early morning landing in florida. following a 16-day mission to the international space station. "endeavour's" only remaining flight will be to california, where it will go to a museum to be on display. randall pinkston is at the kennedy space center with more. >> reporter: the shuttle landed here on earth on time without any problems. with the landing it is "endeavour's" final mission to the international space station. "endeavour" glided onto the tarmac into the night marking an end to the mission. >> it's sad to see her land for the last time but she reallies had a great legacy. >> reporter: the shuttle's six-member crew spent more than six weeks in orbit, installing four spacewalks. "endeavour" is the youngest of nasa's shuttle fleet and next to last to be retired. >> houston, "endeavour" will stop. >> the space shuttle has been the space horse of the u.s. space program for more than 30 years now. the shuttle will be sad to be retired. >> reporter: before leaving space "endeavour" commander mark kelly called the end of the program bittersweet but says he's excited about the future, that including seeing his wife, congresswoman gabrielle giffords who is recovering from a gunshot wound to the head. she was here for the launch but not the landing. she put on twitter saying she and her staff would stay up and watch it on tv. kelly said he had no regrets leaving his wife. >> you miss your wife and so do all of us. in hindsight it was the right decision. >> reporter: the couple is expected to reunite tomorrow in houston. first the crew will be holding a news conference and the "endeavour" will be getting ready to be sent to california for its final mission at a museum. terrell? >> randall rinkston at the kennedy space center, thank you so much. even as "endeavour" was landing, "atlantis" was on the move at the space center beginning preparations for the last space flight. "atlantis" began its slow journey to the launch pad. it left just after sunset, "atlantis" with the four-member crew is scheduled for launch july 8th. to politics now and sarah palin's coast coast bus trip her latest stop including a visit with donald trump. they shared pizza for dinner following a brief meeting in new york. palin says she and trump had have much in common. >> a love for this country and a desire to see the economy get back on track, to have a balanced trade with countries across the world so americans can have our jobs, industries and manufacturing again. that's what built this country. >> palin still won't say if she'll run for president. president obama meets with house republicans today. today's meeting follows a game of political chicken and a move they admit was just for show. house republicans overwhelmingly defeated their own debt bill. joel brown is in washington. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. this bill failed overwhelmingly last night, that was no surprise. what is more certain says the white house, if washington doesn't come to terms soon in this battle over its red ink, the outcome could be disastrous. republicans called it symbolic. democrats called it a political stunt. >> the bill is not passed. >> reporter: house republicans unanimously defeated their own proposals to raise the debt ceiling last night, in a bid to pressure president obama to agree to significant spending cuts. >> republicans in congress are going to send a statement today that america will get its house in order. >> reporter: lawmakers on the other side of the aisle didn't appreciate the message or how it was delivered. >> this is not an honest debate. we are playing russian roulette with a loaded gun in the american economy. >> reporter: the nation hid the $4.3 trillion debt ceiling two weeks ago meaning it's already borrowed the money it's legally al aloed. if no agreement is reached, the u.s. government will default on its debts. >> it could reverse the recovery potentially, it could definitely have an impact on growth and definitely have an impact on job creation. >> reporter: behind closed doors vice president biden has been leading talks with a small group of lawmakers from both parties. they're looking for more than $1 trillion in spending cuts to offset an increase in the debt ceiling but freshmen republicans who campaigned on fiscal discipline are pushing for more. no one's really sure what would happen if the country defaulted on its loans. it's never happened before but even the debate has consequences. lawmakers scheduled to vote for after the stock markets closed. >> we'll see what happens in the coming months. joel brown thank you so much. republicans say the obama administration's actions to make school lunches healthier costs too much, it calls for less salt, starch and more whole grains and low-fat milk. yesterday they called on the agriculture department to rewrite those rules. a new study found pregnant women who are vaccinated for the flu are less likely to have premature babies. researchers in data in atlanta found babies of vaccinated mothers were less likely to be premature or unusually small than mothers who didn't receive the vaccine. the world health organization says cell phones may be linked to brain cancer. sandra hughes has our report. >> reporter: it's been an ongoing debate, whether the cellular phones can cause cancer. an international panel of experts with the world health organization says yes. >> when the scientists look at this data in total, the conclusion is that yes, there is a possible risk, particularly when you begin to have long-term exposure, and you know, the way that people use cell phones as we currently do 30 minutes a day or more. >> reporter: the w.h.o. designated the risk as category 2b, the pesticide ddt and gasoline exhaust are in the same group. neurosurnl dr. keith black says it's like a microwave cooking food. >> when you put it next to your brain it's vibrating the water molecules in your brain and it could potentially be heating, cooking the brain over time. >> reporter: 5 billion people use cell phones, that's almost three-quarters of the world's population, many of whom have already started changing habits. >> i use loud speaker a lot now and the headset but not always on it as much as it was. >> it makes sense because it hurts when you talk for it on the cell phone so i use the land line. >> reporter: to reduce exposure limit time on the cell phone, use the speakerphone or headset and don't carry it it in your pocket. brain cancer is fairly rare. it means 12 people per 100,000 would get it. sandra hughes, cbs news, los angeles. coming up, a new feature for twitter fans to tweet about. plus housing's double dip, bad news for homeowners keeps getting worse, this on the "cbs morning news." 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agency will oversee removal of debris, it could contain asbestos, hospital material. in the dakotas the race is on to save entirn towns from the fast-moving missouri river. thousands have been told to evacuate. runoff from melting snow and heavy rains are forcing crews to work around the clock. they're building emergency levees. >> these areas for secondary diking are deseened to save the most amount of infrastructure and be built in the amount of time available and i want to tell you that the amount of time available is critical and that's why we've had to make some difficult decisions. >> it's feared some people won't be able to return to their homes for two months or more. cbs money windchill time. ashley morrison is here. >> a mostly quiet day for asian markets. tokyo's nikkeieninged up to a three-week high, hong kong's hang seng edged up a fraction. the automakers release their may sales numbers. on tuesday stocks roll rahlelied with consumer confidence dropping to a six-month low. the dow jumped 128 points. the nasdaq added 38, despite those gains, may was the worst month for the market since august. for the month the dow lost almost 2%, while the nasdaq 1.5%. analysts are warning it could take the housing market five or six more years to recover. home prices are down more than 5% in the past year bringing them to levels not seen since 2002, and moving into double dip territory. many economists think prices could crop another 5% just this year. sprint nextel asked regulators to block at&t's takeover of t-mobile. they argue the $39 billion deal would decrease competition and increase consumer prices. if approved it would make at&t the biggest mobile carrier in the oout with more than 40% of the market. twitter is expected to announce today it's launching a new photo sharing service, according to online reports the new feature will allow users to upload photos directly from the outside service. and finally that summer bash auto cue is going to cost you a little bit extra this year. according to the labor department the average price of ground beef and cheese are up 12% over the last year. lettuce is up 28% and the cost of corn has soared, get this, a whopping 150%, so terrell, when you come over to my house this summer for dinner, do not ask me for an extra piece of corn. >> key word, come into your house, since everything's going up i'm not buying it. ashley morrison in new york appreciate it. up in sports, it's about the "d" and the threes. the heat and mavericks meet in game one of the nba finals. at bayer, we're re-inventing aspirin for pain relief. with new extra-strength bayer advanced aspirin. it has microparticles, enters the bloodstream faster and rushes relief to the site of pain. it's clinically proven to relieve pain twice as fast. new bayer advanced aspirin. here's a look at the weather in some cities around the country. in new york after thunderstorms 89, miami sunny and 87. 72 and partly cloudy in los angeles. time now 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"endeavour's" final flight landed safely this morning. one more shuttle flight is planned, "atlantis" due to launch in july. it's reported this morning that the pentagon is said to classify computer sabotage as a potential act of war. that would allow the u.s. to use traditional military force. a pentagon report will be released next month. two iraqi men who came to this country as refugees pled not guilty to terrorism charges. before leaving iraq one of the suspects took part in attacks on american troops. bob orr has retails. >> reporter: prosecutors say the two suspects were hardened on the battlefields of iraq. while al juan and hammadi have been charged with 23 counts of providing material reports to al qaeda, and alwan is charged with conspiring to deliver weapons of mass destruction. alwan's fingerprints have been matched up with a bomb components recovered in iraq in 2005. court papers do not say when alwan was released but in 2009 he and hammadi both came to the u.s. sources say the fbi acting on a tip began watching alwan and later hammadi using an undercover informant to set up a sting. alwan admitted to carrying out ied attacks in iraq between 2006 and 2009 saying he collected everything, tnt, electric detonators, mo are tar shells and rpgs and bragged his group conducted strikes every day using ieds in iraq hundreds of timds. the two suspects pleaded not guilty. u.s. officials admit they never should have allowed the men in the country in the first place, blaming that mistake on screening gaps which have not been closed. this morning on the "early" show captain "sully "sullenberg "sullenberger. 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"endeavour" left the international space center over the weekend after they were able to put the finishing touches on an orbiting lab. the california science center is where it will go on public display. youth baseball is not as big a deal as football and basketball. there are a number of ways to explain that but one of them is that from 1927 to -- 1972 to 2004, youngsters didn't have a pro team to follow. >> now that the nationals are here, they're taking steps to revitalize baseball among d.c. kids. dave owens explains. >> reporter: playing baseball, meeting heroes. nothing better for a kid. >> i've always really wanted to go out and play catch with them. >> the washington nationals and the district agree. >> three, two, one. >> breaking ground on an 18,000 square foot youth academy in southeast. >> the program like this will offer the opportunity to pass on to the next generation, you know, what the people in front of me passed on to me. >> mayor gray who went to dunbar with a council member gave an impassioned speech saying these kids need baseball. >> it is just heartbreaking to watch the decline of baseball at the youth level. >> the academy was part of the original agreement to bring the nats to d.c. but it won't just be about baseball. it will house educational and nutritional resources, too. the total cost ranges between $13 and $15 million but the nats and major league baseball providing about $4 million. the city will pitch in more than $10 million to turn the fields into the baseball academy. a lot of money in tough economic times so how do they justify spending that kind of money here -- >> we borrow money to be able to invest in these kinds of efforts for children. and you know, we'll never be able to estimate the number of lives we will have saved. >> still, is it a tough sell? we asked people in the neighborhood, three refused to comment. richard page who lived in ward 7 for years said he supports any money spent on kids. >> that's your future. >> reporter: as for today, these kids just wanted to meet superstars. >> i was very excited. dave owen, 9 sports now. good morning and welcome to 9news now. today is wednesday, june 1st, a new month. hallelujah. i'm andrea roane. >> you like the heat, don't
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