for us they recorded it. pretty cool. we have showed some very bad hot air balloon stories. bill: have a great day, folks. martha: see you tomorrow. >> congress came back to business today beginning a lame duck session a laundry list of unfinished work in my salesmanship democrats may have bold plans after losing control of the senate may decisive midterm elections. welcome. heather: after years and years of delays, senate democrats may allow a vote this year on a controversial issue. we're talking with the keystone pipeline and the reason for this, to help louisiana senato

senator facing a tough december runoff election against republican challenger bill cassidy. mike emanuel is following it live for us on capitol hill. but his reaction on the part of republicans and democrats on this? >> there is definitely some head scratching going on here. we have some orientation sessions, remember swearing in and the next senate majority leader says he does not see president obama showing a willingness to compromise. >> i was distressed on the deal reached with the chinese on the current trip. but as i read the agreement requires chinese to do nothing at all for 16 years while these combination regulations are creating havoc in my state in the states around the country. >> a member of the senate appropriations committee tells me lawmakers must prioritize.

>> help take of the issues that are necessary a timely way, things that need to be addressed for the safety and secure if our country for the economic well-being, but major policy decisions that don't have to be resolved right now ought to wait for the new congress. >> funny the veteran defined september 11. some his tec's through the of the fiscal year. tax extenders, preventing retroactive tax hikes, annual defense authorization bill providing vital authority for troops and risk insurance protection for our cities. the wildcard is when and what president obama will do unilaterally on the issue of illegal immigration. a top democrat told me he wishes congress would ask now. >> i should say i hope, but it doesn't look like this will happen, the speaker will allow us in the house to have a vote

on the bipartisan senate, has immigration bill. it is sitting in the house of representatives right now. if we can vote on it and get it to the president's desk, we would deal with a major national issue. >> can also spent a number of hearings on critical issues such as combating ebola and the fight against isis. heather: mike emanuel, thanks. jan: ever ambitious public an agenda being to take shape come january. house republicans gearing up for the budget blueprint to push a number of long-held goals including major changes to medicare and medicaid, the repeal of the presidents health care law and tax cuts just to name a few leaving mitch mcconnell to balance conservative against moderates seeking reelection in democratic

states. talk about it with the senior politics writer for u.s. news and world report. that could be one of those be careful what you wish for situations republicans won the senate, now they have to prove they can govern. what is the first job when it comes to the budget situation? >> i think the budget will be fascinating to watch because a number of these senate candidates that won ran against a senate the never passed a budget over the past five years, so now they will have to put forth a budget. mitch mcconnell says he wants to do so, but will they be voting on the ryan budget. it passed in the house, dead on arrival and the senate, republicans will have that senate, and it looks like they will have the votes to pass the ryan budget. it has five republican defections when the senate had to vote for it one time, will

you get any republican defections? and any moderate democrats or red state democrats looking at this saying maybe i will vote for the ryan budget. the budget will be where a lot of the action is and we will see a lot of it based on how that shakes out. jon: the only way to reduce the budget is to shrink the budget, right? >> that is a big change in terms of the way medicare is deliver delivered, making social security a different program, basically reining in some of the entitlements, spending over time, but you see them getting hit on it right now where bill

cassidy said he is open to raising retirement age, mary landrieu hitting him on that, so will republicans when push comes to shove stand by them especially in the senate. jon: there will be difficult votes ahead for senators, those looking at reelection opportunities two years from now. >> you hit it there on the head. the map looks good for republicans, most of the senate elections contested were in red states mitt romney carried. the political environment has flipped. new hampshire facing voters, rob portman in ohio facing votes. pat toomey in pennsylvania facing voters. all bluer states carried by the president. are they going to want to vote on the ryan budget? will they approve the ryan budget we see in the past which mark that'll be pursued to see

if paul ryan stays the course and the house stays the course, will those senators from the more moderate, blue leaning states remain on board? jon: thank you for your expertise today. >> thanks, john. jon: it has been in nailbiting 30 minutes but we now understand an unmanned spacecraft has successfully landed on a comet. this trip has been 10 years in the making. it landed 30 minutes ago but because it is so far away, it traveled 4 billion miles over the course of its trip, so far away from earth right now is took half an hour to get the radio signals back. there you see the gladhanding, high five of the european space agency which took lead responsibility for launching the

mission. its lande slander apparently has landed successfully on a comet doing 84,000 miles per hour. it will now study the comet over the next couple of years as it approaches the sun. we'll talk about more in the next hour of "happening now." what an achievement. heather: and what on earth it wanted to find out, that is an interesting one. new information on the ebola crisis and the spread of this disease. congress a's daily to debate the request for $6 billion, we are awaiting a briefing on military response. our national security correspondent is live for us at the pentagon. what do we know? >> as a nation focuses on new deployments to iraq, the pentagon is quietly built up number of troops in liberia well

over 2000 down to operation guided assistance battling to contain ebola in west africa is well underway. troops invaded work on a treatment center in northwestern liberia and opened a critical 25-bed hospital in monrovia sunday treat health workers might contract the virus. some treatment center for partially built in the united states been sent to west africa. in all they plan to build 17 treatment centers in the region. the department of homeland security secretary j johnson will make the request for $6.2 billion in additional funding for the mission and this afternoon the major general abed reporters on progress made so far in iberia briefing from liberia 13,000 people have contracted thest africa, nearlye died so far. obama administration officials say great strides have been made containing the outbreak.

when major effort has been to train the local population in burial procedures. this most contagious after the person has died so the body's have to buried immediately for limited exposure to others. in the u.s., u.s. patient finally cleared and free of the virus. >> my early detection and recovery speaks the effectiveness of the protocols that are in place for those returning from west africa be at heather: now that there are no cases in the u.s., the focus should return to west africa where the disease is still aging. jon: some advice from the fox extreme weather center. bundle up as winter comes early too much of the nation. snow blanketed highways making a mess of traffic in the denver area.

now the deep freeze is pushing east across much of the u.s. let's check in with maria molina. awfully early for this cold weather. maria: it is a little early. these totals are incredible. out of michigan we have picked up 30 inches of snow from the arctic blast. temperatures 40 degrees below what is average for this time of year. a little cold, little too early and it is moving on out. therese frain in parts of the northeast and new england, most of it is generally very light. what will you notice coming tomorrow is colder temperatures and as a cold air moves over the great lakes it produces lake effect snow looking at pretty significant i can relations in parts of upstate new york in low-lying areas, 6-12 inches of

rainfall again some very localized snowfall. these are the current windchill temperatures currently 17 degrees below zero in denver. 16 below zero in rapid city. that is how cold it feels when ahead outdoor, temperatures up to 40 degrees low average and the cold air will be spreading eastward and across parts of the southeast with temperatures forecast to be below average. that is today on the cold side as far south as texas with heisley 30s. you will not make it out of the 40s and sees like atlanta, and in new orleans along the gulf coast the high temperature forecast to be 54 degrees on friday. factor in a little bit of a breeze in so many areas.

jon: please tell me they're getting some snow out of this in the rockies. maria: higher elevations could get a foot, looks good out there. heather: open in time for thanksgiving, i look forward to that part. just around the corner from where we are here, $2 million heist in broad daylight. two guys in midtown manhattan pistol whipped the owner of the store and got away with a whole lot of loot. the search for the brazen thieves coming up next. republican control of the u.s. senate got a lot stronger with one more winner. and we want to know what you think. though president obama be able to make a deal on the budget? logon and click on the americas asking tab to weigh in on the chat.

jon: it is now official,

republicans pick up another u.s. senate seat. alaska's dan sullivan declared a winner an a week after the midterms. he beat incumbent in a very tight race. he celebrated last week with a lead of 8000 votes after counting absentee and questionable ballots, they said he is going to win. that is eight seats for majority of 53 now, and we're still waiting for the results of next month's runoff in louisiana. heather: breaking news the search for violent robbers who hit in new york city jewelry store caught on camera, two gunmen pulling off his heist in broad daylight in midtown manhattan diamond district, literally half a block from where we sit right now it they pistol whipped the store owner in the process. are there any closer to finding these guys? >> writes now they're telling us

they don't have a line on the suspect but they will when they get it. this brazen robbery was surprising for many reasons happen right over our shoulder outside of our offices. security cameras are everywhere. it happened during the veterans day parade where there were thousands of people out on the street. and those two men slipped into the crowd after grabbing the $2 million worth of hardware from the watch standard jewelry store in manhattan's diamond district. one posed as a delivery worker to get buzzed in well the other stood lookout on the shop located on the eighth floor. he demanded property that was inside. one of the employees were pistol whipped when he walked in during the robbery. >> there were four employees in the store. suspect number one pulled out a gun and demands the jewelry be placed in a bag he was carrying. a fifth employer returns at this

time and was struck by robert number one and he fled along with suspect number two. >> the area was quickly searched as police scoured the scene for the bad guys. some working in the nearby buildings were shaken up as they were ordered out. >> they say hands out, comes out of the room with machine guns, i was scared, said i don't know what is going on. reporter: the first is a black man 6 feet tall between 40-50 years old wearing a dark trench coat and half. the second described as a black male wearing a red baseball hat, true religion jeans and black sneakers. if you have any information, n.y.p.d. would like you to call the crime stoppers hotline. we have it for you here at the bottom of the screen.

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grave. court action in the case of the colorado man accused of pushing his wife off a cliff to her death a national park. the judge hearing arguments of the suspect should remain in jail. documents show the wife was covered insurance policies covering $4 million. authorities are still missing the death of the guys first wife nearly 20 years ago. back to work for jurors in the jodi arius murder sentencing retrial. they were on a break for nearly two weeks as news organizations protested the decision to let a defense witness testify in private. heather: israel is on edge as a new wave of deadly violence rocks the country. suggested john kerry going to jordan after weeks of attacks and quitting instances of vehicular terrorism in israel. using cars to plow into crowds and kill people. now new arson attacks at a

synagogue and hamas. accusing palestinian president of deciding those attacks. joining us now, advising investors to united nations. this thing is fairly complicated, but part of it is the holy site. part of it for the muslims and part of it is for the jewish. he explained how this area is potentially causing a powder keg right now and potential he a palestinian uprising? >> this area used to be part of jordan, you have to remember that, so the jordanians feel like they are the caretaker for this area. i think what we saw last week withdrawing the ambassador to

israel, that really sent a very strong signal to the palestinians that what they were doing was working and i that is dangerous. what we need to see sectarian states john kerry doing today when he meets in jordan is to send him a strong message that this type of violence, this literally healthy and activists driving over israelis, hitting them with their car, all of this is to be condemned strongly by the king, and to be very clear on this. we should say you must condemn this as well. when we have a palestinian government that is dismissive of this violence and supportive in some way creates a culture within the palestinian community

celebrating it, we have seen them celebrating these perpetrators. heather: you mentioned there is song and campaign on social media. this is making the rounds on social media, these cartoons, if you will be at that is encouraging people to speed up, encouraging palestinians to speed up and hit crowds of innocent civilians. this one done something similar and again, this one. these are sick and encouraging people to use their car as weapons to kill and maim innocents billions and that is what is happening there right now bid >> we have seen this over and over and over. when there are things like this, it is sick. you have to speak out and we have to demand palestinian governments do the same after

all our u.s. tax dollars are going to find the palestinian government. if they're going to look the other way or celebrate this, it means they can't govern, they are not concentrating on picking up the trash and creating jobs. that is what secretary of state john kerry needs to do is the unequivocal. so we must have condemnation. u.s. government is not demanding this. heather: they are in part and encouraging these of campaigns. want to read something from the jerusalem post today, there is a sense of freefall of events getting out of control. anyone who has lived here in the first and second will recognize the same nervous spirit in the streets. it is now on safety stand a bus stop or light rail station and that is where some of these car tax and stabbing attacks have taken place. do you feel there is a new

posting uprising that is now underway? >> have always had palestinian violence because they don't have a government that represents them. what w we're seeing is no pressure. when the u.s. government withdraws and doesn't pressure the palestinians or others and really makes consequences for their actions, there is a much edgmessage sent you should conte doing these outrageous acts. john kerry is pressuring the israelis to sit down and talk to this palestinian unity government. we would never allow another country to tell us to sit down with the taliban or some other terrorist organization and work out the details. so why are we allowing the secretary of state to push the israelis. heather: thank you so much, we will talk to you again later.

jon: a florida woman on trial for murder, she claims she killed her estranged husband because he attacked her. press feeders say her does not add up. we will get into it with our legal panel. and getting ready for the busy season. we are live on wall street after a run of what some record highs.

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"happening now". the man accuse of killing intern chandra levy. he has a request and will the judge gant it. the damage the volcano on on the big island of hawaii is doing. brent michaels. we're live with the fox 411. heather: "fox business alert" to bring you right now. wall street is pulling back after record-setting highs. dow is at 17,000. down 45 points. we're getting ready for most wonderful time of year, we're talking about christmas. at least it is for retailers. joining us from the fox business network is adam shapiro on the floor of the new york stock exchange. hi, adam, always great to see you. >> good to see you, heather. when you talk about stocks being down, remember we have had six days of a winning streak. we're still doing very well. the dow is up about 5%. s&p is up about 10%. then you mention retailers. ho would have figured. take a look at video from black

friday last year because walmart is coming to the table now saying instead of the chaos of just one day of sales, we're going to give you five days essentially. the whole end of the month of november for them will be a black, call it black week because they will have the best sales for five days, last week of november. adobe systems did a study which found the best time to shop to get best deals is the sunday and day before thanks giving. that is when deals are the best. but now walmart saying not only black friday sales all the end of november, so now five days, they will match online prices. they will be competitive with amazon. target already does this by the way. walmart making a play for your shopping and men macy's. macy's shopping is up. look at shoppers from last chris most. they're up -- christmas. they're optimistic about holiday sales. investors believe they will have a good holiday season. they are driving that stock up.

heather, i see you more saks fifth avenue right now. heather: barbell shopper. i buy high stuff and low stuff and everything in between. don't miss add dam on the fox business network. if you're not sure where to find it, lowing on to foxbusiness.com channel finder. i like online shopping. that is easiest. can't beat that. jon: i'm all about online. a woman who admits killing her estranged husband is now on trial for murder. anita smith think says he was viciously attacking her when she shot him. prosecutors tell a different story. that she stage managed scene including stabbing herself. is this a case of murder or self-defense? let's bring in our legal panel. ashley merchant, criminal defense attorney is former prosecutor. strange story the couple marry ad couple of years. things were heading south. they were headed toward divorce.

but they were getting together on daily basis to engage what married couples do. she admits they were having con sense awl sex. it ended that night and took up a shower and she says threw her back on the bed and essentially starts to rape her so she shot him. ashley is that ground? is there justification there for a murder? >> definitely, definitely. it comes down to what the jury believes. if the jury believes her and think she is credible they're justified in finding her not guilty. it will come down to whether or not they believe her story and allegations of prior abuse. there were allegations that he was rough with her in the past. maybe they liked rough sex. there are allegations of that. he took a step too far and violent with her in the past. it will come down to whether or not the jury thinks she is credible and the story is credible about that abuse. jon: credibility, dan, comes into question because she told police that the stab wound that she had in her side was

inflicted by her estranged husband. then after questioning for a while, she admitted that she did it to herself. doesn't that suggest that she staged this whole thing? >> yeah, she has some credibility problems. one, as you said, she originally said she was stabbed by her estranged husband. then she said she did it to other herself. she said she only said that because the police were badgering her to say that. that wasn't really true. about her originally saying she shot him by accident. now saying it was intentional because it was in self-defense. there is issue of first responder who said the body was cold when he got there. of the meaning that the body might have been dead for an hour or more. on the other side she does have injuries. she has vaginal injuries. she has a chipped tooth. she has bruises, scratches. so she was hurt in this encounter. there is compelling facts on both side. jon: so, ashley, what do you do? if it is up to the jury to sort this out, it is a very complicated case. again it could go either way. she is not charged with

first-degree murder. second-degree murder case, right? >> right. and what you've got to do you have got to explain to the jury why the person would tell police different version of events. why she would change her story. that undermines her credibility. she says, i don't remember how i was stabbed. i don't remember if he was one that did it. oh, wait, i actually stabbed myself that really undermines her story. she has to explain and put the jury in her mind as what she was going through when she was being interrogated hours on end by the police and why she would give different versions of events of that night. that is what really undermines her credibility. jon: dan, can she argue self-defense when admittedly they were having consensual sex before this incident? >> absolutely, if they were having consensual sex and it turned violent, he got violent, she had alleged violence against him in the past. if she was being violent she has to defend herself. if that is true, absolutely she could use deadly force. she could shoot him and kill him if there is imminent threat of

serious physical injury of death from him of the question the prosecution would have to ask her what would be motive to shoot her if it was not self-defense? motive is not element of crime. jury will wonder why did she shoot him if it wasn't for self-defense. jon: we'll keep eye an eye on that. we'll talk about another story, a name we haven't heard in a while, chandra levy, who disappeared in may of 2001. the man convicted of killing her is asking for a new trial. his lawyers claim his former cellmate lied on the stand. ashley, what you know about that. the immigrant who has been convicted in her murder. he had a cellmate, a gang member, who testified against him. said that he didn't want anything but in fact he did ask something from authorities. >> right. they always want something, jon. there is no way that this man just came forward out of his own

good grace and out of what he thought was right or wrong to testify against this man. he clearly wanted something. the real question in this case is whether or not the government knew that and whether or not they knew he wanted something. he had asked for something. and whether or not there was information that they were required to turn over about that. because once he testified, as their witness, if they know that he was lying or they have information that is contradictory to what he was testifying to, they have got to disclose. that they have to disclose it to the defense. they have to disclose it to the court. so that is the real issue in this case, whether or not they knew that information, they knew there was a specific instances that undermined his credibility and whether or not they supplied that information to the people they were required to. jon: his attorneys are also saying, dan, that this cellmate, supposedly didn't know how to, or had claimed he didn't know how to come forward to authorities with information, but in fact, he had testified in earlier criminal cases. he was apparently involved in some criminal case, some gang

activity out in california. >> right and that's the question here because we know that he testified that he didn't know how to come forward to authorities. that was part of how he told his story and that added to his credibility. the fact that he actually had been an informant before undermines that. as ashleigh said, the question did the prosecutors know that or should they have reasonably known that? if not, i don't think the defense wins on this issue. if the prosecution did know about it, that's a different story. jon: so what happens? do they throw out the conviction all together? do they have a new trial? how does this, how does this work out, ashleigh? >> what is most likely the judge would give them a new trial, if the judge believes this information is important, that it's relevant and it could have changed the actual outcome of the trial then the judge has a duty to grant a new trial. they might be faced with having a new trial, with or without morales testifying. if he does testify again, the defense would be able to cross-examine him on all of information and bring that out in front of a jury. jon: ashleigh merchant, dan

shore, we'll let our viewers know what happens in that case. thank you both. >> thank you. heather: a river of lava in hawaii claiming even more land now. we'll tell you where it is headed and what one family is doing after they lose their home to the molten rock. plus there is this. health crisis for rocker bret michaels. we'll tell you what forced him to reschedule his concerts and what one of his band members is saying about it. ♪ ve each person a ribbon to show how many years that amount might last. i was trying to like, pull it a little further got me to 70 years old i'm going to have to rethink this thing it's hard to imagine how much we'll need for a retirement that could last 30 years or more. so maybe we need to approach things differently, if we want to be ready for a longer retirement. ♪

jon: we are 14 minutes ayay from "outnumbered" at the top of the hour. let's check in with sandra and harris to find out what it is ahead. >> i love your countdown, jon. most americans in the gop congress to lead the nation instead of president obama. that from a major new poll just as congress is back in session for the very first time since republicans took seat and senate control away from democrats in the midterms last tuesday. >> plus, oops, he did it again. the obamacare architect caught a

second time on video saying the health care law passed in part because americans are stupid. is this how the administration really feels about us? >> major retail remembers charging more for women's plus size clothing. hmmm is that fair? especially at least one of them doesn't do the same thing for men. >> we'll discuss. all that plus our #oneluckyguy onout in beard at the top of the hour. -- "outnumbered." who may or may not do a one armed push upi here. >> really? awesome. i know jon can do it. he can do everything. heather: you were just doing a one-armed push upduring the commercial break. i don't think you could hear what the ladies were saying. speaking of strong, that massive lava flow on hawaii's big island is showing no signs of slowing down. right now we are following several new breakouts. you can see one of them right here.

slows downhill and burns through a fence and destroys a driveway. that molten rock has been spreading for months now claiming its first house two days ago. we're learning the family who lost that home is now building a new one on land about 10 miles away. that one was also covered by lava years ago. jon: hope lava doesn't strike twice in the same place. we're learning about some oui r new health troubles for rocker bret michaels, forcing him to reschedule several performances. julie banderas here with the for example 411. >> that's right. it has been a couple rough years for bret michaels. the last couple weeks were pretty intense. michael's guitarist announced on facebook and his website the singer has been in the hospital six times in just the past two weeks including undergoing kidney surgery. according to him, michaels had two stents put in his body past week. shortly after the procedure he insisted on returning to his tour and performed in memphis,

against doctors requests. well after the show, michaels was hospitalized again and once again he insisted on playing at his next concert in knocksville. that decision put the 51-year-old in grave danger. he writes, this time it went real bad. during the show he gave 100% but he hurt himself. jumping around with two stents is bad idea. i can't explain the amount of blood and where it came from. it was horrifying on his bus after the show. bret was again taken to a hospital and this time given medication that would keep him down. the doctors basically refused to release him. michaels health scares began in 2010 after having emergency appendectomy. after that he suffered a hemorrhage at base of his brainstem. the singer with type one diabetes had to be rushed offstage due to low blood sugar. keeping the tans updated on the rock kerr's condition he added he is still not 100% and there are no plans to postpone anymore

shows. the michaels even tweeted yesterday from his hospital bed he was adding dates to his run in canada. i say this guy needs a little bit after break. he is pushing himself way too hard. obviously more concerned about his fans than himself according to his friends. jon: a vacation would not be a bad idea. >> yeah. jon: i met him last time he was here playing outside. i was on stage with him. heather: play guitar with him too? jon: not exactly. not exactly. but great guy. a big supporter of the troops. so we wish him well. >> he is really a very nice person. jon: julie banderas thanks. heather: convicted of hurterring a teacher a few weeks ago now he says he deserves a new trial? why? will that be all, sir?

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convicted just a few weeks back of murdering a teacher now says he wants a new trial. lawyers for allen prue say the trial judge made a mistake when he excluded testimony from a expert witness, a new hampshire psychologist. she was hired by prue's wife in the case, to bolster an insanity test from her. the judge blocked the wife from testifying about the husband's mental state. the couple lured out to their car with false claims of car trouble. heather: powerful union getting a foothold in a non-union car plant in state of tennessee. tell this to volkswagen, now announce as new policy today, saying it will not involve collective bargaining. the united auto workers union is expected to have a voice with management. jonathan serrie is following the story live from our atlanta

bureau. jonathan, how is this all going to work? >> reporter: hi, heather. vw announced its new policy today setting guidelines for the company's engagement with labor organizations. however the german automaker states, quote, this policy may not be used by any group or organization to claim or request recognition as exclusive representative of any group of employees for the purposes of collective bargaining. back in february the united auto workers attempted to unionize vw's chattanooga plant. that attempt was defeated by a vote of 712 to 626. however sources say it appears the uaw would be among multiple labor groups invited to the table in a collaborative arrangement modeled after the work councils in germany. >> definitely think it is a move to get more conversation, to get more dialogue back and forth. i do not see this at all as a move to ultimately recognize uaw

as the sole voice of the employees. >> reporter: the new policy will allow labor groups to use company space for group meetings, to post announcements inside the plant and have regular meetings with management and the frequency of those meetings and the level of vw initials these groups would have -- officials the groups would have access to would be determined by the percentage of the employees they represent at the plant auaw source who wished to remain anonymous tells fox news quote, we're confident in the process put forward by volkswagen. heather? heather: jonathan serrie in atlanta. thanks. jon: some stories we're working on for the next hour of "happening now." it is like a speeding bullet hitting anothe bullet. tell you more about the spacecraft that fuld off the landing of a surface of a comet. more on this historic achievement millions of miles out in space. plus an amazing rescue in the water featuring some very good samaritans. ♪

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>> we'll see you back here for a second hour one hour from now. jon: we'll talk about that comet, spacecraft landing on a comet. school stuff. heather: that is something else. jon: 10 years in the making. that is next hour. "outnumbered" starts right now. [applause] >> oh, yeah, lots of hugs for that comet jon was talking about. mission control celebrating a big first in space. a touchdown to crown a decade-long journey. the european space agency successfully landed an unmanned probe on a comet, people. that comet was traveling 40 times faster than a speeding bullet. that is faster than superman. this is so risky they called the mission seven hours of terror. this shows the philae landerrer. it will spend two days on the comet drilling on surface and studying is composition and witness up close how a comet changes as exposure to the sun