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Turn. well have that miracle escape. we begin with president obama heading to nasa today. hes there to lay out and defend his vision for the future of americas space program. with the shuttle fleet set to be grounded, the new plan is getting a chilly reception from thousands of agency workers. and its causing a split among some of nasas biggest heroes. in an open letter to the president, neil armstrong warning, quote, without the skill and experience that actual spacecraft operation provides, ...

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Fact that thats getting killed essentially and theyre going to try to do something else, if it had been funded the way it was recommended, would they be killing it now and its unlikely that they would be, but the fact is, this is where they are and you presented a good point here, this is a political issue for the president. but on the policy front, when you look at the debt and these other spending issues, these are the tough decisions that theyre trying to make and now, the presidents going th...

Think they are taxed too much. among mainstream america that number is 80%. among the political class, 70% say they are not taxed enough when they are not tacked. so it is a 150 point different. >> talk about being out of touch, tomorrow americans are going to -- thats the day your taxes are due. the same day that president obama has chosen to have a space summit. not even focusing on the issue that people care about. >> sean: hes focusing on theç economy like a laser beam. >> thats part of hi...

Around today, if people will listen to the specifics of what he said, and he did it in a very eloquent and visionary way. >> what are we getting out of space travel? a lot of my producers and people i work with here have asked me the big question, we go up, we come back. what do we bring back? its not a joke, when i was single, ive got to tell you, i drank a lot of tang. it was one thing i could keep in the house without worrying about anything with iced cubes. i could make tang. i could make in...

Thank you very much, dr. mae jemison, the first african-american woman in space, thank you very much. congress is also weighing in on plans for the space program. at the bottom of the hour, ill talk with bill posey who said the plan would result in major job losses and well ask him whether congress is ready to properly fund the space program as dr. jemison just asked. and breaking news now, the state department has confirmed russia is not stopping adoptions to american families. earlier toda...

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