just the small slice of our galaxy where the telescope looks, of the 12 hundred planet candidates kepler, that the gaaaxy makes them efficiently. so they''e going to e aaundant."the number is large enough there must be biilions of such planets in our galaxy. surprise."hhw many ae appy - orbiting at just the right distance from thh sun&to support life? mmre than fifty candidatee found so far...where life might be is detect life. so for now that will remain just a guesss we've talked a lot about the siie oo thii rover. the &psojounrer was about this big. take aalook at this, this is is a mock up of a wheel off curiosity -- the wheel is as bbg as the sojourner rover was and there are six oo these on curiosiiy. so this really iss the cadilac of rovers and scientists believe it's going to help thee answer those age old questions as life possible on mars then and perhaps even nnw.john zarrella, cnn at the kennedy ppace center in florida it's mission when it gets 3 to mars next august it'll operate for ne mmrtian year, pr 23 earth months. months. we've put a link on our website here you can see

what kepler can't do is detect life, so for now, that will remain just a guess.over. now, the very first ones like sojourner was about this big. take a look at this. this is a mock-up of a wheel off curiosi curiosity. the wheel is as big as the sojourner rover was. there are six of these on curiosity. so this really is the cadillac of rovers and scientists believe it's going to help them answer those age-old questions, was life possible on mars then and perhaps even now? john zarrella, cnn at the kennedy space center in florida. >>> a drum major in florida a&m's marching band is dead and hazing may have been the cause. ahead our legal analyst holly hughes joins us to talk about the legal ramifications of this extraordinary case. stay with us. ♪ bum-bum, bum-bum, bum-bum ♪ - ♪ ai, ai, ai - ♪ bum-bum - ♪ bum-bum, bum-bum - ♪ [ ice rattles rhythmically ] ♪ bum-bum, bum-bum, bum-bum ♪ ♪ [ imitates guitar noise ] ♪ [ vocalizing up-tempo heavy metal song ] ♪ [ vocalizing continues ] ♪ [ all singing ] the redesigned, 8-passenger pilot. smarter thinking. from honda. >>>

planet's ever had a life friendly environment and that is there a pushover explains next it's russian kepler it's going to be sniffing out those vital signs. the source of wild flights of imagination and of scientific speculation for centuries the red planet getting there has never been easy and emissions have failed but hopes are high for this new rover it's called curiosity and it's due on mars next year the science laboratory on board should answer many questions first and foremost if there's ever be life on the red planet for good. one of the greatest mysteries of mars is that its surface is streaked with what looks like from rivers and streams almost everyone agrees that early mars was similar with rivers lakes and rains or it was a theory that order evaporated together with the martian atmosphere we seem to have discovered it may have sunk inside the planet in the form of permafrost order. for this mission the russian scientists have created a unique device it will point the rover to places where water might have accumulated whether it's in ice or encased in underground minerals as ima

. >> reporter: bill is the principle investigator for nasa's kepler dell le scope. the 1200 planet candidates, kepler has found nearly 70 are earth sized. >> the indication from date that we have in is there is going to be abundant. >> the number is large enough so there must be many billions of such planets in our galaxy. that's been a very happy surprise. >> reporter: how many are orbiting at just the right distance from the sun to support life? more than 50 candidates found so far were life like possible, what he can't do is detect life. so for now that will remain just a guess. >>> su >> such a guess and a mystery, john zarrella. good to see you. i know you've spoke to people from search for extraterrestrial existence. how did this start in the first place? >> well, if you go back to 1975, nasa founded it. in 1983, nasa got out of the business where people and like that in hugh let and pack card and pal allen, microsoft, a big name people who have put struggling because of the economy. it's affecting them, too. some of the observatories where they listen for lif

existence, including the mars science laboratory, seti, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, and kepler, the nasa spacecraft. >> i like the operative word, we're still looking. you never know. >>> 5:25. coming up, voters in maryland and virginia are heading to the polls today, but some might have some trouble casting their ballots. when you believe in the future, you're always looking ahead... to what's next, to what's possible. confident that taking action now, is the way to create a better tomorrow. that's why we're announcing, that with the planned merger with t-mobile, at&t will begin bringing five thousand jobs to america from overseas. we will invest eight billion dollars more... and deploy the next generation of wireless broadband to nearly everyone in america. this investment will create as many as ninety-six thousand american jobs. here at at&t, we believe in the future. we're not hesitating. we're investing in america now. why? well, we know it's good business. because america has always been... and always will be a smart investment. at&t. >>> as voters head to the polls this

copernicus, kepler, galileo, newton and descartes and i will read your book next. my question is -- has to do with a cultural phenomenon known as the digital divide which i was reading about in the 2,000s. i am wondering if that is still a relevant phenomenon or not, ready access to information, people who have access versus people who don't have access. >> guest: more relevant than ever. it was something we are all aware of but we aren't -- we absolutely need to focus on it. it is because we recognize how crucial information is in our time that it is a commodity, a commodity with value in business and a commodity essential in education. we need to pay attention to. social issues to do with equal access with its valuable commodity. >> host: another policy issue we heard discussed often is second crunch. to you agree we are running out of sectors? >> guest: spectrum is finite. i don't have enough of a crystal ball to know what the consequences are going to be but it is a matter of huge public policy how to divide spectrum that was allocated to in large chunks to tel

in its first four months kepler discovered more than 1200 exoplanet candidates.'s head to the nasdaq market site and check in with carter evans who is taking a look at the numbers this morning. >> october was a great month for stocks except yesterday. yesterday was an ugly days. dow futures down triple digits. nasdaq futures off 33. s&p 500 down about 19. a couple reports today could change that, one on manufacturing, another on construction spending. we'll be getting auto sales numbers throughout the day. we'll also be hearing from a lot of companies as far as quarterly earnings today, hearing from dollar thrifty, pfizer and sirius xm radio to name a few. >> tell us about home prices. when oh when will they bottom out? >> we've beeninging at the numbers, the last four months from month to month home price haves been creeping up. this is one of the stories on cnnmoney.com. this is a company called fi serve that takes a look at home prices and basically says it believes there's more downward room, believing home prices could fall another 3.6% by next june. the com

kepler has these mathematician equations he put out. they knew it wasn't going to hit. years. >> another 20. it's good for those who caught it yesterday. >> except for the ones we don't about. there are things flying out there we haven't seen yet. space is a big place. >> all right. thank you, chad. >> you're welcome. >> really appreciate it. >>> well, they ran secret, dangerous missions below the ocean surface during the cold war. you're about to meet crew members who waited silently for orders they hoped would never come. putting veterans in focus, we climb aboard an american nuclear submarine. >> it's not a natural thing to submerge a ship in water. the mission of a submarine is not to give itself away. to remain undetected. we didn't want to make any kind of a noise that a fish didn't make. all of the submariners, when they go to sea, they're in harm's way. >> basically on patrol for 60 days at a clip, submerged all the time. >> had to learn my job and learn my job well so i could keep myself and my shipmates alive and healthy. >> my life depended on my other shipma