captions paid for by nbc-universal television welcome to today on a thursday morning. i m ann curry, in for meredith. and i m willie geist in for matt. the president has taken criticism for his handling of the crisis in libya, but the administration now says all options on the table when it comes to handling that violent uprising. that s true. there are fears that gadhafi s loyalists have already killed hundreds of resisters who want the ruler removed from power. that number is only expected to rise as protesters, many now armed, take over cities more cities in libya. and the unrest in the middle east has caused the price of crude oil to soar now to $100 a barrel for the first time in more than two years. we re already feeling the impact at the pumps. coming up, how high experts expect prices to rise just in time for the busy summer season. let s befwin with the latest on the situation in libya. we ve got richard engel in the eastern part of the country. hey, ri
we get the latest in a live report. and stepping out. this morning, prince william and kate middleton make their first official public appearance since they announced their engagement, and we re there live today, they announced their engagement, and we re there live today, thursday, february 24th, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television welcome to today on a thursday morning. i m ann curry, in for meredith. and i m willie geist in for matt. the president has taken criticism for his handling of the crisis in libya, but the administration now says all options on the table when it comes to handling that violent uprising. that s true. there are fears that gadhafi s loyalists have already killed hundreds of resisters who want the ruler removed from power. that number is only expected to rise as protesters, many now armed, take over cities more cities in libya. and the unrest in the middle east has caused the price of crude oil to soar now to $100 a barrel
welcome to today. 7:00 a.m. on the west coast on a very busy thursday morning. i m ann curry for meredith, who s no longer sick, just on assignment this morning. and i m willie geist in for matt. this morning if crowds in wales for prince william and kate middleton are any indication of what to expect, it s going to be a big skeptical. william gave the dedication. you saw kate pour the traditional champagne over the boat. the latest in a live report just ahead. you re looking at a live picture there where it looks like they re probably about ready to leave the ceremony. it s been a pretty long affair. i think it s lasted for maybe an hour and a half already. a big crowd turning out. just the beginning for them. a lot of people watching very anxiously. the wedding two months away. let s turn to serious news this morning including the violent uprising in libya. the obama administration says all options are on the table when it comes to handling the situation. it is
facing trial in april accused of paying for sex with a minor. in a moment, cnn s exclusive interview with silvio berlusconi s accused madame. and welcome, glad you re with us on this wednesday, february 16th. welcome to american morning. i m kiran chetry. i m t.j. holmes. right now, thousands of passengers could have their travel plans disrupted today after united airlines grounded its entire fleet of boeing 757s. why? they re going to have to perform emergency maintenance on computer systems of 96 plaines. allan chernoff here with the story today. explain the problem first of all. well, these are 757s, the entire fleet. and the computers on the planes that actually track the speed of the altitude and feed that information into the autopilot. so this is really, really important stuff. united says, look, the computers have been operating. so it wasn t the real danger. let s look at a statement from them. they say further operational checks were necessary following a
good morning, welcome to today on this saturday morning. and what an incredible sight yesterday to see the power of the people overcoming adversity. i know you were there for a week. this was an 18 day standoff. did you think that this was going to be the result? i had chills like everybody else watching it and, no, a week ago wednesday when the government thugs came marching in there, i thought it was over. but after the thursday of that week and you saw the people remain, then you kind of knew this was going to happen. let me show you the picture is taken a short while ago. tahrir square, people still there in the light of day. the partying has lasted all night into the day. i hear they re taking down some of the barricades. the tanks are still there, but look at those smiles. it became a family event. people wanted to be a part the moment. there are protests planned in algeria. that along with obama s decision to send mike mullen to jordan and israel where he w