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giffords is here again. she'll watch the launch as mark kelly and the other astronauts lift off here tomorrow. she tweetedhe came back and returned here to florida today. she, along with everyone else hoping it can get off the ground tomorrow. >> what about the part of the palo that comes in the form of a nutritional bar made by students? >> reporter: yeah, it's a fascinating feel good story. two high school sisters entered a contest called the conrad foundation awards. they won in the nutrition category. they are from battle creek, michigan. they got help from the folks at kellogg. they did all the work. they literally came up with a nutrition bar that fit the nasa requirements and they were able to go ahead and fly that bar, hopefully tomorrow on "endeavour." it's on there and packed away. they are going to chow down the on the nutrition bar. they are excited about it. one quick note, the giant external tank here, that tank on "endeavour" was damaged during katrina and refurbished and flying. an interesting tidbit. >> hopefully the systems are all the go tomorrow. >>> the key to finding a new job could

. >> how about congress woman giffords, her husband mark kelly the commander of endeavor i know we did not see her but was she doing a little tweeting i guess during the lift off? have you heard any information from her? >> i tell you what, i was so captivating watching the launch i haven't checked twitter in the last 3 minutes but i am sure she has been on we told you she was excited during the last hit. ready for the best show on earth. she is right. that is a pretty darn good looking show. we did not see or hear from her she is watching from a private viewing area with family members of the crew. >> looked great. >> yeah. >> all right joel thanks very much. joel brown at cape canaveral florida. >> time 6:05 a.m. terrifying moments for passengers forced to make an emergency landing in singapore. cathay pacific airbus 330 headed to djakarta had to turn back the singapore because of engine trouble. about 20 minutes after take off, passengers reported hearing two sharp bangs and then violent shaking. it then awe fire on the plane. the plane managed to land smoothly all 136 passengers aboard were evacuated. >>> in just a few hours, in

giffords, the wife of the commander of this mission, mark kelly made the trip from houston yesterday, visiting with him and saying good-bye. she is watching now from a secluded area. she actually tweeted this morning saying good morning. who is ready for the best show on earth. obviously, she is excited about what's happening here as she waits an watches like 500,000 who poured into the space coast to get one last glimpse at history t. crowds are building here. now, less than 30 minutes away from launch. >> all right. thank you very much, jay. it looks like that is the place to be. one of two places to be across the nation. how about here. jack london square. we are going to have more on the port of oakland and why it's important to the region and the entire nation. and we have this group setting up, ready to play a little music this morning. this is pop life. a local band. we are going to talk to the producer and musicians from the group. we are inviting you to come out to jack london square. we are giving away prince tickets, a surprise tour he's taking. get dressed up like prince and maybe you'll win. ♪ k ] [ chattering ] [ man on tv ] 96309. [ man ] ♪ she got it, you got it ♪ i go

giffords is there to see her husband take off. john hendren has a preview. of today's events. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, peggy, good morning, rob. "endeavour" is now fully fueled. the pilot tweeted a few minutes ago, the crew is fired up for the mission. the countdown is on for one last mission before the space shuttle soors to its final frontier -- retirement. thousands of people are there to watch, including gabrielle giffords to watch her husband, mark kelly, command. >> she's been working very hard to make sure her doctors would permit her to come. >> reporter: they come from as far away as los angeles. >> i want to watch her launch and land, and i'll follow her back to california. >> it will shake the ground. >> it's a once in a lifetime experience. >> reporter: they scrubbed a launch two weeks ago over an electrical problem. now rekofled nasa officials say. >> everything is in really great shape. really no issues at all. >> reporter: this is the second time giffords has made the journey from houston, where she's recovering after being shot in the head in january. >> it seems that she understands everything, if not everything, almost everything. she's really there. she foll

and, of course, as you mentioned, gabrielle giffords, the wife of the commander mark kelly, is here. she arrived yesterday and tweetedtweeting out excited again to be here. and, you know, they're taking the alphaing me spectrometer off, a wonderful piece of equipment that may revolutionize our understanding of the universe. not only taking that up, they're taking energy bars up. the interesting story here, ali, christine, is that a 16-year-old and a 14-year-old sisters from battle creek, michigan, won a competition, a national competition, their bar had to meet nasa standards. it did. nasa then cleared it. that energy bar. which has a lot of cranberry and oats in it, they were telling me. that cranberry bar is flying on "endeavour" as a meal supplement for the astronauts and the two girls are here, again, to watch hopefully the liftoff of "endeavour," carrying their energy bar into space. i tasted it. it was actually pretty good. ali, christine. >> proof there's an awful lot of american ingenuity inside that space shuttle. >> that is really great. as excited as you are. we will keep checking in with you and be live w

the lanch was congresswoman gabrielle giffor giffords, and we will have more with her in a moment with dr. gupta. and to mention all of the astronauts who tweet there with mark kelly is fink who is slapping on the old space suit there and smiling big and ready to go. and he loves to tweet. this is the favorite picture he tweeted out this morning. look at that, make you hungry, lunch on the west coast, and b lobber tails. and all of the astronauts got to choose pre-flight meal, and he chose lobster tails and butter cream and butter and baked potato served up on a china plate from nasa. and then dear, god, please, bless our crew. help us in our mission and return safely home. please help me not to mess anything up. mike fink on board "endeavour." and as we said gabrielle giffords was at kennedy space center watching the liftoff with her husband at the helm. and dr. sanjay gupta said that the fact that she is even there in florida and she is in rehab in houston and back there in florida speaks volumes about the recovery. take a listen. >> reporter: as you know, she made it around the last time around, but the launch was scrubbed, so she went bac

giffords, who was so critically wounded in january in tucson, shot in the head. she was here, saw the launch first handle, and i can tell you that her team tweeted moments after liftoff, "godspeed, see you in about two weeks or so." 500,000 people were on hand to witness this, packing the highway, the byways, the beaches to watch one of the last shuttle missions and to wish commander kelly and his team good luck on their journey. >> this program coming to an end, what was the mood like there? >> reporter: you know, here at the kennedy space center, there are a lot of folks who have mixed emotions because they're excited to see "endeavour" go, but they're also worried about their own livelihoods. we're talking about thousands of jobs here in florida and across the entire country, tens of thousands of jobs that are linked to the space shuttle program that will be lost as a result of the space shuttle program being retired. they are handing off the missions to commercial, private business, to then ferry astronauts to the space station. but those private businesses won't be ready for probably two to three years at the earliest, maybe seven to ten years at the latest. so