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That created an even greater deficit in wisconsin, and i think that you have to look at corporations and at the wealthiest individuals in a society accepting a fair share of the burden of taxation. now, you know, middle class people and working class people are already paying a lions share of the taxes federally. the burden of taxation has shifted more and more on to the middle class in this country, and i think that we ought to look at how taxes are structured in every state to make sure that c...

I must say that it is a positive feature within a very complex, problematic situation that so far we have not witnessed eed violence against foreigners in libya. having said that, we, of course, are in favor of addressing the situation at the security council. yesterday there was a press statement that came out, and as you know brazil is at the presidency of security council during the month of february. weve also associated ourselves with an initiative to call a meeting of the human rights coun...

Hes going to be lasting like the only person lasting in this country. >> we are hearing that well be hearing live from president obama in about an hour speaking as -- speaking as a native libyan, what do you want to hear him say? >> i want to hear him say that he supports libya, hell do whatever he can to stop this massacre from happening. >> what are you seeing from this ball cony? >> right now the streets are empty, though the government has been sending text messages and trying so hard to pus...

Clint clinten, but we would also like -- >> we just heard from the brazilian foreign ministry standing next to hillary clint nl. really she just reiterated the point she made yesterday, the president made friday, that the u.s. strongly condemns any violence on the ground in libya. to her point about the chartered ferryboat thats supposed to be taking the americans from tripoli to malta, they were anticipating having the ferry arrive in malta today, weve gotten word that is not happening because ...

Military counterattack on this part of the country to punish it for what to date has been a fairly successful movement to cut his control of this part of the country. >> you know, ben, i was speaking with a woman who we couldnt identify yesterday out of libya, out of tripoli. she was talking about how she was born and raised her, how she was, her words, brain washed into thinking freedom is not a right. is that the message youre hearing from people there in libya? >> reporter: yes. well, the mes...

A lot are coming out on peoples cell phones. the gadhafi regime today, i talk to people today who came along the road. they told me there were about 20 checkpoints. at all of those checkpoints systematically theyre being soichd and peoples cell phones, sim cards are being removed, the date ka cards being removed because thats where the video images are stored and thats what the gadhafi regime is doing. theyre smashing those items as they take them out of peoples cell phones. weve talked to peopl...

Eyes. freedom means not waking up in the morning with a bullet in my balcony. thats what freedom means to me. >> thats what freedom means to you. i thank you for risking your life to speak about your hope for freedom from tripoli. thank you so much. and just a reminder to you, president obama is expected to speak live at 5:15 p.m. eastern time, and he will be addressing the eroding situation in libya. and now if its interesting, if its happening right now, youre about to see it, "rapid fire," ...

Im brooke baldwin. breaking developments out of libya. we once have a rare opportunity to talk to someone who is in the capital city tonight, capital city of tripoli where it is just after 11:00 p.m., and for her safety, for your safety, im not going to tell anyone your identity. we cant even share how we established this line of communication, but i can say you are in tripoli, and tell me tonight, tell me what youre seeing. >> what im seeing is everybody is scared. everybody is in their home. t...

Still checkpoints and military personnel there taking sim cards out of phones and cameras and making sure that any evidence of human rights abuses or violence is destroyed. thats what we can tell and say with confidence at this point, brooke. >> thats libya. what about new zealand, the earthquake, death toll, what at 75 now? >> 75, and its a very sad story, because as in every earthquake you still have people trapped. hundreds at this point in new zealand in christchurch, as weve seen, the cathe...

Prescribing to patients and how many prescriptions patients are getting filled. like, for instance, in this case, that prescription drug monitoring program would have alerted authorities that this particular addict was traveling to all these different clinics getting all these bottles of pills. brooke. >> look at that. keep on digging, amber lyon. i know thats what youre so good at. >> thanks. >> also new developments today in libya. is libya really targeting oil pipelines? plus, reports moammar...