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>> they're asking to provide food and shelt eer amid concern. >> of the migration route from north africa to italy has become one of the world's dead leapest journeys. thousand of people are welling to risk their lives hoping for a future free from civil war and political chaos. ben wederman has more on their desperate struggle. >> reporter: they arrive on the shores of europe with only the clothing they wear. and some without shoes. their only real possession, hope. this italian tugboat managed to rescue 117 migrants, most from gambia and nigeria off the libyan coast. percy told me she was fl...

that. a packed show ahead. take a look at the photo, we have joe lieberman and christine todd whitman, olympic gold medalist dan o'brien and the infamous, is that the appropriate word? honey boo boo from toddlers and tiaras. >> "starting point" begins right now. good morning, happy tuesday to you and thank you so much for being with us. >> in our "starting point," disturbing revelations about the man police say is behind the deadly wisconsin sikh temple shooting, including word that an organization that tracks hate groups had been monitoring him for 12 years. police looking into th...

Defense secretary robert gates is spending a second day in afghanistan. he traveled to a remote outpost to meet with a hard-hit balgt unit. gates told the soldiers their heavy losses of helped push back against the taliban in their southern strong hold. the army unit from ft. lewis, washington, has lost 22 men. another 62 have been wounded since arriving in afghanistan last summer. mixing with the afghan people is seen as key to winning hearts and minds. cnn's senior international correspondent ben wederman takes us along as u.s. marine do so diplomacy. >> reporter: charlie company and troops ...

>> the infantry marines, they're usually the ones there up front working day in, day out with these people so they know them i'd say more than some of these big agencies that work from a planning room, i think. >> reporter: down the road, more requests. this time compensation for damages caused during the recent fighting. >> you know what, i don't have anything to give them now. >> reporter: they don't teach this stuff in boot camp. ben wedeman, cnn, southern afghanistan. unhappy with the service you've been getting these days? you're not alone. consumer complaints are on the rise big-time. ...