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full of details in one minute for you here on cnn. a free election four decades overdue. the first real live democratic exercise in libya since the moammar gadhafi era. nearly 3 million libyans picked parliament members today waiting in long lines to vote at polling stations all across the country. we've heard a few disruptions but overall international election observers are pleased. >> in the rest of the country things have been going smoothly. reports from the east where it's been more difficult but even there the jaft majority of citizens could cast their votes peacefully. >> to ...

Crude oil spewed into the gulf. bp potentially facing gigantic fines for the worst off shore oil spill. and our phil keating is following the story today. why the delay? >> well, the delay is it to give the party, that being primarily british petroleum, that's the plaintiffs in this case, more time and one more week it try to reach an out of court settlement and a lot of legal observers, especially in maritime law, are calling this the trial of the century, primarily because of the billions of dollars that are potentially at stake for bp. trans ocean, as well as halliburton and a couple of oth...

many are looking at the gop presidential candidates with a fresh eye. did rick perry do anything to damage his status as the frons runner? i'll ask newt gingrich about his performance as well. stand by. he's joining us live. plus, a brazen taliban attack on the united states embassy in afghanistan. some insurgents may still be on the loose now. we have new pictures and information coming from kabul and some top california politicians are trying to figure out what, if anything, is left of their stolen campaign war chest. a well-known democratic campaign treasurer stands accused of swi...

In the taxpayer's gut while collecting bonuses. outside auditor reports revealed they were literally stuffed into a closet and left unread and unopened. the amount of fraud could reach as high as $5 billion. widely believed this first lawsuit leave he is the other big banks vulnerable to action. one caveat, the suit is not -- is civil, not criminal and only targets a very small portion of the mortgage industry. attorney general eric holder feeling a heat for settlement with the same banks with the overall mortgage servicing practices. >> if the settlement discussions fail, are you prepared to ...

Settlement discussions. >> larry: has he made appearances? self-help groups or anything? >> he did one program. i think it was one shortly thereafter. what he soon realized is he really needed to focus all his efforts on getting to the bottom of this and dealing with this and trying to help bring this to closure. >> larry: would you say you're optimistic? >> i am optimistic. it's a sad situation so i'm not happy. as a lawyer i'm optimistic but sad as to what happened to those three people and my client. >> larry: brad brian, attorney for james arthur ray. a "30 rock" star needs a kidney transp...