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In egypt as well as outsiders ought to at least explore whether or not that tactical flexibility can carry forward. but i think one needs to do so with a great deal of caution in dealing with this organization. >> ambassador daniel kurtzer, great to get your take. thank you very much. t.j.? astronaut mark kelly is set to fly again. today is a big day for the shuttle commander. well tell you why. also, former president george w. bush had to suddenly cancel a trip because of a threat of legal ...

The judiciarys played an important role. i think well see a rich range of views, fairly wide variety of parties in a post-mubarak egypt. >> bruce rutherford, thank you so much. appreciate your time. congresswoman gabrielle giffords husband mark kelly back at work for the first timing since his wifes shooting. earlier kelly resumed training as shuttle commander of "endeavour." kelly decided to go back to work because his wife is busy all day long with her therapy. nbcs tom costello joins me liv...

Considering a bunch of other factors including how, what gabrielle giffords would want me to do and what her parents, my family and i would like i made the decision that i would like to return and command the mission. >> kelly will serve as shuttle commander for the splace shuttle "endeavours" final flight with lift off in april. he is confident he wife will be able to attend the launch. >> that is optimistic. those are the had lines. >> winter is over, right, rick? >> have you been drinking? it...

Then he became a test pilot, like when people die, oh, i dont know who this guy is. and then hes 77 years old. y it to go up in space again. whats the drive in your machinery. you did it four space shuttle splats. >> he wanted to go higher, he wanted it to go faster. thats the way way i felt with my career as i went from being a navy fighter pilot and then a test pilot and ten an astronaut. >> i was telling the shuttle commander here, i applied for the journalist in space program. because i was ...

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>> shepard: but first, from fox this friday night, right now high above our heads, space shuttle atlantis is chasing down the international space station. a hookup scheduled to happen in the next couple of days. after all, the worries of bad weather and a technical hiccup seconds before launch the shuttle took off shortly before 11:30 eastern this morning. after the shuttle commander told the launch director lets light this fire one more time. >> t minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5. all three engines up a...

Couldnt let it go at that. youll see what i mean. lets get started. 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. until 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 ...

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