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Kill family members. not to make them nervous, but a couple of nasa astronauts right now are doing their work on live national television. these are from the shuttle "discovery." theyve been doing this for five hours now. it will go for some time to come. a side note in nasa history. this is the 40th anniversary of the launch of "apollo 13." that ended with one of the most dramatic rescues ever. wellbeing. were all striving for it. purina cat chow helps you nuture it in your cat... with a full...

Anniversary of the launch of apollo 13, the mission which resulted in ruptured oxygen tank and the famous phrase "houston, we have a problem." and this thursday, there is a space summit in florida and president obama takes criticism over cancelling the back to the moon program. the longtime home of the dallas cowboys football team is now a pile of rubble. [ explosion ] redskins fan chris wallace is a big fan of watching the explosion over and over again this morning. texas stadium where the co...

Suspects. nasa astronauts took their second space walk, working to replace an old storage tank outside the international space station. today marks the 40th anniversary of the launch of "apollo 13." tiger woods is going for the masters championship heading into the final round at augusta national. nbcs kerry sanders in augusta one more time with the latest from there. kerry, lets get to the betting odds because for those folks looking at the five-month break from golf in terms of slowing tig...

Very dangerous business, and the government is very aggressive. this will be a chance, alex, for the government to weigh in, see whether what it has been doing is right and see whether this massey energy company which ran this mine did all it could have done to keep these miners from dying in this terrible tragedy. alex? >> a long road ahead of recovery and investigation. brian mooar, thank you very much, for the live report. some more headlines were following this morning. a gun fight inside ...

>> eric: this is the scene in las vegas, the demonstrators urging congress to move quickly on passing legislation, and there were big cheers coming for senate majority leader harry reid, the senator telling the crowd hes committed to making immigration reform a top priority and the legislation includes measures on border security, and guest worker program for workers. >> shuttle astronauts taking a sunday morning stroll in outer space, making the second spacewalk in three days to do row pair wor...

Should rnc chairman michael steele consider resigning. 50% think he should stay. 27% say he should resign and 23% are unsure. log on to cast your vote in our admittedly unscientific poll. seven people shot in new orleans during the years first festival weekend. it happened outside a fast food restaurant. all of the victims suffered non-life-threatening wounds. police suspect the shooting is gang related and can be part of a dispute that began during mardi gras. no arrests have been made. spa...

Rudolph entered guilty pleas in connection with a series of bombings including a deadly blast during the 1996 olympics in atlanta. he was sentenced to life in prison without parole. 40 years ago in 1970, a liquid oxygen tank exploded during the apollo 13 moon mission putting the three-man crew in jeopardy. after aborting the scheduled moon landing, they managed to return to earth safely. 100 years ago, president william howard taft threw the ceremonial first pitch of the 1910 baseball season in ...

>> time for your shots of the morning. these pictures of space taken by the hubble space telescope. price tag, billions of dollars for those pictures. now, take a look at these pictures. right here of the earth captured by a simple digital camera from 21 miles above the earth. a guy from england says all he used was that cheap camera, some duct tape and a weather balloon. all together, it cost him $800 to get these images. it cost nasa billions. all you need is a little bit of technical know how...

Gender. im like, oh, my god mpl all of these years. and the world knows and its weird what goes through your head at that time. and that sound bite with apollo 13, there was a sound track. houston, weve got a problem. >> the rug was pulled out from under me. i didnt want to deny but i didnt want to admit. she said, steve, im running the story any way. you can participate or not. we got it under a number of sources. she knew a lot of details. >> we agreed to meet at 7:00 in the morning the follow...