the mall incident. and days before all of, this the bomb squad was called to golden. folks reported a pipe bomb near a bomb there the golden device was still being studied as of this morning s news conference. all these incidents this week, shep, happening close in date and location to columbine, shep? shepard: alyssia acuna live in our rocky mountain newsroom. thanks. the feds want to make sure we are paying a fair price at the gas pump. the price of oil jumped again today to $112 a barrel. now investigators are trying to find out whether anything shady is going on behind these numbers. a live update on that next. the u.s. military adding a new weapon to the not war in libya. officially it s not a war. officially we haven t taken sides. but officially we are using drones. live team fox coverage from libya and the pentagon from the journalists of fox news on this monday day thursday fox report.
helps us. shepard: new reports that the libyan dictator muammar qaddafi may be stepping up his offensive and using deadly cluster bombs against his own people. team fox coverage of the not war in libya now. david lee miller live in tripoli. first our news correspondent steve centanni. steve, mission creep, will they at least admit to that in this not war? well, no, they don t admit to that and you have a couple of reasons to be worried about it. you have military trainers on the ground sent by nato from britain, france, and italy. and you have these predators who are going to be patrolling the skies above libya 24 hours a day, two different aircraft now starting their missions. here s what defense secretary robert gates had to say about those predators today. if we can make a modest contribution with these armed predators, we will do it but i don t think any of us see that as mission creep. now, the first missions were felony today. they had to turn around and go back because o
[bleep] busted glass everything. you can see. shepard: all the damage forced officials to close down the school eight days before the end of the semester. final exams cancelled because campus is not safe for students. team fox coverage of the aftermath of an incredible weekend. shay ryan in the extreme weather center. jonathan serrie on how people are trying to recover. he is in the hard hit town of colerain, north carolina. about 100 miles north and east of raleigh. jonathan, what are things looking like there tonight? well, shep, as we speak, people are returning to their homes, sifting through all the debris, trying to salvage whatever they can. also, in every direction, you will see these utility trucks. over here, over there. and over here. determined to restore power to what few houses here remain, shep. shepard: jonathan, this has been an especially active tornado season there this early in the season.
we have team fox coverage. jonathan hunt with the latest on the officials who have desserted qaddafi. first, steve harrigan steaming live from the libyan capital of tripoli. steve, any talks about the possible cease fire? with the battle seeming to more at a standoff. there are more talks about a possible cease fire. a u.n. envoy met with officials in tripoli and met with rebel officials in benghazi. benghazi rebel leadership offering for the first time a conditional cease fire. those conditions would be that qaddafi forces pull out of cities here in the west, cities like misrata which have been under siege now for more than two weeks and also that they would be allowed to protest peacefully. this is the first time they have not called directly for qaddafi to step down. movement there. reports about an aide to one of qaddafi s sons in london on secret negotiations. not clear whether the talks are
power of the united states all invested in the success of this operation. shepard: team fox coverage from the rebel territory in qaddafi s strong hold in tripoli. plus, could the color of some food be bad for kids health? the feds are investigating those dyes used in all kinds of products. with a question is it time for some warning labels or even a ban? really? like breakfast cereal. that s coming up. ?ó@]