[Lin:] NASA sweeping aside concerns about space debris and Atlantis is heading home. Scientists still haven't identified the mysterious object seen outside the orbiting shuttle, but a pair of inspections turned up no damage, and officials say it's safe for Atlantis to land.
[Wayne Hale, Space Shuttle Program Manager:] We're cleared for entry. Nothing was found to be missing or damaged on the thermal protection system, the heat shield of the Space Shuttle Atlantis or, in fact, any other part of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, so we feel very confident that we're in for a good landing opportunity tomorrow morning.
[Lin:] Well, Atlantis is scheduled to land at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:21 Eastern tomorrow morning. CNN's "AMERICAN MORNING" plans live coverage starting at 6:00 a.m. Well, it's feeling like fall in parts of the country, except for those March winds. CNN meteorologist Jacqui Jeras at the CNN Weather Center Jacqui. Somehow though, CNN's Jeanne Moos did not fall under his spell. How can that be? Here we go.
[Jeanne Moos, Cnn Correspondent:] There's Tickle Me Elmo, and there are those who are tickled by Elmo. Elmo fans lined up for the launch of TMX...
[Unidentified Female:] The X is for extreme.
[Moos:] What's extreme was the hype, the countdown clock, the drummed up mysteries. Only 50 or so toy industry people supposedly knew what this 10th anniversary Elmo could do.
[Diane Sawyer, "good Morning America":] Who is that? It is...
[Moos:] Elmo, unveiled on morning TV, transported by Brinks truck over to "The View." "
[Elmo":] Elmo, K?
[Rosie O'donnell, "the View":] No!
[Moos:] Every audience member got one, but what can the new Elmo do?
[Unidentified Female:] Let us in! We need one or four!
[Moos:] Every year, Elmo performs a new feat, though it's hard to top Chicken Dance Elmo from 2002. Outside Toys "R" Us, a kid yanked at the door, less than tickled about waiting for Elmo. And when at last they let folks in...
[Crowd:] Elmo! Elmo!
[Moos:] ...Elmo not only had the last laugh, but fall on the floor laughs. And after he falls, he gets up off the ground and laughs again.
[Unidentified Female:] That's a robot. That's practically alive.
[Moos:] At 40 bucks per Elmo, folks loaded up. [on camera]: Only one?
[Unidentified Male:] I'll get more, baby. You don't worry about that.
[Moos:] And all that knee slapping will make you want to slap him. "
[Elmo":] Give Elmo a break, please.
[Moos:] Give us a break, please!
[Unidentified Male:] Oh, no, not the Elmo!
[Moos:] I'm sorry. [voice-over]: It's worse on the Internet, where someone actually torched Elmo. Elmo is not the only new red talking toy. Nothing super about these powers. Elmo K.O.'d Spiderman. If infectious laughter doesn't get you... [on camera]: Can I tickle you? [voice-over]:...infectious tickling might. This guy bought a TMX Elmo to add to his collection.
[Unidentified Male:] Can I get my bungee cord?
[Moos:] Yes, but where's Elmo's helmet?
[Unidentified Male:] He doesn't need one.
[Moos:] At least this back seat driver stays mum. Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
[Lin:] I feel like parts of that we should have given a warning to parents. All right. Jeanne's report first aired on "AMERICAN MORNING" with Soledad O'Brien and Miles O'Brien, beginning at 6:00 a.m. Eastern. OK, coming up next, in the next hour of CNN NEWSROOM, Wolf Blitzer is going to share his exclusive interview with the president. You're watching CNN, the most trusted name in news.