san diego. plus, remember when union protesters surrounded the home of a bank of america executive, terrorizing his teenage son? for the first time we see the instructions those protesters were given by their union bosses. we ll reveal that when i see you in 15 minutes. as we put this flag on the hatch, that leads to atlantis right now. when we close the hatch when these guys go by, we re closing a chapter in the history of our nation. jon: the crew of the international space station bidding farewell to the shuttle atlantis astronauts. the atlantis crew leaving behind a flag that flew aboard the very first shuttle mission, sts-1. then packing up for the space shuttle s final ride home. kris gutierrez is waiting for us along with the rest of us. he is live in dallas right now. reporter: hi, there, jon. the hatch between the space shuttle and international space station was sealed for the very last time about two hours ago now. take a look. we have some video of the
their union bosses. we ll reveal that when i see you in 15 minutes. as we put this flag on the hatch, that leads to atlantis right now. when we close the hatch when these guys go by, we re closing a chapter in the history of our nation. jon: the crew of the international space station bidding farewell to the shuttle atlantis astronauts. the atlantis crew leaving behind a flag that flew aboard the very first shuttle mission, sts-1. then packing up for the space shuttle s final ride home. kris gutierrez is waiting for us along with the rest of us. he is live in dallas right now. reporter: hi, there, jon. the hatch between the space shuttle and international space station was sealed for the very last time about two hours ago now. take a look. we have some video of the crews because there was a lot of handshakes and hugs going around before the crews separated for the final time. the atlantis crew as you mentioned did leave behind a few momentoes. the american flag that you
so that makes some significance to it. the crowd will take us back not quite to the sts-1 days and the earlier days of shuttle. but the international interest in this flight is absolutely incredible. and the fact that endeavour will be flying its last flight before we prepare to fly it to california is an understatement. you re exactly correct, the last time a sitting president attended a launch was clinton back in 1998. chas t what is the plan for the launch and do you want the president to speak before? i do not want the president to speak before the launch. i want the launch process to be as normal as possible. you know, mark and the crew will know that the first family is there, but they re focused on a successful launch as is the launch control team. what would make everybody happy to have at least the president speak to the launch control team on his way out. but we want everything to be