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One child escaped. the senate votes today on competing budget plans. the republican bill cuts $61 billion for this fiscal year. the democrats, $6.5 billion, on top of $4 billion in cuts theyve already agreed to. neither plan is expected to get the 60-vote supermajority thats needed in advance. well, he claimed he had no room to maneuver, but e-mails show wisconsin governor scott walker is in negotiations with absent democratic senators. the 14 lawmakers left the state about three weeks ago t...

In to "discovery" as part of our space program, and theres a huge legacy that she leaves behind. and i think what people should take away from this is the pride that we all should share in doing a job well done. i mean, it takes a lot of talent, a lot of money, a lot of effort, a lot of folks working together to pull something off like this. >> and clay, theres a new priority now with president obama to look beyond the orbit and perhaps to mars. is it a bittersweet moment for you to give up this...

Than the bmw 7-series or mercedes s-class... making the decision to own a jaguar just arational as it is emotional. bill: it is a significant day for nasa, a significant day for americas space program. the space shuttle discovery coming back to earth today. we hear from nasa in about 19 minutes that d-orbit burn will begin, the critical moment when the shuttle reenters the earths atmosphere. with the astronauts on board expected to come back to earth at around 11:57 eastern time. 90 minutes away...

Nasa has helped in the development of many things we use in everyday life, but back in february when nasa announced an $18.7 billion request for 2012, detractors once again called for slashing the budget. president obama called for the budget to be frozen at 2010 levels. and while the new budget blueprint would roll back spending, it does recommend boosts for some nasa sectors, including poort nership with commercial space flight companies. so the question today is, with the way that the space p...

But do you believe nasa isnt selling the importance of the program properly? >> well, nasa, the federal government in general, doesnt make clear many of the programs that they promote, whether it is science or whether its health care. its very difficult to have a conversation with -- coherent conversation on the man on the street or woman on the street and ask, what is the health care program and what is the space program and why do we have it, what is it for? yes, theres always a difficulty in ...

Your ace card when you need it. if there is a ace in the hole you reserve it for when its time to use it. >> neil: well put. oscar thank you very much. >> my pleasure. thanks for having me. >> neil: all right, you are looking like at cape canaveral right now where we are waiting for the space shuttle discovery to make its final mission into space. the first one back in 1984. and this will be it for this particular shuttle. and then, of course, its endeavour in april. and that will wrap up the sh...

Didnt. >> neil: governor, were now -- waiting for cape canaveral launch of the shuttle "discovery." could be delayed. they are having some problems. nevertheless, we are wrapping up the shuttle program only two more after this. im wondering, again, given the possibility, you could be who knows our next president, we dont know that. but it seems that we are abandoning our space program entirely. big vision programs are gone. chinese, japanese, my mother country italy is dabbling in it what do you...

Most serious threat our country has faced, at least since the period of the soviets. of soviet preeminence. i appreciate the thought of people i often agree with about the grandeur and the aspirational aspects of the space program, but i think everything absolutely everything has to be re-examined until we have the balance sheet of this country back in shape. >> neil: what happened to your arm? >> well, i had a little surgery, too many years in the gym in the swimming pool took their toll. >> ar...

>> oh yeah. >> zoom up here and check this out. these are all of the secret tapes that he had, including his discussions about vietnam, the cuban missile crisis, and the space program. you can see it at jfklike brar.org. >> thanks. >> for the latest news, you know where to go, cnnpolitics.com. a reminder about your chance to choose the news. you vote on the story you want to hear by texting 22360, vote one for living aboard a riverboat condo after retirement and two for test driving a porsche,...

Travelers. take the scary out of life. >> shepard: irans revolutionary guard is showing off what it claims is a super sonic ballistic missile. [explosion] >> shepard: right through the sun, there wasnt that impressive? iranian military officials call this the persian gulf missile. they claim it can hit sea based targets within 200 miles it can also supposedly carry 1400-pound war head. there is no way to independently confirm anything out of iran. the iranians also unveiling what they claim are ...