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good morning, christine. its mont, october 17th. ali is off, carol is on assignment, and im alina cho. this car crash, our hearts go out to the family of dan wheldon. well speak to say the a lot of about this. >> heart broken fans and drivers this morning. the tragedy on the track. indycar champion dan wheldon died in one of the worst crashes the sport has ever seen yesterday in las vegas. indycar going into the off-season how fragile life can be and how dangerous their sport is. some ...

part of a possible terror plot against the u.s. plan to coincide with the 9/11 ceremonies. two of the three people are american citizens. we will give you the latest on the possible terror threat. listen to the week the firefighters have had in texas. they responded close to 200 wildfires since sunday. president obama declaring an emergency there as homes continue to burn. and today, nasa is heading to the moon. you are looking at the rocket that will launch in a few hours. ill tel...

be part of a possible terror plot against the u.s. planned to coincide with the 9/11 anniversary. government sources say they think two of these three people are american citizens. we will have the very latest in a moment. republicans running for president getting ready for monday nights big debate in tampa. cnn and the tea party express teaming up and sponsoring this event which will feature questions from the audience. we are just minutes away from nasa heading to the moon. a sch...

boehners plan has now checked harry reeds. today those same bean counters are saying, yep, reeds numbers are wrong as well. but they also say that when its all said and done, reeds deficit cutting trumps boehners by, listen to this, more a trillion dollars. reeds plan, ten years, $2.2 trillion in net debt reduction. meantime boehners plan $850 billion. again, six days until default. so what about the white house here? no debt meetings, not today, at least not publicly on the presidents...

Strikes until the end of september. the effort would have expired this month otherwise. a perfect predawn landing for space shuttle endeavour this morning at cape canaveral. it touched down at 2:35 eastern in florida. >> touchdown, drag chute deployed by greg johnson. >> it ended endeavours 16th and last mission. nasa says what appears to be flames at the top were venting gases from the auxiliary power unit and as endeavour was landing, shuttle atlantis, the final shuttle was rolled to the launc...

>> exactly, theyll have to go through readjustment and being back on earth. and "atlantis," gina, can we see "atlantis" at this point, it rolled out of the vehicle assembly building there at kennedy space center. can you see it from where you are? >> i cannot see it. it is halfway to the launch pad. it got a late start out of the vehicle assembly building this morning. and the crawler doesnt go very fast. >> moves about a mile an hour. >> right. >> remarkably slow, actually. >> it was very poign...

Tsunami crippled the power supply. >> shepard: shuttle endeavour back on earth this time were told for good. nasa astronauts wrapped up endeavours last mission with a landing in florida in the we hours of the morning, 2:35 it was. the crew greeting crowds and posing for pictures. the commander there, mark kelly, decided to wait to call his wife. the wounded congresswoman gabriel giffords. he said he didnt want to wake her up. she, of course is, recovering in a houston rehab center after a gunman...

embattled leader, moammar gadhafi. nasa begins a new countdown clock. next month, the 30-year-old shuttle program will end with a mission of another shuttle, the at lan hi atlantis. pressure is mounting on congressman anthony wiener to answer two questions posted on his twitter account. how hot is it getting? >> how about you do the questions, i do the answers and this jackass interrupts me. how about that as the new rule of the game? >> lets catch you up on this stoefrmt on friday...

japan should have taken the threat of the tsunami more seriously. >> a european food crisis as scientists look for the source of a deadly infection. there is anger in spain as vegetable exports are turned away. and the final endeavor. the space shuttles last mission. were live at the kennedy space center in florida. fifa is poised to re-elect set blater as president, the most controversial leadership vote in footballs governing body. fifa ignored calls to postpone the ballot. princ...

Global health, human rights is meeting in the raburn house office building. got that? >> school district of philadelphia votes at 5:00 eastern on a budget that includes cuts and staff. the district is facing a $629 million short fall. at the kennedy space center in florida, the space shuttle, "atlantis" will begin moving to its launch pad. the last flight is set for july 8th. in miami, the heat and dallas mavericks begin the best of seven on the road to the nba championship. tip-off, 9:00 east...