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Shuttle "discovery" are prepping for the 11-day mission. i docked saturday and is delivering a storage module, science rig and spare parts. this is "discovery's" 39th and final flight. check out this video released by d.c.'s metro transit system. people were trying to catch trains right up to the jon stewart steven colbert rally at the national mall last october. all of a sudden, they started tumbling down the escalator, one person seriously hurt. transit officials say the escalator's braking system failed. baseball mourning the passing of hall of famer duke snider. he died in escondido, cal...

Was held today to mark the one-year anniversary of the catastrophic earthquake that killed 521 people. chile's president told mourners he remembered the disaster as if it had happened just moments earlier. but he also said chile is moving forward and that nearly half of the hundreds of thousands of destroyed homes, schools and hospitals have now been rebuilt. the astronauts aboard the space shuttle "discovery" are prepping for the mission's first spacewalk tomorrow. "discovery" docked at the international space station saturday. it is deliver a storage module, science rig and some spare part...

Spare parts and extra storage module, and a hymenoid robot. six astronauts on board. this is the final time discovery will visit the outpost. it will be retired from service upon returning to earth. >> gregg: this never gets old. we love watching what's going on in space. they're going through the hatch. they're being welcomed aboard the international space station. i just think it's amazing that we can accomplish this and have been doing so for many, many years and decades really in space. >> heather: yeah. kind of sad they're retiring it. i thought it was interesting talking about the back f...

June, but it's all over the place right now. budget constraints and everything else. but anyway, there's two more flights after this one, lynn. >> and we know you'll be right there covering them, jay. first tell me more about this final mission for "discovery." what's going to be happening over the next week? >> well, this he have the last piece that's going on this international space station. now, the international space station, not counting the moon itself, is the brightest object in the sky at night when it's illuminated by the sun. it's as large as two football fields set side by side. s...

It's scheduled to last 11 days. discovery is delivering supplies and spare parts, as well as an extra storage module. two space walks are planned during its stay at the space station. coming up, 14 awol democratic state senators stand in the way of wisconsin ending collective bargaining for some state employees. we'll ask one of their republican colleagues if she thinks the stalemate will come to an end any time soon. >> arthel: plus, this right here is not exactly on the menu. a mini van comes crashing through a coffee shop. customers talk about their close call. >> it kept not stopping and...