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Shuttles around the country, the discovery which is at the air and space museum will be displayed as if it was on the runway as if its landed, the one that will be at kennedy space center in florida will be with the payload bay door open like it was in space. the plan for endeavour at california science center as if on the launch pad with external tank and two solid rocket boosters. people can travel around the country and see the three shuttles that have flown in space in different configuratio...

Online. mexicos president felipe calderon meeting with business leaders in texas, but he did speak out on arizonas immigration law saying he believes that the measure unfairly goes after immigrants. and analysts saying that north koreas new missiles that were displayed at a parade in their belief, they say they are fake. the weapons, if we can call them that part of a celebration mark, the 1100th anniversary of the founding fathers. bill: they were props and not even good props at that. we had o...

breaking public health scare. a confirmed case of mad cow disease in california has the agriculture department here in washington on full alert. the fatal brain disease not only can be passed among cattle, scientists think an equally deadly variation can be transmitted to humans who eat contaminated beef or dairy products. the first confirmed case here in the united states in six years. elizabeth cohen joins us from the cnn center in atlanta. elizabeth, one of the reasons people get so...

An amazing homecoming for the legendary shuttle program. the "discovery" is on the ground outside of d.c. at dulles after landing there earlier today. what a majestic sight it was, buzzing the capital. the final destination, the smithsonian air and space museum. and live from florida, jay, what a sight today. >> it sure was. it took off this morning just a little after sunrise, flew over the launch pad, over the space coast. then headed for dulles. took it about two and a half hours to get up th...

million miles in 39 missions. well bring you more what it means for the future of space travel. >> president obama blames oil speculators for the soaring gas prices. a short time ago call forward tougher measures to crack down on the speculators. he wants to require traders to put more of their own money and increase the penalties for manipulating the markets. republicans blame the presidents policies for the rising prices. he says drilling alone is not going to solve the problem. >> p...

morning calling it trickle down taxation. pricey light. the new light bulb to replace regular hits stores this sunday, earth day. this thing lasts for 20 years. it costs as much as 60 bucks. new home. shuttle "discovery" hitching a ride heading up the east coast from florida to virginia. amazing new pictures this hour. an eye popping eruption you have got to see. "newsroom" begins right now. taxpayer outrage this morning is growing over the millions of dollars seemingly squande...

11 secret service personnel and 10 department of defense personnel. government officials familiar with the case also tell me tonight, all 11 secret service personnel had their security clearances revoked effective today. effective today they can get those back if they are cleared. all 11 have been interviewed at least once by agency investigators. im told those under investigation for among other things bringing prostitutes back to a hotel secured for members of the american delegation...

Jim miklaszewski joins us live now. so mick, explain what all of the facts are about the failed missile launch, what it means, and obviously the inferences that people get to make around the world about what their capabilities really are. >> you bet, thomas. you know, u.s. military and intelligence officials are poring over all the technical data because they tracked that rocket from the moment it left that launch pad and some 81, 82 seconds later when it suddenly bis pae disappeared from all th...

>> reporter: im just hearing you now, anderson. what i can tell you is that the japanese government is saying that they believe the flying vessel from north korea, they did detect it and that it was in the air for just over one minute. now, the plan was that if that flew over japanese territory, if the rocket broke up and started to threaten this land, that the patriot missile you see behind me, its an intercepter missile, land-to-air, that it would fire off and that it potentially wou...

but its been giving the region the case of the willies. we have an exclusive report coming up later on. the other breaking news, the trayvon martin case. the first hints of what the prosecutors know about the first night that george zimmerman shot and killed the 17-year-old. the first inkling of how theyll persuade a jury that zimmerman committed murder in the second degree. the defendant appearing by video hookup today from the seminole county jail, saying very little. >> mr. zimmer...