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On standby right now with the scrubbing of the first private rocket to reach the space station. the computer noticed a half second before liftoff there was a computer problem. they will attempt a launch next tuesday. this is a critical plan for nasa's plan to outsource trips to the space station and focus on larger missions. also breaking news overnight, chen guangcheng is headed for the u.s. he and his family left on a flight moments ago to newark, new jersey. he escaped from house arrest and sought refuge at the u.s. embassy in a move that strained diplomatic ties between the u.s. and chin...

it is 8:00. thanks for waking up with us. let's get you caught up on some of the news. we start with a glitch in the space plan. >> three, two, one, zero. and lift off. we've had a cut off. >> that is the dragon spacecraft on the launch pad at cape canaveral but it did not get off the ground. john, take us through what happened here. what went wrong? >> well, the future is on hold, isn't it, randi? who said space flight was easy and rocket science was easy? not you, not me of course. i think the people at space x are certainly finding that out first hand. what happened was the falcon...

governor mitt romney. >> only yesterday south carolina's biggest newspaper, the state, endorsed huntsman. we'll talk more about this in fair game coming up later in this hour. well, the owner of the kreutz ship that ran aground and partially sank off italy says hope is the last thing to die. an estimated 16 people are still unaccounted for in friday's disaster. for a while the search teams had to pull back because the ship was rocking. the ship was carrying more than 4,000 people. he's been arrested and could face charges including manslaughter and abandoning ship. the accident kil...

republican front-runner for the president. according to the latest national poll. leaving many analysts wondering if the georgia businessman's plan resonating. all that and more on "american morning." good morning, everybody. it is thursday, october 13. >> it is certainly not a good morning. i can't get messages from people, i can't send messages. >> mine was down yesterday but back now. >> mine was up yesterday but i e-mailed this morning. our executive producer said i will be late. >> that's the e-mail i sent. >> he is panicking going where are my anchor. >> if you don't know wha...

On course and keeping the florida coastline safe. i would imagine that's pretty integral to the job that the safety officer has to do. i can't tell you exactly what it does. if it's big enough to call a no-go, we'll have to wait and see if they can get the problem resolved. >> this is a pretty important computer, so if they don't get this -- it may be scrubbed today? is that right? >> that's entirely possible. the shuttle systems themselves are all good to go, but we're waiting for this computer problem to be resolved. >> as we have folks listening in on sort of that traffic at mission control...