you lost to spaulding. you were robbed. i should have lost to justin beiber.ight? and then you dropped out of art school to be a rock star. are you -- and you're a red head. [laughter] are you a handful? [laughter] >> i think on stage is mostly where -- it's like an outlet so i don't have to be in trouble on off stage because i get it all out on stage. >> stephen: if you didn't perform you might be trouble? >> i think it would be a lot drunker than i am if i didn't have performing to do. >> stephen: really? >> yeah. >> stephen: what is the song you are going to do for us tonight? >> we're going to "dog days". >> stephen: oh, fantastic. are you going to sing now? >> i'm going to change. >> stephen: okay, fantastic. maybe i should, too. [laughter] [laughter] well, thank you so much. >> thank you. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> stephen: we'll be right back with a performance by "florence and the machine". >> stephen: here to perform "dog days are over ladies and gentlemen, florence and the machine. ♪ ♪ happiness hit her like a train on a track ♪ ♪ coming tow

libyans have taken to the streets of tripoli in support of tunnel to down payment of funds of nato spaulding'sand in a one day mess it's the nation that maybe you need to ask. to return to europe if the airlines continues its strikes. and international vessels with several hundred peace activists on board along with humanitarian aid. stopped in the greek ports by coast guard it was just a very good sent down to this from another contender killed by israeli forces. ok more than the fifteen minutes time right now they alternate in sports. thanks as always always great to have you with us plenty ahead including. box for the first time maria sharapova gets set to return to the wimbledon final today the russian won in london as a teenager seven years ago. ready to rumble the fight night perhaps the entire decade is just hours away with lattimore klitschko on david haye preparing to put their heavyweight boxing belts on the line. from philadelphia here he comes here only jaeger sticks to be any h.l. after spending three years in with guard. but let's start with tennis where maria sharapova is wait f

and pokey spaulding who manage the north carolina mutual insurance country -- company in north carolina, one of the most prosperous black businesses in the country. the air corps only accepted cadets who completed two years of college so the elliott -- tuskegee training program drew from the black elite. the tuskegee airmen the most talented african-american men never brought together in one place. 60 years later he could recite the versus he was forced to memorize as a cadet as a hazing ritual. if an upper class and asked what time is it he had to stand at attention and say, remembered this word for word, the inner workings and hidden mechanisms of my poor chronometer are in such a sad state of this card with the great that your movement by which all time is commonly reckoned that i cannot with any degree of accuracy give you the correct time. without fear of being too wrong or far off on will say it is 58 minutes and 22 seconds. do two ticks of the talk past the hour. we had a good time. he remembered december 20th, 1944, when he graduated from the cadet program and received his wings

listening very carefully to our launch director, mike leinbach and our nasa test director, jeff spauldingecause they will be strategizing behaved on what is being observed, what we want to do as far as, first of all picking up the count. whether we will or should not. and then if we do, do we want to press down all the way through or might we take advantage of an optional hold at t-minus 5 minutes. so we begin, i think they may hold off a couple minutes on doing some of their polls before they get those, give that a go. but, at any rate, we're going to be monitoring that and you will be able to hear what mike leinbach and jeff spaulding have to say about what the strategy will be and what the directions to the launch team are. at t-minus 9 minutes and holding this is shuttle launch control. [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] >> cifl. jrps and houston flight. perform the 15 activation. trps. >> trps. >> houston flight. >> houston flight copies. >> tlt, otc? >> go ahead. >> panel r-1, tailored switch on. >> that's a lock. >> ms-1, otc. >> ms-1, go ahead. >> activate the v-ten recorder. >> mf

a heart as big as spaulding county. in a testament to the number of lives touched by sheriff stewart's service, his funeral procession took nearly 20 minutes to pass by. i stand here on behalf of his wife, his children, his 11 grandchildren, and everyone who knew james d. stewart as more than just a sheriff but as a preacher, marriage counselor, and a friend, a father, and a husband. the bible says blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of god. and sheriff stewart embodied that verse. thank you for your service, sheriff. the people of spaulding county lost a great man on july 3, but your memory will live on. many others will be inspired by your example to live justly and with kindness. you will be missed. see you later, d. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer, for five minutes. mr. hoyer: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objec

nasa's test director jeff spaulding says they will be looking for a break and will go as soon as they can. >> when we have opportunity, i think, generally, we are going to take it and what we want to do because we want to -- you know, it's a really tough day if you make a decision not to go and it turns out to be good weather. >> reporter: there was some consideration this morning of maybe having an earlier scrub so they would protect an opportunity tomorrow but they have decided to go for it. the launch countdown is continuing and now up to the weather to give us a break. >> bob, thanks. >>> joining us in the studio is florida senator and former space shuttle astronaut bill nelson. sir, good to have you with us this morning. this impacts you on so many levels. as a senator from florida, fifth generation of floridian but someone who was aboard the space shuttle "columbia." your personal thoughts as you watch this and prepare for this this morning. >> it's a tough time because it's the end of an era but the space shuttle sometimes known as the space truck has done its job and after we