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happy. >> tonight we take our freedom. >> the gadhafi regime ask coming to an end and the future of libya is in the hands of its people. >> is this gadhafis last stand? what comes next. well talk to boots on the ground and the libyans. and the man thants to be the next president. >> ill stick to the issues that really matter to the american people right now and will be totally responsible for getting us back in the game. >> is jon huntsman is real deal? can a republican who favors ci...

us, literally right over us. we had to take cover. so we started to wonder what exactly was going on, if there was some sort of fight that started up again in this town, which is just about 30 miles from tripoli. as it turned out as the night went on, even though that went on about an hour and a half, we finally got in touch with rebel sources who told us, no, actually they are celebrating. yes, theyre blowing off things like mortars but they are celebrating still. what we do know, the...

outright confusion. these are live pictures near moammar gadhafis compound. there have been heavy battles raging around this building. carloads of people have been streaming out of the libyan capital. we want to bring in retired general james "spider" marks. if you could, tell us about what you are watching, what you are seeing. what do you make of the pictures? with the low level flying that is taking place, bombing gadhafis compound? >> suzanne, what you see is obviously a representa...

hermi his son appears to be in tripoli, he claims the city is still under his familys control. he said his father is sacred talk to him in a moment, live. sara, if you can hear me, what is the latest there right now? >> reporter: we were hearing loud booms, loud blasts, a lot of rapid gunfire. we saw tracer rounds coming over our heads very, very close to us, literally right over us. we had to take cover. so we started to wonder what exactly was going on, if there was some sort of figh...

people can feel like they can have control over now, if you can get through to the bankers. >> were trying and its not cheap to refinance. >> thats right. >> you have to think about whether you want to do that. >> if rates go low enough, its good to check it out. >> its friday. >> yes. >> yeah. although the week started off well, the realization that a second recession may be drawing closer is hammering stocks this morning. actually futures. here in the united states, the dow dropped 4...

40 years ago already that president nixon dispatched you to china many times. the first one on a very secretive mission. >> yes. >> and now youve written this book on china. you say that for us to understand china in current times, we must go back not only 40 years but hundreds of years, right? >> well, im not saying we need to be a scholar of china. im saying we are the two nations, we are the most developed nation, theyre the most rapidly developing nations that some people say who may overtak...

Of how ferocious all that water can be, its amazing. >> yeah, weve been dealing with the mississippi river floods and now missouri river. the colorado rockies, all of the rockies, have seen a tremendous amount of snow pact. what doesnt drain into the colorado river on the west side is draining east and were seeing some of that snow melt right now. montana is having its own issues as well. severe weather threat across the northern plains. moderate risk of seeing some thunderstorms here. but, litt...

>> on this holiday morning. >> and weve got a lot of news. we begin with the weather. first a new wave of spring storms is pounding the midwest. in fact, some of the worst damage is in battle creek, michigan. a storm packing 80-mile-an-hour winds snapped trees, brought down a lot of power lines. in fact, across the state some 100,000 homes and businesses lost power. >> a violent storm hit the chicago area. ferocious winds uprooting trees and sending them on the tops of houses and cars....

A u.s. marine base an nato is investigating. >> gregg: a deadly accident in washington state for a group of soccer fans, returning home from a match in seattle when their tour bus slammed into a pickup truck on the side of the interstate and two people on board the bus were killed and 15 more injured. >> heather: it has been a draining 7 days for the people of joplin, missouri. last sunday a monster tornado tore their towns and lives apart. people are still missing and, 130 confirmed dead and en...

>> reporter: no, no, not at all. in fact, they seem to be learning almost nothing. certainly compared to the gadhafi forces who have changed their tactics completely. initially they were using tanks and heavy weaponry. now theyre running around in the desert in pickup trucks, almost indistinguishable from the rebels. the rebels dont seem to be learning anything, and it seems even the level of enthusiasm seems to be draining off a bit because they realized that at least in this part of the countr...