what comes next, we know that key u.s. ally israel is not ruling out striking iran within its own worders if the nuclear talks fail. sand ra. john: images out of iran. john: the focus now on threats from another world. sandra: this afternoon nasa is explaining its emergency plans if there is ever a catastrophic asteroid on a collision course with earth. they re planning to put it all to the test and it promises to be explosive. john: where is bruce willis when you need him? next, the covid mandates making their way to reset the ultra-liberal city going to require kids as young as five to carry proof they re vaccinated. veteran homeowners, great news the lowest mortgage rates you ve been waiting for are here.
it right but we night not need morgan free man or bruce willis. nasa is making sure mankind doesn t go the way of the dinosaurs with asteroids come our way. it could all come down to an explosive final scene. jeff paul joins us live from los angeles with the latest. we saw it done in movies and heard about the close calls. nasa is launching a mission right here in california to prevent a potential space disaster involving asteroids. we want to emphasize this is just a test. a space rock is not threatening to smash into earth. this exercise gives nasa a chance to see if smashing a spacecraft into something is an effective method to change the course of an earth threatening asteroid.
this is a va mortgage rate watch from newday usa. while national mortgage rates are starting to climb, newday is holding the line at two and a quarter percent, 2.48 apr. so every veteran home owner can save. john: the second hour of must-see stories rolls on including vaccine cards coming to kindergarten? an major manner h american city asked for vaccines for five-year-olds to do just about anything outside their homes. sandra: imagine the reaction when the war on climate change comes to take away their lawn mowers. a ban coming to one of the largest states in the nation could mean cutting your grass by hand. john: also, nasa making plans
1st, 160 million american workers will see their paychecks shrink. an average of $1,000 over the course of a whole year and no politician wants to take the blame for that. here s where the debate is. the senate wants to punt the ball. they want to do a 60-day extension. house republicans, frankly, this is one of the few times we agree with the president. we want to extend it for a full year. that s what the american people ask for, it s what the president agreed for. kate bolduan is on capitol hill. kate, the question for most americans, right now, will my paycheck be smaller in two weeks than it is today? it is a very good question. a couple points on that. there is still time this tax cut does not lapse or expire until the end of the year, but i ll tell you for the first time there s beginning to be a question if they re going to reach agreement, if they re going to reach agreement in time. both sides, kyra, seem pretty dug in at this time. house republicans will not
obama administration said it could not accept any propose that allows him to remain in power there. in about a half hour from now the president and vice president will join their wives in the east room of the white house to launch michelle obama and jill biden s new initiative to support military families. the program will be headed up by general stanley mcchrystal making a return to public service after being relieved of command in afghanistan last year. today april 12th is equal payday. the date was picked because it symbolizes how far into 2011 women would have to work to make the same amount that men made in the 2010 year. in case you re trying to do the math on that one right now in your head that means women make on average 77 cents on the dollar compared to that of men. and it s like christmas morning for a few lucky museum curators. this afternoon nasa will announce where the retiring space shuttles will go on display. so far we know the smithsonian air and space museum w