and spare at least one threatened illinois town. the move would flood missouri farmland. missouri s attorney general is asking the u.s. supreme court to review a federal court ruling that gave officials permission to blow up that levee. we head now overseas where the libyan government says a nato air strike has killed one of moammar gadhafi s sons, 29-year-old saif al arab. it says three of gadhafi s grandchild also died. a nato official says airplanes targeted a command and control facility but he says there is no evidence to support the claim that gadhafi s son or grandchildren were killed. the violence in syria is starting to drive some of the people out of their country there. president beshear al asad s government has been cracking down on prodemocracy demonstrators. hundreds of syrians have crossed the border into turkey. there are also reports of syrian refugees crossing into lebanon.
is a bre sabrina rivers, author of the tax deductible wedding. this sounds pretty extraordinary. at first glance it sounds like wait a minute, how you going to cheat the federal government on paying for your wedding? you say this is completely legit? it is legit. most of the organizations are tax exempt. they are 501 c 3 b. you re not getting in any trouble. you don t get a full deduction. you just get a portion of it. if you have your wedding at a museum, which, you know, most of the museums are tax deductible because they re considered nonprofit. also a botanical garden or zoo. have your wedding there or reception, a portion of that is tax deductible. that s fantastic. you are giving back, so to speak. sure. making use of great federal places or monument grounds, et
that? i think he may try to, but i don t think that s going to happen. i think mr. trump is having a lot of fun and it s pretty clear he enjoys the limelight. we have very serious candidates. and i think that mr. trump wants to run, he s welcome to run. all right. time for the latest headlines on the cnn politics.com desk. here s what s crossing right now. texas governor rick perry is accusing the obama administration of ignoring the wildfires in his state. perry says he requested a federal disaster declaration two weeks ago. but still no response. an administraministration offic the federal government has responded with 16 assistance grants so far and six more on the way. a democratic congressman is calling on the obama administration to release some oil from the strategic petroleum reserve. representative chris van hollen of maryland says the move would, quote, pop the bubble of rising gasoline prices.