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Nasa tapped him. >> i was called back, will you volunteer to take apollo eight to the moon and i said we would be happy. we found out we would be going to the moon in august of 1968. >> it was the last minute, several months, really, before we were scheduled to lunch and we were asked to do that, ours was not to reason why but to "do or die". >> this was 1968, if it ended with a space disaster it could end america's quest for good. >> if it want successful, it could be america's failure. >> december 21, it launched from kennedy space center in florida. >> we have lit off. >> over 2 1/2 hours l...

Kind of happy though the world did not end. >> drinking is part of any fest in britain. you should know that. i think most people were really quite pleased the world is a pretty good thing and we are glad that it is still here. for the next years to come. >> december 21 can serve as a reminder for us instead of us feeling the end of the world it can be a reminder for us that life is short and why not just love each other. >> now, one person who might not be happy is the gentleman who i love to tweeted yet my wife just bought tickets for the nutcracker on friday night so at this point i'm rooti...

Respiratory complications at a ceremony this morning and this is a video of that and joe biden talks about the legacy that inouye leaves behind. >> he was, in every certain, the quint essential american. he possessed, in my view, every virtue that we like to as krieb to our country. >> in our nation's history only 31 people have lane in the capitol rotunda. coming up, is there a plan c for house speaker boehner's plan b. the vote is happening tonight scheduled for 7:30 p.m. and not all are onboard. he'll join me next and ron barber was at the tucson shooting that injured hiss about gabi giff...

The last triple digit date in the century, you'll be happy to know. folking around the world claimed it was either lucky or some sign of apocalypse, or ignored it completely. looks like the doomsdayers are all over it. >> yeah, they were wrong again. because it's already 12-13 and the mayan clapped said it would happen on 12-12. they still have one more chance on december 21. meantime, many of those who were planning to live on decided to get married today. some 7500 couples across the u.s. that's compared to about 400 this time last year, a big spike. las vegas chapel had 40 different 12-12-1...

I'm a teacher and i love kids. hormonal. [ laughter ] >> she sounds so much like her mom. jenna bush hager married her husband four years ago. there they are. he now works as an investment firm after a stint in washington tc and she's a special contributor to today. her father, president bush, says he's fired up about becoming a grabbed dad. it's the first for this former president. this former president jokes that he'll want his first grandchild to call him sir. a mountain top in france is the only safe place to be when the world ends. that's what some of the doomsday believers are saying. ...