nasa's calculations agree, but here we are. doctor, you designed this system. if anyone can solve this problem, it's you. you know, for a minute there i thought you two might be a couple of bob gerson's lackeys, but your knowledge and your knowledge of history seems to make that impossible. gerson's been taking credit for my work since '58 when he replaced my ass with a monkey. ha. you don't work for gerson, do you? he's a project manager at nasa. he's one of many people assigned to this problem. i think it's time for you two toead on out of here. dr. corvin, your country needs you. put a sock in it, sonny. you can't fix it from down here, and you can't get a team up to speed in time. that satellite's dying. it's gonna come back. my only hope is that, uh... whatever it doesn't burn up in the atmosphere lands on gerson's house. i'll give you two a little bit of career advice. stay away from gerson, as far as possible. apparently the buzz on you is correct. d what buzz is that? you're not a team player. that's why you washed out at nasa. get out. we have to brush

but for a team of nasa scientists, the focus will be a quarter of a million miles away. they will be monitoring a pair of spacecraft orbiting the moon, hoping to answer some age-old questions in what's being described as the biggest moon mission since man first landed there more than 40 years ago. here's nbc's george lewis. >> reporter: millions of years ago, earth may have had not one, but two moons. then, according to theory they collided -- an event known as the big splat. that would explain the irregularities on the surface of the present day moon. all the valleys on the side we see. all the mountains on the other side. >> scientists have not had a good way to track that down yet. this is the beginning of solving that mystery. >> zero, and liftoff of the delta ii with grail, journey to the center of the moon. >> reporter: in september, nasa launched two lunar probes aboard the same rocket. they'll chase each other in orbit around the moon to study it from surface to center. the mission will be run from this control room at the jet propulsion laboratory at pasadena, c

nasa has loaned more than 26,000 samples to institutions for research. the report says nasa needs to keep better track what is sent to researchers and museums. >>> the pentagon is being tight-lipped about a u.s. drone lost earlier this week. pictures have been shown on iranian television. >> reporter: u.s. officials are on the hunt for answers this morning after iran proudly showed the world weigh it says is a captured cia stealth drone. >> we've seen the imagery. there are folks that are looking at it. again, we are not going to get into the specifics. >> reporter: officials first thought it was a fake. now, they tell abc news they believe it is real, although probably reassembled. one official said the drone we lost broke apart in was probably put back together the design of the tail on the u.s. drone and iranian images don't match. whatever happened it is a major blow for u.s. intelligence. one official said the loss is stunning. some of the information onboard the drone may have been automatically erased. even the sophisticated skin of the drone was

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nasa loaned more than 26,000 sample samples. report says nasa needs to keep better track of what it sends to researchers and museum. >>> in the past couple of years we have seen music movies even video games move that the electronic storage space known as the cloud. so what is next? putting yourself in the cloud? jonathan bloom has look at local company using some strange lacking robot to let you be everywhere at once. >> i have been a virtual assistant for a couple years. >>reporter: she's a real person. she's at home right now in illinois. and she's also here at the network conference in san francisco all while she greets customers at an office in mountain view. >> she's working for us. she's also working for 3 other companies including i believe microsoft at the same time. >>reporter: meet the new face of virtual. called any bought. rent 1 for 600 dollars a month if you need to be 2 or 3 or 4 places at once. >>reporter: any both don't have arm to use the copy machine or open doors. that's not the point. they are the closest t

nasa loaned more than 26,000 sample samples. report says nasa needs to keep better track of what it sends to researchers and museum. >>> in the past couple of years we have seen music movies even video games move that the electronic storage space known as the cloud. so what is next? putting yourself in the cloud? jonathan bloom has look at local company using some strange lacking robot to let you be everywhere at once. >> i have been a virtual assistant for a couple years. >>reporter: she's a real person. she's at home right now in illinois. and she's also here at the network conference in san francisco all while she greets customers at an office in mountain view. >> she's working for us. she's also working for 3 other companies including i believe microsoft at the same time. >>reporter: meet the new face of virtual. called any bought. rent 1 for 600 dollars a month if you need to be 2 or 3 or 4 places at once. >>reporter: any both don't have arm to use the copy machine or open doors. that's not the point. they are the closest t

it thick >>marty: as nasa's retired spacecraft are moving to museums of, nasa is looking at future of space travel and the public and private sectors. >>reporter: the first of nasa's space shuttle want in 1981. the shuttle program ended on july 21st of 2011 after its final trip to the international space station. half the nasa shuttle was the first first reusable spacecraft. it was launched by a rocket, or read it like a spacecraft and landed five years lane. more than 4000 for members have traveled. >> each was an excel challenged >>reporter: the program did not come without cost. columbia burned up on reentry into 1986, challenger exploded after liftoff. >> we will never forget them as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye. >>reporter: in 2004 president george good be bush issued any directives for u.s. space travel which included its lands and the shuttle program. >> it is time for america to take the next steps. >>reporter: until nasa develops vehicles to replace this shuttle, astronauts will have to hitch a ride aboard russian shuttles. the end of the shuttle program

nasa -- and i'm not going to say nasa, i don't know how nasa covered it up, but they were very unhappy. he was one of their own who robbed him. >> big trial. >> big trial, i don't know how public it was. it was a federal trial, i would assume it would have had to have been. >> yeah. >> there were reporters there. it was written about so little, and it didn't really just -- it never exploded. there was a wonderful l.a. times article about it at the time which was, like, a four-page article, and that was really it. and that was, you know, years ago. >> did nasa cooperate with you at all? >> no, no, no. so nasa was not thrilled i was writing this book, and they told everyone not to speak to me which makes people want to talk to me. i actually got axle amerman whoo is the belgium mineral collector -- >> antwerp. >> he collected rocks, and his wife's name is crystal. he meets with a bunch of 50, 60-year-old guys in an abandoned rec hall, and they trade rocks. and he gets an e-mail out of the blue, do you want to buy a moon rock from the u.s.? so immediately he's excited. then he starts to t

i don't know how nasa covered it up, but nasa was embarrassed. he was one of their own who robbed them. >> a big trial and yet, i don't know how public u.s. it is a federal trial. there were reporters there. it was written about so little. and it didn't really -- it never exploded. it was a wonderful l.a. times article about it come a four-page article that was really it. that was years ago. >> at nasa cooperate at all? >> they told everyone not to speak to me. which makes people want to talk to me. i actually got axil lettermen, the belgian mineral collect there. never been to antwerp in his life. he corrects rock in his wife's name is crystal. he meets every monday night with a bunch of 50, 60 wrote guys in an abandoned rat caught in a trade rocks. he gets an e-mail out of the blue. do you want to buy a moon rock from the u.s.? immediately his excited. but that he thinks something is fishy here and something is going on so he e-mails the fbi because he might be interested in this. the fbi create a whole case using axil as they're made for us. h

. >> and after 30 years, nasa space shuttle program ends in 2011. a look back at its history coming up. >>> taking a look back at 2011 tonight, we hit the final frontier. it's done, it's gone. and as the retired fleet is moving on to a museum. america is looking forward to the future of man space travel. >> elizabeth shows us how that could come from the public and private sectors. >> ten, nine, eight, seven. >> first nasa space shuttle blasted into orbit april 12, 1981. it was the launch of 30 years of u.s. dominance in space. the shuttle program ended on july 21, 2011. when atlantis touched down at the kennedy space center after its final trip to the international space station. nasa's shuttle was the first reusable spacecraft, which launched like a rocket orbited like a spacecraft and landed like a plane. more than 600 crew members traveled on 135 flights. >> each mission was different. each was exceptional and challenging and expanded our capabilities as a nation and a world. >> but the program did not come without its human cause. space shuttle

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>> bob redell joins us live from nasa ames. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura and jon. earth 2.0 is getting really close. the kepler mission based out of nasa ames announced that another planet that is possibly habitable and/orbits the star similar to the sun. goldilocks zone, not too hot, not too cold. its average temp is around 72 degrees fahrenheit. has a 290-day orbit, not too far off from our 365 and it's only about 2 1/2 times the size of our planet. still relatively small,. whether it's made up of gas, rock or liquid. they observed it pass in front of its own sun three times. nasa announced the discovery of 1,000 more possible planets, double the previous list of candidates. for those in the business of searching for extra terrestrial life, this morning's announcement is monumental. >> it's fantastic. now we have something to point at. people can begin to feel the urgency and the excitement about the fact there may, in very short order, if not kepler 22-b, then the next confirmation, be another e

the promising discovery from nasa. >> and it gets you moving but how good are the workouts working? the wee ones -- well, we'll compare it to hitting the gym. >> you're really surprised about that. come on. >>> a visit to santa's lap turns into an amazing surprise. how two kids got the gift they wanted most. >>> a gorgeous picture of a waning crescent moon behind us. currently temperatures outside now chilly in the 30s and 40s near freezing in some spots. how much warmer we are going to get by later on this afternoon, we'll have it all coming up after the break. ,,,, warren hellman died over the weekend at service will b >>> a memorial service is planned today for a bay area man. warren hellman died over the weekend at the age of 77. the service will be at 1:00 this afternoon at a temple in san francisco. it will be streamed live on the website of hardly strictly bluegrass, a local music festival he helped create. >>> 4:48. the weather may have played a role in a deadly plane crash in new jersey. a single engine plane went down on a major freeway. all five on board were killed inclu

nasa has loaned more than 26,000 samples to institutions for research. the report says nasa needs to keep better track of what is sent to researchers and museums. >> if you find that nasa designed slingshot you will find those moon rocks. >> we'll talk about the moon, start off with that for castor tonight's loon eclipse. 4:four -- 4:45, look almost dew west from the bay area, you will see the red take over as the shadow starts to develop. total eclipse starts 6:05 to 6:57. temperatures chilly tonight 30s even 20s in our inland valleys if you are along 101 you may run into patchy fog you may want to find higher elevations to see that thick fog and temperatures running around freezing in some areas like north bay valleys not east bay valleys all haze that's why we have another spare the air east bay and south bay could have the worst air quality today. back to temperatures 28 fairfield, 27 novato below freezing in santa rosa and concord near freezing in napa, redwood city, mountain view, livermore 32. monterey bay inland salinas, mid 30s 27 gilroy spare t

last summer there was a child, kar lotoses nasa, taken off life-support. >> it's a real possibility. >> there were two other shootings where a man was shot in the back. he was hospitalized and then at 8:30 on magnolia several blocks away, he's also hospitalized. in oakland, i'm matt. cbs 5. >>> an elderly driver lost control of his pickup truck and crashed into a safeway store. happened in vallejo. the 80-year-old driver slipped off the brakes and hit the gas instead. nearly missed the customers and it careened down an aisle. >> apparently he accelerated down the lobby and ended up on the farside of the lobby by starbucks. >> although damage to the store was extensive, the driver was not hurt. it's not clear if he'll be crated. >>> the robber in the neighborhood, all it took was a red light. neighbors called 9-1-1 yesterday morning to report several people breaking into a vacant home. when officers responded, the suspect was waiting at a red light. police recovered a flat screen tv, jewelry, and the investigators are discovering whether they're behind other in the area. >>> san franc

>>charles: according to nasa scientists, the planet is twice the size of earth. it's year is 292 days and has a comparable average temperature of 72 degrees. >> if this planet is rocky, we could rock around on the surface in be perfectly fine, more comfortable there and they would be in the bay area today. >> this is the first planet we have confirmed it is in the habitable zone. >>charles: it is the area around a star or the planets orbit must live for life to survive. the plan is its in the habitable zone but they do not know what it is made of, rock, gas or liquid. >> that is part of the future work, to observe and pin down the mass of the planet. once we have the massively can infer something about the composition. >>stanley: coming up i will show you how to avoid a to mothers $60 parking ticket. >>catherine: stanley roberts found some people behaving badly. >>stanley: you are looking at an ac transit bus stop at the macarthur station in oakland. the truth is, this could be any bus stop in alameda or contra costa county. i chose this one because this is a fav

and nasa says by 6:05, the moon will be engulfed in red light. the space and science center will be open from 4:00 to 7:00 a.m. for free viewing. visitors asked to enter through the gate. >> and all have you to do is makeup early or stay up. >> and. >> this is going to have haze in the sky. there is a live view from our sutro camera looking over san francisco. there is a dark afternoon. and it's clear. we have a little bit of a haze around. and it's lovely. there is a view, our camera looking towards mount diablo. there are all kinds of cameras around the studio here and there is help from the system this, morning chilly weather. low temperatures 28 in sonoma county airport. and and slowly moderate a bit over next couple mornings. temperatures 60 degrees in in oakland and into 50s in all other bay area locations. these are the highlights. will be chilly to cold and lunar eclipse visible. chance of showers on sunday. and this is just looking over the western horizon. you'll see moon that will be reached between 6:05 and 6:57. there will be thin, h

nasa provided an artist's rendering of what is being called keppler 22 b. the telescope made the discover fully february but today, it became the first to be confirmed using other telescopes. the team is hosting a conference at nasa ames this week, where there is a buzz about this. and best guess that temperatures are 72 degrees fahrenheit. >> this is a planet bigger than earth. it's orbiting a star. >> it's could have a lot of life. it could be an ocean planet. what are the possibilities? it's made of water and ice. all ocean. >> and at nouns many is just as the center for steady research went back on line live today with its allen telescope. funding challenges had stopped that work in april. but it's gone back up targeting the system looking for freak qens skbreez trying to identify signal that's don't look natural. in that quest to answer are we alone. the team says it's discovered 1,000 actually actually, new phone shall planets, more excitement from nasa today. >> that is terrific, thank you. >> and uc berkeley scientists found two biggest black holes

scientists at nasa discovers an earth-like planet in distant space, leaving researchers to look for signs of civilization. >>> and on this 70th anniversary of pearl harbor, some firsthand accounts from veterans who were there, coming up next. >> belva: good evening, i'm belva davis. welcome to "this week in northern california." joining me on our news panel is scott schafer from public radio and josh richmonday, legal and political affairs reporter from the oakland tribune. has the message of the occupy movement taken a turn politically? >> well, i think people that far and wide across the country and around the world have to be listening to what the occupy is saying by now. here in california, i think that the governor had a plan for a while and the rhetoric is giving a plan into action. what happened this week is the governor rolled out a plan for the initiative that he wants to put on next november's ballot to raise taxes on millionaires, high-income earners, no one making less than half a million dollars is going to see any tax increase under his plan except an income tax. there is an

nasa says the climate on kepler 22-b is a lot like ours. the average temper temperature is the same as a pleasant day here on earth and it looks like mtv already has plans for it. >> this spring, nasa in association with mtv present an out of this world television event. join snooki and the rest of this gang as they travel 600 light years from earth to find the one place where people don't hate them yet. "jersey shore kepler 22-b." >> we're going to outer space, bitches! >> jimmy: well, i think that looks like fine programming, i tell you. [ applause ] and then khloe and kim will take kepler. speaking of new jersey, in medford, new jersey, today, the mayor resigned. chris myers is a republican, married, two kids and being accused of -- anyone? anyone want to take a guess? that's right, sex with a male prostitute. i guess he got mad that the mayor gave him only $500 and didn't deliver on his promise of a car and other gifts. that's what he said. apparently he had the mayor confused with oprah. because who gets a car? no male prostitute i eve

nasa has loaned samples to various institutions. the report says nasa needs to keep better track on what is sent out. >>> pentagon is being extremely tight-lipped this morning about a united states drone that was lost earlier this week. especially now that the pictures of a drone are being shown on iranian television. >> reporter: u.s. officials are on the hadn't for answers this morning after iran -- after iran proudly showed the world what it says is a captured cia stealth drone. >> we've seen the imagery. there are folks looking at it. we are not going to get into the specifics. >> reporter: officials first thought its was a fake. now they tell abc news they believe it is real. although probably reassembled. one official say the drone we lost broke apart. this one was probably put back together. the design of the tail on the u.s. drone and the iranian images don't match. whatever happened, it is a major blow for u.s. intelligence. one official told abc news the loss is stunning. some of the information onboard the drone may have

they're somewhere here on earth but nasa has lost track of them. the inspector general said the agency has lost or misplaced more than 500 lunar rocks or dust samples since 1970s. it's more than 800 rocks of soil and rocks. nasa has loaned out 21,000 samples to researchers. >>> you may not think hip-hop when you think chess. the two will come together in san francisco to help young people. the bay area's hip-hop chess federation is putting on an event in san francisco. it's aimed at teaching kids violence is not the answer and they can learn from their hip-hop heroes, many of whom play chess. the music and games begin tomorrow morning at 10:00. more information on our website at nbcbayarea.com. only kids could concentrate on chess and hear musicd lou loud and not lose focus. >> two things i'm not good at. >>> as jeff told us a moment ago, early tomorrow morning, the moon will turn shade kocher red as the earth's shadow creeps onto the surface of the full moon. dust off your telescope and get ready for the full lunar eclipse. if you don't own a tele

: now that the nasa shuttles have been retired to the space museums, the future of the low earth orbit space travel will be in the hands on out here based in hawthorne. for the former astronaut whoo spent about three months of his life living on board the international space station, nasa's announcement is a defining moment in the u.s. space history. >> this will be the first time that, you know, a spacecraft has been held by the commercial company flies in space and docks the international space station. and something that only the space shuttles and the russian assault users have done before. >> reporter: the launch is scheduled to go on february 7, less than two months from now. and the supplies will be delivered by the dragon space capsule built by hawthorne seen here being drop tested into the ocean last year. this is the dragon one that orbited the earth last year and returned uncaped. a newer model will be launched on february on the pad here seen here in this space promotional video released in 2009. of course, all of this is a precursor. that's why i came out here to help them

petrofat, an i'll and gas company teamed up with nays -- an oil and gas company teamed up with nasa to use this facility to help teach offshore workers how to get out of facility that crashed. >> you would never be able to do this anywhere else in the world of. reporter: i volunteered to try it out. with cameras rolling i had to stay call and buckled in my seat as the training simulator sank while holding my breath, knocked out a window. the most difficult thing was trying to push that window out and i couldn't see. my contacts, you know. so i could only imagine if you go down at night. you're so disoriented. >> we get people through the doors who have genuine phobias of water and these guys are having to fly offshore to do a job. >> when somebody leaves the center they're equipmented with the right confidence and knowledge if something does happen, they can escape safely and obviously return home. that's what this is all about. reporter: in houston, chris gutierrez, fox news. >>> sunday marks the beginning of a new year and new laws. matt ackland has your fox 5 top five. >> up first t

that was a deviation from nasa policies. nasa is calling the problem a miscommunication. >>> fred is here now with tiger woods who is back in california and now a win-win for tiger. >> yeah. all the proceeds go to tiger woods foundation. he's on the way to winning his own tournament. before we take you all the way back. remember there is 1 golfers in -- 18 golfers in this southern california event. this is tigers second shot on the par five. from 208 yards. remember that is two football fields. he threads a very narrow alley. on the par five woods needs this putt for another eagle. he shoots a five under 67 today. they call phil mickelson the king of the shot. that nearly goes in for eagle. he has to settle for birdie. >>> disturbing that's what raiders head coach hue jackson called the gun incident. mcclain is out on bail but still in alabama. so today he misses the final practice. but jackson says he hasn't ruled out mcclain from playing in sunday's game in miami. >>> stanford women's soccer team in the white uniforms reac

. >>> also, what's happening to nasa's moon rocks? why hundreds of precious lunar specimens are missing. >>> and, yeah, this guy. raven t braving the cold, trying to show some holiday spirit. >>> chuck, what have you got? >> a lot of spirit out there and a full moon in our eastern sky right now. a complete check on whether or not we're going to have more wednesday rain showers, coming up. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever. and our networks are getting crowded. but if congress frees up more wireless spectrum... we can empower more people to innovate... putting momentum behind our economy. and we can reduce the deficit... with more than thirty billion dollars paid by america's wireless companies. it's simple -- more spectrum means more freedom. for everyone. >>> a private viewing underway right now for a slain virginia tech police officer. the family of deriek crouse is receiving friends until 8:00 tonight. the father of five was killed on thursday when 22-year-old ross ashley walked u

nasa put out this digital recreation. i could eat that. >> what do you think alternative brooke is doing in the alternative universe? and please include the word bo key bikini. i hope she is just like me, only better. i think this is just fantastic news. there are 48 different ter rest rey'all zones that are habitable. the only great shame is that this country has no program. the 30-year nasa program that we have developed to shuttle americans into space is now dead, and the first person to meet will be a russian. that's a big shame. >> it is. >> my family is part russian. >> why are we so obsessed with alien life forms? we have enough alien problems here. there are things on the street like plant lif that fright enemy. >> i think nasa just released this. there are no aliens and no planets. it is like global warming. oh, global warming, it hasn't snowed since 1917. what happened in 1917? was there global warming then? if there was aliens they would have taken the kardashians and put them on pluto. >> i agree. wouldn't we

nasa has opened this pool to others. petro fact. an oil and gas company has teamed up with nasa. >> fray, fray, fray. >> to use this facility to teach offshore workers how to escape a helicopter that crashed. and capsized in the gulf of mexico. >> you would never be able to simulate that anywhere else in the world. this truly brings a different way of survival training. >> i volunteered to try it out. with cameras rolling, i had to stay calm and buckled in my seat as the training similarity sank while holding my breath i had to knock out a window so i could escape. >> the most difficult thing was trying to push that window out and i couldn't see my contacts. can i only imagine if you go down at night you are so disoriented. >> we have got people through the doors who have genuine fears and phobias of water. these guys are having to fly offshore to do a job. >> when someone leaves the site they are equipped with the right confidence and knowledge if something does happen they could escape safely and obviously return home. that's what

. >>> como salvadoreña, deforestación ha recibido el reconocimiento de la nasa. maría nos dice de qué se trata y cómo funciona este invento. no se ha guardado el invento conocido como. y es un artefacto que solo utiliza el 5% de la leña que antes consumía en su vieja cocina de barro. en el sur del salvador. >>> 30 o 40 libras de leña. lo que consumo son 5 libras de leña. esto no solo representa un beneficio económico para esta humilde salvedad reñ. y que diseñó y un turno por energía eléctrica. en la turbio cocina como uno de los 10 mejores proyectos del mundo en el 2011. y aquí únicamente ha sobrevivido el 5%. ambientalistas. y la parte de la solución. >>> la turbo cocina no tiene un precio de venta ha sido donada. y estamos soplando. y. y este científico, enfrenta obstáculos. y reconocimiento de la nasa le de un impulso para que la turbo cocina se pueda distribuir por todo el planeta. >>> es interesante. >>> han pasado 3 décadas del último título de equipo de tigres este domingo más que nunca, la afición felina quiere explotar en el volcÃ

why did the new nasa discovery has scientists thinking we may not be alone. dozens killed in a coordinated attack in afghanistan. by today's bomb >> just one day after world leaders met to discuss the future of afghanistan, dozens are killed in a coordinated attack. suicide bombers struck crowds of shiite muslims as they celebrated the holiest day on their calendar. more on the deadliest day in that country in nearly a decade -- >> at least 58 people have been killed and nearly 200 injured in a coordinated attacks in afghanistan in different parts of the country. the first one took place in the capital placekabul, where a suicide bomber targeted shiite muslims. 54 people were killed in that attack. at least 150 people were wounded. later, in northern afghanistan, a similar attack to the one we saw in kabul. this time, it was a bicycle bomb, also targeting shia muslims. in kandahar, another attack. no one was killed in that attack. we have not seen sectarian violence in the past in afghanistan to even the taliban sent out an e-mail condemning the attack, and s

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nasa. >> announcer:s an out of this world -- nasa announces a discover i in deep space. why they are so much like earth. it is 72 and sunney. we're not making that up. martha: really? that sin credible. this one will get really interesting, folks. newt versus nancy in the battle of the former house speakers. pelosi says she has dirt on newt. now the presidential candidate is firing fire back. >> i regard it as useful education of american people to see what a tainted political ethics operation nancy pelosi was engaged in. martha: he doesn't sound happy, does he? fair and balanced debate three minutes away. we'll be right back. looking good! you lost some weight. you noticed! these clothes are too big, so i'm donating them. how'd you do it? eating right, whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios... five whole grains, 110 calories. i'm an expert on softball. and tea parties. i'll have more awkward conversations than i'm equipped for because i'm raising two girls on my own. i'll worry ab

at seti, search for extraterrestrial intelligence, they say they will follow up on nasa's discoveries. seti operates a bank of 42 small radio telescopes, from a site near a fine fishing stream in northern california. its director for research, jill tarter, says those telescopes will now focus in on kepler 22b. >> well, that's certainly one place that we want to look because we want to ask the questions and perhaps find the answer, "does anybody live there?" and this particular kepler 22b is the smallest, most earth like planet of those that we know to be in the habitable zone, so it's a clear winner in terms of us pointing our telescopes there. >> reporter: how do they attempt this? >> we're looking for radio signals that appear to be engineered. that don't look natural, but look like someone generated them in order to attract our attention. spencer, you-re looking for life, intelligent life? >> we're looking for the technologies, right, and if we find the signals that are engineered, then we'll infer that at least at some point, that we're technologists. >> reporter: and does nasa's

a nasa orbiter delivers stunning new images from saturn. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. i'm lynn berry. welcome to our viewers across the nation, including in the pacific time zone. today we begin with the house. after days of stubbornly refusing to back down, house speaker john boehner gave in to growing demands from the white house and his own party to approve a two-month extension for expiring payroll tax cuts. after two quick procedural votes this morning, lawmakers can go home for the year, that's if all goes as planned. brian mooar joins us from washington with the details. good morning. >> reporter: wouldn't you know it? the drama has one last cliff hanger. if even one lawmaker objects, the vote would have to be pushed into next week. house republicans have surrendered in the fight over extending the payroll tax cut. >> we were here fighting for the right things. may not have been the politically the smartest thing in the world, but i'm going to tell you what, i think our members waged a goo

a nasa orbiter delivers stunning new images from saturn. >>> hello and good morning. i'm lynn berry. today we begin with the house. after days of stubborning refusing to back down, house speaker john boehner gave in to growing demands from the white house and his own party to approve a two-month extension for expiring payroll tax cuts. after two quick procedural votes this morning, lawmakers can go home for the year, that's if all goes as planned. brian mooar joins us from washington with the details. good morning. >> reporter: well, lynn, one last bit of drama and guesswork here today. if even one lawmaker objects, the vote would have to be pushed into next week. house republicans have surrendered in the fight over extending the payroll tax cut. >> we were here fighting for the right things. may not have been the politically the smartest thing in the world, but i'm going to tell you what, i think our members waged a good fight. >> reporter: facing immense pressure from the 160 million americans that face a january 1st tax increase and from members of their own party

. >>> nasa's inspector general says the space agency has lost or misplaced more than 500 pieces of lunar rocks and other space samples since 1970. the report says nasa needs to keep better track of what it loans to researchers and museums. >>> a culinary crisis is spreading in norway after the popularity of a fat, rich diet fad has eaten up the country's stockpiles of butter. we're serious. bad weather and poor harvest are also being blamed. butter is sold on norway's top auction website for roughly four times the normal asking price. just bizarre. >>> and severe winds slam scotland thursday, closing bridges and schools, shutting down travel and leaving thousands without power. wind gusts of up to 150 miles per hour were recorded in one area. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,997 after skidding 198 points yesterday. the s&p sank 26 points. the nasdaq tumbled 52. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, neat kay dropped 127 128 points while in hong kong the hang seng plunged 521. >>> well, disappointing news out