and to the public made hubbell more than just a space telescope. >> hubbell more than any other telescopered that enthusiasm that many of us have for astronomy, asking those big questions about where did all of those come from anyway and what is our universe made of. >> reporter: astronauts completed hubbell's final servicing mission earlier this year. but before the telescope ends its days, there are even more stunning pictures to come. >> that telescope has far exceeded expectations hasn't it? >> those pictures are like works of art. >> amazing.

a revamped hubbell telescope beams back stunning images from a revamped hubbell telescope beams back stunning images from outer space. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. i'm christina brown. >>> today we begin with fighting back. faced with the greatest challenge of his young presidency, barack obama took to the highest stage last night in a joint session of congress. he laid out his plan for an overhaul of the nation's health care system. confronting his critics and call for compromise, the president addressed not only policy but also public perception. nbc's steve handelsman joins us with the latestment steve, good morning. >> reporter: christina, thanks. good morning. he couldn't end the partisanship with a single speech even with such a setting. and the president even got heckled at one point. but he made his case and he hopes restarted this debate. >> the president of the united states. >> reporter: barack obama came to address a joint session of congress to grab the attention of those watching on tv. or live on facebook. americans concerne

hubbell or it's just a few hundred miles above e earth. itis able to capture stunning images of galaxies b our universe. some of them are so far away that they occurred billis of years ago, not long after the universe was form. for years hubb has spe-cent bet pictur that have been icon. to the public the hubble is more tn a space telescope. >> it is ready to capre the enthiasm that many o us have for astronomy. >> what beautul space ship. >>stronauts completed its final srvicing mission earlier this year. before the telesco and its days wth its new instruments, there are morestunning pictures to come. >> just before we leave you, a reminder of our main story. president obama is abouto address th u.s. congss on heth care reform. he says congress agrees on out 80% of what needsto be done. his ideasould incorporate ideas from both democrats and republicans. >> funding was ma possibley the freen fndation of new york, stowe,vt., and honolul the newman's own foundation, the jo d. and cathene t. macarthur foundation, ad union bank. >> union bank

hubbell or it's just a few hundred miles above the earth. it is able to capture stunning images of galaxies by our universe. some of them are so far away that they occurred billions of years ago, not long after the universe was formed. for years hubble has spent-cent bet pictures that have been iconic. to the public, the hubble is more than a space telescope. >> it is ready to capture the enthusiasm that many of us have for astronomy. >> what a beautiful space ship. >> astronauts completed its final servicing mission earlier this year. before the telescope and its days with its new instruments, there are more stunning pictures to come. >> just before we leave you, a reminder of our main story. president obama is about to address the u.s. congress on health care reform. he says congress agrees on about 80% of what needs to be done. his ideas would incorporate ideas from both democrats and republicans. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vt., and honolulu, the newman's own foundation, the john d. and cath

to 1992 when bill clinton had been elected president, and he called and his longtimeriend, webster hubbell and hewey recounted how he talked to his friend when he was planng to appoint to a high position in the administration and he gavhim a couple of secret orders. so he asked him to questions you recall in the book. first was an who killed jfk and the second was or their ufo was. as i was reading this i was thinking wow, how did w get to the point in u.s. histor that this young and bright, very well-aducate president would essentially take seriously a couple of conspiracy theories? >> guest: that's why i inuded incident in the book becauqe i think it is so revealing by 1992 it got to the point where the head of govement had conspiracy eories about the government. and so what i explore in the book is how did we get to this point that bill clinton himself would think that there was perhaps some government involvement a cover-up of ufos or cover up in the kennedy assaqsination and there were secret government files somewhere that hubbell now could put his hands on and that all it took was a

when hubbell was repaired, two new cameras were installed and broken parts were fixed. >>> meanwhile,d rough weather may delay the space shuttle's return to earth. discovery is set to land tonight, but thunderstorms might keep it in orbit an extra day. >>> ground has been broken at st. elizabeth's campus in northeast for the new headquarters of the department of homeland security in the general services administration. officials say consolidating the locations will save $163 million over 30 years, and the dhs says it will create thousands of jobs and opportunities in anacostia and preserving national landmark at the same time. >>> after five decades, the original ledo's in at delphi, maryland, is moving to college park. they have been serving up their traditional square pieces since 1959. the owner says the new location has a better option for him. he will take his cooking staff with him on the move. >>> everybody is talking about this today and we now know that pollet is out and -- that pau la is out and ellen is in. she will join american idol as the fourth judge. she will also keep

. >> the first pictures taken by the hubbell space telescope since it was repaired will be released todayirst on "good morning america." >> and apple makes a major product announcement this afternoon. some insiders predict it could be an upgraded ipod. got vinita very excited. >> i am excited. anything they do excites me. finally this half hour, it is a big day for beatles fans worldwide. the fab 4's recordings were remastered and today they go on sale. >> along with a video game that can turn you into a virtual beatle. >> tom kennedy captures all the excitement in london. ♪ oh, yeah, i'll tell you something ♪ >> reporter: they stopped recording together 40 years ago and today only two of them are still living but once again the beatles are big. 14 of their albums and that means most of their works revamped, remastered and about to go on sale. >> it's just very unusual. it's the deepest the beatles have allowed us to go into their music. it's a big deal. >> reporter: and how big? a major online retailer in britain is predicting they'll top the best seller list. in a way same old music but

they are a glimpse of distant galaxies through hubbell -- hubble's all seeing eye.ies about 6 million light years from us. in the constellation -- one of my favorites -- curse a major -- ursa major. >> nasa only released 10 so far today. these were taken in june and july. remember, back in may, astronauts went out there for that last job. that is a shot of a dying star, but it still looks like a butterfly dying star. that is the old telescope on the bottom, and the new on the top. if we froze those, you could see that direct comparison. the one on top is the new improved telescope. $1 billion in repairs. two new instruments completely replaced. they were not working before. you can see the difference in accuracy and color is just unbelievable. if you thought the old hubble space telescope was of inspiring, -- awe-inspiring, this certainly portends what is to come. martha: nothing more beautiful than nature. trace: a new study ranks cell phones by radiation level. ?7 if you're like a lot of people, you have high blood pressure... and you have high cholesterol. you've

hubbell was badly in need of repairs when the shuttle atlantis blasted off on its repair mission in may. several key components were completely dead, but now nasa's comeback kid is shining once again. the associated administrator of nasa is talking about what has been accomplished. >> that will help the decision to go forward with the flight. charlie has held several technical assignments, all of which have been prevalent and have been the most challenging position. jon: well, you probably do not care so much about who is running as a, but i want to see those pictures. they are always astounding. we're waiting for the pictures to come out. they are about to release them. we will have it for you on "happening now." patti ann: the president will detail his plans for health care reform for congress tonight. if the president wants a reform, there is one democrat he needs. can he count on him? we will find out. senator bill nelson joins us. it is sounding like the movie "jaws" more and more every day, more great white spotted off the coast of massachusetts. allergy relief, i promise not to w