but what is he is going to do? reporter: he is going to step away from congress but just temporarily while he is getting treatment. quote, he will request a short leave of absence from the house of representatives so he can map out a course of treatment. that is going against what leadership wants. they said if he didn t decide by this morning they would ask him to go themselves. his refusal to step aside is unacceptable. his constituents needs finality. the dye is was and he needs to move on. he has no plans to resign but simply to ask a request a leave of absence. they have offered an ethics investigation to use congressional resources to send explicit communications. they were blasting him in public. nancy pelosi says he needs to seek help and the chairman of the democratic campaign committee flat out called him to resign. they called his behavior indefensible and acceptable distraction. chris van hollen says his repeated violation of public s trust is unacceptable. it w
of the tribes in the north. this process toward anarchy bad news to the united states. gregg: let s turn from yemen to libya, nato forces using attack helicopters to put pressure on moammar khadafy. does that change the equation in a meaningful way? look, everybody is saying all the western european leaders now admitting that removing khadafy from power is our objective. that is consistent what president obama said he wanted to do is protect innocent libyan civilians but why are we doing this in slow motion. if we know what our objective, let s do it and get this over with. that is to protect innocent civilians and hastens the accomplishment of the only legitimate national security
helicopters to watch chet up the pressure on the gadhafi regime. to ratchet up the pressure on the gadhafi regime. choppers going after their targets. forces on the ground loyal to gadhafi. dan stringer, streaming live from benghazi, libya. reporter: the use of these attack helicopters has been highly anticipated. they increase the firepower and accuracy in the few against the pro gadhafi forces. after their first mission nato officials couldn t wait to show media how they are in action. officials say they took out more than a $military vehicles. large weapons depot and other command buildings. all in the town of brega, an important oil port held by gadhafi forces since the beginning. the helicopters are evenly divided between france and briton. they carry a punch with
interest which is throwing khadafy out of power. gregg: an important event, to the palestinians, they have agreed to accept negotiations in paris. aimed at reviving the peace talks. is this simply their strategy by passing negotiations with the israelis and to try to obtain recognition for a palestinian state at the u.n.? it s unclear what our good friend the french are up to here. i think the constitutional between the two major palestinian factions, hamas and fatah effectively ends any chance for negotiations between israel and the palestinians, and it should. i don t think they are we should negotiate with a terrorist group like hamas. what the french are up to, as i say, is not clear. if this reflects a bending of the european position or a weakening of their agreement
similarities found in hairbrush belonging to casey anthony. gregg: welcome to a brand-new hour. in today s testimony. defense claims that caylee accidentally drowned in the grandparents pool. now following all the dramatic development. julie: a lot of evidence was presented today. it started at 9:00 in the morning and ended about 1:00 p.m. jurors got a forensic science lesson. the state s first witness was f.b.i. forensic examiner low who testified about hairs found in the trunk of the car. they maintain the hair belongs to little caylee. the f.b.i. examiner she confirmed that it belongs to anthony family member whether it came from them while alive or not is in question. that one hair is still something you cannot say came in a dead person? i can t say absolutely that is the reason, that is correct. julie: yesterday jurors watched hours of jailhouse videos which the state hopes will disprove the defenses surprising theory that caylee anthony had died in an accident