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Astronauts. they said when they went past the north pole that santa was still loading his sleigh. they're a little concerned because it looks like he's got so many toys that he might have a little difficulty launching but all the reindeer are in good shame. when he launches and heads this way we'll let you know. >> i'm sure he gave the astronauts a thumbs up there as well and then so did the ast nauts, right? >> that's right, richard. >> that's the protocol up in space nowadays. so, they need this cooling pump so they can get delivery of supplies. right? they're not going to allow supplies to ...

Good morning. i'm john muller. >> and i'm diana perez. here's some of the top headlines we are following this morning on "world news now" -- two american astronauts are hoping to finish their repair mission to install the cooling pump during the space walk. they will explain the challenges in space and what's up next. target and the justice department is investigating the theft of credit and debit card information from about 40 million customer accounts. target offering free credit monitoring for some customers hit by the security breach. many major retailers are open at this hour hoping...

>> over the weekend, astronauts rick mastracchio and michael hopkins removed the faulty cooling pump, which is the size of a refrigerator. any now must install the new one. their task is a delicate one. the equipment contains a knoxious cooling fluid, ammonia. >> some of the danger is hooking up the big heavy an money yag lines, they're thick and massive. hooking those up if you were to leak ammonia, it's not a pleasant chemical. you couldn't bring it inside. there's definite risks out there. >> mastracchio will be wearing a newly tailored space suit on today's mission, a replacement after a c...

International space station's cooling system that need to be made. if everything goes well, they will have a primo look at santa's flight. >> no doubt the the two flight engineers scheduled to do the space walk will have the best seat in the house for santa's flight as they finish up the work they started on saturday. >> you're welcome. thank you. good job. >> today astronauts will venture back out of the orbiting international space station. their mission, to replace a pump needed to cool the vessel. >> i don't know if you believe in miracles but i have the hitch pin on the first try. >> the ...

You're looking at from space and they are amazing. it's been nearly two weeks of high drama for nasa. first a crucial pump malfunction, then to further complicate matters they couldn't finish the repairs this weekend because of problems with one of the space suits. what is the latest on this complicated mission? >> we know the spare module or pump is already point signatures and now they are continuing to work to properly install and hook it up to the international space station. astronaut rick mastracchio and michael hopkins are trying wrap up the job they started on saturday when they remove...