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Of skilled labor, skilled education, inspiring young people to go into these tough fields of science and engineering. investing in the space program, one of the few government programs that actually works i think is a very good investment. i would increase the funding for nasa every so slightly bring it up to maybe .6% of our federal budget. that would be $20 billion a year over the 18 we spend now. that would be enough accelerate our efforts for the space station and bring closer what nasa was ...

Absorb these workers, so that the talent pool would not be lost. why hasnt the private sector been able to keep up with some of these job losses? >> two quick reasons. first of all the commercial launch to the space station that nass ace funding right now trying to get off the ground, its still five years away. it was always designed to save some of the nasa funds by having a much leaner workforce, and because that routine commercial abscess to the space station would only be two flights per yea...

this will be a topic of heated debate here in the city of new orleans. sean payton has been a beloved figure ever since the saints won the super bowl after the 2009 season in the years after hurricane katrina. sean payton and quarterback drew brees, you know, were the faces of this team and in the city for a team that had done so much to kind of bring this city out of the doldrums here. so the punishment against him, i think, will be a hot topic of debate here in the city. >> a lot of ...

fbi investigating the death of trayvon martin. some people are outraged the watch captain that shot the unarmed 17 year old is not facing charges. george zimmerman said it was in self-defense and police say there is no evidence to refute that. new outrage over the pat downs at the airport because of this youtube video showing a screener patting down a 3-year-old boy in a wheelchair. the boys father shot the video about two years ago but hes just now sharing it saying he became enrage...

Dan burbank and engineer don pettit. best of luck up there. bill: it is remarkable the work they do. patti ann: its still mind boggling that they are talking to us from space bill: since we retired the shuttle program we were going to hitch a ride from the russians until 2015, now they say its 2017. that is not the way we want to conduct a space program. hopefully we get there sooner than later especially when you retire the shuttle. justice department blocks a state voter id law from going in e...

lets get started. >> usually its her. shes the one who says this over and over, jobs, jobs, jobs. you know what, jobs is the big story today. big report, remember the last one we told you that was real good, we have another one out for you. as good? anything negative? well get the low down on it all? is it going to boost or bite president obama. also were talking iran and israels stance on iran. the prime minister talking about a timetable on an attack on iran giving a series of inte...

It out and hash it out. bill thank you, shannon. martha: this feels a little reminiscent of when they were trying to tell hillary clinton to get out and gingrich says he has no plans to drop out of this race. he was at a rally in bin hingeham, the former speaker mocked his opponents, went after the santorum visit to a space camp. watch: >> i just got told that senator santorum is going to go to huntsville tomorrow, which should be good. he should note that there is a space program. but the fact ...

Its back to "hardball." now for the side show. making time for the colony in space. even in the midst of super tuesday, thats right, newt gingrich found time for a visit to the u.s. space and rocket center in alabama. of course there have been a lot of jokes about newts promise of an american colony on the elect. remember the snl sketch that made gingrich the president of a colony far, far away. and then there was this zinger from romney in the recent debate. >> if i had a business executive com...

Back to "hardball." now for the side show. making time for the colony in space. even in the midst of super tuesday thats right. newt gingrich found room for a visit to the u.s. space and rocket center in alabama. of course there have been a lot of jokes about newts promise of an american colony on the moon if he is elected president. remember the "snl" sketch that made gingrich the president of a colony far, far away. then there was this zinger from romney in a recent debate. >> if i had a busin...

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