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Which is the origin of this. they want people to remember next door in tunisia, the first elections are being held today. they wanted to thank them for the inspiration of their movement. of course, some of the celebrations are being a little bit marred by concerns about gadhafi and how he died. now, his body is still here in misrata. we were originally told by a member of the ntc that he was going to be buried today. but apparently theyre still allowing the public to view the body. this, of cour...

Democracy. the concern, of course, alex, is that this will give way to factionalism and instability. they want to see the steps start to happen quite quickly. they would like to see a democratic libya set up by 2013. >> well be watching that closely. thank you so much, kristen welker from the white house. developing now a powerful earthquake hit the country of turkey. the 7.2 magnitude quake struck in the eastern region of turkey. lets go live to london. anna belle roberts standing by with the...

Core being a successful businessman not necessarily a politician? >> you know, thats why hes going to get a pass here, alex. hes been pro life. i followed herman cain for a number of years. hes been a solid pro lifer. he was basically saying with the law as it is, its a decision that will be made by the families. he got himself in a bad position. i agree. but i think hes going to be given a pass on this simply because hes a nonpolitician. >> lets listen to rick perry hitting cain on abortion las...

Leaders. romney will pick up another big endorsement on monday. this one from former new hampshire governor john sununu. in other political news, bobby jindal easily won reelection to his second term last night. jindal taking two out of three of the votes. his closest contender finishing about 18%. kansas city missouri are launching a new strategy. a local company donated several billboards with her picture in hopes that someone will recognize her driving by. >> lets go to ron mott in kansas...

Polarizing campaign issue with far right christian candidates suggesting that you can pray the gay away. a new voice shares that pedigree. he is the grandson of tell evangelist oral roberts. despite growing up in the shadow of his grandfather, randy roberts isnt talking fire and brimstone. this is interesting. >> it is very interesting alex. you have to remember that oral roberts was the first and one of the biggest of the televangelists. he brought the pentecostal faith to mainstream america, s...

The weather channels jeff morrow has the details. good morning, jeff >> good morning, alex. nice to see you again. as we look up and down the eastern seaboard. youre right it looks like a tranquil day. maybe a few showers in miami way. big storms last night if you happened to be watching the oklahoma and texas tech game. they had to hold that game for a while because of lightning. those storms have now moved to the southeast. watch out for those in louisiana. maybe even houston getting much-need...

Medicine, whats that all about? >> because theyre going to try to say, theres some ridiculous amount of standards from -- all right. lets put it this way. culpable negligence in a manslaughter case is whether he knew or should have known that death could occur. this is a doctor. what theyre doing, its like a malpractice case where theyre saying what he did was so outside the norm and the standard of care and now theyre trying to discredit this doctor by saying hes not talking about regular stand...

>> thus, much of the country soured quickly on a war that seemed endless or pointless and unquestionably costly. no surprise then that many greeted the announced ending of the war with bitterness. retired sergeant chris injured himself. >> were losing family members that for no reason now. i lost three of my best frebds out there. >> lawyer in los angeles who will get to hug her son in a few weeks. >> we should have never been there. >> the war and now the post war is controversial as ever. >> y...

7:00 a.m. out west. we begin with a new era on the national mall. the dedication to martin luther king, jr. is the first time a nonpresident has been celebrated with a monument on the mall, making this also the first monument to a black leader. president obama will deliver a speech at the dedication ceremony just after 11 a.m. eastern time. its been under way for two hours. members of kings family are reflecting on the symbolism on this day. >> this is a day that all americans can be proud of an...

Transitional council declares freedom from the re gem of moammar gadhafi and there is celebrating throughout the country. good morning to you in misrata. whats the latest as we approach the official declaration of liberation? >> reporter: well, thats right. the official declaration is about to take place any time soon in the next hour we expect in benghazi which is where the up rising first started. there are many celebrations, lots of people streaming into the city on the eastern coast. but her...