and it also had a satellite on the shuttle called spartan halley, designed to study halley's comet and they were with six elementary school kids and their teachers from boulder county. the kids had won a contest to watch the launch in person. something they are all still very emotional about three decades later. >> dave augiliar who led the trip down from bolivar state, this is just after the accident, and he just turned to us and said they're dead. they're all dead. and that was an explosion. and that moment was the first time i had ever been in contact with mortality in that way. the challenger crew today. during a day of remembrance at the kennedy space center in florida. it will also include other members of the space agency family who lost their lives in actions involving apollo one and the space shuttle columbia. >>> well, next week, there is going to be an emergency meeting that will determine whether the zika virus should be considered an international help emergency. >>> if you have $100,000 and don't know what to do with it, you could be the proud owner of one of these, minus

it was supposed to study halley's comet which comes around every so many years. a school took a delegation to cape canaveral. it included the president, regents, donors and alums.>> there is tremendous excitement to be a part of this particular shuttle mission. big project that i worked on.>> reporter: allen stern worked closely with the crew planning the experiment. now stern is the principal investigator for the highly acclaimed new horizons project. the 10 year long and counting mission to study pluto.>> from our friends who lost their lives on the challenger and for the loss of an opportunity to study halley's comet, those were all tragic. but i hope that some of the things that i have accomplished in some of the rest of us have accomplished since then can play tribute to their sacrifice.>> reporter: the special run on saturday night at 6:00 on 9news. we will repeat it sunday night at 7:30 on channel 20. as always, we hope you can join us. >>> so many connections to colorado. it's worth watching. we are so happy that gary and back.>>> theatergoers in washingt

when you talk to voters, halley, do they care about glenn beck? of texas is now endorsing ted cruz. do those matter? >> reporter: it's not something people bring up unprompted. i haven't -- just anecdotally, and let's be clear, we're just talking to the very small segment of the population they speak, but it's not something that people necessarily bring up and say, hey, it was really great that governor perry came out and endorsed him. that said, having surrogates on the trail that can speak to you is key. you have people that come out with senator cruz who can come out and when ted cruz is in one location, they can be at another touting his message and singing his praises and convincing people to get out and caucus in a week for ted cruz. the other important surrogate, kate, heidi cruz, the senator's wife is up in new hampshire doing the same thing up there. while her husband is up in iowa, she's working the crowds in new hampshire. they would like to, potentially, parlay some momentum from a strong iowa showing into new hampshire, and get this d

halley hypes is live out there to tell us about that. >> reporter: cynthia, we are learning that three of the five people who survived that hospital are out of the hospital, steven wigson jr., the son of the two victims and his two little boys are home. girls suffered more serious injuries and will need more time in the hospital. but their family is just grateful that they are alive tonight, seeing how far that sides of the road. they spent the day salvaging what they could fromicley and steven wilson sr.'s home. pictureses, articles of clothing, stuffed animals. family members are still processing what happened here when the ef-2 tornado tore through. neighbors say they were nice people, the type that would help you any way they could. even people who didn't know the wilsons personally want to help this family. one woman drove from parish to drop off some flowers. >> i don't know the family. i wanted them to know that people in the community, that complete strangers, that we care and we are thinking of them. this is a time to rally around them and to do whatever we can, just to know t

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. >> reporter: trump has given halley's campaigns at lifetime $7,000 since 2010. haley acknowledged today that she was in part speaking about trump. >> i understood that when i hit republicans and democrats, i was going to upset people. but they gave meet opportunity to say what i think, and that's what i did. >> reporter: republican national committee chairman reince priebus told us he thought haley was making a broader point. >>i of. >> i wasn't sitting there listening and thinking about fighting within the republican party. i was just thinking about just the political rhetoric in general should be cooled down. and i've always said things like that. >> reporter: conservative firebrand ann coulter said on twitter trump ought to deport haley. scott, priebus told us the republicans have had their fair predicted they would unify, create a presumptive nominee by april and do so before the democrats. >> pelley: the first votes in iowa are 19 days away. a poll out today puts ted cruz ahead of donald trump by just three points. marco rubio is third. success in iowa alwa

so halley, how's it playing there?> reporter: you know, i spoke with a couple of folks who were here at this diner up in sort of north country, new hampshire. one of the guys is undecided. he's deciding between donald trump and ted cruz. he saw donald trump speak yesterday and saw ted cruz speak today. i asked him about the palin endorsement and if it would sway him and he's a lifelong new hampshire independent and he said, absolutely not. sarah palin is not going to play for folks like him. his name was bruce. guys like bruce aren't going to be swayed by the palin endorsement, necessarily. but that's also not who donald trump is trying to get at when he brings sarah palin on to the stage here in the next couple of minutes, chuck. >> and that goes to jonathan alter's point. an iowa endorsement is a much deferent than a new hampshire endorsement. mark and john, let me go back to you guys. because we were having a conversation here, particularly led by charles cook, who was say welcome you know, cruz should basically go

halley and emily. who happen to live in las vegas.en to their mom's house. where he eliminated one of them. at mom's house. one of them. even though as you can see here there's a very godoesn't know which one is which. >> being here today has been really nice for me to see. this is a unique situationt how much i do care for you and for you. >> jimmy: whatever. whatever your names are. being the identical twin that gets eliminated? i find you attractive, i just don't like your personality. did you watch "the bachelor"o? >> guillermo: no. >> guillermo: i'll dvr but i haven't watched it. >> jimmy: but you do have it on your dvr? >> jimmy: okay, good, all right. back to the snow. on the east coast a lot of the schools will be closed tomorrow, which is great if you're a kid. not so great for parents, ts who work. so tonight i think we found a way to make this fun for everyone. here now to sing some of tomorrow's real school closingsual schools that will not be in session tomorrow please welcome chris pine, ladies and gentlemen. [ cheers and applause ] hey, jimmy.

@halley jackson has details. @>> reporter: to front runner @donald trump, the only numbers @that matter here are his own @poll. @>> i think we're going to do @really well in iowa. @in new hampshire. @>> ted cruz is an anchor baby @in canada. @>> just laughter is what what @>> reporter: his campaign @serious about turning out @caucus goers. @on the trail, cruz working to @dismiss headlines about his @rough night at the gop debate. @>> my focus is on talking to @the voters directly. @>> reporter: cruz shrugging off @criticism. @>> i didn't want to be here you @have to be hops, but you have @to stick up for your rights. @>> reporter: still mad at @moderator megyn kelly, trump 3 @miles from center stage was the @center of attention early on. @>> everyone on this stage is @stupid, fats and ugly and ben @you're a terrible surgeon. @now that we've gotten the @donald trump portion out of the @way. @>> reporter: it's trump who for @now looks smart for skipping @out. @when ted cruz took that stage @last night without standing in @really did not rise to the @occasion. @>> while jeb bushmented prai

halley is expected to recover from his wound. the marquis is not one of the three off-campus apartments patrolled by police, but the sheriff' s office has been stepping up patrols in this area and meeting with apartment management since last june to ensure the safety of students living here as a top priority. authorities have no motive in the shooting yet. up next, we will talk with one and was right here after the shooting last night. jim: orange county deputies are hoping to talk to anyone who sees a crash that injured a local woman. this happened last night after a woman got into an argument with a man at her home. during a fight that ensued, the hanging onto his car. she let go as he was turning then she was hit by a car. if you know anything about this crime, call crime line. angela: 23-year-old john noss was last seen in maitland. he has asked burgers syndrome --aspergers syndrome. friends and family will distribute flyers in the area, in hope someone will recognize them. jim: several cars in orange county tourist district

they had a satellite on board designed to study halley's comet. they were briefed on the mission, as were we. >> it's a real feeling of accomplishment. >> it was really the first big project i worked on. >> reporter: alan stern was a project scientist at cu. he worked closely with the crew. >> liftoff. >> reporter: now stern is the principal investigator for the new horizons project. the 10-year long and counting mission to study pluto. >> for my friends who lost their lives on the challenger, for the loss of an opportunity to study the comet, those were all tragic. but i hope that some of the things that i've accomplished accomplished since then can pay tribute to their sacrifice. >> reporter: gary shapiro, 9news. >> our special report 30 years and 73 seconds the challenger disaster airs at 6:00 tonight right after our show. it will be repeated tomorrow night at 9:30 on channel 20. we hope you join us. remarkable feature. >> gary, they've done a phenomenal job. you should give it a half an hour if you do. >>> and you should enjoy today's weather.

halley, what happened? >> reporter: mark, police say this all started as an attempted robbery. the suspect came in carrying a knife, but what the would-be robber did not know is that the clerk was armed too. shaken up, but at least safe and in one piece, this whole foods store clerk came back monday night. he might not be so lucky. monday afternoon, tampa police say a man armed with a knife came into the store on north 22nd street and he walked up to the clerk and demanded money. but pretty soon, the tables were turned. >> the clerk took out a firearm and shot him in the head. >> reporter: in seconds, the whole thing was over. the would-be robber was taken to tampa general hospital with life-threatening injuries. neither the clerk nor a witness were hurt. >> the clerk appears to be fine. he's a little bit shaken up. and we are questioning him. but it seems like it's pretty straight forward. >> reporter: customers, gathered around the store as frantic investigators looked around. >> >> reporter: breathing one of the biggest sighs of relief is this man, the clerk's brother. >> th

. >>> first of all, joining us, halley jackson. i know, we got katrina coming u.thing. >> she does not want to talk about putin this morning. >> halley, what story lines are you looking at for tonight? >> a couple of big ones. first of all, it's the idea cruz and trump could go at it. we've seen their political bromance. cruz turned and hit trump for the new york values, for apparently being liberal and trying to portray him as such to make a splash with evangelicals in iowa. we're looking ahead to that. we're going to see how the goldman story plays out. will it hurt cruz, how damaging will it be, will trump go after him about it? they're trying to get the hashtag trending. here's how cruz himself responded to it at a rally just up the road last night. >> we borrowed against the stocks and assets we had under ordinary terms. if it's the case they were not filed exactly how the fcc requires, we'll amend them. we put in the entirety of our savings, we did so through a come by nation of savings account and selling assets and taking a margin loan against other assets

. >> halley new year, exciting. >> does seem like a new phase in the campaign where a lot of the candidates are taking that i have gloves off, got the attack ads except not for donald trump, the frirn. why does no one want to go after the front-runner in the race. >> >> so far ahead that the strategy they have all adopted is i'm going to be the last guy standing, the only one left against trump and one-on-one i can beat trump. it's a big risk but bigger risk part because he's such an effective fighter. >> when you talk about strategy, mark, donald trump's strategy seems to be target hillary clinton and bill clinton. a lot of people as bill clinton hit the campaign trail wondering would he take the bait or hold his fire against trump and some of trump's comments. he didn'n' take the bait. do you think it's smart? >> he didn't take the beat and hillary clinton took the bail. i think clintons were surprised how quickly the discussion turned to bill clinton's life with donald trump saying things on any topic that no one else will say and i don't think clintons want this january as she's focused