paula abdul will join him. along with l.a. reed. he said the deal with paula not fully signed yet. but the move s been speculated for awhile. so while it thrills a lot of paula s fans. it mate not come as a huge surprise. i think it s brilliant. i ve been saying all along this is who he needs to hire to make sure his show will be a bona fide hit when it comes to television this fall. i have to agree with you. it s a great move. a.j. hammer thanks as always. want information on everything breaking in the entertainment world? a.j. s got it tonight on showbiz tonight at 5:00 p.m. eastern and 11:00. while congress and the white house are locked in a battle over the federal budget christian groups are weighing in and they re asking this question. what would jesus cut? is it clever? is it crass? our political buzz panel will tackle that next. and if you ve ever lost your luggage at the airport, stick around for some good news. one airline lets you track your bags like you might track
he absolutely believed that she would be able to make it to the launch. and of course, now, it s coming true. it s such a beautiful story. it s kind of overshadowing the fact that this is endeavour s last flight, isn t it? yeah, there s no question about it. you know that a couple of weeks ago, mark kelly was going to do interviews and his crew was planning an interview, a live interview with us on cnn, as well as other networks, and at the very last minute, those interviews were all canceled because kelly decided, look, all the questions will be about my wife, the mission is getting overshadowed and basically enough is enough, is what he said at the time. and you re right. this is a hugely important mission, it s the second to the last space shuttle flight, it is endeavour s last flight, and they are taking up an alpha magnetic spectrometer, which i m sure nobody out there has heard anything about, but it s a $1.5 billion piece of equipment that could answer some of the most
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.
then when the prices tacked back down, we all forget until the next time it goes up before the summer driving season. right. and what we do is then we conduct exhaustive studies on what happened the last time around. and the studies have shown in 07 and 08 it was to a large degree speculation that drove the prices up. economists are pretty much universally agreed on that. my prediction is year or two from now, they ll study this period and find the exact same thing. we ll just keep doing this until they actually implement the law and bring the speculation out into the open so we can see what s happening. it s great to see you. thank you for coming on. thanks for having me. coming up, an update on whether congresswoman gabrielle giffords will be able to watch her husband s launch into space on the endeavour s final flight. then, this is a question that set off a huge debate. is oprah the newest religion? yes, one professor, a yale professor, says oprah has
here. just curious there, make sure we re not missing something there. peter, we appreciate you, we ll check in, again, we do want to give our viewers now a look at some of the stories that are making headlines, including in fargo right now. they have finished piling sandbags along the red river, expected to crest tonight or tomorrow at 39 1/2 feet. the third highest crest ever, but crews are hoping that recent experience and new techniques will help them control that flooding. also, dutch police say a gunman opened fire at a mall today killing five people, nine others wounded. cnn affiliate reporting that the gunman killed himself before police arrived. also, congresswoman gabrielle giffords hopes to be present for the april 29th launch of the space shuttle endeavour. her office is making the plans, but doctors are going to be the ones to give the final okay. giffords, of course, still recovering from being shot in the head. her husband mark kelly is commanding endeavour s f