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"x," a devastating blow to that company and for the 4,000 pounds of resupplies for the astronauts living up there, food water, dozens of science experiments, all of it a crushing total loss today this. happened just 2:19 into the launch. the explosion and disintegration of the cargo ship and rocket system happening right up above cape canaveral and then it appeared prior to that moment it appeared picture perfect on ground but spacex so far simply calling this an anomaly during ascent. a recent ...

And supplies. also on board, science experiments from students at 18 schools across the nation. >> its a bummer for us just because well have to take a lot more time to fix everything. but no one got hurt, so thats great. >> reporter: the space station crew is well stocked, according to nasa. in fact, an unmanned russian ship arrived carrying nearly three tons of supplies. nasa pays billions of dollars for private companies like orbital sciences to make these supply trips. the virginia-based com...

One proposed "it takes a world" a sequel to "it takes a village." my favorite is scrunchy chronicles. the president tested out a basketball catapult and talked about his own science experiments he attempted back in the day. >> when i was growing up, my science fair projects were not as successful as the ones here. [ laughter ] one year, i accidentally killed some plants that were part of my experiment. another time, a bunch of mice escaped in my grandmothers apartment. [ laughter ] >> all righ...

Another media mega merger in the works. at&t has agreed to buy direct tv for nearly $49 billion. the deal would make them the second biggest paid tv provider behind comcast that just bought time warner. regulators are worried the television and internet services are being increasingly controlled by just a few corporate behemoths. >> a cargo ship at the international space station for a month is back on earth. an astronaut used the big robot arm to release the so-called spacex dragon. five hours ...

Or leaf ve it proposition. if youre poor, its a -- >> a second ago you were talking about how its always going to be public schools. if its choice, lets have school choice. privatize the whole thing. the argument you just made is exactly the argument people make for privatizing education. >> were not privatizing it. >> if you believe it, if you think its ridiculous to consign someone to the absolute unfairness of having to go to their local school, why dont you also just take the next step and s...

If youre poor, its a -- >> a second ago you were talking about how its always going to be public schools. if its choice, lets have school choice. privatize the whole thing. the argument you just made is exactly the argument people make for privatizing education. >> were not privatizing it. >> if you believe it, if you think its ridiculous to consign someone to the absolute unfairness of having to go to their local school, why dont you also just take the next step and say lets get privatized scho...

The rich curriculum. do science experiments, be on a sports team, take karate or have dance. those are things weve been fighting for in public schools for eons. to me, if you have a failing school, closing it down or replacing it with a selective school that kicks out special needs students doesnt solve the problem. >> theres also a competition and also innovation argument. right? which is that these can be laboratories for figuring stuff out. that you cant with the big bureaucracy. that doesnt ...

This picture of the russians in the middle of a seven hour space walk. they are installing a pair of high definition television satellites. they plan to swat out several science experiments as well. folks who do manage to sign up for obamacare may have trouble with their insurance when they go to see a doctor or may find doctors will not see them because the payments are low. many of the plans will look like medicare with more and more doctors facing fewer doctors could lead to rationalizing. ...

Its an amazing place to work. >> and then, for one of the astronauts, its his first space walk. >> for hopkins, his first. i want to remind people on the right, youre seeing live pictures courtesy of nasa tv. if you get a ripple in the screen, you saw that, forgive them, its a live shot from 200 miles above the earth. were grateful for everything were able to have here, to see from the helmet cam. i want to ask you, chris, the importance of what theyre doing today, there are science experiments ...

Which one do you want, madam speaker? super, super, super, super, super, super sorry. >> mayor ford, please. >> im sure he was very sincere. ford also apologized for comments that a local newspaper report says he suggested he was a pedophile, that reporter has moved to sue ford for defamation. nasa astronauts will make three emergency space walks to fix a broken cooling line at the international space station, the first set for saturday with another on monday and the third may come on christma...