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>>reporter: hi, harris, as we headed back from the front line here, we had to bypass our normal hotel. it is shut down because of safety reasons. no one has confidence in the rebel to hold the defensive line especially in the face of al-gaddafis heavy artillery and tanks and he has a psychological weapon that is unchecked air force that can bomb the checkpoints . having been there when the bombs are falling, you dont want to stick around too long. >> it went off and we dont know if anybody is in...

Is north of you, the center of it did you feel it? >> oh, yes. definitely. it started off there was just a little shaking that was happening. and we often have those kind of earthquakes -- im sorry. there was a little jolt right then. there have been a lot of after shocks. but this one started off as a normal earthquake in that it was kind of shaking around a little bit. but then it just continued to shake and it got more and more intense until things started falling, books started falling out o...

You are in tokyo and the quake is north of you, the center of it did you feel it? >> oh, yes. definitely. it started off there was just a little shaking that was happening. and we often have those kind of earthquakes -- im sorry. there was a little jolt right then. there have been a lot of after shocks. but this one started off as a normal earthquake in that it was kind of shaking around a little bit. but then it just continued to shake and it got more and more intense until things started falli...

Is north of you, the center of it did you feel it? >> oh, yes. definitely. it started off there was just a little shaking that was happening. and we often have those kind of earthquakes -- im sorry. there was a little jolt right then. there have been a lot of after shocks. but this one started off as a normal earthquake in that it was kind of shaking around a little bit. but then it just continued to shake and it got more and more intense until things started falling, books started falling out o...

Which happens a lot, but he says this one was different. it -- it was really hard. and -- and it kept shaking and it got worse and got worse and then the lights and all the glass started falling, and thats where he got his feet and his arms and stuff were cut, because it was falling down on the employees. it was falling everywhere. they had insulation falling. they had the cranes were rocking and shifting. the crane operators couldnt get control of anything is what he was telling me and they wer...

There is a young generation that looks at egypts problems. governments would only let their populations demonstrate against israel. now they can demonstrate. >> what about iran? iran is a threat to israel. some suggest that the government is soorsly challenge d if it looks like the monarchy will end up falling. >> the first question you probably have to ask is what the saw dees intend to do.

More skeptical. >> and jeffrey sachs of colum why university. >> basically american society is incredibly divided, and there is a small, very rich part of society. it really runs the show. >> and if innovation is one. places where were still number one, how do we get that spirit into the rest of the nation? well talk to the guys behind one of americas most innovative companies, four square. >> i think theres different ways to measure success. for me personally its seeing really, you know, everyo...

>> and if innovation is one. places where were still number one, how do we get that spirit into the rest of the nation? well talk to the guys behind one of americas most innovative companies, foursquare. >> i think theres different ways to measure success. for me personally its seeing really, you know, everyone in the world start to use the stuff that were thinking about. >> so lets get started. so why is it that america seems less dominant in so many areas, that its lead has evaporated, that it...

>> reporter: its charlie sheen. >> charlie sheen again? >> your face will melt off and your children will weep over your exploded body. too much. >> reporter: nah, not too much. he was only joking about the effects of the drug hes on. >> i am on a drug. its called charlie sheen. >> reporter: meanwhile gadhafi is always blaming hallucinogenic pills for the actions of pro esters. i have defeated this earth worm with my words. imagine what i would have done with my fire breathing fists. >> gadhafi?...

Prices of oil continue to rise, and they are rising quickly. >> reporter: both democratic and republican presidents have tapped into the reserve, president clinton to ease tight supplies in 2000 and president george w. bush after hurricane katrina. both political parties are using the high gas prices to argue for changes in policy. republicans wanting to reopen the debate over new offshore drilling and democrats are pushing for more federal investment in alternative fuels, wolf. >> going to cost...