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we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." gunfire, honking horns, celebrations in cities across libya, marking the death of gadhafi. we're following all the breaking news this hour. the man who ruthlessly ruled the country for 42 years was killed today outside his hometown of sirte. he was 69 years old. president obama said his death marks the end of a long and painful chapter for libya. >> one year ago, the notion of a free libya seemed impossible. but then the libyan people rose up. and demanded t...

I'm opposed to the next one, gym memberships. >> you're always at the gym. gym memberships are $40 a month on average. that's down from a couple of years ago. we're using the gyms more often, so it costs less per visit. >> inlt surprised by this next one, concert tickets. a lot of the big performers canceled or scaled back. discretionary spending, a lot of people don't spend 100 or 200 bucks to go to a show. >> 2010 was a tough year for the concert business. they overestimated fan loyalty thinking we would go to concert that we usually do and pay several hundred dollars. we didn't. attendance ...

Base price on luxury cars trying to appeal to aspirational shoppers. if you look at gas prices 39 cents higher than we were a year ago. suvs and gas guzzlers will be heavily discounted this year as well. >> public transportation, my friend. >> never looked so good. >> i couldn't get a subway at 4:00 this morning. what are you going to do? it was one thing when he retired from baseball, but gil meche walked away from $12 million because he felt like he didn't deserve it. the kansas city royals pitcher told t"the new york times" my main goal was to earn it. once i realized i warransn't eag my ...

I certainly hope so. again, i think part of the challenge, chris, in this is the idea of privatizing social security terrifies the majority of americans. that's an ideological idea, versus people are afraid. the polls show that richard lui showed, raising the the age or cutting benefits. so they have to find a way to do it that is not about scaring people into accepting something that doesn't seem fair. there is this element that this is our money, you know. it's our money that we've paid in, the government borrowed against that money, and now they've screwed up so now we've got to figure out ...

A larger amount of money, maybe they pay in a little bit more so we can take care of people on the other end of the scale who may have done more physical labor and need those benefits. >> i wish we could keep talking about this. we're out of time. it's a fascinating discussion. >> the debt commission had xemg exemptions from those physical labor workers. >> important stuff. thank you. >> we need to bring back the the lock box. >> thanks to both of you. >> thank you. some pretty disturbing reports out this morning about what jared lee loughner was doing in the days before the deadly tucson sh...