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After eight months of prep work, launch day finally arrives. >> when we were assembling the balloon, the two kids, max and his best friend miles were just so excited. >> we bought like some lollipops so me and miles were really hyped up. >> the kids gave this great countdown. >> ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, zero, blast off! >> we cut off the balloon. >> it started rocking wildly like crazy. it was going about 25 feet a second, which is pretty fast. after about two m...

♪ >> greg: you were in the go-goes, dan, a werent you? dont answer me. what is your problem? >> dana: i was going to let you start your monologue. >> greg: all right. shes testy today. romney has declined to appear on nickelodeon to discuss key issues with the creepy things called children. yuck! no surprise, president obama jumped at the chance. the top concerns for kids are free ice cream, world harmony and that all pet goes to even. throw in birth control and demand and you have lefty brain...

Trail prepping for the clash in kentucky at center college. our chuck todd pointing out that the elder statesman generally wins the vp debates, even noting that biden won many of the 08 primary debates. >> rudy giuliani, theres only three things he mentioned in the sentence, a noun, a verb and 9/11. heres a man who brags about how he made the city safe. it was the biden crime bill that became the clinton crime bill that allowed him to do that. >> we are following both campaigns and begin with vi...

>> reporter: biden later tried to dig himself out. >> the middle class was buried by the policies of romney and the ryan supported. >> reporter: except for debate prep, it was a politics-free day for the presidential contenders. romney had lunch at chipotle while president obama paid a visit to the hoover dam. both candidates have spent hours in debate sessions and both have challenges. aides say the president is working on keeping his answers short to not sound like professor obama. in order to...

Have two minutes to react. and mitt romney took a brief break from prep work to rally supporters in denver. he told the crowd of thousands the debate are, quote, about something bigger than who wins. romney and his debate partner, ohio senator rob portman, will spend the day working on last-minute details. former bronco quarterback john elway has announced his support for romney. >> and now a major medical headline this morning. internet addiction is now a step closer to being recognized as a ...

Even really looking at the monitor. >> really? >> just kind of letting things go on through. and whats crazy is that sometimes, like one item will be flagged and i will have the same exact item in my bag the next time, and it wont be flagged. >> no rhyme or reason? >> yeah, there isnt any. >> the agency stresses they take these incidents very seriously and they will conduct a full review of each and every one. >> but frightening. >> very frightening. just two days to the president obama and mi...

Questions. the one who goes second will have time to think about his answer a luxury his adversary will not have. do you agree with that? >> im sure thats true. the flip side of that is the person who goes first has the opportunity to come out with a one-liner to really stake out a position. you dont want to be in a debate where, when youre on opposite sides of the aisle, you dont want to be mirroring each other in any way. i think both of them can think on their feet some. i think both of them ...

To. we want more candid moments in the last presidential election, hillary clinton told a reporter she felt there was a double-standard. barack obama just had to pop out of bed, jump out of shower and throw on a suit and he was ready to go. she had a lot more prep work to be done before she was camera-ready. the bottom line is women are held to a different standard, and that can be tough. >> talk about running for office, the barack obama and hillary clinton thing. barack talked about that he we...

Forest. it was traffic cone paint, so it really stood out. >> although the neon paint will make it easier to spot, they will need something much more dependable if they want to find it. >> an iphone seemed to have the best app to track the balloon. it gives you longitude and latitude but altitude as well. >> if you lost your phone, you would have where to track it. and we could follow it. >> next to the camera was a little hd camera thats used for sky diving stunts and motor sports and things li...

Hard case and kind of made it this hamburger shape that was very aerodynamic. >> we spray-painted it so we could see it if it fell in the forest. it was traffic cone paint, so it really stood out. >> although the neon paint will make it easier to spot, they will need something much more dependable if they want to find it. >> an iphone seemed to have the best app to track the balloon. it gives you longitude and latitude but altitude as well. >> if you lost your phone, you would have where to trac...