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barbara starr is hearing tonight from her sources of preparations for perhaps a final last stand by the libyan dictator. barbara, when you talk about a last stand, what are your sources telling you? >> well, they say that there is some indications they believe an assessment, if you will, that kad could be preparing for a last stand that it possibly would of course be in tripoli, his last major strong hold where he has some capability. what they dont know is what would this last stand l...

europeans and the americans might have to have more central bank intervention into the markets and also said that there have been policy decisions in europe and the united states that have been poor, and then on top of that, that was enough. that was already bad, brooke. then we got some economic reports right here in the united states. slowdown in housing, slowdown in manufacturing, and, you know, not a great report about new jobless claims. basically it all piled on. people ran out o...

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Is innocent. >> thats true. not quite as harsh on oj simpson. but i have my suspicions. >> you said a proponent of innocence until proven guilty. >> we dont have proof. >> if i think the proof is there, therefore i think they are guilty and therefore i think the proof was there. he had a clever attorney who got him out of it. >> if you read kaillys book called a plus b equals -- well, you will get a bullet in your mind. parenthesis, you better recognize. it is a great book, kailey. >> thank you....

So what were finding is that perhaps they can be effective in office or as celebrities acting or swinging or what have you. but at the end of the day, when you are dealing specifically with politicians, their integrity speaks for itself. if they cannot be honest in a personal relationship, then they are going to have some problems with dishonesty in a relationship with the public and, of course, with their work. >> and, jeff, since we know that men cheat, women cheat, powerful, as well as everyd...

>> reporter: open floodgates, thousands hit by floodwaters so new orleans stays dry. the alternative, city officials say, would have been worse than katrina. >> water is pouring through 15 of 125 floodgates at morganza, louisiana right now, a quarter of the gates will eventually be opened. downstream, water from the spillway is already overrunning some homes. as many as 25,000 could go under water in the next few weeks. president obama is welcoming jordan king abdallah to the white h...

Cant is just inappropriate. its a much wiser choice to at least release the photos to the families to let the families have access and take a look at them. frankly, at the end of the day i dont see a big problem with letting these photos come out in general for viewing by anybody who wants to. >> associated press has filed a freedom of information act request. other journalism organizations plan on doing the same. this is standard operating procedure. i mean, once a few americans see them whethe...

Congress, even the president, theyre not superior to us. they happen to hold positions that are powerful. they have some authority. but at the end of the day they, too, are -- theyre our equals and if they have the stomach, if they have the strength to look at those photos i think the american people do as well. >> john, isnt this a moment of explanation for the white house and the cia? i mean, those requests by the journalism organizations and the ap, they could be denied and that could open up...

Leadership comes to that realization, we can then sit down as equals and negotiate a good deficit reduction package. >> just a little earlier in the show i was talking to donald trump, who is emerging to many peoples surprise as a front-runner in the republican nominee candidate show. whats your take on that? >> well, i cant say anything bad about donald trump because hes from brooklyn. but to me, in the republican primary the more, the merrier. >> do you take him seriously as a candidate if he ...

Between the republicans and democrats? >> well, i think theres a split between what the president said and some in the republican party who are on the far right who say, you know, that all the sacrifice should be from the middle class. think the president put it well. he didnt want to see 36 senior citizens each increase their medicare payments by $6,000, a huge jump, to help fund a tax break for a single millionaire. and so thats what youre finding. but you are finding some republicans, tom cob...