endeavour is expected to launch on the final mission on a faulty heater. a forced postponement. the shuttle commander is mark kelly. his wife, gabrielle giffords is back to watch the launch. we ll have more on endeavour mission and what they plan to deliver to the space station. many arabs call today a day of catastrophe. they mark it every year with rites on israel s borders. details on the casualties, next.
officials are focused on this one 26-mile stretch of a dirt road to nowhere. it s actually the levee. see the crew on the left hand side, it s for the yazoo and mississippi river. this levee is holding it back. however, there s one foot between the level of the water and when it goes over the top. the prediction is it s going to go over the top. we were talking with the secretary of state of mississippi, they expect it to happen overnight. water going over the levee is not the end of the world unless it triggers the collapse of the levee. they don t want to guesstimate. i put the question of how bad it would be with peter. here is what he said. if this levee were to fail, what are the consequences and who would be impacted and how far? the town is 30 to 35 miles from here. that town would be under water. numerous towns would be under water. highways under water. thousands of people have to evacuate the area. hundreds of thousands of acres would be under water. we would floo
heating system. arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords, the wife of the shuttle commander, was in florida but returned to houston today where she s been in rehab after being shot by a would-be assassin. she plans to return to florida when the launch is rescheduled. more than a million catholic faithful poured into vatican city to see pope john paul ii become beatified. the late pope is now one step closer to sainthood with a confirmed miracle under his name. the vatican is now investigating more than 100 claims of a second miracle, which is the final step needed for john paul to be declared a saint. for the past several days we have seen image after image of unbelievable tornado damage all across the south. but what s next for the survivors? it is overwhelming just to think about it. cnn meteorologist rob marciano is in alabama for us. rob, it has been four days, i guess it is four days too early to ask if things are getting
first up, though, the shuttle launch, the next to last shuttle mission ever was supposed to take off friday afternoon, but just a few hours before the scheduled launch, nasa put things on hold. up till a problem with the heating system could be sorted out. among the hundreds of thousands of speculators was congresswoman gabrielle giffords of arizona. that s because her husband mark kelly is the shuttle commander. giffords left a houston hospital earlier in the week to travel to kennedy space center. she s been recuperating from a gunshot wound to the head from an assassination attempt in january. you can just make her out there, boarding the plane to florida. seeing her walk, by herself. it s a huge milestone. lately i ve been doing some digging into what people call a remarkable medical care that gabby has been receiving. one key part of that was the
hire more people. invest in the software and fuel that growth. from the study of startup firms, economist laurie concludes the business creation is job creation. the government won t be able to nourish gazelles until they take notice of them. thanks, james. it s been a quiet day on the oil and gasoline front. gasoline rose three-tenth of a penny. shuttle commander kelly tells cbs news his wife gabrielle giffords has been cleared to travel to florida to watch the launch. giffords was shot in a head in constituent meeting in arizona in january. friday s launch is the start of the final scheduled mission for the endeavor spacecraft.