Why is it important for people not to touch it?
It's contaminated.
Could be contaminated.
Of course, we alI got out and we touched it, some of us did.
Crucial questions remain unanswered.
Debris has been seen from Dallas to Washington.
The shuttle accident has shocked the nation and the world.
Impromptu memorials can be seen where debris has fallen.
The scene here is surreal.
We've seen a stream of officials from
a number of federal agencies coming through tonight.
- Kaufman, CDC?
- That's right.
Right this way, please.
Mr. Kaufman!
Dina Twain from CNN.
Can I ask you what the CDC is doing here, Mr. Kaufman?
Hi.  President's on his way back to D.C. tonight.
I'm supposed to brief him at 6 a.m.
Can we make that?
- We can try.
- Right.  Show me what you have.
Over the retrieved debris...
...we're recording a contamination rate of almost every square meter.
We're projecting a contamination zone of an alley about 200 miles wide...
- ...from D.C. to Dallas.
- My God.  What is it?
Our biotechs are in full meltdown mode.
This is a highly resilient organism...
...able to survive the bitter cold of space,
and the searing heat of reentry.
Initial cellular diagnostics show it exhibits monoploid characteristics...
...with high levels of calcium dipicolinate...
...both commonalities to an endospore.
A spore?  Jesus.
One thing's for sure, it ain't from around here.
Sir!  This was on our roof.
The president is on his way back to Washington from Camp David...
...to meet with his closest advisors over the space-shuttle disaster.
Hey, Casper.
Good boy.
I thought you'd never get home.
Your ex-wife called twice.
Do you wanna watch this?
I mean, for work or something?
I should get to bed.
I gotta be back on the Hill in a few hours.
Well, you should've called.
I could've been sleeping in my own bed right now.
Federal officials are removing several pieces of shuttle debris...
...from a disturbing source : eBay.
Ollie!
Ollie, it's okay.
It's okay.
Look at me.
It's Mommy.
Oh, baby.
Oh, hey.
It's okay.
It's okay.
You just had a bad dream.
You got those nightmares back again, huh?
Everything's all right.
You lie down.
There we go.
There we go.
We'lI just have to make those nightmares go away again.
Right?
Hundreds were killed this morning in the bloodiest attack in Iraq...
...since the start of the occupation.
A mixture of toxic chemicals was strapped to suicide bombers...
Ollie?  Breakfast.
Dr. Bennell?
I have a call for you.
(CUSTODY AND VISITATION AGREEMENT)
I'm just finishing my notes.
- I know, but he is very insistent.
- Who is it?
Your ex-husband.
-Hello?
-Carol, how are you?
I'm fine, Tucker.
How are you?
I am fine.
I'm really fine.
I'm back in D.C. again.
In our old house.
It is such a nice house.
What do you want, Tucker?
I want to see Oliver.
- I miss him.
- No.
Carol, I have a legal right to see my son.
Ollie, I don't believe it.
Come on.
Get dressed.
We got 15 minutes.
Come on.
We should walk to school every morning.
This is nice.
You wouldn't say that if it was raining.
If it were raining.
But what if it rains tonight?
I checked the weather report.
Forty-five and clear.  No rain.
Just candy.
Okay, here's your homework.
- All right.
- You look cool.
Thanks.
- I'll see you at 4.
- All right.
Can I give you a kiss?
- Hey, Oliver!
- Nice costume, dude.
I'm gonna get a double Hershey's bar.
Oh, I wanna get as much chocolate...
America is in shock today...
50 scientists have resigned over this shuttle debacle.
- Good morning, Ben.
- Fifty. Five-oh.
They signed a letter saying the government's ignoring them...
...because they think the shuttle crashed on purpose.
No one's reporting it here.
I had to find it on the World Service.
What's wrong with you?
Tucker takes off to Atlanta for four years, Ben.
He calls Ollie on his birthday and at Christmas...
...and suddenly he comes back into his life
and