facility plants in the northeast inmy jude and -- in michaud and earlier this year, the president releesd his 2011 budget and to my surprise and to the surprise of many other members, i'm pretty sure you included, the president recommended canceling nasa's constellation human space flight program. during the time when our space shuttle program is phasing out, i'm concerned this decision will leave our nation with no means of transporting our astronauts to and from the international space station and could set the space program back decades. nearly 50 years ago, president john f. kennedy showed remarkable vision when he directed nasa to launch the apollo program to the moon. america remains the only country in the world to have landed a person on the moon and to bring him back to earth safely. so we have achieved what people once thought to be impossible because we push ourselves and challenge our understanding of science and the univse

. >>> the capitals have releesd a statement which reads the washington want talz are not the target of this investigation. we are satisfied that law enforcement, the nh lpt and our own internal investigation have not led to any links of steroid use by capital players. the doctor is not the team chiropractor but he has seen? of our play forces standard routine kiro track tick services. at no time in our histories have a capitalels player ever tested positive. >>> wash wizards star gilbert arenas is set to be sentenced friday on his felony gun charge. prosecutors say a lack of remorse, his guilty plea and an inconsistent story is enough to put arenas behind bars for three months. butt judge could sentence him to up to five years. arenas admits bringing four guns to the verizon center locker room in december after a heated argument with a teammate. both were suspended for the season. >>> coming up in just a few minutes, we'll take a closer look at his sentencing when we talk with a former federal prosecutor. >>> also coming up being what is behind a population boom in the d.c. region. >>>