kelly is the commander of "endeavour's" mission. in an interview, he says he met with her doctors and they gave her permission to attend the launch. kelly says giffords' personality is 100% there but walking still difficult. it will be the first time giffords has traveled since she was thrown to houston for rehab after being shot in the head in early january. families of the crew are expected to view the launch from a restricted area and so far there are no plans for giffords to make a public appearance. donald trump's flirtation with a run for the white house is drawing comments from some high profile names in politics and religion. michael bloomberg called trump a friend but stopped short of endorsing any potential presidential run. bloomberg also warn that had focusing on president obama's background as trump has could backfire on the real estate mogul and on the rest of the republican party. >> the president was born here.