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Safety. they are fleeing intense violence between troops and rebels. the u.s. has already evacuated nearly 700 americans and other foreign nationals. two american astronauts will be spending christmas eve on a repair mission outside of the space shuttle. the men successfully removed a cooling system pump with a bad valve on saturday way ahead of schedule. mike boettcher reports from johnson space center in houston. >> reporter: in a crippled international space station, a successful christmas ...

Tubes in it. the water circulates around your body to keep your heat down. if you dont have the cooling system, youre going to overheat. its game over. you have to come inside. the water came from the mix of the air and water. a complicated system, but it does miracles that holds the spacesuits we have. that was where the water came from. from the cooling water mixed with the air incorrectly and ended up coming in to the suit. >> john, i want to go back to you quickly. you touched on earlier how...

Try the system in reactor number 2 because that is the least damaged. they will try out the other machinery and try out the coolant pump there. if that works, then they will advance the other reactors, 1, 3, and 4. if that doesnt work, yes, as you noted, there are other options, that so-called chernobyl option, putting sand and concrete throughout the whole complex a way for the rods to cool down. that takes a long time. that is not a good option. another option is spraying down with a chemical ...

Install a new coolant pump. the space station has been operating at half of its capacity since july 1. and seeing a large spike in suicides. and a desert rate turned tragic, leaving eight people dead. fans were standing close enough to touch the speeding vehicles. a photographer was at the event covering the race. good morning. >> good morning. >> you took a photo of the truck in the air just before it crashed. give us a sense of what its like to be there. why do people want to get that clos...

Plug the damaged well in the gulf. astronauts are hoping todays spacewalk, the third in ten days, will be the final one needed to install a new coolant pump on the international space station. and border patrol has seen the largest spike in suicides in 20 years. 15 asians have taken their own life since february of 2008. 93-year-old zsa zsa gabor received her last rites, doctors say the hollywood legend is in extremely serious condition. well keep you up to date on her. president obama is ze...

Try, following a failed attempt last saturday. the pair is now working on removing the coolant pump. if everything goes as planned, a new pump will be installed this weekend. today education secretary arne duncan convened the first ever summit on school bullying, calling bullying an epidemic that is affecting childrens education. >> no matter what your race, sex, or zip code, every child is entitled to a high-quality education, and no child can get a quality education if they dont first feel s...

Science, theyve had to shut down a lot of operations on the space station. if they should lose the second coolant loop, then they would have to go into the russian side of the space station. they could only stay there, the six people could only live on the russian side of the space station for five or six days. then they would have to evacuate to their spacecraft and probably abandon the space station and come back to earth. thats what were talking about. nobody really thinks thats going to happ...