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Bill: and he was the former deputy governor there in illinois. thanks, back to the tapes they go, i guess. see you later, day 14 and counting. >> all right. martha: having severe weather in some parts of colorado and, incredible pictures to show you, and, check this out, driving down the road, look at that! this car was traveling down i-70, struck by a bolt of lightning, the driver miraculously was okay. but it completely took out the electrical system panel in the whole car. bill: a bolt right ...

A certain -- the right telescope you can see, on a clear night. and, it is pretty neat. so is this story, folks: twin brothers, both nasa astronauts and you thought your family made out okay, right? they are both scheduled to command their respective missions into space, at the same time. so, from my home state of new jersey, where so many good things come from, commander mark and scott kelly, joining us from houston. gentlemen, welcome, good to have you both here! >> good to be here, martha. go...

>> oh, yes. bill: in your song -- >> thats it. bill: have you done that before. >> no! no! i sing with the st. louis symphony chorus in st. louis, and, it is classical repertoire. its not that kind of singing! but it worked! bill: yes, it did, you won! >> yeah, it was great, he thought it was fun and played right along and i said if i do this you come on stage and grab me and give me a big kiss at the end. bill: care to give our viewers a sample. >> ill try. ill try. ♪ ♪ mark, mark, mark, �...

Something we really thought was a possibility and we were lucky enough to get selected. martha: was it competitive, mark, when you guys were going through the process? because we know how tough it is to get into the nasa program. >> you know, i dont think so. we werent -- we didnt feel like we were competing with each other. you know, we realized that the odds of getting selected you know, into the astronaut corps is pretty low, so, we really didnt discuss that and i dont think we were competing...

There. its a huge area we are searching yes. it is over the indian ocean. >> commander mark who can tell us who is in charge of coordinating the effort. 25 different countries are involved right now. is this mapped out so that the u.s. takes this area and someone else takes that area? how is this being decided? >> the government of malaysia mapped it out on a chart. it is the ability to freelance and search opportunity. i will give you an example yesterday we had it up toward the bay of bengal s...

There. its a huge area we are searching yes. it is over the indian ocean. >> commander mark who can tell us who is in charge of coordinating the effort. 25 different countries are involved right now. is this mapped out so that the u.s. takes this area and someone else takes that area? how is this being decided? >> the government of malaysia mapped it out on a chart. it is the ability to freelance and search opportunity. i will give you an example yesterday we had it up toward the bay of bengal s...