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wait. >> bullets kept flying as our team sped away. >> okay. were leaving this area. theres gunfire all around us and we believe that gadhafi forces are doing a round about movements so we are rushing out of this area. >> this reminds us just how dangerous and desperate the life has become for the libyan people. were going to talk to ben live from libya later. india police say it is going to take more to pinpoint who is behind the triple bomb blast in mumbai. it killed 18 people. no ...

he said it was a prank. the recipient, a woman said "there have never been any inappropriate exchanges between anthony wiener and myself, including the tweet/picture in question." shes one of about 200 people he follows on twitter. we would love to get her side of the story, but shes been unavailable for comment. a person named dan wolf seems to be the only person who saw the original tweet and retweeted it. and that was before it was taken down. he denies hacking into wieners account....

me. i dont know what things have been manipulated and doctored and were going to try to find out what happened. >> well play more of the interview with the congressman shortly in two parts. he did tell "the new york times," he could not say if he was the person in the picture, in other words, not ruling it out. he does, however, flatly deny sending it. he says his account was hacked. he said it was a prank. the recipient told the new york daily news, quote, there have never been any in...

>> have you ever taken a picture like this of yourself? >> i can tell you this that there are -- i have photographs, i dont know what photographs are out there in the world of me. i dont know what things have been manipulated and doctored and were going to try to find out what happened. >> well play more of the interview with the congressman shortly. he did tell "the new york times," he could not say if he was the person in the picture, in other words, not ruling it out. but he does de...

>> reporter: its a good question. egypt is going through a fascinating process right now, where its former president himself, hosni mubarak is being questioned by prosecutors, being accused of playing a role in the deaths of hundreds of protesters during the january and february revolution against his rule. the question is, the egyptian military, which is supposed to oversee a transition to democracy, could it then face prosecution for the widespread allegations of torture and other abuses, incl...

taking on islamic militants who have overrun a coastal town. its a case eerily similar to the one against former imf chief dominique strauss-kahn. an egyptian businessman could be arraigned in new york today, charged with sexually assaulting a hotel housekeeper. 74-year-old mahmoud abdel salam omar is accused of groping a maid at the pierre luxury hotel. she says she went to the room at omars request to drop off tissues. call it a bin laden bounce. strong performances on national s...

Struck down wisconsins anti-union laws stripping nearly all collective bargaining rights from public workers including teachers. pensions especially those of teachers are being hacked apart. the state slashed spending to combat massive deficits. one of the nations largest teachers unions is endorsing plans to crack down on pension abuse. but the american federation of teachers is standing by its position that its 1.5 million members needs well-funded retirement security. our specialist randy win...

Under what people thought was suppose to be the new world order of declining premiums. >> there were no special deals given to aarp. but there may be problems with medigap market. we dont see those kinds of abuses with aarp plans and if there are other plans out there causing problems we want some see additional standard to make sure seniors are protected. martha: are you encouraging the administration to find ways to hold these groups to certain rate increase to put that cap on the medigap prem...

To egypt for a long time. its not something new there. and the conditionality on aid is something that has been discussed before many times. and tied to human rights violations. what we can say, as amnesty international is that torture continues in egypt. there are testimonies that we have gathered, before mubarak and after his fall. that point to similar abuses that we saw at the hands of the police and security agents, being implemented or committed by military police and armed forces. this me...

Youve got a better chance of getting into harvard than you do getting turned down for a waiver. bill: let me put a specific question to you. if you got that answer, tucker, where would that lead you on the story? >> look, heres the problem. getting a waiver helps a business in a lot of cases. this system, because it is wholly not transparent, is ripe for political abuses. you give your political allies waivers. that could happen. in order to prevent that, we need to know what the criteria are th...