mars is the most earthlike of any of the planets in our solar system, that s why we choose to explore it. reporter: just getting that mobile lab to mars was an unprecedented fete of engineering, 34 million miles away. the real discovery is history of life. rock analysis shows 2 billion years ago there were stream beds with running water and environment that could support microbes. it added up to understanding this environment as being chemically one that was favorable for life, not in a harsh way, a benign environment much like earth. reporter: the rover sent back more than 35,000 images of mars, giving a window to millions of online viewers and making a steady trek at a clip of about 100 yards a day. nasa will send another spacecraft to mars in november
high ground and it washes into the stream beds and many places and in texas, too. there is only a bridge over it. you just drive down and back up the other side. because there is no point of building a bridge for two days. people are supposed to know not to go in the water when it is up. it came up yesterday in a lot of places. almost the entire state of arizona picked up rain yesterday. here is radar now. nothing showing up on it. i suspect rain today vegas back towards flagstaff and into the hills to the west of hollywood. there could be rainfall even in the hollywood hills area. it is monsoon season. this is the area that brings up gulf moisture across texas. these showers pop up and come and go and make dust storms. there have been a few storms. you have a big, they are called
one town being described as an island. we ll talk with the mayor of duluth straight ahead. sandusky bombshell. an adopted son of the penn state coach claims he too was molested by his father, and he s offering to testify. will new charges be filed? we re live at the courthouse. plus oh, my god. you re so fat. karen, you re fat. southwest airlines reached out to us today. they d like to send you and nine people to disneyland in california. you ve got to be kidding me. the bullies who taunted and teased karen klein humbled today after the jokers fess up and say we re sorry. karen is stunned by all the support. happy friday. newsroom begins right now. good morning to you. i m carol costello. we begin this morning with your money. less than 30 minutes from now, wall street tries to rebound from a double whammy. one of its worst days in months. major american banks slammed by ratings agency moody s. bank of america, goldman sachs, jp morgan chase, morgan stanley,