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"endeavour" is expected to launch on the final mission on a faulty heater. a forced postponement. the shuttle commander is mark kelly. his wife, gabrielle giffords is back to watch the launch. well have more on "endeavour" mission and what they plan to deliver to the space station. many arabs call today a day of catastrophe. they mark it every year with rites on israels borders. details on the casualties, next.

officials are focused on this one 26-mile stretch of a dirt road to nowhere. its actually the levee. see the crew on the left hand side, its for the yazoo and mississippi river. this levee is holding it back. however, theres one foot between the level of the water and when it goes over the top. the prediction is its going to go over the top. we were talking with the secretary of state of mississippi, they expect it to happen overnight. water going over the levee is not the end of the w...

Heating system. arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords, the wife of the shuttle commander, was in florida but returned to houston today where shes been in rehab after being shot by a would-be assassin. she plans to return to florida when the launch is rescheduled. more than a million catholic faithful poured into vatican city to see pope john paul ii become beatified. the late pope is now one step closer to sainthood with a confirmed miracle under his name. the vatican is now investigating m...

First up, though, the shuttle launch, the next to last shuttle mission ever was supposed to take off friday afternoon, but just a few hours before the scheduled launch, nasa put things on hold. up till a problem with the heating system could be sorted out. among the hundreds of thousands of speculators was congresswoman gabrielle giffords of arizona. thats because her husband mark kelly is the shuttle commander. giffords left a houston hospital earlier in the week to travel to kennedy space cent...

Hire more people. invest in the software and fuel that growth. >> from the study of startup firms, economist laurie concludes the business creation is job creation. the government wont be able to nourish gazelles until they take notice of them. >> thanks, james. its been a quiet day on the oil and gasoline front. gasoline rose three-tenth of a penny. shuttle commander kelly tells cbs news his wife gabrielle giffords has been cleared to travel to florida to watch the launch. giffords was shot in ...

More areas in the business, hire more people. invest in the software and fuel that growth. >> from the study of startup firms, economist laurie concludes the business creation is job creation. the government wont be able to nourish gazelles until they take notice of them. >> thanks, james. its been a quiet day on the oil and gasoline front. gasoline rose three-tenth of a penny. shuttle commander kelly tells cbs news his wife gabrielle giffords has been cleared to travel to florida to watch the l...

Across the plains. futurecast, snow back across the rockies. snow in the northern plains sunday. here you go, you start to see these reds and oranges and yellows monday afternoon. you will see severe weather here across parts of that mississippi valley monday, tuesday, just a little bit farther toward the east and a lot of rain again for tuesday afternoon across much of the northeast. >> shepard: that look as little more seasonal. rick, have a good weekend. >> you too. >> shepard: space shuttle ...

Man. finally this half hour, the end of an amazing 27-year career. were talking about the shuttle "discovery," which touched down wednesday for its last time. >> this is the worlds most flown spaceship and it will now be retired. it will spend the rest of its days at the smithsonian. kevin oliver has more on the end of an era. >> down and locked. >> reporter: you might see "discovery" again but never like this. never again will it fly on its own. nasas oldest shuttle touched down, ending its 3...

Every day. man. finally this half hour, the end of an amazing 27-year career. were talking about the shuttle "discovery," which touched down wednesday for its last time. >> this is the worlds most flown spaceship and it will now be retired. it will spend the rest of its days at the smithsonian. kevin oliver has more on the end of an era. >> down and locked. >> reporter: you might see "discovery" again but never like this. never again will it fly on its own. nasas oldest shuttle touched down, e...

Jon: we froze the shot there. theres been some kind of a loss. thats a live broadcast, thats the cockpit view that the shuttle commander sees, now live. >> final approach to the kennedy space center, more than 30 seconds to go. landing gear is down and locked. touchdown, the nose of the shuttle being rotated down toward the flight deck, parachute being deployed. and nose gear touchdown, and the end of an historic journey, and to the ship