the nearby island of st. thomas, and then to st. croix when he finds out it s even closer. but as the plane is climbing away from the airport in a torrential downpour, there s a problem. my navigator said to me, my god, look at the fuel gauges. because of the wind and the turbulence and conditions, the airplane was rocking back and forget as it was climbing. the fuel dial it was spinning. i told him not to worry about it, because it was probably being low to fuel to begin with, and the turbulence is sloshing with the tanks might cause this. captain dewitt knows how grave the situation has become. he talks to the controller, how far are we away from st. thomas? i ve got five minutes of fuel. we re not going to make it to st. thomas. i told the crew we were going to st. croix, but set up for a possible ditching. it s dark.
nasa. look at 15 or two hours before launch we have seen them scrub these missions for $2 fuel gauges in the external tanks, so this clearly is posing a problem. again a three-day delay here, a three-day delay means monday. again having covered a number of these that could be extended further down the road. once you get past monday you have to look at the best time to launch. every day they delay it pushes the launch up about five or ten minutes, so it would be likely about maybe 3:15, or 4:00 on monday they would launch this thing if it goes into tuesday or wednesday that window would kind of push back a little bit. this is the second to the last shuttle mission. after this it means that we cannot apparently the president is now talking, martha, let s go back to you. martha: we are going to listen to the president, we ve been waiting for this to come in and just received it. let s listen to these words from
shepard: troubles tonight for two of the car s major car companies. a another major recall from nissan. the japanese automaker announcing drivers are having problems with brake and pedal and fuel gauges. we are told some of those gauges failed to indicate how much gas is left in the tank which can obviously be very problematic. the recall effects more than a million vehicles across the u.s. it includes one model from nissan s luxury brand affinity. these are the vehicles: the titan, the are a mad da, quest, infinity qx 56. no reports of crashes or injuries. for a complete list of the years and makes, you can head to our web site. foxnews.com/shep. click on the wires section. you will find it there. now to toyota and some drivers they are still having troubles with their brakes, even after the company repaired them. the automaker recalled more than 8.5 million vehicles over problems with sticking gas pedals and bad floor mats. the faulty pedals could leave
okay. so, nissan is recalling more than 500,000 vehicles worldwide, so if you drive the titan, armada, and quest as well as infiniti s qx56, made since 2008, those vehicles could experience brake failure if a pin comes loose, and the six models listed here do we have them? okay, made between 2005 and 2008, may have faulty fuel gauges. a detailed list is available to you at cnn.com. do you know when it comes to the american automakers, the race for market share is on, especially after toyota recalled 8 million vehicles. well? the results are in. stephanie elam is with us. stephanie, we thought the problems for toyota offered an opportunity for detroit. did it work out that way? yeah, tony, from a business
this is the fox news alert. i m ainsley earhardt. nissan announcing the recall of more than a half million vehicles. problems with loose brake pedals prompting this action. the japanese automakers saying the pin can disengage. faulty fuel gauges will also be repaired. most of the recalls will be here in the u.s. no accidents have been reported so far. saturday mail service might become a thing of the past. under a drastic budget beg-cutting plan by the post master general, they propose a hike in postage and closing branches. the u.s. post office is losing billions of dollars a year, in part because more people are using email, ending saturday delivery could save about $3 billion a year. congress must first approve this plan. i m ainsley earhardt, we return