now back to john zarrella.or the shuttle to get from dulles -- i'm sorry, from the mall back to dulles? >> i'm not sure exactly how long it will take. not too long at all. even though it's moving very slowly, you know, relatively speaking, it's very heavy, not real aerodynamic. i expect in ten, 15 -- depending. you know, i was talking to the shuttle commander again bob cabana. you have guys flying this thing and they're going to -- they have a flight plan to follow but even here they left early this -- earlier than we expected. they did some fly arounds that were not quite expected, a little bit of a deviation. so, you know, it's not like the space shuttle when it lifts off from pad 39da out here and know what it's going to go. either goes or doesn't goe. they have some leeway here built in to their schedule but they have to be on the ground they said by 10:30 because of air traffic in and around the area. i'm sure lizzie can speak more to that. they wanted it on the ground by 10:30 when traffic gets heavy up i

john zarrella, are you there?> reporter: i'm here, carol. >> so it's so cool -- it's just a spectacular sight. >> didn't we just do this not that long ago? when "discovery" flew from florida up to dulles, you know, that is how this all shook out because "discovery" ends up going to the smithsonian as oldest vehicle that nasa had that had flown in space and "enterprise" going up to new york to the sea, air and space museum and as you see it, they have that tail cone on there again. that duck tail i like to call it that helps with aerodynamics of the vehicle. you know, it's going to be a great day in new york to watch this. it will be just spectacular to see this flyover and up the hudson river we understand and down the hudson and maybe into new jersey. just like what happened with "discovery," carol. we don't know for sure the exact flight path they're going to take. they'll fly at about 24,000 feet. they will be cruising at about -- i'm told from nasa folks at johnson space center told me this morning they'll cru

john zarrella is also in miami. reporter: you have to understand a couple of things, carol. if you are from miami, it is the worst possible thing that he could have said. coupled with the fact that they have a brand new, more than half a billion dollar stadium paid for by taxpayer dollars from the city of miami and miami-dade county primarily. the stadium is built in the heart of miami's little havana neighborhood. the team was trying to rebuild or build a brand new fan base out of this latin-american community. they brought in ozzie guillen. one of the main reasons they brought in this latin-american manager was to be the center piece, one of the center pieces of this rebuilding, of this attraction of the latin-american fan that they did not have when the stadium was 20 miles further north on the miami-dade/broward county line. this has been disastrous for the marlins as they set out on this whole new effort to again start basically with a new name, miami marlins, not florida marlins and with all these other new pie

john zarrella, not getting any respect.'t think any shuttle has ever received this much attention -- this much time for a flyover. >> you know, it is new york. and just like we saw with "discovery" when it flew over washington, d.c. a week or two ago, these guys are making the most out of this flyover and getting their money's worth and giving the crowd just a tremendous show that's a once in a lifetime experience. and you know, jason is right. the folks in houston would give right arm or left arm, you name it, to have the shuttle. they were not very happy in texas that they did not get a shuttle because you have the kennedy space center and you have the johnson space center. those two places synonymous with space shuttles. going back 30 years from the time they first rolled off the assembly line out at the rock well plant in palm dale, california. those two places, florida and texas, are the two premier sites. and one other thing. we're talking about the grand and glorious moments. let's got get too far ahead of ourselves,

john zarrella joins us with more. i have read some of these tweets and some of them are just mean. >> it's pretty brutal out there last night, during the game, after and continuing today. you have to understand, this was a closely guarded secret. very few people, only the inner circle at the marlins knew who was going to throw out that first pitch. in fact all day yesterday, on sports talk road, they were wondering who's going to do it. the marlins don't have a long history. they have been around, what, 20 years if that? so no one knew who was going to be the celebrity to throw out the first pitch. here's some of what's being said on social media, example of tweets. i'm sorry, this doesn't feel right seeing ali like this. another tweet, crowd, this is the part where you keep cheering for ali. this isn't coming off particularly well. and another one, i wonder if ali even knows where he is. ugh, hard to watch, man. in fairness, some people have been tweeting ali made it special, simply the greatest. so there are those t

john zarrella continues our investigation. >> all right! >> reporter: the atmosphere is exciting.the chimps from their enclosures into travel cages. sarah is the first in. bart is not buying it. >> bart, come on. >> reporter: veterinarian jos linl bezner has to sedate him. she hides the needle in a glove. >> oh, you're so suspicious. >> reporter: minutes later, bart is out. as the work to coax the others continues, bart is gently moved into the travel cage. it has taken all day. by nightfall, the ten chimps are loaded in the trailer. there are tears, hugs, as the staff and volunteers say good-bye. >> it's time for them to go and start their new life. it's been a long time coming, and we're finally here. >> reporter: the trip from new mexico will take two days, stops only to feed and check on the chimps. the chimpmobile passes east, passing lafayette, alabama, home to the research center which houses 360 chimpanzees. new iberia was the focus of a 2008 undercover humane society investigation. it shows primates being darted, falling over unconscious, self-mutilating, disturbing video

manhattan, the statue of liberty, john zarrella is live in miami.o walk me through, i'm sure there were so many people lookilook ing up and oohhing and ahhing over this. a repeat of what happeneded with discovery, just a week and a half, two weeks ago as it flew into washington, d.c. on the back of that 747. in fact brooke, it was the discovery displaced sbler enterprise at the smithsonian. discovery flew in space. so enterprise, which was the test shuttle so that nasa could check out if the design would really work, it's going to new york. it's there now. it's at john f. kennedy airport. it will sit there until june. and then it will ultimately make its way on a barge up the hudson river to the sea, air and space museum, the intrepid museum. it will be lifted up and placed on the deck of the aircraft carrier. we've got to look in the history books. i can't imagine that a space shuttle has ever been on the back of an aircraft carrier. >> right. >> barge, and then lifted up, we have to find that out. >> yeah, i think we may know someone who has the a

john zarrella, are you still there in florida? >> yep. i'm here in florida, yep. >> this is your beat for many, many years as you watch this, as you're kind of going over in your head how many times you have you have interviewed the crews, when's going through your mind? what are you thinking about as we start to watch the craft land? >> you know, i think like so many people here think and of course, you know, my opinion is certainly somewhat skewed that, you know, it had a lot of flights left in them. all of the vehicles could have flown more except for planning that didn't go perhaps the way it should have. you know, nasa deciding to go away from the space shuttles and go to the constellation program and then killed by the curre administration and now a gap and shuttle could be flying if it wasn't for some political decisions made that a lot of people probably wish and i know they wish could be taken back today. that's the sad point. a lot of people out of work and a lot of people are even at this very happy, very bittersweet moment as

cnn's john zarrella went to a facility that gives chimps the chance at a happy retirement. >> reporter like the stems. others the petals. and cut-up fruit, mm-mm. but you get the sense they'd prefer you hand it to them. here, have some more. >> susie, you're not catching very well. >> reporter: this is chimp haven, the only federally subsidized chimpanzee sanctuary, sitting on 200 acres outside shreveport, louisiana. there are forested habitats. great for climbing. fruits and veggies are always scattered around. in essence, this is a chimp retirement home. >> we look at what a chimpanzee needs. we base that on what they're like in the wild. what does a wild chimp need? they need a lot of friends, a lot of space. >> reporter: there are 130 of these great apes here. there's a growing chance that in the near future hundreds of chimps now in research facilities might need a home like this. legislation awaiting action in congress would put an end to all invasive research using chimpanzees. and a much anticipated study commissioned by the national institutes of health, nih, found the use of

john zarrella joins us live watching us from kennedy space center. od morning, john. >> hey, soledad. just absolutely spectacular, "discovery" headed down the beach now, we're expecting it to turn around and come back over us one more time here at the kennedy space center and make it up to washington, d.c. flying over several landmarks before landing at dulles. "discovery" the oldest of the three remaining orbiters, threw 39 missions, 148 plus million miles and it's tough here because so many people have lost their jobs with the end of the space shuttle program, so many people wished the shuttles were still flying and so many think they could still have been flying if not for politics, they basically decided nasa was going to go in a new direction and they were going to retire the shuttle fleet and go back to expendable rockets and capsules. lot of things changing here in florida, and not the least of which is the retirement of these magnificent wing flying vehicles that in our life times we will likely never see again anything like this. soledad? >>

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john zarrella is following this story for us in miami.ster pleaed for the judge not to lower the bond. the judge lowered the blond today and it's stunning to look at how high the bond was for this kind of charge, correct? >> yeah. to fs a record initially of about $1 million, the initial bond. and when they first went to court and got that $1 million, what they did was the prosecution argued that look, this guy has considerable assets, he's also a flight risk because he's from nicaragua originally, and when you look at the list of charges that he was facing, vehicular homicide, dui manslaughter, leighing the scene of an accident causing death, leaving the scene of an accident causing injury. driving without a license causing death and injury, there was considerably reason for the initial bond to be placed at $1 million. but his attorney argued in court today, a courtroom, in fact, packed with friends and relatives of the little girl who was killed, the defense's attorney argued look, $45,000 is the normal amount that you would put as bond

john zarrella is live at the kennedy space center. what do you know, john?what's that old saying about riding off into the sunset? i guess "discovery" is really going to be riding off into the sunrise this morning here. right at about 7:00 a.m. eastern time, just as the sun comes up, "discovery" is going to lift off. the oldest of the three remaining orbiters. flew more than 148 million miles. 39 flights, including being the shuttle that was used for both of the return to flights after the accidents of "columbia" and "challenger." now "discovery" again going to the smithsonian this morning. once it lifts off the ground here, what's going to happen is it's going to actually fly over pad 39a where it lifted off from so many times. fly down the beach, then back up over the kennedy space center to the visitor complex. we expect hundreds of people out here in the next hour to watch "discovery" leave. then it's going to head up the east coast of the united states and arrive in washington. we believe probably right around 10:00 a.m. eastern this morning. big ceremo

john zarrella from discovery space center. >> just about four hours and 10 minutes to the second, landinges airport outside of washington after flying around the washington area for at least 45 minutes. making two or three low passes over dulles before settling down on the runway. discovery flew 39 shuttle missions. it flew more than 148 million miles in all those missions. it was clearly the most iconic of all the space shuttle vehicles. in fact, it flew both of nasa's return to flight missions after the challenger and colombia accidents. it had quite a history. i spoke to one of the pilots and he teared up. he said i thought i had this in the past behind me but he teared up. that's the way many, many feel here. that this is really a tough thing for them to say goodbye to these shuttle orbiters. brooke? >> john zarerella, thanks for the pictures. we're getting word that a fort bragg soldier is missing and police say she may be in danger. meineke's personal pricing on brakes. i tell you what i can spend. i do my best to make it work. i'm back on the road safely. and i saved you money on b

let's bring in cnn's john zarrella who caught up with a few of them at a fascinating new place. ow, the question is becoming really a concern. because in the near future, they may not be able to use chimpanzees any longer for invasive research. so what do you do with nearly 1,000 chimpanzees that nobody would want anymore? here's a real special place where some of them might end up. a red rose snack. some like the stems. others the petals. and cut-up fruit, mm-mm. but you get the sense they'd prefer you hand it to them. here, have some more. >> susie, you're not catching very well. >> reporter: this is chimp haven, sitting on 200 acres outside shreveport, louisiana. there are forested habitats. great for climbing. fruits and veggies are always scattered around. in essence, this is a chimp retirement home. >> we look at what a chimpanzee needs. we base that on what they're like in the wild. they need a lot of friends, a lot of space. >> reporter: there are 130 of these great apes here. there's a growing chance that in the near future hundreds of chimps now in research facilities m

john zarrella is covering this story. are they accepting his apology? >> reporter: i don't know.nly time will tell. we will have to see if five games are enough. he was absolutely contrite during his news conference today. it was maya culpa over and over again throughout saying that he hoped that this cloud would go away soon. so it was one apology after another. >> i'm very, very, very sorry about the problem about what's happening. i will do everything to make it better, everything in my power to make it better. >> now, he said he hasn't been able to sleep for the past three nights. he apologized not only to the cuban-american community but to the entire nation. he spoke primarily at the beginning in spanish, which was probably a good thing. guillen is now saying when he spoke to "time" magazine in english, he was misinterpreted. >> what i mean in spanish, when you asked me in spanish, i was thinking in spanish. i was saying, i cannot believe somebody heard so many people over the years still alive. i say a couple things i cannot say right now to the guy that expressed exactly

>> i haven't but john zarrella has. he has been inside i believe two shuttles. and one of the things that astronauts will tell you, despite the fact that shuttles themselves are very large, the quarters inside are extremely small so the cargo bays are large but the part where human beings go is very little and astronauts have to squeeze in and out of the little parts of this. but zarrella is the one i'm jealous of because he's been inside. >> of course, he had to detach and no longer with us for the live coverage but that's okay. i'm sure he'll be turning a number of pieces on this. ali velshi, you still with me? >> absolutely i am. can't get my eyes off of this. >> of course. all right. as we are at a stand still here, lizz lizzie's giving us the perspective on the ground at dulles, we were talking a little bit about space x. so what can you tell us about as we kind of wait to see what unfolds here with shuttle "discovery"? space x starts with taking cargo to the station, right? and then maybe -- >> cargo and people. >> when will the people -- will astronauts b

john zarrella has a piece so we're heavy on chimpanzees. >>> who doesn't like a shooting star.kind of off my radar. lyrid are typically one of the faint meteor showers, not like the leonids, for instance. this year there's a new moon. no big full moon to brighten the sky where you can't see it. you can see it. this going to be the best viewing of the meteor showers in decades. >> about what time. >> dark is a good time. no, after -- >> i figured that. >> after midnight, between midnight and dawn basically. of course you need clear skies. reynolds and bonnie will be in the "weather center" discussing who will have the best viewing. >> i'm going to have to be here at 3:30 in the morning for the show. >> catch it on the way in. start atop the cnn center in the lounge chair. >> set the alarm real early. all right, rob. see you then. thanks very much. >>> it is not easy being a french politician. voters not just shake their hands, some also pull them down by the collar. we have more danger on the campaign trail right after the break. you can part a crowd, without saying a word. you

cnn's john zarrella is joining us from mime we more. what happened here, john?een on the job literally five days. he's only managed five regular-season games and already suspended without pay as you mentioned for five games and that is because he said perhaps the worst possible thing you can say in this community. in front of the cameras he was a very different ozzie guillen than most people are used to seeing. the former chicago white sox manager now with the miami marlins was not abrasive, profane, insensitive or defiant. he stood before the cameras contrite. >> i'm very, very, very sorry about the problem about what happened, and i will do everything to make it better. >> reporter: sorry because he said perhaps the single most offensive thing he could in miami. guillen told "time" magazine, that, quote, i love fidel castro and added that he respected castro for surviving 60 years when a lot of people wanted to kill him. guillen flew back from philadelphia where his team had an off day to put out the fire. >> it's been the biggest mess mistake in my life so fa

. >> john zarrella, thanks very much. that's it for me. thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." the news continues next on cnn. >>> good evening, i'm jessica yellin in for john king. tonight, get ready for more secret service members to lose their jobs in the wake of the prostitution scandal. our sources tell cnn's dana bash at least three more employees are expected to be forced out today. >>> the man who shot trayvon mart be takes the stand and says he says he's sorry to the teenager's parents. >>> plus, three decades later, the search heats up for the first missing child who appeared on the side of a milk carton. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> more fallout from the secret service prostitution scandal. one source tells cnn more members are expected to be forced out anytime now for their part in that night of heavy drinking and escorts in colombia. let's bring in white house correspondent brianna keilar for the latest. brianna, what are you hearing about these upcoming dismissals? >> reporter: jessica, we're expecting that at

here's cnn's john zarrella. >> reporter: really the exclamation point to the end of the space shuttlee you can see "discovery" on the back of that 747. tomorrow morning at first light, it will leave here. it will fly over launch pad 39-a where it lifted off from so many times, then down the coastline, over the beaches, back up over kennedy and the visitor complex before flying up the east coast to washington, d.c., and dulles. busloads of workers came out here today to say their goodbyes to "discovery." it flew 139 missions, more than any of the other shuttles and now it's permanent home is at the smithsonian. there is still -- again, john, bittersweet as some of the astronauts who flew on the very last space shuttle "discovery" flight told me today, the end of an era, but it is time to move on. >> "discovery" will be right here in our neighborhood. here's lisa sylvester with the news you need to know. >>> u.n. observers are monitoring the cease-fire in syria, even as new reports say it's being violated by the syrian government. the city of idlib was attacked pie helicopters and morta

john zarrella is following the story from miami.l us about what we saw this morning. >> reporter: you know zoo zan, he apologized and got the five-game suspension from the team. of course, the question is that going to go far enough. throughout the course of this news conference, ozzie guillen repeated over and over and over again just how sorry he was. >> i'm very, very, very sorry about the problem, about what happening, and i will do everything to make him better. everything in my power to make it better. >> reporter: here's the bigger picture around this, suzanne. the marlins opened a brand new stadium, played awe of one game in that. it's in downtown miami in the heart of little havana on the site of the old orange bowl stadium. and it was built by primarily taxpayer dollars from miami and miami-dade county, predominantly latin american and they brought ozzie guillen in for the express purpose of helping them build a new fan base around the latin american community. so, you know, this is all now exploded in their faces literall