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Good morning to you. 8:00 here in new york. on this monday, it is february 21st. it is presidents day. so a lot of people have off today. >> if you are off and watching we appreciate you spending time with us on this "american morning." t.j. holmes. i want to talk to you about what is happening in libya. the demonstrations and crackdown from the government getting more violent and deadly. concentrated in benghazi, have made their way to the capital of the tripoli. right now, protesters have repo...

Be sure to tune into your bottom line saturday morning at 9:30 eastern. your money airs saturdays at 1:00 p.m. eastern and sundays at 3:00. all right. now a look at our top stories. gunfire continues to ring out in parts of libya. libyan helicopter gun ships are firing into crowds of protesters. this according to the national front for the salvation of libya, an opposition group. cnn was unable to confirm the report independently. and government demonstrations demanding an end to the 42-year r...

Credible hospital staff. 233 is of last night. we are trying to get a hold of hospital staff in tripoli. we are hearing there may be as many as 30 people who may have been killed overnight in tripoli. this is not something we have been able to confirm. the violence in tripoli is our main focus this morning. moammar gadhafis son seif al islam said they will fight until the end. is it your sense they will keep coming on the streets. >> i think seif al islams

Intentionally ordered the kuwaiti oil upon his retreat in the first gulf war, that is more. they spilled 36 billion gallons or 194 times the amount of the bp spill. what would that do to gas prices today and precious environment. oil is already jumping because of the regions unrest. an estimated 233 people have been killed in libya alone and now there are threats of civil war. listen to libyas leaders son. what he has to say.

Death toll in libya has reached at least 233. gadhafis second oldest son went on tv with an ominous warning to try to halt the protests. >> translator: we feel good. moammar gadhafi is with him, the army is with him. there are tens of thousands who are coming, flooding to tripoli. we will never give up libya. we will fight for the last inch, to the last should. we will never leave our country. >> many people outside libya are wondering just who gadhafis son is and what his influence is in this r...

Moammar gadhafi is on the ropes in libya today. at least 233 people have been killed and jets are apparently reportedly firing on people. some high military leaders have fled to malta after refusing orders to bomb protesters and theyve taken their jets with them. the ambassadors have resigned in protests. and this is after his son said this in a television address yesterday, quote, we will fight until the last man, the last woman, the last bullet. he also talked about rivers of blood and now we ...

Close. going into this vote yesterday, i really thought it was going to be close and i thought we were going to lose because of the way washington works and this issue has just been kind of the paint around here. we got the republican freshmen, though, geared up. and representative larson did a good job switching some democrats to vote yes. and we came out on top by 233 votes. it was great. >> john kasich years ago cooked up something in the gym on this. they were able to save money by cutting o...

Going to lose because of the way washington works and this issue has just been kind of the paint around here. we got the republican freshmen, though, geared up. and representative larson did a good job switching some democrats to vote yes. and we came out on top by 233 votes. it was great. >> john kasich years ago cooked up something in the gym on this. they were able to save money by cutting out a system. let me ask you about the cost of this now. theres two arguments. michele bachmann put out ...

Let me finish tonight with good news. what makes politics fascinating and what makes government work act clully is the unexpected common ground, when two different points of view merge. like when the tea party folks get together with the liberals. i was going over the roll call of late yesterdays votes on the fighter engines, the ones made near john boehners congressional district, the ones the pentagon says it doesnt need. its fascinating. you have the left all over those who opposed the spendi...

I really thought it was going to be close and i thought we were going to lose because of the way washington works and this issue has just been kind of the paint around here. we got republican freshmen geared up. larson did a good job in switching democrats to vote yes. we came out by 233 votes. >> john casic cooked up something in the gym from berkeley on this. let me ask you about the cost of this now. theres two arguments. michele bachmann brought up a story and i accept it as an argument in t...