also, astronaut eileen collins. she was the first female pilot of any space shuttle and later, the first female commander of a space shuttle when show commanded discovery. we talked to her at length and she said, you know, when you look at what was happening here on the ground, this is all coming to an end and that she had mixed emotions looking back to the path and with excitement. >> my first mission is in discovery and my last in discovery. so, i have a special place in my heart and i think the most amazing part, the one thing you never prepare for is looking at the earth from space. so, my first mission, the engine shut off and i'm bus wet fuel cells and the main engines. the flight engineer floated up behind me and said eileen, stop working for a minute. look out the window. this is your first sunrise. i am sad to see the shuttle's retired. i think there were more years in the shuttle and years ago, we were extending the life to 2020. after the columbiaback, the decision was made to stop flying the shuttle afte

eileen collins, the first woman to command a spacecraft, flew "discovery." john glenn, the former astronaut and senator, the oldest person to fly in space, did so on "discovery." it helped build the international space station and deployed the hubble telescope. and in times of tragedy, after the disasters of the "challenger" and "columbia," "discovery" led america back into space. it was fitting today that "discovery's" victory lap around the nation's capitol brought to life teacher and astronaut christa mcauliffe's belief that space is for everybody. >> is that the coolest thing you've ever seen? >> yeah, pretty much. >> ever? >> yeah. >> reporter: in washington, people looked up in awe as "discovery" flew by the washington monument, the lincoln memorial, the capitol and the white house. a sight so spectacular it stopped traffic on the ground. drew teachers and students out of classrooms. even pilots in the air wanted to see. >> a 747 with a shuttle on the back is landing -- he's about 15 miles out now from the smithsonian. >> reporter: "discovery" landed f

fred gregory was the first space shuttle in which a woman was a pilot, eileen collins.delivered some of our most famous scientific payloads, including the hubble space telescope. >> thousands gathered to watch as discovery made several victory laps riding on the back of a boeing 747. spectators oohed and ahhed. >> it's wonderful. it's great to be there and see it's wonderful, yeah. >> to actually see the flight on top of the 747 air carrier, that was pretty cool. >> reporter: discovery will now be ready for display at the smithsonian space and air museum at dulles airport. nasa hopes in retirement it continues to inspire a new generation of space adventures. >> vehicles with names like orien, dragon, and dream chaser are being built today all across the country that will continue to expand on the space shuttle's many accomplishments. >> what a day. now tomorrow night, crews begin the careful process of removing "discovery" from the back of that jumbo jet.xpected to take hours and involve two separate cranes. "discovery" moves into the new home on thursday. >>> a grandmo

>> hi, i'm eileen ellis, a resident of san francisco since 1997. a mother of two boys, 4 1/2 and 14 months. i'm a big proponent of public education, so much so, when i was exploring preschool options, i focused on public preschools. my older son is fortunate to attend the presidio child development center where i serve as the secretary on the c-p.a.c. i'm here to speak for myself and on behalf of six other parents at the school who have gone through the elementary school assignment process. last year and i have to say as a resident of san francisco, i've taken keen interest in how we offer public education in the city and i've made note of the assignment process for a very long time and last year when i saw the new tiebreaker system come into place and also see a circle of mom friends, about 10 of them, who got their assignments last year, almost all of them received their neighborhood school, i thought, wow, we're making progress, this tiebreaker system is really cool, it's going to work. so this year going through the process, i thought, wow, you

eileen, thank you for being with us this morning. >> good morning.hanks. >> so as you're watching this image, what goes through your mind? >> well, of course i'm sad to see the shuttles go off to a museum. in this case, "enterprise" has been in a museum since 1985. it's been in the air and space museum in washington. i'm excited that now we're going to have a shuttle in a different part of the country where people from around the country can see it up in new york. i think there's some good in this too. >> space travel for nasa has come to a halt. do you hope that when people go and look at these shuttles in these museums that it will create an excitement among people again for the space program? >> without a doubt. people are going to see how big the shuttle was and by looking at it, they'll see how large the pay loads were that we were able to take up into orbit but also looking at the shuttle, we should realize that it took us to low earth orbit which is only 200 to 300 miles above the surface and now the country is building a replacement is the be

american sensation preparing for a lengthy stay on the sidelines following his meniscus tear in his knee eileenset the league on fire this season going from a rarely used back up to a starter having the final say numerous games throughout february but now it seems the dream run is over as the n.b.a. year ends on april the twenty six mins injury typically takes six weeks to recover from terrible timing from the next point if you will start forward my stoudemire for a further month with a back injury and that's not all big man tyson chandler is playing through a growing straight. guy coming anthony has just recovered from a similar. right across finally making heaven and is currently world rallies top dog after a spectacular display in portugal the thin man within a with a nine point lead over eight time defending champion and teammate sebastian lo at the thirty one year old began taking advantage of a more open road to victory on the low pressure citron i. pervan in grinding out the winter curing space. by never posting the fastest time in any of the stages it was also tough for the runners up t

. -- human rights council eileen chamberlain donna who said, took a strong position, and she made the statement, "the united states on monday urged the united nations human rights council in geneva to stop its biased treatment of israel." it took particularly issue with agenda item 7 on which -- and this is something i've been complaining about. as long as i've been on this session. every single session the united states council has put an item on it, on their agenda with regard to israel, and, she said, the united states continues to be deeply troubled by the council's bias and disproportionate focus on israel, as exemplified by the standing agenda item. i think it's very important that the united states became part of this council, and i want to applaud the secretary of state and yourself for taking that position. but i want to reference one other issue, and that is women and michel bachelet and what we're doing with the u.n. efforts to address women's concerns. i've fought my entire life, as you have i know, to raise the status of women. and we see, and i've heard the secretary of

. >> reporter: this is eileen frere reporting. >> vicious. >> and the suspect now facing possible charges of attempted murder and being held on $500,000 bail. attempted murder for a bottle of beer! >> it's awful. mind boggling. >> the woman was a little -- >> something else going on there. >> must have been something else going on. that's crazy. >>> let's turn to politics now. our latest abc news poll on the presidential race which brings encouraging news to the obama campaign. the president now leads likely gop nominee mitt romney by seven points. last month our poll put them in a dead heat. our poll also shows far more women voters support the president than romney by nearly a 20-point margin. more men seem to back romney who ranks at the top among the republicans running for president. >> the gender gap becoming a real important issue as this election finally shapes up down to two men. >>> the economy is all but certain to be the issue that shapes the general election campaign for sure and there's some pessimism about itamon investors. >> the min mets ollsreedin mets overnight to the d

eileen colli, -- [cheers and applause] flew twoissions on discovery, first as product, and then return[applause] steve]. -- steve lyndsey. [applause] he commanded two missions from the space station and brought it home for its final unassisted light. get it? [laughter] will work on that one. c j sterko. [applause] to theivered equipment o space station. alan poindexter -- [applause] became the largest contingent in spa ever at one time, 13 people. and also with us, 13 more shuttle astronts. and welcome pilots bill reedy -- [applause] -- don williams -- [applause] -- joe allen -- [applause] -- chris ferguson -- a [applause] -- tom jones [applause] -- ] -- [applause] tom jones -- [applause] can writer. -- ken ritenour. [applause] steve robinson [applause] casey tornapplause] -- casey thornton. [applause] and last but not least, payload specialist, john glenn. [applaus this is one of the greatest gatherings of astronauts probably in the history of nasa. [applause] the things we have to do to become an astronaut are incredible. but when you are commander, you are the top of the bunch. this

good morning, eileen. >> this is actually our 17th year. we support maryland spca. you can see we have really fun activities going on. >> it's a mile and a half walk. people can bring their pets to this one. we encourage people to bring their pets. it's mostly dogs we see, but we've seen a goat, a turtle, a ferret. we have utility courses here. we are grateful to everyone who supported us, including our sponsor. it's fantastic because there is a lot of stuff to see and a lot of vendors as well. >> we have vendors selling crafts, animal items, a doggy ice cream truck. there is something for everybody. the dogs can participate in a little contest. i saw that there were some dressed up. >> we have a costume contest for dogs and smart pet tricks. >> fantastic. sounds like a whole lot of fun. again, we are at drew and hill park. it runs today. registration begins at 9:00 and even goes until 2:00. >> thank you. are you going to try your hand with the frisbee dog? >> it almost knocked me down during one of my takes. >> stay clear. we will check back in about 20 minutes. >>

s first pulitzer prize in 12 years went to adam goldman, eileen sullivan, chris holly for investigativens to my friends. >> that's awesome, thank you all. that's it for this edition of "the daily rundown." we'll be right back here tomorrow. we've got the brand new wall street poll 6:30 tonight. coming up, chris jansing. bye-bye. >>> in the northern plains, heavy rains through iowa and up through wisconsin, possibly some showers and storms around milwaukee. the east coast is looking just fine. a few sprinkles around detroit possible late in the day. even in georgia we could see a shower or two. oklahoma city chance of thunderstorms along with dallas late tonight. have a great day. [ clang ] my house is where plants came to die. ♪ but, it turns out all i was missing was miracle-gro potting mix. it's got what a plant needs. even plant food that feeds them for up to 6 months. you get bigger, more beautiful plants. guaranteed. who's got two green thumbs thanks to miracle-gro? uh, this gal. boom! everyone grows with miracle-gro. to provide a better benefits package... oahhh! [ male announcer

eileen park has her story. >> i'm doing fine but i'm getting too close to the airport to land right nowanother turn. >> reporter: last time helen collins took flying lessons -- >> my air speed is about 170 right now. >> reporter: -- was almost 30 years ago. after her husband collapsed and died from a heart attack while piloting a cessna twin engine plane helen had no time to panic. >> don't you have any faith in me? >> reporter: officials at door county's cherry land airport are still amazed at her calm and confidence the entire time. >> she attempted a left-hand turn and did an outstanding job. >> reporter: there are plenty of scary moments. >> right here at this position all of the way around the pattern until we come in and land. okay? >> you better get me in it pretty soon. i don't know how long i'll have gas. >> bring the nose up. nose up. keep turning right. keep turning right. >> reporter: helen says her biggest fear was running out of gas but thanks to robert's help she made it. >> don't dive into the runway. do not dive into the runway. you're doing fine. there you go. okay. yo

the first space shuttle in which a woman was the pilot, eileen collins. it delivered some of our most famous scientific payloads, including the hubble space telescope. >> reporter: the air and space curator also tells us that the shuttle will be open to the general public on friday. not only for visitors but important researchers as well. reporting live on capitol hill, i'm jane watrel, news4. >> we are following a developing story tonight in montgomery county. where a massive barn fire has been smouldering for hours this afternoon. this is in poolesville. take a look off of whites ferry road. it began sometime around 1:00. when firefighters began putting water on the blaze this t straw and hay inside the barney rupted. no one was injured. it is not clear yet what sparked the fire. >>> nearly 100 metro buses are being pulled off of the road now after two fires broke out in less than a week. cell phone video captured this scene in virginia and then this morning, another fire broke out in maryland. news4's chris gordon is live with more on the cause for con

. >> reporter: this is eileen freer reporting. >> vicious. >> and the suspect now facing possible charges of attempted murder and being held on $500,000 bail. attempted murder for a bottle of beer! >> it's awful. mind boggling. >> the woman was a little -- >> something else going on there. >> must have been something else going on. >>> let's turn to politics now. our latest abc news poll on the presidential race which brings encouraging news to the obama campaign. the president now leads likely gop nominee mitt romney by seven points. last month our poll put them in a dead heat. our poll also shows far more women voters support the president than romney by nearly a 20-point margin. more men steam back romney who ranks at the top among the republicans running for president. >> the gender gap becoming a real important issue as this election finally shapes up down to two men. >>> the economy is all but certain to be the issue that shapd the general election campaign for sure and there's some pessimism about it among investors. >> the major asian markets followed wall street's move overnight

adam goldman, eileen sullivan, anchors collier the associated press. [applause] >> i will not move it. i cannot think it is a good idea. the marion smith memorial award for excellence in presidential news coverage under deadline treasure originated in 1970 in memory of marion smith of the united press international white house correspondents for more than 30 years. that is getting into bill plante territory, right, bill? the award for 2012 and it's great category goes to lunch rush, carry better frown, and john press and of politico. [applause] and the $2,500 marion smith memorial award for 2012 in the broadcast category goes to jake tapper of abc news. [applause] [laughter] are we ready? this award recognizes journalistic excellence and personal qualities of the former president of the white house correspondents association and correspond 4 "the chicago tribune,." this year, the award goes to scott wilson of "the washington post." [applause] >> thank you, david. and congratulations to the winners of the 2012 white house correspondents association awar

. >> eileen works at holy family. she volunteers there. despite having six other kids, owens family took stanley and kensley in. >> god had a plan for us. >> the boys' adoption were finalized in mash. a moment that he remembers well? >> i started to shake and started running. >> the boys have new last names. next step, new nationality. >> we are in the process of becoming a u.s. citizen. >> they have to wait for citizenship but the hardest part over. >> we have waited a long time. >> what a great story. our thanks for laura for that. >> heather: a pair of army paratroopers find themselves in need of rescue themselves. this happened in washington state. it happened during a routine training jump at lewis mccord, 70 mierlts miles southwest of seattle. winds left them dangled in trees and firefighters they managed to bring them down one of the paratroopers but it took especially trained county firefighters to rescue the other ones. the woman was dangling 750 feet in the air. fortunately nobody was hurt. >> gregg: that would be a long drop. >>

many people have heard about, we used it for two shuttle repair missions or huble servicing missions eileenas the first female commander of the space shuttle and commanded space shuttle discovery and it also took john glen into space on his second mission. >> for those watching today, the young people that are going to see this fly over, hopefully, some how, i am not condoning not being in school but for those watching this, how important and significant is this to witness this moment in history as it retires to udvar hazy. >> for everybody that is out there watching i wish i could be there today i have other meetings i have to go to but this is really a once in a lifetime opportunity, when you see the space shuttle discovery on top of the 747, you are looking at almost a million pounds of hard ware up in the sky there which is really an incredible sight and as it goes on a low pass over the washington mall, capital out to dulles it will be an incredible sight i would encourage everybody stick your head outside, watch for it coming over it will be an incredible moment. >> thank you is much

eileen collins, -- [cheers and applause] flew two missions on discovery, first as product, and then return [applause] [applause] steve]. -- steve lyndsey. [applause] he commanded two missions from the space station and brought it home for its final unassisted light. get it? [laughter] will work on that one. sterko.o [applause] alan poindexter -- [applause] became the largest contingent in space ever at one time, 13 people. and also with us, 13 more shuttle astronauts. and welcome pilots bill reedy -- [applause] -- don williams -- [applause] -- joe allen -- [applause] -- chris ferguson -- a [applause] -- tom jones [applause] -- ] -- [applause] tom jones -- [applause] can writer. -- ken ritenour. [applause] steve robinson [applause] casey torn [applause] and last but not least, payload specialist, john glenn. [applause] this is one of the greatest gatherings of astronauts probably in the history of nasa. [applause] the things we have to do to become an astronaut are incredible. but when you are commander, you are the top of the bunch. this is only a handful of the incredible people at nasa.

host: this is a washington post- abc news poll -- let's hear from eileen, a republican in michigan.d morning. caller: good morning. i have a couple comments. first, about the buffett rule. i think that it's pretty interesting that warren buffett is worried about everybody's taxes, but he, instead of claiming as his taxes the income from his company, he takes it in capital gains. so he says that he has income of $100,000 a year, which puts him in a lower tax brackets. most of its income comes from capital gains. i think that if he is a word about his secretary, he ought to pay her in stock instead of an income. i also think that it's interesting that the president, we just saw his tax return. he paid 20%. he took every legal deduction that he was allowed to take, which is perfectly fine, but he did not get his income and then decided was only fair that he should pay 35% of whatever he thinks is the thing to do. guest: i think this is part of the point the democrats are trying to make, particularly by making warren buffett the namesake of this particular effort is that one of it came

eileen noorani? guest: -- ali noorani? guest: colton is right. we do feel like e-verify would work if every worker or employer would pay their taxes. it only pushes workers into the hands of corporate employers, there for only the cricket employers would -- the crooked employers -- i was in phoenix last summer during -- driving downtown for a baseball game. this hispanic man was walking on the sidewalk with his daughter, going to the baseball game. there was no traffic, and they walked across the street. they did not wait for the crosswalk. a hispanic man and his hispanic daughter are walking through to a baseball game, how much more american can you be? that person broke the law by jaywalking. a police officer, if he suspects that person was here illegally because of the way they look, he would have to stop him to task for their papers. here is a family going to the baseball game who crossed the street. guest: that is not a legally sufficient basis for the inquiry. that is not legal under the arizona law. guest: said in order for a police office

eileen collins, -- [cheers and applause] flew two missions on discovery, first as product, and then returnapplae] [applause] steve]. -- steve lyndsey. [applause] get it? [laughter] will work on that one. c j sterko. [applause] to theivered equipment o space station. alan poindexter -- [applause] became the large contingent in space ever at one time, 13 people. and also with us, 13 more shuttle astronauts. and welcome pilots bill reedy -- [applause] -- don williams -- [applause] -- joe allen -- [applause] -- chris ferguson -- a [applause] -- tom jones [applause] -- ] -- [applause] tom jones -- [applause] can writer. -- ken ritenour. [applause] steve robinson [applause] casey torn [applause] -- casey thornton. [applause] and last but not least, payload specialist, john glenn. [applause] this is one of the greatest gatherings of astronauts probably in the history of nasa. [applause] the things we have to do to become an astronaut are incredible. but when you are commander, you are the top of the bunch. is is only a handful of the incredible people at nasa. they are risking their lives every d

first on this date in 1983 "come on eileen" number one in america. [ male announcer ] drinking a smoothiestrawberry banana! [ male announcer ] for a smoothie with real fruit plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoothie. could've had a v8. i >> all right. some economic news. and it's solid. it came in overnight. along with the warmer weather, of course, consumer spending is also on the rise. up nearly 1% in march. according to the commerce department. that's good news but how does this impact the u.s. job market? cheryl casone from the fox business network is here to break it all down with us, for the top companies hiring this week. welcome back. >> hey, yeah! i mean, look, we are seeing some signs of the economy improving and once and a while, we get a little bit of an update and we're tracking some mixed data right now. i will admit we're always finding companies that are hiring. i look for companies that are growing and expanding on the business side as well as on the hiring side. had the co-c.e.o. bill mcdermott come on the show last week. this is cloud computing, they're a software

the irish have now taken over and eileen -- elaine connolly is a wonderful woman who's head of publicelations and the headmaster at the time i was doing my research game shanahan. any affair. she introduces me to the archivists. very hesitantly gives me a briefing book, looseleaf book. i open it up and on the right-hand side was the chaplain to a george st. john come the beloved headmaster in and it was a couple sermons for the day and little something called dean great essay, an essay written by his hero, the former turn of the 19th century dean of of studies at harvard. and it was the following phrase and when i read it i cannot believe i found the rosetta stone here. is that the you should always ask of it alma mater not, quote, not what she can do for me, but what i can do for her. and the direct quote. in sorenson, who was the direct speechwriter thought that was the most credible theory and connect to that. not even he had gone back and found it because they pulled in the other true. there was in a record that. at the time kennedy gave this speech but about either of the protest

eileen collins flew two missions, first as pilot and then as flight commander to return to the spacelindsay, who commanded discovery twice on missions to the space station and brought it home to its final unassisted flight -- get it? c.j. and crude delivered a massive amount of equipment to the space station. alan poindexter and crew on the space station became the largest contingent ever in space at one time. 13 people. also with us, 13 more shuttle astronauts. we welcome pilots bill reedy, don william, doe allen -- joe allen, chris ferguson, patrick forrester, john grunsville, tom jones, janet combante, leland melvin, hollow nespoli, ken wrightman, steve robinson, casey thornton, and now last but not least, payload specialist, too, john glenn. [applause] thank you. ok. [laughter] this is one of the greatest gatherings of astronauts probably in the history of nasa. [applause] the things that they have tended to become an astronaut are incredible, but when you are commander -- this is harder than i thought it was going to be. when our commander, you are at the top of the clutch, but