Thunderstorm Problems News Today

Watching close with a possibility of tropical development off the florida coast. we could be dealing with a tropical storm come sunday or monday. heres how its going to play out. as we go through the day on saturday, the first day of your holiday weekend, very warm air through areas of tennessee all the way through kentucky. thunderstorm problems, though, great lakes. and then the afternoon storms in new england. by the time we get to sunday, we should be watching a strong cold front going throu...

Built? >> oh, sure. the 12,000 foot runway is what it needs for its operational mission when carrying, when carrying the big booster. oh, yeah, many airports are that big, yes. jon: all right. so whats the idea here? you do the heavy lifting with the airplane. then drop the rocket pod for lack of a better term at about, what, 30, 40,000 feet? >> yeah. the rocket is actually a large rocket booster weighing as much as four or 500,000 pounds. so instead of launching it from the ground, lets say at ...