i m nina dos santos. good afternoon from cnn hong kong. i m andrew streechbs. you re watching cnn s coverage of the battle for libya s future. opposition leaders claim rebel forces now control 90% of libya. they also say think ooer planning to move some of their power base today from the eastern city of benghazi to the capital tripoli. meantime, the last vestiges of moammar gadhafi s power base appear to be crumbling. after hours of fighting, rebels finally over ran his heavily fortified compound on tuesday, carting out weapons, knocking over statues and raising their flag. there s no sign of colonel gadhafi at the compound nor anywhere else. but libya reportedly heard from its embattled leader in an audio broadcast directed to his supporters. his exact whereabouts remain unknown. residents turned out on tuesday to celebrate the rebel takeover of the gadhafi compound. the gadhafi loyalists still control libya s rixist hotel. they re preventing people from leaving it, incl
an emergency landing in singapore because of engine problems. president obama is in tennessee today visiting with victims of the devastating flooding along the mississippi river. in louisiana, the morganza spillway was opened over the weekend, essentially sacrificing smaller rural towns to ease pressure on the levees guarding baton rouge and new orleans further downstream. the water could affect as many as 25,000 people. it is expected to reach morgan city tomorrow and weather channel meteorologist mike seidel joins me live from nearby stevensville, louisiana. so are you seeing any flooding yet there in stevensville? reporter: no, not at all, contessa. you mentioned the water arriving tomorrow. it is going to be a slow, arduous and painful process. it is not like a surge, like a storm surge that comes up very quickly. in fact, at the butte larose river gauge, which is one of those fishing communities inside the floodplain, which is going to go under water in some, way, shape or for
people were killed. a plane crashed and killed four people. authorities believe it was having engine problems. read more about the classes in syria on foxnews.com. glenn beck returns in a moment but first, chris wallace previews special report. coming up, why are gasoline prices so high? we have answers. we ll tell you what the prices are doing to president obama s poll ratings. special report begins at the top of the hour now back to glenn. [ applause ] glenn: back with kevin william zorn, deputy national editor of national review and author of the politically incorrect guide to sociallism. you must have it. and richard poee, co-author of shadow party. a book that i don t think i would have believed three years ago.
i m jenna lee, a surreal scene in japan as we get conflicting reports of the nuclear crisis that captured the entire world s attention. we have every angle covered including the economic impact here at home where it hits your wallet. and we ll take your questions, to america s cheapest family, here with us with tips for how you can save money and speaking of money, big budget news, during our hour, live on capitol hill, we ll see you at the top of the hour. rick: in the meantime a fiery plane crash in long beach, california, leaving five people dead, there is a 6th person fighting for his life this morning and police say the turbo-prop plane took off from the long beach airport but minutes later, the pilot radioed that he wanted a return to the airport, and, then the plane crashed in a ball of flames, there is no word on why the pilot wanted to circle back. there was indication of engine
qantas said their first-half profits have soared. earnings more than quadrupled to $242 million against the same period in 2009. that figure fell short of expectations as the company reported a drop in its international business. higher fuel costs plus engine problems on the a-380 super jumbo jet in november ate into first-half profits but despite these setbacks, dwaun as the ceo alan joyce says he s placed with the results and expects greater growth in the second half. qantas did come back for a low day so we saw the biggest improvement in profitability coming from the qantas segment which was over 170% improvement year-on-year and we saw jets and frequent flyer having the best periods in their history. we saw jet star s performance increase by 14% for a record profitability. what s great for the group is that each of those segments are