visit exelonpatch.com to learn more. >> couric: in houston, these are busy days for astronaut mark kellyhis wife congresswoman gabrielle giffords. he's training for next month's space shuttle mission, she's in rehab recovering from that assassination attempt in january. kelly told reporters today his wife is doing "remarkably well" and continues to improve everyday. >> she's starting to process some of the tragedy that we all went through in january she's going through that as we speak. despite that, she remains in a very good mood. >> reporter: >> couric: kelly will command "endeavour" on its final mission. he said will's a good chance congresswoman giffords will be able to attend the launch on april 19. in glendale, california, today, elizabeth taylor was laid to rest after a small private funeral at forest lawn cemetery. many celebrities are buried there, including taylor's good friend michael jackson. taylor died yesterday of congestive heart failure. she was 79. and coming up next, an n.f.l. player honors his mother by taking on an opponent she couldn't beat. [ horse whinny ] [ male

mark kelly faces an even tougher challenge. retired astronaut dr.y linenger spent 132 days on a single mission in space. good to have you with us this morning. >> thank you. >> there is so much talk. we just heard that commander kelly does plan to have video chats and in contact with his wife while he is up in space. but this can be a really tough go now. the beauty of communication is you can get a lot of news from the ground. when you were up there, you chose not to. how do you make that decision as an astronaut? >> i was pretty much on a russian space station and broken down communication. actually my wife, we just had a newborn going into the mission and then she was pregnant again and the big drama was whether i'd make it back five months down the line for our delivery of our second child. and so what you do you talk it through. you focus on what you're doing. you're part of something that is moving mankind forward, i think, is the thought that astronauts have, that this is greater than me, it's worth my life, and it's, you know, worth the sacr

the head will indeed attend the launch of the space shuttle "endeavour" piloted by her husband, mark kelly. that will confirm what kelly himself told us in an interview here last month.cc1: the launch is set for april 19 at the kennedy space center. doctors treating the congresswoman at a rehab cc1: facility in houston will give us an update on her condition tomorrow.cc1: >>> now to the brutal weather that everybody has had at least a piece of this winter, it seems.cc1: and it just keeps coming. in parts of the midwest, snow and lots of it.cc1: here in the northeast, this huge water pump of a storm taking up the entire eastern third of the country at one time. nbc's ron allen is with us from wayne, new jersey, tonight, with the fear of more flooding there. ron, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. this is the passaic river, well out of its banks and rising during the course of the day. one reason so much of the state of new jersey faces a state of emergency, and why so many residents are trying to decide whether to stay or flee their homes. >> it's real pretty. there's green tre

mark kelly is to fly the space shuttle endeavor's last mission next month. >> mark is off tonight. joe fonzi the cal bears making the best at the mit. >> so far you are right if you are playing basketball it doesn't matter which tournament it is good. mark currie dislocated his shoulder yesterday in practice. he finished as roy goes for the bears. he had 25 for the game. cal by two at the half after being up by 11. critical time here the bears up by one with less than a minute to play. camp knocks down the jumper. the bears win 77-74. they will play colorado in the next round. >>> two ncaa tournament games slated tonight. usc the first pac 10 team in action. the virginia commonwealth stein gets the roll. they go down 56-46. tonight's other game texas eliminated alabama state. usf is still playing in the ait after beating idaho 81-73. >>> the dallas mavericks tied with the warriors for most of the evening tonight before flipping the switch late in the fourth quarter. dallas trailed by one point by 18 at one point, that is, trailed by 18. and then went on a 15-3 run late and snapped

mark kelly is to fly the space shuttle endeavor's last mission next month. >> mark is off tonight. joe fonzi the cal bears making the best at the mit. >> so far you are right if you are playing basketball it doesn't matter which tournament it is good. mark currie dislocated his shoulder yesterday in practice. he finished as roy goes for the bears. he had 25 for the game. cal by two at the half after being up by 11. critical time here the bears up by one with less than a minute to play. camp knocks down the jumper. the bears win 77-74. they will play colorado in the next round. >>> two ncaa tournament games slated tonight. usc the first pac 10 team in action. the virginia commonwealth stein gets the roll. they go down 56-46. tonight's other game texas eliminated alabama state. usf is still playing in the ait after beating idaho 81-73. >>> the dallas mavericks tied with the warriors for most of the evening tonight before flipping the switch late in the fourth quarter. dallas trailed by one point by 18 at one point, that is, trailed by 18. and then went on a 15-3 run late and snapped

congresswoman giffords could be well enough to travel to florida to see her husband, astronaut mark kelly, lift off in the "endeavor" april 19. today "discovery" made a perfect landing. in 39 missions over 27 years "discovery" logged more than 148 million miles. next up, retirement: possibly at the smithsonian. and coming up on the cbs evening news, a controversial hearing-- are muslims being targeted unfairly? and later, she lost her sister but saved her family and tonight's american spirit. >> couric: some controversial hearings begin tomorrow on capitol hill. their focus is the radicalization of american muslims. but as nancy cordes reports, many are expressing their objections. >> we need to be treated as partners, not as suspects. >> reporter: a group of muslim leaders gathered today to condemn tomorrow's hearing and the man behind it. >> the proposed hearing essentially casts doubt on an entire community. >> reporter: but republican peter king of new york contends he's just being practical by restricting the focus of his radicalization hearing to one group-- american muslims. >> the

mark kelly, the astronaut husband of congresswoman gabby giffords today talked about his wife and what he called her remarkable recovery. he spoke at the final news conference before his april 19th shuttle mission. >> she's starting to walk, talk more, more every day. and she's starting to process some of the tragedy that we all went through in january, she's going through that as we speak. despite that, she remains in a very good mood. >> kelly said he still hopes his wife will come to his shuttle launch. he says he sees giffords every morning and night, and her injury and recovery has not disrupted his training for the mission. >>> when we come back tonight, everybody's choice for the unbelievable story of the week. commercial airliners landing in washington unable to raise anyone in the tower, and now questions about who's minding the runways. >>> and later, the u.s. navy on a mission, stepping up, making a difference for japanese disaster victims nobody else could reach. " >>> back now to that amazing story out of washington. again, two commercial airliners approaching reagan natio

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her rabbi says the congresswoman sang "american pie" with her husband mark kelly and his two daughtersknew the lyrics better than the others. >>> meanwhile, republicans are gearing up for a potential run for the white house in 2012. but, as jeff greenfield reports, no one is making anything official yet. >> reporter: and they're off and running. sort of. >> will you be running for president? >> reporter: they're speaking. they're meeting. they're writing books, but what the likely republican contenders haven't done is take any formal step toward launching a presidential campaign. ♪ last month, for example, former house speaker newt gingrich sure looked like a candidate, entering a big conservative meeting triumphantly to the theme of "rocky." but back home in georgia, he announced a website to help him decide if he should run. >> we are establishing a website. we will look at this very seriously. and we will very methodically lay out the framework. >> reporter: and gingrich is hardly alone. in fact, not one serious candidate has launched an exploratory campaign committee, much less ann

astronaut mark kelly will command that mission. appearing yesterday in houston, with other members of the crew, he spoke of giffords. >> she wants to attend. she's been looking forward to this for a long time. as nasa's -- one of nasa's biggest supporters in congress, you know, she was really looking forward to having the opportunity to be there. and i think there's a pretty good chance that's going to happen. >> "endeavour" is scheduled for launch on its final flight on april 19th. >>> straight ahead your friday morning weather. and in sports, march madness, as another number one seed gets sent home early. ome early. [scraping] [piano keys banging] [scraping] [horns honking] with deposits in your engine, it can feel like something's holding your car back. let me guess, 16. [laughing] yeeah. that's why there's castrol gtx... with our most powerful deposit fighting ingredient ever. castrol gtx exceeds the toughest new industry standard. don't let deposits hold your car back. get castrol gtx. it's more than just oil. it's liquid engi

among her accomplishments, giffords sang don maclean's song "american pie" with husband mark kelly. and she knew the words better than all three of them. she joined a friend in chanting a hebrew healing prayer. it's been nearly two months now since giffords was shot in the head. >>> now, for a look at this morning's weather from around the nation. plenty of wet weather from the great lakes, south to the gulf of mexico. soaking rain will produce more flooding in already-drenched areas. from oklahoma and arkansas, into kentucky, ohio, indiana and illinois. the rest of the nation will be mostly dry. >> and how about spring-like weather. 70s, across the south. and a warmup into the 40s along the east coast. it will be brutally cold, however, in northern montana and the dakotas. and the expected high today in fargo, a bone-chilling 17 degrees. >> that's not good for people waiting for spring. >>> coming up, charlie sheen makes it into the guinness book of world records. >> oh, boy. >>> and reaction from students and players after a top college athlete is kicked off his team for having se

her husband, mark kelly, has now told her that she was shot, but she does not remember what happened>>> and, 30 years after president ronald reagan was shot, secret service audio of the assassination attempt has just been released. it captures the first chaotic moments after john hinckley opened fire march 1981. >> shots fired. shots fired. >> roger. we want to go to the emergency room of george washington. >> reporter: and as we know, the speed, the seconds, saved his life. >>> coming up, a portrait of the survivors on this day. and her medication.m me. the exelon patch -- it releases medication continuously for twenty-four hours. she uses one exelon patch daily for the treatment of mild to moderate alzheimer's symptoms. [ female announcer ] it cannot change the course of the disease. hospitalization and rarely death have been reported in patients who wore more than one patch at a time. the most common side effects of exelon patch are nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. the likelihood and severity of these side effects may increase as the dose increases. patients may experience loss of

mark kelly will command "endeavour" on its final mission.n michigan with the basketball team on a mission. the fenville high black hawks were pallbearers today at the funeral of wes leonard, the star player who died on the court last week. as dean reynolds tells us, he's still inspiring his team. >> reporter: teammates of the boy who wasn't there took the floor last night, his name and number on their jerseys and his memory in their hearts. it was just five days ago that 16-year-old wes leonard made the winning shot and then collapsed on the floor, dying two hours later. his death and his funeral today have left many here emotionally devastated. >> you question everything and why it happened and everyone's just searching for reasons right now. >> reporter: wes had an undetected abnormality-- an enlarged heart that triggered a sudden cardiac arrest, the leading cause of death among young athletes. it happens about 20 times a year among sports playing teenagers. an echocardiogram might have picked up the problem, but the condition is rare enou

. >>> nasa astronaut mark kelly said there's a good chance his wife congresswoman gabrielle giffords will be able to attend his space shuttle launch next month. kelly says she's actually starting to walk and talk more every day and that she wants to be there to watch the launch from the kennedy space center in florida, but they're still waiting the doctors' approval. >>> how young is too young for social networking. we have more on the age debate that's underway. >> reporter: well, everybody else is doing it. how many things do kids say that about. they've got one more -- social networking as they're influenced by their older siblings and even piers at a younger and younger age. you must be this old to access this site with 600 million users and counting. it seems like everybody is on facebook. tweens between the age eight and 12 are eager to get on, too reports say facebook is booting about 20,000 underaged users every day, a percentage that might seem small but the implication for the youngsters can be big. >> the conduct they have online and off line affects their future, their re

his husband mark kelly is the commander. there were questions if giffords would be physically able to do that since she's recovering from a gunshot wound to her head. this is endeavor's last launch and kelly had said he hoped his wife could be there. >>> the i pad could be released tomorrow. apple says it will start taking internet hours at 1:00 friday morning. >>> we are just getting word of breaking news. a major earthquake in the pacific. we're gathering information. >>> and we got a break from the rain today. there's more rain toward the weekend forecast. i'll break it down and let you know exactly what day will be the wettest. >>> this is the last week of teacher lay offs. a school district makes a tough decision. who and how many have to go. >>> and britney spears in san francisco and performing for free. why not everyone is thrilled. >>> major earthquake in japan. moments ago authorities there issued a tsunami warning. there is a warning of a tsunami for as high as 7 feet. we are monitoring news feeds from japan and w

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. >> reporter: as captain mark kelly and his five crewmates entered the news conference, you could see right there on their wrists the turquoise bracelets that read "gabby." and then, the commander announced that the congresswoman is doing, quote, remarkably well. >> she's improving every day and in the realm of brain injuries, that is very significant and pretty rare. >> reporter: he said giffords is walking and talking more every day. >> i see her every morning before i go to work and when i come home from work at the end of my day. >> reporter: captain kelly said his wife is now aware of how she got injured. that shooting outside the shopping center in tucson. >> she's starting to process some of the tragedy that we all went through in january. she's going through that as we speak. despite that, she remains in a very good mood. >> reporter: kelly is set to blast off next month on the second to last shuttle mission ever. he is a man balancing towering professional responsibilities with extraordinary personal demands. and he said he wants his wife to be there to see the launch. >> she

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goals her family set for her including plans to attend the april launch for her husband astronaut mark kelly. we'll get back to you in a few moments. >>> before that let's check back in with jeff glor with another check of the headlines. >> good morning to you. the libyan military launched at least five new air strikes against rebel positions this morning. the counter offensive was focused on a key oil port in libya. rebels said today they rejected an oofr from moammar gadhafi to step down because they don't trust him but the libyan government said that's, quote, absolute nonsense. nato began all-day surveillance flights over libya. >>> the body of a missing college student has been found in spain. 22-year-old austin byce. his body found in a shallow canal not far from the nightclub. police say there are no signs of foul play. a student at san diego university studying business in spain. >>> in peru joran van der sloot's lawyer says he'll plead guilty to killing a young woman but claim temporary insanity. >>> it was two months ago today that congresswoman gabrielle giffords was shot in the h

they also said she could be at cape canaveral next month, when her astronaut husband mark kelly begins a space shuttle mission. >> we're going to be assessing this over the next few weeks, but we think there's a good possibility that she will be there. >> we have to make sure that it will be safe for her to perform any activity, if the goal is for her to witness the launch in april. then, our number one concern is that it will be safe and appropriate for her to do that. >> holman: the doctors said giffords has been told about being shot at a political event in tucson in january. they said she has no memory of the attack. the national football league labor talks failed to reach agreement today, and the players' union formally de-certified. that clears the way for individual players to file anti- trust lawsuits against the league. in the meantime, owners could lock out the players in the nfl's first work stoage since 1987. the union's contract with the nfl expires at midnight. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: and back to the earthquake and tsunam

the person you're most interested in hearing from is marked kelly, he's the husband of wounded congresswoman in the last press conference that she wants to be at the blastoff which is april 19th. it would be the last trip for shuttle endeavor. last time the crew members had a press conference there wearing turquoise gaby wristbands. that is the latest, if we hear anything interesting from kelly will bring it to you. >> darya: thank you, we will be back with more on this nice warm thursday >> mark: welcome back to the kron 4 news. weekly unemployment numbers, fewer people applied for last week a sign that layoffs are dropping. the labor department is saying that the number people seeking unemployment dropped by 6000. it is the second decline in the numbers in three weeks. applications mere 375000 or lower consistent with an increase in hiring. . darya? >> darya: jackie sissel is on the scene of a fire what is going on? >> reporter: you can see fire officials from the oakland fire dependent in the police department are here, they got the call 45 minutes ago to this single family structure. it

the commander is mark kelly. he, of course, is the husband of wounded congresswoman, giffords, shot in the head in arizona in january. he's waiting for the doctors to tell him if his wife will be well enough to attend the launch. meantime, aides to the congresswoman say her recovery is their biggest concern right now. but they are also taking steps designed to keep her in the political scene. congresswoman giffords has expressed interest in running for the u.s. senate. since she's still recovering in a texas rehab facility, she can't do what it would take to campaign. her staff is busy raising money. they are attending events in her name. that's keeping other candidates who want to start their campaign. >>> the fate of that snake found inside the bathroom of a redwood city restaurant. >>> after five years, how an ongoing battle involving a prominent real estate company in san francisco has ended. ♪ >>> last night on "american idol" contestants sang the hit songs of elton john. last week the judges used their only

husband mark kelly says she is beginning to process the shooting back in january.he also wants very badly to attend his shuttle launch next month if doctors approve. >>> now, a huge, and i mean huge upset in march madness action. duke, the defending national champ is out. they're out of the tourney. beaten and beaten badly by arizona. 93-77. the wildcats will play uconn this saturday. >>> now, a little something-something special we worked up. we call it "gma" morning mashup. it's lady gaga's latest and a pair of baby polar bears. there they are. they're making their public debut at the nuremberg zoo, just six days after knut died in berlin. aren't they adorable? the soundtrack, listen up. it's a twangy, new version of lady gaga's hit "born this way." this one of course is a little bit country, right? >> it's a country version. >> i could watch those polar bears all day long. >> love that mashup. got to do that more often. >>> sam is standing by with the latest check on the weather. sam, is it friday or what? >> david, seriously. i'm barely hanging on this morning.

. >> reporter: giffords' husband, astronaut mark kelly visits each morning, and then goes to the spacethe launch in florida. >> we'll be assessing this over the next few weeks. but we think there is a good possibility they she will be there. >> reporter: the trip could be a much-needed psychological boost. an important milestone on a long road, much of the still to be traveled. for "today," janet shamlian, houston. >> and now we're joined from the hero intern that helped save giffords life on that january morning. >> good morning. >> you hear the doctors say that she made leaps and bounds in terms of progress. did you ever think we'd be talking about that kind of progress this soon? >> with the congresswoman, i'm never really surprised with the way she's been recovering, because she's always been one to exceed expectations. i think those of us who know her are not surprised that she's making such a remarkable and quick recovery. >> one of the great things that we heard in the press conference is the doctors describing the first pump she made when they took out the tracheostomy. is that

mark kelly is the husband of injured arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords who was shot in the head on january 8th. on thursday, doctors at the rehabilitation center in houston gave an update on her condition. >> her speech is getting very good. she is starting to walk with assistance. and if you remember, from where we were just six weeks ago, this is a tremendous amount of progress. >> doctors say giffords does not remember the shooting but that they say is expected and is planning to expect the shuttle launch to support her husband. >>> huge crowds of protestors expected in madison, wisconsin today. they are upset about the new law which takes away collective bargaining rights for public employees. governor scott walker signed off on the law yesterday after a nearly month-long battle with democrats and union supporters in the state. walker says the state needs the new law to help balance wisconsin's budgeted but opponents say eye simply union busting. become here at home, some key lawmakers are staying close to sacramento this weekend to work on the state budget. governor brown i

. >> i had gotten together early with mark kelly and john green and i and all of us were comparing notes and we did at the time realize that none of us were giving any mind space to the shooter. i think with the legal proceedings getting started we're now at a new chapter there and it was time to confront the fact of him a little more directly, which is what we were intending to do yesterday. i think we came away from that experience very comfortable, that we will have no problem with suzi's ongoing role in the legal proceedings. >> you mentioned one of the reasons you were there was for some of the other victims, for the community. you've spoken several times about the strength of the community of tucson, about vet close relationship you have with christina taylor green's family. how is the community doing this morning, two months in? >> i would say a-plus. there are any number of causes that have sprung up in christina's name and that of the other victims to try to mem moralize them in a positive way. there was a park dedicated a week before to christina's name here locally in our neig

kelly returns to were the earth as his twin brother mark has been with congresswoman gabrielle giffordsstigating the cocaine found in a facility at the kennedy space station. just over 4 g was found last week, it's not the first time during the band but this piece the other. a small amount was discovered in january in a subject your part of the hangar. >> darya: thank you, for watching the kron 4 morning news we'll back in just a couple of minutes ago way. a live look at the golden gate bridge, traffic is nice, light, we're looking up to the north in san rafael. 52 degrees rain now, not going to get much better than 57 this afternoon. [ wheezing breaths ] [ woman ] the first time i smoked, i was 13. i was in a hurry to grow up and wanted to look cool. big tobacco knew it, and they preyed on me. i'm here to tell you that big tobacco hasn't changed. they continue to profit... by selling kids the same lies... to get them to use... the same deadly products. don't be big tobacco's next victim. it's not too well done? nope. but it is a job well done. what are you reading, sweetie? her diary.

good possibility she'll be able to travel to florida next month to watch her husband, astronaut mark kelly's, space shuttle launch. giffords' memory appears to be intact. doctors say she can even remember her childhood. but she does not remember the january 8th shooting rampage that killed six, and wounded her and 12 others. >> she has been told, and both by her husband, and by us, and i think she understands, you know, and obviously she needs to know. >> reporter: the next step for doctors, reattaching part of giffords' skull that was removed to alleviate brain swelling. that could happen within weeks. as gibb regiffords' near-miraculous healing charges on. don teague, cbs news, dallas. >>> arab foreign ministers are allies are also considering military action against gadhafi. >>> and finally, the trouble plagued broadway musical "spider-man: turn off the dark" is going dark at least temporarily. producers say the $65 million production will be shut down for three weeks for an overhaul. preview performances will be canceled from april 19th to may 11th. after six delays, the show's new openi

her husband mark kelly will command the shuttle's up final mission. this is 15 minutes. >> she is making leaps and bounds in terms of her neurological recovery. several areas -- how was she doing for my cognitive level? her memory is good, her personality -- she is doing spectacularly well. her speech is getting very good. she is starting to walk with assistance. if you remember from where we were just six weeks ago, this is a tremendous amount of progress. she has had heard trachea on monday -- her tracheotomy taken out, so lack will have the other doctor talk about that. and then we will take questions. >> regarding her trek, this past week i was able to take that out completely. from my perspective, over the week previous to that, she had done very well in her progress that i thought it was safer to have that out and continue the next course of the rehabilitative process. the significant advancement ford, she was very excited to express that demonstrably as we could take that out for her. >> after neurologic and medical conditions improved, we have

her husband, mark kelly, is leading the space shuttle's next mission.now to social security security. the congressional budget office estimates that the reserve, the social security reserve will run out of funds by 2037 if nothing is done to address the problem. today, the short fall was explained and what can be done. spoke to the economics club in washington, and this is an hour and 10 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> it's searching. there we go. okay. very good. well, objective was to come talk and thank you very much for the invitation to come and talk to you all today and share about what we know and think we know and to have the opportunity to learn from you more of what we should know, and that's really my objective here today to learn as much as to tell you what we think we know. what we think we know quite a bit about is social security, the way social security is going to be playing out in the future, what forces are driving it, that there is short fall coming, and gist go to the first slide. what solvency is and what the stainability of

to attend the april 19th launch of the shuttle "endeavour "endeavour," captained by her husband, mark kelly. >> mike taibbi, as always, thank you very much. it's 16 after the hour. here's meredith. >> thank you. now to capitol hill and the scheduled hearing stirring controversy before it begins. congressman peter king's committee plans to look into the radicalization of american muslims. critics say it amounts to a witch hunt. we're going to talk to the congressman in just a moment. first nbc's capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell has the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, meredith. anticipation has been building and emotions, too. you've got claims of religious and racial discrimination versus claims of too much political correctness, all in the fight to stop terror attacks. in new york city, protests. >> we are sending a strong signal that an entire faith community cannot be held responsible for the actions of a few. >> reporter: and counter protests exposing a raw nerve. >> i'm supporting the right of every american citizen to know who are living amongst us plotting

. >>> at the final press conference before his shuttle launch astronaut mark kelly said his wife gabrielle people dead. >> starting to walk, talk more every day. she's starting to process some of the tragedy that we all went through in january. she's going through that as we speak. despite that, she remains in a very good mood. >> kelly said his wife will attend his shuttle launch next month, pending findal medical approval. >>> broadway will dim its lights this evening to honor elizabeth taylor who died at the age of 79. her private funeral service on thursday began 15 minutes after the scheduled time because taylor had left instructions that she wanted to be fashionably late for her own funeral. it is now five minutes past the hour. you're up to date. right now let's go to al with a check of the weather. good morning, mr. roker. >> good morning. this is a brother and sister. a brother and sister with the same hair cut. >> yeah. >> i like it. where are you guys from? >> ohio. >> what is your name? >> jamie. >> michael. >> you should take this act on the road. >> we should. >> i used to do

giffords is of course marry to scott kelly's identical twin brother mark, who is also an astronaut. >>> and it is the 30th anniversary for the space shuttle program. and nasa workers celebrating in a special way. 2100 people lining up to form a human shuttle at cape canaveral. check out the time lapse of the event. it took an hour for everyone to get in the right spot, just a few little delays. they all stood on a chalked outline of the shuttle. >> that's cool. >> the legacy of the shuttle program, so they have all been very interested in participating in anything that they can to kind of commemorate the program as it we understand down. >> a couple of people decided they wanted to get in on the action at the last moment so they formed a slightly irregular circle around the ship. but still, all in all, pretty interesting. >>> well, we are taking a look at your hi-def doppler this morning and as you can see a few scattered showers out there. we're not talking heavy rain but you meet want to grab an umbrella. you are definitely going to need it this afternoon. a closer look shows us we

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, who married mark phillips, they had two children together, peter and zara together, before getting divorced. princess anne then married timothy lawrence. peter is married to autumn kelly. zara is set to mary mike tindle this summer. he's a professional rugby player. younger brother prince andrew married sarah margaret ferguson, who became the duchess of york. they had two daughters, before they divorced. and the youngest, prince edward, earl of wessex, married sophie rhys-jones, now the countess of wessex. they have two children. lady windsor and young james, officially known as viscount severin. there you have it, the british royal family tree. >> you got that down? >> that was one of the more interesting pieces i've seen on the royal wedding. finally a little breakdown of the whole family. >> rob's coming around. >> yes. of course, kate and, what's his name, william, yes, they are counting down to april 29th. they inv >>> this morning on "world news no" deadly destruction. a series of powerful storms. >> unusual winter tornadoes adamage left behind. it's tuesday march 1. 2k3w50d morning. see the damage from the unusual wipter stoernds ap how icy floodings are make l

mark for aviation vehicle. -- aviation week. i have a couple of questions. the first is for scott kelly. you tell the extra time that discovery is spending at the space station benefits the station ops the most? >> well, in the original plan, they were not going to have much involvement in getting pmm basically emptied out of a lot of the hardware that needs to be disposed of on htv. when they were going to leave, we were going to really be in a time crunch to get all of this, you know, all of these metal structures and foam and stuff that we wanted to dispose of in htv. htv has to leave at a certain time. having the extension, gives us two extra days of six people. which is a lot of crew time to get all of that stuff, or some of it done before they leave. and then it kind of, you know, it just helps maximize our time post undocking for things like science and, you know, other activities that we have to perform on board the space station on a daily basis. >> thanks. and could someone explain where express rack eight ends up at the end of this process? and it's my understanding that's the