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>> t-minus five minutes and counting. otc. perform the a.t. start. >> talking about "discovery" being the oldest of the launch vehicles, you know. >> most used. >> reporter: and what a tremendous vehicle, you know, flew both the return to flight missions, flew john glenn into space. >> guys, let me jump in for just a second. z, let me,ump in now we're seeing the clock is officially ticking down, so it is a go. can you ask your astronaut friend there, what would be going on inside of "discovery" as the crew of six is sitting there wondering their fate? what would he be thinking right now? >> th...

You calling if. we thought it was an important story to tell down there in st. pete. appreciate it. >> thank you. i want to take you back to libya where every indication is that a noose is beginning to tighten around the capital city of tripoli and around the country's long time leader, moammar gadhafi. joining me now from new york is fareed zakh kakhar arzakhar -- . this is from benghazi. thousands of libyans, this is the kind of picture you stop and marvel at because they're rising up against gadhafi. as you look at this, fareed, what are your thoughts? just curious. >> this is absolutely ...

And you know, what you pick up every, the profound hatred for everything he ever represented. every single building that was used by the police, by the army, by his supporters has been burned down, and essentially ransacked. we were in the compound that contained the palaces where moammar gadhafi and hi sons used to say. they have not become sort of museums for people to freely walk in and look around, and everywhere you go, people making it clear that they never want to see him again. in fact, one man in front of our camera took out a big knife and pulled it across his neck is showing what he...

Getting ready, settling down, making sure everything is ready to go, and getting to the big ride. >> reporter: you get to this big point, you're thinking, okay, i think we have a pretty good shot of getting off the ground. >> until you come out nine-minute hole you think you're not going. now you get to this point and there's a really good chance you're going. >> reporter: the heart guess -- >> it looks like they are going. >> the computers on board take over. when that happens. >> take a look at the clock. >> that's pretty much like a 99% chance ire going at that point. that's what we alls wa...