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American go see a shuttle launch sometime. this is like the ideal thing for the obama administration to do. they kill two birds with one stone. further their muslim agenda and put the squash on this american exceptionalism. >> sean: explain to me the president has already apologized for america. he spoke to the muslim world but forgot to mention our contributions to indonesia, kosovo, kuwait, iraq, afghanistan and elsewhere. he forgot those little contributions of america. this seems to me, you ...

All compliments of the frontal boundary. in west texas, south texas, also into the ohio valley and into the eastern seaboard. in new york, be prepared as youre making the walk in manhattan or yonkers, you may have to dodge puddles here or there. heres what you can expect for the shuttle launch. lets go to that forecast. about a 70% chance of a go launch. that area of high pressure set up over bermuda should help. keep that in mind. we have a whole lot more coming up next hour. stay tuned. >> wel...

Time the orbiter "atlantis" will fly. you mentioned katy coleman, our own astronaut, getting ready to fly next december on board a russian rocket. for astronaut, katy coleman, it is kind of appropriate when the stars line up just right. it is so great to have you live with us. a break in training came just at the right time. at the same time the shuttle discovery was set to launch. cady was our guest astronaut. far more importantly, just off camera stood husband, jorks and 9-year-old son, jamie....

Lets take some -- well talk some weather now. youre looking now at live pictures at kennedy in florida. you know what? were going to be watching the weather there are tl closely because a live launch is going to happen at any moment here. what is it, 2:20? >> 2:20. >> so were going to watch. again, history in the making. were keeping a close eye on this. whats the weather, good, bad? >> i dont think that this will be the last shuttle launch. i think they might have to extend thisperiod. >> its t...

Was here to bring her family with her and they actually got to play tourist. >> oh, there you are. >> reporter: for astronaut katie coleman its kind of appropriate when the stars line up just right. >> it is so great to have you live with us, katie. >> a break in training came just at the right time, at the same time the shuttle discovery was set to launch. katie was our guest astronaut, but far more importantly, just off camera stood husband josh and 9-year-old son jamie. >> i did my two launch...

Era. atlantis is up next on the pad. ready for a final flight. cnns john zarrella is there at ken ken space center this morning in florida preparing for that launch. hi, john. >> reporter: hi, kyra. youre absolutely right. i talked to some people at nasa a little while ago and they were saying that over at visitors center right now 9,000 people bought tickets to come and watch this shuttle launch. everybody wants to be here now as theyre counting down to last shuttle flights and atlantis is sitt...

This was not seen as an issue that would delay the launch, but they are debating whether they think this is more serious or a ball bearing that came out of this camera or a small ball bearing found by one of their team members which go over the shuttle stack in and around the launch pad prior to every launch. at this moment. its hard to overhear what they are saying as to what they are going to do. the mission management teams recommendation is we continue with the green light heading towards th...

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Necessary changes and move on. >> reporter: nasa celebrated the 29th anniversary of the shuttle launch. >> its time to look back and reflect about all the great things that the space shuttle has brought us over the last 29 years. and so i think were going, were going places, were going, were doing a lot of interesting stuff up here. >> reporter: but the future of deep space exploration is changing. president obama is charting a new course for nasa. >> i am 100% committed to the mission of nasa a...

Get as close as we are, so the folks here are here with their cameras and their videocameras and theyre really documenting the flight for whatever reason, but it was really neat when we came over from cocoa beach, you could see trailers lining the area because people do come down. this is one of those things you tell your kids about, you talk to your grandkids about. its really neat. juliet: how loud is it? >> reporter: extremely loud, on a scale of 1-10, id say 15. juliet: thats loud, bill. kri...