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Contract worker at the kennedy space center who could lose his job. mr. mayor, appreciate your time. thanks for talking to us. >> nice to be here, tony. >> a couple of questions from one here. the obama administration says thousands of new jobs will be created as it changes the emphasis in the space program, wont many of those jobs come to or remain in your community, cocoa beach, given that so much of the infrastructure is there? >> well, the way its set up, they have ten centers and they sprea...

Small step for man and one giant leap for mankind and neil armstrong has something to day to president obama about the future of the space program. thats next. @u÷

That, republicans say the rules democrats want are simply too tight. jon? jon: thanks, wendall. jane: 234re7bty of people use craigs list every day, its like an online bulletin board. it can also be dangerous. tim at our national desk is working on a story that has ended up in a manhunt hes watching at this moment, well get details. plus, the pioneers of americas space program are lashing out at the president calling his decision to suspend manned moon missions is really devastating. theyre spea...

Americas space program are blasting president obamas decisions regarding nasa. well talk with jim lovell to find out why. >> the latest on the american woman who sent the russian child she adopted back home alone on a plane. well talk to the head of the adoption agency involved in this case, a lot of questions, coming up. martha: take you now back to capitol hill. there is very interesting back and forth, of course the attorney general, eric holder, hes being questioned now by charles grassley, ...

Point that they can start building something different if they wish. not the shut everything down and try to restart it up five years from now, contessa. >> i was just talking with the "discovery" commander the other day. he said that the space program, it gets the credit for a lot of our technological advances here on earth. and its amazing the work that they do. it would be a shame to see that halted in any way. jay barbree, thank you, sir. appreciate it. >> contessa, you and i are talking to ...

New idea for the space program. >> not every astronaut is on the neil armstrong side. buzz aldrin, perhaps the second most famous astronaut out there these days is supportive of the presidents policy on this. this involves the three ps, i call it, policy, patriotism and politics all mixed into one. a fascinating trip tomorrow. thanks very much. >> okay, chuck. the return of the boston tea party? sort of. activists hit beantown this morning with sarah palin headline agevent in the downtown bost...

The top of the hour, we have pole dancing to talk about as well as the space program to discuss. >> im going to leave that to the two of you guys. >> you could not possibly leave your opinion out of pole dancing if you tried. >> fair and balanced. >> a former federal mine safety official. lets do news for you now will lead that independent investigation on last weeks deadly mine explosion in west virginia. governor joe manchin says this probe will focus on what action should be taken to prevent ...

Jon: obviously, you were part of americas successful moon program, apollo, back in the 60s and 70s, part of that apollo 13 crew that had that enormous problem in space and was able to the overcome it and get back to earth safely. you know the feeling among some americans. weve been there to the moon, been there, done that. maybe, they say, this is a program that could go by the boards. >> well, i dont think they understand the real value of the, of the program and the sort of the other aspects. ...

Today. were looking to the president for some answers to find out whether or not we can maybe extend the program, down size the program and keep it going a little bit if thats possible. my life savings is in this business right now. i put everything ive got in the shuttles so it going away and losing money would be devastating to this personally, but more than that, my employees, they would have to move on to other areas of the country to find employment, and as we know the country is in great s...

Budget choices have to be made and they just cant give all the money that the space program has been getting. a lot of cost overruns over the years, so hes going down into sort of the eye of the storm tomorrow, because a lot of people down there in florida are very upset because of the jobs that will be lost because of the changes. >> theres a lot of discussion about what part of the space program can be privatized, well be talking about a lot about it today and tomorrow. robert gibbs is talking...