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The space shuttle endeavour, delayed yet again, nasa says it will take place no earlier than may 16th. the flight is on hold, due to problems with one of the ships auxiliary power generators and workers replaced the faulty components, and they are now testing the shuttle systems. and, endeavors launch will be the next-to-last of the 30-year-old shuttle program. >> heather: brand new information about the wife of endeavor astronaut, mark kelly, congresswoman gabrielle giffords, the couple reporte...

Diesel generators to begin operating to supply back-up power if it was needed. we do have that 161 kv line still in if service, so the plant is shut down but in a safe condition. everything worked as designed. when the plant did shut down, there were no concerns. and we keep those diesel generators running to insure that we will have back-up power if for any reason we needed it. jon: right. we know what happened in japan, the back-up power generators were, basically, swept out to sea or at least...

Think that the death toll here is just stunning. >> in -- thats whats rare, is that the weather forecasting is better. we can see these -- everyone has iphones, the media -- it was all over the place, you can watch video for hours online. we knew they were coming, but it still didnt make a difference. still this many deaths. and a lot of people -- we havent had this since 1974. we thought with the new technology we wouldnt get deaths like this anymore. it just proves that even if you get a big e...

Water comes from somewhere else. the ocean in japan. comes through as a condenser, like the air conditioner in your car. changes the steam back to water and goes through and does the same thing again. we lost this water because the pump died, not because of the earthquake, because of the tsunami flooded back-up generators. the pumps were running on their own power. this whole thing shut down because of the earthquake. earthquake didnt hurt it. what hurt it is the pump shut down because the tsuna...

Haiti as well. lets look at ways countries are helping. countries are sending dogs, sometimes from halfway around the world, germany and britain, and these rescue dogs are able to differentiate between live and dead bodies and help rescuers pinpoint where survivors are. also, clinics are coming in. you saw the need for them in dr. gaup at thats report a moment ago. theyre mobile clinics, set up and torn down easily. theyre looking to help heal survivors in need of medical attention. nuclear spec...

Just reminds us of the power of nature and what devastation it can make. so i think we have to keep that in mind. we have to keep in fact the mined that we have more than 100 power plants that year in, year out, produce power without these devastating accidents. >> you think it would be a mistake for us to respond to this tragedy the way we responded to three mile island and say were going to fight the permitting of nuclear plants moving forward. >> i think that would be a huge mistake. the righ...

I may -- i dont know what the future holds for me right now. >> unemployment was all that was keeping the mortgage going, so were really concerned. >> reporter: you may have to sell your house? >> yeah, were looking -- thanks, bunning, were looking at foreclosure. this chile, theyre trying to put battered lives together after that devastating earthquake, chile still shakes. look at this, another aftershock one of at least 12 experts say recorded in the past 24 hours. also chilean officials inc...

Power generators. cell phone service collapsed across the island. people also began waiting in lines for water, including people setting up makeshift water stations at streams and springs that opened up in landslides after the storm, which led to all kinds of health problems down the line. much of the running water, houses that still had it, their water was contaminated anyway. people did what they had to do. a week after maria hit, the u.s. defense department said nearly half the population of ...

Since the storm hit 11 days ago much of the island has been without power, can it communication critical infrastructure. the mayor says people are dying because of the slow federal response. the president accuse the mayor and other local officials a poor leadership. in a moment will discuss relief efforts, first, lets bring in mike with the situation on the ground in puerto rico. >> this operated by the samaritans purse operation just navigated the traffic bringing help to puerto rico. >> theres...

There over recovery efforts. since the storm hit 11 days ago much of the island has been without power, can it communication critical infrastructure. the mayor says people are dying because of the slow federal response. the president accuse the mayor and other local officials a poor leadership. in a moment will discuss relief efforts, first, lets bring in mike with the situation on the ground in puerto rico. >> this operated by the samaritans purse operation just navigated the traffic bringing h...