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today, shooting the moon. in an unprecedented experiment, nasa prepares to crash two rockets into the lunar surface. great ball of fire. surveillan cameras capture a meteor lighting up the night sky over canada. and boozed up. a city councilwoman ended up in hot water after police find she s too drunk to stand, let hot water after police find she s too drunk to stand, let alone drive. captions paid for by nbc-universal television hello and good morning, everyone. i m dan kloeffler. and today we begin with one small step, one giant bomb. in just hours from now, nasa will be returning to the moon in a mission that s packing a pretty serious punch. as nbc s tom costello reports, the agency will crash an unmanned rocket into the lunar surface to see what surprises may lie beneath. reporter: it s the moon mission that s given le night couple issues new material. but nasa s lcross mission. at 7:30 a.m. eastern time, traveling seven times the speed of sound, an unmann ....
arriving. the washington teachers union has been locked in contract negotiations for over two years. the firing last week of 400 employees raised the emotional stakes. the union has gone to court to contest the dismissals, alleging older workers with seniority were targeted. today on wamu radio, michelle rhee rejected that charge but said seniority should not be the main reason to keep someone. no one wants cuts to happen, period, but just to sort of blindly say it s the last people who came in who should be the first to go, it s not good management. it s not looking out for the best interests of the schools. reporter: joining me now is randy wineguarden. she is the president of the american federation of teachers, a national parent organization of the washington teachers union. i know you ve got to get up on the stage in a few minutes and speak. what are you going to say? look, i m going to talk directly to the people of my new home city, washington, d.c., becaus ....