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But i did express to him that if he had the chance at all to make his way to birmingham, and were still hopeful about that. >> well, it may be that the presidents schedule changes somewhat because now the shuttle launch has been scrubbed, so well be waiting to hear from the white house what the presidents next move is. he does have an event scheduled in miami, florida, tonight but it may give him a little more time there in alabama. again, the president said when he was looking at these resident...

Immediate businesses, building up a middle class that can be a fire wall against islamists, and building up the other pillars of democracy. those are steps that we could be taking but we are not. jon: thank you. jenna: the president will still travel to florida to cape canaveral today. he was going to be there for the shuttle launch. we know the shuttle launch is scrubbed but he will continue from the south, from alabama to florida to cape canaveral today. in the meantime i want to add this to y...

Breaking news from florida now. nasa has postponed todays scheduled shuttle launch of "endeavour" and the postponement could last longer than 48 hours. it was supposed to leave in three hours or so but the auxiliary power unit heaters failed. they dont know what the problem is, they have tried troubleshooting, but cant diagnose the problem, cant fix the problem so they have scrubbed the launch. officials are hoping to announce a new launch at a time as soon as they get a handle on how big a prob...

Was a 23-minute warning that the tornado was on its way. which raises several questions. were the warnings enough? did people pay attention to them? or was the tornado so big they couldnt escape it? bret? >> bret: thank you. the second part of the presidents trip went on as scheduled, despite postponement of the shuttle launch. the president carried through with the plan to go to cape canaveral. he met with the endeavor crew and talked with arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords who was shot i...

Anticipation of this launch. according to the information i have read, you have not seen a crowd this big since "apollo." >> thats true. neil armstrongs lunch we had to spend the night out here. we had millions of people. they were expecting 750,000 possibly. i dont know how many showed up here today, but, again, its a large crowd, tamron, but its not going to be like anything for the last shuttle launch which is expected sometime this summer. this is the next to last shuttle launch with "endeav...

Ascent but descent. when they started having problems with the heaters, the lines started freezing up and they killed the launch immediately. it is right now scheduled at the earliest for monday afternoon, but its entirely possible it could slide even beyond that. as you mentioned, congresswoman gabby giffords critically wounded in january, is here. she is here to see her husband, commander mark kelly, the commander of "endeavour," lift off. also here about 40 members of congress and somewhere i...

Her situation? obviously people are wondering if shell be able to stay in florida or if its necessary for her to return to houston? >> reporter: tamron, good afternoon. the hospital has released no yftion at this time, and its likely because they may not have made that decision yet because as we know the shuttle launch is moved back to at least monday. it seems likely that her doctors are conferring with officials at nasa to see what the length of time might be. we know she traveled to the kenne...

Private problems that became public. my big question today, can will and kate carve out some semblance of a normal life and a private relationship for themselves? oh, and look, they have given me a hat to celebrate the royal wedding. i love that. you can reach out to me on facebook, on tirt. my e-mail address is contessa@msnbc.com. can i see the hat again? thats pretty fancy. i may want that made up for real. t minus three and a half hours until the final liftoff for space shuttle "endeavour" ...

Friday scheduled shuttle launch. the final mission for endeavor. president obama and his family will be on hand and so will congresswoman gabrielle giffords. the wife of shuttle commanderrer mark kelly. giffords is recovering from a gunshot wound to the head sustained in the constituent meeting in january. well talk about division appointing economic numbers today when fox all-stars join me after the break. boy, im glad we got aflac huh. aflac! oh, ive just got major medical... major medical. .....

>> reporter: hello, martin. >> im assuming, mike, that this was a trip that the president almost had to make because hes en route for the shuttle launch but he really needs to go to alabama, doesnt he? >> reporter: well, thats absolutely right. the president for the last voyage of the space shuttle "endeavour," this is the second to last voyage of the entire space shuttle fleet, not to mention the compelling story line, the husband of representative gabrielle giffords, of course the victim of th...