joining us right now here in the firing room is jim kelly, astronaut jim kelly. .. he is currently chief of the a cc capcom in houston. it is very good to have you here today and to be able to talk us through the activities as the crew gets on board. tell us a little bit what the crew has been doing besides the obvious things they customarily do when they get up in the morning. what has their activity been like this morning so far? >> they have been getting ready for the mission. they have been up for quite awhile before they get to this debt and of little bit of a leisurely morning to relax. they get their final briefings on the weather and any changes in flight plans and sit down and talk about and eat something before they fly into space and get ready to go. all dressed up now and christopher ferguson is just getting ready to get on board. >> there at the end of the day. once they reach orbit what are the things they will be doing since this is at the end of the crude they? >> it is based on when they rendezvous with the international space station which is what

. >> they wouldn't let me in but i heard from jim kelly and others and the attitude was, what are you guys doing? >> well, you really have to take your -- [inaudible] >> yeah. >> that's 'cause -- >> taken as a whole, if you look at the principals work -- [inaudible] >> the specific strategies that they use, but -- [inaudible] >> a lot of it has -- >> you see them all going up. >> that's right. and it's scary. [applause] >> so my assigned role is to introduce a video from someone that i know you all know, and he will say some things that i think will tell the story about tremendous contributions, his passion, the impact that he's had over the years, but before the tape rolls, let me just say as a member of john's board it's really been a privilege to regularly visit with him and his staff to see the kind of caring of incredible journalistic standards and quality that they apply to everything single task they set out to do. i also want to tell you that i thought i knew everything john had ever done, but when i read this book and i realized i didn't know this, and his book like many of h

chris mayor and jim car are back with market kelly. option for those who can't afford home ownership. renter growth has outpaced household growth. new household growth creation four years in a row. or at least more larger percentage of renters? >> i don't -- i don't, you know, home ownership is a great thing in terms of if you're in a stable place to do it. but there's no evidence to suggest that well-run rental communities, well-run rental properties are bad for locations in general, and i think we are going to see -- i was just down in atlanta the gypping of this week and, you know, a lot of the sales are going to people who investors who are looking to rent properties, single family homes out. >> as we know the numbers are showing that a third of home sales are almost a third, are investors and sometimes those are professional investors, not like you and me, i guess me, getting in and buying a new home. margaret, i want to ask you, you run a real estate company and we've heard so long from people who make their money selling real es

david florist, margaret kelly, thank you so much for joining us. also jim carr, nice to see all of you today. and let's keep talking about this, so we can really understand what's happening in the housing market. it's so important. it is part of the american dream, no question about that. thanks, everybody. that's going to wrap things up for us this morning. but the conversation continue jos online. send me an e-mail, and find me on facebook and twitter @christineromans. i want to know what you think about the housing market, confidence, jobs, education, and the american dream. back now to "cnn saturday" for the latest stories making news. have a great weekend. >>> good morning. we are following several developing stories. right now in washington, d.c., the president summoning key congressional leaders to meet him there. that meeting expected to take place in one hour and it comes a day after the speaker, the house speaker, john boehner, walked away from the talks and it ended in a day with the two men going back back and forth in dual press conferences. al

jim is the managing editor with "aviation week and space technology." david weaver, social administrator for communications at nasa. mark, additional news at npr. captain mark kelly, astronauts, two-time shuttle pilot, commander, most recently commander of sts 134. spouse of a member of congress that has traveled to space. skip over the podium. melissa with news took media. she is the very effective speakers' committee chair who helped to get things going here for armor speakers' committee. lee perry man is the director of emps with associated press. he has organized two luncheons in a very short amount of time, and we are grateful for that. lowry is the nasa deputy administrator. elaine is the director in chief -- the editor in chief of "aerospace america." chris chambers, a professor at georgetown university and commentator for "russia today." mark, executive director with goi foundation. former national security assignment editor, reuter correspondent and pentagon producer at abc news. [applause] today's luncheon is not just about charles bolden, but about the future of nasa, which he leads. it is about his vision, president obama's vision, and some daunting a

jim ascker is managing editor with "aviation week and space technology." david weaver is associate editor with nasa. captain mark kellyime shuttle pilot, two-time shuttle commander, most recently commander of sts134, the final mission for endeavour, the only spouse of a member of congress who has traveled in space and one of only two siblings that has traveled in space and not just any member of congress, it's congresswoman gabrielle giffords. [applause] skip over the podium for a moment. melissa sharpno with news hook media, the very effective speakers committee chair who helps to get things going here for that committee. leif harryman, organizer of today's luncheon, he's organized two luncheons in a short amount of time and we're grateful for your work with that. lori garver is nasa deputy administrator. elaine cami is editor-in-chief of "aerospace america." chris chambers, professor of journalism at georgetown university and commentator for "russia today" and rt america. mark brender, executive director of goi foundation and former national security assignment editor, radio correspondent and pentagon producer at ab

jim is the managing editor. david weaver is the administrator for communications at nasa. mark is the managing editor for digital news at npr. captain mark kelly is an astronaut, shuttle pilot, shuttle commander, and commander of the final mission for endeavour. the only spouse of a member of congress who less traveled into space. he is not just any -- it is kebra a difference. -- gabrielle giffords. [applause] we will skip over the podium for a moment. she is the committee chair who helps to get things going for our committee. we will skip over the speaker. he is the director of the associated press broadcast. he has organized lunches in a short amount of time and we're grateful for his work. lori is the deputy minister later. alain is director in chief of aerospace america. . he is a commentator for russia today. our partners in space. mark is the executive director and a former vice president of communication. he is also a former security assignment editor at abc news. today's newsmaker luncheon is not just about administrator charlie bolton but also about the future of nasa. it is about his vision and some daunting and budgetary realities