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Its the best coverage in america. im tamron hall. right now on msnbc news, tea party express in boston. palin just welcomed the big crowd there. theres one notable republican you will not be seeing at this event. the president versus the space hero. some of americas most famous astronauts, including the first man to walk on the moon are criticizing the plan to reinvent the space program. new leads in the case of a 6-year-old florida girl. police requestioned the last person to see haleigh ...

Snag here, megyn. when he says cover the cost after owl federal programs by 2015, the president is excluding interest on the debt which in that year alone is $520 billion. half a trillion bucks. but even if you dont count that, it is still hard to bring the rest of the budget on balance because so much of our spending is on autopilot. listen. >> almost three-quarters of federal spending is either on net interest, the military, social security, medicare or medicaid. and if you look at each of tho...

Whos concerned about their safety. for more on toyotas troubles, logon to our website for coverage of the recalls and this latest lexus problem all there at cnn.com. exploration and inspiration. thats what we look to the space program for. tomorrow president obama will be in florida to talk about his vision for the final frontier. a white house official tells cnn that vision includes $6 billion in new funding, new jobs, and sending men and women to mars. but it wont stave shave the sh program....

Out, were going to be going opposite directions. >> we can swap. where are you, by the way? this completely looks different. >> reporter: im going to tease what were going to talk about in a minute about why im here in front of the parking lot thats just outside the west wing. you dont normally see this. this is where they line up all the cars and suvs. a lot going on right now, tomorrow we start with where the presidents heading. hes heading to nasa. >> yeah. >> reporter: down in cape canaveral...

Reports warned people dont buy it. apparently handling problems could lead to rollover accidents during sharp turns. toyota will conduct its own tests and in the meantime suspend sales of the vehicle. well have a live report and breaking details at the bottom of the hour. one small step for obama, one giant leap for his critics. thats how msnbcs first read describes the dust-up over the presidents space program. neil armstrong, the first man on the moon, blasting president obamas decision to c...

Mediocrity." vick, we know some long time fas sa supporters who are upset that u.s. sponsored manned space flight is going to be put on hiatus for a few years. the obama administrations pushing back. tell bus it. >> thats absolutely right. this all comes on the eve, chuck, of the presidents trip down to the space center down in florida where hes going to make some announcements. what theyre basically telling everybody is hold your fire, wait till you see what the president says tomorrow. theres ...

Reports from you. neil armstrong, the first man on the moon, blasting president obamas decision to cancel nasas constellation rocket plan. the former "apollo 11" commander wrote a letter calling the move devastating to americas space effort. that criticism prompted the white house to backtrack a bit on those plans. president obama will present a revised proposal when he visits the kennedy space center in florida tomorrow. with me now from florida, nbcs jay barbree. hes covered every space shut...

Some say the president will adjust remarks thursday in wake of the letter. >> reporter: it not clear what the cause an-of- and affect was, they are sensitive to criticism since they announced we will not be going to the moon again after all. the president putting an end to the george w. bush initiative a constellation rocket program it was called. this program would have taken us to the moon, done a few other things. president obama wanted to change direction. those three legendary astronauts yo...

Explo exploration. its not just discovery, but its also about business. i will be talking about whether we should let businesses take over a big part of our space program.

Story on so many levels. well have to wait and see whether or not shes actually charged. thanks for your advice. lets go to brian and eric in the green room. >> all right. good job. thank you very much. eric, a little distracted at this moment because hes juggling his ball. meanwhile, he was the first to walk on the moon. now, neil armstrong blasting president obama for cutting back the space program. why the nasa legend says keeping americans out of space is a bad move. >> and pole dancing clas...