astronaut alan shepard was launched from cape canaveral on a 15-minute suborbital flight. to mark the anniversary the postal service has issued a spacious alan shepard stamp. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch," a new way to get caffeinated. and the popular cruz gets recalled. ashley morrison is here in new york with the latest on that. good morning, ashley. >> good morning to you, betty. inflation worries kept most asian markets on the down side today. hong kong's hang seng lost a fraction while tokyo's nikkei remained closed for the holiday. today wall street gets the latest on retail sales and a look at the weekly jobless claim numbers. on wednesday stocks finished lower. the dow fell nearly 84 points while the nasdaq gave back 13. >>> ahead of friday's april jobs report from the government there are new signs of weakness in the labor market. a report from the payroll company adp shows the economy added 179,000 private sector jobs last month. that's at least 25,000 fewer than expected. the unemployment rate currently stands at 8.8%. >>> general motors is recalling the hot-selli

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manned space flight by astronaut alan shepard. wednesday the postal service dedicated a stamp in his honor. shepard went on to command the apollo 14 mission. >>> our time is 4:37. at 4:41, nurses at the city's largest hospital are one vote away from having a new contract. >>> and at 4:48, $20 to drive the dulles toll road? it's a possibility that could become a reality soon. >>> up next a quick check on the forecast to get you out the door. we're back with your weather first in two minutes. take a scarf. [ female announcer ] most women in america aren't getting the calcium they need. but yoplait wants to change that. only yoplait original has twice the calcium of the leading yogurt. that's 50% of the daily value ♪ so pass on the news and we can help close this calcium gap together. to get you started, we're giving away a million free cups at yoplait dot com. the yoplait you love, now in a 4-pack. try it today. >>> it is 4:40 on this thursday morning. you know, it's going to be clear to partly cloudy to start the day, but chilly. w

and they explained to tip that we are getting ready to launch alan shepard on a redstone rocket, the soviets had surprised us three weeks earlier, or weeks earlier, by putting guard deron in orbit. and here we were on a rocket that didn't have enough throw weight safe to get that mercury capsule up into suborbital. and the whole prestige of the united states was on the line. and, of course, the rest is history. alan shepard flew and then gus grissom flew, even though his capsule sank in the atlantic and he had to swim for it. in the meantime, the soviets put up a second orbital flight. and then 10 months later, here we put that redstone company, we put that mercury capsule on top of an atlas rocket and john glenn climbed in, that it had a 20% chance of catastrophe. and then, of course, the rest is history. and these successes in space have become an expression of our technical prowess, announcing to the rest of the world just how capable we can be, and how this spirit in this country, this can-do spirit, can overcome extraordinary obstacles. well, we have enjoyed a steady stream of b

on may 5th, alan shepard becomes the first american in space. roger maris of the new york yankees ranks of a brute's, a record with ricky mandel behind. on august 4, 1961, 18-year-old anne dunham this birth to her first child and december of obama. pledge your lies to the comprises a warning to leave for to kill a mockingbird and in 1961 the tony award for best actor in a musical was won by richard burton for his portrayal of king arthur in the musical camelot. for many of us in this room, that play and its title song stirred memories of a magical time in america come a time when the torch was passed to a new generation, when all idealism became reality. as the wonderful place closes a sad but why is king arthur unites a young boy and tells him to pass on the story of camelot to future generations. these words, we are told, were president kennedy's favorite lines of the play. don't let it be forgotten, that once there was a spot for one brief shining moment that was known as camelot. this evening we have the rare opportunity to welcome one of th

its fiftieth year anniversary may fifth a moment largely overlooked during the bin ladin frenzy alan shepard spaceflight promoted america the great american the positive america the beacon today a different side of america is on destroy we have over six thousand u.s. service people who are being killed tens of thousands injured we have hundreds of thousands of civilians murdered around the world now torture has become a part of u.s. foreign policy and the idea of celebrating because one man has been killed. just doesn't seem rational or right to me all the time to face of terrorism has been eliminated officials warn that terrorist threats to the u.s. have grown significantly worse over the decade this family and friends of the nearly three thousand nine eleven victims feel physically fit for work with a lot of staff and all americans with arguably little else to celebrate or enough or not artsy people. and for more earlier i spoke with brian becker his national coordinator at the ensor coalition i asked him what happened to turning the other cheek and what he thinks this reaction the cheerin

fiftieth year anniversary made fit a moment more actually overlooked during the bin laden frenzy alan shepard spaceflight promoted america the great america the positive america the speak it today a different side of america is on display we have over six thousand u.s. service people who have been killed tens of thousands injured we have hundreds of thousands of civilians murdered around the world now torture has become a part of u.s. foreign policy and the idea of battle so breeding because one man has been killed. just doesn't seem rational or right to me all the time to face up terrorism has been a limiting officials warn that terrorist threats to the u.s. have grown significantly worse over the decade this family and friends of the nearly three thousand nine hundred seventy victims you should get a lot of stuff and all americans with are usually little else to celebrate or enough or not artsy. and joining me now to talk more about this is david serota he's a radio host political journalist and author of back to our future how the nineteen eighties explain the world we live in now david th

its fiftieth year anniversary may fifth a moment largely overlooked during the bin laden frenzy alan shepard spaceflight promoted america the great america the positive america the beacon today a different side of america is on display we have over six thousand u.s. service people who have been killed tens of thousands injured we have hundreds of thousands of civilians murdered around the world you know torture has become a part of us foreign policy and the idea of celebrating. because war. doesn't seem rational or right all the touted face of terrorism has been a limiting officials warned that terrorist threats to the u.s. have grown significantly worse in the decade this family and friends of the nearly three thousand nine eleven victims deal with it for a lot of the staff and all americans are you believe little else to celebrate. for not artsy. on friday we reported to you that the u.s. had resumed drone strikes in pakistan and launched a drone strike in yemen for the first time in nine years and it turns out that that strike in yemen was meant to take out u.s. born on more of a law even

and they explain to tip that we were getting ready to launch alan shepard on a redstone rocket. the soviets had surprised us three weeks earlier, or weeks earlier, by putting someone in orbit. and here we are on a rocket that did not have enough to throw weight to get that mercury capsule up to some of orbit. and the whole prestige of the united states was on the line. and the rest is history. alan shepard flew, then gus grissom flute, even though his k in the of one antic and he had to swim for. in the meantime, the soviets put up a second orbital flight. 10 months later, we put that redstone, we put that mercury capsule on top of an atlas rocket and john glenn kind then, knowing that it had a 20% chance of catastrophe. and then of course, the rest is history. these successes in space have become an expression of our technical prowess, announcing to the rest of the world just how capable we can be and how this spirit in this country, this can-do spirit can overcome extraordinary obstacles. well, we have enjoyed a steady stream of benefits that have come from the concentrated in

we recently celebrated the first space flight by alan shepard. the president's bold statement to go to the moon within the decade, that was within nine years. that was announced three weeks later. i remember, years ago, when i was a young congressman, i was on the floor one day of the house and the speaker, tip o'neill, saw me and he motioned me over to sit down with him. he knew of much participation in the space program. he said, billy, once upon a time, i was a young congressman from boston and i was at the white house. he said, i have never seen president kennedy so nervous. he said he was just pacing back and forth like a cat on a hot tin roof. he says, i called over to his white house aides and said what is wrong with the president? and they explain to him that we were getting ready to launch alan shepard on a redstone rocket. the soviets had surprised us three weeks earlier or weeks earlier by putting guard aaron in orbit. and here we were on a rocket that did not have enough for wait to safely get that mercury capsule up into orbit. and t

alan shepard went 115 miles up in the mercury capsule named freedom seven.ximum speed of 5100 miles per hour. the mission los angelesed 15 minutes. the capsule is on display at the naval academy museum in annapolis. wednesday the postal service unveiled a stamp in shepard's honor. >>> it's heather the producer, we'll get become to her. 6:49: a check on the news before you go is up next. >> good morning again, the high school sports game of the week. two lacrosse, two baseball, the montgomery match between whitman and johnson. you can cast your vote right now at d c.highschool sports.net. [ mom ] can a little bowl of cereal change your life? i think it can. one of the challenges for kayla being gluten-free is actually finding choices the whole family will love. then we discovered chex cereals. five flavors of chex are gluten-free, including the honey nut flavor, and that's amazing to a mom like me. as a parent you don't want to have to tell your kids "no" all the time. it's nice for me to be able to say "yes" to something that they want to eat. [ male announc

alan shepard became the first american in space. into the scenes that a 35-year- old fcc chairman, and the speech was his first public speech as chairman. the speech became one of the most important speeches in the history of communications with that memorable description of tv as a vast wasteland. the speech resonated notch because of the catchy phrase, but because he articulated what a lot of people were thinking and offered a promise of a better future. his challenge to broadcasters to do better and the vision of harnessing the power of technology inspired people who across the nation. you do not have to take my word for it. we dug into our archives to get a sense of what people thought about his speech when he delivered it. we learned that more than 4000 people wrote to the chairman in the months following the speech with the overwhelming majority right thing to say the speech was refreshingly -- right thing to say the speech was refreshing -- writing to say the speech was refreshing and gave them hope. an executive wrote, i hav

it was 50 years ago that alan shepard blasted off from cape canaveral, florida on may 5, 1961.was wedged into his tiny "freedom 7" mercury capsule for a sub-orbital flight that lasted just 15 minutes. soviet cosmonaut yuri gagarin had become the first man in space, just 23 days earlier. shepard later walked on the moon during the apollo 14 mission. he died in 1998 at the age of 74. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: to the pakistan story. the south asian nation is seeing internal political turmoil, and its relations with the united states shakier than ever, since the sunday killing of obama bin osama bin laden in the pakistani city, abbotabad. bill neely of "independent television news" reports from there. >> reporter: far from ground zero where the mastermind of its horror was shot and killed, pakistani troops are on guard. on the night he was killed, osama bin laden had almost no guard. u.s. officials now say only one the unanswered question is, was he that confident because he believed he was under the protection of the state, of pakis

alan shepard flew, then gus grissom flew, even though his capsule sank in the atlantic and he had to swim for it. in the meantime, the soviets put out tetof, a second orbital flight and then 10 months later, here we put that redstone -- i mean we put that mercury capsule on top of an atlas rocket and john glenn climbed in knowing it had a 20% chance of catastrophe. and then, of course, the rest is history. and these sesses in space have become an expression of our technical prowess, a i nounsing to the rest of the world just how capable we can be and how this spirit in this country, this can-do spirit, can overcome extraordinary obstacles. well, we have enjoyed a steady stream of benefits that have come from the concentrated investments in enabling the technology and producing space applications. basic research, human exploration, earth observation, national defense, just a few of those that had resulted from us being a leader in the global space economy and as a result, the spinoffs have improved our livelihoods of all of us earthlings. the technology spawned over the last 50 years

this hearing comes in the same month of alan shepard's spaceflight and president kennedy's speech to congress about going to the moon. what it is true that every day spent in space is a memorable, there was one day aboard the international space station that remain in my memory. you'll see in a moment while i refer to this. it is a constant reminder of why america's commitment to be fully explore space for the benefit of our citizens and people around the world is so vital to our collective future. we must not retreat from our leadership in space, especially in light of recent events. while serving as commander, i was the only american in orbit. on the morning of september 11, 2001, i just comedic -- completed medical evaluations on my crew. someone said, "frank, we are having a very bad day on the ground." he described the events in washington, d.c., new york city, and pennsylvania as a unfolded. i was able to focus my video camera on the smoking dust in manhattan. we just witnessed the second tower fall. i was reassured by my wife with a nasa's help that our children was safe. we l