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Briefed vice president dick cheney after returning. pearl wouldn't go on camera but denied briefing cheney. paul blumenthal from the sunlight foundation says if pearl briefs cheney, that part of the work could be illegal because it's not a registered lobbying firm. what did the group do that was deceptive? >> not being a lobby iing groupn this case, they were working to bring intellectuals to libya with ties in america to elites whether dick cheney or people in the state department, defense department. they wanted them to influence policy on libya. >> reporter: we spoke with a partner of the m...

>> is that harry reid? that's the floor of the senate. harry reid, the leader, is going to speak there soon responding to what speaker john boehner said awhile ago. then all of them are going to the white house to avert a government shutdown. we'll monitor that. in libya for the first time since her or deal began, the woman that said she was raped by gadhafi loyalists spoke to her mother. it happened last night on cnn on "ac 360." let's go to libya with more of what's going on. you spoke with her mother. what did she have to say? >> reporter: yeah. this is a mother that is going through an e...

Poorly. the anguish in her made her feel worse. it was difficult for her to speak with us. she was gracious to do so. here is what she had to say. you finally spoke to your daughter. what was that like? >> translator: it was a feeling any mother would have after talking to her daughter after a long time. >> did it make you feel better or worse? >> translator: of course i felt worse. >> why did it make you feel worse? >> translator: because she was trying. i couldn't understand a word because she was crying. she made me cry. >> reporter: what did she tell you? >> translator: she told me she was...

Bills. >> i have to tell you all, i like the president, personally. we get along well. but the president isn't leading. he didn't lead on last year's budget and he's not leading on this year's budget. republicans have no interest in shutting down the government. shutting down the government is irresponsible and will cost the american taxpayers more money than we are already spending. i believe that our members want to support our troops, want to pay our troops and we are going to do the responsible thing tomorrow. >> let's bring in gloria. you know there's so much of what's happening that soun...

Threat of a government shutdown. there could be problems for all of us. >> reporter: if you're planning a vacation any time soon, say, to the national zoo in washington or to a national park or smithsonian museum, think again. all nonessential government services will be shut down. the government will keep running federal ofrss essential to protecting life and property, law enforcement, for example. also, federal offices with multi-year funding not tied to congress' annual appropriations. but the bulk of federal workers, about 800,000 of them, will be furloughed and not earning a paycheck. alt...