Wednesday's live video events
Space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to land for the final time today.
March 9th, 2011
07:38 AM ET

Wednesday's live video events

After 39 flights and more than 148 million miles in orbit, space shuttle Discovery is expected to call it a career today.  Watch CNN.com Live for continuing coverage of Discovery's final landing.

Today's programming highlights...

10:30 am ET - CAIR briefing on Muslim 'radicalizaton' hearings - Rep. Peter King's first hearing happens tomorrow, but reaction to it continues to grow.  The Council on American-Islamic Relations briefs reporters on their opposition to the hearings.

10:30 am ET - Sweat lodge manslaughter trial - The trial of author and motivational speaker James Arthur Ray, who is accused of manslaughter in the deaths of three people in a sweat lodge ceremony, continues in Arizona.

11:00 am ET - Australia PM speaks to Congress - It's a great honor for a global dignitary to address a joint meeting of Congress.  Today, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard will do just that.

11:57 am ET - Shuttle Discovery landing - Space shuttle Discovery will make its first landing attempt at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.  Two hours after the landing, NASA will brief reporters on the Discovery mission.

12:30 pm ET - White House briefing - The civil war in Libya and the debate over government spending is expected to top Jay Carney's daily briefing with the White House press corps.

8:15 pm ET - Endeavour astronauts briefing - The Discovery mission may be coming to an end, but the space shuttle program still has a few flights left.  The six astronauts who will be aboard Endeavour on its final mission in April will speak with reporters.

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    Should be interesting what the White House has to say about the civil war in Libya. I hope to see a new military base near that region. Let's not have any tea partier left-wingers ruin it for this country with any lobbyists in Washington. Yeah! Go U.S. Military!!

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