japanese astronaut hoshi and his american colleague tried a week ago to buckle down a power switching unit but they couldn't attach it. they had better luck this time. they coaxed it into place and restored a key part of the station's power system. they replaced a camera attached to a robotic arm. it took them six and a half hours. >>> that wraps up this edition of "newsline." thanks for joining us. this is rainwater .. collected from the roof and sent through underground pipes into this 1500 gallon tank rainwater collected from the roof flows through the gutters and into the underground pipes. then these hoses. carry water from the cistern to the plants. harvesting rainwater cuts down on run-off into the sewers & could save an average of 50% on your water bill! now that makes sense. now that makes sense. howser: well, there we were on a picture-perfect california morning, heading out to san miguel island, one of our state's channel islands. now, any good map will tell you san miguel is located 55 nautical miles off the coast of ventura, and it's 8 miles long, 4 miles wide. what a map

japanese astronaut hoshi and his american colleague tried a week ago to buckle down a power switching unit but they couldn't attach it. they had better luck this time. they coaxed it into place and restor a key part of the station's power system. they replaced a camera attached to a robotic arm. it took them six and a half hours. >>> that wraps up this edition of "newsline." thanks for joining us. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: good evening from the time warner cable arena in charlotte, where day two of the democratic national convention is underway. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruf. on the "newshour" tonight: the president arrived here in north carolina this afternoon. officials moved his speech tomorrow night back to this arena after forecasters predicted severe thunderstorms.