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>> shepard: there it is. thats that music. love it. listen how it cuts off. dont fade it. just -- what was it again? >> "total eclipse of the heart." >> shepard: i like this. >> this is winning in terms of best place to watch the eclipse. >> shepard: theyre winning. >> i think the only thing that beats that is from the iss space station. this italian astronaut treated the picture of the eclipse. the dark shadow here is the view of the eclipse from the space station. >> shepard: wow, awesome and ...

State to state starting out west observing it with airborne telescopes. next 200,000, thats the amount of people that could end up watching the eclipse in the town of madras, oregon. which in the middle of the path. the population is normally 6200 people. stand by for that and finally a po pot shop in oregon is seeing record sales people flocking to watch the record eclipse breaking all sorts of records in that locality. thats your news by the numbers. brian and ainsley over to you. brian: as th...

Eclipse. so really we are just genuinely lucking out with the weather and being able to see most of this total solar eclipse. its awesome. >> and even folks, dylan, who dont live in this path of totality that we keep referring to, theyre going to see something. >> yes. >> theyre going to experience something. >> the entire united states will see a partial eclipse. and if youre in that zone, youll see the total eclipse. so go outside wherever you live and try to catch it, because the weather actu...

Josi, youre a shaker. how exciting is it to perform right after totality? >> its really, exciting. were just excited, because this is a once in a lifetime opportunity. we havent seen a total eclipse yet in our lifetime, so were excited to see it. and were excited to go and show all these people what we can do. >> reporter: and youre going to be showing people from all over the world, right, jamie? are you nervous? >> im a little nervous, but this is very special for us to cheer and shakers and s...

That this universe is amazing, you know. this is -- it just reminds us about what really is out there, what were part of. >> can you stare into a total eclipse of the heart without glasses? >> thats a good one. i will definitely be wearing my glasses later. but im sure that you can look into my heart. i wear it on my sleeve. >> indeed you do. this song, the original song is eight minutes long. you have to cut it down because the actual total of the solar eclipse is about 2 1/2 minutes, right? >>...

Annualar, not a ring around the moon, completely covering the sun and therefore we go with the word "total eclipse." wolf? >> advice for folks worried about their pets, dogs, cats, other animals? >> my dog is afraid if i drop a fork on the ground. i can imagine that other animals will be ski skittish as well. if outside, tied up for a brief time in it all goes way. inside, tie them up -- we always want them inside, not tied up anyway. the idea so they dont run away. you hear people losing animal...

The site. many of my kcolleagues from the uk have come across to america to see it. we will just have a fairly short time where it is clear but you have to go to america if you want to see the total solar eclipse this year. >> talk about things the scientists can learn from this particular eclipse? . >> it is very exciting. you would think with the tell scopes and ground-based tell scopes that solar eclipses wore super seeded by modern technology. but during solar eclipse, the aspect that makes ...

Of the effort, the fascination that even if there was a clouds, there was still that effort. a combined effort to see something truly spectacular. and i know it sound funny, almost counterintuitive, but i know that some people when they have traveled so far, but not seen it, they feel it is a, absolute imperative to try again. that gives hope, that gives meaning to life. >> chad, let me -- youre a weather guy. whats the weather like as this total eclipse moves across the united states from orego...

I found it really fascinating to have this little projection of the round sun slowly being eaten away by the shadow of the moon. it happens sos slowly enough yo have time to think and puzzle whats really going on in the solar system and the rareness of the event. to me that was the best part. as a kid seeing that, opened up to what i might be able to do in my life. maybe pursue things that seemed impossible. gave me a little window on the world and the moon and the sun that id never really put t...

Carolina. this is going to be a wonderful two-hour experience for so many people. so, chad, for viewers here in the united states and around the world who are just watching, as were watching right now. walk us through whats happening right now and what is about to happen. >> nasa.gov has a great program to look at here moving right over the western edge of idaho. but the beginning of the new solar eclipse for nebraska is now becoming almost to omaha, into des moines. leaving now the other side t...