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who may be in need of damage control after irene? plus graphic new evidence of brutality by moammar gadhafi and his inner circle. this just as we re hearing his wife and several children have now escaped libya. the pressure now growing to make sure gadhafi himself doesn t get away. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. raging water in the northeast so powerful it can sweep away cars and swallow up homes. right now vermont is devastated by the worst flooding in decades. cnn s amber lyon joins us from brattleboro in vermont. set the scene a little bit, amber, for what s going on. what are you seeing? what are you hearing? reporter: well, out here, wolf, had i been standing out here earlier yesterday, i would be completely under water. i want to come here and show you this brook right here, this is pretty much representative of what s across this state. this is wet stone brook, flowing more like a river now. it s about four feet wider than usual and look ov ....
Least, and at the next best, go and be replaced. there s no doubt there s a ground swell for that. but people differ. they re worried about scenario of violence, as we re witnessing today, spreading across the country. a sort of civil war scenario, international forces involved in that. there s international forces helping in some way, but without getting involved. so it s really split. people have heard about it and it s a big, big topic here, and the government, of course, is trying to use it against the opposition forces here, and the opposition has divided opinions on it, don. nic robertson in tripoli, thank you, nic. staying in the region, hundreds of thousands of anti-government demonstrators took to the streets in yemen today. as they have for weeks now, they called on the longtime president to step down. the president fueled their anger by rejecting an opposition demand that he transfer power this year. he s offering to give up power when his current term runs out in 2013. in ....
Insist, look, several big republicans have gone to jeb bush, urged him to run, he has told them privately what he told our own candy crowley a few weeks back that he is not running in 2012. that s disappointing to some of these senior republicans. what that tells you is that this republican presidential field, still very early, but is very unsettled. a lot of senior republicans, especially people who supported the last president bush are still looking around. and where these strategists and sfra fund-raisers go, it may have a big, big role in this campaign, because there are a lot of senior republicans who are still uncommitted and hoping that jeb bush will change his mind still. that s good stuff. let s talk about who s in the white house now. before the president left for florida, he met with chicago-elect rahm emanuel, his former chief of staff. any idea what they chatted about? reporter: you know things have changed in rahm emanuel s world, and you know him well from chicago, d ....
This afternoon, she ll sign an agreement with the navy. she s also started talking to other branches of the military. the french government has announced that its so-called berka ban will take effect next month. as of april 11th, any woman wearing a veil or other face covering in public can be fined almost 2 hurrica00 bucks. they ll also have to take a citizenship class to remind them oaf their values. still, most french people approve. a pew poll found more than 80% support for that measure. fire crews in central florida expect it will take a week at least to fully contain a blaze that started on monday. the iron horse fire that we have been talking about has burned more than 17,000 acres and forced i-95 to be shut down several times. gusty winds are a big, big worry today. ....