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Congress must now approve this emergency funding. that is the same congress that repeatedly failed to address this immigration reform issue with any measure of success. there are still no plans announced for the president to visit the border or these detention centers while he is in texas, which has earned him all kinds of flack from republicans and some democrats, as well. the president primarily scheduled this trip to texas to fund raise. the uproar over what s happening at the border is refocusing everything. our own ed lavendera is standing by in dallas. $3.7 million in emergency funding if congress approves that, where will that money go? reporter: it s a huge chunk of change. you well know it will be fascinating to see how this fight in congress works out. the way some of this earmark so far would be about $1.8 billion that would go toward caring for the unaccompanied children and ....
Of this system. and in arkansas, a man died after a tree fell on his camper during the freezing rain. back to dallas, where ed lavendera is standing by. we also have today jennifer grey in the severe weather center. but ed, to you first. this is a huge deal. just news that they are cancelling this marathon. has it ever been canceled there? reporter: the dallas marathon has never been canceled. that was supposed to take place on sunday. there s a holiday parade, the children s medical center holiday parade which is another institution event here in dallas as well. that was supposed to happen tomorrow or on saturday, that has also been canceled for the first time in its history. so this storm, even though the rain has stopped, what we re left with, with the remnants of this storm, it will last for several days. we have been spending a lot of time driving around the dallas area today. the good news is that most people have stayed off the roadways. and the conditions on the road, i found ....
shuttle. we are now less than one hour away from the final space shuttle landing. just in the last half-hour, we got a go for landing from nasa. the deorbit burn took place in the last couple of minutes. in the burn, the shuttle s engines are fired to help it slow down before it hits the atmosphere. in less than 30 minutes the shuttle and crew will start to feel the effects of the atmosphere. they ll be about 80 miles above the earth at that point. as the shuttle comes through the atmosphere, it heats up to about 5,000 degrees on the outside. when it breaks through the atmosphere, many of the folks in florida will hear those famous son iic booms. about five minutes before the landing, the commander will take manual control of the shuttle and pilot it to the grounds. when the orbiter hits the runway, it will be going 220 miles an hour. the shuttle will land for the last time ever at 5:56 a.m. eastern time. and just so you know, nasa is considering this a night landing. t ....