international space station, the second in a series of space walks. that walk began just before 7:00 eastern. they re actually trying to replace a pump that s not working. at one point there was a bit of a glitch and some ammonia residue seeped into their space suits, forcing the astronauts to air out the suits before actually re-entering the station. former astronaut told us last hour that the safety precaution is especially important. now, it gets on their suits and, you know, needs to be baked out to make sure you don t bring that ammonia back into the cabin inside of the international space station and, you know, kind of release ammonia inside. well, the repairs should be done, we re told, by next tuesday. don t look now, but you only have a few more hours of shopping time. stores used big sales and longer hours to lure all of you in this holiday season. so did it work? and what can you still do to get the best deal tonight? we re talking to an expert. and have you heard this
making news. good morning, guys, and merry christmas eve to everyone there. thanks for waking up with us. you re about to take a live look from the international space station as two american astronauts are embarking on a rare spacewalk on christmas eve. the second walk wraps up repairs to a faulty module. the republicans depicted in the movie gravity it shows the dangers of space walks. if all of this goes as planned, repairs will be complete and a third spacewalk will be unnecessary. fingers crossed o n that. happening overnight, 11 train cars jump the tracks near columbus, ohio. the conductor and engineer on board but weren t hurt. crews are working to get the cars on track. and nsa leaker edward snowden says his mission is now accomplished. in an interview with the washington post, he says secrets he revealed caused reassessment of u.s. surveillance policies. for me in terms of personal
nasa originally thought three space walks might be needed. christmas miracle indeed. and welcome back, everybody. i m kristen welker. happy holidays. chase bank is easing restrictions it placed on customers who used debit cards at target stores during a recent security breach. their customers can now withdraw up to $250 a day in cash and spend up to $1,000 a day on purchases. previous limits had been $100 in cash and $300 in purchases. the breach led to the theft of information of about 40 million credit and debit card accounts. we have new records on wall street to tell you about. the dow rose 73 points to end at over 16,000 monday. the s&p 500 gained almost 10 and finished over 1,800. stocks climbed after apple announced a distribution deal with china mobile. a california judge has ruled a teenage girl left brain-dead after tonsil surgery will remain on life support until the end of the month.
tomorrow. let s talk about the risk. clearly the people up there are probably some of the smartest people on the planet or in orbit as the case may be. but is enough done to protect their safety? i don t think anybody realizes just how seriously we take it and years and years of preparation that goes into it. i spent hundreds and hundreds of hours, weeks and weeks under water training for my space walks. and practicing everything to fine detail. we ve had people in the pool down in houston evaluating these procedures. the most expert people we have. the two people who did this last time a few years ago, they ll be there helping to talk the crew through it. we really take our business seriously. i m confident we ll be doing the right thing just purely as a result of all that work. and just so i know. where did they get this?
but is everything a reminder of really how risky it is for those men and women who are up there? doing a space walk is necessary sometimes. space travel is still right at the edge of what we can do safely. and to have six people personal permanently living off the earth. when they have to fix something and go ahead outside it s a risk. but the success they had a couple of days ago and the very cautious way with which we do business up there, that improves our odds of success. and people are looking forward to getting everything done with the space walk tomorrow. and you did two of these space walks. in terms of what the pumps actually do, what is the risk? what is the danger? why is there an urgency to get