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Whether you will get to somebody you can trust to help you, you know, build that school or provide that health care or help that farmer plant his crops. it is very demanding and intense work. >> the secretary of state speaking with our own jill dougherty up in new york. the space shuttle program is supposed to end this year, but will nasa find a way to keep it going a little bit longer? we will take a closer look at what is stake. and toxic air and airliners and nasty fumes can enter the cab...

Sem bassembly and full utilizat. its a marvelous facility that i trust will bring great returns in the future, no matter what policy path we go down in the coming years. >> interesting perspective. both here on earth and also up at the international space station. so our top three today, this is sort of related. this the coolest nasa accomplishments ever. we start number three with the space shuttle program. it may be aging and about to be retired. but when you come down to it the shuttle is a...

I think it is troubling and i think there are more than nine, frankly, you know, the first information that came out of the justice department was that there were at least nine. and that the department was not going to canvas all of its political appointees. and i also think, frankly, the problem is broader than just the justice department. i think its in the white house. i think there are people in the state department as well. there are lots of people in this administration who spent the bush ...

Five, four, three, two, one -- liftoff of the delta 4 rocket completing a new weather satellite constellation growing reliability for the weather forecast. >> after a series of weather delays nasa last night launched a delta 4 rocket from cape canaveral. the rocket is carrying a state-of-the-art weather satellite into orbit. it is the latest in a series of geostationary operational satellites designed to watch for severe storms developing worldwide. time to head out to outer space as the space...

Purina puppy chow and purina dog chow. >> all right, the focus turns to jobs today at cpac. the big annual conservative conference being held once again in washington. meantime, speaking of jobs, thousands are expected to disappear in florida when the space shuttle program winds down later this year. >> the florida governor is starting a bill that will front space expansion. more taxes sound like a good idea in that state? lets ask marco rubio, candidate. >> good morning. >> we have to talk abou...

Outside states to try to bring high-tech jobs to florida. you try to hit home the private sector job growth. whats the answer for florida? >> the space program is important for america as it is for florida. it has a national security component and space also produces all sorts of spinoff industries that depend on the space program to develop technologies, manufacturing, etc. so the space program is important to florida. should have been focused on this years ago. we in the legislature had a comm...

Take a look at. this it is a grainy black and white image, and this is pretty fascinating stuff. but, you know, you take a look sort of the before and after and see how far we have advanced, wolf, in a relatively short period of time. >> it is high definition right now and one day we will have it in 3-d but the space shuttle program is ending, so when is the last launch? >> well, the u.s. space program is in a moment of transformation, and the space shuttle program is coming to an end this year ...

Last night, while you were sleeping, there was a big development in the space shuttle program. some history was made. were going to tell you about it when we come back. [ male announcer ] for over 50 years, providing you with safe,

The snow. fortunately no one was hurt. maryland has 30 inches of snow and declared a state of emergency. delaware has shut down its highways to all but emergency vehicles. heavy rains sent tons of mud rampaging down a hillside. sweeping away cars, damaging homes and it is happening north of los angeles. at least 41 houses have been seriously damaged and 500 more in order to evacuate. no injuries have been reported. a foot of debris settled in some of the homes located in an area hit by wildfir...

>> brian: well, president obama killed off cancellation program this week, that was the current plan to go back to the moon and beyond. with the space shuttle program ending this year, are we ceding control of space to the russians for the chinese? joining us to talk about this and other things is congressman. >> thank you. >> brian: look, the shuttle, it was our heavy lift capability into space, the only thing on this planet that can take something to space and bring something back. it is retir...