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Paying $3.97 a gallon on average, 32 cents higher than a month ago and compared to a year ago, were taking $1.07 more to fill her up. i bet a lot of people arent filling up now because of the cost. nasa says the earliest the space shuttle "endeavour" can lift off is tuesday because of technical problems. theyre working to repair a failed switch box in the engine compartment. the last flight is being led by the husband of gabrielle giffords, mark kelly. a spokesman says she will return to flori...

The problem but need more time to fix it. nasa says "endeavour" will not take off until the end of the week at the earliest. joining us to get perspective on the delays a former astronaut tom jones. hi, tom. >> shannon, how are you? good, i have to ask you about this. obviously an abun dance of caution with nye launch. you having been experience as an astronaut, constantly ready and then back and ready and then you are back again. >> it has happened to me both from weather delays and mechanical ...

Faulty heater. controlling in an engine compartment to see if its an easy fix and if so, it could launch on monday. now back to the wedding royal recap. go to foxnews.com for the most comprehensive join us for fox report at 7:00 p.m. eastern. see you then. now, back to our special coverage of the royal wedding. >> shepard: the duke and duchess of cambridge. >> the duchess of cambridge soaking it all in. she was inside with her family and friends moments ago. now, for the first time out in the pu...

Thousands of people coming to rome, perhaps as many many from john paul iis native poland and on sunday he will officially be blessed john paul. there has been controversy about the beatification, how quickly its happened and about john pauls role during the sex abuse crisis, however, youre not feeling that here in rome. these are people, fans of john paul ii almost all have seen him in the travels around the world and many felt personally touched by his action in the church and what hes done. a...

Emergency landing. small engine parts started breaking off and falling to the ground thousands of feet below, all of this on a boeing 737, the worlds most widely flown airliner. aviation expert peter golds is the former managing director of the ntsb. peter, engine failed, most widely flown aircraft, parts falling to the ground, brakes melt. doesnt sound good. >> it is not positive, but the engine failed in how it was designed. in other words, the parts didnt exit the engine compartment. megyn: i...

Aircraft, you could smell the fuel, the wings were swept back. the engine compartment of the plane had broken off, or buried itself into the ground. what else to say? >> the fuselage itself was surprisingly intact, and thats where all but one of the survivors and everybody else were located. >> and what was it like inside the aircraft? how would you describe that scene? >> well, its a jumbled mess, and its wet and as i said, fuel smell. the volunteers who weve gotten there, spent the night there...

You could smell the fuel. the wings were swept back. the engine compartment of the plane had broken off or buried itself into the ground. >> the fuselage itself was intact. thats where all but one of the survivors and everybody else were located. >> reporter: what was it like inside the aircraft? how would you describe that scene? >> well, its a jumbled mess. and its wet and fuel smell. the volunteers who got in there, spent the night there were frazzled. they were dirty and wet and tired themse...

>> it is funny. and it was just crazy because im in florida in orlando and its cooler there. i felt like i was in alaska compared to the heat that i came back to. >> i know. you know, a couple can of days ago, my wife and i were shopping and when we got back into the car, we looked at the thermometer, you know, from inside the engine compartment. it said 118 degrees inside our car. right now, according to the thermometer across the street, it is 78 degrees. as you can see right there but theres ...

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