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moammar gadhafis grip on libya appears to be ending. rebels say they control 80% of the libyan capital today, pockets of gadhafi fighters are holding out. they still control this hotel thats home base for foreign journalists. gadhafis whereabouts are unknown. his loyalists continue to defend his compound. rebels keep rolling with no major resistance. they pour into the street to celebrate after they have taken much of tripoli. >> we were outside the windows screaming. everyone realized...

gunfire and explosions rocked the capital today. rebels say theyre making substantial gains in their fight to seize the capital. reuters reports thousands of rebels were seen closing in on tripoli today. nato says moammar gadhafis regime is, quote, crumbling. the libyan government denies the rebels are making any gains. but a government official who asked not to be named concedes that parts of the capital and its suburbs are no longer in government hands. in an audio address broadcast ...

your financial security depends on your job and americans are looking to washington for answers. welcome to "your $$$$$." president obama saying this week that hell announce a new jobs initiative in september. john king is cnns chief national correspondent. americans need help now. the president apparently is going to offer something next month. whats the delay? >> next month because the president says he wants to talk to his economic advisers. theyre reaching out to ceos. the white ho...

this hour two american hikers are now facing eight years in prison in iran. iranian state run television says josh fattal and shane bauer were sentenced today. the two have been locked up in iran since they were seized near the iraqi-kurdish border while hiking. a dramatic new security cam video of what happens on the streets of england and what happened during the riots in the uk. the footage showed masked, hooded troublemakers firing at unarmed officers. poli here in the u.s., th...

case from new york. >> reporter: this is being reported by state run media and specifically a judiciary source talking with them tell iing the that the two hikers that remain in prison now, shane bauer and josh fattal, have been sentenced as you said to eight years. it is five years for spying as they put it, the words, cooperating with the american intelligence service. and three years each for illegally crossing the border into iran. now, this information, according to the lawyer, fo...

we should address? >> not really, no. youre a politician. >> yeah. okay. im being pulled away. you know, we turned down another interview for this. >> where are you going? youre leaving? absolutely extraordinary, dare i say it, surreal moment. christine odonnell, one-time tea party darling walks out of my studio rather than answering straightforward questions. youve heard all about the fuss. and if you missed it, tonight were going to reair the whole interview all over again. im going ...

you know, we turned down another interview for this. >> where are you going? youre leaving? absolutely extraordinary, dare i say it, surreal moment. christine odonnell, one-time tea party darling walks out of my studio rather than answering straightforward questions. youve heard all about the fuss. and if you missed it, tonight were going to reair the whole interview all over again. im going to get some of the smartest people in politics and media to weigh in with their verdict. was it...

down 9 1/2%. so what happens next? and is your money safe? these are the questions for legal ber and ali velshi. ill start with you with the usual entreaty. what is going on, ali? >> the french economy, actually no growth in the quarter. global economies are slowing down. were dangerously close to a recession. we may need more intervention from the european bank and more from the fed. youve been talking about this piers, that rick perry said we cant have more intervention. if the fed i...

23 more deaths reported in syria. a day after president obama and several u.s. allies finally called on president obama bashar al assad to step aside. arwa damon is covering this story. another friday, a day of prayer, but it was a day of brutal violence as well, arwa. >> thats right, wolf. and it would seem some pretty dramatic footage emerging from damascus. in the center of the city and in the clip that emerged on youtube, we could not independently verify its awe tenitiesty. you ca...

of the turmoil on wall street has been triggered by fears over the european debt crisis and the anemic economies. and richard quest, one of the best people to turn to when we want perspective on the global economy. he joins us from london. what happened in the european markets today? >> reporter: the europeans went down initially and then down further and they rallied with wall street. we closed down 1% in london, and paris 1%, and frankfurt, once again the german market is being cream...