to travel to florida to watch her husband mark kelly's space shuttle launch on friday. kelly talked about that during an interview with katie couric. >> have you gotten any word on whether gabby will in fact be able to attend the launch? >> yes. i met with her doctors, her neurosurgeon and her doctors and they have given us permission to take her to the launch. >> and katie will be on the show in the next half hour with more on her interview with kelly and his twin brother scott. it's 12 minutes past the

cbs news has learned that, this week, she'll travel to florida to watch her husband, mark kelly, lift off in the space shuttle, a very important milestone for both of them. >> booster ignition and liftoff of shuttle "discovery." >> fortunately, this is my fourth time going into space, my second time commanding the space shuttle, so it's not like i haven't been here before. >> couric: make no mistake-- mark kelly knows there is nothing routine about being strapped to nearly four million pounds of rocket fuel, riding a controlled explosion into space. >> "discovery"-- houston, go with throttle up. >> roger, throttle up. >> couric: i get nervous getting on an airplane. do you get nervous before a launch? >> you know, maybe just a little bit. you realize what the risk is and... but you're really focused, and there's a lot going on and a lot of things we need to do, so you really need to concentrate and really be on. >> couric: but who could blame kelly if he has a little more than trajectories and abort scenarios on his mind when "endeavour" lifts off on friday. have you gotten any word o

kelly hodge just turned 40, and is hoping a treatment that has been around for centuries will take a few years off her face. she is having cosmetic acupuncture in willow glen. >> so what we're trying to do is create a little microtrauma under the skin. so it really takes advantage of the body's natural healing process. >> reporter: licensed acupuncturist rick bernard says during that healing process, collagen production is revved up, which helps fill in wrinkles. and there is another benefit. >> it kind of wakes the nerve up and the nerve affects the muscles in the area. these before and after pictures show a tighter jaw line. cosmetic acupuncture can also help minimize vertical lines between the eyes. >> i think it definitely has taken off five years. >> reporter: these are nikki's pictures before and after ten session. >> my laugh lines are definitely improved, smoother. some of them even went away completely. >> reporter: each session costs $105. most people need 10. kelly says despite all the needles in her face, her 20-minute treatment is surprisingly relaxing. >> it's a slight

very grace kelly. very simple elegance. >> when she was walking down, it looked as if it was floating in mid air. >> and briefly, we saw the designer, sarah burton, the woman who now leads the alexander mcqueen fashion house. the inspiration, have a look at this. another middle class girl who became a princess. >> grace kelly will become the bride of the prince of monaco. >> as soon as you look at her, you can see styling from grace kelly. you could see it completely. that wonderful style of the high neck, the long sleeves. it was a total breath taker. >> it wasn't just mcqueen. this was for a host of british designers an extraordinary globaled a vert, and as soon as the dress appeared, sketching began. susie bringings will have hers in the shops by tuesday. this dress will travel far. >> this is "bbc news." the headlines, the second in line to the british throne prince william and his long-term sweetheart have married in a glittering ceremony at westminster abbey. the couple kissed twice on the balcon

her huh huh, mark kelly -- her huh mark kelly, will -- her husband, mark kelly, is the commander. >>> president obama hopes he has finally put to rest about where he was born. his birth certificate was released today from the white house. it shows he was born on august 4th, 1961 in honolulu. the president held a press conference saying he hopes this is the end of a national distraction. >> we do not have time for this kind of silliness. we got better stuff to do. i've got better stuff to do. we got big problems to solve. i'm confident we can solve them. but we'll have to focus on them. >> i'm taking great credit. you have to ask the president, why didn't he do this a long time ago? >> as one of the president's critics, donald trump claimed the release of the birth certificate as his own accomplishment. the shorter version of the certificate was released before he ran for president. but that was not enough to silence some. the president's berth certificate has been posted on our website, both in the -- both on the ktvu.com now section and in the national news section. >>> the army corp

." >> it's being commanded by her husband, mark kelly. she'll be watching in a restricted area with other family members. we'll have more on her recovery coming up. later this half hour. >> and amazing recovery it's been. she is a lucky lady, wow. >>> coming up after the break, a new sign of recovery in japan. >>> an nfl player stabbed. his wife accused. was she trying to protect herself? >>> and in tech news, the long-awaited white iphone could be yours later this week. long-awaited iphone. could it be yours later this week? >>> this morning, rising oil prices are keeping overseas investors from making big nooufs. tokyo's nikkei average was down slightly today. hong kong's hang seng was down about 1%. the london, the ftse opened down. the dow gained 164 points last week. the nasdaq was up by two. >>> if you were hoping to replace your gas guzzler with a more fuel-efficient cars from squa pan, you may be out of luck because of the earthquake and is tsunami. >>> you won't need a car to by gas or groceries in california. walmart is testing

here's david kerley. >> reporter: it's what shuttle commander mark kelly hoped for. abc news has now learned his wife will be there for liftoff this friday. >> she's been looking forward to this for a long time. says nasa's -- as one of nasa's biggest supporters in congress, she was really looking forward to having the opportunity to be there. >> reporter: giffords was shot in the head at point blank by a lone gunman during a public appearance in tucson in january. while she's medically cleared to travel now, she will be accompanied by staff from the rehabilitation center. in a jet, straight from nasa houston to the kennedy space center. and we're learning new details about her condition. she's speaking in simple sentences or single words, including "awesome," "love you," according to "the arizona republic." she is walking a little. her left side is said to be perfect. but she has limited use of her right side. >> we saw some very early signs and so we got so optimistic, weer with expecting very fast recovery and that's not what we're seeing now. >> reporter: her hus

>> kelly o'donnell in kenosha tonight. kelly, thanks for that. >>> and when we come back here this evening, more on these tough budget times and our kids, about to be forced to pay a heavy price. >>> and she won't be present for it, but her presence will be felt during every moment of friday's royal wedding. >>> we're back now with what a lot of people see as a big problem in this country. when money gets tight, education gets cut and kids pay for it. today the secretary of education warned that cutting spending on early childhood education isn't smart. but a new report from rutgers in new jersey says a lot of states are choosing to do just that. and spending on pre-k is getting cut. nbc's tom costello has our "education nation" report tonight. >> [ speaking spanish ]. >> reporter: in washington, d.c. oyster adams is the immersion school that hundreds of parents, rich and poor, want for their kids. starting in preschool, half the day is spent in spanish, half in english. the principal says she's seen firsthand the differen

nbc's kelly o'donnell covering it all. kelly, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. both democrats and republicans are telling us they're grinding out some progress, but still no deal. so what poured out here all day is frustration and worry about the consequences john just talked about and who's to blame. so here's how it sounded in the words of your members of congress and the president, who was at a town hall meeting in pennsylvania. >> the least we can do is meet our responsibilities to produce a budget. that's not too much to ask for. that's what the american people expect of us. that's what they deserve. you want everybody to act like adults, quit playing games. >> i like the president personally. we get along well. but the president isn't leading. he didn't lead on last year's budget, and he clearly is not leading on this year's budget. >> they do not want to compromise. they only want it one way. they want to shrink government up so small they can drown it in a bathtub. >> just sort of sat on the sidelines taking pot shots at everything republicans have propo

kelly said giffords was upset when she learned several people were killed in the tucson, shooting. he has yet to tell her who the victims were which included the victims and colleagues and a nine year ode girl. >> san francisco airport was back in business after taking a direct hit by a tornado. lambert airport is functioning normally after flights resumed yesterday morning but concourse c will stay closed for repairs that could take up to two monthses. a tornado warning issued 34 minutes before the twister struck that saved lives. >> texas storm chasers captured incredible video. there was a funnel cloud and tornado. this shows a multiple vortex tornado reported south of abilene. you can see several funnles dropping down. one twister is touching down in the foreground. the weather service confirmed it touched down there and an hour later. ableann had a severe thunderstorm that dropped soft ball size hail. >> tornado got you going into weather in the first place. >> i grew up in st. louis and my mom's family is in kansas. spent many mornings in the basement. we are back in the base

. >> absolutely, so grace kelly, it's timeless, it's classic. you'll look great in this now, your daughter will look great in it in 20 years. >> i wish that was around when i got married. not that i didn't like my dress. these are arms for women not comfortable showing their arms. finally we talked about diana's grand train. now we have a grand train here as well, although about half the length of diana's. >> this one is 12-foot, cathedral length train and this is all silk organza that's been hand, if you look closely you can see it's sewn in floral patterns, and she's got a sheer tulle top and it has a romantic feel but you have exposed seams on the corset, makes it more modern. >> they're all stunning and to see all five of you lined up you look buy tifl and incredible backdrop at one of the historic palaces in london. do you have a favorite trend out of all of these? >> i have to say sleeves. sleeves. it's just been so long, and i think there are so many, mostly because there are so many brides that don't want strapless but have a hard time f

scott kelly. mark says her months of hard work and rehab after an assassination attempt is paying off now. >> can you just give us a sense of how she's able to interact with you? >> just takes her some more time. you just have to be really patient, and this experience has taught me a lot of patience. so just giving her time to compose her thoughts, and put the words and sentences together is, you know, at this phase in her recovery is really what she needs. >> you can see katie's entire interview with mark and his brother scott tonight on the "cbs evening news." >> this weather report sponsored by miracle grow shake and feed plus weed preventer. three months of feeding without all the weeding. >> thanks so much. now here's chris. >> marysol, thank you very much. on saturday night, cbs' "48 hours mystery" told the compelling story of a man who spent nearly two decades trying to get out of prison for a grisly crime that he never committed. "48 hours" correspondent richard schlesinger is here with th

. >> it is what mark kelly hoped for. his wife will be there for liftoff this friday. >> she has been looking forward to this for a longtime. as nasa's -- one of nasa's biggest supporters in congress, she was really looking forward to having the opportunity to be there. >> giffords was shot at the head at point blank during a lone gunman at a public appearance in tucson in january. while she is medically cleared to travel right now, she will be uh p -- accompanied by staff from nasa houston to the space center. and we are learning new details about her condition. she is speaking in single sentences and single words like awesome, love you. she is walking a little. her left side is perfect, but has limited use of the right side. >> we saw some very early signs and we got so optimistic we expected a fast recovery and that's not what we are seeing now. >>- >> her astronaut husband has been by the side every minute. >> i see her every morning before i go to work and after work at the end of my day. >> that was until friday whe

i'm megyn kelly. a growing number of smalltown wisconsin residents complaining about strong-arm tactics -- their term -- from the powerful unions. they were told to hang this sign in their store windows or else suffer boycotts by organized labor. it's not okay, according to the labor unions, for the businesses to remain neutral. it stems from the epic battle over limiting union power as a way to reign in state budgets. >> reporter: extortion, threats, retribution, these are

think there's we have a limited ability right now it's fairly new to access the internet and scott kelly is up there is a fairly for the frequent posting pictures and things from experience his. on facebook they're actually on very late and some guy's power on this plea right now is sending twitter messages every day wow so he's as pro polo as pro underscore pablo it's oh it's that's pretty good and the first thing i want to those just like the wind up until with you if you are called by a time right time oceans continents it's just amazing to see if you are there for the rolling underneath you know i say working here in russia that means you have to learn russian right i was going that's probably the most challenging part of my i don't been typing it really is but i also love it and i think i like i really like being here i don't feel like a critic coming i enjoy coming here i have many friends here i enjoy the opportunity and i have a son that visited last summer he came out to visit and he was so intrigued he

>>pam: mark kelly willis have his wife by his side for the launch. he is the commander of the mission the bomb wapresident obama and mrs. obama are expected to also attend that launch. gabrielle giffords has been given the green light to also attend. >>pam: the secret military documents from wikileaks describe the intelligence of the detainees in guantanamo bay. if there were released how much of it impact safety they would have to be done it states. there would also describe what are some of that a lot and and other al qaeda leaders were going before and after the 911 attacks and osama bin laden

difference husband mark kelly will be commanding the endeavor mission. donald trott told supporters at a lost it is conceded today that he is still seriously weighing the presidential run. his speech was also littered with profanities and insults' aimed at the nation's leaders. >> donald you're running for president? do you have any experience in politics? i've dealt with these politicians all my life. there's a good chance the matter what happens i will win because one of these bloodsucking politicians who will end up getting elected. >>catherine: he blasted president barack obama is handling of libya, iraq, china and afghanistan. >>brian: colors and yellow for tomorrow, that shows temperatures in the '70s. a beautiful weekend, but will tell you about it. >>catherine: a look at the james lick, traffic is moving a little slow southbound and on to the lower deck of the bay bridge but flowing pretty well. stay with us more news after the break. >>live, from the bay area's news station, this is kron4 news at 430. >>catherine: these burglaries are happening

nbc's kelly o'donnell explains. >> reporter: spring arrives late in new hampshire's north country. but a manmade delay is breaking hearts and wallets in the town of berlin. >> this delay is critical to us. it's going to have an impact on businesses that are struggling to hold on. >> reporter: they're waiting on this. a new federal prison, carved out of a mountaintop. a medium-security facility that will add more than 300 new jobs. construction wrapped up months ago. but money needed to actually open was stripped when congress made cuts to this year's federal budget. new hampshire's senator jeanne shaheen. >> we've got a $276 million prison that's brand new, that's standing empty because congress isn't willing to put in about $28 million to get it started. >> reporter: that means no money to transfer inmates here and hire prison staff. >> i'd like to have a meeting just to regroup. >> reporter: mark belanger heads the local unemployment office, where they've been desperate to see those prison jobs filled. >> with the delays, people are getting discouraged and they stop asking and th

brand expert kelly o'keefe says the answer is unclear. >> if you have an issue in your company where somebody is found doing something that looks self- serving, and you don't look to see if anyone else is doing that, there's something wrong with you. if i was a shareholder of berkshire hathaway-- and i'm not-- i would be asking, "how far does this go?" >> reporter: many public relations executives give buffett high marks for getting out in front of the story and crafting his own press release. the next step, they say, is for buffett to personally call for an internal investigation. >> he shouldn't wait for the press to do that. he shouldn't wait for the investors to demand it. he should say "i'm taking responsibility. we're going to look at whether there's any more of this, and if so, we are going to stamp it out." >> reporter: the oracle of omaha is considered one of the greatest investors of all time. but some say he may not be keeping close enough tabs on his employees. >> i think this is very poor corporate governance. i think many companies want their senior executives to clear

first, kelly o'donnell joins us from capitol hill. >>> hi, there, ann. three times in 24 hours, the president, speaker boehner, and leader reed all in the same room, trying to strike a budget deal. a fight over money, the troops, and social issues like abortion. shuttling between the white house and capitol hill. >> all of us sincerely believe we can get to an agreement. >> we're going to continue to work to get this done. it's -- um, not easy to do, but it's doable. >> reporter: polite standing together, but earlier, open hostility over who is to blame. >> this is the time, we don't have the time to fight over the tea party's extreme social agenda. >> reporter: democrats claim this fight shifted away from the size of spending cuts to divisive social issues. >> there's a fight here about values. this is a fight about what you value. >> policy changes related to the abortion and environment, known

>> kelly o'donnell on the hill. and chuck todd at the white house before that starting us off tonight. thanks to you both. one more note on politics. florida democratic congresswoman debra wasserman schultz, who we saw right toward the end of kelly's reporting there, was named the new head of the democratic national committee today. and she will keep her day job in congress at the same time. >>> last night into this morning as a violent weather front moved to the northeast across parts of the american south, nine americans lost their lives. they had no time to run as the fierce embedded storms that dropped down in the form of tornadoes took hold on several places. nbc's ron mott is two hours north of atlanta tonight in ellijay, georgia. ron, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. as you mentioned, at least nine people have died in these storms, most in georgia. amazingly, no one here. this was a big, powerful, fast-moving storm that needed little time to cause a whole lot of damage. >> wow. >> report

a week before she attends her husband mark kelly's launch on the space shuttle "endeavour," he talked to katie couric about his wife's state of mind. >> when you ask her what she wants to do -- well, first of all, she'll tell you how badly she wants to get out of the hospital. when you ask her what she wants to do, one thing she frequently comes back to is, going back to work. going back to her office. and, you know, how important it is for her to serve her constituents. she talks about that all the time. going back to tucson. i mean, she wants to get back to tucson. she wants to get back to her district. she wants to get back to washington. >> and you can see more of katie couric's interview with mark kelly monday on the "cbs evening news." >>> straight ahead your friday morning weather, and in sports, both miami and chicago take commanding leads in the nba playoffs. [ female announcer ] this is not a prescription. this is stacy. who runs circles around asthma. and dan. he never lets high cholesterol get him too low. and amy with her arthritis well in hand. they go to walgreens... wh

kelly for talking with us. we really appreciate it. >> well, thank you for having us, as always. >> susie: b.p. will pay a billion dollars to help restore areas damaged by last year's massive oil spill. the justice department said today the money will be used to replenish beaches, restore barrier islands, and conserve ocean habitats. distribution of the money will be overseen by trustees from the affected gulf coast states, along with federal officials. the justice department says b.p. still faces additional liability from the disaster. >> tom: in the year since the "deepwater horizon" oil platform exploded, the search for oil has restarted, but the gulf economy has sputtered. tonight, we continue our series "revitalizing the gulf" with peter ricchiuti, professor of finance at tulane university freeman school of business. he began by describing the gulf economy this way. >> improving those beach as long the gulf coast they were down about 40% tourism wide but this spring break, the numbers start to really impro

it's commanded by her husband mark kelly. giffords was shot in the head january 8th in a shooting that killed six people. >>> the second biggest school district in the u.s. is now in the middle of a controversy over how to evaluate schools and teachers. los angeles school officials have released information for parents to see how their kids are doing in their schools. ben tracy reports. >> this is terrible. terrible. >> reporter: mark got some bad news this week. the elementary school his ton attends is considered below average in both english and math. >> i fear for my child's education, what's going to happen in the future. >> reporter: mark now knows this thanks to something called value-added analysis. a way to evaluate teachers and their schools. it takes students past test scores and predicts how they should do the next year. if they do better than expected the teacher added value. if they do worse, the teacher subtracted value. los angeles public schools brand-new superintendent made the data public on the district's w

they pulled this one off absolutely beautifully. >> grace kelly. a lot of people said she -- >> in that dress she looked like grace kelly, looked perfect. >> modern technology, i went on facebook, every woman that i have friended on facebook was putting notes out about oh, beautiful, and they were all up at 1:30 in the morning. >> my favorite tweet was when someone said this was like the girl's world cup. it was a world cup for girls. i actually enjoyed it myself. guys are watching this as well because here's a couple now that everyone aspires, young people are looking at them and they aspire to be like them. >> we all needed some good news. >> didn't we? >> just a feel good day. >> great news. time for one quick photo? let's do. share it. >> hurry. >> one little picture right here. this was my family back in the united kingdom watching. don't they look just thrilled to be watching the wedding right there? >> at 1:00 in the morning. >> looked like they are in the dark. a right royal treat an amazing wedding and a new modern royal family we can all

. >> in a way it reminded me of grace kelly's dress. it's a classic wedding dress and i really think your wedding dress is the last place you want to make a fashion statement, because you don't want to be laughing at your pictures 20 years down the line. >> reporter: a very different design from the elaborate dress william's mother-- lady diana spencer-- wore 30 years ago. that was designed by david emanuel. >> this was dramatic in its simplicity. i was expecting it to be far more over the top, and i'm delighted it wasn't. >> reporter: the dress was almost entirely made from british fabrics. the lace appliques included roses, thistles, daffodils and shamrocks-- representing scotland, wales and ireland along with england. >> they really wanted to involve on a very intimate way just the beautiful things, the things we need to treasure about our culture. >> reporter: and the wedding guests we talked to considered it a hit. >> absolutely beautiful. >> reporter: really? >> really, really lovely. >> very special. >> the dress was gorgeous, wa

kelly, good evening. >> reporter: good evening. the final hours of the budget mess have been filled with hints of optimism and lots of finger pointing. there had been some discussion that democrats believed they had a deal for somewhere around $38 billion in cuts this year. republicans rejected that and it's been several hours since we have seen the leaders come forward. at the washington monument, the last tourists have filed out and the first signs to arrived that it's not business as usual. while only a few have been in the negotiating room, the fight belonged to everyone with news conferences all over capitol hill. >> frankly, it's an embarrassing moment for the congress of the united states. an embarrassing moment i think for the american people. >> it's not fair for the american public to be held hostage to a senate that is unwilling to work with us. >> reporter: today, democrats framed the budget disagreement with two words, women's health. >> what is this over? it's over women's health. >> the fact that republicans have mad

maureen kelly switch changes are most likely. but caltran is struggling to keep the same. >> people that write these rules can expect a fare increase and parking right to take affect. raising the base fare by 255 and a dollar for the fis is $2.5 million in revenue. and $1 for parking-fees. stabbing of deeper cuts. they're hoping to find 3.5 min dollars to keep the same number of tracks running. the to not want to cut down 10 trains, slowed on the bullet express and requiring it to make more stops. in closing three stations. this map shows what is threatening to be closed. the san mateo hayward bart stop and the san jose capital station. another train station could lose weekend service. the caltrain will address this issue on april 21st. maureen kelly. >>pam: to get traffic. the camera is bouncing around because of the wind. jacqueline has been telling us all about it. southbound and the guadeloupe overpass. traffic is medium. northbound is moving well. we will be back with much more news after the break. but trying to grow grass

we know that captain mike kelly will be leading that effort. we hope that with god's grace and american medical care that congresswoman giffords can see that. we wish them through you godspeed. we hope that nasa continues to do with it does best. good luck to them. may the force be with them. >> i would like to add to that. i am so looking forward to this. it has a very poignant side to it because of commander kelly and his wife who we are all pulling so hard for to be able to come. also, the spectrometers going up is such a big deal. this is the last major big piece of equipment that will be going. it has enormous potential for the look at dark matter, energy. one of the previous nasa administrators insisted this was the one thing we could do in microgravity it would be so important in the energy field. dr. king is a nobel laureate. we listened to him. his dream is now becoming a reality in this launch. it has so many important historic, significant aspects to it. i am very excited about it as well. i am looking forward to having that peace. i

john murray entertainment reporter for the times morning show and kelly beatty former reality show. we see some of the biggest stars we know we know them from reality tv. >> i think it is cheap to produce. so people are suddenly flooding the markets. i don't think that it puts black people worse off. i think look at "jersey shore". it is a white cast. it looks just as bad as" contintiny and toya". >> there is variety. you have serious shows and you have had shows like "harlem heights". and then you have flavor of love that run their course. we have to watch the good stuff so they can stay on the air. >> flavor of love had three seasons? >> five. >> we watched it. >> i saw that. i love new york, i saw -- i am the problem. i am not part of the solution. i watch it. why are we so attracted to the images? >> i think it is who we are at people. why does everyone slow down and watch the wreck on the highway. we enjoy watching other people's tragedies. i think it is exactly what you said. i'm guilty. i'm a reality television addict more than i care to admit. when you look at the ratings an

we know that captain mike kelly will be leading that effort. we hope that with god's grace and american medical care that congresswoman giffords n see that. we wish them through you godspeed. we hope that nasa continues to do with it does best. good luck to them. may the force be with them. >> i would like to add to that. i am so looking forward to this. it has a very poignant side to it because of commander kelly and his wife who we are all pulling so hard for to be able to come. also the spectrometers going up is such a big deal. this is the last major big piece of equipment that will be going. it has enormous potential for the look at dark matter, energy. one of the previous nasa administrators insisted this was the one thing we could do in microgravity it would be so important in the energy field. dr. king is a nobel laureate. we listened to him. his dream is now becoming a reality in this launch. it has so many important historic, significant aspects to it. i am very excited about it as well. i am looking forward to having that peace. in.

kelly is commanding the mission. giffords has been in rehab since she was shot. >>> health headlines on nbc.com. sometimes children are not the only victims of bullying. it could put a strain on the entire family. parents feeling anxiety, anger, and helplessness when they're unable to help their child. psychologists recommend a calm approach to deal with the issue since the parent's reaction could make it better or worse. the other health stories, you can check out the health page at msnbc.com. >> "early today" health is brought to you but vagisil. bring yourself back. >>> an early look at how wall street will kick off the day after the long holiday weekend. the dow opens at 12,505 after climbing 52 points on thursday. the s&p added seven and the nasdaq rose 17. taking a look at overseas trading this morning. in tokyo, the nikkei lost ten points, but in hong kong, the hang seng gained 242. >>> is the fed ready to end the easy money policy? that's the big question on the minds of investor this is week as the federal r

mark kelly will captain the last shuttle into pace. and giffords is promising to walk a mountain. abc news, new york. >> alan: coming up, the head of state who turned down an invitation to the royal wedding, and his reason why. >>> the extraordinary security effort going on in london to protect the royal wedding procession. >> leigh: hi there. boy, after a wet start this easter sunday morning, we are finally seeing some nice sunshine out there. the winds are up. but increasing clouds in the forecast, and more showers. we'll take a look at the we'll take a look at the seven-dadadadadadadadadadadadada mmm. ahh. yeah. bacon. come celebrate bonalia! only at denny's. america's diner is always open. >> alan: beau rain's prince turn down the invitation to the royal wedding because he doesn't want bahrain's unrest to tarnish the wedding. itin london, police are working overtime to make sure nothing disrupts friday's event. more than half a million people are expected to line the streets, and we have more on the epic security challenge. >> reporter: british security services are leaving no

naomi kelly was with us. purchaser naomi kelly was here. she is approaching reverend dr. amos brown, former supervisor brown, who is also here with us. of course i really would get assassinated if i don't mention commissioner leroy king, sit -- sitting with former redevelopment commissioner benny yee. welcome, kim. we are really looking forward to working with kim to get students to come visit the kinsey exhibit. just one second. and also supervisor scott winer -- weiner is here also. let's welcome him. newly elected schedule. we're back on schedule and graced with the presence of our new mayor. we, as i mentioned earlier, we had the pleasure of working well. are city administrator at the time ed lee and supervisor ross mirkarimi in connection with the adoption of the slavery disclosure ordinance a couple years ago. and we look forward to working with him on many issues to come. please welcome mayor ed lee. >> hello, everybody. you know i don't like to read speeches. i've been doing that in the past, so i want to have a chance to speak from the heart. this is our celebrat

here is commander mark kelly in the suit-up room. he is our commander, making his fourth light on the space shuttle. he has logged more than 38 day sin space on -- days in space. here is gregory johnson, our pilot, making his second space flight. pilot on sts-123. currently chief of the astronauts safety branch. he has logged over 4000 hours in different spacecraft. here is mission specialist michael fincke. as is his first space shuttle flight. he has logged 365 days in space, with over 26 hours in space walks. greg chamitoff. he is mission specialist #four -- number four and this is his second space shuttle flight. he has logged 183 days in space aboard the space station. is canadian, bo -- he is canadian, born in montreal. he was a crew member on the aquarius undersea. this is andrew feustel, mission specialist number three, his second trip into space. he flew on the fifth and final hubble space telescope servicing mission and has accumulated nearly 13 days in space and has performed three space walks. here is roberto vittori, mis

by her side, mark kelly, a nasa astronaut. >> when i see her in the morning when guy to work and when i come home from work at the end of my day. >> giffords, now in a houston rehabilitation center, has been cleared to travel to cape can can and a half rel -- cape can and a half -- cape can and a half rel. >> she was looking forward to having the opportunities to be there. >> gabriel and mark are sharing heavy burdens. mark kelly will lead the next to last shuttle mission into space, and gabrielle giffords promises to walk a mountain. abc news. new york. >> alan: congresswoman giffords still struggles to put together lengthy sentences, but the arizona republic newspaper reported today that one short phrase she repeated is, i miss tucson. >> the play station network goes down, leaving gamers disconnected from friends. how soon sony might be able to fix the problem. >>> we could see some changes in the weather in the next few days. leigh glaser tells us if that's good news or bad news. >> mike: the giants cannot find enough easter eggs against the braves, and the a's found jelly beans t

kelly mcpherson explains, this all centers in the protest of a many maryland marine funeral. >> reporter: the father of that marine took this issue all the way to the supreme court and lost. and now maryland leaders are trying to change the law here to restrict those protesters here in maryland. a supreme court decision allowing the westboro church to protest at funerals in the name of free speech is not the end of the debate. >> we have not slowed to so far and we will not. >> let them have their free speech but keep them away from the people who are grieving. and just the signs they put up it's inhuman. >> reporter: matthew schneider died in afghanistan. his father supporting these new bills. >> my sons and hundreds of thousands other men and women have died to protect freedom of speech. and to have a group of 80 people degrade it and mock it is disgusting. >> i have not found anybody that's in opposition of this other than aclu. >> reporter: the aclu says other laws have been ruled inconstitutional. including one that intended to keep pro-life activists 15 feet away from abortion clin

. >> it's part of regis and kelly's run across america program. we'll meet dean in just a moment. but first let's look at his runs so far. >> that day, for no particular reason, i decided to go for a little run. >> forrest gump did it. >> i figure since i've gone this far. >> reporter: running from coast to coast. >> might as well just turn back. >> reporter: now, dean karnazes is doing it. this superhuman ultramarathoner is running from california to new york in 75 days. to do it, he has to run the equivalent of two marathons a day every day as part of regis and kelly's run across america. >> three, two, one -- >> reporter: he started in california. he hit freezing temperatures in the mountains. >> it's cold out, but because there's no wind, it doesn't feel that cold until you start moving. >> reporter: and scalding desert heat in arizona. >> this is the real deal. not made for tv, this is real. >> reporter: he eats and drinks while running. he receives visits from his family while running. he does pretty much everything while running, and he does it all for charity. the 5ks he r

cobb from americans for tax reform joan great to see both you kelly what's wrong with people banding together and by move on. jordi boat deciding to put together a broad broad band system that they themselves own well i think the biggest concern is the cost because as taxpayers essentially vote maybe or the city council decides hey we're going to put together a public broadband network but everybody's going to foot the bill some people choose not to have broadband internet access some people choose to have broadband internet access and the other component that we're missing in this conversation is only ninety eight percent of americans already have access to mobile brought i think you misunderstood my question what's wrong with democracy what's wrong with a majority of people in a community by majority vote deciding that they're going to do something that they're going to tax themselves to fund and then doing what's wrong well first they're not probably all going to sit there and decide to tax themselves to fund it but i think the first certainly did by by our form of government by r

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thank you very much, kelly o'donnell, live on capitol hill. thanks, kelly. >>> we've got an update on a story we brought you yesterday about a new drug designed to prevent premature births, which are the leading cause of deaths in infants worldwide. the manufacturer of a drug agreed to reduce the price which soared after the fda approved the drug recently. nbc news chief investigative correspondent lisa meyers joins us live from washington. lisa, you've been reporting on this for two days. the drug company's made a decision to lower the price but eyebrows are still raised at this point. >> reporter: yes, tamron. some say the reduction does not go far enough. first, recap what happened here. this drug known asth makena cou help 140,000 women. many have been take a hormone compound similar to the drug and paying $20 a dose. when the kv pharmaceutical announced the new drug would cost $1500 a dose, there was widespread outrage. today, the company relented and announced it would reduce its list price of makena by more than half to $690 per injecti

kelly, thanks. >>> now we go overseas to libya. there was another bizarre public appearance from moammar gadhafi. meanwhile, in berlin, nato members are meeting there to resolve their differences over how to wage the air campaign in libya. while they talk and bicker at times, the rebels and civilians inside libya, particularly inside the town of misratah are taking a beating from gadhafi's forces. more from stephanie gosk in benghazi. >> reporter: in misratah, the civil war moves street to street, building to building. rebel fighters are under constant threat of attack. >> you have to cross this tunnel fast because there's a sniper from the upper building. >> reporter: gadhafi's tanks and artillery bombard the western city daily. civilians are trapped in the middle, unable to leave because government forces had misratah surrounded. at the hospital, evidence of what is quickly becoming a humanitarian disaster. children caught in the cross fire, suffering shrapnel and gunshot wounds. is nato doing enough to protect the civilians here

kelly what's wrong with people banding together and by my. majority vote deciding to put together bread broadband system that they themselves own well i think the biggest concern is the cost because as taxpayers you centrally vote maybe you are the city council decides hey we're going to put together a public broadband network but everybody's going to foot the bill some people choose not to have broadband internet access some people choose to have broadband internet access and the other component that we're missing in this conversation is only ninety eight percent of americans already have access to move he brought i think you misunderstood my question what's wrong with democracy what's wrong with a majority of people in the community by majority vote deciding that they're going to do something that they're going to tax themselves to fund and then doing what's wrong well first they're not probably all going to sit there and decide to tax themselves to fund it but i think the first certainly did by by our form of government by a representative

the mission commander her husband mark kelly. he tells katie couric that during his wife's ordeal being shot in the head in january, he has learned about her toughness and compassion. >> first of all she will tell you how badly she want to get out of the hospital. when you ask her what she wants to do, one thing she frequently comes back to is going back to work to her office. and, you know, how important it is for her to serve her constituents. >> kelly says when giffords heard she could attend the shuttle launch, she exclaimed awesome and pumped her fist and just being able to do that shows significant progress. endeavour is scheduled to blast on friday afternoon. >>> a dispute over native american burial grounds will be resolved this week. a native american tribe has been catched out at glen cove waterfront park for 10 days demanding vallejo change its redevelopment plans. they don't want bathrooms or parking spaces added to the site. the mediator will help reach a resolution. >>> gas prices keep going under. the survey says t