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The roof very is right now. there is belief there is evidence of water at the base of that mountain that water once existed there and perhaps that could mean life once existed there too. the rover could start making its way toward mount sharp by the end of the year. well keep you posted on the 2 1/2 billion dollar mission every step of the way. back to you, jon. jon: we should point out some of pictures were showing are artist conceptions. very good animations but that is what it would look like...

These new photos back to earth where we are. they show a detailed view of the rovers landing site, including its ultimate target, the mount sharp. its my favorite mountain. gretch? >> gretchen: thanks. you heard it this election season, democrats claiming that the gop is waging a war on women. but ann romney says its untrue and she knows firsthand. >> its the moms of this nation, single, married, widowed, who really hold this country together. were the mothers. were the wives. were the grandmoth...

Bruising, bleeding, or paleness. [ phil ] get back to the things that matter most. ask your rheumatologist if enbrel is right for you. [ doctor ] enbrel, the number one biolog medicine prescribed by rheumatologists. >> gretchen: time for your shot of the morning. 360-degree view from the surface of mars. nasas curiousity rover sent back the incredible pictures this week. they were pieced together to create an interactive panoramic. in the distance, you can see the base of mount sharp, a three-mi...

Toward the hunt for the environment -- that all goes toward the hunt for the environment for life on mars. >> what else will scientists learn from the rock samples? this is fascinating stuff. >> well, theyre also going to learn from the rock samples how variable the environments have been in this particular area. so for example, things like if water was part of the environment that was here near gale crater, as the rover makes its way up toward mount sharp, how much water was there in the past? ...

Mars. shows the gale crater with mount sharp in the distance. scientists plan on taking the rover to mount sharp to study rock samples in the future. "curiosity" has captured the american publics attention, and its imagination in recent days. in fact, i think nasa hasnt seen this kind of positivek"apo space program. theres been a media frenzy nasa hasnt seen in a long time. >> 1:30 a.m. america standard time, nasas "curiosity" rover touched down on the surface of mars! [ wild cheering ] >> nasa ...

killing three soldiers in the countrys southern helmand province. >> cnns chris lawrence is live from the pentagon. what are your sources telling you about this attack this morning? >> well, john, they say they are still trying to figure out whether this was actually a true afghan police officer or someone just wearing the uniform. although the taliban is claiming that this was an actual afghan policeman who lured these three soldiers to his residence or to a party and had planned to k...

>> from now on, were going to look for a brighter fuehrer. were going to look for a united community, a prosperous community, and the negativity over the last two years will go away in no time. in afghanistan today, three american service members were killed by a gunman wearing an afghan military uniform. it happened here in the unstable helmand province. we heard a few details and about a couple of attacks on coalition forces this week alone. chris lawrence is at the pentagon. chris...

That is coming soon. right now the rover parked looking through rocks and soil, looking for anything that could provide evidence of life on mars. curiosity will spend two years doing that and then the plan is for the rover to steer itself about four miles away from the base of something called mount sharp which is where scientists say there could be signs that water once existed. this is the most ambitious rand expensive mars mission yet with the price tag of about 2 1/2 billion dollars, jon. th...

Early yesterday morning. first we took a satellite of that landing. now we have the actual landing as it looked from rover. we also got this new picture. that mountain is dubbed mount sharp and believed to be taller than any mountain in the lower 48 states. >> steve: as the curiousity goes further than any rover has gone before. >> brian: yeah. of thely were supposed to have it up earlier. cost an extra billion dollars. but indeed it works. >> juliet: curiousity. so when the rover landed and eve...

We have fascinating new video coming in to us from mars. nasa rover curiosity, sending back these grainy black and white images from the red planet. they show the rovers daring landing on mars. it was referred to as seven minutes of terror. you can secure rossty now kicking up dust as the moving laboratory moves about mars trying to determine if life ever existed there. kelly wright has more from washington. hi, kelly, what is next for curiosity? >> reporter: how about olympic gold for curiosity...