in fact, women made a strong showing among this year's nominees, including heart, chaka khan, the spinnersmmer, the beastie boys and war. from this list, the inductees will be announced in november. >>> we have an update tonight on dakota meyer, the young marine who saved 36 men during the firefight in afghanistan. turns out what he really wants to do is fight fires with the fdny here in new york. but when he missed this year's application deadline and a judge ordered that it be extended just for him, he politely declined, saying no exception should be made just for him. perhaps no surprising, since the medal is made to honor courage, patriotism and sacrifice. >>> did you ever notice how some people become more than just television personalities and instead are more like guests in our home week after week? well, andy rooney has been one of those guys in american life. and cbs announced today that at the age of 92, he will step away from his regular weekly role at the end of "60 minutes." considering that as a young reporter he flew on the first ever allied bombing mission over germany in w

women nomted finated for the fi time include joan jett, heart, and chaka khan. still eligible are the beastie boys, red hoted chilly peppers. they will be nominated into the hall of fame in october. good luck to all of those. >>> pop star rihanna got a dressing down from a farmer in northern ireland. rihanna was shooting a video in a field east of belfast monday wearing a flannel shirt and not much else. going topless at one point. and, well, the farmer told her that if she didn't stay within his dress code, she would have to leave. she apparently agreed and was allowed to stay. the farmer later said he didn't know who rihanna was. >>> straight ahead, your wednesday morning weather. >>> and in sports, boston red sox try to hold off what is looking like a historic september collapse. avoid a playoff collapse. extraction unit can be a rush! that's why i'm carpet for life. but if things get out of hand, there's no shame in calling us. ♪call 1-800-steemer. listen to this. three out of four americans don't get enough vegetables. so here's five bucks to help you buy v

ten and is slated to come online this sometime next year and value chains a city under russia's come chaka peninsula quite fittingly it will help provide energy to the atomic submarine base out in the far east in addition to supplying power to isolated communities officials expect there will be great demand for ships like this which could also power offshore oil rigs. and global professional communities could noises rushes leadership in this sphere. and also as certain concern from the viewpoint of competitive advantage in this area would be. given the country's edge in atomic shipbuilding there is likely going to be a lot more work to be done at this production facility at the baltic ski shipyard the floating power plants will be constructed here with the reactors and then shipped off to their final destinations whoever that may be ross and there are some which is responsible for the project only. leasing the ships to other nations means that if and when the time comes to pull up anchor the power plant and any potentially dangerous material will be towed back to russia since the forty pow

joining me now is congressman chaka fattah, democrat from pennsylvania. congressm mman fattah, thanks f being here tonight. >> thanks very much. you're talking about the subject on everyone's mind across the country. i visited a plant right outside of philadelphia. 6,000 people working. it's a boeing plant, believe it or not. you might not hear this from some of my friends on the other side, but the president gave boeing the biggest contract in history, $35 billion deal. they got three shifts working, got a weekend shift. they are hiring, and when people get a chance to go to work and make a living and pay their bills, it helps the entire economy. we need to pass the jobs bill, and i think that congress is starting to hear the message because the senate says they are going to tee this bill up. senator reid wants to move it forward aggressively, and i know that jon kyl is retiring from the senate, but hopefully he'll be around to see this bill become law. >> absolutely. >> and the president is not a take it or leave it. what he wants is his proposals consi

we are pleased to have congressman chaka fattah. he's the ranking member on a cjs subcommittee on the house. congressman? >> thank you, senator. well, the general said he was proud to have flown a few of special commissions. he actually commanded two of them and he is commanding nasa in a way that i think today you see the decision package come together, and as an appropriators, i know that we are pleased to see that they authorize this and the administration have come to an agreement that clearly identifies the president's goal having us move from, you know, exploration in terms of the low-earth orbit to deep space two mars as the target and this embrace on the commercial program is very important. i am making now this decision around the launch system and really positions nasa to move forward aggressively and i want to thank the administrator for his leadership. i know that some of the on the hill can be challenging, but this is rocket science we are dealing with. it is somewhat complicated for those of us in the political realm,

we're pleased to have congressman which a can a fata -- chaka fatah, from e.p.a. he is the -- from pennsylvania. he is the ranking member of the subcommittee in the house. >> the general said he was proud to have on the shuttle commission. he actually commanded two of them. today you see a decision package come together. as an appropriate i know that we're pleased to see the president's goal moving us from exploration in terms of lower orbit to deep space to mars, as the target. them bracing the project is important. i am -- the position positions nasa to move forward. i know that some of the toughest things on the hill can be challenging. but this is rocket science. rocket science we are dealing with. so it is somewhat difficult for those in the political realm. but i do want to make sure our country leads the world. i have led in an absolute way. we know we have others who have joined this effort in terms of space exploration, but we intend for her to be number one on the cheap. and as an appropriate it's always helpful to have depines from the authorize ors and