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Indicate he is actually thinking about his legacy, about what sources of ways he may be remembered in the future. one of the proposals that weldon brings here is that gadhafi could get the honorary chairmanship of the african union or some other way he might have his name emblazoned on the libyan flag, as crazy as that may sound to a lot of people. it does seem to indicate he is thinking in terms of, you know, his time may be up and according to people close to i am had and thinking that for several years now. how real it is, it does indicate at least a gap between the public position and a pr...

To stop the nato bombings. and the official said the main thrust of the letters, that it appealed to the u.s. to stop the bombings. no offer to step down or negotiate. so we will keep an eye on this. we also want to tell you, you should definitely tune in into "the situation room" with wolf blitzer today. be sure to watch that show because wolf will be interviewing kurt weldon, the person who is there. and you can watch the entire interview starting at 5:00 p.m. eastern only on cnn. meanwhile, wf nick robert son who is in the libyan capitol with much more on this. let's take a look at that rep...

he says gadhafi's chief of staff invited him and the white house and congress knows about it. let's talk about this with nic robertson. do you think weldon can make something happen? >> reporter: well, this is really what the libyans have been waiting for, some diplomatic contact with the united states. they are very angry with the europeans and have been quite angry with the united states. the record speaks for itself. we have heard from gadhafi. he seems to be toning down that rhetoric now. indeed, we have heard there is a letter coming from gadhafi going to president obama comment...

tokyo electric says it plugged a major leak at the fukushima nuclear plant today. highly radioactive water gushed into the pacific for days, if not weeks now. and workers try concrete, saw dust, even newspaper to stop that leak. well, a chemical mixture dubbed liquid glass finally did the trick. today is the first day of the new school year in japan for many children from the fukushima area and they are attending tokyo schools. children outside the nuclear evacuation zone will go to their usual schools. teams will check radiation levels to reassure the parents, of course, and schoo...

compromise on a new budget. we're going to break down the issues that divide the two sides on this "american morning.". good morning. welcome to this "american morning." it is wednesday, april 6th. >> first we have breaking news from the west african nation of ivory coast. opposition forces have stormed the residence of laurent gbagbo, seen here. he's the long-time president refusing to leave office after losing an election in november. gbagbo has been holed up in his bunker in his residence, surrounded by troops loyal to him -- surrounded by troops supporting the winner of the ele...