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Will impact three-quarter of the country and could be a three-day event. the des trout family of a former pentagon official found dead in a landfill is offering $25,000 for information leading to the arrest of his killer. the delaware medical examiners office says john wheeler was beaten to death. his body was discovered on new years eve by a sanitation worker. astronaut mark kelley will decide whether or not he will command nasas final space shuttle launch. he has been at the bedside of his wif...

And here in los angeles, bill nye, the science guy, vice president of the planetary society. he is a professional mechanical engineer and once worked in the oil business. so bill we just watched another space shuttle launch. we can go to the moon, we cant stop an oil spill? >> not right now, not one this big. and i think its from traditions. that is to say in the oil field, there are about 800,000 oil wells around the world. there are about 3,000 oil rigs out at sea. and when something goes wron...

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...

And jim in colorado says people go ga ga over watching people watch golf are not about to let broken marriage vows break up the mania. and lou says, oh for heaven sakes who cares? you are talking about a not attractive dude with the morals of a alley cat. and meanwhile the rest of the world is worried about putting food on their table and worried if they are sick or injured. please. if you want to read more on this go to my blog at cnn.com/caffertyfile. wolf? >> we have a lot of tweets making th...

From big 7 windows on the italian cup poola and will prov incredible views of the earth and a control room for the robotics of the robotics arms and also, news today out of nasa, because of the recent cold weather, it has been chillier than normal winter, the next space shuttle launch will not happen in march, most likely now will happen in april. bill: could you move in that suit, move your arms... >> reporter: like this... thats about it. it is very thick and stiff. bill: you look great in bla...

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Tomorrow. its in bad shape. >> well take that picture right now. and hang on to it. chuck todd, thank you. and t minus 43. the cantdown is officially underway this hour for the final space shuttle launch. atlantis is set to launch at 11:26 eastern friday morning. nasas weather official says a 60% chance of rain could possibly delay the historic launch. jay is in florida with more and joins me now by skype. you were at the beginning of the space age this is the end of the shuttle era. what are ...

Struggling point the economy is struggling today because the poor arent paying enough in taxes. the economy and race for the white house is our top story. also is president obama -- without getting much in return. are they right? get he get a better deal and still avoid default? plus, right off a cliff. are republicans so terrified of the tea party that theyre willing to tank the economy in order to avoid a challenge from the right. well debate that one. and the news of the world scandal i...

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