as john zarella has been reporting, not officially scrubbed yet. this is due to showers around the kennedy space center. katie coleman, nasa astronaut is joining us. we are going to talk to them in a little bit and see how long the window of opportunity will last. they are in a holding pattern of sorts. everyone is standing by. let's get back to our other breaks news, an arrest in last week's double killing of florida couple. they lived near pensacola with 16 children m with special needs. leonard patrick gonzalez was arrested for allegedly tampering with a van that was seen in surveillance video at the home of byrd and melanie billings. >> i will tell you this, we are very anxious to share this story with the citizens of escambia county and the nation, if you will. it is going to be a hum dinger, i'll tell you that. >> boy, he said it. our david mattingly is there. there are a lot of details at the news conference. i thought it was interesting that the sheriff said this is going to go much further beyond the borders of escambia than we thought and

john zarella. okay. john, you are on the air. listen, i'm getting some guidance from our producer on the ground and jacqui jeras. i'm looking at the note. john, i'm going to go to you, jacqui, you are nodding your head there could be trouble with the weather. what is going on? >> reporter: don, look behind me, it is beautiful. not a cloud in the sky. if you look in front of me due west, lightning and thunderstorms well within 20 miles of the landing site. that is problematic because if, in fact, the shuttle had to make an emergency return to the landing strip here, something goes wrong on liftoff they don't want bad weather near where they would have to land. they are no go, unfortunately, right now. they are getting close to the 7:13 launch time. >> john, is it an official scrub yet? >> reporter: no. not an official scrub yet. >> stand by, john. i want to bring in jacqui jeras. what is going on? >> thunderstorms, don. that is what is going on. they have developed and moving in the area. this is the launch pad area. you can see t