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Safety. they are fleeing intense violence between troops and rebels. the u.s. has already evacuated nearly 700 americans and other foreign nationals. two american astronauts will be spending christmas eve on a repair mission outside of the space shuttle. the men successfully removed a cooling system pump with a bad valve on saturday way ahead of schedule. mike boettcher reports from johnson space center in houston. >> reporter: in a crippled international space station, a successful christmas eve space walk would be the best gift of all for the six astronauts on board. >> hope everybody had ...

Shore hills mall or anywhere else, that someone will put a gun to your head and take your car. >> reporter: investigators say freeland was walking around the back of the car when he was confronted and the deadly shot was fired. freeland's wife got out of the car before prosecutors say two of their suspects took off in it. if convicted of all charges, the suspects could face a maximum of life in prison. they are each being held on $2 million bail. alexandra field, cnn, newark, new jersey. >> alexandra field, thank you so much. and we move on to this -- two nasa astronauts spend more than five...

All those stories in a moment, but right now we're following today's spacewalk. two nasa astronauts are trying to fix a critical cooling system pump on the international space station. without the system, they've had to turn off some of the station's important electronics. so, the two astronauts were scheduled to spend about six hours outside the station today. but that has been extended. they're getting so much accomplished. nasa says the astronauts are getting more done than expected. they're way ahead of schedule already. and they actually could finish it all by monday. and now the fierce...

Right now, as we speak, nasa astronauts are at the final stages of a seven-hour spacewalk. look at the live pictures right now. that looks like frightening stuff but exhilarating, too. they are trying to fix a critical cooling system pump on the international space station. without that system, they've had to turn off some important electronics on the station. quite a vulnerable situation to be in. the two astronauts were scheduled to spend 6 1/2 hours outside the station today, but that has been extended. nasa says the astronauts are making more progress than expected. how critical is today's...

Whether it's another diesel generator or some additional pump. it could be it can be added to the system. >> as you were giving us a great example, we are getting report about another plant in japan. i don't think we heard it referenceed before. a cooling system pump stopped at the toki nuclear power plant according to the news agencies there citing the officials. can you explain what it may mean? if a cooling system is stopped at the plant? >> they is pumps and then backup pumps. a lot of them rely on electricity and others rely on steam. i can't speak to what may be going on. if you lose abi...