shepard: but first, from fox this friday night, right now high above our heads, space shuttle atlantis is chasing down the international space station. a hookup scheduled to happen in the next couple of days. after all, the worries of bad weather and a technical hiccup seconds before launch the shuttle took off shortly before 11:30 eastern this morning. after the shuttle commander told the launch director let s light this fire one more time. t minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5. all three engines up and burning. two, one, zero and lift-off. the final lift-off of atlantis on the shoulders of the space shuttle america will continue the dream. that sentiment shared by a lot of people on day that was equal parts excitement and nostalgia. nasa officials predicted up to a million people might come to watch the final shuttle launch here on the space coast. no solid estimates yet on the absolutely crowd size but the local county sheriff s department here in broward county reported total
today, tuesday, june 8th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television welcome to today on this tuesday morning. i m meredith vieira. i m matt lauer. wow, president obama did not hold back in our exclusive interview which was conducted in michigan on monday afternoon. he s frustrated, he s angry, not only because of the oil that is still spewing into the sea and the resulting environmental disaster, but also at how his handling of this crisis is being judged by critics. has his administration done enough? will it become president obama s hurricane katrina or iran hostage situation? and why hasn t the president spoken directly to tony hayward who is the ceo of bp? president obama speaks on all of that in a very candid interview in just a couple of minutes. also ahead, investigators in portland, oregon have been flooded with tips in the bizarre disappearance of a boy who disappeared from his school last friday. now that the fbi is getting involved, we ll have the
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on their pizza pie. newt gingrich is surging in the polls. would you care to evaluate governor romney s ability to think outside of the box? no. if willard mitt romney could be any ice cream he would be ba nan that nut, cookies and cream, coconut penitentiary tash pistachio with rainbow sprinkles on top. last night herman cain s wife gloria taped her first public appearance since her husband announced his presidential cab dascy. she had this reaction to the allegation from sharon beeial bialek of what they did in his car. to hear such graphic allegations and know that that would have been something that was totally disrespectful of