the bottom line is no one knows what is next for nasa. august strene and his commission will deliver a report record -- report in mid september then up to the president to determine what is next for nasa if anything. and we are seeing nasa at the most uncertain time in the agency's history and it is coming at the start of the next space race. a lot of people say you have china and india wanting to return to the moon by 2020. >> korea just lunched something. >> it will be interesting to see what happens. no one knows what is next for nasa right now. >> you will keep us up to date on what is going on. >> here's howard. >> i can't imagine us not doing something. >> what are we going to do? we bring all of the stuff to the international space station and leave it. >> that's the current plan but there is a chance of expanding it. we will have to wait and see. >> let's talk weather. obviously everyone has been worried about danny the last couple of days now that we have a tropical storm and now that that we have a tropical storm tracking to the

nasa is a government agency.nasa may do something which enables someone else to establish a colony, but we are not going to establish a colony. we are going to establish a research-based, just like we do in antarctica. the united states and arctic research program has no mandate to establish a colony or settlement. only a research-based. and i think that's the appropriate role for the government program. it doesn't preclude individuals coming behind and establishing a colony. no one has deemed antarctica suitable for that. maybe the moon and mars will be different, but in terms of nasa's goals, it ought to be to establish a research-based. and so i am not saying you can't have a colony. i am saying that's not what we will do. question your. >> my name is george drake, and virtual i would like to thank you for coming to the mars society. we are not the moon society. and i think your work is very important that i think your ideas are very important. you should know that i am not a traditional member of the mars soc

without a moon mission where does nasa go? the man who ran nasa under president bush says giving up on the moon would be a mistake. >> it is about what you value. and if america is going to continue to be a forward-looking, exploring, pioneering nation or not. >> we set goals and then don't provide the funding to achieve them. this is not a case study of excellence in national leadership. >>eporter: with the shuttle "discovery" sitting on the pad for tuesday's launch, nasa's future has never been less certain. tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> when "nightly news" continues on this friday evening, health care reform and undocumented immigrants in the country. wh's the truth about who will pay?later, >>> later, "making a difference" -- effort to keep military families connected across all those miles. ecoboost™ engine in the all-new ford taurus sho that has the thirst of a v6 with the thrust of a v8. we speak car. we speak innovation. introducing the all-new taurus sho from ford. drive one. (announcer) what are you going t

nasa is unlike civilian agencies. our programs and projects in all space exploration systems, science and aeronautic research, and space operations, and have one thing in common. nasa is pushing new boundaries of technology and science. there are many challenges involved in managing and performing high-risk programs, and missions. they are full of uncertainty and challenges and a about high risk acquisitions. nasa utilizes these contracts at many of these acquisitions. nasa uses fee contract when key elements of performance cannot be objectively measured. in the situation, most elements of contractor performance can only be evaluated using subjective criteria. to ensure these criteria measure accurately, the actual award fee earned by the contractor is determined by a rigorous process. a performance evaluation board made up of many functional disciplines is established to evaluate the contractor's performance. this board submits an evaluation report to a determining official who determines the fee for a particular per

nasa is unlike civilian agencies.our programs and projects in all space exploration systems, science and aeronautic research, and space operations, and have one thing in common. nasa is pushing new boundaries of technology and science. there are many challenges involved in managing and performing high-risk programs, and missions. they are full of uncertainty and challenges and a about high risk acquisitions. nasa utilizes these contracts at many of these acquisitions. nasa uses fee contract when key elements of performance cannot be objectively measured. in the situation, most elements of contractor performance can only be evaluated using subjective criteria. to ensure these criteria measure accurately, the actual award fee earned by the contractor is determined by a rigorous process. a performance evaluation board made up of many functional disciplines is established to evaluate the contractor's performance. this board submits an evaluation report to a determining official who determines the fee for a particular peri

with just $300 million, nasa says it could find most asteroids bigger than 1,000 feet across.erts say nasa may never get that money because it's somewhat of a lame duck program and there's not a big enough group pushing for the funds. in new york, fox news. >>> it is a typhoon that's left much of southeast asia so devastated, it's hard to believe even what you're looking at. days after the storm struck, taiwanese villagers are evacuating themselves to avoid floods and mud slides that have already claimed 90 lives throughout asia. people tried to reboard helicopters heading back to their destroyed communities so they could take part in the search for loved ones. >> it's sad when you see that situation over there. we think gosh, it's so bad here. we've got the heat. >> 80 inches of rain. the problem they had, they were in an extreme drought before it hit. it was like concrete. now you're seeing all the mud slides going on. such a shame. terrible stuff. >>> we've got tropical weather of our own to start focusing on in the atlantic. we'll talk a little bit about that. looking live

but then where does nasa go? the man says giving up on the moon would be a mistake. >> it's about what you value. if american is going to be an exploring pioneering nation or not. >> wset the goals, and then we cannot provide funding. this is not a case study of international leadership. >> reporter: nasa's future has never been less certain. tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> well, in italy you don't have to celebrate the winning of a lottery, you just have to live in the crowd. somebody bought the winning ticket in italy's $211.8 million state lottery. it's believed to be europe's biggest jackpot. people celebrated with champagne. >>> the time is 9:14, and still ahead kids' post, and this week kids are taking flight. and a great dane truly great. this dog is going for a world record, and it looks like he will get it. ex this is a welcome sign. no rain as we look outside. chuck will tell us if we can >>> check this out. a dog going for a world record. you might be able to get this in the running for tallest

i am just disappointed. >> in the years following the nasa missions, nasa focused on the shuttle program which included building the international space station. the space shuttle is now scheduled to be retired by the end of next year, leaving many asking the difficult question, what's next? >> it's not easy, because we is budget challenges that we have to fit within. >> wanda austin and nine other aerospace experts were picked by the obama administration to provide the president with options for nasa's future. the panel held public hearings earlier this month to get ideas. >> it does come down to money. everything has a price associated with it, and the committee is looking to provide options that have a very high chance of success, and that will provide the nation with some interim opportunities to really be fascinated with what we discover in space. >> options ainge from prolonging the shuttle program to scrapping the budget busting constellation program. constellation is nasa's current plan to build new rockets and a new vehicle to get astronauts back to the moon and eventually mars,

or for nasa's contractors. they will deliver their final report to the white house in mid-september. then it's up to the president to determine what's next for nasa's human space life program if anything. nine news now and wusa9.com. >>> a young boy is let off at the wrong bus stop and now the mom wants the driver held responsible. >>> plus a reporter and her crew gets more than what they bargained for when they knocked on the door of the florida home. >>> in washington, this could be the deadliest month yet for the u.s. forces in afghanistan. the latest coming up. >>> they will pay their respects to senator kennedy. a memorial service will take place there tomorrow night. school schedules continue to be a problem for them in the schools. nearly 2,000 students did not have a classroom kenneled today. they have given up generating schedules on computers, and they have gone back to paper and pencils to solve the problem. >> a bus driver lets a student off the wrong stop and that child gets in a car with a strange

that's how you detect it. >> reporter: while nasa searches the find appears to be going well, findingthe smaller ones remain to be the problem. even an asteroid the of n olriof lincoln memorial s hathe hatential to devastate a city the size of dc. >> a crater is caused by an je ct of 50-meters. ob rof ping another one, at t stasle not yet. which is why johnson says it is 0 important that nasa keep looking. >> the earlier we find these objects the more time we will have to deal with them. and the check if we continue our robust detection program we will find these objects decades if not centuries before they are an impact threat. >> reporter: james hash, 9 news now and wusa9.com. >> j.c., the perseids are flying. >> how are you doing? >> i'm doing well, thank you. i am excited. i love pet line nine thursday. we have that after the seven day. a little warm outside and here's a check on the weather forecast as we head through the afternoon and in to the evening. yes, we are looking at 86 degrees for the high. a couple of thunderstorms. most will be east of dc. overnight we will ease back

i am a lawyer for nasa and people wonder what lawyers do at nasa. of the more interesting acts best is to give preventive advice in advance on whether our civil servants can accept the award surprises from outside organizations. many years ago, i had been introduced to john and had to do an analysis as to whether he could receive a particular word from a particular institution. we looked to see if there were standards in place and whether the awards were given pursuant to written standards so there is no appearance of impropriety. it is a straightforward analysis. the facts change from time to time. we look at the regulations and the government books. one of the examples listed in the essex regulation -- and the ethics regulation is the u.s. support of agriculture could accept the nobel prize of offer. after reading john's book, it is not out of the realm of possibility that someday we could do this for you. being the man that he is, he explained that those sorts of things take a long time. there's a time that the nobel committee waits on discovery

if the nasa budget were increased, the total nasa budget by about 20%, we could set on a very logicalpath, i think, to do fly-s by of mars, to go back to the moon, to visit the moons of mars and land on an asteroid, and eventually land on mars. and we could do it, i think, safely and with technology we know,000 eventually produce. >> reporter: overall, i think most people would agree, this is a far cry from john f. kennedy, 1961, clarion call, let's put a man on the moon. is that permanently behind us as a country, just a distant dream? >> well, i think the what president kennedy was speaking in a difference sense. we were in a race with the russians. some of our companies are now partners with the russians. it is a different era. on the other hand, today, i just saw a poll, 72% of the people said they-- that the space program was important to them. 52% said they cared a lot about the space program. people do care, and as a matter of fact, two of the mexico of our group were astronauts. one of them was sally rirkd the first woman in space. and everywhere we went, people crowded around

nasa tv and the launch, a major milestone for nasa, and you will watch it live in hd is available. >> t minus 20 seconds. >> we're on hold at t minus 20 seconds. shepard: these pictures coming out of utah. are we controlling this in florida or in texas today? all right, joe is the duty in the blues. are they control is out of houston? >> no, they are in utah. that is where this test is going on. we are 20 seconds away from the ground test of this rocket, but for some reason, we are in a whole. let's bring in charlie, a former astronaut, flew on four different missions, commanded two of those. you are with the company that developed this rocket and build it here. any idea what is going on? >> right now, we are looking at a hydraulic system low pressure indication, so we will wait for the tests conducted to sweep through the system and determine the cause and the way forward for today. >> while we have you here, let's talk about what you have in your hand. raise this up so people can see. we are looking at about 154 feet from top to bottom. this is what we call stage one of the actual r

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nasa and things that go bump in the night. are we sitting ducks? you won't want to miss this story. we will be back in two minutes. f karl, don't you have friends coming over? yeah, so? it stinks in here! have you smelled this chair? or these curtains? you've gotta wash this whole room! are you kidding? wash it?! let's wash it with febreze! whoa! [ sniffs ] hey mrs. weber. [ sniffs ] hey, it smells nice in here. you know, i like to keep things fresh. helps me concentrate. [ male announcer ] for all the things that you can't wash, wash it with febreze. >>> i'm meteorologist topper shutt. if you can't sleep tonight you can go outside, get away from light and look up at the sky and the meteor shower occurs every august as the earth goes through the belt that was left behind with the dust and rock. this was taken this wisconsin yesterday. they had better weather. 1:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. nothing else to do, get away from lights. you might see a little bit of a show tonight. >> all right. back to the computer. next three days temperature wise we are in pretty good shape. holding in the 80s

it is nasa's watch out for it but a new report shows nasa is not in the game because they don't haveave a physics professor and author of a book physics of the impossible. nice to see you. >> i felt very good until i saw that story. bill: seriously, you take this seriously. this concerns you. there are objects out there circling our planet or coming near to earth that are only 460 feet across. that is the size of the super dome in new orleans. if we were to take a hit from one them what happens? >> it would knock out not just new york city but the entire northeast. an object the size of a two-story apartment building will take out new york city that. is a city buster. something like that hits us once every 100 years. it usually lands in the ocean but in 1908 in hit siberia yafrment i think it is inevitable. one day we will get hit. everyone is talking about health insurance but what about insurance for the earth? the earth needs health insurance. bill: there is a law, right that tells nasa to look out for these things but we have found that nasa can't do it because they don't have th

nasa can't be sued.t out by being a little more careful. >> they don't have the know-how yet. >> jay, you just need that long ladder and you'll be fine. >> let's modify a volkswagen. i'll get on a volkswagen -- this is ridiculous! >> jay, go ahead. >> i watched a private rocket flying people up into space and back in the desert. i stood there twice a couple of years ago. these are things that until recently private group company could not do but private companies have been learning about this. i'm if i have my ways, will cover this story inside and out. the morning meeting will be all over the space taxi. thank you both. still ahead here on the morning meeting, tell us how you really feel. former vice president dick cheney unleashing about his relationship with former president bush. new details about his tell-all book out this morning we will discuss when the morning meeting returns exclusively on msnbc. w . active naturals wheat formulas proven to target and help repair damage in just three washes. - b

the nasa mission says that the valve problem is over.hink it is working properly. 11:59, lunchtime. shepard: i guess the seven astronauts are realized that it does not always go off the first time. >> they take it with a grain of salt. this is part of growing up, but you will get in the van, go all the way and, struck yourself and and at the last second, they have been going over the mission and adding onto the months of preparation that have been doing. for jose hernandez, this will be quite the journey. now he will be an astronaut. he got a great education. he became exactly what he wanted to be. shepard: we will be watching tonight as the shuttle goes up. thank you. a down day on wall street. not awful. we will of context and perspective on that. but not walmart. they have hundreds of generic prescriptions for just $4 for up to a 30-day supply and no gimmicks. save money. live better. walmart. new carefree ultra protection liners, with wings! absorb ten times more, like a pad but feel thin and comfy, like a liner. new carefree® ultra

in may 2000, the leaders of nasa were posed a question.hat do we do that but we just lost two mars missions? two missions lost. the mars global service was working, but two important scientific missions were lost. what we did was this. we flew a pair of robotic geologists', led by a great scientist like steve squares and his team, to explore mars chemically at the scale in which a geologist's work. you might say that sounds scary. geologist's look dirty. in fact, the work in the dirt to read the records of planets. i like to tell the story. here is the rover opportunity. about a year ago at the rim of the victoria crater. i like to tell a story because when i talk to children about mars and of the universe, i like to remind them that i have never met a rock that lied to me. ever. as a scientist, we can read the record in these rocks and understand the history of water for mars and thus the potential history of habitats. by looking at the history of these rocks perhaps reflecting an arab two to 3 billion years ago on a plan it then may have

despite that, nasa says they have found about one-third of the so-called near earth objects, but theyof those could cost hundreds of millions of dollars, and, of course, as you know, we are broken another day of those tense town hall meetings, -- we are broke. another day of those tense town hall meetings. taliban militants and they tell they have controlled for many years. and on this day in the year 2000, the russian military submarine mysteriously sent to the bottom of the barents sea. none of its crew members survived. 500 feet long. it was by far the largest submarine on planet earth. in fact, it was about three times the size of the largest submarine in the navy. the kursk was also highly advanced, but during a training exercise in the arctic circle, something went wrong, some explosions, and the ship plunged to the bottom. people waited to see if there was any word of survivors, and one year later, the kursk was salvaged, but because of the disaster was never determined. it was a tragedy at sea that it was a tragedy at sea that happened nine years

reporter: nasa doesn't have enough money for a lunar landing by 2020. that's one of the signals being sent out after a presidential panel reviewed the agency's human space program. a dark scenario for some scientists. >> there is this perception, and not just among the public, but also in the science community that the moon is sort of a been there, done there world. i couldn't disagree more. ith a fascinating world and in many ways, the key to understanding the solar system. one of the big reasons to go back and probe the moon it tellses you what the nature of the primordial nature is like. >> reporter: the budget to do this falls short by tens of billions of dollars. >> liftoff. we have liftoff. >> reporter: during the apollo program, the budget was 4% of national spending. today it's less than 1%, or $18 builton a year. >> for human space flight, half of that is human space flight. of that between $3 billion and $of billion is for new exploration. there is a choice of priorization nah the administration has to meet. everybody has to agree where we're

the delay is now causing -- pushing the -- pushing nasa against a tough deadline. because of conflicts with russian and japanese rockets heading to the space station, but now the shuttle is the only one that can carry the logistics modules with science racks and a new compartment, the key to completion of the space station. discovery will also transports are new treadmill named after steven colbert, who won the honor in an on-line poll and is eager to see if launch. >> this is steven colbert saying, i am go to launch. let's light this candle. >> a sentiment shared by many but when that will have to wait until at least friday morning. >> we are getting a look at the official coast guard report on the water taxi accident. five people were killed. the report says the accident followed an unsafe decision to dock. five people drowned. coast guard investigators say the boat capsized due to a number of reasons. a possible gasoline may be to blame for an underground explosion that sent four manholes into the air. sky team 11 was over the scene downtown. the department of p

not for nasa. they have to stop them before they hit earth.hing that istanding in the way is kind up for debate now. we'll talk about it coming up. spar  sit new york officials have slapped a fine on the american medical an life insurance company and pulled its ad prom is i go peace mine for just $5 a day. many people have been paying hundreds of dollars a month only to have the company pay just a fraction of hospital bills. some of those bills in the tens of thousands of dollars. the company is licensed to sell policies in dozens of states and the district of columbia. >>> the freedom tower in new york city continues to take shape. yesterday, workers set a 70-ton piece of steel into place. this is the largest column installed so far. the new freedom tower will be 1776 feet tall when come heated. it is expected to be finished in 2018 but a memorial should hope in 201. >>> an islam friendly swimsuit may have opened a new chapter in france's struggle with religious clothing. a woman wearing a burquini was banned. only

nasa will p. a series of tests over the next eight hours and hope to launch again on friday. >> the astronauts will be on standby for the next planned launch. the delay will also give astronauts near time to intend with their families before the mission gets under way. >>> a freighter called the arctic sea vanished on july 21st and was located last week. eight suspected hijackers now suspected of kidnapping and piracy in moscow. there is information that the ship could have been carrying sensitive cargo. >>> it wasn't a police team. but a group of teens tried to walk off with a spool that was worth more than $1,000. that's when thousands of bees and lots of honey spilled out of the spool. the thieves eventually got away. but some are hoping they learned a lesson from the, quote, "sting operation." >>> thea andrews has more from hollywood. >> coming up on entertainment tonight. a whole new batch of crazy. from toddlers and tiar as. check out the agency new costumes. and stage moms, hoping for pagea

it is a tight schedule, leaving nasa accounting on discovery -- a leading nasa counting on discoveryo leave the ground soon. if it does not launch by then, it will have to prod -- pushed it back until october. >> now, your instaweather plus forecast. >> for the time being, the doppler radar shows the heavy rains moving out of the immediate baltimore area. we are not completely out of the woods yet. flooding rains that have moved through carroll county are pushing up through pennsylvania. that appears to be gone. there are additional showers and the mountains to our west that could slide across central maryland late tonight and early tomorrow. along the southern sections of the state, heavy showers are again posing a threat of heavy downpours. there is a flood watch for all areas west of the day. the flood watch will go until noon tomorrow. from cecil county, hartford county -- some of those very heavy rains earlier in the evening had a flood warning in effect until 12:30. the general thinking is that it could easily flood low-lying areas and small streams. at the airport, we had a 1.

only seven more missions before nasa retires it.ake a long the dates are tentative of course, the next one scheduled for august 6th. less than a week away and after that, launches scheduled for november, february and march in 2010 and most of these missions involved carrying parts and cargo to the international space station and if everything goes according to plan, the last shuttle mission, number 134 will launch next september and that meets the deadline. >> rick: i'm glad you can't go to space yet because we have another hour and ten minutes together. >> jamie: i'll stick around. >> rick: another story coming up. we've known it as the swine flu, but told to call it the h1n1 virus. we're hearing it may be stronger and dangerous than first predicted and it's not even flu season yet. >> jamie: no, two shots for us may be coming up and we're also going to have a live report, tracking the h1n1 virus and we'll tell you about a group of kids that ran into trouble in china because of it. xxpx my name is chef michael

larry williams and mark are among those attending eight nasa workshop -- a nasa workshop today.ept for private citizens to be able to travel in space? >> no, what we have proposed to nasa and have a contract with an existing option is to deliver astronauts to the space station once the space shuttle is retired, which is double to be in the next year. brian: is the $50 million wise? >> we think it is. it is not going toward something that has no purpose. we currently are spending the money to bring these astronauts to the space station. without the space shuttle, we will be spending the money offshore. the government has a contract with russia to deliver these astronauts. we will be in creating jobs here. alisyn: basically, once the space shuttle is retired, you guys would step in and serve the purpose. >> that is what we are proposing. that is what nasa is looking at the moment. the $50 million is to help commercial companies. we are launching satellites into orbit. and to adapt that technology to move from cargo to crew once the space shuttle is retired, which will be pretty so

nasa scientists explain some of nasa's projects in the works.it was part of recent mars society seminar in washington d.c.. >> the best way to introduce our next speaker without running through the very long list of accolades and accomplishments is to tell little anecdote, but teaching ment. i am a lawyer for nasa and some people wonder what lawyers do at nasa. one of the more interesting aspects of the praice is to give preventive advice in advance on whether or notur civil servants can accept awards and prizess for about organizations. many years ago now, i was introduced to john, had to do an analysis on whether or not he could receive a parcular award from a particular institution. we look at particular standards in place, with the awards are given pursuant to written standards so there is no appearance of impropriety, pretty straightforward analysis. what chang are affects from time to time. we look regulations, government books. one of the examples listed in the ethics regulation, applicable governmentwide, i pointed out to john, at the ti

nasa's plan to go back to the moon. those missions will come in that "constellation" program replacing the shuttle. >> generally speaking, the public is in favor of these things. they like this, they like space flight, they want to go back to the moon. they just don't want to spend a lot of money to do this. >> reporter: roger launius says the way budgeted now man's flight to the moon is about a decade away but says with shortcuts. he says realistically, they may have to build twoo launch vehicles in the "constellation" program. one, the "aries 1" rocket has had problems in the test. brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> building a home on a budget if you've tried you demo means making careful decisions in today's ecosolutions we're introduced to a family that found ways to be green and keep costs low. >> reporter: when they built their house, they planned every detail. environmental impact was a priority. but, money and time were limited. >> because both of us are working so we only have short time to be here in house and s

nasa is participating in one end is already beginning to work. please clarify that for me. >> there is an interagency working group. i have a member of my staff on it. right now they are actually waiting to look at federal acquisition regulation changes to then decide what further practice and guidance which it put out to supplement the regulation. but one of the things that was brought up earlier is that even internally in some agencies there is the challenge of getting out best practices, at different buying centers and command centers talk to each other, and without the technology we have available today, there is no reason why we should not share best practices within our agencies, but also across the government. as mentioned earlier, if 95% of all or fee dollars are with five agencies, we should be getting together and sharing best practices, not just on all or fees, but other incentives as well. >> my time has expired. you are recognized. >> the reason why i asked for the time periods is that i assumed that most of the gentleman here from t

without a moon mission, where does nasa go? the man who ran nasa under president bush said giving up on the moon would be a mistake. >> it's about what you value, and if america is going to continue to be a forward-looking, exploring, pioneers nation or not. >> we set goals and amendment to provide the funding to achieve them. this is not a case study of excellence in national leadership. >> reporter: with "discovery" sitting on the pad for tuesday's launch, nasa's future has never been less certain. tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> and the white house issued this response to the report, "the committee hasn't yet finalized its work or delivered the final report. once we receive the report the administration will move swiftly to review the thoughts put forth by the committee but at the end of the day the president will make the decision, not a committee." >>> be right back. first, this is "today" on nbc. >> good morning. i'm kate amara. it is 7:25. here is a look at some of the stories we're covering this morning. baltimo

the panel warns it won't happen on schedule. >> our commitment is for full funding of nasa.re in tough times. but what we want to show is nasa generates jobs. >> reporter: jobs arizona space student nicole sharp would love to land. >> hopefully one day i'll be on the stage. >> reporter: the endeavour mission commander hopes they'll make it back to the moon and even mars. >> all astronauts love the idea eventually getting out of orbiting the earth forever and going back to the moon and other things. that's what we hope to see in the future. >> jamie: amazing pictures. thanks to the fox affiliate in houston kriv. >> eric: did you hear about this one? a daring bank teller, single handedly stops a robbery attempt. you expect him to at least get a good job and pat on the back, right? that's not the case. now the teller is reward -- how the teller was rewarded for springing to action. >> jamie: former cbs news anchor dan rather thinks corporate and political influence on news rooms damaged the industry. and now he's calling on the president to step in. how would that help the medi

nasa will try tomorrow morning at 1:10.pringfield, virginia native pat forester is actually a part of that crew. >> south korea is joining the space race. this morning it launched its first rocket from its territory in to orbit. south korea's calling this a partial success. the rocket went normally, but its satellite payload failed to enter the direct orbit. >> oh, man. >> unfortunate. >> that's a bummer. >> but kind of neat. good afternoon. >> supposed to be a nice, warm day. >> warm day and low humidity. >> that's good. >> doesn't get much better. hey, everybody. great to see you at 12:18. i'm here to help you with the weather forecast and letting you know you can follow the weather the next couple of days. on the week we will be heading in to unsettled times. look outside and show you the sateite radar sa. radar loop. no trouble. da to wall sunshine. i was just on the weather odgo l alrigood outside. all right. we will take a step toward to the 90s. close to it today but without all the summertime humidity not too bad. a

toest this, nasa send a spacecft which passed thugh the dusty ta of one of them anscooped up me of the materi. the stardust spacecra was sent to the very ee of the solar syem 10 years ago. a coected particles from a coat -- from a commt. returned in 2006. since then, scientists have been carefully analyzing the particle now, after all these years, they have the results they ve been waiting for. >> what we found pieces of the comet or extra trestrial materialthat are the building blocks -- were extra terrestrial materials that are the building ocks of life. they may he helped seedhe pool of material so that life on earth was originad. >> the is lots of evidence we have been hit by comets d steroids in the past. there iso reason to believe other pnets uldot have been hits well. >> it points to th idea that life may be fairlycommonly distributed throu the univse. we have not found any yet, but myunch is it is only a matter of me. the debate is all ki of lfe, how sophisticated, but it does suggest a simple life is widespread. >> if they did give birth to kickart with life, there is a chanc

it seems unreasonable to usthat nasa shld spend its tme repeatedly doing what knows how to do.asa ought to be exploring outer space and doing w things d turning over the transrtation of weightnd people-- goods and people to lower orbithich by that i man aew hundred miles above the earth. that should be a commercial deavor inour view and to make that possible someone ha to guarantee a market, a that's the government, ju as it did inhe postal service days. >> reporter: if mone were no objecat all-- and i know that's a ftasy-- is it clear in yourind what the united states shou do in space? >> i think it is. and think we don't ev have to have a situatio where money is no objet. the nasa budg were increase the total nasaudget by abt 2, we could set on a very lical path, i think, to do fly-s by of ma, to go back to the moon, to visi the mos of mars and nd on an ateroid, and eventually landn mars. and we coulddo it, i think, safely and with tenology we know00 evenally produce. >> repter: overal, i think st people would ree, this is a r cry from john f. kennedy, 11 clarion call let's p

nasa is planning to launch the space shuttle discovery tonight. liftoff from the pad at cape canaveral is scheduled for 11:59 p.m. the latest trip to the international space station has been delayed twice this week due to bad weather and the fuel valve problem. if the mission does not launch by sunday, it will be pushed back to mid october. >>> all right. let's get a full look at the weekend weather. kim has been checking her map. >> we have been getting a lot of use out of doppler 9000 this friday at noon. a big escape day for everybody for the weekend. before you head out the door i want to tell you about heavy weather moving in. a severe thunderstorm warning for prince georges county until 1:00. show it to you on doppler 9000 womilzol zoand show you the communities anunder the gun e iss onketaupkeit que a bit of real es. teta it is capable tee ofproducing windof 60 s lemian hour. you lks over naoner alharbor t right now. oxon hill, clinton, camp s,springs, andrews air e fo base, marlton. alfolks be t.okfos belk on the ou this is a strong storm.

el primer sorprendido fue el presidente barack obama >> es el nuevo auto con el que la nasa explorarÁmo Éstos sirvieron para perfeccionar Éste auto elÉctrico que ademÁs gira sobre los ejes de sus 12 ruedas. >> antes los vehÍculos lunares eran estructuras simples y resistentes para transportar materiales y a los astronautas con sus uniformes puestos. >> ahora los astronautas dejarÁn la cabina sÓlo cuando necesiten salir a caminar, y como si fuera un guante, se meterÁn dentro de los trajes que siempre estarÁn listos para la operaciÓn. una operaciÓn de 10 minutos que antes tardaba hasta 6 horas. >> los desprevenidos habitantes de la ciudad de washington lo vieron por sus calles. >> y despuÉs de cumplir la tarea de exploraciÓn, la nasa estudia la posibilidad de dejar el vehÍculo en la luna y utilizarlo en la siguiente misiÓn. >> segÚn los cientÍficos sÓlo necesitarÍa llevar una nueva baterÍa. >> usted puede ver todo del mundo htlkpsobre ruedas en univisiÓn. uniclave: autos. >> se pueden reciclar hasta los aviones, y si no lo creo, fabio en mÉxico tiene la evidencia. Éste no es un aeropuer

is what gives regular chocolate its libido boosting properties. >>> for the third time this week, nasas preparing to launch space shuttle discovery. that's if the weather holds. discovery is scheduled to take off just before midnight. and the crew is set to deliver new equipment to the international space station. >>> weather going to be good there? >> cloudy skies. no big storms. so. we'll see. >> here? >> here, another batch of rain coming in. boy, we've had heavy ones. downtown. there was some real heavy showers just to the western suburbs. tonight. ready for a bicycle ride? he is saying -- you know, dear, it's my shoulder the i just don't think i can get on that bicycle. i got a little tendonitis. r ermpe.teouuratur humid 73 degrees. our daily rainfall. less than a tenth of an inch in washington. here's what's going on. 73 here. 60s. 50s. look at caribou maine, 47 degrees up to the north. we still have got the humidity in and around us. with that humidity. we have had the -- locally, very, very heavy rains. we are still into the flood watch until noontime tomorrow. there are still

it prosecutors say nasa former chief of staff courtney stod was lining his pockets when he steered $10 million to mississippi state university. stod faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted. >> very common chemical found in bug stray could do more harm than good according to researchers. french scientists found deet might be toxic to your central nervous system. doctors found deet blocks an enzyme that helps to transmit nerve impulses. doctors say more research however is needed. >> there will be fewer new teachers in the classroom this school year. when the school year begins later this month. and area school systems are hiring hundreds less because of cutbacks. baltimore city, which usually has a teacher shortage only hired 465 new teachers. the city usually hires about 800. >> flight delays apparently are getting much worse. according to the department of transportation. the number of on time flights back in june was down by nearly 4 1/2 percent. cancelled flights up 1 1/2 percent. hawaiian airlines had the best on time performance in june. >> cash-for-clunkers program is set to

go online look up nasa/noaa. carrington, carrington event. we've been in a low period of solar activity for about the last five years. i can remember -- i think it was in 2003 in north carolina we were watching northern lights. some of you might recall that it fritzed some of our systems. carrington event happened in 1959 where it was melt on the poles. railroad ties burst into flames. electrical sparks were shooting out of the telegraphy systems. it blew out a fair amount of the telegraphy systems. if that event of a solar storm happened today, it could emp the whole world. if it lasted for 24 hours. one rotation of the earth, 24 hours, most of the world. let me provide an analogy. one of my greatest heroes in developing this is congressman roscoe bartlett, a representative from frederick, maryland who headed up through the republican side. let me emphasize this is a bipartisan issue. i wish we could agree on a bipartisan basis that we'll be all in the same sinking ship. the issue of ballistic defense might not excite you so much and maybe g

to test this, nasa send a spacecraft which passed through the dusty tale of one of them and scooped up some of the material. the stardust spacecraft was sent to the very edge of the solar system 10 years ago. a collected particles from a combat -- from a comment. it returned in 2006. since then, scientists have been carefully analyzing the particles. now, after all these years, they have the results they have been waiting for. >> what we found in pieces of the comet or extra terrestrial materials that are the building blocks -- were extra terrestrial materials that are the building blocks of life. they may have helped seed the pool of material so that life on earth was originated. >> there is lots of evidence we have been hit by comets and asteroids in the past. there is no reason to believe other planets would not have been hit as well. >> it points to the idea that life may be fairly commonly distributed through the universe. we have not found any yet, but my hunch is it is only a matter of time. the debate is all kind of life, how sophisticated, but it does suggest a simple life is

nasa's hoping to send shuttle "discovery" into space later tonight. this will be the third time this week nasa has tried to get the shuttle into orbit. weather caused the first delay and a bulky fuel valve scrubbed the second attempt. liftoff scheduled for 11:59 p.m. >>s americans brace for the onslaught of the swine flu, medical experts are trying to get the word out about flu prevention. especially for those most at risk. >> now they're using a wide range of media platforms from widgets to twitter. leanne gregg has those details. >> can a retan p woman get a flu shot if she's only one or two months pregnant? >> reporter: this interactive webcast is one of the health and human services department's margest multimedia campaigns ever. the subject, education and prevention of swine flu. >> the information that we deal with is going to be as important as the vaccine. >> reporter: becau a children and young adults are most at risk for swine flu, the government is distributing information on facebook, youtube, twitter and other platforms to make it easily

. >>> nasa was forced to postpone this morning's launch of space shuttle "discovery" because of stormy weather. rain and lightning moved into the area late last night. they will try to launch again tomorrow morning. among the crew, was jose fernandez, a son of migrant farm workers from mexico. hernandez says he always dreamed of being a astronaut. >> i didn't have anything. we couldn't join little league because we couldn't afford it. couldn't join boy scouts. i couldn't take those field trips. all those things motivated me to say the way to get out of this situation is to get a good education. >> hernandez has started a foundation to encourage kids to study mouth and science. he will be the first astronaut to file twitter updates bilingual from space. >>> the thunderstorms that caused the shuttle delay continue plus day in florida, georgia and south carolina. showers and thunderstorms from michigan to new mexico, could get severe at times with hail and gusty winds. scattered showers in the pacific northwest. and another scorcher in texas. >> dls hits 99. miami, 91. high 80s from atlan

take a look at these pictures from nasa. this is from nasa's satellite, clearly showing the eye. the infrared picture shows cold, high clouds, indicating a powerful hurricane. meteorologist tim williams is closely tracking the storm in the first warning weather center. >>> gamp, everyone. this storm is in warm water -- good afternoon, everyone this storm is in warm water. this is a dangerous storm. category 4 storm as of last check. we'll be getting another check as of 5:00. this storm is moving to the west and just around the west/northwest around 16 miles per hour, with winds sustained over 130 miles per hour. gusts up to 161. this is going to be moving toward the u.s. but then taking a bit of a right turn. the winds will start to take it out to see it will hit cooler water. and we'll be looking at the same system that is bringing us showers and thunderstorms over the next few afternoons, helping to glance and deflect it off to see. this storm is really just a few days away from starting to affect the eastern coast of the u.s. coastline. we will keep you posted. as of now, bill

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nasa says the weather looks good and expect the launch to happen. nasa managers say discovery is in pretty good shape to fly to the international space station. a power controller had to be replaced a week ago in the shuttle but didn't affect launch. discovery and seven astronauts will deliver about 17,000 pounds of space station supplies and equipment. >>> two maintenance men are being credited for saving the life of a kitten left in a duffel bag for six days. this happened in spokane, washington. the men heard the kitten puring in a garage. and then found in a duffel bag. the kitten in a canvas. animal protection officials say the kitten would likely have died if the men didn't find it and act quickly. authorities say the animal's owners admitted to putting the kiten in a bag. he now faces charges. the maintenance men have adopted the kitten. >>> the hunt for a man accused of brutally murdering his ex-wife comes to an end. >> the latest on the search for the reality star and how it ended. >> emotions run high on a controversial topic here. >>> but

. >>> gracias, y mucha acción, y obligaron a cancelar el despegue del transbordador, la nasa retomaráe desplazó bill habíamos tenido bastante tranquilidad, y está a 325 millas de puerto rico, y pudiéramos estar hablando de la tormenta tropical danny, y de hecho hacia sureste del caribe perjudicando a costa rica, y fuertes lluvias se han estado sintiendo. y lo que sí tenemos es este anticiclón en el noreste, y una vez que este sistema se desplace estaremos hablando de clima placentero. y en texas siguen con temperaturas de 90 grados, condiciones secas para nuestros amigos en california, sigue la inestabilidad en la florida, y los estados adyacentes al golfo de méxico. es todo en el tiempo, continuamos con más de "primer impacto." >>> unas 90 mil personas podrían morir en los estados unidos a causa de la influenza h1n1. y esto podría ser de dos millones de pacientes y el iinicio de la escuela podría agravar esto. >>> y tenemos un producto que revolucionó para las arrugas. >>> hemos visto que a pacientes que le iniectamos empezó a trabajar en dos días. >>> contiene la misma toxina que el

>> well, yeah, it depends on when nasa asks us to do that, so if nasa turns on, asks us to do in thisar which we are hopeful they will, the white house has a panel on the future of human spaceflight that pilots can make recommendations in a few month, i hope some of those recommendations will be favorable to space x, because the alternative is, if space x doesn't do it we will be entirely dependent on the russians to carry our astronauts to the space station after 2010 and billions of dollars will be spent on essentially a sole source situation to the russians which i think is outrageous. >> charlie: and you haven't taken advantage of the opportunity to go in space yourself, have you. >> no, i have not. >> have you wanted to? >> if it was purely a matter of personal interest, i would have done it already. >> charlie: is there an interest the that or not? >> search day -- >> charlie: expressed some interest in that? >> some interest in that, yes. >> yeah. i would like to go at some point, but i am almost at the point it is difficult for me to take personal risks, i used to take a lot o