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>> president obama is wrapping up a meeting with general petraeus as the u.s. gets ready to begin withdrawing troops from afghanistan this summer. fighting is expected to get worse in the coming months as the taliban moves to break freshly-trained afghan troops in place. today 36 people, including 5 children, were killed in a suicide bombing at a military recruitment center in the northern city of kindu. the surge of u.s. military forces are concentrated in southern and western afghanistan. today, work at kennedy space center shuttle launchpad came to a halt after a worker fell to his death....

Decades. the suspension on the eve of lent, the 40-day holy period for the christian faith. the archdiocese will alert families of the parishes where the priests served today. governor pat quinn expected to sign a law abolishing the death penalty, 11 years after former governor ryan placed a moratorium on executions in the state. if signed it would take effect july the 1st making illinois the 16th state without capital punishment. we are awaiting the landing of the last shuttle flight for "discovery." we'll bring that to you live in this hour. also, grass prices. is fear driving the pric...

African-american, bernard harris flew on the "discovery" and jake garn also flew on the "discovery." joining us live from the kennedy space center in florida is john zarrella. not his first launch. john, i hear you have bill nye the science guy with you there, as well. >> yeah, i do. i'm bringing bill in in just a second. right now, the crew is getting on board. i think that's a live picture from inside the shuttle "discovery." i believe that's steve lindsey, the commander who has just not gotten strapped in. this is a veteran crew, the six astronauts here. there's a shot outside in the white ...

The grand daddy of the shuttle flight, the shuttle fleet is going to be retired. you know, when it's reached its peak, it's just become mature built for 100 missions, 39 missions going to put it out to pasture. it doesn't make sense to me. >> neil: you have been arguing we have given up on something we have conquered as well, that is space. it still sticks in your crawl, huh? can you hear me, gene. >> can i hear you, okay. >> neil: you are angry that we're bowing out of space when others are picking up the slack, right? >> yeah. we have disenfran tried from the future of space. there is some f...

Crackdown on demonstrators. the first response since the egypt protests as thousands packed the square in cairo for celebrations. a man believed the number two man of al qaeda announced the ousted government of hosni mubarak for corruption and blamed the west for imposing secular law. egypt is now letting iranian navy ships use the suez canal. >> and "discovery" is now scheduled for thursday, blasting off, whether permitting, the launch was delayed because of repairs. the crew will deliver spare parts to the international space station and then two more flights before the program ends. >> is t...