smithville was also a half mile wide. the storm traveled right along the highway in the center of this town. now you can see all the destruction that is what is left of smithville, mississippi. alisyn: look at that car you are standing next to. mike tobin, thank you so much. bill: when you were talking to the storm chaser 30 minute ago. for that guy to be in tuscaloosa and say you will not believe what i m looking at here drives home how much devastation we are looking at. we ll see the president there next hour. this will take weeks, somebody said it will take months to get out of there. this one had the biggest debris field people have ever seen. bill: an american triumph about to make a curtain call. the shuttle endeavour will lift off for it final flight today.
bill: good morning, everybody, 10:00, on the east coast now and we are glued to three major developing stories, today. first, the historic tragedy, across our american south, what could be the most catastrophic outbreak of tornadoes since americans started keeping track, screen right, to the end of an era for nasa, with the shuttle endeavour, heading now for one final mission to the final frontier and, holy matrimony. allisyn: batman the duke and duchess of cambridge, millions if not billions watched around the world and two of them were sitting here. favorite moment? allisyn: well, i think seeing a second one? allisyn: hmmm. seeing the dress of kate, which was spectacular. bill: that s cool. i was in my office and i said if he were a real man he d kiss her twice and he did! good to have you with us, i m bill hemmer. allisyn: great to see you, i m
that s right. a job well done. martha: i told you i would bring you around. bill: what was your favorite moment? alisyn: when you saw prince harry and prince william in the back of the car buy themselves. i thought that was poignant, entering into the next phase of their lives. bill: in the meantime there is an indreadible day ahead for america s space program. the shuttle endeavour is set to make its final launch today. this is an amazing american story. stall jones in florida. tom jones in florida. hey susie, why don t you use this ?
scheduled 6:15 and that is complete and the astronauts woke up 6:00 a.m. and will suit up in 90 minutes and at the top of noon, they will drive the astro van out to the launch pad to load into shuttle endeavour, one by one. bill: how this is crew doing and what did they say yesterday, overnight, anything this morning? reporter: they are very quiet, when it comes to the last two days before a launch. however, nasa released this very cool glory photo of the six men, on this last shuttle endeavour ever mission, mission, and they went out to launch pad 39a and stood out therein front of the shuttle and the orange fuel tank, a pretty cool shot for the memory books there, and gabrielle giffords, the congresswoman, wife of commander mark kelly is on hand and, officials are keeping her activities private and she s watching from an undisclosed spot and it is unclear where president obama and his wife and daughters will watch the launch as well but, perhaps, the
16th overall, the 1903 twister, slamming gainesville and holland, georgia. killing 98 and so there is historical context in all of this. bill: another big story we are watching, going out on top, they are, nasa, a few hours from now, shuttle endeavour lifts off for the final journey. the second-to-last mission, the penultimate mission for the entire space shuttle program, high profile guests on hand include the entire first family, that is a first and congresswoman gabrielle giffords. whose husband, mark kill, is el charge, driving the boat. and tom jones told us 20 minutes ago, the weather looks okay but it could be questionable. what is happening there? reporter: if the launch window was now, the shuttle endeavour would not be given the go. it is about the weather and everything else is a go. everything checks off as far as the shuttle goes but, visibility, just in case the crew took off and launch, but