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gunfire and explosions rocked the capital today. rebels say they're making substantial gains in their fight to seize the capital. reuters reports thousands of rebels were seen closing in on tripoli today. nato says moammar gadhafi's regime is, quote, crumbling. the libyan government denies the rebels are making any gains. but a government official who asked not to be named concedes that parts of the capital and its suburbs are no longer in government hands. in an audio address broadcast on state tv today, gadhafi vowed to fight until, quote, the last blood drops from every man and wo...

the economy is still weak. it's going to help you make ends meet, but it's also going to mean more customers for businesses. it will increase demand. it's right for the economy, and i would sign that bill today if it came to my desk. [ applause ] tell congress to get past their differences and send me a road construction bill so that companies can put tens of thousands of people to work right now building our roads and bridges and airports and seaports. i mean, think about it. america used to have the best stuff, best roads, best airports, best seaports. we're slipping behind because...

a ton of money. this hour, how he's dealing with the new messes that the country simply can't afford right now. and from the seat of power to an iron cage in a courtroom, the ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak goes on trial for allegedly ordering the killing of protesters. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." sort of vacation right now, they're on leave while tens of thousands of american workers are going without a paycheck because of their inaction. a lot of new anger and fingerpointing over the partial shut down of the federal aviation administration. senator...

And they don't want to investigate everything that happened. in fact, they're trying to whitewash everything. and the faa is not concerned about other air controllers stacking up planes and handing them off in violation of procedures and safety. >> have you brought this allegation to the faa's complaint, even if it isn't in the document relating to your specific litigation with them? >> yes, sir. on december 12, i was called into a meeting with my ops manager at the time and the vice president union rep of our facility and i was told that they could not do anything to ken martin because an err...

Underway. apparently not for everyone. that has the ladies of the view upset. >> extra supervisors will be overlooking controllers to ensure this never happens again when the vice president and the president wives are flying around what about us! [ applause ] >> wake the hell up, wait until you go home to watch your movies. get your behind some sleep so you can ensure the rest of us who may not be married to a president or a vice president even hookers need you to look out. >> they are also saying they need a rule to make air controllers pay attention. do they tell that to brynn surgeons. pay ...