nasa crashed a probe onto the moon and discovered water. and we're not just talking about a few drops. chad myers from our sister network, cnn tells us what it means. forget counting the cars on the new jersey turnpike, you better watch out for the turkeys. >> we're still going to be out here collecting tolls. >> that is tammy the turkey. how the bird is causing quite a stir just two weeks before thanksgiving. what exit is she at? >>> okay, so that was chad myers from our sister network, cnn. well now, astronaut buzz aldron, the second person set foot on the moon is weighing in. he said he was pleased with the nasa discovery. but said he thinks the u.s. should focus on colonizing mars. >>> this is a miracle at the finish line, a runner collapses after a grueling marathon for nearly an hour he has no pulse. how doctors brought him back to life. >>> fbi agents are digging through the backyard of a house where an alleged serial killer lived in cleveland. the replains of 11 women have been found at his home he's in jail, charged with five count

nasa is trying to calm some real fears. >>> just a few minutes ago, we told you about the new dominoes record set in the netherlands. we thought we'd let you watch a little more. >>> barack obama making the first presidential trip to asia. the u.s. needs to improve the alliances there. he'll hear how he thinks that will affect you. >> it happened five steps after i finished the race. >> he had a heart attack after a marathon. and technically died. now he's alive to talk about it. hear what doctors did to revive them after 40 minutes. >> five, four, three, two, one -- >> folks set an emotional record-setting domino effect. wait until you hear how many tiles they set up for their shining moment. >>> hey, there. thanks for having us over. this is "hln news and views." we begin with president obama who's expected to arrive in singapore shortly. visiting japan, he said the u.s. needs to work more with asia, because that can create jobs back home. but he also said there are tough things to deal with too. >> this is a place where

it can help. >>> remember that nasa love triangle? the former astronaut accused of driving across the country, diapers were involved, to get revenge on her exlover. a slap on the wrist is what she got today. was it fair? we'll hear from the victim first. amazing video in boston. a woman lucky to be alive, check this out. a drunk woman waiting for the subway loses her balance and falls right on to the tracks. the train's conductor doesn't see the woman, luckily, some people start waving their hands to get their attention. at the last moment, the train slams on the brakes and stops right next to this woman's head. she's actually underneath the train, but not crushed. the drunk woman suffered minor scrapes and was taken to the hospital. what do you think she told cops? well, i've been drinking. she could have really have had a bad hangover if not for that conductor who slammed on the brakes. take two. the man who tried to extort millions of david letterman. j he's in court today saying it was a big misunderstanding. he's accused of tryin

it can help. >>> remember that nasa love triangle? the former astronaut accused of driving across the country, diapers were involved, to get revenge on her ex-lover. a slap on the wrist is what she got today. was it fair? we'll hear from the victim >>> first, top of the block tonight. amazing video from boston. a woman lucky to be alive, check this out. a drunk woman waiting for the subway loses her balance and falls right on to the tracks. you could be by the light a train bearing right down on her. the train's conductor doesn't see the woman, luckily, some good samaritans start waving their hands to get the conductor's attention. at the last moment, the train slams on the brakes and stops right next to this woman's head. she's actually underneath the train, but not crushed. the drunk woman suffered minor scrapes and was taken to the hospital. now, she told cops, what do you think she told cops? well, i've been drinking. she could have really have had a bad hangover if not for that conductor who slammed on the brakes. you know what i

nasa plans to launch at 2:28 eastern time. and how about this? 100 shuttle fanless get to see the launch up close so they can tweet about it. it may reach 150,000 twitter followers and, of course, we're following it for you. >>> there are now new concerns about a cholesterol drug millions of americans are taking. researchers say sedia didn't shrink build up in walls but its competitor did. those two drug, usually added to other cholesterol medications. the study was paid for by the maker and et study was too small to be reliable. >>> we have good news. health care reform could shave $80 billion of drug costs in the next decade. bad news, drug company, raising prices before the change takes effect. in fact, analysis show prices jumps at the sharpest rate in 10 years and add $10 billion to the nation's drug bill. many drug companies say it's the cost of doing business and research. critics argue they're trying to squeeze customers before the new legislation takes effects. one city shows priceses for whole sale name brand drugged soared almost 9% in

and that nasa guy, dr.orrison, says he's actually going to check out "2012," but maybe not for the next few days. the space shuttle "atlantis" just launched this afternoon, so we think he's probably pretty busy with that. >> i would guess. >>> now, brooke, all weekend long, our "showbiz on call" phone lines kept ringing and ringing. you know what people were calling in about? >> what's that, a.j.? >> carrie prejean. so many calling into "showbiz on call," our operators were working all weekend long. and regina in oklahoma is no longer on team carrie. >> caller: when carrie prejean started out, i was behind her. i felt like she had credibility and she was just standing up for what she believed in. now i think she has absolutely no credibility. you know, i wouldn't buy her books when it ends up at the dollar store, which it will, because it's not going to sell. so i think people just need to write her off. >> appreciate your call, regina. >> nancy calling into "showbiz on call" from california thinks everybod

nasa will have 100 people watching the launch in florida and tweeting about it. they're expected to reach 150,000 twitter followers. is it just me or kind of cloudy looking there? those are some of the headlines we're following there this morning. morning sunshine, i'm robin meade. >>> today, federal officials will tour an illinois prison that could house dozens of detainees from guantanamo bay. thompson correctional center is about 150 miles west of chicago. the town has a population of 160. >> they are concerned about what everybody is concerned about jobs. 600 people there. the prison sat hospital for five years, in fact, because the state didn't have enough resources to open it. it's still almost empty right now but state officials say this plan could pump $1 billion into the area and create up to 2,000 jobs. >> got this big expensive building sitting over there empty or practically. put some people to work. that's what they need here. >> we need jobs in our area. >> very depressed. both economically and emotionally. people are looking for these jobs. >> well

nasa says a previous scan showed no damage. they will be at the international space station for a week including christmas delivering spare parts. you never know when you will bump into a member of your family. it happened to president obama in china. find out about his reunion with his half brother in beijing. >>> yesterday the president was in china where he met with the premier of that country. the white house says china's president accepted an invitation to visit the u.s. next year. president obama also took time yesterday to walk along a section of china's great wall calling that experience magical and in between the state dinners, closed door meetings and sightseeing, president obama had a rare reunion with his half brother in china. mark obama has been living in southern china for the past seven years. he made headlines recently because in his new book he claims their father physically abused him. he wouldn't say if that subject came up when they met briefly at the president's hotel. >> we just had a big hug. and my wife

but because so many people have been talking about the thing, even nasa decided to look into it.e's cnn's jeanne moos for "showbiz tonight." >> reporter: save the date, could be the last one you save. >> december 21st, 2012. >> december 2012. >> 2012. >> yeah, but 2012. >> december 21st, 2012. >> dude, are you high again? >> reporter: oh, we're going to be high, blown sky-high. bye-bye sistine chapel, bye-bye u.s. capitol, bye-bye white house, about to be squished by an aircraft carrier. the doomsday movie "2012" is coming out, but don't stop paying your mortgage, because nasa assures us nothing bad will happen. >> there is no threat to earth in 2012. >> reporter: seriously, folks, there's been so much chatter about this -- >> this mayan calendar predicts the end of time -- >> reporter: that nasa is reassuring people on its website. >> all the talk about a doomsday is a big hoax. >> when they tell you not to panic, that's when you run. >> reporter: nasa is having to tell people that another planet isn't going to smash into ours. >> nibiru does not exist. where to start with this

nasa officials say it doesn't appear there's anything to worry about.oday's survey should give them more conclusive answers. "atlantis" and its crew of six will hook up with the international space station tomorrow. >>> some of our lucky i-reporters got a close-up view of the space shuttle "atlantis" as it blasted off. alan walters got this photo seconds after launch. walters says he goes to as many shuttle launches as he can. and another i-reporter was among of hundreds of i-reporters. she took a lot of photos including this one of the countdown clock. 101 participants from 21 states and four countries were invited for that tweet-up event. >>> send us photos of the launch or other cool videos or pictures from your part of the world. go to ireport.com and find complete instructions on how to submit your stories. >>> would you tell someone face to face you don't want to be their friend anymore? some people find it pretty easy to do online. why clicking the "unfriend" button on facebook is getting attention. >>> we are just getting 911 calls made by the m

nasa crashed a probe onto the moon and discovered water. and we're not just talking about a few drops. chad myers from our sister network, cnn tells us what it means. >> there can be water anywhere now in the entire solar system. in the universe. it really just means we're not the only place that is going to have this. and they proved it. remember this? this is the vehicle they crash-landed. they broke this part off and crashed it into the moon, way on the bottom of a moon in a place that is always dark. it will be that little black spot right there. why did they want to do it on the dark spot? because that spot never warms up. 200 degrees below zero where this thing crashed. and that was important, because they wanted to know in this crater, they wanted to know that this sun, this warm air never reached this. and the water would never have evaporated from here. so they were watching this part of the moon. here's what happened. they crashed this thing into the moon. there goes the probe. right into a very dark crater on the southern pole of

seattle researchers won $900,000 from nasa. unclear whether space elevators could ever work. >>> a stolen volkswagen van was found and it took just 35 years. customs agents found it in a shipping container in the los angeles port last month. here it is. the company shipping the blue van did not know that it was stolen. it was taken from an auto shop in spokane, washington back in 1974. a customs official says it was worth a few hundred bucks back then. now worth $27,000. >>> i'm larry smith. nine years since the yankees won a world series title. to hear the lamenting of some of the fans, you think they're the cubs. don't whine. nobody does a victory parade like new york, though. 1 million strong turning out on friday to celebrate the yankee's 27th and latest world series title. critics will point to the $2 billion, almost $2 billion the yankees spent last offseason on a new stadium and three pricey free agents. congrats to the guys in pinstripes. >> the party continued last night as the yankee stars and the celebrities, look at

i believe it's one of if laws she designed to receive sympathy from the court, nasa, her friends, heramily, and the american people. please don't be fooled. i was fooled. lisa nowak is a very good actress. >> she changed her plea to guilty to felon particular and misdemeanor battery. she originally faced attempted kidnapping. she will be out on probation. >>> are you at risk of identity theft? a new website can tell you. clark howard tells us about this free and easy way to protect your identity. here's clark. >> what risk are you at of identity theft? we hear about it. we see the commercials about this great way for you to keep your identity from being stolen and all that stuff. how much risk are you actually at? there's now a mathematical formula for free you can run yourself through and see how much risk you're actually under based on your profile of having your identity stolen. you go to a website called myidscore.com. you fill out a short amount of information. and if you're trusting enough your social security number. i chose to put it in there to see what it would show for me.

the end is not near, but because so many people have been talking about the thing, even nasa decided to look into it. here's cnn's jeannie moos for show biz tonight. >> save the date could be the last one you save. >> september 21st, 2012. >> 2012. >> september 21st, 2012. >> are you high again? >> we will be high. sky high. bye-bye sistine chapel and u.s. capitol and white house. by an aircraft carrier. don't stop paying the mortgage because nasa assures us nothing bad will happen. >> there is no threat to earth in 2012. >> there is so much chatter -- >> they predict the end. >> nasa is reassuring people on the website. >> all this talk about a dooms day is say hoax. >> when they tell you not to panic! >> another planet is not going to smash into ours. >> it does not exist. >> it's ludicrous. >> they are created by those who believe this. >> still here, just a lot bigger. >> there true believers. >> get yourself as far away from the ocean as you can. they will come ripping at you. find out if i'm telling you the truth. >> analyze this. talk of the end of the world was the beginning

>> that nasa guy dr. morrisson said he is going to check out 1220, but maybe not for the next few days. atlantis is just fine this afternoon. we think he is probably pretty busy with this. >> the phone lines kept on rippinging and ringing. you know what people were calling about? carrie prejean. so many calling in, our operators were working all weekend long. regina in oklahoma is no long or team carrie. >> when carrie prejean started out, i was behind her and felt like she had credibility and she was just standing up for what she believed in. now i think she has no credibility. i wouldn't buy her book when it ends up at the dollar store which it will because it's not going to sell. people need to write her off. >> we appreciate your call. >>enance fre california thinks everybody is ganging up on carrie and that's not right. >> i think that people are so jealous that this woman is so beautiful and they are looking for something, some way to break her down. she has her opinions and i wish her good luck. >>

nasa also says that a close inspection of the shuttle revealed no launch damage.prah will announce today that she is ending her talk show. she's going to tell her studio audience in just a couple of hours. winfrey's last show will be september of 2011 which means the show will have been on the air for more than 25 years. >> she is a chicago icon, on the level of a michael jordan, and what that means to chicago is for 25 years a lot of eyeballs on our city and you can't put a price tag on that. >>> well, those are some of the headlines we are following for you this morning. welcome back. good morning. i'm robin meade. let's jump right back into the news stories. the u.s. military may scale back the number of jets to protect against an air attack. after 9/11 the government dedicated dozens of warplanes to that mission. "the new york times" reports they have order add review of the costly system. senior officers say that if the chances of air attacks have decreased, the military could free up those crews for other missions. three teens have pled not guilty to setting

nasa plans to launch it from the kennedy space center at 2:25 eastern.ll see the launch close up so they can tweet about it. they will reach 150,000 twitter followers. >>> so you got this really old program from the '80s, the space shuttle program and new media, twitter, people following it. >> what's going on, robin? forecast for them right now. you saw the low deck of clouds hanging in there and i think it will break up. what is it about 2:30 or so, the cloud cover. the wind shouldn't be that bad. it should not rain at all, no thunderstorms in the forecast. not the same is true for you around southern parts of louisiana and texas and moving in towards mississippi and basically tennessee. here's that line right around houston and coming out of college station stretching down to the south. not severe but a line of thunderstorms that will move up to the northwest, too. rain around northern louisiana and northern arkansas and stretching into western parts of tennessee and find that there later on this morning and here's the mississippi river all moving ove

. >>> and then in about three hours nasa plans the first of three space walks at the international space station. astronauts will install a spare antenna and some new cables. it will be the first space walk for dr. robert satcher jr. who is also the first orthopedic surgeon in space. we'll have live coverage all this morning on "morning express" so stay with us. we'll take you straight to it. so why do people hate one another? a researcher at gonzaga university is leading an effort to start answering that question or try to. the ultimate goal is to create a new academic field of paint studies. the university even offered its first class on hatred last spring. it was taught by five professors from different disciplines. >>> and new this morning for you, president obama saying u.s. allies are discussing ways to punish iran for rejecting a nuclear deal. he made that comment in south korea on the very last day of his asian tour. eight days long. he says there will likely be sanctions over the next several weeks. yesterday iran defined a deal designed to ease international fears that iran pla

. >>> a nasa satellite uncovered water on a crater in the moon. it opens a new chapter about what we know about the earth's newest neighbor. nasa fired two spacecraft into the crater to measure the vapor and dust from impacts. scientists analyzed a huge amount of data from crashes and found several signs of water in the plume. how much and where it lies need to do more research on that. >>> flames light up the night sky. the fight to save this multimillion dollar mansion from burning to the ground. >>> some people don't buy fresh produce because they say it's too expensivexpensive. in certain neighborhoods fresh produce isn't even an option. in one neighborhood a woman is on a mission to change that in today's health minute. >> ladonna is on a mission. she led an effort to start urban farm sites because no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't find fresh produce in the neighborhood. >> if you wanted to, you could buy illegal drugs. you can get access to a variety of illegal drugs but if you wanted to find an organic tomato in this community, if

the mood down and the asparagus and basically put up a city, and nasa is growing because all the people were trying to get out too. >> the whole place and they quickly realized that something wasn't quite right when i worked out that they had the highest amount of illiteracy and the highest amount of crime in any country in the entire country. and then when the mortgages went from 800,000 nobody complained and everybody laughed. the recruiter, washing machine, dry air, carpets. >> we were hearing the stories, we were hearing these on the trading floor in late 2000. the first quarter was in 2007 called early payment default. and i promised myself i'm going to watch for these warning signs and there is a early payment default and it was a measurement of the amount of people that were even making the first mortgage payment and it is spiking up in late 2006. that is pretty crazy. >> it is very strange, there were people, very clever people in lehman who blew the whistle very quickly. and there were people, he wouldn't say the u.s. right in the thick of the group of the people who were actua

nasa says it was a false alarm thankfully. no danger to the crew.ay the astronauts finished the first of three space walks. nasa says a close inspection of the shuttle revealed no launch damage. >>> there is another new set of testing guidelines for women. this time for cervical cancer. now, the american college of on sta trigss and gynecologists says that most women in their 20s only need a pap smear every two years instead of every year. the group says that women don't need their first one until the age of 21. unlike the controversial new mammogram guidelines, the american cancer society supports these recommendations. >>> treasury secretary tim geithner says that the white house wants to shut down the $700 billion bank bailout pronto. money expert jennifer westhoven is joining us now. so why did it appear that lawmakers were kind of tough on him yesterday? was it about him or was it about somebody else? >> they were being -- they were throwing it at him, but it seemed kind of strange, like how are you making it this guy's fault? but very contenti

nasa says astronauts are going to install a spare antenna and new cables. it would be the first of three space walks we'll be watching for you, and the first one for dr. nassau. >>> we're looking to see plenty of fireworks for the health care reform bill that the senate unveiled overnight. they said it would mean higher premiums and more taxes, but harry reid says for the first time, almost all americans are going to be covered. >> 98% of the american people, those who have medicare will be included in that number, will have health insurance. and we'll make sure that 30 million more americans who don't have health insurance today will soon have it. i want to repeat, we not only protect medicare, we're making it stronger. >> democrats say their plan will cost about $850 billion over the course of ten years. they would pay for it with fees on insurance, drug and medical companies along with higher taxes on the wealthy. there would be cuts to medicare and medicaid and other fees and taxes as well, and this is estimated to cost about $350 billion less than the

. >>> remember that nasa love triangle, the former astronaut who was accused of driving across the countrywere involved, to get revenge on her ex-lover? slap on the wrist is what she got today. it was fair? we're going to hear from the victim. first, "to the block" tonight. amazing video from boston. a woman lucky to be alive. check this out. a drunk woman waiting for the subway. she loses her balance and oops falls right onto the tracks. you could see by the light, another train barrelling right down on her. the train's conductor doesn't seen the woman. luckily some good samaritans start frantically waving their hands trying to gets the conductor's attention. at the very latest moment the train slams on the emergency brakes and literally stops right next to this woman's head. she's actually underneath the train but not crushed. the drunk woman suffered minor scrapes and was taken to the hospital. now, she told cops what do you think she told -- well i've been drinking is what she told cops. boy she could have lael a bad hangover if not for that hero conductor who slammed on the brakes. yo

. >>> nasa is telling us do not worry. december 21st, 2012, is not the end of the world.opens friday. it's fueled some internet rumors based on the belief that the end of the mayan calendar coinsides with earth's expir ration date. nasa says that's like thinking the world is going to end because your wall calendar ran out and nothing is going to happen to earth, it says. >>> this past weekend the house passed landmark legislation to overhaul health care. and it did not make those taking part in the tea party express very happy. richard is here. you're going to be covering that in the next hour. what are they doing? >> they're on the road. if anything, saturday's vote you were talking about may have just fired them up even more. this is some of the video from last night. we'll show you the latest stop for the tea party express and what they don't like about that health care reform bill from the house. >>> also, are you having a hard time kicking the old habit? we may be as close as we've ever been, robin, to having a vaccine to help people stop smoking. then we know what h

nasa says a previous laser scan of the craft showed no damage. the crew will be at the international space station for a week, including thanksgiving. they're delivering some pretty large spare parts to the station there. but from that vantage point, all looks good. at least to our eyes. >>> live pictures coming to you right now as attorney general eric holder is telling a senate committee why he ordered five suspects from september 11th attacks to be prosecuted in federal court. the suspects include the mastermind of the attacks, californcal khalid shaikh mohammed. critics of the plan, including republican leaders in congress claim the trials will give him an platform for airing anti-american views. but holder says that doesn't concern him. >> and if khalid shaikh mohammed makes the same statements in his military proceedings, i have every confidence the nation and the world will see him for the coward that he is. i'm not scared by what khalid shaikh mohammed has to say at trial. and no one else needs to be afraid, either. >> holder says terrori

. >> ballard: our budget to explore our planet is only one- thousandth the budget of nasa.llion; they're $18.7 billion. >> logan: we had a chance to speak directly to one of the research ships, the "okeanos explorer." >> ballard: okeanos, inner space center. over. >> logan: the ship was in a remote part of the pacific, mapping american territory there for the very first time. can you tell us where you right now? >> we are currently 1,000 miles northwest of the hawaiian island oahu. >> logan: in the middle of nowhere? >> in the middle of nowhere. >> logan: ballard believes the deep sea is rich with things we can't even imagine, and full of human history he hopes can be found and protected before it is plundered. >> ballard: the deep sea has more history in it than all of the museums of the world combined, and we're only now entering this great museum of the deep. >> logan: at 67, bob ballard is showing no sign of slowing down. but he does retreat to his home in connecticut to spend time with his family. it's also a refuge from a scientific world that has not always been kind

to the department of state, the department of commerce, probably the department of energy, probably nasal of the high- tech agencies, all of the military agencies, and downloaded terabytes of information. >> kroft: terabytes? >> lewis: a terabyte is... it's hard to say. the library of congress, which has millions of volumes, is about 12 terabytes. so we probably lost the equivalent of a library of congress worth of government information in 2007. >> kroft: all stolen by foreign countries? >> lewis: yeah. this was a serious attack, and that's really what made people wake up and say, "hey, we've got to get a grip on this." >> kroft: but since then, there has been an even more serious breach of computer security, which lewis called the most significant incident ever publicly acknowledged by the pentagon. last november, someone was able to get past the firewalls and encryption devices of one of the most sensitive u.s. military computer systems and stay inside for several days. >> lewis: this was the centcom network, the command that's fighting our two wars. and some foreign power was able to

seattle researchers won $900,000 in prize money from nasa. it's unclear whether space elevators can ever work. >>> a stolen volkswagen van is finally been found. and it took just 35 years. customs agents found it in a shipping container in the los angeles port last month. here it is. the company shipping the blue van did not know, though, that it was stolen. it was taken from an auto shop in spokane, washington, back in 1974. a customs official says it was worth a few hundred bucks back then. now it's worth about $27,000. >>> i'm larry smith. a month before his 25th ber day, le brob jam lebron james almost did it all. even hosted snl one time all living in cleveland. imagine if he moved to new york. last night a-list celebrities and knicks fans made their pitch to the soon-to-be free agent who put on a show. this what's they does night in, night out, be it in new york or cleveland. shot like this, a guy up in his grill, no problem. three-pointer. later, yeah, better luck next time. i don't think so. shoot it? no. pass to ilguaskas for the ass

nasa will have 100 people watching the launch in florida and tweeting about it as well. they're expected to reach 150,000 twitter followers. these live pictures there as we get ready to send "atlantis" up into the sky if the weather's good. >>> those are some of the stories we're following on this monday. hope you're having a good morning. first off, sixth man in missouri, in a missouri family is accused in a child sex abuse case. darryl moeller said he is devastated. no idea about the rape allegations against him. he was arrested in florida friday. six alleged victims said when they were children children, they were forced to participate in sex acted. police picked up another person but let him go friday. >>> pep are upset nothing has been done with property seized for them under eminent domain. you might remember in 2001, town of new london, connecticut, bought up 90 acres of land for private development meant to support a massive new pfizer plant. the case went to the supreme court. that lapd is still undeveloped this many years later. the city remains the recession.

. >> and the nasa administrator is in the house. the nsf director is also here. my science and technology adviser is right there. millibarmelody barns, the domesc policy director. then we have some students from some wonderful schools. oakton middle school, washington mathematics public charter high-school from d.c., and the herndon high school from herndon, virginia. welcome, everybody. [applause] the students from oakton will be demonstrating a moon rock cannon. i believe that robotics can inspire young people to pursue science and engineering. i also want to keep an eye on the robots in case they try anything. [laughter] it is an honor to be here and to be joined by the first american woman in space. sally ride. [applause] she has inspired a generation of boys and girls to set their sights higher. i want to thank nasa for providing the interactive globe to teach young people about our world. i want to welcome smmyth busters from the discovery channel. [applause] i hope that you left the explosives at home. [laughter] finally, allow me to thank the many leaders

. >>> nasa is telling us not to worry. december 21, 2012, is not the end of the world. the movie "2012" opens friday and fueled internet rumors. it's based on the mayan belief that 2012 is the earth's end date. that's like thinking the world will end when your wall calendar runs out. >> the movie started the speculation? >> based on the calendar. >> wait a minute, hollywood's never wrong! >> no, they're not. >>> hey, new this morning, shocking news, basketball legend kareem abdul-jabbar, has revealed he has cancer. shocking because so many of us adore him, if you will. we watched him growing up. >> any time people of this stature, this magnitude, get this disease. it's a shocking thing to us, richard. kareem abdul-jabbar, at only 62 years old, not only a basketball legend but stars in movies like "airplane" and tv shows. he was diagnosed with a rare form of blood cancer called my lied leukemia. the good news, his doctors said this is not a death sentence. he is launching an educational campaign and is now working as a paid spokesman. we will hear from him in about ten m

public-school and the superintendents supposedly knew what he was talking about as a former senior official at nasa. so i felt good asking him a question and he said dealing with the human elements of things can make its an extra level of complexity and challenge to a public undertaking. >> a member of our staff were your pushing the boulder up the hill, in this case you are both pushing it up and having to carry a lot of people with you at the same time and whose behavior is may actually be pulling back the other way again. so the hill is very steep in those respects. we have had some successes but very difficult to do. >> in one of your previous works, revolution of the routes, one of the models or templates that to look at is outsourcing. and how you plan and tried to deal with that. in light of the recent contract that was i think indiana decided to cancel its contract with ibm, i think it involved in killing welfare or certain benefits to a struggling in hungary, what do you see in your new book that might give rise to better use of outsourcing or with outsourcing not in an area that can actua

but nasa says, false alarm. not to fear.terday ostro naughts finished the first of three space walks. a close inspection of the shuttle revealed no launch damage. i love looking at those pictures up there. >> those guys are so talented, too. >> i totally went to space camp. i'm going to out myself right now. >> you did? >> i totally did. i was such a geek. until physics happened. then it was over. >> those guys are talented as heck. >> so are you, right? >> no, no, i'm brute force guys. >>> across the region, rain, showers and thunderstorms. we had them specifically in texas. here is yao new wave of low pressure. spinning in across the west, getting in towards quebec right now. it's up rooted itself, but the rain is out there ahead of the cold front. that's getting in towards that region by cape cod down to nantucket, too. new york city, you guys are dry now. in nyc, if you're traveling up here, the rain has gone. but the winds will shortly pick up. you can see central park right here. it's gorgeous. only about 60 is your hi

nasa said the bill would enshrine in law the monopolistic powers -- massa said the bill would enshrine in law the monopolistic powers of the private health insurance industry. single payer action today is calling on the 88 single payer supporters in the house to stop hiding. come out, come out wherever you are. start from scratch and pass single payer. on july 30, 54 single payer supporters in the house side the letter saying that anything less than a public option tied to medicare rates was unacceptable. a few months later, they backed down and accepted and even puny public option not tied to medicare rates, a public option that will only cover 6 million americans. the hyper puny public option in the senate bill will cover only 4 million americans. and much of the puny relief the of the democratic bills will not kick in until 2013. many people who need coverage now will be dead by then. who will stand with kucinich and massa and against obama's health care monstrosity? earlier this month, congressman to save your but sarah was critical of nancy pelosi for giving up too easily -- congr

president callan nasa may -- president how one asked mcowen t influence do they have on what the candidates will say or are you just a hired gun who is not there to provide the device? -- provide the advice? >> the fact is that sometimes we work for candidates. i think we believe in all of the candidates, even if they are people we just met and have not known long time before we work for them. but, in some cases, we do work with somebody we have known for many years. in which case, we may have influence on them. there are a lot of public policy issues that are not clear, black and white issues. there are grey areas. and a lot of people, even if they have a strong set up and suppose, have to think about it or analyze it, discuss it, and determine where to come down on something. sure, sometimes we have influence, but 99% of your job is to figure out where candidates stand, make sure that he or she does the homework and take a position on issues. then you help them talk it through and help them present it in the best possible fashion. >> would you like to add to that? >> i think the role is t

caller: you think that'll -- do you think that nasa is mostly to blame for this by punching a hole inmosphere? i noticed that every time they launch, bad weather follows the launch. could younç speak on that, plea? guest: i am not aware of a problem in terms of -- i've seen some of this stuff about chemicals being shot into the atmosphere to produce rain and stuff like that, but i do not see that as a major problem with climate change. the only thing i see as atmospheric is this question of airplanes and the exhaust of jet planes, it certainly causes more global warming issues than others. the december we will need to look at in the future. -- that is something we will need to look at in the future. host: let's go to eddie, also in texas, good morning. caller: abide to say that while there is a dispute -- i would like to say that while there is a dispute on human impact on global warming, it is very real. the science was developed back in at 1904. but scientists came up with the idea of the greenhouse effect -- about scientist came up with the idea of green -- the green house affect a

caller: you think that'll -- do you think that nasa is mostly to blame for this by punching a hole inof a problem in terms of -- i've seen some of this stuff about chemicals being shot into the atmosphere to produce rain and stuff like that, but i do not see that as a major problem with climate change. the only thing i see as atmospheric is this question of airplanes and the exhaust of jet planes, it certainly causes more global warming issues than others. the december we will need to look at in the future. -- that is something we will need to look at in the future. host: let's go to eddie, also in texas, good morning. caller: abide to say that while there is a dispute -- i would like to say that while there is a dispute on human impact on global warming, it is very real. the science was developed back in at 1904. but scientists came up with the idea of the greenhouse effect -- about scientist came up with the idea of green -- the green house affect as well as many other good ideas. his initial, -- a calculation was at 1000 years and has now been lowered to just 300 years and we can e