did neil armstrong not say, "one small step for ham, one giant beef for mankind." he didn't?l, he should have. [ laughter ] nasa, don't do this to our heroes. god help whoever has to spend three years crammed in a tiny pod with a vegan. [ laughter ] in space no one can hear you scream, but after three years of lentils and soy cheese, they're gonna hear you doing something else. [ laughter ] now, the rocket scientists over at nasa, by which i mean the rocket scientists, claim the three-year mission can't carry any dairy or meat products because "it isn't possible to preserve those products long enough." oh really? have you met my friend slim jim? [ laughter ] i believe flaming re-entry is part of the manufacturing process. [ laughter ] well, at least nasa has its priorities straight. the mars mission is 18 years away and they've nailed down the menu. checking off the to-do list, they just haven't gotten to "build spaceship." we'll be right back. [cheers and applause] going to need today? three...four cups? [dumbfounded] well, we... doesn't last long does it? listen. 5-hour ene

. >>> and on this day in 1969 american astronaut neil armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and more as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. twll be continued breaking news coverage of the colorado mass shooting. and pop rock band hot chelle rae performs live on the plaza. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports, and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. have a great weekend. >> it is 4:30. good morning. i'mon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. let's get to this breaking news this morning out of colorado and at least 14 people dead, 50 injured after a mass shooting at a movie theater. it happened in the denver suburb of aurora at the showing of the new batman film "the dark knight rises." marla tellez is in the newsroom with the lates

[inaudible] any parallel between lindbergh and neil armstrong? >> it's interesting.know who lindbergh really liked during the apollo 11 mission was not neil armstrong, but michael collins who stayed in the capital alone. and collins, when collins was director of the airspace museum, and there was a retrospective of lindbergh. and lindbergh was alone looking at the spirit of st. louis out there, and collins kind of watched him come and in lindbergh came to him and said, you know, of all the astronaut's eye in the you the most, being alone in silence but that's what i always valued. it's really interesting. [inaudible] >> oh, yeah. all right. any other questions? >> i still feel today that we still love our airmen, and what these wonderful stories bring to mind is someone like sullen berger. i mean, he puts the ship down in the water and he still is going on and on. >> is a consultant like cbs now i think it is. you're right. it's like it do something amazing. it was. so i would agree with you. i don't think it's quite as overt anymore as it used to be. i think probabl

everybody would stop and whether it was the jfk assassination or the beatles on ed sullivan or neil armstrong just about every political convention you could go house by house by house and it seemed like everybody was watching. that doesn't happen anymore, but it does happen every four years still. i can't believe it. even though we're cynical, everybody seems to stop, watch these olympic games, and whether you're going out to the restaurants or grocery stores or seeing your friends, they're talking about, you know, phelps coming in fourth place and -- >> yeah. >> you know. this does unite us every four years. it's pretty crazy that it still does in 2012. >> i think you're right, joe. in an age when all we talk about is polarization in our

neil armstrong and the space program because they miniaturized computers without there wouldn't p.c.s. steve jobs -- i don't know why you're laughing. interviewed gates for his biography and jobs said the most influence initial his career was al gore and making the extension of the internet. henry ford, credited the federal aid road act of 1916, otherwise he could not have mass produced ford. end my case. mitt romney ought to pick on people snore what is your point? >> bob: they were all helped by the government. they know that. you are the only neanderthal -- sorry sorry -- pn who doesn't get that. >> greg: let me respond from the interesting idea from the young man over there. big problem for government claiming to deserve credit for other people's success. yep, i use roads when i get to work where i am success. so did ted bundy. he used roads. so did the manson family. i'm sure they drove down a fee highways and jeffrey dahlmer. if you take credit for people's success then you obviously deserve credit for evil deeds. that's what gods do, bob. >> bob: this is henry ford's own words.

. >> neil armstrong, buzz aldrin. now you don't have to have a stanford degree. airline virgin america wants to send one of its frequent flyers to space. the person who scores the most reward points between august 8 of this year and august 7 of next year, they will score a virgin flight on virgin galactic. that's awesome. richard branson planning to blast tournists out into space next year. >> i imagine a heavy business involver could do well on that competition. or maybe you. >> i'm working on it. coming up how about a cheat sheet for affording college. >> maybe even free tuition. we'll take a look coming up. >> with college tuition sky rocketing more students are turning to financial aid. shopping could get easier. the obama administration is asking the country's universities to adopt a standard and simple financial aid form. this form would help students kmar financial aid offers and determine repayment options. current forms are nothing more than confusing and make it very difficult to comparison shop. colleges should be using the system as early as next fall

neil armstrong and buzz performed tests, took pictures and planted the united states flag and left acame in peace for all man kind. there would be five more successful manned lunar landing mixes but man took one giant leap 43 years ago today. and now you know the news for this friday, july 20, 2012. for our viewers in and around aurora, all of our best to all of you. for the journalists of fox news i'm shepard smith. we hope you have a good weekend. our coverage continues with a live edition of the o'reilly captioned by closed captioning services, inc. >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. another sad day in america and that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. bad things happen to good people all the time. nobody knows why. it is just the way life is. once again, we have mass murder in america and the killer is a young man who was simply out of his mind. nobody's fault. no policy deficit. it is just an atrocity that is impossible to explain. this is the fifth time in 13 years an american has committed mass murder. columbine, colorado, april

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the first time man walks on the moon the capsule lanced and then on board that ship there was neil armstronglows aldrin and michael collins on the ship and he can visit it as liam said it really is a thrill. well you can watch more of limbs and around the base segments on cbs sf dot com/mornings he wants check amount. to equate to semele for travelers still long flights bad food and crammed quarters now some fine as a blow can decide if they do and don't want to sit next year. it's called to meet and see by royal dutch airlines you think up a single interface but growing account service then find potential seaplanes based on details revealed their social media profiles. the program is being real world out on such flights to more than 4000 people have already tried it. so how you feel about airline flooding prescreen passengers on face but karl writes maybe i would lie about my size the one the his the next three guy who is so big he spills over to my ceased making uncomfortable. to a response to carline face but saying it merely wants to sit next to a person to think that the airline will ma

>> sally rided is s to the shuting era what neil armstrong is to the "apollo" era. in many respects similar characters. high degree of fame. great reserve. a privacy zone around them. and a desire to engage in the technicalities and the science, reveling in the science and trying to share it as best they can for others. >> woodruff: miles o'brien, our science correspondent, thank you. big loss. >> thank you. >> woodruff: roger mudd reported on sally ride's departure from nasa in 1987 on the newshour. you can watch that video on our web site. also there, ride's own reflections on her shuttle flights and space exploration, recorded 25 years after her first flight. >> ifill: again, the major developments of the day. mitt romney accused president obama of exposing the military to deep cuts and allowing national security leaks for political gain. he spoke one day after mr. obama challenged romney's foreign policy credentials. the u.s. justice department announced sweeping, mandatory reforms for the new orleans police, aimed at ending decades of corruption and abuse. and

someone tweeted me neil armstrong's one small step not on the list.ot on the list. in terms of the entertainment world we thought it was interesting whitney houston's death made the list but michael jackson's did not. why do you think? >> that is very surprising to me. i am a music fan. i love music. i would think michael jackson's death, i think it was the bigger surprise in that it was momentous. whitney houston was big, big, big. michael jackson was bigger. i am surprised at that. >> we were surprised at that. >> michael jackson's death surprised, shocked and hitting more of the world instantly especially young people i would say michael jackson's. >> final question to you, larry king. the future here i know so many people are getting their news from the internet. what do you think will change in terms of getting people in front of their television sets for a major moment that would take them not going to their lap tops or smart phones or to television? how might those moments be different? >> i can't predict the future. i'm joining the internet. i

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everybody would stop and whether it was the jfk assassination or the beatles on ed sullivan or neil armstrongalking on the moon, or just about every political convention you could go house by house by house and it seemed like everybody was watching. that doesn't happen anymore, but it does happen every four years still. i can't believe it. even though we're cynical, everybody seems to stop, watch these olympic games, and whether you're going out to the restaurants or grocery stores or seeing your friends, they're talking about, you know, phelps coming in fourth place and -- >> yeah. >> you know. this does unite us every four years. it's pretty crazy that it still does in 2012. >> i think you're right, joe. in an age when all we talk about is polarization in our politics, polarization in our country, economic disparities in this country, the olympics seems to be a unifying event. i was struck over the weekend at a number of different places i was, gas station, blah, blah, blah, where there was intense interest in viewership of the olympics -- >> it's amazing. >> despite the fact that willie ge

alameda is celebrating the 43rd anniversary of the return of the apollo 11 space flight, it carried neil armstrongal driven to the moon and landed in the pacific ocean on july 24th and the astronauts were picked up by the u.s.s. hornet. the commemoration is part of the living ship day series and does begin at 10 a.m. >>> straight ahead, we continue to follow developing news in colorado. police say they may soon enter the boobytrapped apartment of the mass shooting suspect, and we're also learning more information about the victims of friday morning's tragedy. >>> she would never harm anybody. she didn't deserve to die this way. >> this morning we're learning more information about the 12 people killed in one of the country's worst mass shootings. >>> hayward fire investigators are on the scene of a house fire. what the woman who lived here tried to do to stop the flames and why firefighters don't recommend it. >> daytime temps will near the search re mark in some areas. your look coming up. >>> and good morning. welcome to mornings on 2. it's saturday july 21. i'm claudine wong. >> and good mornin