our poppy harlow of cnnmoney join us now with the very latest details. poppy, at the crux of this, this may be a sad story about a man who is too ill to carry on, we don t know, because we have been told that he will still have a big function in the company, but what can you tell us about this and what it may mean for the apple brand? absolutely, candy. it s important to note that the letter that steve jobs just issued to the apple board of directors and the apple community, that is who he sent it to, it s very short, and he said, i hereby resign as ceo of apple. and he said i would like to serve as the board sees fit as chairman of the board, director and as chairman of the board, so he s saying that he would like to stay on. clearly if you read through the lines, there are concerns about what does this mean for steve jobs health. you remember he was diagnosed with cancer a while ago, that he took a leave of absence. he then came back to apple. he took a subsequent leav
[ speaking in a foreign language ] [ gunfire ] [ speaking in a foreign language ] hello, everyone. this is randi kaye here watching the live events unfold in libya here along with michael holmes. it is 7:00 p.m. in tripoli, where the fight to oust moammar gadhafi just took a potentially momentous turn. within the past 90 minutes, libyan rebels penetrated gadhafi s compound which nato war planes have bombed off and on now for months. the rebels now have the run of the place. we have seen them celebrating, confiscating files and weapons and ammunition as they go room by room through what is a large compound with multiple buildings. we are hearing about pockets of fire, in fact, we have actually seen that. you can see now a fire that appears to have broken out in one part of the compound there. until he pulls out, it s difficult to know what part this is. we have been seeing that domed building which has been to the left and to the right of that domed building is the famous
parked their car in the garage and walked over to the terminal area. so we don t do it here in the united states. very few countries actually do it. i know in tokyo, they will board a bus there and check you before you get in to the airport compound. but most airports in the world do not do any of that kind of checking as you re approaching an airport. tom, thank you so much for your time. we ll have more details about this breaking news story after this quick break. so many irresistible ways to treat yourself to lobster. like our new lobster-and-shrimp trio with a parmesan lobster bake, our decadent lobster lover s dream with both sweet maine and buttery rock lobster tails and eleven more choices, each served with a salad and unlimited cheddar bay biscuits. come celebrate lobsterfest right now at red lobster. to finish what you started today. for the aches and sleeplessness in between, there s motrin pm.
now is that convoy with the hikers had gone insidef of the airport compound, and the swiss ambassador has been seen going inside of the airport compound, and she has not been seen coming out yet so that the next confirmation that we are waiting for is to see if the flight takes off from the airport, but it seems that everybody is inside of the airport and they are getting ready to leave now. thomas? again, the breaking news that shane bauer and josh fattal are freed from an iranian prison after nearly two years. we will get back to you, ali f there are more developments. thank you. while the president is working to strengthen our resolve at the u.n., the republicans continue attacks on the president s jobs act and his plan to reduce the deficit. jared bernstein is a contributor for msnbc, and a contributor as well as serving as the chief economist for the vice president joe biden. jared, good to see you and i don t know what is wrong with the hour this morning, because i