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Talk about a big mess in massachusetts after a driver of a minivan crashed through the doors of a coffee shop. the crash was caught on su surveillance video. the driver said she slowed the vehicle but then it suddenly accelerated. no customers were in the shop at the time and no employees were hurt. president obama spent the week pushing jobs and the economy, but events around the world and across the country are grabbing headlines. theres growing violence in libya and in wisconsin. the battle...

The political landscape, so how have the events interfered with the message? >> this is familiar where the white house. think back a year ago from around today, they just signed health care into law, economy picked up and then what do they get hit with? the gulf oil disaster, the bp blowout. this is an incredibly complex set of challenges, and yes, theyve got much more message discipline in terms of what theyre trying to do with the economy, in terms of investing with the future. this winning th...

Spread to other regions like saudi arabia and theres concern that if prices go higher and stay there for the foreseeable future for the near term that that would hurt our economic growth here and globally. i mean, the recovery has been sluggish anyway, so this definitely comes at a bad time and theres a lot of anxiety certainly out there. >> a lot of people may hear libya only controls 2% of the oil supply. but its 2% of the most crucial, that sweet crude that everybody wants. so how much could ...

>> we got stopped by military with ak-47s, rocket grenades going over our place, explosions. >> reporter: another 100 or so americans flew to turkey. >> the security circumstances in tripoli were such that it was impossible for anyone but really a handful of people to reach our plane. >> reporter: that leaveses about 300 more americans still in libya, among more than 100,000 foreigners trying to leave. children were tired, no surprise. this boy had one word to describe his ordeal. >> rough. >> r...

Control this town last tuesday, they are now in the process of trying to get things back to order here. we talked to a number of them today, and asked them what their priority is, and everyone said were just watching tripoli. and what weve seen over the last couple of days is the violence there seems to be getting worse and worse. gadhafi came out yesterday, he called people to arms. instead of trying to quell the violence, he asked his supporters to take to the streets. he said he would open up...

Theyre offloading evacuees from china. so the exodus of foreign earersm libya is well under way. they came tired, but happy. as the maria delores, a 200-foot cat ma ran chartered by the u.s. government docked in malta, you could feel the sigh of relief. first off, the sick and the elderly and the children. theyd been stuck on the boat for 60 hours. the seas were too rough to sail. no beds, nowhere to go, barely enough food but not a word of complaint. >> were happy to be here. were beyond words ...

What can you tell us about them and how its playing out there on the streets? >> reporter: well, this is an executive order from the obama administration. and basically what it does is it freezes gadhafis assets, not just the leaders, but also his children. three of his sons as well as one much his daughters. there was a wikileak cable that was leaked from the state department, and that said that there is between $300 million and $500 million controlled by u.s. banks. right nouf the obama admini...

And those are your fast five headlines. well, some relief in libya, a 60-hour or deal is finally over for 167 americans who 118 other nationals trying desperately to flee the upheaval in libya. those evacuees arrived in malta after high seas delayed their trip for days. today theyre breathing a collective sigh of relief. martin fletcher joins me live from malta. martin, good morning. so what is the latest? have you had a chance to talk to those americans? >> reporter: yeah, weve been speaking ...

Taxes, even more borrowing, or both. >> reporter: and so the senate returns monday night along with the house, theres going to have to be quick action. but it appears at this point that a government shutdown next weekend is going to be avoided. >> but then what happens after march 18th? mike viqueira at the white house, thanks so much, mike. big news from libya now where the situation grows more chaotic by the minute. protesters calling for the ouster of moammar gadhafi are coming under increa...