>> yes. >> for those just joining our coverage, mike hopkins and rick mastracchio began the second in a series of spacewalks to replace a faulty pump and restore full cooling capability to the complex. this began at 5:53 a.m. central time. they moved out of the airlock. they began the process of removing the spare pump stowage location. in a firm grasp as he was maneuvered at the end of the robotic arm a short .istance very slowly but surely and carefully, they guided the new spare into a series of guide rails in the day. they invented nitrogen out of the spare pump and are in the process of hooking up for fluid connection lines. >> perform a snapback test. >> it is visible again. >> staying clear of the button. getting ready to perform a test. >> copy. will -- visual gap test. ok. nice work. we're getting ready to set up to open the qd. hopper, have it ready. >> the first of the fluid lines, ine has been hooked up. we're looking to open the valve. three more after that. >> prior to and during movement, it excess and counteracts site --s counter at-- counteract side loads. >> the stat

every so often. >> reporter: mastracchio is a seven-time space walker. >> reporter: mastracchio and hopkinsswitch space suits for tuesday's mission. they hope to be dressed for success. bianna? >> that will indeed be a christmas present. >>> we'll turn now to the latest on the arrest of four men in the vicious killing of a young lawyer gunned down in front of his wife in a parking lot of an upscale shopping mall. this morning, police are now saying the accused cold-blooded killers wanted the man's luxury suv, so, is this part of a frightening new trend? abc's reena ninan is here with more. >> reporter: they credit good old-fashioned police work, technology to help crack the case. the suspects picked up just after five days from this horrible attack. this morning, police say that these four men arrested late friday night for their alleged role of the tragic shopping mall carjacking. might be part of a new trend in crime. >> we believe that the individuals immediately involved in this incident have been charged and now taken into custody. >> reporter: saturday, police revealed new details of

american astronauts rick mastracchio and michael hopkins raced through time and space.ing ahead of schedule a broken cooling pipe that jeopardized operations aboard the international space station. but there was a glitch. astronaut mastracchio, the senior of the two space walkers, complained about freezing feet and at times had to readjust temperature controls within the suit. when mission control asked him to extend the spacewalk, he balked. >> my vote would be to call it for today, but it's up to you guys if you really want to go out there. >> reporter: one of mastracchio's problems was revealed by mission control a few hours after the walk ended, water in his space suit. >> we want to dry that suit out overnight. >> reporter: they'll spend christmas eve trying to finish the work. after they canceled the latest spacewalk. it's different from an emergency encountered last july by an italian space walker. when he almost drowned, when a glob of water collected in his helmet. it's working the aging space suits. >> the suits are 35 years old. we review the hazards. >> repo

american astronauts rick mastracchio and mike hopkins start their work. the test inside their space suits, bone dry. they gave them a close inspection on monday, food who can blame them. one leak, one tear, and they are dead in an instant. i know you train for it. but is it scary when you're up there and there's nothing else? >> it is scary. it's a matter of just managing that fear. >> reporter: recent problems with those 35-year-old spacesuits have added to that fear. in july, an italian astronaut nearly drowned when water leaked into his helmet.

supposed to take place on monday but was delayed after mastracchio accidentally got small amount of water in his suit after saturday's mission. he had to put together a new suit while the other one dried out there. have been no other problems with the suits on this mission. >> they test all the systems to make sure they're in flawless condition before they ever venture outside. >> reporter: two russian crew members aboard the station are said to head out for a previously scheduled space walk on friday. tara mergener for cbs news. >> this is nasa's second christmas eve space walk. the first one was in 1999 to make repairs to the hubble telescope. >>> well, get ready for weather more fitting the holiday season. howard is up next with the forecast. >>> but first we take a look back at the life of z and. >>> grammy winning musician yousef lateef massed away. in 1987 he won a grammy award for his new age recording. yousef lateef's little symphony. in 2010 he received the national endowment for the arts jazz award. this is him performing in us a friday ya. he was 93 years old. >>> mclean

nasa astronaut rick mastracchio and michael hopkins are preparing for their second space walk in four days to repair a restretch-ize ammonia pump on the international space station. >> during the first space walk they got the pump out. during the second space walk, they're going to put a new one in and that should do the trick. >> reporter: the pump is a critical part of the cooling system. it broke down december 11th, triggering the space lock to repair the system as quickly as possible. >> they expect failure over the life of a program going on this long. the trick is to be prepared for when it happens and for the crew to be able to go and make the repairs themselves. >> reporter: today's walk was originally scheduled for yesterday, but it had to be delayed after a small amount of water got into mass trok mastracchio's sued during a mission. >> they put that new suit together, tested it. everybody's quite pleased with how that is. they don't think they'll have any problems for this space walk. >> reporter: last july, an italian astronaut nearly drowned when a water leak flooded his

that's a stocking suffer. >> reporter: but a malfunction in mastracchio's suit -- >> my toes are quite cold. >> reporter: forced the postponement of a second spa spacewalk, scheduled to complete the repairs. >> we want to dry that suit out overnight. rrl if the second spacewalk in a row, water in the suit was an issue. just to be safe, the as troy naughts will use a backup suit. >> it's their life support system. somebody on the ground, team on the ground is making a big plan to put that new suit together. >> reporter: this is the suit they're wearing. behind glass in a display at the johnson space center. at 35 years old, it could be a museum piece, but nasa always facing budget constraints, must make old things work. >> we've done over 11,700 hours of spacewalking. i think it was just a small blip in the road that happened to catch us. >> reporter: and so nasa and the astronauts on board the space station have this christmas hope. that those ageing spacesuits are gifts that keep on giving. mike boettcher, abc news, at the johnson space center, houston. >> and we wish them well. >>> t

they did not, but mastracchio's suit did have more water inside it than it was supposed to. the cause of the water in mastracchio's suit was not immediately explained by nasa but sources at the space agency said the issue was unrelated to the july leak that flooded another astronaut's helmut, that caused by a blockage in the suit's cooling system. jim. >> axelrod: don dahler with the high drama. thank you. >> axelrod: we have sad news to report tonight about that 17-year-old girl who was gravely injured in that school shooting in colorado eight days ago, claire davis died this afternoon with her family at her side. the hospital released a statement from the family thanking everyone who sent their support and their prayers. after a five-day manhunt, police in new jersey have arrested four men for a horrifying murder at an upscale shopping mall. a carjacking gone horribly wrong took the life of a young husband man trying to protect his wife after a night of christmas shopping. here's terrell brown. >> reporter: police arrested these four men overnight for a crime that prosecut

my toes are quite cold. >> the nasa later discovered that mastracchio's suit had walter in it. because he accidentally turned on a water switch. he's getting fitted for a new suit and monday's spacewalk has been pushed back until tuesday. >>> its has been 25 years since pan am 103 exploded over lockerbie, scotland and 270 people died in that terror attack. and peter greenberg tells us a quarter of a century later the case is far from closed. >> reporter: today in the small scottish town of lockerbie, a solemn ceremony to remember the events that happened here 25 years ago. >> lockerbie was in flames as soon as the pan am jet hit the ground. >> reporter: on december 2 it's, 1988 -- 21st, 1988. lockerbie became the site of one of the biggest december asters in aviation history. -- disasters in aviation history. it exploded at 31,000 feet and 270 people were killed including 189 americans. >> it's hard to believe that a quarter of a century has gone by. and the family members still asking why. still asking what happened. >> reporter: victoria lost her husband and the father of the

mastracchio is a veteran space walker. for hopkins, it will be his first time. the second space walk is scheduled for monday. then the third, christmas day. their mission has suddenly taken priority over the launch of a supply ship from virginia that was supposed to take off this week. it's also meant the crew on board has turned off all non- essential equipment-- including science experiments. scott, nasa feels confident the fix can be made. in the event both cooling units were not working, our space consultant bill harwood just told us the crew members would have to evacuate. >> pelley: jeff, thanks very much. sometimes it's all too easy to forget that this country is still at war. then, we get the kind of news that we got today. six americans were killed today when their black hawk helicopter crashed in southern afghanistan. we asked david martin at the pentagon to tell us more about how this happened. >> reporter: the black hawk with seven aboard was one of two american helicopters on a daytime mission in southern afghanistan when it was forced to make a cra

but it had to be delayed after a small amount of water got into mastracchio's suit during saturday's mission. he'll wear a different suit today while the other one dries out. >> they put that new suit together and they tested it and everybody is quite pleased with how that went and no problems when they go outside for this spacewalk. >> reporter: last july, an italian astronaut nearly drowned when a water leak flooded his helmet. susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. >> the mission is expected to take about six hours. mission control says it doesn't expect the space station's flight path to interfere with santa claus' mission tonight. luckily. saying quote the skies are all clear. >> they are certain ladler. santa is going to have no problem breezing through california. >> not in california but other parts of the country problematic. we'll get to the travelers' forecast. >> always brings it though. i'm not worried. >> right? a little ot because he's got the mrs. santa claus behind the scene there helping out. what is mrs. santa claus' first name. do you know? >> no. >> work on that.

astronauts rick mastracchio and michael hopkins. mastracchio and hopkins removed a faulty ammonia pump at the international space station during saturday's outing. today, they'll work to install a new pump 260 miles above the planet. petthe results of yesterdays independent medical examination for jahi mcmath are expected to be released today. a judge has ruled that the family of the oakland teenager on life support will have at least another week with her. and san francisco officials are on hand to help bring in the toy donations. it's all happening at lefty o'douls in san francisco. that's where we find kron four's will tran. the target credit card breach.heading to a california courtroom. and how the hack attack is affecting the store's bottom line. caughtplus - is a smartwatch on your holiday gift list? our tech expert takes a look but at the pebble.to see if it's worth the money. and here's a live look outside. there's another spare the air alert out for today.so maybe turn find a yule log video to play on your computer. your c

. >> over the weekend, astronauts rick mastracchio and michael hopkins removed the faulty cooling pumpwhich is the size of a refrigerator. any now must install the new one. their task is a delicate one. the equipment contains a knoxious cooling fluid, ammonia. >> some of the danger is hooking up the big heavy an money yag lines, they're thick and massive. hooking those up if you were to leak ammonia, it's not a pleasant chemical. you couldn't bring it inside. there's definite risks out there. >> mastracchio will be wearing a newly tailored space suit on today's mission, a replacement after a cooling issue with his previous suit during the last walking >> it's the only issue that i personal liam having is it's have he very cold. i got very, very good air flow in my boots, but my toes are quite cold. >> nasa says there was never nel danger to the astronaut. ali velshi five hours of meticulous work for mastracchio and hopkins on saturday, day one of the space walk is being called a success. >> i think i'm ready to leave this work site. >> okay, copy that, rick. >>ing nasa hopes by christm

. >> reporter: astronauts rick mastracchio and michael hopkins finished their second spacewalk in four days to replace a faulty ammonia pump. >> moving to bolt two. >> reporter: the problem caused one of the space station's two cooling systems to shut down on december 11th. the crew had to turn off all nonessential equipment. the astronauts spent saturday removing the broken pump. this morning, the astronauts got the spare pump out of storage then went to work installing it. it is the size of a refrigerator. >> houston you got yourself a new pump module. >> congratulations. >> reporter: the christmas eve spicewalk was supposed to take place on monday but it was delayed after mastracchio accidentally got a small amount of water into his suit at the end of saturday's mission. he had to put together a new suit while the other one dried out. there have been no other problems with the suits on this mission. >> they test all of those systems to make sure they're in flawless condition before they ever venture outside. >> reporter: two russian crew members aboard the station are set to head ou

system pump with a bad valve, but they cut the walk short after mastracchio complained of discomfortr was found in the suit. a backup suit is being prepared. al third spacewalk if needed would be carried out the day after christmas. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch" apple and china strike a major deal and cracker barrel reverses a ban on "duck dynasty." alexis christoforous is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, alexis. >> good morning to you, wendy. apple inked a must-have deal with a mobile carrier. china mobil has 700 million subscribers, twice the population of the u.s. while the two companies announced sunday china mobil will start selling the iphone 5c and 5s beginning next month. apple hopes to sell up to 30 million iphones next year but they've lost a lot of ground to china whose companies sell much cheaper iphones. hong kong's hang seng added half a percent. the shanghai composite gained a quarter percent and tokyo's nikkei is closed for a holiday. >>> and christmas week should be a calm week here on wall street. experts say investors will be looking a

the man with the red stripes is rick mastracchio. the other astronaut is mike hopkins.ou have a robotic arm and that's being maneuvered by one of the japanese astronauts as well. this is coordinated in terms of how they can replace this and make sure that it's working, correct? >> yeah. it's a big ballet. you have a person on the ground actually talking to the astronauts in space, walking them through the procedure. you have two spacewalkers. you have the japanese guy you referred to he's working the robot arm. there's three russian crew mates up there as well and they are helping out. they help with getting the suits ready and so on and you have the control team on the ground in houston. everyone in the krol center, the instruct jobs flight controls, everyone. it's a gigantic team to help do this, the spacewalk the right way. >> yeah. and let's take about 15 seconds and listen in because you can hear what they are saying. stand by one second, mike. >> okay. >> okay. hopper two handed tier. pull forward and depress the button then. >> mike, walk us through a little bit.

mastracchio will have a new space suit when they head back out tuesday. >> good job. >>en an it's worth noting that these space suits are 35 years old. nasa only has 12 space suits used for space walks. crew up there has a spare suit with them right now. that the suit is being customized and refitted so that mastracchio can head out it tomorrow. >> that is scary stuff. let's talk about the part they're trying to fix tomorrow. is nasa pretty confident that they can fix the problem? >> well, you know, we have no, no indication they would send the astronauts out if they were anything less than confident in the quality of suit they are swapping to. they have said the previous suit worn on saturday didn't put him in harm's way. this is something you want to be really certain about. we also know that since the incident back in july, nasa has also taken steps to just insure the astronauts' safety once again. those steps include putting pads in the back of their helmets so they can tip their heads back and see if there's moisture coming into the helmets. they did not report f

his partner mastracchio is a space walk veteran. this is the 8th walk for the father of three from connecticut. >> nice work, guys. >> reporter: it took two spacewalks, 12 hours in the black vacuum of space, but the duo did what they came to do. >> we have a pump that is alive and well. >> reporter: and maybe more importantly, they reported no problems with their spacesuits today. no water leaks this time. >> everything is nice and dry. >> best christmas ever. >> it took a couple of weeks to get it done but we got it. >> reporter: we are inside a mockup of the airlock here at the johnson space center. this is what the astronauts actually train in and just a couple of hours ago those two returned safely to a room just like this to repressurize. i think it is fair to say mission accomplished. >> two words we love. ryan owens, thanks very much. mission accomplished. >>> as this played out tonight it was not lost on us what americans were watching play out in space 45 years ago, looking at this image 45 years ago tonight. >> reporter: c

american astronauts rick mastracchio and michael hopkins removed a broken 780-pound coolant pump whosere jeopardized operations aboard the space station. >> don't let that go. that is a stocking stuffer. >> reporter: but a malfunction in astronaut mastracchio's space suit forced the postponement of a second space walk scheduled to complete the repairs. >> we want to dry that suit out overnight. >> reporter: for the second walk in a row, water in the space suit was an issue. to be safe, they would use a backup suit. >> it is their life support system. somebody on the ground, a team on the ground is making a plan to put it together. >> reporter: this is the suit they are wearing, behind glass in a display at the johnson space center. at 35 years old, it could be a museum piece, but nasa, always facing budget constraints, must make old things work. >> we have done over 11,700 hours of space walking. i think it was a small blip in the road that happened to catch us. >> reporter: so nasa and the astronauts on board the space station have this christmas hope that those aging space suits are

nasa astronauts mastracchio and hop kins are making their second spacewalk in four days to repair theia pump at the space station. the pump is a critical part of the cooling system. it broke down on december 11th. triggers the spaywalks to re-- triggering the spacewalks to repair that system as quickly as possible. >>> no matser where you shop today is the last day to buy christmas gifts. holiday sales are down for the third week. sales at u.s. stores fell 3.1% compared to the same week last year. a weekend ice storm continues to cause problems from michigan to new england. at least # 1 people have died. >>> dozen of niner fans couldn't control themselves at san francisco's candlestick park hosted its final regular season nfl game last night. 81 people ejected from the game between the niners and falcons and 30 people arrested and seven were cited. the bad behavior ranged from property destruction to drunkenness. but for most, fans there it was an evening of fun and memories and kpix 5's ryan takeo joins us live from the old stadium with more on the big game and what a game it was rya

astronauts rick mastracchio and michael hopkins. mastracchio and hopkins removed a faulty ammonia pump at the international space station during saturday's outing. today, they'll work to install a new pump 260 miles above the planet. it's the last drive to get kids' toys on christmas morning. and san francisco officials are on hand to help bring in the toy donations. it's all happening at lefty o'doules in san francisco. that's where we find kron4's will tran. >>vicki: if you can come here throughout the day. the fire and police department are the ones delivering the toys to the needy kids. if you can't come down here stop by get breakfast fifth to make a cash donation. they will gladly take it. 13 years. comedown be married and have this now waiting for you. thanks a lot will. there's a new bid now for the america's cup. could we see a back in the bay area. we will hear from mayor ed lee is a proposal. avo: the volkswagen "sign then drive" sales event is back. which means it's never been easier to get a new 2014 jetta. it gets an i

. >> reporter: astronauts mike hopkins and rick mastracchio floated outside the international space station. >> that's a beautiful view. >> reporter: the americans operating in concert with the japanese astronaut, operating the robotic arm to install a new cooling pump. >> go ahead and remove it from bolt two. >> reporter: from command mission, step by step instructions. >> and we'll install the pump module in this order, bolt one, four, three, two. >> reporter: the biggest challenge say those who have done space construction before? >> it was kind of like putting on your scuba gear and then putting on the sleeping bag and then the snow jacket and snow boots and the biggest, thickest gloves you have ever worn, and then going up on your roof at night in the winter and trying to fix a watch while everybody watches on national tv. >> reporter: 45 years ago on christmas eve eve, apollo 8 circumnavigated the moon. it was a first for mankind. >> we close with good night, good luck, a merry christmas, and god bless all of you. >> reporter: today? >> mike hopkins taking a special sleigh ride on thi

. >> reporter: astronauts nick mastracchio and michael hopkins are prepared for their second space walke station. >> during the first walk they got the pump out. during the space walk they'll put a new one in and that should do the trick. >> reporter: the pump is a critical part of the space station's cooling system. it broke down december 11 triggering the space walks to repair the system as quickly as possible. >> they expect fame lures over a the life of a program that's gone on this long. the trick is to be prepared for it when it happens and for the crew to make the repairs themselves. >> reporter: today's space wawb was -- walk was scheduled for yesterday but it had to be delayed after water got into mastracchio's suit. he will wear a different one today. >> they don't think they'll have any problems when they go outside for this space walk. >> reporter: last july an italian astronaut nearly drowned when a water leak flooded his helmet. susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. >>> last night fans said goodbye to one of the most storied stadiums in n.f.l. history. randall stick park o

the picture is from mastracchio's helmet cam.e pump site they will have to replace. they are just coming back into sunlight now. you can see the sun coming up there. they had been over the pacific ocean and now they are coming into the first sunlight. i'm assuming there is sun over the united states now moving to east coast. a lot of work to do to prepare to remove the faulty pump. they have to do all of the disconnections today. they will do all of that today. all of the prep work. on monday, they will go back out and actually replace the pump itself and then christmas day, they will do a final inspection and check outs and make sure the replacement pump is working. still a lot of work to do today. as you, victor and pamela, were saying, they are about an hour in. a bit ahead of the timeline. everything is going well which is good news. >> john zarrella in miami for us. stand by. we want to bring in -- pardon me. we want to bring in mike massimino. he is a professor at columbia university and a former astronaut. give us an idea

. >> reporter: but this weekend, from 230 miles above the earth, american astronaut rick mastracchiothe team is ready. >> we have the spare parts. we have the training. we have the skills. and, of course, going out and doing a spacewalk is always very exciti exciting, yet very challenging. >> reporter: this would be the first spacewalk since nasa suspended them in july after an italian astronaut nearly died when his spacesuit filled up with water. if nasa commissions this spacewalk, the first one could happen on thursday. >> on thursday. a lot of eyes on nasa this week. linzie, thank you. >>> and to colorado tonight, where we're learning nor details about what played out in that high school. what happened in those 80 seconds of horror. this as hundreds of students and shaken neighbors gathered at a candlelight vigil in the shadow of the school this weekend. tonight, we hear from the young woman who went to the prom with the gunman. were there any warning signs? abc's clayton sandell with the interview. >> reporter: inside arapahoe high today, a testament to terror. student backpacks,

nasa astronauts rick mastracchio is undertaking an effort expected to take six and a half hours. another will be on monday and if needed a third one will take place christmas day. for more log onto fox news.com. >>> if you shop t at target, you could be the target. america's third largest retailer saying 40 million credit card accounts were compromised in one of the largest data breaches ever. get this. it's been happening since right before black friday. tracy, you say it could be a black eye for holiday sales everywhere. >> 40 million people. you have the attorneys generals of big states coming down and trying to figure out what happened. look, a lot of people are using credit cards because not 2000 people horded cash for the christmas season. they were going to charge their way through it. this is another blackeye for retailers between the weather in the northeast last weekend we have had shootings in the malls in the area lately. why would anyone go out and shop? if you're not ordering online, a lot of people will think twice about getting out there. >> the stores have been b

the two american astronauts on board, rick mastracchio and michael hopkins will suit out and head out at 5:15 a.m. saturday for a six-hour mission to repair the troubled cooling system which keeps the station from overheating. >> they're designed to take away the heat that's generated and to regulate the temperature of the mechanisms and of the environment for the astronauts. >> reporter: astronaut doug wheelock performed a similar mission three years ago and knows what they're up against. >> any time we open that hatch i get asked a lot is it dangerous. as soon as we open that hatch, it automatically becomes dangerous. >> reporter: the last time nasa performed a space walk, the astronaut nearly drowned when water leaked into his helmet. >> my head is really wet. >> reporter: the repair this time is not a simple one. a second space walk is scheduled for monday and a third if needed will take the astronauts into the vacuum of space on christmas day, leaving nasa engineers down on earth holding their breath before they can celebrate. neal karlinsky, abc news, seattle. >>> and also in th

. >> reporter: mike hopkins on his first walk and rick mastracchio will spend six and a half hours tomorrow trying to fix the cooling systems which keep the nine room space station, long enough inside to take up more than half a football field, from overheating. >> mike hopkins will be the free float crew member. >> reporter: space walks were supposed to be suspended after astronaut luca parmitano nearly drowned earlier this year, when a full gallon of water from the suit's cooling system leaked into his helmet. >> my head is wet. >> reporter: nearly robbing him of oxygen. a terrifying malfunction you can see happening again, when the suit was retested. >> i experienced what it's like to be a goldfish in a fish bowl, from the point of view of the goldfish. >> reporter: now the last minute macgyver like fix, 20 inch snorkles fitted inside. so the astronauts can breathe through the tube, if water leaks in again. equally low tech, absorbent pads, velcro'd inside the back of the helmets as a warning system. if a pad feels squishy, astronauts are told to alert mission control. >> we train hours,

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during the walk mastracchio raised concerns about the temperature inside his spacesuit. >> the only issue got very very good air flow in my boot us but my toes are quite clear. >> reporter: the crew pressed on but they cut their mission short by about an hour. i'd like to restore this old module, clean up and call it day. >> okay, guys. we're going to wrap up and do some cleanup now. >> reporter: it wasn't until they returned to the space station that mastracchio's spacesuit was filling with water. the issue this time around was difference and likely caused by a minor mishap inside the station. the second planned walk is prepared for tuesday. if all goes well on christmas eve, no additional spacewalk will be needed giving the astronauts one more reason to celebrate. for "cbs this morning," terrell brown, new york. >>> cbs contributor professor michio kaku is with us this morning. good morning. >> we heard about the snorkel and pads fixed. now you're calling it a bubble gum and space fix. what's going on with these suits in. >> in the same way hollywood fears wardrobe malfunction, nasa spe

. >> reporter: tomorrow morning american astronauts rick mastracchio and mike hopkins will step out of the space station to finish what they started this weekend, replacing this critical cooling pump. >> i know you trained for it, but is it scary when you are up there and there is nothing else? >> it is scary. it's a matter of just managing that fear. >> reporter: adding to that fear, those aging space suits. astronauts spent today inspecting them. in july an italian space walker nearly drowned when water leaked into his helmet. >> my head is really wet. >> reporter: saturday another problem. >> it's very, very cold. >> reporter: tomorrow they hope to finish the job. >> christmas morning we find a new pump module under the tree in the space station? >> reporter: and you thought your holidays were stressful. ryan owens, abc news, the johnson space center in houston. >> we'll be watching tomorrow. >>> back on earth tonight and into the firestorm after comments from one of the stars of "duck dynasty." a major sponsor running from him and now tonight apparently running back. abc's matt gut

mike hopkins and rick mastracchio is each have a camera so nasa can see what they are working on at anyod news certainly because once they start actually working on the 780-pound cooling pump, once they work on that and trying to unplug it and demate it from the station, that could take time and likely to be where, if they run into problems, where things aren't going ago smoothly as they hoped, that is likely to be where you could see some problems with time. if they can build a little pad into the situation early on, that is good for them. you know, we talked about why this is an important space walk. one of two cooling lubes has gone down. they need both cooling lubes. if you're lost one that means if you lose another one you have to abandon the space station. this is a high priority space walk. it is not, however, a necessarily dangerous space walk. but they do need to get this done as quickly as they can and it comes after the mission last july in which an astronaut nearly drowned because of a water flow problem in his helmet and his helmet filled with water. now they have two fixes

there's definite risk out there. >> reporter: mastracchio will be wearing a new cooling suit during hisssue i'm personally having is i'm very, very cold. i have very, very good air flow in my boots but my toes are quite cold. >> reporter: nasa says there was never any danger to the astronaut, after five hours of meticulous work from mastracchio and hopkins on saturday, day one of the space walk is being called a success. >> i think i'm ready to leave this work site. >> okay, copy that, rick. >> reporter: nasa hopes by christmas all the work will be done, leaving the astronauts to celebrate safely back on the space station. this is only the second christmas eve space walk to ever happen, the first took place two discovery astronauts spent eight hours working on the hubble space telescope 14 years ago. that is a live look at what is going on right now at the international space station. no doubt, chris, we will be keeping a very close eye on what goes on there and hoping it all goes well today. >> a lot of variables. we'll check in with you. we'll have an astronaut helping us out to under

. >> reporter: veteran american spacewalker, rick mastracchio will be teamed with rookie michael hopkins during the delicate operation. tracy caldwell-dyson replaced the same pump during spacewalks three years ago. >> you have this really important task. and when you realize that it's just the two of you, out in the vacuum of space, your own breath becomes something very loud inside your helmet. >> reporter: complicating matters is the potential of water collecting in their space helmets. a problem that came close to drowning an italian astronaut during a spacewalk last july. >> my head is really wet. >> reporter: nasa is not sure what is causing the problem. but in typical nasa fashion, engineers came up with two ingenious fixes. an absorbant pad placed inside the helmet. and a 20-inch plastic tube that would allow spacewalkers to breathe air from the bottom of their suits. spacewalks only look easy. >> the anticipation of knowing what it feels like to actually be outside in the vacuum of space, to have something between you and the earth, but your visor. >> reporter: at this moment, th

was originally scheduled for yesterday but it was delayed after a small amount of water got into mastracchio'sear a different suit today while the other one dries out. >> they put that new suit together and they tested it. everybody's quite pleased with how that went and they don't think they'll have any problems when they go outside for this spacewalk. >> reporter: last july an italian astronaut nearly drowned when a water leak flooded his helmet. susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. >> this is only the second christmas eve spacewalk in history. the first one was 14 years ago and here's some good news. mission control says it does not expect the space station's flight path to interfere with santa claus' mission tonight. saying quote -- the skies are all clear. >> they're good that way. they usually figure that out. >>> a present from nasa. they released dazzling new photos of saturns and its moons. take a look right here. earlier in the year capturing saturn's largest moon called titan. it was launched back in '97 and has been studying the planet and its many moons pretty neat. >>> spacewalk

. >>> and astronaut rick mastracchio may get his christmas wish, a space walk. considering ordering the maneuver to repair a broken cooling system at the international space station. engineers in houston, bianna's hometown, have been trying to fix the problem remotely, but it may require a manual repair. one of two cooling loops on the station shut down on wednesday after it got too cold. >>> and finally, the moon has a new visitor this morning. china successfully carried out the world's first soft landing on the moon in nearly 40 years. the six-wheeled rover named jade rabbit was released from the probe this morning where it will take pictures and collect samples from the moon's surface. know how to say jade rabbit in chinese? >> no, how? >> i don't know. yutu. >> oh, yutu. >> something useful if you ever need a jade rabbit. >> this is a huge accomplishment for china. >> it is. just the third country. >> yeah. all right. big news for them. >> news you can use. yutu, bear that in mind. >>> now to a murder mystery in paradise involving a young couple looking to s

the two american astronauts on board, rick mastracchio and michael hopkins, will suit up and head outsaturday for a six-hour mission to repair the troubled cooling system, which keeps the station from overheating. >> the loops are designed to take away that heat that's generated and regulate the temperature of the mechanisms and of the environment for the astronauts. >> reporter: astronaut doug wheelock performed a similar mission three years ago and knows what they are up against. >> any time we open that hatch, i get asked a lot, is it dangerous? every time we open the hatch, it becomes dangerous. >> reporter: the last time they performed a space lock, the astronaut nearly drowned when water leaked into his helmet. >> my head is really wet. >> reporter: the repair this time is not a simple one. a third, if needed, will take the astronauts into the vacuum of space on christmas day leaving nasa engineers down on earth holding their breath before they can celebrate. neal karlinsky, abc news, seattle. >>> at least two people are a whole lot richer this morning. there were two winning ti

astronauts rick mastracchio and michael hopkins were working outside the station for more than 7 1/2it was the second spacewalk in four days. the critical pump has now been activated. all systems are expected to be running normally by the end of the weekend. >>> and there is an out-of-this world event talking about christmas morning 48 years ago today. just hours earlier, on christmas eve, the crew of apollo eight, frank boreman, bill anderson, jim lovell, took turns reading from the book of genesis. the view as they circled the moon, lending itself beautifully to the words coming from the bible. >> created dry land first, and the gathering of the waters called the seas, and god saw that it was good. and from the crew of apollo 8, good night, good luck, a merry christmas and god bless all of you. all of you on this good earth. >> and god saw that it was good. i'm kelly wright. we take you back to "birth of jesus." ♪ >> for 2,000 years, christians r all over the world have celebrated the birth of jesus christ with thankful prayer and joyful song.raye peace on earth, good will to pe al

american astronauts rick mastracchio and mike hopkins start their work.he test inside their space suits, bone dry. they gave them a close inspection on monday, food who can blame them. one leak, one tear, and they are dead in an instant. i know you train for it. but is it scary when you're up there and there's nothing else? >> it is scary. it's a matter of just managing that fear. >> reporter: recent problems with those 35-year-old spacesuits have added to that fear. in july, an italian astronaut nearly drowned when water leaked into his helmet. >> i experienced what it was like to be a goldfish in a fish bowl, from the point of view of the goldfish. >> reporter: from part one on the spacewalk on saturday, a different problem with water in the suit. >> we want to dry that suit out overnight. >> reporter: plus, an astronaut kept explaining how cold he was. >> it's. >> translator: very, very cold. >> reporter: the american duo is hoping to finish their mission today, replacing this massive cooling pump on the space station. doug did the same spacewalk three

. >> reporter: mastracchio is wearing a replacement suit after a cooling issue with his suit the lastk. >> it's very, very cold. i have very, very good air flow in my boots but my toes are quite cold. >> reporter: nasa says there was never any danger to the astronauts after five hours of meticulous work on saturday day one of the spacewalk is being called a success. >> i think i'm ready to leave this work site. >> copy that, rick. >> reporter: nasa hopes by christmas all the work will be done, leaving the astronauts to celebrate safely back on the space station. and this is a live look at mission control from nasa. obviously today is a big day here. you mentioned, carol, this is the second time ever we've had a spacewalk on christmas eve. the first one happened 14 years ago when two "discovery" astronauts spent eight hours working on the hubble. >> very, very dangerous. >> today one went well and hopefully day two will go just as well. >> we're rooting for them. >> we are. alina machado, thanks. >>> get ready to shop. that's what retailers are hoping. foot traffic is down a whopping 2

mastracchio ó@ó >>> welcome back. 7:55.ght now -- two astronauts on dash crash on a -- astronauts are on a spacecraft. we're looking over their shoulder. these are live pictures from nasa. you see what they are doing in space. this is phase 2 of a repair job for a cooling pump outside the international space station 300 miles above earth. this is fascinating. the crew removed that faulty pump last saturday. they did so much then they should be able to completely install the new pump today. i'm watching their hands now. but if they can't get everything done, they could finish the job on a third spacewalk tomorrow but we just wanted to take you live to space this morning here on "mornings on 2." >>> 7:55. you can keep track of where santa claus is all day and all night as he makes his around the world trip. norad will be using its satellites and radar to watch out for santa today and tonight. u.s. and canadian military officials launched the santa watch in 1955. if you want you can watch his progress at google maps on faceboo

rick mastracchio and mike hopkins were fixing the cooling system. >>> those are your headlines for now time now for our political gut check on this special morning. we have a case of the holiday giggles. let's have fun with our list now. it's been a busy year in washington, a government shutdown, the disastrous website launch for obamacare and now a surprising bipartisan budget compromise. who knew? so who was naughty and nice in the capital this year? we've made our list and checked it twice. our santa is cnn political analyst and executive editor of the daily beast, john avlon here to break it down for us. myr merry christmas. >> who's on the nice list this year. >> quickly. it will be short. >> i feel good about the results. >> good. >> right at the top, you've got to lead with paul ryan and patty murray coming together late in the year, coming up with a bipartisan budget bill. that's a big deal in this environment. that puts them on the nice list. >> see if they can carry the holiday cheer, the bipartisan spirit in the new year. we'll see. >> here's hoping. >> who else is on your n

. >> reporter: the astronauts rick mastracchio and michael hopkins has removed a faulty pump needed ton the space station. >> i got it. >> nice work, rick. >> reporter: a new pump was supposed to be installed today but will now be delayed until tomorrow after potential problems with his space suit was discovered saturday. >> the only issue that i personally is having here, it's very, very cold. >> one of the suits showed maybe a sign that it got a lit water into the evaporator on the back, on the flash evaporator which cools the suit when you're outside. >> reporter: nasa says the astronaut wasn't in danger and that the issue with the space suit isn't related to what happened in july. that's when italian astronaut nearly drowned after water leaked into his helmet. a reminder of the dangerous nature of the work being done 220 miles above earth. >> astronaut is off structure. >> reporter: the recent hit movie "gravity" puts a highly dramatized science fiction spin on the risks of space work, risks every astronaut on every mission understands. >> the movie "gravity" is a good movie but yo

astronauts rick mastracchio and mike hopkins will spend about 20 hours in space removing the 780-poundracchi much of the time will be dangling from the robotic arm. nasa learned a lot from a similar incident back in 2010 that's given them confidence this time. >> i looked around the room today and said, "what are people worried about" and really there was not much to be said so i think we're ready to go out the door on saturday. >> reporter: a valve inside the pump failed over a week ago. complicating matters, nasa has to watch the crew's space suits. back in july, astronaut luka parmitano's helmet began mysteriously filling with water, scary moments as other crew members raced to get his helmet off. nasa doesn't completely understand what went wrong. this will be the first walk since. >> whole days have been spent with a lot of water chemists trying to figure this out. we have not said it would be something complete wide. >> reporter: space agency officials don't expect the problem to repeat but they are taking no chances. water absorbing pads have been installed in space suit helmets