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>> we've been watching the live shuttle launch of discovery. it's always amazing to watch this happen live. almost unbelievable in a sense. i want to bring back former astronaut tom jones for his take. tom, i know that the president is going to be down in florida. am i correct, on april 15th? and are we awaiting what he exactly will be talking about with nasa? i mean, he's made some very important decisions, most of them to cut the funding, right? >> well, back in february, gretchen, he did announce that he was adding money to nasa's budget but not as much as his own committee recommended for ...

Bringing 34 foot waves there to hilo. and it was very destructive. and many people died as a result. jacqui jeras is also watching this. what is interesting here is there has been a tick tock, almost like a countdown to a shuttle launch. and in this case, it is the countdown to the arrival of the tsunami. we thought that maybe five minutes after the hour that the first wave might hit. calculations off a little bit. but, you know, they're looking for other signs such as a pull you described earlier of the waves from the shore, the discoloration of the water. >> yeah. all those things are signs ...

Florida concern is how soon the space jobs may come because of the thousand of nasa lay offs that are coming and have already begun pay an average of $77,000 a year. the real negative impact to the areas surrounding kennedy space center will be approaching a billion dollars. >> ignition and liftoff of shuttle endeavour. >> monday's spectacular launch of endeavour temporarily allowed the thousands of nasa employees to forget about their far from spectacular future. most like ken tower preparing resumes, preparing to lose their jobs. >> very sad moment for everybody out here. it's just the unkno...

We're not done yet. because mother nature has no respect for the nation's capitol, she's about ready to hammer this area once again with another snowfall in less than a week and reported accumulations of 10-18 inches of snow, jon. jon: the space shuttle endeavor is to dock with the international space station in about 12 hours but around the kennedy space center, florida's space future is very uncertain, thousands of jobs at stake. phil keating, live at cape canaveral. >> reporter: it's melon choly down here, 7-10 nasa employees who take great pride in getting the space shuttles off the ground...

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