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necessarily pointed to something specific. what they found was, last year, they got some intelligence that al qaeda was targeting these oil and natural gas installations in the united states. what theyre saying is, some of the information that they just got shows that al qaeda still has a continuing interest right now in going after some of those targets. >> where is this intel coming from? >> its coming from that treasure trove of information that those s.e.a.l. teams hauled out of os...

Pad at the end of the month in anticipation of the final mission in the space shuttle programs 30-year history. launch is set for mid july, and, of course, we will cover it live, right here for you on cnn. a region in revolt. president obama talking about middle east upheaval this afternoon with one of the regions major players. well ask our ed henry about this -- how this might influence the presidents upcoming major middle east address. that is next. [ male announcer ] nature is unique... pu...

an exclusive island unlike anywhere he has ever been. rikers island. until friday at the earliest, dominic strauss kahn will be a guest in an east river compound reserve for criminal defendants and convicts. its a world away from the swanky manhattan hotel where he allegedly forced himself on a maid saturday and brought himself an array of sex crime charges. reichers houses 14,000 inmates, give or take, and employs some 10,000 guards. its made up of ten separate jails, most of them b...

Washington these days and what washington wants, nasa does. so i think quite frankly, the present administration has basically advocated our role in the future, and thats whats disappointing. thats what bothers me. bill: well, its in the dna of our country and i think we have proven that, too. a bit earlier today, when we were talking right before and after liftoff, you were talking about how this program is really at its height. it has never been before -- better, the space shuttle program and ...

Tail of that disabled chop every, youll remember the one that was rendered unusable after the raid on bin ladens home, that it will actually be handed back to the united states sometime tomorrow. of course, you know that the u.s. was desperate to get its hands back on this tail piece because it had important technology they didnt want to get into the wrong hands. dominic di-natale have told us chinese officials have already visited pakistan to check out this tail -- tail piece but kerry gave no ...

That one little box with all the connections, but thats fixed and nasa says they are good to go. as you mentioned, gabrielle giffords, the wife of mark kelly, the commander, is here. she arrived here at the kennedy space center today from houston where shes undergoing rehabilitation for the gunshot wound she suffered back in january. and shell be, actually, oh, a few hundred yards from us up on top of the launch control center with other family members of the other astronauts watching the launch...

their habitats into residential areas. officials warn that large gators wont think twice about grabbing a human. lets go to the st. landry parish of crop springs. ed, what do you know? >> reporter: well, don, we are in one of those neighborhoods that got the mandatory evacuation orders a few hours ago. as you look around here, this is a small subdivision right on the edge of the river. and authorities came through here literally going door to door, the national guard and sheriffs deput...

Americas president, barack obama, is going to florida to witness the last mission of the space shuttle "endeavour," and its bittersweet, but many believe in this tough time, we cannot afford the space shuttle program. nasa has to think of something new for commander mark kelly, it comes down to this. >> i know when i get back from sts-134 from this last flight of "endeavour," ill be thinking the same thing, that i cant really give this up. ive got to figure out a way to get back into space again...

Hospitals in these states that were hit have enough blood to go around. >> reporter: trace, thank you very much. lets take you back here for a moment. with this news from nasa today, they have scrubbed todays launch of space shutting endeavor. this was suppose to be a big moment and the liftoff has been put on hold for at least three days. monday, 4:00 gives them the next window of opportunity to launch the endeavour on its last trip to the international space station. the second to the last lau...

16th overall, the 1903 twister, slamming gainesville and holland, georgia. killing 98 and so there is historical context in all of this. bill: another big story we are watching, going out on top, they are, nasa, a few hours from now, shuttle endeavour lifts off for the final journey. the second-to-last mission, the penultimate mission for the entire space shuttle program, high profile guests on hand include the entire first family, that is a first and congresswoman gabrielle giffords. whose husb...