shuttle mission, but that could change. and now john zarrella is joining us from miami with more on this. what is the latest that is going on, john? well, wolf, it is just precautionary, but nasa has decided that it was going to name a backup commander, rick sturkow who is a veteran of four space shuttle flights all of way back to 1998 and last flew back in 2009 and he is the deputy chief of the astronaut office, so he is extensively qualified to fly the flight, and the people at nasa say there is not much of a learning curve, because he has been a commander before and been a pilot before and if he should have to take over the endeavor flight. but one thing he has to do is to probably practice a lot of touch and goes. now, i flew actually a couple of months on in a touch and go with steve lindsey who is flying the discovery mission coming up,
well, when you fly it into the boneyard in the desert, and get the brief ahead of time. i will do the same thing with the crew, make sure it stays intact for the museum. we won t be signing our name on anything. reporter: so, wolf, we ve to see how it shakes out, and like everyone else, our thoughts and prayers are with mark and his family, and hopefully he ll get to fly that flight. i it would mean a lot to him. well, u se shg, seems like a in the aftermath of the tucson shooting, we will show you what one u.s. congressman is now doing to protect himself and why sarah palin s statement on the tucson tragedy could, could potentially mark a turning point for republicans. stick around, you are in the situation room . tdd# 1-800-345-2550 tdd# 1-800-345-2550 no phone calls, no feedback, tdd# 1-800-345-2550 no here s how your money s doing. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 i mean what about a little sign that you re still interested? tdd# 1-800-345-2550 come on, surprise me!
campus relayed those concerns to the parents or whether the parents had any prior knowledge about the concerns of his mental health and whether they did anything about it, and the school is not giving us a clear answer about what they did or didn t do to notify the parents about the mental health, and loughner s attorney has not returned the phone calls or e-mails on this. all right. thank you, brian. the astronaut mark kelly is slated to command the endoueavns last flight. we are getting new details on this story. and raising a toast to the upcoming wedding and why britains have more to celebrate over at the pub. we will tell you what is going on at that front right here in the situation room. i hate suburbia and the bourgeoi-sie