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Cut price, which might some suggest had something to do with his strong numbers. in third place, sarah palin. the former governor of alaska and someone who republicans the world over are watching closely, many hope thee will run for pot president. she brought down the house mere two nights ago when she spoke. the former house speaker newt gingrich, in 1949 newt gingrich of georgia led republicans to the house madge effort for first time in 50 years. now suggesting that republicans should focus o...

More than 4 1/2 million pounds and now one minute and 27 seconds into the flight, the main engines and solid rocket boosters have reduced that weight by about half. solid rocket boosters alone are burning 11,000 pounds of propellant per second and the external tank is now 3,000 pounds lighter than when it began. discovery is now 21 miles away from its launch pad and 22 miles an altitude. all three main engines are working just as expected and the three fuel cells are generating power and three a...

Well get you back up to boston, but first we want to go to cape canaveral, florida, where space shuttle "discovery" is set to launch in about 1:30. one of only four left before nasa retires the fleet. nbcs jay is at cape canaveral. were coming up on the end of an era, arent we? >> reporter: sure are. just four to go and this is going to be a beautiful launch this morning. i want to tell everybody along the eastern sea board f you look this way, we have a big clear high, you can see the shuttle "...

Pad with the astronauts sitting on the launch pad. we have pictures of. now. you can see it like a blurry star, but actually its got those wings sticking out. the space station is twice as large as two football fields set side by side, so this crew will dock with them early wednesday morning. there will be 13 up on that space station. for the first time, willie, there will be four women on board. never had that many. theyre there. for the final countdown, here is launch control. >> three engines...

Happy easter. >> you, too. >> shannon: we are following breaking news on that shooting out in california. three to four people gunned down in a restaurant. casey stegall will have a live report with the latest developments on that. and also space shuttle "discovery" is sitting atop the launch pad ready to blast off. when the program ends in the fall what happens to all those expensive antiques? well tell you, right after the break.

[no audio]. >> we have an audio problem there, unfortunately, and if we can get it fixed and bring you that report, we will. >> gregg: in the meantime the countdown begins for the end of the shuttle program. discovery. set to blast off into space, tomorrow morning, and there it is on the launch pad. one of the last scheduled launches for the shuttle and now, the battle is beginning, to see who will get their hands on one of the famous orbiters. ♪ ♪... to the sky ♪ like a tiger ♪ defying ...

Launch pad now in cape canaveral, florida, just four missions left. discovery will deliver supplies to the international space station, meanwhile, another astronaut docking at that station today. she flew there along with two cosmonauts on a russian soyuz racquet. it took off from kazakhstan on thursday. while their glory days are winding down, the space schultz have a busy retirement ahead of them. one that actually might put you or me, probably you, in the cockpit. our laura ingle has the stor...

We have to be ready to deal with that or start to get ready. >> lets talk about that in a second. this idea of how you might be able to channel more medical students. until we get to there, youve got problems to believe with in the interup. a lot of people will use an e.r. as primary care if they cant get into the practice because they are not taking new patients. over the next few years as more of these people join the ranks of the insureds what kind of burden will that put on you and your hosp...

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Nasa. right now the shuttle is on the launch pad ahead of a mission to deliver more equipment to the international space station. despite the presidents planned announcement, floridas two senators say they have concerns about nasas future. thats because the president scrapped the constellation program that was meant to replace the shuttle fleet and without either program up and running, florida stands to lose many thousands of jobs and lots of tax money. the man in charge of the shuttle fleet sa...