but the cal tech guys say this clay we're seeing is not real clay.rom magma, lava, hot stuff, mixing with the water and just depositing itself on the martian surface. that's why curiosity is there to tell us -- just like opinions. everyone has one. we'll see what curiosity can say. >> before we run out of time, there's some concern that curiosity, the probe, is going to sort of put life there or put something out there. >> this is a story you can find at "the l.a. times." somebody opened the box of drills and put a drill into curiosity in a nonsterile environment. so there may be germs on the drill when it hits the ground and drills into the martian surface. they're saying it cannot now hit water because if there are germs, the water can mak

harvey mudd and cal tech rank second and third. >>> 7:43. a bay area bridge toll taker is accused of sexually assault. police say johnny burton attacked a woman, threatening her with a gun and then sexually assaulting her. burton was arrested at her home. >>> the wife of david vians, dawn, vanished -- vanished. jurors heard testimony about how he cooked her body to hide the evidence. he did it at the restaurant. he could get life in prison. >>> a college football game in houston tonight was a lot quieter than normal. students at texas university southern waited this line to buy prison. the school had just suspended the band over allegations of hazing record thely involving paddling. the university says it has a zero-tolerance policy for that. >>> this morning, suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi returns to court. he pleaded guilty to false imprisonment. he was sentenced to three years' probation and ordered to undergo a year of domestic violence counseling. next month the board is expected to vote whether he should keep his job as sheriff. >>>

so with that, i'd like to turn the time over to dr -- [inaudible] he is a professor of geology at cal techs the project science team for this mission, and early results have shown, to me, they show a lot of promise for future exciting science discovery that can only be made when we're on the surface of mars and interacting the material on mars. john? >> thank you very much. thank you very much, senator nelson and senator hutchison for this chance to present some initial science and fun textures. i guess i just press this one. so here is our landing site. you see it way out in space, and you can see a lot of big craters around there, but the one we chose to go to has a mountain in the muddle, mount sharp as it's nobody named -- known named after a geologist. and if you go in closer, you can see now mount sharp. the area represented by the crater is a little bit larger than the area of the state of connecticut and a little bit smaller than the state of new jersey. so it's an enormous area that we have potentially for exploration, but our goal, you can see the landing ellipse just right here,

if you want to be tech anything cal about it, god is the cosmic mind in which there's a naoto technologyrees e nt l the e lill university from the window of modern science, the more it looks mind like than machine-like. the universe is not a physical machine. it works like your body works. your body has a hundr trillion cells which is more than the cells in the milkiway galaxy. er cell is tracking whatvery other cell is doing. how does a human body thing thoughts, play piano, make a baby all at the same time because yoiologilhy are a symphony of the universe and you dance to the music even though you can't name the tune. this is so mind-boggling that there's no physical ef explanation for it. there's a mind and it' onl nipny tanlt, on nish ant, on knee press ant and you can't change. >> one of the things that fascinates me in my generation there's been a decline in uracticed organization, ing to buil there's been more of a do it yourself phase. >> right. the questions don't go away. >> can you gel get the fulfillment without being part of an organized religion? li.i think that'she fute o

we need the advantage of our scientists and tech hropbl cal leaders to ramp up our security.bout it. we are far more sophisticated in our approach and are better prepared. we can never eliminate the risk. we can only manage it and every day we get better at managing it. jenna: you were advising the president at the time the terror attacks happened before you became the first secretary of the department of homeland security. i wonder what your reflections are in a day like today seeing the administration, seeing this day from such a unique perspective. >> well, i suspect that my reflections today probably represent the same thoughts and views of americans, just as my reflections on september 11th 2001, there was disbelief, there was anger, there was sadness, all those emotions with the horror associated with what happened. and on today i think like most persons, we reflect on the loss of so many of our fellow citizens, actually global citizens, but we also to a certain extent must reflect and celebrate the courage of those who rushed to help their fellow americans at the penta

cal on the road. an early start time 12 noon in columbus. making a field goal or two may have made an upset. pad and virginia tech, it caused a fumble eric williams recovers and in business. that leads to a touchdown. third quarter he floats one what a day for gramm three touchdowns pick ups as virginia tech 35-17. more pack 12 action. anthony thomas breaks free and easy win for the ducks their role 63-14 the final. nick's said in an alabama taking on arkansas 17 nothing of tide razorbacks no match for no. 1 team in the country. roll tide 52-0. penn state except first win of the year. he picks up the fumble and goes for 74 yd return. nittany lions beat navy 34-7 first went under coach bill o'brien. bad news for raiders news they do not want to hear a wide receiver kobe ford done for the year he injured his foot in a preseason game and not on the field sense. they are hurting the wide receiver is listed as probable for tomorrow's game at miami. you can see the raiders tomorrow morning on cbs 5 kicked off at 10 a.m. stay tuned for the game between the jets and steelers. a's are set to take on the orioles and a few

cal. that game is at noon today. 68 degrees with sunshine there. no weather problems. uva is on the road taking on georgia techa. it is a 3:30 kickoff. 85 degrees in atlanta today. beautiful weather for college football down there. maryland is playing host to u-conn. 75 degrees. it's a 12:30 kick in college park, maryland. again, that northwesterly breeze will be a bit of a factor and the hokies are on the road in pittsburgh taking on the pit panthers today. 69 degrees. a noon kickoff. nice, north breeze, plenty of sunshine for hokies fans who have made the drive to the town of three rivers. we'll have more of the carolina and missouri forecast in a few. >> all right, chuck. thanks. >>> we're following a developing story out of afghanistan. two u.s. marines are dead and several other troops injured in an attack on the british base where prince harry is stationed. the attack happened overnight at camp bastion which is in the southern part of the country in the helmand province. the base is next to camp leather neck which houses u.s. marines. nato officials say all of the casualties appear to be americans. princ