kurt bradbury is the coo of stephens. let's bring in another executive who came to knight's rescue, the president and ceo of steeple nicolas. welcome to the halftime show. good to have you on this busy day. what i know is a busy weekend for you. >> glad to be here. >> why did you come to the rescue of one of your competitors? >> look, knight is a market participant. and they needed the help, and we're glad to be there. >> you can't escape the fact they still are a competitor of yours. did you try and do other things as i asked this gentleman, mr. bradbury here, did you try and get a piece of knight for yourself rather than have to go in this consortium, if you will, of investors? >> no, not at all. it made most sense to join the industry participants who invested in knight. as kurt said, this was a industry solution not a government bailout. we were pleased to be involved. >> the issue of the shareholders not getting a real say here is certainly an issue. your response to that is what? >> well, when you had liquidity even

author ray bradbury who would have been 92 today. bradbury inspired a generation of science fiction fans who had been thrilled to see that this mission to mars has been much more than a curiosity. this hall is sell video made about the landing has now been lost more than 6 million times. john that created it. dick waves this makes them want to be a scientist. he equates we felt the space shuttle program and with funding cuts many wondered if nasa could remain relevant. did waves this and video with 2 million hits on line shows nasa is not on the relevance b borderline cool. dirichlet's decrees they travel at 350 million mi. to get to mars and after going a few more feet already left some pretty big tracks to fill. and tracy cbs news los angeles. prince harry is back in england tonight with some explaining to do. to naked photos have gone viral discipline to the woman after losing a game of strip billiards and as yet the royal family has not commented on the photos but the bbc reports there plenty embarrassed as he might say the crown

nasa has named the site bradbury landing in honor of the american science fiction writer ray bradbury who died earlier this year. bradbury's martian chronicles, published more than 60 years ago, imagine the colonization of the red planet by humans. but that is still a ways away. in the meantime, curiosity will be searching for clues that there might once have been life on mars. >> we certainly look forward to getting more information about that. >> i am curious to see how many more pictures will be. >> franco-german talks going at this hour here in berlin on greece. we will have more in our next bulletin about those proceedings. >> for now, this is it. thank you for staying with us. >> see you again. bye-bye. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

in addition, the landing site had been named bradbury landing, in honor of the late ray bradbury, author of the "martian chronicles." the rover landed on mars a little over two weeks ago and is on a two-year mission to study whether the plan could have sustained life. this is 15 minutes. -- 50 minutes. jetelcome to nasa's propulsion laboratory. i am with the media relations office. the rover is settling well into its new home on mars. i guess we could say it is really on a roll right now. we will hear from panelist -- a panel of scientists and engineers. first, i want to venture -- mentioned that it has been declared a by california governor jerry brown, who will be visiting jpl later on. i want to start with our panel and introduce them. first we have michael meyer, the lead scientist for the mars exploration program in washington. we have the msl project manager for the jet propulsion laboratory. we have the physical investor of the -- investigator of the chem cam instrument from the los alamos laboratory in new mexico. next is the lead rubber plant at -- leader rover planner at jpl. a

nasa has named the spot where "curiosity" touched down "bradbury landing" after ray bradbury who would have turned 92 today. bradbury inspired a generation of science fiction fans and would likely be thrilled to see this mission to mars has become much more than a mere curiosity. >> it glows like the surface of the sun. >> reporter: this hollywood-style video nasa made about the rover's landing has been watched more than six million times. john beck created it. >> i've read so many of the comments saying "wow, this makes nasa cool again, this makes me want to be an engineer. this makes me want to be a scientist. this makes me want to be an astronaut." that's exactly the kind of thing i want to hear. >> reporter: without the space shuttle program and with funding cuts many wondered if nasa could remain relevant. ♪ kicking at my console, this is what i see. >> reporter: data streaming back from "curiosity"... ♪ >> reporter: this fan video with two million hits online shows nasa is not only relevant but borderline cool. ♪ we're nasa and we know it... >> reporter: "curiosity" travele

bradbury inspired a generation of science fiction fans and the likely be thrilled to see that this mission to mars has become much more than a mere curiosity. this video nasa made about the landing has now been wants more than 6 million times john bad credits. i've read so many of a common saying this makes massive cool again. this makes you want to be an engineer. we felt the program and with funding cuts many wondered now set to remain relevant. this man video with 2 million hits online shows now say is not only relevant but borderline cool. curiosity traveled more than 350 million mi. to get to mars and by rolling just a few more feet to its already left some pretty big tracks to fill. and tracy cbs news los angeles. and from the weather center good evening of a fight we have been noting several shades of green tonight's now the key to end its ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, in not so merry england since to face the wrath of the queen. 2- botas of them have gone viral they show aprons for the woman after losing a game of straight billiards in is the ap sweet and loss figures hotel the royal family has

bradbury inspired a generation of science fiction fans and the likely be thrilled to see that this mission to mars has become much more than a mere curiosity. this video nasa made about the landing has now been wants more than 6 million times john bad credits. i've read so many of a common saying this makes massive cool again. this makes you want to be an engineer. we felt the program and with funding cuts many wondered now set to remain relevant. this man video with 2 million hits online shows now say is not only relevant but borderline cool. curiosity traveled more than 350 million mi. to get to mars and by rolling just a few more feet to its already left some pretty big tracks to fill. and tracy cbs news los angeles. and from the weather center good evening of a fight we have been noting several shades of green tonight's now the key to end its arrival today to okay, here's the plan. you have a plan? first we're gonna check our bags for free, thanks to our explorer card. then, the united club. my mother was so wrong about you. next, we get priority boarding on our flight i booked with mi

by the way, they have named the landing site bradbury after the late great ray bradbury of science fiction fame, who would have turned 92 today. sadly, he did not live long enough to see this. >>> a piece of american history we did not know we had has been discovered in a box in an attic in chattanooga, tennessee. it's reel to reel audiotape of an interview with the reverend dr. martin luther king, jr. the best thing we can do here is let you listen to a portion of what dr. king said about the progress toward civil rights. as a young man of just 31 years of age, this was recorded just four days before christmas, 1960. >> i'm convinced that when the history books are written in future years, historians will have to record this movement as one of the greatest epics of our heritage. i think the movement represents struggle on the highest level of dignity and discipline. no one of goodwill can disagree with the ends of the sit-in movement, the end to break down all the barriers between people on the basis of race, color. >> the quality and clarity are perfect. in case you're wondering, the int

author ray bradbury. he inspired a generation of science fiction fans and would likely be thrilled to see that this mission to mars has become much more than a mere curiosity. this hollywood style video that nasa made about the landing has now been watched more than 6 million times. john beck created it. >> i read so many common saying " wow, this makes nasa cool again, this makes you want to be an engineer ". ore this makes you want to be an astronaut. that is exactly the kind of thing i want to hear. >> without the space shuttle program and with funding cuts, many wondered if nasa could remain relevant. >> ♪ >> this fan video with 2 million hits on line shows that nasa is not only relevant, but borderline cool. curiosity traveled more than 350 million mi. to get to mars. and by rolling just a few more feet, it has already left some pretty big tracks to fill. >> and that is the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news, all around the world, good night. >> good evening i am dana king >> i

author ray bradbury. who would have turned 92 today. >> he would likely be thrilled to see that this mission to mars has become much more than a mere curiosity. >> this hollywood-style video nasa made about the rover's landing has now been watched more than 6 million times. john beck created it. >> i've read so many of the comments saying wow, this makes nasa cool again. this makes me want to be on engineer, a scientist. makes me want to be an astronaut. that's exactly the kind of thing that i want to hear. >> lift-off. >> without the spacehuttle program and with funding cuts, many wondered if nasa could remain relevant. >> kicking at my console, this is what i see ♪ data streaming back from curiosity ♪ >> this fan video with 2 million hits online, shows nasa is not only relevant but borderline cool. >> we're nasa and we know it ♪ >> curiosity traveled more than 350 million miles to goat mars. by rolling just a few more feet, it's already left some pretty big tracks to fill. ben tracy, cbs news, los

by the way, they have named the landing site bradbury after the late great bradbury of science fiction fame, who would have turned 92 today. sadly, he did not live long enough to see this. >>> a piece of american history we did not know we had has been discovered in a box in an attic in chattanooga, tennessee. it's reel to reel audiotape of an interview with the reverend dr. martin luther king, jr. the best thing we can do here is let you listen to a portion about what dr. martin luther king said about the progress of civil rights. as a young man of just 31 years of age, this was recorded just four days before christmas, 1960. >> i'm convinced that when the history books are written in future years, historians will have to record this movement as one of the greatest epics of our heritage. i think the movement represents struggle on the highest level of dignity and discipline. no one of goodwill can disagree with the ends of the sit-in movement, the end to break down all the barriers between people on the basis of race, color. >> the quality and clarity are perfect. in case you're wonde

not quite ray bradbury's "martian chronicles" either. >> this is a wondrous moment. >> is it? >> reporter: these images are real, and new. from nasa's most advanced and expensive mars mission to date. curiosity, a $2.5 billion robot, a size of a mini cooper that dropped down to the surface last night. >> this is all built pretty much from scratch. >> reporter: here on earth, there are people already planning the logical next step. >> i think we'll be able to send probably the first people to mars in roughly 12 to 15 years. that's my estimate. >> reporter: meet elon musk, a high-tech executive who recently >> liftoff. space race. >> reporter: accomplishing a feat so difficult only the united states and the soviet union and china have ever done before. that is, developing a spacecraft capable of taking a man into orbit and returning him safely to earth. elon musk did it with a rocket he designed himself. what was inside? >> well, our biggest payload actually was a wheel of cheese. >> reporter: musk has big plans for mars. not just taking people there, but making it possible for

for one, it was the majority vote of the science team, having been inspired by rad bradbury. landing is actually an event, it's not an object. also, it hearkens back to the time when ships landed on the shores of other new worlds to explore. and this place might, in fact, with its water reference be even more a aprapo. i want to relay to you one of my favorite scenes from the martian chronicles when the humans peer over the rim of one of the martians' canals. there they see reflected in the water martians and themselves. so, as we look forward to one of those days, i would like to now turn it over to pete tisinger who will tell us about our intrepid martian, the rover curiosity. >> thank you, mike. i would like, before i start, to give a small hand of applause to ray bradbury. [ applause ] he was a friend of jpl as well as will of the total space program and several people, including myself, had the honor of meeting him. you are looking here today at a very smiley, ecstatic project manager. we have completed 16 sols on the surface and everything has been going extremely well.

not quite ray bradbury's "martian chronicles. the "either. >> this is a wonder drus moment. >> reporter: and the most expensive mars mission to date, curiosity, a $2.5 billion robot, a size of a mini cooper that dropped down to the surface last night. >> this is all pretty much to scratch. >> reporter: here on earth, there are people already planning the logical next step. >> i think we'll be able to send the first in roughly 12 to 13 years in my estimate. >> reporter: meet elon musk, a high-tech executive who recently entered the space race. accomplishes a feat so difficult only the united states and the soviet union and china have ever done before. that is, developing a spacecraft capable of taking a man into orbit and returning him safely to earth. elon musk did it with rockets designed himself. what was inside? >> well, our biggest was a wheel of cheese. >> reporter: musk has big mans for mars. not just taking people there, but making it possible for people to live there. >> we know it's possible to get there. the question is

the landing site was named the bradbury landing in honor of the science fiction author ray bradbury. they hope to take soil samples in hopes of finding out whether there was ever life in mars. >> wait, it's been up there for days and moved 15 feet and went back, huh? >> well, going where he knows. >> hey, that billion dollars spent well, all right. >> it's just the beginning! >> 5:21 is our time right now on this thursday morning. a live look. you can see the capitol dome off there in the distance. some folks dealing with some fog, but tom, doesn't look too bad right here. >> yeah, not in the city. there is capitol hill and just maybe a little light fog around the city now, but not locally right around the nearby suburbs, maybe just a little light fog some of the rural areas, especially to our west and north where we've cleared out overnight. that's where the denser fog is forming, parts of loudoun county, frederick, into prince william, faulkier, rappahannock, shenandoah valley into the mountains. in washington, there's quite a bit of cloudiness as well as west and east of us. the l

the landing site was named bradbury, landing in honor of author ray bradbury. scientists hope to take soil samples in hopes of learning whether there was ever life on mars or if there's life on mars right now. >> i think i saw a snickers wrapper there. did you see that? >> they should definitely not litter on the red planet. >> check that video again. 6:51 is our time right now. tom's looking at the forecast. >>> great weather, and as long as this wonderful summer weather continues, i want you to start calling me t-wow. >> t-wow? you got it! we're all over that. >> i'm storm4 meteorologist t-wow, and here is your forecast. right now out of the mountains, it is a delightful morning. we're down into the low to mid-50s there. closer to washington, low to mid-60s. and near 70 right in the district and right near the bay waters. but elsewhere, it is a fresh and cool, delightful summer morning under way. you'll have a wow moment when you step outside. getting just a few sprinkles in southern maryland, northern neck and over to the lower eastern shore. that's passing

by the way, they have named the landing site bradbury of the late great fame. sadly he did not live long enough to see this. >>> a piece of american history we did not know we had has been discovered in a box in an attic in chattanooga, tennessee. it's reel to reel audiotape of an interview with dr. martin luther king, jr. listen to what he said about civil rights. as a young man of 30 years of age, this was recorded four days before christmas 1960. >> i'm convinced that when the history books are written in future years, historians will have to record this movement as one of the greatest epics of our heritage. i think the movement represents struggle on the highest level of dignity and discipline. no one of goodwill can disagree with the ends of the sit-in movement, the end to break down all the barriers between people on the basis of race, color. >> the quality and clarity are perfect. in case you're wondering, the interview was recorded by a local insurance salesman who wanted to write a books on racism. it contains rare comments on the situation in africa r

bradbury the science fiction writer would have been 92 years old. that is your 5@5:00. tropical storm isaac expected to be a hurricane and pummel florida. janice is here to tell us more. >> we got the latest the 5:00 a.m. advisory. they have weakened the storm a little bit 45 miles per hour sustained winds. it is forecast to become a hurricane. this storm is massive. how wide is it? a thousand miles wide. if this storm skirts the coast they are going to see potential tropical force winds hurricane force winds. the org nierzs in tampa are watching carefully as the storm continues to move their way. the radar filling the outer bands of this storm as it continues to move west ward and northward. here is the latest advisory moments ago. it is pushing into cuba monday and tuesday watching hurricane 1 minimal hurricane pushing the coastline of florida. because the storm is so wide we are seeing the effects from the keys up toward miami and florida. a lot of variables dpiefrs out. all eyes are on florida and the rnc monday and tuesday. >> thank you very much janice. appreciate

the landing site was named bradbury landing. scientists are planning to use the rover to take soil samples. they're hoping to learn whether there ever might have been life on mars. >>> coming up, a construction project in new york city causes a scare. >>> and a d.c. woman killed during a brutal attack. he was just trying to defend her mother. >>> coming up in sports, how robert griffin thriii and andre luck are handling the hype heading into this season's showdown. >>> and i go one on one with >>> and i go one on one with bryce he's made his choice.ds but what choices will women be left with? just like mitt romney, paul ryan would get rid of planned parenthood funding. in congress, ryan voted to ban all federal funding for planned parenthood and allow employers to deny women access to cancer screenings and birth control. and both romney and ryan backed proposals to outlaw abortion even in cases of rape and incest. for women... for president... the choice is ours. i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. >>> just in the last

it's not potato chips or bradbury product. it really is -- you feel like you're doing something important with your book. >> i think the role role in the communities as a bookkeeper will keep independent bookstores alive because people want to place were you contacted talk to people that has come in no company still has that human interaction rather than just sitting in a computer clicking. there is discovery that only can happen in a physical bookstore and i'm optimistic that is going to keep us another independent bookstores helped it along when. >> for information on this and other cities is today by c-span local content vehicles, visit c-span.org/local content. >> what are you reading this summer? booktv wants to know. >> i'm chuck todd with nbc news. i read about 60% of the time on my ipod and 40% of the time hard copy. let me start with my nonfiction this summer. during the last break i read a book on fdr, the election in 1844 by david jordan. another one came up a family weintraub, the same campaign. i'm obsessed with t

before i get to that, nasa announced they have named the landing site and they have named it bradbury landing. that's a pretty cool thing. you see the picture there. in the picture you can see the marks left by the rover's wheels. way back in the back of picture there. that's where the rover started. this is where it ended up. they drove 10, 12 feet forward and turned around and kind of like parallel parked the rover. for those of us that had to parallel park when we took driving lessons and everything worked absolutely perfectly. they are ecstatic. it looks like later this week, maybe early next week, brooke, they will be off and running towards their first target rock in the distance. >> this is the animation, with the parallel parking. what i read, there are 16 drivers of curiosity back here on earth. how do they drive it? >> reporter: because of the time difference it takes 14 minutes for a signal to get to mars and 14 minutes for a signal to get back. they get together and figure out where they want to go. they tell the drivers. the information is punched in.

before i get to that, nasa announced they have named the landing site and they have named it bradbury landing. that's a pretty cool thing. you see the picture there. in the picture you can see the marks left by the rover's wheels. way back in the back of picture there. that's where the rover started. this is where it ended up. they drove 10, 12 feet forward and turned around and kind of like parallel parked the rover. for those of us that had to parallel park when we took driving lessons and everything worked absolutely perfectly. they are ecstatic. it looks like later this week, maybe early next week, brooke, they will be off and running towards their first target rock in the distance. >> this is the animation, with the parallel parking. what i read, there are 16 drivers of curiosity back here on earth. how do they drive it? >> reporter: because of the time difference it takes 14 minutes for a signal to get to mars and 14 minutes for a signal to get back. they get together and figure out where they want to go. they tell the drivers. the information is punched in. they send all that d

. >> this is like ray bradbury. this is science fiction coming to life here very, very exciting. >> it's crazy, totally crazy. >> you know, nasa needed this, i think. right? we were all complaining when they stopped the shuttle because what are they doing next? well, here they are. so we are going to be talking sports here at the very top of the hour with jordan schultz from huffington post. and then labor secretary, hilda solis in studio to talk about the latest job numbers. but first: >> this is the full court press. >> other headlines making news on this monday in sports swimmer mike michael phelps retiring winning his 18ths gold medal for his work in the medley relay, a total of 22 medals overall. the most decorated olympian of all time. he tells espn, he has been able to do everything he ever wanted putting the cherry on top of the metaphorcal ice cream sundae. he said he did not want to swim past the age of 30. he will not show up in rio 2014 unless his mom has her way. he took his coach of 16 years, bob bowma

. >> host: you've also listed ray bradbury, hunter s. thompson, ernest hemingway. >> guest: that's a good list right there. >> host: yeah. ben mezrich has been our guest on "in >> john kennedy once that was heralded violin and you read the reportage that discussed arms-control or or whatever used to treat the two powers. they sure did, but only long afterwards did we get to know what they said exactly to each other in private. it turned out kennedy spent a lot of time complaining about that press coverage. and mcmillan who is a generation older he said jacky, why do you care? brush it off. it doesn't matter. .. in-depth at noon eastern on c-span2

. >> host: you've also listed ray bradbury, hunter s. thompson, ernest hemingway. >> guest: that's a good list right there. >> host: yeah. ben mezrich has been our guest on "in john kennedy once met with the prime minister and read the repertory today in the newspapers. the issues between the two powers. they sure did but only long afterwards did we get the notes on what they said exact way to each other in private. turns out that kennedy spent a lot of time complaining about that press coverage. the press was being tough on jackie and other things and macmillen who was a generation