says anwar al awlaki, that killing could spark attacks in the united states by home grown violent extremists. that s the same kind of bulletin that was issued after osama bin laden was killed. awlaki was killed by a cia drone in yemen. his fluency in english and technology skills made him a top recruiter for al qaeda. there are reports that the missile strike that killed awlaki killed samir k khan. he grew up in new york city and north carolina and an editor of inspire al qaeda s online english language magazine. we re hearing reports the drone attack in yemen may have also killed a third alleged terror leader. ibrahim al asiri is a saudi bombmaker implicated in a number of terror plots against the united states. athena live from washington. what more are you hearing? this is an incredible notch in the belt of intelligence, u.s. intelligence. reporter: certainly as defense secretary leon panetta said yesterday, this has been a bad year for terrorists. what we re learnin
a.m. in london, 4:00 p.m. in hong kong. hello, i m andrew stevens. i m charles hodson, you re watching cnn s continuing coverage of the uprising in libya. history is unfolding today in libya as colonel moammar gadhafi s 42-year grip on power appears to be coming to an end. here now the latest. anti-gadhafi forces say they re in control of most parts of tripoli. the rebels caution there are still some pockets of resistance in the capital. colonel gadhafi s own whereabouts are unknown now, but there have been sporadic gunfire and explosions near his al aziz la compound in tripoli. rebels say they have now capt e captured three of gadhafi s surviving sons. prosecutors for the international criminal court say they hope to put saif gadhafi on trial, but a spokesman said the libyan people should decide whether to handover the sons to the icc. we ve been able to speak with some libyans who say they are ready for change. one young woman says the country has been put through 42 ye
scenes says the bodies of women and children are inside. they say armed thugs and syrian tanks are randomly shooting and wrecking property. at least ten people were killed on thursday as security forces attempted to crush protests. two news of the world executives are disputing rue put murdock s testimony. they say murdoch misled the committee last week when he said he was not i ware that the hacking went beyond an e-mail. the steamy heat that s been roasting the midwest, u.s., is now heading to the east coast. some 60 temperature records were shattered on saturday. they blame the heat for at least two deaths. in minneapolis the marquis reads we have air conditioning. who cares what s playing. those are the headlines from cnn, the world s news leader. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning from cnn london, i m nina dos santos. and from cnn hong kong, i m manisha tank. these are the top stories on
not to waste their time on a symbolic vote due to happen very soon. i m woft blitzer here in the situation room. rupert murdoch says this is the most humble day of his life. a titan of news business, he was called on the carpet before the british parliament today over the phone hacking scandal that shocked and afalled the world. along with a son and former chief executive, murdoch was hammered with questions about alleged crimes that brought down his popular tabloid, the news of the world. we felt ashamed of what had happened and wanted to bring it to a close. people lied to you and lied to their readers. we had broken our trust with our readers. it was rivetting, rivetting with the hours before these members of parliament. the headlines richard on what we learned. rupert murdoch said and admitted, this was the most humble day of his life. he was ashamed, as you just heard. but he also learned that they don t take responsibility for what took place. he said they