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Ascent but descent. when they started having problems with the heaters, the lines started freezing up and they killed the launch immediately. it is right now scheduled at the earliest for monday afternoon, but it's entirely possible it could slide even beyond that. as you mentioned, congresswoman gabby giffords critically wounded in january, is here. she is here to see her husband, commander mark kelly, the commander of "endeavour," lift off. also here about 40 members of congress and somewhere in the neighborhood today, they were expecting nearly three-quarters of a million spectators on the ...

Her situation? obviously people are wondering if she'll be able to stay in florida or if it's necessary for her to return to houston? >> reporter: tamron, good afternoon. the hospital has released no yftion at this time, and it's likely because they may not have made that decision yet because as we know the shuttle launch is moved back to at least monday. it seems likely that her doctors are conferring with officials at nasa to see what the length of time might be. we know she traveled to the kennedy space center on wednesday so she's already spent two nights there. they feel comfortable there...

Private problems that became public. my big question today, can will and kate carve out some semblance of a normal life and a private relationship for themselves? oh, and look, they have given me a hat to celebrate the royal wedding. i love that. you can reach out to me on facebook, on tirt. my e-mail address is contessa@msnbc.com. can i see the hat again? that's pretty fancy. i may want that made up for real. t minus three and a half hours until the final liftoff for space shuttle "endeavour" and it's the next to last shuttle launch. we're heading live to cape canavarel for the very latest....

Friday scheduled shuttle launch. the final mission for endeavor. president obama and his family will be on hand and so will congresswoman gabrielle giffords. the wife of shuttle commanderrer mark kelly. giffords is recovering from a gunshot wound to the head sustained in the constituent meeting in january. we'll talk about division appointing economic numbers today when fox all-stars join me after the break. boy, i'm glad we got aflac huh. aflac! oh, i've just got major medical... major medical. ...but it helps pay the doctors. pays the doctors, boyyy! [ quack ] oh yeah? what about your family...

>> reporter: hello, martin. >> i'm assuming, mike, that this was a trip that the president almost had to make because he's en route for the shuttle launch but he really needs to go to alabama, doesn't he? >> reporter: well, that's absolutely right. the president for the last voyage of the space shuttle "endeavour," this is the second to last voyage of the entire space shuttle fleet, not to mention the compelling story line, the husband of representative gabrielle giffords, of course the victim of that horrific shooting in tucson, commander mark kelly, will be commanding this mission. the presi...