that he would begin targeting civilian targets if libya was bombed. france is part of that effort. we have no idea if qaddafi is behind it or whether it s a prank or if it s anything to pay attention to at all. as we learn more, we ll bring it to you. an arizona lawmaker outraging some by reading a letter on the state senate floor in which a substitute teacher calls hispanic students gangsters or suggests they want to be gangsters. now democratic lawmakers want the republican lawmaker to apologize. she s here live. disturbing numbers on home sales. we ll show you what has economists worried. when you consider the money and muscle being put behind the libyan rebels, does anyone know who these guys really are? if we get rid of qaddafi, who steps into that power vacuum? americans may not like the answer. we ll show you what we re learning 3 minutes away. [ male announcer ] if you have type 2 diabetes,
as our viewers know, we have. reporter: exactly my point. the point is, qaddafi has made threats against western targets. so now in this climate, it may turn out to be nothing, but they re still taking the precaution of evacuating the eiffel tower, again. as we get more information on what this package may or may not be, we ll bring that to you as the information comes in. megyn: i m being told that we re expecting live pictures to come into us from the eiffel tower showing the evacuations momentarily. as soon as we have them, we ll put them on the screen so our viewers can see them. again, breaking news. trace is watching it, as are we. the eiffel tower in paris, france, has been evacuated and is in the process of being evacuated right now after reports of a suspicious package being found there. that s all we know in terms of the details. as trace gave you other context, we do have an explicit threat from moammar qaddafi,
megyn: you hear them yelling in arabic god is great. it s been used as a jihadist call before elsewhere in the world. there are questions about whether reporters are there are some reporters who are questioning whether the western world has done its home work on this group we re helping. christopher hahn, former aide to chuck schumer, and radio host, chris plante. welcome back. there s a long piece today in which the jerusalem post said, look, the rebels are not exactly democrats. indeed, the data indicates that qaddafi s opponents are more aligned with al-qaeda than
hold up to 2,000 people, so the evacuation is a hefty process. and go back, if you will, to september of last year, when the eiffel towers with also evacuated. at that time, it was not because of a suspicious package. instead, it was a phone call. someone threatened that there was a package in the eiffel tower that was never found. again, they evacuated the structure, 2,000 people. it took them a great deal of time. it was never found. they also never found the person that called in that threat. more context. keep in mind, the french are part of this coalition that is in the process of setting up a no-fly zone in libya. does that play a part in this? it s unclear. megyn: and not just that, but qaddafi threatened, late last week and again this week, that he would make his targets he would go after civilian targets if, in fact, the coalition started bombing libya, which,
dressing supporters from tripoli. we cannot independently verify it. it is at the same time that the compound was hit by allied missiles earlier in what is being referred to as operation odyssey dawn. qaddafi rallied supporters telling them, we re leading the global revolution against imperialism. u.s. commander-in-chief cutting short an overseas trip. president obama will return to the white house in about four hours from now. new calls from lawmakers to better explain what our goal is in libya. he is also defending against suggestions that he should return his nobel peace prize after ordering the air raids on libya. yes, there is such a push under way right now. in a couple of minutes, white house responds to critics and we ll have a fair and balanced