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Education nation. one laser strong focus for the obama administration fostering u.s. students to embrace a love and dexterity for math and science. indeed children need that push. globally the united states ranks 25th in math and 17th in science. for decades now, one of the vehicles motivating the children has been nas's space program and the now retired shuttle fleet. of course that's in a bit of a holding pattern and still nasa continues to work to inspire the next generation. i am delighted to bring in air force colonel and nasa astronaut jim dutton live from the johnson space center in hou...

Docked at the international space station this morning bringing a science expermit. the last mission before nasa retires the shuttle fleet. there was a preview of a possible baseball playoff series last night. it had the same kind of october dramat dramatic. st. louis leading philadelphia in the eighth inning when the philly's jimmy rollins popped it up. tyler green drops the ball. he was in as a defensive replacement. rollins made the score to tie the game. then in the bottom of the ninth -- you see it. the bases were loaded for the cardinals, berkman lines the single. the cards lead 2-1. ...

the governor of louisiana says the record water levels could last more than a month. houston's newspaper reports that doctors will perform major surgery on gabrielle giffords. but first, we have an idea of who will leave al-qaeda and it's not who you'd expect. dan rivers is in london. who is this man? >> this is saif al-adel, who is a former egyptian special forces officer, a veteran of al-qaeda, the chief of their military committee for many years. a veteran of afghanistan and somalia. he's got a long record as a terrorist. he has been appointed in a caretaker capacity to sort o...

last night, the irish police received a warning about a device which would be on some form of public transport. it was discovered on a private bus just outside dublin. the passengers were evacuated and the devices made safe after about two hours. it was defused. this can is coming now three hours before the queen is supposed to touch down at the girng of a four-day states visit. this is the largest security operation in the history of the irish state. some 10,000 police and army are guarding various roots and vantage points around dublin city and beyond. there is a serious disruption...

And given to a museum in los angeles. roughly 400,000 people will visit brevard county to watch the liftoff. the shuttle was supposed to take off late last night but concerns with the shuttle's heating system scrubbed the launch. >> we haven't seen one in a couple of years and this will be great. >> reporter: the mission promises to be an emotional one for commander mark kelly. his wife, u.s. congresswoman gabrielle giffords will be there. in january she was nearly killed when a would-be assassin shot her in the head at a meeting with constituents in tucson, arizona. meantime, meteorologists p...