. casey stegall fox news.uring into the santa barbara area where a raging wildfire is now threatening homes and ranches. the alice all fire has now burned more than 24 square miles near the city of santa barbara since it started on monday. that fire is being fanned by fierce winds it has burned from the santa ynez mountains all the way down to the pacific ocean highway one. a one remains closed through that area, but crews are hoping to get it back open by this weekend. high priority is open up the highway 11 corridor and the emperor. the railway as this is a common. commerce avenue and his high priority for our incident. right now we're able to get aircraft on the upper end of the fire with retardant. we are unable to drop down the sides east and west because of the turbulence in the high window velocity. fire officials say one of the properties currently threatened is the ranch of former president ronald reagan. the fire is about a half mile away. the national weather service has issued another red flag warn

we were in the city of van horn for the last launch in late july.e were just a few miles away from where that rocket rose from the west texas desert. there were two holds that took place but it did take off on a blue sky sunshine day. by all accounts from everyone who witnessed the moment, it was a seamless mission from start to finish. i can tell you that as the rocket comes up, you can see it in the sky before you really hear it, and then feel it. and that is something that just creates goosebumps, this anticipation and the realization that four people on board that little glimmer in the sky are leaving this earth, if just for a moment, experiencing that weightlessness, looking down on the planet and coming back down, in what was a smooth affair just like the last time. to see captain kirk himself, 90-year-old william shatner who by all accounts is in incredible shape for his age, walk off that capsule and have that incredible moment, it was beyond powerful. just take a listen to some more of what he had to say. >> this blue that we have, oh, that

that's the latest outside van horn, texas, casey stengel. fox news.g underneath her home and calls for help. what she didn't know was there wasn't just one rattlesnake, but a whole lot of others. get it into the bucket. and. when i see a second rattlesnake. okay, so i get that put it in the bucket. now i gotta get some rocks and i move it over. so i catch a third rattlesnake. then i see two babies coiled up and i go. oh, man, they're having babies. and it went on and on and on see what the final count was when it was all said and done. warmer day tomorrow. as we head into your thursday, we'll look into that. and then how warm is it going to get for the weekend? back after the break? in business, setbacks change everything. so get comcast business internet and add securityedge. it helps keep your network safe by scanning for threats every 10 minutes. and unlike some cybersecurity options, this helps protect every connected device. yours, your employees' and even your customers'. so you can stay ahead. get started with a great offer and ask how you can

gretchen van horn here. in reading the executive summary, i was dismayed to discover -- >> secretary: are you party to the d.r. requester? >> i am a neighbor. >> hi, this is jeff horde again. >> secretary: mr. horde, mrs. horde, you will have an opportunity to address the commission under rebuttal. okay. right now, we're just taking public comment. >> caller: hello. my name is deborah comb and i live directly across from 3737. i've lived here and owned this home for the last 26 years with my wife. i'm really baffled how 3737 could get or give an exemption of not restoring the facade. as we are in a historical district. in the fact that it sits in the middle of three other homes that are identical to it. in 2017, our garage had a leak and we needed to do repair. during the permit process, we were told we could not change anything in regards to the front of our home because we were in historic districts. we were also informed in charge of additional fees for our permit because we were in a historic district. i

we will go to van horn, texas, where william shatner, captain kirk, himself, is going where few havempany blue origin, the 90-year-old actor will make history as the oldest person to ever fly in space. we are about 3.5 minutes away from the launch right now. she a part of a four-person crew that entered the capsule, ready to plast off in west texas. we have about 30 seconds, there have been some holds. they were 45 minutes delayed. we are about to watch it happen. i want to bring in tom costello, give us a sense of what these astronauts can expect today. >> reporter: well, within two minutes of launch, two-to-three minutes once they're actually off the tower, they're actually going to have a separation from the rocket. the capsule will separate from the booster rock. it will head on from it effigy and the car american line, the delineation recognized for space. they will get three to four minutes of weightlessness before the capsule comes down to earth. the total trip is 11 minutes in july. this one has captain kirk. that's why we're here, 90-years-old, he tells me, she nervous about

morgan chesky is in van horn, texas, this morning. morgan, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. the legal back and forth over the nation's most restrictive abortion measure is causing ripple effects outside of the state of texas. there are reports of patient backlogs in clinics in neighboring states and now the justice department is calling on an appeals court to ban the law it calls unconstitutional. the justice department taking aim at texas' abortion law. calling on a court to halt the ban for now while its suit challenging the new law is appealed. in a filing, it says allowing it to remain in effect would disserve the public interest, adding that texas has not attempted to defend the law's constitutionality in this court. the filing comes days after a three-judge panel temporarily reinstated the state law known as sb-8 which bans most abortions after 6 weeks, welcome news to the measure supporters. >> we know there's going to be a lot of attempts to try to take down this law. but the fact that it has saved about a hu

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steve: we are back with a live look at van horn, texas wherein about an hour and a half, william shatnerd the scenes look at captain kirk before blast off, kelly? >> [laughter] steve, yes, the blue origin is set to unlaunch its second human space flight, they are suiting up, captain kirk himself is there set to become the oldest person in space at 90 years old, pretty impressive and yesterday, i actually got an inside look at an exact replica of the capsule he'll be in. >> okay so i'm inside the capsule where that four- person crew is going to take the 11-minute sub orbital flight. now two of the four passengers are paying, blue origin hasn't released how much they are paying but their competitor virgin galactic is selling seats for $250,000 to $450,000 if you have it but good news is, william shatner has a window seat. the professed aim of democratiz ing space travel but blue origin's goals go beyond commercialization. founder jeff bezos is looking to move industries that stretch earth into space and blue is developing reuseable rocket systems. >> jeff bezos' vision is really remarkable

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