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nations general assembly is underway. >> absolutely. because the streets are clogged. president obama and the new libyan leadershiping for face-to-face talks at the united nations and the stakes could note be higher. moammar gadhafi reportedly starving citizens. the president arrived in new york yesterday. front and center at the united nations. cnn senior correspondent, u.n. correspondent, i should say, richard roth joins us this morning. so this would be the first face-to-face meetin...

>> oh, my god. >> please stay where you are. everybody, stay where you are. >> did you get it? oh, my god. >> keep your heads up. everybody, stay where you are. >> i knew that was in the stands, oh, my god. >> it could have been us. >> i know. in my mind, it was coming. >> joining me on the phone is the man who shot that video. he is brent wilson, hes back home in portland, oregon. brent, you know, we could hear i counted three "oh, my gods." i dont know if that was from you or your so...

leader mustafa abdel-jalil. he is representing libya at the 65th u.n. general assembly. he has been meeting with president obama the last hour as well as ban ki moon. in a few minutes, president obama will sit down with afghan president happened karzai. this is their first meeting since the u.s. spelled out a plan to leave afghanistan by the end of 2014. today, for the first time, gays and lesbians can openly serve in the united states military. the law known as dont ask, dont tell has...

13,000 gay troops were kicked out after their secrets leaked out and the taxpayers spent more than $100 million replacing them. today dont ask, dont tell is no more. repeal took effect at 12:01 a.m., nine months after signing the measure from the waining days of a lame duck congress. gays can now serve openly in every branch of service and all of those discharged service members can try to reenlist. key word, try. turns out repeal is one thing but reality is much different. more on tha...

since recanted or recounted their stories. theyve also pointed out that theyve had people come forward saying that someone else was responsible for this murder. all of that was before the board. everyone came back from that meeting with the board thinking that they got their point across, that the board was definitely listening, asking a lot of questions about this case. apparently, had they had done their homework and were very, very familiar with this case. so, both sides coming out ...

>> lets get to the people most involved, on the other side of this fight. thats the mother and daughter of the slain police officer, mark macphail. both say they believe troy davis is guilty. they followed this trial, obviously, intently, as family members from the beginning and they hope to gain peace from this execution. lets listen to them. >> it has been hell, because i want -- i would like to have some peace. i would like to have this situation over with. we are the victims. and those peopl...

Texas legislature new voting map. the repeal of the 17 yaer 17-year-old "dateline nbc" policy is set to take place tomorrow. back to "hardball." welcome back to "hardball." a death penalty case in georgia is drawing national attention. the states parole board has just concluded its meeting to consider the fate of troy davis who was scheduled to be executed wednesday evening. troy davis was convicted and sentenced to death for the shooting of an off-duty police officer, mark macphail, back in...

Paul was right, and thats the record that counts. and finally, the man who keeps dipping his toes in the presidential waters, or teasing he might, donald trump has another meeting with a republican hopeful next week. trump already met with rick perry and earlier this year had a pizza dinner with sarah palin. well, next week its mitt romney. but not surprisingly, trumps office is still leaving the door open for mr. trump to run in the race himself. his spokesman says, "if mr. trump is not satisfi...

were talking about on wealthy americans. some of the taxes we have talked about before, limiting those itemized deductions that the wealthy take. closing loopholes on hedge fund managers, oil and gas companies, corporate jet owners and also letting the bush era tax cuts for the wealthiest americans expire when they are set to. also a little more than $1 trillion in war savings. of course, we do know that the wars in afghanistan and iraq are already going to be winding down. and thats s...

>> good evening, everyone. thanks for joining us here in the newsroom. im don lemon. we begin with new information about a deadly crash at a nevada air show. crowds have been going to reno, nevada for decades to watch incredible acts of courage in the skies. the national championship air races draw up to 200,000 people every single year. planes have crashed and pilots have died in the past. but until now, nos spectators have been killed. heres what happened. >> one witness called the s...