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Jenna: spacex has completed a series of maneuvers. the spacex rocket around the international space station. it is now clear for a historic docking attempt planned tomorrow, probably the most challenging part of this entire mission. phil keating in miami. more challenging than getting off the ground but that was a pretty big accomplishment as well. >> reporter: this mission full of firsts. first-of-its-kind of space travel and business as the spacex company is orbiting into history paving the way for a new private space race. roughly 200 miles up above the earth, this is the dragon capsule as ...

Gabrielle giffords of arizona will be there. mark kelly is manning that space shuttle. how do things look for the launch? the last one was delayed, and that's why we are talking about it now. >> reporter: everything is looking pretty good. the weather is terrific here today. more of the same expected tomorrow. "endeavour" is in good shape. nasa is not working any technical issues unlike two-and-a-half weeks ago when the launch had to be scrubbed. some critical heating elements failed in what's called the orbiting maneuvering system and forced that launch to be scrubbed. and nasa went back. whe...

So is john. how are things looking? >> reporter: hey. real good. no real issues, certainly none with the vehicle that nasa is working. "endeavour" is scheduled to make the 25th and final flight carrying a scientific palo carrying a speck trom ter. it could help us understand the creation of the universe. nasa is worried about getting "endeavour" off the ground. it was delayed when critical heating units failed. when you look at the video, we talk about how complex the vehicles are. nasa traced the problem back to a control box. inside the box, just that one box are hundreds and hundreds of con...

officials are focused on this one 26-mile stretch of a dirt road to nowhere. it's actually the levee. see the crew on the left hand side, it's for the yazoo and mississippi river. this levee is holding it back. however, there's one foot between the level of the water and when it goes over the top. the prediction is it's going to go over the top. we were talking with the secretary of state of mississippi, they expect it to happen overnight. water going over the levee is not the end of the world unless it triggers the collapse of the levee. they don't want to guesstimate. i put the que...

their habitats into residential areas. officials warn that large gators won't think twice about grabbing a human. let's 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 sheriff's deputies are urging people to leave. and in this subdivision made up of 20 homes, almost everyone has ...