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President referred to it as expensive cyber vandalism. he wants to stop short of calling this an act of war. many republicans and conservatives are rushing to condemn it as. you have pressure on the president to screen the film in the white house which would be unprecedented. its not supposed to be a good film or a film about geopolitics, but a lot of people think by screening the film, the president will send a message that we have a right to watch a film no matter what the quality or content i...

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The sincerest intention to help heal those who have lost loved ones and to remind us that unexpected things happen. so love and appreciate every minute that you have with those who mean the most to you, unquote. well, we are talking about beyonce, one of the biggest musical stars out there. and should she have known better, or is she just being picked on because of her celebrity? joining us live is entertainment of pop culture expert john murray. hes also the editor of alwaysalist.com. john, thi...

Its by no means a record, but certainly a challenge and a physical toll taken by the astronauts when theyre out there. they also had to confront neighbors of highly toxic ammonia which was leaking from the repair site. so the astronauts managed to remove the bad pump module from the exterior. you can see it on the screen there. they had to disconnect all the fluid lines, take out electrical power talks remove the mounting bolts, and then they unhinged that pump out of the cooling system. it wasn...

>> shes very accurate! >> thats good. >> this is the stuff that -- i dont understand how tony can do that. >> you were trying one of those obamacare videos, werent you? >> you were almost there. >> almost. >> a good effort. >> that was closer to hip replacement. all right. speaking of hip, shes got the headlines. >> thats what happens when you turn 30. way to go. glad youre okay. good morning to you all. hope youre off to a great day. weve got some news to bring you. nasa has activated its tiger...

The lady with the headlines. >> good morning to you. good morning. hope youre all off to a great day. got some news to bring you about nasa. nasa has now activated what it calls its tiger teams to now work around the clock to fix the cooling failure on the international space station that we told you about yesterday morning. now these tiger teams became legendary during the apollo 13 mission. you may remember them from the movie working with spare parts to try to fix an on board problem. apparen...

They were 200,000 miles from earth. and going in the wrong direction. did you ever actually think, "i might die"? >> well, we thought our chances were about 10%. >> did you really? >> oh, yeah, when we realized after we saw the oxygen escaping that things could be, you know, really bad. >> we have broken out into space. >> as the world watched, ground control in houston faced a formidable task. think of a way for the crew to fix their spaceship, test it, and then write up step-by-step procedures...

Apollo 13 launched at 13:13 military time. it was set to enter in lunar orbit the 13th of april. but the crew were having nothing but good luck. 56 hours into the flight, the crew finished a broadcast showing how comfortably they lived and worked in weightlessness. >> the crew of 13 wishing everyone a nice evening. >> nine minutes later, oxygen tank number two blew up causing the number one tank to also fail. >> houston, weve had a problem. >> houston, we had a problem, words that would be forev...

>> we got smarter and smarter and smarter, and then it became, lets dont make a mistake. >> people across the globe hoped for a miracle. they got one. the crew of apollo 13 splashed down safely in the south pacific ocean on april 17th. [ cheers and applause ] >> it was a failure in its initial mission, but in reality, it was a triumph in the ability of people to overcome adversity. >> that triumph likely gave allen shepard, the opportunity to walk on the moon nine months later. he famously made ...

They were 200,000 miles from earth. and going in the wrong direction. did you ever actually think, "i might die"? >> well, we thought our chances were about 10%. >> did you really? >> oh, yeah, when we realized after we saw the oxygen escaping that things could be, you know, really bad. >> we have broken out into space. >> as the world watched, ground control in houston faced a formidable task. think of a way for the crew to fix their spaceship, test it, and then write up step-by-step procedures...