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Nasa tapped him. >> i was called back, will you volunteer to take apollo eight to the moon and i said we would be happy. we found out we would be going to the moon in august of 1968. >> it was the last minute, several months, really, before we were scheduled to lunch and we were asked to do that, ours was not to reason why but to "do or die". >> this was 1968, if it ended with a space disaster it could end americas quest for good. >> if it want successful, it could be americas failure. >> decemb...

Kind of happy though the world did not end. >> drinking is part of any fest in britain. you should know that. i think most people were really quite pleased the world is a pretty good thing and we are glad that it is still here. for the next years to come. >> december 21 can serve as a reminder for us instead of us feeling the end of the world it can be a reminder for us that life is short and why not just love each other. >> now, one person who might not be happy is the gentleman who i love to t...

Respiratory complications at a ceremony this morning and this is a video of that and joe biden talks about the legacy that inouye leaves behind. >> he was, in every certain, the quint essential american. he possessed, in my view, every virtue that we like to as krieb to our country. >> in our nations history only 31 people have lane in the capitol rotunda. coming up, is there a plan c for house speaker boehners plan b. the vote is happening tonight scheduled for 7:30 p.m. and not all are onboa...

The last triple digit date in the century, youll be happy to know. folking around the world claimed it was either lucky or some sign of apocalypse, or ignored it completely. looks like the doomsdayers are all over it. >> yeah, they were wrong again. because its already 12-13 and the mayan clapped said it would happen on 12-12. they still have one more chance on december 21. meantime, many of those who were planning to live on decided to get married today. some 7500 couples across the u.s. thats ...

Im a teacher and i love kids. hormonal. [ laughter ] >> she sounds so much like her mom. jenna bush hager married her husband four years ago. there they are. he now works as an investment firm after a stint in washington tc and shes a special contributor to today. her father, president bush, says hes fired up about becoming a grabbed dad. its the first for this former president. this former president jokes that hell want his first grandchild to call him sir. a mountain top in france is the onl...

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> kimberly: so, have you checked your calendars yet today? 12-12-12. lines are long at courthouses as people pick the easy day to remember to get hitched. still time for me. why not? i got to catch liz taylor. created a worldwide frenzy. and it means we are ticking down to an ominous day. december 21, 2012, which is the end of the mayan calendar and the day that predicted the world would end. so that means no more bob on the union. what? >> greg: lets -- they never predicted the...

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> kimberly: so, have you checked your calendars yet today? 12-12-12. lines are long at courthouses as people pick the easy day to remember to get hitched. still time for me. why not? i got to catch liz taylor. created a worldwide frenzy. and it means we are ticking down to an ominous day. december 21, 2012, which is the end of the mayan calendar and the day that predicted the world would end. so that means no more bob on the union. what? >> greg: lets -- they never predicted the...

Look at pieces like that. and the numbers. i dont know. it is not global warming or climate change someone explain to me what it is then. thats all. >> really truly only been tracking this since 1976 i think it is. >> numbers since then are pretty alarming. >> we are talking about what, 46 years as opposed to thousands of years? >> but imagine itch the rate of the last 36 years lasts 1,000 years what will our planet look look if it is exists. >> dooms day. doomsday. the world is ending on decemb...

That wandering to take place. >> some say the government is hiding the truth. >> i love the secrets that are involved here. >> government never tells us about because its conspiracy theory. >> but december 21 is special, the end of the maya calendar, there will be a rare event one that could have been predicted by the astronomers. >> if you look at map of the sky jupiter is here, there is a lineup. >> but this does not mean doom? >> the sun and moon are the primary forces that raise tides on the...

Sites is align structures to the rising of the sun at one or another or several of tse moments. story telling in ancient times often involved reference to the heavens. >> reporter: there are even more discoveries hidden in the mayan culture, language, season and temples we have yet to see. adam housley uncovers mysteries about the maya and why the obsession with the december 21 date.