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lets listen in. >> all three are still in good shape as are all of the other sims aboard the orbiter. a team of flight controllers watches over all the systems. 4:20 into the flight. "endeavours" traveling 5500 miles per hour. altitude 63 miles traveling downrange, about 335 feet in altitude. environmental and control systems officer here reporting a good flash evaporator system reporting cooling to equipment aboard the vehicle. traveling into space on the forward flight deck is mark k...

he is charged with trying to rape a maid in an upscale manhattan hotel. >> strauss-kahn is accused of emerging from a bathroom naked, then dragging the 32-year-old housekeeper into the bedroom of his $3,000 a night suite and attacking her. >> before his arrest strauss-kahn was considered a front runner to become frances next president. richard roth is tracking the latest developments. strauss-kahn was supposed to be arraigned last night. why was that delayed? >> this was like a night c...

new york city. dominique strauss-khan was arrested saturday for allegedly chasing a housekeeper through his luxury hotel suite naked and trying to force himself on her. lets go straight to richard roth whos been following todays developments. richard, bring us up to date. >> reporter: randi, the proceedings have just concluded and basically, dominique strauss-khan, the leader of the international monetary fund, has been charged with sexual assault on a maid in a new york hotel in times...

That one little box with all the connections, but thats fixed and nasa says they are good to go. as you mentioned, gabrielle giffords, the wife of mark kelly, the commander, is here. she arrived here at the kennedy space center today from houston where shes undergoing rehabilitation for the gunshot wound she suffered back in january. and shell be, actually, oh, a few hundred yards from us up on top of the launch control center with other family members of the other astronauts watching the launch...

their habitats into residential areas. officials warn that large gators wont think twice about grabbing a human. lets go to the st. landry parish of crop springs. ed, what do you know? >> reporter: well, don, we are in one of those neighborhoods that got the mandatory evacuation orders a few hours ago. as you look around here, this is a small subdivision right on the edge of the river. and authorities came through here literally going door to door, the national guard and sheriffs deput...

In this water that was floating by as well. this is shot in a fishing village, kasanama, 250 miles north of tokyo, a traditional fishing village just gone at this point. also, ill turn now to something happening in rome today. pope john paul ii is moving one step closer to sainthood this weekend. he will be beat fide in a ceremony at the vatican, he becomes blessed, sainthood would be the next step. some 300,000 people are expected in st. peters square, but people will be gathering all around ro...

Ground with "endeavor" but it doesnt look good right this minute. you mentioned mark kelly, in about half an hour from now, he and the rest of the crew will board the bus and head out to the launch pad to get on board "endeavor." in fact, his wife, gabrielle giffords tweeted out this morning that he had messaged her saying, hes up and hes ready and they are excited and they are ready to go. suzanne? >> obviously the weather has to cooperate. what is the mood like there? >> reporter: i tell you, ...

Russian rockets to get to the international space station. so talk back today. what will the last space shuttle mission mean for america? facebook.com/carolcnn. ill read your comments this hour. >> very interesting question. bush administration wanted to send us to mars and the obama administration says hold on. >> the space program has always been symbolic of something bigger. its what america does. if we put our minds to it, we can do it. what does it symbolize now? >> right. great question, c...

Short ride, and theyll head out to the launch pad and start boarding the shuttle. lets talk about the weather. that huge system that brought all of those deadly tornadoes to alabama, to georgia, to mississippi, well, the tail end of it finally swept through the space coast last night at about 7 p.m. the day before there were fires out here burning, and then last night the whole sky turned black, lightning and wind and rain. but nasa cleared the shuttle, no damage, and everything went on as sched...

Millions of people watched as they shared two kisses on the balcony. good afternoon, everybody, im martha maccallum in for megyn kelly. nasa has decided they will call off the final launch of the space shuttle endeavor. they are having a technical problem. the change of course has thrown a wrench into the first familys travel plans today, they had planned to be there to witnesses that launch. the president has been in alabama touring the damage today as youve seen. there is a live shot of endeav...