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The visionary founders, including President Kwame Nkrumah and Emperor Haile Selassie, aimed to bring about political change in African states and restore the dignity of African people, who had long suffered under colonial subjugation and disenfranchisement.

using their shoes. lets begin with you at the new york stock exchange. tell us about the dow and in doing so, talk to me about europe. >> reporter: okay. the dow has been in rally mode all day. right now its at 358. the nasdaq s&p had been in rally mode. for the market overall, it is shaping up as one of the best months ever. this all happening because this european debt deal is giving investors a big shot of confidence. this is deal that wall street has been waiting for. these debt pr...

Deauville today. this huge aid package for tunisia and egypt initially but open to other north african and middle eastern countries who, you know, embrace democracy. so potentially that could be made available to other countries. there was also mention of finishing off the job in libya. theres talk in britain this morning of sending apache attack helicopters into the fight in libya. that would be possibly a slight ratcheting up of the air campaign there. low-level helicopters going in to target ...

process, im totally sure people from the armed forces had been protecting him. after that, he changed the people who were protecting him and at the end of the day i mean that he was protected by very small group of the people from his family. but well check everything. well investigate everything. well announce what happened in the past 16 years. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has arrived in pakistan, aimed at talks repairing the nations between the two countries. large pa...

>> theyre playing him out. i thought, she kind of left him hanging. would it have killed her -- >> reporter: she really did. >> she could have said heck with the protocol, ill clink your glass. this is a special relationship, after all. aside from that goofiness, what else should we be focused on today on the presidents trip? >> reporter: well, today its that speech to parliament. and i think the real business of the trip has already taken place behind the scenes, thats this issue about libya. t...

Good son is no longer libyas best hope for reform." if goes on to say the only player in whose name everything is done is the libyan people, yet no one has been trying to gauge what libyans want. they are not all against colonel gadhafi, nor are they all supporting it. carol? >> understand. i also understands secretary of state hillary clinton is in berlin for nato talks. are all these countries on the same page when it concerns libya? >> reporter: yeah, when it comes to any international consen...

Raised. and another thing spiecifically that sticks out is a criticism toward the even the letter that says, it is regrettable that no opportunity was afforded to consult with congressional leaders. i should say today even though were hearing criticism from the left and right from capitol hill about what the role is or people on the left saying congress definitely should have been consulted here, there were some senators, some democratic senators, who came out this morning and said that presiden...

Our congressional correspondent brianna keilar who is quickly looking through this letter as i speak, a letter from speaker boehner questioning the action over libya. so we have that, and ive also been e-mailed -- let me take a look at this and do this on the fly with you -- excerpts from this letter. heres what i have. he writes, in light of this contradiction, is it an acceptable outcome for gadhafi to remain in power after the military effort concludes in libya? quickly here, live pictures ov...

Of the specific points that speaker boehner says. he says, in light of this contradiction -- and hes speaking about a u.n. security council resolution. hes saying that the u.n. resolution that the u.s. helps develop and sign on to that regime change is not part of the mission, but it says you have stated -- president obama has stated -- that libyan leader moammar gadhafi must go consistent with u.s. policy goals. it asks, in light of this contradicti contradiction, is it an acceptable outcome fo...

Spring recess. look, there is a statute called the war powers act that lets the president act in an emergency situation when he believes the vital interest of the united states is at stake, it requires that he consults with members of congress. are the vital interests of the united states at stake? no, no one could make the argument that libya is a serious threat to american security. the president believes that hes engaging in a humanitarian mission by getting involved. he still must consult wi...