launches. now they ve become so commonplace. so people don t think about it much anymore. you wouldn t do it if given the opportunity. freaks me out. those guys are brave. here s a look at your friday forecast. heavy rain, flooding and gusty winds along the east coast from washington, d.c. up to boston. 6 to 10 inches of snow around cleveland and buffalo and into northern new england. up to a foot of snow in the cascades, rockies and sierra range. heavy rain in southern california. 46 in sacramento. 30s in pacific northwest. one below zero in fargo. 10 in the twin cities. 30 in chicago. a wet 60 degrees here in new york. 63 in atlanta. now to a story that may make you jealous this morning. some people just have the magic touch. those scratch-off lottery games. you take out a quarter and start scratching frantically. well, an atlanta woman has hit the jackpot four times in just six years. four times. there she is. great grandmother judy sloan has won prizes of almost $28,000
falling foam is said to have led to the shuttle discovery over texas it happened long enough into the flight that it shouldn t be a problem at all. it s probably a piece of foam about maybe 8 by 10 inches that comes off well after the area of concern from an impact of the orbiter standpoint. they will still carefully check for shuttle damage during long career, discovery has lifted to space the hubble space telescope into orbit and space craft that carried astronaut john glenn when he returned to space in 199. this time discovery s mission involves carrying a compartment for supplies for the space station. it also has a special passenger on board or something. robonaut 2. r 2 for short. it is a prototype designed to help astronauts perform chores or dangerous assignments in space. now, the standoff in wisconsin. state police there trying to
on its way to the international space station. the crew should arrive there for discovery s final mission tomorrow. finally, if you re doing an oscar pool, like us, odds are you picked the king s speech to win best picture, everyone s has, but me. i m sticking with the facebook movie. who gave them their voice? we have the scoop on that with wabc with a look at the history behind the movie. what do i call you? your royal highness. reporter: a king by any other name is still a king, unless you re the queen of england in which case you call him father. dear old dad in her case was the same man portrayed by colin firth in the king s speech, so the news of her approval was most welcome. she recognized the fact that the film was written and made with a huge amount of love, admiration and respect for her father. reporter: her father overcame what was then called a speech defect to inspire the british people during world war ii. my physician said it relaxes
but they re checking out a new naval commando boat. the company s rep tells me he ll make one for me minus the weapons. only a licensed government can really make a purchase here. you can still have a huff and tough boat that goes fast on the water. i finally found something i would be allowed to bike if i could afford it. rumor is you can get this boat from the dutch manufacturer for just under a million. floor mats and racing stripes included, but no 50-caliber machine gun on the front for me. wolf? we re going to go right to john zarrello over at the discovery s final liftoff. it took off about a half hour or so, john, but we re looking closelity videotape. what are we seeing? reporter: yeah, wolf, it came at about 3:30 to 4 minutes into the flight.
unchts discovery houston you are go at throttle up. commander steve lindsey acknowledging the call, discovery s three main engines throttle back up. lindsey is joined by pilot eric bowen, al drew and nicole staunt. mission specialist mike barrett and steve bowen. discovery s three main engines are bulg a rate that would drain an average swimming pool at 35 seconds. they produce more than 7 million pounds of thrust. 1:50 into the flight we re standing by for separation of the twin solid rocket boosters, traveling, the altitude 24 miles, downrange from the