Hello, I'm Dick Tapper in Washington, where the state of our union is looking to the

skies.

Virgin Galactic billionaire Richard Branson is set to boldly go where no super rich guy

has ever gone before launching to the edge of space onboard his own supersonic space plane

called the VSS Unity.

The Unity will take off on a carrier plane and then after a brief flight it will launch

at least 50 miles above the Earth roaring well past the speed of sound.

The passengers will experience a few minutes of weightlessness before coming back down

to Earth.

Soon we expect to see Branson and his crew heading to the launch site.

We will bring you that when it happens.

But first, back on Earth, the Delta variant is now the dominant COVID strain in the United

States.

Space numbers heading in the wrong direction in areas with low vaccination rates.

For those who are vaccinated, there is new confusion about booster shots.

Vaccine company Pfizer is raising questions about how quickly Americans may need another

third shot as the FDA and CDC say, no, no, not yet.

Enjoying me now, the president's chief medical advisor on the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Anthony

Fauci.

Thanks so much for joining us.

I want to start with this new reporting from Reuters today that Israel, the government

of Israel, is beginning to administer Pfizer boosters, third shots to people that they

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