phil keating tells us how they're being honored in cape canaveral, florida. it's a haunting image seared into the minds of millions of americans: the moment the space shuttle challenger blew up...killing all seven people aboard. a booster engine failed just 73 seconds after launch, causing the disaster in the bright blue skies. the widow of commander dick scobee describes what she saw that day... scobee rodgers says: "it was elegant to see it climbing toward the heavens, when the unspeakable happened, the numbing, frozen disbelief happened to us. the shuttle carried six astronauts....and teacher christa mcauliffe....who was selected in a nationwide search to become nasa's first citizen passenger. fellow teacher barbara morgan says right up until launch day, writing college recommendations for her students. morgan says: "at a time when many people would think only of the impending launch, christa was taking care of a teacher's business" at kennedy space center, a ceremony honors their sacrifice... and notes how their actions paved the way for future generation

. >> today marks three years since that disaster is phil keating tells us how they are being honored. >> it is a haunting image, low that the challenger blew up killing all seven aboard, a booster engine failed, 73 seconds after takeoff cause of the disaster the widow of commander dick scobee describes what she saw that they . it was elegant to see it climbing towards the heavens, than the unspeakable happened, the frozen disbelief happened, no comments except to look at me . >> a carriage six astronauts and teacher christa mcauliffe who become the first citizen passenger, and her fellow teacher barbara morgan says that until launch day she was writing coach recordation for students. >> at a time when many people were thinking only of the impending launch she was taken care taking care of the teacher 's business. >> at kennedy space center a ceremony honors their sacrifice and how their actions paved the way for future generations of astronauts to check just as we learned from the apollo one accident, both shuttle accidents rather than quit space we move forward. >> remembrance happen

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at the kennedy space center visitor's center, phil keating, fox news. folks in florida are cleaning up tonight.. following yesterday's e-f-one tornado in coconut creek. the twister tossing cars through the air and ripping trees from the ground... blowing through at nearly 100 miles per hour...witnesses saying it came out of no where. heineman says: "it was like a train coming true, it was scary, nobody is used to this in florida, tornados, more like hurricanes." madamo says: "what i heard was rumbling sort of like you hear when you watch tv shows and a train rumbling through. i was in the closet really just waiting for the walls to come down from the outside and i was in the inner closet hoping it wouldn't reach me but it was quick probably twenty or thirty seconds and it was all shaking." south florida experiencing more a tornado touching down in delray beach. this is the channel 13 news at the american people can't afford to wait for ideas that sound good on paper... but will never make it in the real world. the grandmother who has to choose between p

at the space center, visitor center, phil keating. >>> ronald regon who was president called it one of the hardest days he spent in the oval office. he delivered one of the most memorable speechs of his presidency and there were many here is the last part. >> the crew honored us for the manner in which they lived their lives. we will never forget them or the last time we saw them this morning as they prepared for to touch3 ((kelly)) >>> the u.n. now says the zika virus is spreading and it is anticipated. >> we report here at 6:30 is spreading to more than 20 countries including the u.s. >> the virus is spreading explosively and time is running out to contain it. that's the word from the world health organization warning on thursday the virus has spread to more than 20 countries and the 4 million by the end of the year. we need to take action now and environmental control. every member of the community the can do something. >> and the lesson if we can control the vehicle we can minimize the impact. >> the outbreak is in latin american countries but the cdc said that are at least 31 case

at the kennedy space center visitor's center, phil keating, fox news. nasa's day of remembrance happens every year honoring all the astronauts who ultimately never came home, including the three astronauts who died in the launchpad fire of apollo one and in 2003, the seven astronauts we lost as the space shuttle columbia disintegrated as it re-entered the atmosphere over texas. travel companies are offering refunds to travels who are concerned with the zika virus outbreak. the world health organization says the mosquito- borne virus has now spread to 23 countries and territories in the western hemisphere. there have been 31 documented cases in 11 u-s states and the district of columbia alert. both united airlines and jetblue say they will let people flying to the impacted areas rebook their flight for a later date or get a refund. american airlines will give customers refunds if they provide a doctor's note and delta change their destination or the dates... without a fee. the southern nevada health district says there are no confirmed cases of virus her

joining us is phil keating. you are on the front lines and armed with mushet achete machete. >> we went on a python hunt over the weekend. we didn't catch or see of the pythons but experts say they are very well camouflaged. the weapons you can use are machete machetes, guns or if you are tough enough your bare hands. the pythons are descendents of pets that were cool but ended up getting too big and dangerous so the pet owners ended up driving out here and dumping them. they have no natural predators and they are running a muck. they lay a hundred eggs a year and are devouring these small mammal populations that are native to the state. that is the purpose of the hunt to raise attention and remove as many as possible. looking to remove from the python hunt? >> three years ago in the first python challenge 68 were removed. saturday and sunday this weekend the first weekend of the month-long hunt was pretty hot down here. today is a much better day for python hunting in the 60s and it is cold. that is when the py

. >> fox's phil keating tells us how they're getting honored on cape canaveral florida. >> reporter:aunting image seared into the minds of millions of americans. the moment the space shuttle challenger blew up killing all seven astronauts on board. a booster engine failed 73 seconds after launch. causing the disaster and bright blue skies. widow of commander dick, describes what she saw that day. >> elegant to see climbing toward the heavens. when unspeakable happened. a numbing frozen disbelief happened to us. >> shuttle carried six astronauts and teacher christie mccauliffe who was selected at a nationwide search to become nasa's first citizen passenger. fellow teacher barbara morgan says right up until launch day mccauliffe was writ writing cole recommendations for her studen students. >> at a time when many people would think of the impending launch christa was taking care of a teacher's business. >> at kennedy space center a ceremony honors their sacrifice and notes how their actions paved the way for future generations of astronauts. >> rather than could you we aring and decidi

phil keating tells us how they're being honored in cape canaveral, florida. 0:22-0:34 0:51-0:58 1:09-1:16 it's a haunting image seared into the minds of millions of americans: the moment the space shuttle challenger blew up...killing all seven people failed just 73 seconds after launch, causing the disaster in the bright blue skies. the widow of commander dick scobee describes what she saw that day...scobee rodgers says: "it was elegant to see it climbing toward the heavens, when the unspeakable happened, the numbing, frozen disbelief happened to us. no comments except to look at me with "what's happening? and i knew it was something terrible" the shuttle carried six astronauts....and teacher christa mcauliffe....who was selected in a nationwide search to become nasa's first citizen passenger. fellow teacher barbara morgan says right up until launch day, mcauliffe was writing college recommendations for her students.morgan says: "at a time when many people would think only of the impending launch, christa was taking care of a teacher's business" at kennedy space center, a ceremony hon

phil keating is there with a look at some of them.k is included in this. >> both cities. in miami cash remains king at least for now where real estate has been booming the past four years. this unit on the market for $1 million is a case in point above the miami river. spectacular views. real estate agents say the past couple years 75% to 90% of the luxury properties bought have been all cash. 6,000 condos under construction in miami where foreign buyers have dominated the market. many are bought anonymously via limited liability companies or l.l.c.s. starting march 1 a very concerned treasury department will be targeting miami and new york are luxury property buyers will have to start revealing their identity to the feds. >> the underlying source that the dirty money can be drugs or ponzi sceeps or terrorists or whatever. reporter: the government says the names will only be known by them but real is 8 experts fear this could drive rich buyers demanding privacy other markets. remaining anonymous is totally legal. especially among lati

phil keating in kennedy space center in cape canaveral, florida, where nasa is holding a day of remembranceg. no doubt a very moving and special event this morning, phil? reporter: absolutely, martha. through five decades of incredible nasa triumphs there have been those spectacular disasters where our brave and heroic astronauts never made it home the this day is for them. "the star-spangled banner" being sung behind me. nearly 400 people packed inside the space shuttle atlantis museum here at the kennedy space center for this very poignant event. it is annual event. this year has extra relevance being the 30th anniversary of the challenger disaster. many nasa dignitaries are also here. on that morning 30 years ago here at cape canaveral it was very, very cold but it was absolutely gorgeous and cloudless blue skies. just as everyone in america who watched that launch live and the explosion remembers exactly where they were that day and the incredible emotional an personal impact it made on them. also holds true 30 years later for commander dick scobee's widow. >> it was elegant to see it c

phil keating's live in miami where, phil, i am told the darkness of the eclipse is the astronauts' friend answer that. >> reporter: i can explain this to you, bill. you know, ideally this is very unusual for a space walk because ideally you want your big job done with the brightness of the sun guiding your path. today's big task dealt with electricity and doing so in the direct sunshine up above the earth, well, that would have generated power from the space station's huge solar arrays which actually could have smocked the astronauts in mid space walk. nobody wants that. up above earth right now you are looking at the tim and tim spees walk show. tim pique, the first-ever, and american tim copra accomplishing multiple tasks. the big job done in the pure darkness replacing a failed voltage regulator about the size of a 30-gallon aquarium, and that had cut power to the space station by 13%. with that big job done relatively easily, the times are now knocking out -- tims are deploying cables for the future installation of the new docking adapters which is where the future spacex and boeing c

at the kennedy space center visitor's center, phil keating, fox news.