the rock and a robot arm can dig and it is a much bigger and more capable rover than the ones in the past. alisyn: how did a pop superstar get connected with this space mission? guest: this year in august i had a program called i am first scientist rock-n-roll, and i participated up with american inventor with a program called u.s. first that teaches kids science, and technology and injury, and they compete building robots and i thought it would be great to make a tv show out of the program to inspire the youth to get involved with the education so they can have years around science, technology, engineering and mathematics. and i got a call from nasa, charlie bolton, and he put me in touch with leland and we were talking about how to keep the
we ll give you the very latest here in just a moment. also, line baggage fees. some could be a thing of the past. are you kidding me? yes. congress is doing folks something that could actually help you out this time. a new bill that could save us all some money. also, i know. you don t want to go out to the mall right now. it s too crowded. you ve got a computer, don t you? well, cyber monday is right around the corner. we ll tell you what you need to know and where you need to be to get those deals online. let s start right now with that other big deal. you nba fans, if there are still some of you left. the nba could have a season. let me bring in hln sports joe carter. good friend of our show here. tell us, first of all, people wonder when they might see a game, first of all. looks like december 25th, christmas day, a triple header, national block busting game there. the tentative agreement was reached early this morning around 3:00 a.m. eastern time. gives you any id
globe. live from studio 7, this is cnn saturday morning with t.j. holmes. just got that breaking news from the nba. just a matter of hours ago. they were working overnight. we ve got a live report on that coming your way literally in seconds. i do want to get you caught up on other morning headlines, including out of pakistan. where pakistan is saying nato helicopters opened fire killing 20 soldiers. this happened near the border with afghanistan. pakistan and military officials say another 12 soldiers injured in this attack. nato is saying they are aware of the incident but have yet to release any details. we have a live report from afghanistan coming up just a little later in the show. also, three american students arrested during protests in egypt are all expected to be headed home this weekend. they re accused of taking part in the sometimes violent protests in tahrir square. but parents of at least two of the teenagers say they didn t do anything wrong. tens of thous
still out there, maybe have something to celebrate, the whole season won t be a total loss. owners and players have reached a tentative deal in the lockout and start playing ball on christmas day. but at the top of the hour, outrage and accusations after nato helicopters reportedly attacked two pakistani checkpoints killing at least 24 soldiers. the attack got a kick response. pakistan cut off nato supply lines to pakistan. this will likely damage the relationship between the u.s. and pakistan. nick walsh jones us live from kabul. are we starting to get more official word from nato now? absolutely. let s start with what pakistan has originally accused nato of here. they re saying two separate checkpoints were attacked inside pakistani territory, killing between 24, 26 pakistani soldiers, injuring about a dozen, outrage on the pakistani s side of the border, the prime minister scheduling a meeting with security chiefs and supply lines through pakistan into afghanistan and
where is it going inspect it s headed to mars. this is one of the latest and the most ambitious missions by mars. it will be looking for life on the red planet. john zarrella will be joining me here in just a moment. we re only a minute away here, john. i want our viewers to be able to hear mission control here in a second. we re just a minute away and, actually, i m going to go ahead. john, you stand by for me. when this takes off, we ll be talking about this ambitious mission. over the top of this atlas rocket, it will travel some 350 million plus miles, over eight months to get to the red planet. we were just about 40 seconds away. i m going to go ahead and be quiet and i ll let mission control take over as we watch nasa history about to take place on this mission to mars. step three. t minus 30 seconds and counting. 28. for launch. status check. go atlas. go santar. t-minus 15 seconds. t-minus 10, 9, 8, 7, five, four, three, two, one, main engine start. ze