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dropped in a mailbox. and people would die. >> robert stevens is the first to die. >> you know, it doesnt say natural causes or accident on my husbands death certificate. it says homicide. >> originally from england, in the 70s stevens and his wife maureen had moved to florida. he worked for american media incorporated. a tabloid publisher. >> theres no one that can say they didnt like him. he was just full of life and he loved everybody. >> in early october 2001, stevens has what seem...

economic forecast. lets get to alison kosik. shes monitoring everything today where at one point today, the dow tanked morning 500 points. whats going on? >> thats right. these worries about a recession were ampfullied today. not just in the u.s., but overseas as well. the federal reserve spooked everybody first. this was yesterday. the fed giving a really bleak assessment of the u.s. economy warning of significant downside risks to the economic outlook. translation there that the econ...

Innocent civilians. i am joined now by ed henry. >> significant because many people dont realize that amid this crisis, the u.s. has actually had contact and communications. -- after the significant would be that the -- gadhafi, it was a big big deal for him. just a few years ago with libya. because he had come forward with his weapons programs. important because he wanted to be legitimized. wanted to be a player again on the world stage if you will.

Of the country and then it took the one step. >> bill: would you have advised president obama, say you were in the same position as you were with president bush to move u.s. warships off the coast of libya. >> sure. or at least to have u.s. aviation assets. we have bases in italy which could be refueled and kept aloft over the region in order to enforce a no fly zone or at least to be off the coast of libya and be a threat. and, this man, look, he coughed up, started to cough up his weapons prog...

Of the country and then it took the one step. >> bill: would you have advised president obama, say you were in the same position as you were with president bush to move u.s. warships off the coast of libya. >> sure. or at least to have u.s. aviation assets. we have bases in italy which could be refueled and kept aloft over the region in order to enforce a no fly zone or at least to be off the coast of libya and be a threat. and, this man, look, he coughed up, started to cough up his weapons prog...

The one step. >> bill: would you have advised president obama, say you were in the same position as you were with president bush to move u.s. warships off the coast of libya. >> sure. or at least to have u.s. aviation assets. we have bases in italy which could be refueled and kept aloft over the region in order to enforce a no fly zone or at least to be off the coast of libya and be a threat. and, this man, look, he coughed up, started to cough up his weapons program in 2002 because he was afrai...

Levers of power. i think the presidents been on the phone to world leaders who have influence and leverage with gadhafi, not necessarily because he will then leave when they say so, but it increases and intensifies the pressure and says the world is on the side of the people who want a future. >> general clark, in recent years there has been what ill call a global detente with colonel gadhafi. the bush administration made amends with him when he agreed to give up his weapons programs including t...

Weighing every possible consequence, every possible response. but as you were talking to jill earlier, there is very little leverage the u.s. has at this point so it is a lot of just kind of monitoring and waiting to see what happens next just like the rest of us. >> the situation, the difference between libya and egypt, egypt of course the u.s. had a very close relationship. libya as you pointed out we dont seem to have much at all. >> yeah. we only reopened diplomatic relations, the u.s. did, ...

Reduce the federal work force by 10%. cut 250,000 government contracts. other cuts to the federal government. cuts aid to states by 5%. are you getting the feeling were to the going to make it here? and reduce space spending and reduce the military and reduce navy and air force fleets and cancel weapons programs. reduce non-combat military compensation. reduce the number of troops. reduce the number of troops in iraq and afghanistan to 30,000. okay. watch this. increase the eligibility of medica...

Boxes. reduce the federal work force by 10%. cut 250,000 government contracts. other cuts to the federal government. cuts aid to states by 5%. are you getting the feeling were to the going to make it here? and reduce space spending and reduce the military and reduce navy and air force fleets and cancel weapons programs. reduce non-combat military compensation. reduce the number of troops. reduce the number of troops in iraq and afghanistan to 30,000. okay. watch this. increase the eligibility of...