dr. anna fisher. it's going viral on the internet. >> any advice for ethan? >> study russian. >> right now, all travel to and from the international space shuttle is being done by russian rockets. a lot of people hoping that will happen. >>> tonight at 7:00, stopping the speculation. president obama proposes harsh penalties for oil speculators he is hoping to take down gas prices. >> still ahead in this half hour, the battle against snakeheads. what's being done in maryland to stop their spread. top. >> well, 12 degrees cooler, but still a very nice day. here are the numbers. 77 goes in the books as the high. 66 is the low. just a trace of rain today. we'll come back and talk about a better chance of showers tomorrow and even a bigger chance over the weekend. >>> and we'll have much more on discovery's last journey today. here's a look at the pass over of the national harbor. people gathered on the pier to see it pass over the river. not far away, ruby wilson posted on our facebook page. just witnessed history fly over my head in the hood of oxon hill, maryla

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dr. anna fisher, she flew on discovery. any advice for ethan, an aspiring astronaut?ssian. everyone laughed and the reporter said study russian and perhaps chinese. you can hear sadness in some of the people's voices. >> i agree with what charles is saying but this is a relic from another time. over 40 years only $210 billion. that's chicken scratch now. i would never have been started in this political climate. in this fiscal reality. we can no longer afford to dominate in something like manned space exploration. it's true. charles is right. the shuttle program was supposed to lend a path to moon and mars. there is no path to mars. >> bret: steve? >> i agree with a.b. i understand why charles was saddened today. but like lennin in red square, there will be other iteration of manned space flight, they just won't be from the government. we are seeing the shift when we have the deficit we have. it's a fraction of the debt. but these are programs that may have once been worthwhile no longer able to be paid for by the taxpayers. to fund the projects. we are seeing a shift

dr. anna fisher said it well when a bright young boy asked her how he could become an astronaut one day. she said, study russian. that ought not to be. but that's just the way it is. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from texas seek recognition? ms. jackson lee: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady from texas is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: thank you very much, mr. speaker, for your courtesies. i rise to salute the access suggestive committee's of the american bar association from states all over the nation and particularly my constituents that i just met with, the chair of the access to justice committee, judge lindsey, and a number of others who have come to join us to again emphasize that when lawyers as myself take our oath of office and become members of the bar, we have an obligation and a duty to public service, that public service is to ensure that every american under the constitution has access to justice and to insist that they are able to be represented and their legal rights