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Jenna: spacex has completed a series of maneuvers. the spacex rocket around the international space station. it is now clear for a historic docking attempt planned tomorrow, probably the most challenging part of this entire mission. phil keating in miami. more challenging than getting off the ground but that was a pretty big accomplishment as well. >> reporter: this mission full of firsts. first-of-its-kind of space travel and business as the spacex company is orbiting into history paving the wa...

Gabrielle giffords of arizona will be there. mark kelly is manning that space shuttle. how do things look for the launch? the last one was delayed, and thats why we are talking about it now. >> reporter: everything is looking pretty good. the weather is terrific here today. more of the same expected tomorrow. "endeavour" is in good shape. nasa is not working any technical issues unlike two-and-a-half weeks ago when the launch had to be scrubbed. some critical heating elements failed in whats cal...

So is john. how are things looking? >> reporter: hey. real good. no real issues, certainly none with the vehicle that nasa is working. "endeavour" is scheduled to make the 25th and final flight carrying a scientific palo carrying a speck trom ter. it could help us understand the creation of the universe. nasa is worried about getting "endeavour" off the ground. it was delayed when critical heating units failed. when you look at the video, we talk about how complex the vehicles are. nasa traced t...

officials are focused on this one 26-mile stretch of a dirt road to nowhere. its actually the levee. see the crew on the left hand side, its for the yazoo and mississippi river. this levee is holding it back. however, theres one foot between the level of the water and when it goes over the top. the prediction is its going to go over the top. we were talking with the secretary of state of mississippi, they expect it to happen overnight. water going over the levee is not the end of the w...

their habitats into residential areas. officials warn that large gators wont think twice about grabbing a human. lets go to the st. landry parish of crop springs. ed, what do you know? >> reporter: well, don, we are in one of those neighborhoods that got the mandatory evacuation orders a few hours ago. as you look around here, this is a small subdivision right on the edge of the river. and authorities came through here literally going door to door, the national guard and sheriffs deput...

Plea and its frustrating for those survivors, those who have lived through this and this community thats been shattered here. a lot of people point to what investigators are finding inside the apartmenting like you talk about about. how can a man plan this out for so many months and have an intricate cache of explosives in his home and still be insane. what they found so far, 30 home made explosives inside this apartment, wired to a central control box. in fact, thats how these explosives were d...