it virgin?avid: did she get a finder's fee for that idea or not? [laughter] richard: i can't remember who -- if she is out there, i would be delighted to give her one. but it is very fortunate because we have gone into so many different sectors and businesses. we have been virgin in all of these different sectors. slipped disc airlines would not have been good. david: you started a record company, and initially it is a record retailer, right? richard: initially it was a mail order, selling records much cheaper than anyone else had done. we were the first people to sell records at a discount. so there was a mail order strike for six weeks, so we went looking for a very cheap music store on oxford street. david: then you started filling virgin megastores. you have a lot of stores in the u.k. and other places. how many did you have at one point? richard: we had about 300 megastores around the world in all the main places, like in times square, oxford street, in the heyday when music was all that yo

the virgin mary's role in the heavenly hierarchy is in this franciscan church newly defined. she is jesus companion and on par with the angels at the same time she remains a human being that signifies that she is the first human being to be redeemed and raised to heaven. the rose when they're in the outer world is like a final symbol of this new order. the shape of the sun can be construed as referring to jesus the rose to the virgin mary both forms are united as part of a circle that has only one center god. at the close of the middle ages towards the end of the fourteenth century tuscany became a european stronghold of progress the dominican monk from an jellicoe came from the area around florence and achieved world renown with his portrayals of angels. there. than in the conspicuous chapel nicko tona is home to the enunciation a popular motif. the messages depicted in the form of visible words the virgin mary is face still has a generic madonna like quality but is also individually defined and this image symbolizes not only the metaphorical line between the middle ages and

this anger is offset by the gentle virgin mary to his left. beneath them is an angel with us at high level with the viewer is the archangel michael with his sword. another angel herds frightened citizens of pisa towards damnation the faces up terrified and pleading but no one can escape divine judgment this is a recurring motif in christendom in the face of the might of the last judgment the wealth and grand bishops and even the power of mana use all to no avail. in the frescoes pictorial arrangement the artist has paid tribute to social status the kings occupy the top. even one of the angels reveals its fear in the face of the past and unavoidable ity of the last judgment announced by trumpets on the left we can see the saved these two are portraits of real life citizens of. their facial expressions are calm and they all look up to the merciful figure of the virgin mary . before the judge their body language is relaxed the face is a clear although their expressions reveal intense concentration. pease's pious citizens are expressing their hear

virgin say they have more than 600 paid—up clients wanting a trip into space. a 90—minute trip. while the flight marked a milestone for virgin galactic, the firm's rivals, including tesla's elon musk and amazon'sjeff bezos, have already ventured further, though that's without people on board. meanwhile, virgin galactic say, in time, as they build more and more spaceships, thousands more people will have the opportunity of a trip into space. eliza philippidis, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: a voyage to the world's most remote island. we find out what scientists are hoping to learn from studying ice. after eight months on the run, saddam hussein has been tracked down and captured by american forces. saddam hussein is finished, because he killed our people, our women, our children. the signatures took only a few minutes, but they brought a formal end to three and a half years of conflict, conflict that has claimed more than 200,000 lives. before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the pe

virgin say they have more than 600 paid—up clients wanting a trip into space.0,000 for a 90—minute trip. while the flight marked a milestone for virgin galactic, the firm's rivals, including tesla's elon musk and amazon'sjeff bezos, have already ventured further, though that's without people on board. meanwhile, virgin galactic say, in time, as they build more and more spaceships, thousands more people will have the opportunity of a trip into space. eliza philippidis, bbc news. scientists have been exploring what's become known as the "world's most remote island". bouvet is a small volcanic rock in the south atlantic, more than a 600 miles from the nearest land. researchers are taking samples of its ice , they believe it will hold clues to the past behaviour of the winds that blow around the antarctic. jonathan amos has more. bouvet island is this extraordinary place in the south atlantic, literally in the middle of nowhere. it is a volcanic rock that comes out of the ocean. it is quite small, only about 60 square kilometres, but it is far away from anywhere. y

virgin say they have more than 600 paid—up clients wanting a trip into space.light marked a milestone for virgin galactic, the firm's rivals including tesla's elon musk and amazon's jeff bezos including tesla's elon musk and amazon'sjeff bezos have already ventured further, though without people on board. meanwhile virgin galactic say in time as they build more and more spaceships, thousands more and more spaceships, thousands more people will have the opportunity of a trip into space. well, very much down to earth now. for centuries, artists and photographers have used the river thames in london as a subject of their work. 0ne artist is now recreating specific moments in the history of the thames, in striking images. wendy hurrell explains all. it could be a whimsical oil painting, but look again. this is actually a photograph. the artist is recreating historical stories from the river thames. my work is very cinematic, it's very lit. i use a lot of special effects, like haze and smoke machines, to create the smog that used to exist in london. and they're not

virgin islands. >> everybody in? thank you very much. we have invited the nations, our great nations newly-elected governors and some really terrific people that are doing a wonderful job. all of them had great victories. some had very outstanding victories in terms of the percentage of victory and surprising. we have some real stars in the room and they became stars because of the way they handled themselves. i can almost say can pretty much say most of them have become stars if not all. winning is a wonderful thing. i thought what i would do is go around the room and you can introduce yourselves and say hello and we have cabinet members too. i would love for you to say couple of words and it's an honor to have you well. >> thank you mr. president. i appreciate being here today. and the governor elect in south dakota. farmer, rancher small-business owner served in our state legislature and intercept and spent the last eight years in congress so thank you for the invitation. and tax reform. that's right. a great job. >> mr. president tha

the company virgin galactic took commercial space travel to a whole new level today. kpix5's allen martin is here now with this groundbreaking space shattering mission. this is cool. >> the edge of space. >> we knew they'd get there eventually. >> we're there apparently. an aircraft carrying the virgin spaceship 2 took off from mojave desert this morning carrying two test pilots out of the discernible atmosphere. at 45,000 feet the aircraft released the spaceship 2 which rocketed more than 51 miles above the earth. on board two test pilots and a mannequin representing a future passenger, it landed safely minutes later. virgin galactic founder richard branson talked about it after the launch. >> i'm really hopeful that a lot of people watching your program one day will be able to go to space and that's our aim is to try to make it safe and affordable for as many people as possible. >> branson is competing with fellow billionaires jeff bezos and elon musk in the race to get tourists to space. more than 600 people have signed up to fly virgin galactic. the rides are pric

virgin say they have more than 600 paid—up clients wanting a trip into space. sold for $250,000 for a 90—minute trip. while the flight marked a milestone for virgin galactic, the firm's rivals, including tesla's elon musk and amazon'sjeff bezos, have already ventured further, though that's without people on board. meanwhile, virgin galactic say, in time, as they build more and more spaceships, thousands more people will have the opportunity of a trip into space. eliza philippidis, bbc news. an army recruitment drive has faced significant problems including a website that cost three times its budget and was 52 months late, a national audit 0ffice report has found. 0utsourcing giant capita was awarded the £495 million contract for army recruitment in 2012 but has failed to hit soldier recruitment targets every year since. capita admitted it had "underestimated the complexity" of the project. the army said it had "put in place a plan to address the challenges". half of uk homes could get faster broadband than they do now, according to 0fcom. new figures from the r

in a sudden free fall, virgin's two pilots fired their rocket.mbing to 51.4 miles beyond what the faa calls the edge of space. >> welcome to space. >> million dollar view. >> reporter: a stunning view that future space tourists may enjoy. then a perfect landing back on earth where virgin's richard branson promised the first of 700 customers who paid $250,000 could start flying in six months. >> i can't think of any experience that will be more wonderful, extreme than going to space. >> reporter: fellow bills jeff bezos and elon musk are also in the space tourism business as a new space race takes off. tom costello, nbc am so in. >> so cool. out of this world, but so out of our budget. >> ten years from now it could be a lot cheaper. >> there's always groupon. >> that's right. >>> kfc is trying out a new tradition for the holidays with a log they say smells like fried chicken. when lit, the log will smell like the chain's famous fried chicken. kfc hopes it will result in a craving for fried chick. . it is available online at kfcfirelogs.com. it re

virgin islands to go through.methodically look at that and try to make the best decision that we can. often, when it comes to the offset of that 10% that they have to look at, there are ways of utilizing or accounting for voluntary management organizations that have provided an in-kind match. also, when funding comes into play, a lot of that money can actually be used to offset the match, as well. traditionally, when the president grants 100%, it is typically when there is still emergency work like safety work that takes place and all of this comes into account. not only that, but how much money does the virgin islands, puerto rico or texas -- >> what is a determinant of life-saving work? what about our dialysis patients, how does that work? >> there are two types of work we do. emergency work and permanent work. once we basically have come to a conclusion on the emergency work that is being done and we transition into the permanent work, that is where the cost share comes in. if there is not even the slightest bi

then, at 50,000 feet, release. >> rolling to the right. >> reporter: in a sudden free fall, virgin's two pilots fired their rocket, accelerating to nearly three times the speed of sound. within seconds, climbing to 51.4 miles beyond what the faa calls the edge of space. >> spaceship unity, welcome to space. >> copy, base. million-dollar view. >> reporter: a stunning view that future space tourists may enjoy, then a perfect landing back th wre virgin's richard branson promised the first of 700 customers who paid $250,000 could start flying in six months. >> i can't think of any experience that anyone's going to have in their life that will be more wonderful, extreme, than going to space. >> reporter: branson's not alone. fellow billionaires jeff bezos and elon musk are also in the space tourism business as a new space race takes off. tom costello, nbc news. >>> they are calling it a miracle in west virginia tonight. three people rescued after becoming trapped for days in an underground mine. tonight our kevin tibbles is talking with those survivors about their harrowing ordeal. >> rep

virgin islands. we've seen six major landfall and hurricanes, five of the most historic wildfires in the last 15 months. that's on top of 75 declared total disasters last year. 68 this year. and we've also provided support to 113 wildfires. my staff has been busting their rear ends to help others. the average deployment of my staff is 136 days as they go out to take care of people and try to put people's lives back together. and i think that that should be recognized. i really do. this agency is doing everything that it can to push forward, to help people before, during and after disasters. but it goes back to what is a partnership in the whole community. lessons learned. we need to do a lot of work with the private sector to understand survivalable communications. we need to do everything we can to bolster state and local capability, but it's state legislators stepping up and funding their agencies properly and establishing rainy day funds, it's state and local governments that need to establish con

now virgin galactic says it could start commercial space flights as early as next year its rocketplane reach space for the first time on a test flight spaceship two launched from the mojave desert in the western u.s. and reached eighty three kilometers above the earth's surface the original rocket crashed during a test four years ago virgin galactic plans to offer ninety minute space flights at two hundred thousand dollars a trip well you know i spoke to virgin galactic founder richard branson and i asked him how big a step it was breaking that eighty three kilometer barrier. it's obviously a great success i mean i think we're the first sort of norm country. run space to put people into space. it's been fourteen hard hard years to get here. it's the start of a whole new year new era of space travel for. individuals around the world who would love to become astronauts for putting satellites into space and create and connecting people around the world who are not connected so today was an historic day and one that we've been celebrating and what about the physical stress that you go thro

and is the belief in miracles not a little easier to understand when beholding this icon of the virgin radiating closer you seem to face at the same time. the icons also depict and anticipate the agony of death suffering and salvation go together. i am. honored soused just one hundred ninety kilometers from moscow. time seems to have stood still. this place the bells do not move either. they still bring out. midweek matches in the bundesliga it'll be christmas soon and who's getting the gifts. certainly not mid season to start taking their first loss of the year against us. and it'll be a blue christmas for shaka after losing a home to me. because. it's beginning to smell a lot like christmas in varian's gingerbread city the largest in the world. adults and youngsters joining the baking to make this winter wonderland. the delectable tradition kicks off the festive season in norway. you wrote in sixty minutes d w. o. o. l moved in a timeless way discovers about the suspect now house world starts january thirteenth . time for an upgrade. how about on a chair that grows all by. of course

east coast line, earlier on of the virgin east coast line, earlieron in of the virgin east coast lineenues. the operating numbers were reasonably good, the bus network, especially in the regional market, seems to be beating expectation, and there is a reason we are seeing beating expectation, and there is a reason we are seeing shares up by 8% at the moment. challenging situation in north america for the company. competition in america is hotting up, fairly small division at the moment, they have put it up for sale, effectively considering a sale, effectively considering a sale, but because they see future revenues may be dampened down, for the time being, they have, into the accounts, they have put in a goodwill impairment, that is why they have gone into the loss on the reported basis. good to talk to you, thank you. as concerns rya nair, as concerns ryanair, the strikes we re as concerns ryanair, the strikes were an exceptional circumstance, and it is that turn, they are using asa and it is that turn, they are using as a way of not delivering on the eu 261 compensation that should

and is the belief in miracles not a little easier to understand when beholding this icon of the virgin radiating closely assumes a new face at the same time. the icons also depicts and anticipate the agony of death and suffering in salvation go together. soused just one hundred ninety kilometers from moscow. time seems to have stood still. this place the bells do not move on either. they still bring out. resistance can be a creative force rebellion can drive an economy. retesting but try again tested me for new ideas. without resistance there would be no progress and business would be on the losing end. of the many faces a rebellion. made in germany. to. lawyer. culture. a hair. cut superman. superfood stylish long long gone to lead a horse. lifestyle during. the moment sixty minutes. up to date don't miss our highlights. program online w dot com highlights. this rebellion india that seems to be true just about everywhere in france people are rebelling against the government and it's only the government is rebelling against the e.u. and even in companies more and more workers are revol

>> the actual technology that virgin is using, it's a hybrid motor.a rubber fuel, a solid fuel within an oxidizer that fuels over it. scaling it is a bit of an issue. spaceship one flew in 2003 and used the same kind of technology and everybody thought it would be a simple matter to make a bigger spaceship one. it's taken since 2003 until now and spaceship one flew into space, by everyone's definition, over 100 kilometers. and after all these years, after 11 years, spaceship two finally made it up almost that high. that shows you the difficulty and scale in both the vehicle and the rocket engine to make it. it probably won't be useful for larger rockets like nasa is planning to use. >> so the answer is pretty much no. >> alisyn chinchar, leroy chiao, always a pleasure to have you here. thank you. >> thank you. >> while you're making new year's eve plans, do not miss anderson coop er and andy cohen. starts at 8:00. dad, we need to talk about something important. you don't need to go anywhere dad, this is your home. the best home to be in is your own. h

virgin galactic i preparing for takeoff in just a few hours.wo test pilots will fly the ss unity more than 50 miles into the sky. this is video from a previous test flight. virgin galactic is trying to make space tourism a possibility. a successful test like today means we are one step closer to the start of commercial flight. >>> you might calling it the b. >> shake shack will finally open its first local location in stanford shopping center in palo alto this weekend. carlos saucedo gives us a tasty preview of what's coming up. >> reporter: the burger, fries, and motorcycleshake experience is being taken tnother level. >> first time at shake shack? >> yes, it is. >> what did you think? >> i loved it so much. >> reporter: it is set to open in palo alto this weekend. warm many urger fans. >> i will spend more of a paycheck here than i should. it's really worth it. it is really good. >> reporter: unique to this location is the golden state double. a double patty burger made with locally grown items that would make anyone want to take a bite. >> g

everybody, including myself, just tears of relief and tears of joy. >> reporter: that's because virgin'st manned mission four years ago ended in tragedy, the craft disintegrating, killing a pilot. >> of course it weighed on our minds. space is hard. there are some things you can only test by going up there. >> welcome to space. >> reporter: this trip of a lifetime could now be just months away for some of the 600 people who have booked it. they're each paying $250,000 for the 90-minute joyride, including seven minutes of weightlessness. that breaks down to $36,000 for each gravity-defying moment. but there is competition, from elon musk and spacex, to jeff bezos and his company, blue origin, who plans to rocket tourists to space and parachute them back to earth. is there really a market for space tourism? >> the market is enormous. it's up to jeff and myself and elon to make it completely safe. >> rolling to the right. >> i built this spaceship program slightly selfishly because i wanted to go to space one day. i would definitely love to be the first passenger up. >> reporter: and today'

♪ in case you missed it - a milestone for virgin galactic .. >>> next stop outer space., a big milestone for virgin galactic and its plans for space travel. this ship took off ed why from the mojave desert and climbed to what consider the edge of space, an altitude of more than 50 miles, not just some folks, nasa, too. founder richard branson talked about that moment and what that launch accomplished. >> our test pilots are there to try to test things that could happen, could go wrong before we put members of the public on to our spaceships. >> virgin galactic is talking about bringing people into space as early as next year if they can afford the ticket, which is just $250,000. branson, by the way, says there are already 600 people on that waitlist. that's a lot of money. i'm not going. >>> everyone knows bay area democrat nancy pelosi is one of polit politic's most influential people. >> but it turns out that she can also make the fashion world take notice. case in point, the rust colored coat she wore as she walked from the white house following that tense week, that

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and the space race continues that is the commercial one we'll tell you how virgin galactic is looking after its latest test flight. i'm seeing bears in berlin thanks for joining us leaders have extended economic sanctions against russia for another six months citing the ongoing conflict with ukraine sanctions target russia's financial energy and defense sectors the ukraine russia conflict flared up again last month when russian forces seized three ukrainian vessels and twenty four crew members as they tried to pass through the catch straight from the black sea to the sea of as off now some even members have called for new sanctions in response but the block has shied away so far. it's going to euro chief in brussels max hoffman for more on the e.u. council decision to roll over sanctions against russia max remind us again what these sanctions mean for russian and european businesses. the sanctions are believed to have contributed to the downturn of the russian economy pressure on the ruble force russia to use part of his foreign exchange reserve it was sanctions basically that target

to be made absolutely everywhere including in the space cells market that's right and that's where virgin galactic is looking for business richard branson spaceflight company has carried out another test flight this time it reaches its judith eighty two point seven kilometers that's above the height of which space is considered to begin the companies making such slides routine and economically viable to tourism as well as full commercial payloads. to space and back. takes latest test flight from the mojave desert to marks another

virgin galactic says it could start commercial space flights as early as next year its rocketplane reach space for the first time on a test flight spaceship to launch from the mojave desert in the western u.s. and reached eighty three kilometers above the earth's surface the original rocket crashed during a test four years ago virgin galactic plans to offer ninety minute space flights for two hundred fifty thousand dollars well earlier we spoke to virgin galactic founder richard branson. it's obviously a great success i mean i think we're the first sort of norm country. run space lined to put people into space. it's been fourteen hard hard years to get here. and it's the start of a whole new new era of space travel for. individuals around the world who would love to become astronauts for putting satellites into space and create and connecting people around the world were not connected so today was an historic day and one that we've been celebrating i talked to our pilots today about the physical stress on their body because obviously i'm going up in a few months time and i'm interested t

the finals from to add another successful test flights for virgin galactic how billionaire richard branson wants to make money with space tourism. no budget no finance minister go quiet for what the reforms wanted all the eurozone is checked. plus offering you cold allowed cities to know their business levels themselves well next fall be a battle a battle diesel and. jane and the car owners who bought them. this is eat up your business and get out of his in berlin welcome there's money to be made everywhere even in space and that's where virgin galactic is looking for business richard branson spaceflight company has carried out another test flight this time it reached an altitude of eighty two point seven kilometers that's above the height at which space is considered to begin the company's name making such flights routine and economically viable for tourists. to space and back for upwards of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ticks latest test flight from the mojave desert marks another step forward in opening up space travel to the paying public i think back to the early years of commerc

the final fronts here and another successful test flight of a virgin galactic how billionaire richard branson wants to make billions of all with space tourism. no budgets and finance minister not quite what the reform is wanted for the euro zone. and another dodge about investigation talk u.s. lawmakers think they have a dirty money case against the government that. i mean physical. and let's do business there is money to be made everywhere even in space and that's where virgin galactic is looking for business richard branson spaceflight company has carried out another test flight this time reaching an altitude of eighty two point seven kilometers that's above the height of which space is considered to begin the company's aim making such flights routine and economically viable for tourism. to space and back for upwards of two hundred fifty thousand dollars that ticks latest test right from the mojave desert marks another step forward in opening up space travel to the paying public i think back to the early years of commercial aviation and you know a flight across the atlantic actually

about the virgin islands.rico, thousands of people. do you remember initially he said, i need to talk to their leader. it's like, sweetheart, you are their leader. you are the president of the united states. they are part of the united states of america, they're american citizens. and he just does not see them as americans. >> not only does he not see them as americans -- and i lost -- i lived in the virgin islands right before the hurricane hit, lost a whole bunch of stuff. and friends who don't have homes now, right. but what's revealed in the midst of this, right, is that he has no moral center. what has been revealed over the last two years is donald trump is a moral monster. and so all of the ethical lapses, all the grifting actually gives us a window into this guy's moral core. >> also talk about the congress and -- >> that's the other part of it. paul ryan this week was pushing for more visas for irish immigrants at a time where we have grown asylum seekers away, we have people who have suffered from ma

. ♪ david: where did the name "virgin" come from?one of the girls laughed and said, are you a virgin at business? david: did she get a finder's fee for that idea or not? [laughter] david: you begin building other companies. richard: the only reason we would go into a new sector is if we felt it was being badly run. david: is there something in your life you have not achieved? richard: we are on the verge of finally, finally fulfilling that dream, the virgin galactic spaceships going to space. david: now you are a sir, you were knighted. richard: i was slightly nervous that it would be a slice at the head rather than a tap on the shoulder. >> would you fix your tie, please? david: well, people wouldn't recognize me if my tie was fixed, but ok. just leave it this way.

.>> glor: virgin galactic cleared a major milestone today lo sending a spaceship from the mojave desert atmosphere. the company is now on track to send private tourists into space next year. carter evans spoke with the man behind this. >> reporter: with richard branson watching nervously from the tarmac, "spaceship two" began its journey to the edge of space. the glow clearly visible as the ship, carrying two pilots, soared more than 50 miles high. >> go, baby, go! >> i think there were a lot of tears shed by everybody, including myself, just tears of relief and tears of joy. >> reporter: that's because another manned mission, in 2014, ended in tragedy, the virgin craft disintegrating, killing a pilot. >> of course it weighed on our minds. space is hard. there are some things you can only test by going up there. >> welcome to space. >> reporter: this trip of a lifetime could now be just months away for some of the 600 people who have booked it. they're each paying $250,000 for the 90-minute joyride, including seven minutes of weightlessness. that breaks down to $36,000 for each gravity-

they are afternoon we're going to be hearing from the billionaire founder of virgin galactic himselfrning's test flight and so much more. he's going to be joining us on power lunch at 2:30 p.m. eastern. guys, this, this spacecraft hit max speeds of 2.9 mach on the way up just three times the speed of sound. >> commercial flights in basically 90 days? that seems aggressive. got to ask branson about that. >> it is, he's been aggressive with his timelines. >> i'm looking forward when he can send steph curry to the moon. >> and he's going to meet with nasa as i understand. >> let's get to the half >> synchronized global worries add another central banker to the list of those concerned about a weakening economy. can stocks go up if growth is going down it's 12:00 p.m. noon, the halftime report. >> a new warning of a global shutdown this time from ecb chief mario draghi how should investors take the news >>> the call of the day, jp morgan steven tusa saying the bottom is in on general electric the halftime report starts right now.

she wants and tourists are one step closer to getting to the stars commercial spacecraft company virgin galactic carries out on the other successful tasks like as the race different tourist to space in south. florida. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program president of manual mccrone has thanks security forces for finding and shooting dead the suspected gunman in the killing of three people at a christmas market in strasbourg on tuesday now security forces they found the twenty nine year old suspect after a tip off from a woman who said that she had seen him in the street the so-called islamic state terrorist group claimed that he was one of their followers. police gunned down the a latch key. and strong spokes nordoff neighborhood. the twenty nine year old grew up here security forces finally caught up with him on thursday evening a full two days after the attack on the city's popular christmas market. course this individual matched the description of the person wanted since tuesday evening . they arrested him for us all the development they tried to arrest him his office he turned aro

a virgin galactic says it could start commercial space flights as early as next year it's rocketplane reach space for the first time on a test flight spaceship two launched in the mojave desert in the western u.s. the original rocket crashed during a test four years ago earlier i spoke to virgin galactic founder richard branson and i asked him how big a step it was breaking that eighty three kilometer barrier it's obviously a great success i mean i think we're the first sort of norm country. run space to put people into space. it's been fourteen hard hard years to get here. and it's the start of a whole new year new era of space travel for. individuals around the world who would love to become astronauts for putting satellites into space and create and connecting people around the world who are not connected so today was an historic day and one that we've been celebrating and what about the physical stress that you go through on a flight like this i mean you going up pretty incredible speeds of course leaving and then re entering the atmosphere how physically manageable is this for th

he's steve carell for "the 40-year-old virgin." >> i attended an event colton was at.ttention from the ladies. >> while he continues to search for love, let's talk about someone who found her forever. gabrielle union. she and dwyane wade welcomed a daughter last month via surrogate and she's opening up to oprah about her path to motherhood and the miracle baby. >> it's still hard to let go of that -- >> that you're not going carry the baby. >> yes, yes, and did i fail in some kind of way in am i defective in some kind of way? less than in some kind of way? >> her attempts to get pregnant ended in eight miscarriages, doctors initially contributes the difficulty to her age. >> seeing the years i was finally diagnosed with adenomyosis. >>. it's endometriosis of the muscles. any woman can get endometriosis or adden -- adenomyosis. >> dwayne grew concerned about her health. >> that's when i had to step in and say, baby, it's me and you. i want to grow old with you. i want our miracle baby, but i want you. >> the couple turned to a surrogate to carry their daughter, kaavia,

thank you this virgin galactic that's where virgin galactic is going for the next business opportunity richard branson space flight company has carried out another test flight this time it reached an altitude of eighty two point seven kilometers that's above the height at which space is considered to begin the company's end making such floods routine and economically viable for tourism as well as for commercial payloads. to space and back. takes latest test flight from the mojave desert to marks another step forward in the race to open up space travel to the paying public i think back to the early years of commercial aviation and you know a flight across the atlantic actually cost in adjusted dollars around one hundred thousand dollars at one point and now you can buy a ticket across the atlantic for about five hundred dollars so you know often these products will start off at a somewhat higher price point but those higher price points are really helped drive the market forward so that we can eventually reduce the cost over time and enable more and more people to experience the wonder

it is a giant step forward for virgin galactic. sir richard branson joins us from there now.us all about it. well, look, it's been 14 long years, we all shared fears here, we had thousands of us watching it, tears ofjoy, because it's been something that, you know, everyone out in the mehari, we have 800 wonderful engineers that have been working on it, all these wonderful test pilots who have been putting their lives on the line to test this craft, and it wasjust magnificent to see it go into space today. it's the first time i think that any spaceship has been into space from american soil since about 2011, and it's the first time that a commercial spaceship company has actually put people into space, so a day to celebrate. but sir richard, tell us what the passengers will see when they have made it up there, 51 miles above earth? what will they actually be able to see? well, i talked to our astronauts, and they we re talked to our astronauts, and they were looking at mexico in one direction, canada in another direction, canada in another direction, and they came with big, bi

more than 600 people have signed up to fly virgin galactic for about $250,000 each.the first to go maybe sometime next year, no word on how the mannequin liked the ride. back to you. >> and he went for free. thanks. >>> an unusual to say the least discovery on board a southwest flight forced that plane to make a u-turn. it happened on a south west flight headed to dallas. the crew discovered a forgotten human donor flight on board and hours into the flight they headed back to seattle making for a three-hour delay. most passengers said they didn't mind and were happy to save a life. >>> taylor swift tries to weed out stalkers, but her method has some concert fans feeling a little creeped out. >> a billionaire gets an unusual penance for breaking the rules during his wedding and how you can reap the benefit. >>> good evening. meteorologist paul deanno helping you get ready for tomorrow morning. clouds will roll in, cloudy with sprinkles at the coast, temperatures around 50 degrees near the bay, mainly cloudy inland, 44 degrees as you get up and ready tomorrow. kpix5's

the collapse in the pound is going to torpedo virgin atlantic, an airline we spent 35 years building.'s nothing really that companies can do to prepare for a hard brexit. it would be devastating. founderhe virgin group richard branson sharing his thoughts on trade, and brexit with bloomberg's haidi lun and shery ahn. under armour shares lost value after long-range forecasters disappointed investors. sluggish demand for the athletic product and rising competition continues to pressure them. discussedd president their turnaround strategy with bloomberg's scarlet fu in new york. >> by focusing around the athletic performance space, focusing on a specific consumer segment, we're going to authenticate the brand for a time.eriod of if you think about growth opportunities, that's what we laid out, putting the foundation in place to really start to continue to accelerate growth in the out years. a lot of that growth is going to come from international. that's where we have an opportunity to grow the brand, laying out a plan to go from 25% to 42% international. the other story was the transfor

i have been to puerto rico and the virgin islands. those visits mean a lot to me. i recognize there are millions of americans who do not get the health care they need and want. they live in rural areas. variety of reasons, it is difficult to get specialists into those towns. broadband might be a different way of attacking the problem. i have visited a number of different private hospitals in places like grand junction, colorado. it helps me understand the importance of telemedicine. and gives me support for our program. we have increased the budget of program inealth care 2017. we are indexing it for inflation. i was in the veterans affairs department last week. i was talking with veterans in unserved areas to get better health care. have a memorandum of understanding with the national healthcare institute. we want to make sure cancer patients are getting the treatment they need. those are the kinds of things you learn on the road. guest: getting broadband out in is a big parteas of that, and digital literacy, teaching people that you have these resources. does the