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It dates back to 1878. in other news, a knife wielding man tried to hi jack an alitalia flight to libya but he was overwhelmed by the crew. a jailbreak in afghanistan led to freedom for 500 prisoners. it was the escape of taliban fighters who dug a 1,000 foot tunnel to free their taliban insurgents. and in littleton, colorado, more information on the man accused of planning to detonate a pipe bomb at the shopping mall. 65-year-old earl albert moore and released just one week before the plo...

Recovering from this type of injury. one of the most monumental vents events will come up this week where she will attend her husbands space shuttle launch. its safe to transport her and it will do her a world of good to get out in the fresh air to send her husband off. >> heather: that is awesome news. thank you so much. >> gregg: cops under fire on the ground and in the air. [ gun shots ] >> gregg: what led police to swarm a southern california neighborhood earlier this morning. and folks show...

Nurses, her doctors and family. according to the "republic," gabbys hair is now two inches long. she is still missing the piece of her skull, palm of a mans palm to be replaced next month. this will be week 16 of her recovery. she can stand on her own and walk a little. gabby is able to read and knows some of what happened the morning of january 8, outside that market. but will only repeat things like so many people, so many people. the newspaper says the congresswoman most often speaks in singl...

And playing and he plays along with me. its the way that we worked out to play together and i think it just shows that music is universal and that real people live up here and we have hobbies and things we love like people on earth. >> its truly amazing that were speaking to you all. the flight engineer, i wanted to ask you, last tuesday the 50th anniversary of mans first journey into space, the 30th anniversary of the first space shuttle launch, what does it mean to you guys to be up there toge...

Winds no damage to the shuttle itself fuel tank which it insulation damage nasa calls that inconsequential. endeavour is ready to go. >> shepard: one of the highlights on this thing is that giffords may be able-to-a tend whats the latest there. >> a spokesperson says it is still likely she will show up in person who watch her husband commander mark kelly lead the last launch ever of endeavour, next to last space shuttle launch ever. however, its probably going to be decided that week by her neur...

>> shepard: wendell goler the white house, thank you. nasa announcing push back of final launch of shuttle endeavour by 10 days. its the second to last mission for the entire shuttle program. new launch date scheduled for the 29th of april, same day as the royal wedding, dumb. and as far as we know commander scott kelly who is married to congresswoman gabby giffords still at the helm. she is still recovering from a bullet to the head in a tucson shooting spree. whats the reason for this delay? >...

They filed an antitrust case. gabby giffords is walking and speaking in complete sentences. she plans to attend the space shuttle launch in florida. her husband is the mission commander. andrew. now, snapshots of complete devastation across parts of japan. none more so than in sendai, a city of 1 million people. days ago, it was a thriving agricultural and fishing city. well show you whats going on now. [ male announcer ] 95% of all americans

Welcome back. if youre just joining us, heres the latest news you need to know right now. first this hours breaking news. president obama has called a news conference for 11:15 eastern time tomorrow morning. he will open with a statement about rising gasoline prices. oil closed lower today, although still over 100 to $200 a barrel. the "new york times" says it happened in a heavy shiite region of the country and at least three protestors said to be wounded. today gabrielle giffords office conf...

They have gone -- the profusion of goods, which is quite -- which is simply not the case in the areas where muammar gadhafi continues to keep control. don. >> all right. ben wedeman in eastern libya following the developments there. were following breaking news out of texas. federal officials say a suddeny national may have been planning to attack the the dallas home of former president george w. bush. officials say he researched and bought bomb-making equipment. investigators say his other po...

Welcome back, everybody. video is coming into the msnpc newsroom of a roadside explosion going off in iraq. take a look. a camera happened to be rolling the moment one of three coordinated blasts hit outside the headquarters of the kurdish intelligence forces. at least seven people died in the attacks. as many as 80 wounded. violence across iraq has dropped dramatically from just a few years ago. great news to pass alonging about good-bye and her recovery. doctors tell nbc news giffords is now s...