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Concert. were on the story coming up. countdown to the splashdown as the dragon capsule gets ready to land in the pacific ocean after an historic mission to the international space station. what the flight means for our space program. well be joined by a former nasa astronaut just ahead good morning! wow.

It could go backwards. look at europe. look at whats going on there. >> right. >> i knew they were having this large argument. and its a fascinating one because i think youre seeing the mainstream of republican party argue against government investment in a way that they havent argued against it as a party collectively in a long time. >> right. >> you know, things like, you know, it is unclear whether this republican party would be, for instance, interested in investing a lot more in the space p...

How to grow our economy than people in the private sector and in the real-world economy. you know, theyre picking winners and losers, and so far, you know, the only people that have lost out are taxpayers. and, you know, the workers at those companies as well. what governor romney thinks we need to do is take the burdens off job creators. you know, while president obamas rewarding his campaign donors, hes handicapping other job creators. whether it be with obamacare, higher taxes, regulations, y...

consumer-driven economy like that of the united states, how people feel is the key determina determinant. the number youll tell our viewers about shortly is consumer sentiment, how do you feel about the economy now, how do you feel about it in the future, and this number is as strong as its been since october of 2007. i want to take you back to october of 2007 and tell you what was going on. dow was at 14,000. it had set a new record. we had just started to see weakness on the housing ...

to 6% in four years. well put his claim to the test. a new recording of george zimmerman surfaces and his relationship with police. weve seen dash cam video before but nothing like this. "newsroom" begins right now. good morning to you. im carol costello. we begin with breaking news on a mystery that focused national attention on child abductions a generation ago. after 33 years, we may finally have some answers in the disappearance of 6-year-old etan patz. the new york police depa...

And in space xs rocket factory, theyre finding out ways to do it a lot cheaper, more efficiently, and quicker. for example, they had this problem on one of their nine engines. they turned that around in two days. thats just incredible. and this whole commercial venture is bringing down the cost of launching, will bring back this whole business back to the united states when we have these much more efficient and cheaper vehicles to get into orbit. >> well, it is an incredible sight to see. its al...

colombia, it just got bigger. now its spreading to the dea. the drug enforcement agency. what would you do if you got smacked with a $93,000 bill and what if that bill wasnt even for you? well talk to one man who is on the hook for his mothers nursing home bill and the obscure law thats being used to make sure families pay up. beam me up scotty. the first private space launch is in history books with some very special cargo. shes taking over. >> you are a man. you might as well sta...

washington. this is very serious. theyre not telling us where these jets were scrambled from but you know it is serious when they scramble two aircraft to bring in a civilian passenger jet. >> reporter: yeah. the two f-15s for scrambled about 40 minutes before this plane landed in bangor. there are a couple nearby bases that could do that, but norad confirmed they did use two f-15s to accompany this plane, which is a boeing 767. us airways flight 787 onto the ground in bangor, maine. b...

Private enterprise but if it fails, if there is a misstep, it means we could be vulnerable because there is a squaddruple whammy, the space shuttle was canceled. the replacement was canceled. the moon program was canceled. the mars program was canceled. and who controls the future of the american space program? the russians. >>shepard: of course we are out of money. >>guest: so, in the difficult times we have to find ways do get access at a reduced cost. that is the name of the game. >>shepard: ...

The moon within a decade. but barack obama led us to a new space program, we pay the russians to hitchhike to space. theyll add that later. i hope theres room on mt. rushmore for another face, im convinced the fifth face on mt. rushmore is the current occupier of 1600 pennsylvania. ive decided he should be known this way, instead of calling him mr. president, barack obama, maybe be simpler to refer to him as the fifth face. [laughter] >> ive noticed that whole president obama loves to refer to r...