in an appropriate coincidence, "apollo 11's" mission emblem and crew patch also featured an american "apollo 11" crew is honored to receive the congressional gold medal and accept on behalf of our fellow "apollo" teammates, all those who played a role in expanding the human presence outward from earth and all those who played a role in expanding human knowledge of the solar system and beyond. we thank the congress very much. >> ladies and gentlemen the former united states senator from the state of ohio and the first american to orbit the earth, the honorable john glenn. >> thank you. >> thank you all very, very much. leaders of the house and senate, members of congress, ladies and gentlemen, first thanks to each of you for being here today to share this very, very special occasion with us. from our founding days americans have been motivated by curiosity, about the new and the unknown, whether it was geographical exploration to push back the frontiers of a continent or microexploration in our laboratories. that curiosity in research coupled with an education system that let all our

of the 10 sites are within the 9 area proposed for apollo 's manned landing.unar orbiter will approach within 29 miles of the lunar surface at perigee and remain in orbit for a year. idealhould make it an vehicle to obtain scientific and photographic coverage. the end of the year saw the first flight model of surveyor in final system test prior to shipment to cape kennedy. surveyor is our most complex unmanned lunar exploration project. it is designed to make a soft landing on the moon and provide a wide friday of scientific data -- wide variety of scientific data and survey areas on the lunar surface as possible landing sites for manned missions. this flight model surveyor in -- and the prototype which preceded it underwent , qualification testing throughout 1965 under the management of the jet propulsion laboratory. the spacecraft was subjected to vibrations tests. it went into a simulated space environment in the solar thermal vacuum chamber. with its ground support equipment the prototype was , shipped to cape kennedy. test outwas used to launch facilities

and oscars so white rocky got nominated in a movie about apollo creed's s s. >> tell the truth! >> reporter: among the snubbed, will smith, who played a forensic pathologist in >> that was dope. acclaimed "straight outta compton" picked up one nomination for screenplay. many noted the writers are white. cheryl boon isaacs, the first black president of the academy, has said incorporating minorities in the film industry is a priority. >> we are louder and louder and we're going to continue this conversation. >> reporter: she announced the academy will be conducting a review of membership in hopes of increasing diversity. the spotlight is now on comedian chris rock. he's this year's host. and many are wondering if he'll address the controversy onstage. earlier this week he tweeted out a new promo. >> i might curse! >> reporter: a caption calling the oscars the white b.e.t. awards. for "nightline," i'm linsey davis in new york. >> the academy awards air february 28th on abc. thanks for watching. tune into gma tomorrow. abcnews.com. >>> now on ok! tv, new video angelina jolie makes a

tomorrow, nasa will remember those aboard the challenger, along with the victims of 1967's apollo one fire and the columbia disaster in 2003. a wreath-laying ceremony will start at 10 a.m. at kennedy space center. news 6 will be there. >> well, the zorafest is back. >> we're a proud sponsor. join us as we help preserve the historical city of eatonville and the home of the author. it's family fun for everyone all week long. find more on all of the events taking place in eatonville on our website at clickorlando.com, powered by news 6. during the week, they get freaked out about the weekend. not the case, though, right, tom? >> no, man. if you've never been out to that, it's the weekend to do it. >> okay. >> perfect. >> everyone has a good time, family goes, it's awesome and the weather is going to cooperate. >> that's what we like to hear. just not tonight. >> by the weekend, it's going to be amazing. i want to start out with radar right now, giving you a looksee where the big rain is falling. it's falling in the southern parts of the viewing area, southern osceola and brevard. here's

1971 the very 1st she we modern energy bar went up into space and was eaten on the apollo 15 mentioned -- mission. 'sand the contractor turned around and worked with all the major ready-to-eat cereal companies to develop their own granola bars. that was the 1st wife of the energy bar. it is gone through a couple others, but now it -- now it occupies a quarter i own the supermarket. this is straight up fresh and packaging. as it was a replacement for the ten can developed by the army in the 1960s. a complicated process is and once it was completed that is what the mr he comes in. they really took off in asia whether is less refrigeration. it has been a little slower in the us market, the jews makers have hit upon this as packaging for our kids lunches. okay. our final item as the make. command i will not this one down. the mcrib actually comes out of the 1960s military program. the reason that they imagined they might be able to do this is during that time the meat industry of america made a switch from selling meat on the carcass to meet in boxes. and inboxes it can be sorted by cut. that itself is a

nasa will pay will tribute to the crews of apollo 1 and space shuttles challenger and colleagues, during the agency )s day of remembrance. seven members of the challenger crew died on the morning of january 28, 1986, when a booster engine failed, causing the shuttle challenger to break apart just 73 seconds after launch. new at noon- continues to spread. and doctors now say the effects on unborn children can be deadly. and you re getting a live look at all of the volunteers working hard -- taking your calls to buy your 100 dollar raffle ticket for this year )s saint jude dream home. call 757-626-0303 right now. remember -- if you call quick you re also entered to win the early bird prize -- a 2016 chrysler 200 limited -- courtesy of hall automotive and newschannel three is taking action for your health -- the world health organization says the zika virus "is now spreading explosively" -- and has called an emergency meeting. outbreaks and one person testing positive for zika virus here in virginia newschannel three spoke to an infectious disease specialist at evms. she says zika virus has been around f

s heroes today. the ceremony was held in titusville, honoring the crews of challenger, columbia, and apollo one. astronaut high school students placed two apples in memory of christa mcauliffe, who died on board the challenger 30 years ago this week. the ceremony was held at sand s the final weekend for the zora festival in eatonville. adrian: the festival, now in its 27th year, celebrates folklorist and author zora neale hurston. today, art, jewelry and clothing were on display at hungerford field. in addition to that, there was plenty more to enjoy. malvin williams-tyson: it' good. that' s what you come to festivals for, the food and entertainment. -- adrian: the festival runs through tonight and wraps up tonight. it' s a crime that left many of you stunned and a local boy scout troop cleaned out. ahead at 6:00, new developments as these scouts try to recover from the thief who targeted them. plus, a drive-by shooting in a florida city leaves a toddler we will to adrian: tonight, investigators believe a toddler was shot and killed the victim of a gang-related shooting. the 22 month old was shot

nasa will pay will tribute to the crews of apollo 1 and space shuttles challenger and columbia, as well as other nasa colleagues, during the agency )s day of remembrance. seven members of the challenger crew died on the morning of january 28, 1986, when a booster engine failed, causing the shuttle challenger to break apart just 73 seconds after launch. temps....have your rain gear handy. scattered showers are in your forecast today, courtesy of an area of low pressure that will track off the north carolina coast. a few rain showers are possible in the morning, and with cold air in place, a couple of snowflakes could mix in with the rain, but we )re not expecting a big event. scattered rain will be around. otherwise, expect mostly cloudy skies and high temperatures in the mid 40s. tonight, the rain will push out late, giving way to partly cloudy skies and low temperatures in the lower 30s. skies will clear as we go through friday. highs will be near 50. pecting plenty of sunshine. gh temperatures will climb ek. here )s kristen crowley to help newschannel 3 is taking action for your health virginia tested positive for the zika virus.

nasa will pay will tribute to the crews of apollo 1 and space shuttles challenger and columbia, as well as other nasa colleagues, during the agency s day of remembrance. seven members of the challenger crew died on the morning of january 28, 1986, when a booster engine failed, causing the shuttle challenger to break apart just 73 seconds after launch. a university of missouri communications professor may lose her job because of a confrontation with student photographers last fall. after a long debate -- mizzou s board of curators decided to suspend melissa click with pay. during november protests over racism on the school )s campus, click was caught on-camera ordering student journalists to leave and asking for - quote -- "muscle" to remove one of them. she was charged with misdemeanor assault on monday because of the incident. a grand jury has indicted a former police officer )s wife on six counts of money laundering. investigators say she helped charitable funds. glen-o-witz husband-- was an officer in fox lake illinois --he was first thought to have been murdered on the job. but later police found he committed suicide. ahead at

s business. >> at kennedy space center a ceremony honors their sacrifice and how their actions paved the way for future generations of astronauts to check just as we learned from the apollo one accident, both shuttle accidents rather than quit space we move forward. >> remembrance happens every year to honor the astronauts who never came home including the three astronauts who died in the apollo one and the seven astronauts in space shuttle shuttle columbia as it reentered the atmosphere over texas, at center, phil keating fox news. >> like other events in american history most of us can remember where we were when we saw the explosion on live tv. >> rebecca riots -- what's it all on live tv i was at home on maternity leave and i always watched i always watch the takeoff and landings if i could and i cried a lot that they. >> was in first grade at chambers elementary school, in east cleveland, remember her random to the tv when it exploded and try to save us from what we just saw. >> the johnson space center pleaded -- this brief image, with the caption, 30 years ago today we remember the crew of ticketholder drivers wrote increases depression. >> what to do about the zi

s andrew perez has been working this developing story. >> andrew: we actually just learned that to a student at apollo middle school brought this gun to school, showed it to another student, and then hide to hide the gun, a real gun, by the way. if you take a look at behind had me investigators are out there. we're told two students are on campus being questioned at this hour but i want to send to you sky 10 and get you caught up on what's been happening out hare. both apollo middle school and hollywood park elementary next

apollo creed. >> look at that. >> all going come together in hollywood. >> character is no longer with us but carl weathers is. not as windy as yesterday. temperatures are in the 20'serday it actually feels like it's in the 20's. still cold so take bus stop buddy's advisement wear your gloves and winter coat today. it's a seven out of 10. it's a little bit better but we are watching that area of snow moving through the pocono mountains right now. little bit of it in the lehigh valley. this one looks a little more intense than earlier this morning when we were watching just some flurries flying around so that's good. very welcome for the pocono mountains. 27 degrees right now. a little bit of a wind 7 miles an hour so it feels like 19 out there and we he expec expect much milder than yesterday. we only made to it 29 for yesterday. we'll be at 39 for lunchtime topping out at 42 degrees and that's much more seasonable and not as harsh as it was on wednesday. but there's another rollercoaster ride in our future bob kelly seven-day forecast coming up. >> good morning, everybody. 7:33 getting up getting out grabbing your coffee your keys, 202 northbound stacked up from b