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Well. hes here with the cafferty file. i have to give a lot of credit to the men and women reporting the story. theyre very courageous journalists. >> well, and stories like this and the one in egypt. these are the times when cnn rises to the top and shows what its about. theres not a broadcast news organization that can touch us when it comes to covering these kinds of stories. the crews and all the people inside the place where is the bullets are flying and the blood is flowing, god bless them...

Wont have access to it. were going stay in close touch. good luck two. good luck to all the people of libya right now. thanks very much. >> thank you very much. >> jack cafferty right now with "the cafferty file." jack? >> its been two weeks since public unions, supporters in wisconsin, began protesting in and around the state capital of madson. in fact, they are still there. they are upset over republican governor scott walkers proposal to close the states $3.6 billion budget gap. part of hits ...

Lets get back to jack for the cafferty file. >> the question this hour is do you think the federal government will ever agree to meaningful cuts in spending? bob writes, "since meaningful cuts mean cutting the growsly obese defense budget, it would be a brave politician indeed to call for that kind of discipline. defense, agricultural, and energy support payments and a sensible approach to medicare and medicaid, those are the cuts we need them. we will not see them anytime soon." alex in washing...

Call now to get the latest issue of our award-winning magazine absolutely free and discover the best of whats next. were going to get to jack cafferty in just a moment, but joining us on the phone now is a young woman named iman, only her first name. in a very precarious place in musrata not far from tripoli. i want to play some video for you first. look at this. that was video that was captured just a little while ago in musrata in libya. tell us, first of all, whats going on where you are. >...

Cnn.com/caffer cnn.com/caffertyfile. >> jack, thanks very much. see you tomorrow. we have some sad news to share with our viewers. a member of our own cnn family died over the weekend after a battle with cancer. hunter waters was only 32 years old. he worked here for over a decade, starting off as an intern, quickly rising through the ranks to become a senior pru producer on the "larry king live" show. hunter is survived by his wife, kris, who he met here at cnn. our hearts and prayers go out ...

This weekend john boehner called the national debt a moral threat to this country and said people better start praying. its going to take more than prayers. its going to take guts, the kind being displayed by the governors in wisconsin and new jersey. heres the question. do you think, do you think the federal government will ever agree to meaningful cuts in spending? go to cnn.com/cafferty file and post a comment on my blog. >> jack, thank you. lots of questions right now about whether moammar g...

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Jacks back with the cafferty file. jack? >> the question this hour is should the government cut social security, medicare and medicaid in order to attack the deficit? david in virginia writes, sure, as long as you cut defense, cut farm subsidies and raise taxes on the rich. everybody has to bail out the boat or were all sunk. you cant have 2% of the passengers drinking margaritas and watching everything else doing the work. otherwise the other 98% will throw them overboard. jim writes they shoul...