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Company. i asked him what we stand to gain or lose with letting private enterprise compete in the game of transporting people to and from space. heres what he told me -- >> going forward, you know, i think it really is time to give the commercial guys a chance because going into low earth orbit, the technology has mat e matured, so nasa should push outside of low earth orbit, going to explore near earth astro roids going back to moon to test hardware for an eventual mission to mars, and they sho...

Accelerator pedals. >> in the meantime toyota will offer loaner vehicles concerned about safety. they sold 5,000 of these models in three months. thank you very much, david, for joining us. frustrated tea party leaders looking to take things a step further by creating a new volunteer militia. what would motivate someone to announce this move days before the 15th anniversary of the oklahoma city bombings? were going to talk with the guy pushing for this militia. plus, some of nasas biggest he...

Call or click now. get back in the game. time for "the xyz of it." for the last couple of hours ive been telling you about a space program and the shift in how nasa is going to use billions of dollars in federal money. tomorrow president obama will be on the space coast in florida to talk about nasa workers about the future of american space

Of the breasts can occur. avodart is for men only. women should not take or handle avodart... due to risk of a specific birth defect. todays the day to talk to your doctor... about your urinary symptoms and find out... if avodart is right for you. remember, were standing by for cnns interview with the first lady, michelle obama, shes in mexico city right now. that interview is coming up. but some other important news were following first. just a couple of months after his budget pulled the p...

Governor is scheduled to conduct a news conference in the next hour to announce new steps in mine safety. this follows last weeks explosion at the upper big branch mine that killed 29 coal miners. the governor announced an independent investigation yesterday. federal investigators are looking into the cause of the disaster and congress has also scheduled hearings. the white house says president obama will present a revised proposal to outline the future of nasa when he visits the kennedy space...

Nasa reports it discovered a stuck valve. the flight director for the space station says engineers are trying to fix that valve remotely. if they cant, he says the problem could require another, yet unscheduled spacewalk and that that could put a crimp in nasas plans for the rest of the year. nasa has but three more shuttle missions planned and after that it will rely on russias space program to launch astronauts up there. russia seems to see that as an opportunity supply and demand, you may hav...

Us. i guess the russians understand the law of supply and demand. >> reporter: yeah, this is simple economics, jane. if youre an airline and you have the only plane going to a destination, you can pretty much charge whatever you want. the russians have doubled the price to $51 million per astronaut because were retiring the shuttle system later this year. the russians will soon have the only system capable of delivering astronauts to the international space station. we dont have anything to repl...

Our security chief. its been 40 years since apollo 13. you didnt see the original. maybe you saw the tom hanks movie it was the moon mission that turned a potential disaster into one of the greatest rescue stories in history. the two surviving astronauts from that mission are now speak out about president obamas plan to pull the plug on our manned a space the flight program. jim lovell calling on congress to block the presidents proposal. >> it may look like part rock concert, political rally or...

Now to the stories youll be hearing a lot about in the week ahead, from the white house to capitol hill to entertainment. we start tonight at the white house. >> reporter: im dan lothian at the white house. two summits for the president this week. one focused on nuclear weapons, the other on space. on monday and tuesday, 47 nations will be taking part in the white houses nuclear security summit here in washington. president obama says the goal is for these leaders to commit to a process of event...

Now to the stories youll be hearing a lot about in the week ahead, from the white house to capitol hill to entertainment. we start tonight at the white house. >> reporter: im dan lothian at the white house. two summits for the president this week. one focused on nuclear weapons, the other on space. on monday and tuesday, 47 nations will be taking part in the white houses nuclear security summit here in washington. president obama says the goal is for these leaders to commit to a process of event...