the saudis can show carrying american mike hopkins and russians are they cut up and say kiwi and speak it came down said he'd like her she's touching down in central ca six tom. i quickly wrapped in ninety days with heavy snow and temperatures of minus fifteen degrees celsius around them during that one hundred and sixty six days on the international space station. the man went on thirty five science experiments. the smoke room remains a moment as it seemed to remind me to this month smiles all round and click ok and the filipina given an official welcome him sam anything to me and mm. also you'll be faced with yet some of the mountains to climb in the champions league often calls from certain course until the snow to condemn the gunners to defeat the plastic at the emirates stadium last month often think is an unusually without the suspended for using chesney will take confidence from their last visit to the audience to read at this stage tossed it. were they trying to get into the film's out to the competition on the cadets. elsewhere italian giants ac milan will be linking to this e

. >>> american astronaut mike hopkins along with two russian cosmonauts landed safely in kazakhstan this morning after almost six months on the international space station. >> hopkins on his first space mission logged over 70 million miles orbiting earth more than 2,600 times. hopkins also posted 106 tweets from space to his 52,000 followers. >> that's a lot of green. the numbers are in showing the staggering amount of money colorado is making in marijuana sales tax. >>> shocking admission. two teens seen acting suspicious in the woods stunned police officers when the officers asked what they were up to. >>> plus, pet problems. you know, people call 911 >>> welcome back. sales of recreational mar juan 2345 added over $2 million to colorado's coffers and just for the month of january and from only 59 stores that filed returns. the state now has 167 stores that are licensed to sell pot. retailers pay a tax of nearly 28% on marijuana sales. >>> the pizza sane sbarro is filing for bankruptcy again. the second time in three years. just last month sbarro announced plans to close more than 150

carrying a crew that was spent nearly six months on the international space station with american mike hopkinsspending time in space can certainly take a toll on the human body. nasa is looking at ways to help reduce the impact of space travel ahead of a manned mission to mars. chip reid spoke with someone who knows first hand the effects of anti-gravity living. >> reporter: astronaut michael barret spent more than six months at the international space station, making him well qualified for his current job of manager of nas assess research program studying the effects of space on the human body. >> rush of fluids that are normally kept in your lower body by gravity, all of a sudden, are free to move up to your chest and up to your head and it feels like you're hanging on the monkey bars. >> reporter: upside down? >> upside down, that's right. >> reporter: barret, a medical doctor says that a more serious problem is that months in zero gravity can leave bones brittle and muscles weak. fortunately, there's a simple solution, vigorous exercise that offsets the loss of bone mass. >> it feels like

mike hopkins is less than a week away from finishing his last voyage in space. >> you can only imaginehat it's like. it's incredible. >> we can't all go up there, he is sharing his days with 51,000 of us earth lings on twitter. from frozen great lakes to northern lights >> you're just in awe. every day, again, you're surprised that smp sites you see >> there is here is a veteran astronaut posing with a robotic arm and fresh fruit. it only lasts two days in space he never knew how much he'd miss it. >> first two missions only three weeks this time, a six month stay. it's different. >> he is an avid facebook user. >> when it comes to this hair cutting personal hiej yeerngs i miss gravity. and with help of a vacuum cleaner, we can survive. >> hopefully, many of them will try to fly in space. it's a wonderful place to live, and work. >> he says communication with earth become moerz special. >> it brightins up my day when someone makes me laugh. >> hop kinz trying on a landing suit before heading home. . >> i suspect it's probably going to think it's a dream. not sure it happened. >> good t

mike hopkins is less than a week away from finishing his last voyage in space. >> you can only imagineike. it's incredible. >> we can't all go up there, he is sharing his days with 51,000 of us earth lings on twitter. from frozen great lakes to northern lights >> you're just in awe. every day, again, you're surprised that smp sites you see >> there is here is a veteran astronaut posing with a robotic arm and fresh fruit. it only lasts two days in space he never knew how much he'd miss it. >> first two missions only three weeks this time, a six month stay. it's different. >> he is an avid facebook user. >> when it comes to this hair cutting personal hiej yeerngs i miss gravity. and with help of a vacuum cleaner, we can survive. >> hopefully, many of them will try to fly in space. it's a wonderful place to live, and work. >> he says communication with earth become moerz special. >> it brightins up my day when someone makes me laugh. >> hop kinz trying on a landing suit before heading home. . >> i suspect it's probably going to think it's a dream. not sure it happened. >> good thing he ha

american astronaut mike hopkins, finishes his stay on the international space station, returns to earth monday alongside russian and ukrainian cosmonauts. joining us now with his take on nasa's complete dependence on russia to get to the iss is the last man to walk on the moon, astronaut gene cernan. gene, great to have you with us. you look great. always good to talk with you. i want to -- >> always good to be with you, lou. lou: i have to ask you how you feel as the last mon -- man to walk on the moon, one of this country's great heroes, just depend on russia just to get to the space station? >> lou it, has been coming on for a long time. you know, four decades ago, over four decade ago, americans were walking on the moon. today we can't even put one of our own guys or gals on our own space station with our own hardware. you know, it was pretty obvious four years ago that the president's idea was to diminish our leadership in space. he certainly has accomplished that. and, he went one step further. he dismantled america's manned space program. we have put six american astronauts a yea

. >> astronaut mike hopkins less than a week away from finishing his first voyage in space. >> untiltually get up here and experience it you can only immanuel what it is like and it is incredible. >> can't all go up there hopkins is sharing the days with 51 thousands of us earth lincoln twitter from the frozen great lakes to the blue bahamas the city lights of italy to the northern lights over canada. >> just in awe at how beautiful the earth is and you are just every day again you are surprised that some of the sights that you see. >> even time for selfie now and then. here's veteran rick pose with the robotic arm that reel in a supply vehicle and fresh fruit that came out of it. it only last 2 days in space. he never knew how much he would miss it. >> first 3 mission were short mission. only two week. this time i came up for a 6 month stay so quite a bit divvy tell you. living up here is a lot different than visiting up her here. >> he's an avid facebook user posting pictures of every day space life from the special toilet to the special haircut that are admittedly not a favorite f

astronaut mike hopkins will return from the international space station next week along with two russiannauts aboard a russian capsule. two weeks from now another astronaut will travel up to the space station again with russian cosmonaut, again in a russian soyez. no way to get to the space station without hitching a ride. the situation in ukraine underscores the need to reestablish america's human spaceflight capability as soon as possible. joining me now is managing editor of space.com. so we're in a bit of a quandary here. we have astronauts up in space literally with no way to get home unless russia helps us. >> that's exactly where we are. for three years now we haven't had any american vehicles capable of flying astronauts or our partners. nasa gives rides to them, too. we're responsible buying seats with russia until we can get a spaceship of our own. >> so interesting. when i saw this across the wire, i thought, oh, my goodness, this one of the many elements people are not thinking about in this entire international crisis. what does it say about where america stands with the spa

. >> reporter: astronaut mike hopkins is less than a week away from finishing his first voyage in spaceu actually get up here and experience it, you can only imagine what it's like. it truly is incredible. >> reporter: though we can't all go up there, hopkins is sharing his days of science and wonderment with 50,000 of us earthlings on twitter. the city lights of italy to the northern lights over canada. >> you're just in awe at how beautiful the earth is and every day again you're surprised at some of the sights that you see. >> reporter: there's even time for a selfie now and then. here is veteran astronaut rick mastachio, posing with the robotic arm and the fresh fruit. fruit only lasts two days in space. he he never knew how much he would miss it. >> very short missions, only two weeks. this time i came up for a six-month stay. it's quite a bit different, i'll tell you. living up here is a lot different than visiting up here. >> reporter: an avid facebook user, posting pictures of everyday space life from the special toilets to the special haircut, not a favorite to commander. >> wh

despite the cold snowy conditions in central kazakhstan, american mike hopkins and two russian cosmonauts came back in a soyuz capsule today after spending 166 days in orbit on the international space station. >>> 5:15 now. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >> thanks, guys. overall we are doing better than yesterday, doing great. yesterday we had slick roads and we saw a few more accidents out there. but for right now everything looks great. i just checked the chp reports. if you are traveling westbound highway 4 no incidents maybe a few brake lights as you get closer to "a" street but you can see through the rest of contra costa county, if you are traveling southbound 680 westbound 24, actually looks free and clear all the way to the caldecott tunnel. here's a live look at one of our bridges. westbound 580 heading to the richmond/san rafael bridge. traffic is looking good westbound 580 all the way into marin county. and the south bay later on this evening just a heads up san jose sharks take on toronto 7:0 at the s.a.p. center so you may find traffic tie-ups through downtown san jose

new video for you of american astronaut mike hopkins and two russian cosmonauts just after landing. you can see the three-man crew smiling despite freezing temperatures. they landed in kazakhstan after six months on the international space station. rescue crews say they are in good spirits. >> it is a som per day in japan, three years ago a 9.0 earthquake and tsunami destroyed parts of japan, triggered one of the worst nuclear crisis in history. at 2:46 p.m. local time a prayer was observed around the country to remember the more than 15,000 people who died after the disaster. thousands more who still remain missing. japan's prime minister and the japanese emperor and his wife led a special ceremony in tokyo today. >> the school board expected to put off plans to build because of a decline in enrollment. the state law which requires kindergarteners to be 5 by september 1 led to fewer students in schools a. new school not needed at this time. the board meets tonight at 6:30. >> a cat accused of holding an entire family hostage. the 911 call you have got to hear is coming up next. >>>

a long climb down a close approach to the face of that cliff. >>> american astronaut mike hopkins andtation. hopkins conducted two space walks, lasting a total of just under 13 hours. the first japanese astronaut ever to take command of that space station is still left behind. >>> here in the u.s. there is a flood emergency in montana. hundreds of people are cut off by swollen rivers and impassable roads. more than half of the state is under some type of high water warning. warm weather this week after record snowfalls is pushing many rivers and streams over their banks. and there is more rain and snow in the forecast. >>> and with opening day just three weeks away, crews at miller park in milwaukee took advantage of yesterday's warm weather to get the parking lots ready. the brewers host the atlanta braves, once the milwaukee braves, on march 31st, but this may be temporary. there is more snow and rain on the way to milwaukee. >> winter just doesn't want to quit. unbelievable. >> let's take a look at your weather. that storm expected later today in milwaukee covers a wide area from i

american mike hopkins and two russians spent the last 166 days in space. >>> and speaking of space, notedience reporter and a guy who covered space a lot, miles o'brien, is opening up about a harrowing ordeal he faced a few weeks ago. a seemingly simple operation that led to his arm actually being amputated. >> it's an incredible story. he's so resilient. we'll hear from him in a few minutes. >> such a positive attitude. >>> plus the princeton mom is here. she suggested that woman at her alma mater should focus on finding a husband in college. now she is out with even more controversial advice for young girls. and we'll talk to her, coming up. >>> we have a programming note for you. tomorrow on "today," an exclusive interview with dottie sandusky, wife of coach jerry sandusky, he is in maximum security prison, convicted of sexually abusing boys. prison has to change a person, being in that kind of surrounding for the time he's been there. what changes have you seen in him? >> a friend had written to him and asked him what he missed, what did he take most for granted. and he said -- sorry.