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Tripoli this morning and he is going to be meeting with moammar gadhafi in an effort to urge him to step down. weldon has been there before. in 2004, he led a congressional delegation to libya and met privately with gadhafi. weldon says that this time, he was invited by gadhafi himself. in a "new york times" op-ed weldon says it will be hard to bomb gadhafi into submission. the main goal for the trip is for gadhafi to step down. during his trip he hopes to secure an immediate u.n. monitored ceas...

Days into the fiscal year. the republicans floated a one-week extension with $12 billion in immediate cuts and six months of funding for the pentagon. democrats said no, and no more high-level meetings are planned, but there is plenty of speech make, and finger pointing and buck passing and all of which is downright gut wrenching to maryland senator barbara mikulski, and in a embarrassing moment, mikulski pleaded with both sides to think of the consequences of a government on hiat hiatus. >> mad...

The clock is ticking, fingers are pointing. will the federal government shut down? the next few hours are critical. im brooke baldwin. the news is now. >> the white house now has increased the likelihood of a shutdown. >> the blame game begins. president obama, republicans, democrats, meet behind closed doors at the white house. we are now hearing what happened inside. the woman who said she was raped and beaten by moammar gadhafis men speaks to cnn. find out why shes scared for her life. plus...

Republicans of a double standard. pointing out that other politically active group as the tea party patriots and crossroads gps enjoy the same tax-exempt status of aarp. >> this is nothing other than political witch hunt. i ask the colleague who is next? my church? >> the executive officer took issue being called "insurance company. " >> you receive royalties to rank you as the sixth largest health insurance company in the united states. is that not correct? >> were not an insurance company. >> ...

Bill. others say the move is a witch hunt. correspondent doug mckelway has a fair and balanced look at the controversy. >> less than two days after releasing report to call on the i.r.s. to investigate non-profit status of aar push republicans on the house ways and moons committee questioned the organizations ceo. >> the facts show that aarp no longer operates like a seniors advocacy organization. >> according to the report, aarp makes hundreds of millions of dollars from marketing health insura...

Why have our air forces not been there taking out gadhafis forces as they go and move city to city and now almost on the outskirts of benghazi? >> reporter: well, it seems for one thing, eliot, theyve changed their tactic, the libyan army, that is, that before they were traveling in large armored columns, were an easy target for those aircraft. now its appears theyre working in smaller more mobile groups, groups that are harder to detect from the air, so thats not working, but theres not really ...

First, finding and producing more oil at home. second, reducing our overall dependent on oil with cleaner alternative fuels and greater efficiency. i have got to be honest. we run into the same political gridlock, the same inertia that was held us back for decades. that has to change. >> republicans say the president himself is part of the problem. mike emanuel with both sides from the white house tonight. mike, g.o.p. leaders are saying the administration is keeping the u.s. oil industry from e...

Between what is happening in these reactors and everyone else in that immediate area. you know, its also worth pointing out that many of those workers lost family members, as well. so theyre dealing with that from an emotional stand point. its also worth pointing out there doesnt appear to be enough protective gear. michael freelander and i were talking about this last week, but some of the workers didnt have boots that were high enough and radioactive water seeped into their -- over their boots...

The world that buy into the ideology then they become al qaeda and thats partly why its so hard to battle. theres no al qaeda h.q, theres very little structure there, the global community will want to keep a close eye on the influences that vie for control obviously in libya. >> when we talk be it the rebel groups here, doctors, teachers, volunteers, former military generals, kind of a hodgepodge of folks, how do we make? how do we understand how influential this group is and who really makes up...

Know, there was a lot of concern about the workers, not just the safety but the conditions they were working in. now the japanese government today apologized for the conditions that the plant workers are facing. as i said to tom, its incredible to me that plant workers have so little food and water and cant even shower. that makes the job all that much harder. >> i cant believe it either. weve been talking about how important a defense they are between what is happening in these reactors and eve...