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Artillery and now qaddafi, signing off on a deal with the u.n. government forces say it will allow humanitarian aid into the last rebel-held city in the west. conor powell is streaming live from benghazi with more >> reporter: rebels and citizens in misurata have been under seige for more than 50 days as proqaddafi forces have pounded that city with heavy artillery, mortars and even controversial cluster becauses. according to the united nations and libyan government, they have worked out an agr...

In the past and what he may truly stand for, one wonders whether they will quickly flee donald trump. >> reporter: well i think first of all im not here to defend donald trump. i think some of those statements he would push back on some of those character ryizations of those characterizations. you have to listen to what they are saying, obviously but there is something about an outsider, a businessman that is attractive to the electorate right now. while mitt romney is a businessman, hes a known...

Activists are not impressed by an a tphaoupbsment by bashar al-assad that he would end emergency rule in syria which has been in place for decades which outlaws any protest. they dont believe hell come through with that. a new wikileaks cable shows the united states has spent millions of dollars backing opposition groups. gregg: is there are in movement on president saleh? >> reporter: this is another front and country in turmoil right now. yemens president, ali abdullah saleh made the statement...

>> reporter: marek is trapped in the idaho silver mine. they have dug through 37 feet of earth in what is called the lucky friday mine. theyve been working around-the-clock since friday when a roof of the tunnel a mile underground collapsed. so far rescuers have not made contact with the miner who is trapped, however you can bet that they are hoping on mareks 30 years of mining experience will prove to be a lifesaving experience. that and the start up of what they call the digging machine, its a...

Gregg: thousands of protestors taking to the streets in syria just one day after security forces open fire on crowds calling for the overthrow of president bashar al-assad. a human rights group claiming at least 12 people were killed in the attacks, including eight protesters in the central city. greg palkot is live in london. what is the latest. >> reporter: there are demonstrations in fact across the country in syria on sunday. protesters taking advantage of a holiday they call independence da...

Candidate. if that is true and hes leading the pack among potential gop contenders what does that say about the other contenders? >> reporter: gregg, i think he is touching a cord, not just in the polls here because of name recognition, it seems to be going beyond that, that the nonpolitician, businessman, who is attracting attention because hes not from washington, and hes kind of saying things that cut through what some describe as the bs of this capitol sometimes. and, you know, i think that ...

Safety of the rescue teams. rescuers are certainly not standing by, they continue to try to dig out the trapped miner. the caved in areas 75 feet long and 20 feet wide. the company not sure how much of the company collapsed. larry marek was not the only miner in the tunnel when it collapsed that friday. the second miner managed to escape to safety, and the second miner is mareks brother. gregg: the lucky friday mine is the name of it. thanks very much jenna: new information on state efforts to o...

Managers will be present at early morning hours and also late night hours. in addition to that there will be a new hand off procedure between regional radar controllers and air traffic controllers in the tower. at 11:00 this morning the faa administrator randy babbitt and paul reynaldi spoke to reporters in slant about this issue as part of a tour they are conducting. they basically echoed the sentiments of ray lahood. here is what lahood had to say yesterday. >> we are going to make sure that c...

And it starts in i iowa and goes to new hampshire and these are places where you really get under the microscope. a lot of the tough questions about the specifics of his past will be asked there. gregg: we were shown a picture a moment ago of mitt romney, and, you know, i think its fair to say this a lot of people kind of considered that romney would be at this juncture the frontrunner. how much of an albatross is romney-care, which has an individual mandate much like whats been dubbed obamacare...

To correct this problem. we cannot allow controllers to fall a sleep in control towers. we are not going to stand by and let that happen. gregg: that was transportation secretary ray lahood sounding off on a string of incidents where air traffic controllers literally fell asleep on the job. in response the faa is now phasing in new rules covering rest and scheduling for air traffic controllers. doug mcelway is live from reagan national airport with more on that. doug, what are the charges? >> re...