there are any comments that will be coming out of that, any further comments from the white house. well, it s time to go cross-country for stories cnn affiliates are covering. our first stop, spokane, washington. that s where about 60 students at washington state university say they felt compelled to march, to show their support for friends and family in libya and to bring attention to the violence in their home country. in chicago, an explosion likely caused by a gas leak leveled this town home. right before the building collapsed, two men working on a cable just about three blocks away found a ladder and rescued a woman just seconds before the floor crumbled beneath her. and in denver, well, you would think that the reigning miss colorado usa would have everything. but a month after blair griffith won the title last fall, she and her mom became homeless. she is telling her story to show kids that they can focus on
working is now going out of bounds. i feel like these are all just moments that are teaching me teaching me how to be a stronger person. even though she is talking about her situation and gotten some attention, she, as many of you know, going through the same thing that so many other people in this country are going through right now. miss griffith graduated from the art institute of colorado and telling her story and talking about it and sharing it and hoping it can make other folks make it through their struggles as well. reynolds wolf is keeping an eye on things this morning in the extreme weather center. part of the nation, looking good and some of the nation some snow and center of the u.s. across parts of the midwest tomorrow we could see a nice bout of scattered showers which is good but later in the day possibly rough weather so bad side to it, too.
walkout. the bill before the house would prevent unions from requiring workers to pay dues for representation. in ohio, thousands demonstrated in columbus yesterday at the statehouse. republicans have enough members to make any democratic walkout meaningless in that state. the bill limits the collective bargaining power of unions and expanded state workers to include firefighters and police officers. rally supporting union workers are popping up in connecticut, pennsylvania, and georgia. listen to this. a beauty queen now homeless. miss colorado is who we re talking about. 23-year-old blair griffith, her family recently fell on some hard times. her father passed away when she was 134 years old. she was promising to take care of her mother who had suffered a heart attack. now they have been evicted from their home because the mother wasn t healthy enough to work. and also the saks fifth avenue where the young beauty queen was
protesters smashed posters of moammar gadhafi a couple of nights ago in tripoli, but such a scene would be doubtful today. that is because witnesses say a sense of terror grips the city with gadhafi supporters hunting down protesters with machetes. one libyan had a defiant challenge for gadhafi when he spoke with cnn. i don t want tose a bad word, but this animal that we don t like. we are united. he needs to show his face and challenge to tell him i m not afraid of you. there is nothing you can do to me. i am proud. i am a free man now. at last i m a free man. protesters in yemen return to the streets today following a deadly night of violence. an opposition lawmakers say loyalties opened fire on a crowd at sanaa university. two protesters were killed. and this, a mother s joy in bahrain. king hamid frees 25 political prisoners following bahrain s biggest protest yet. and 100,000 people jammed bahrain s streets on tuesday. the king flew to saudi arabia today for talks on
just what the radiation from a cell phone may be doing to your brain. and why you may want to make that next call from a land line. this is american morning. and good morning to you. glad you re with us on this wednesday, it s february 23rd, i m kiran chetry. i m t.j. holmes. we want to start in libya where moammar gadhafi is sending a clear message to those who oppose him. libya s former interior minister has been kidnapped. recently resigned to support the anti-government protesters. despite his defiant tone, gadhafi appears to be losing some of his grip, at least, in parts of his country. protesters backed by army defectors may have control of half of libyan s mediterranean coast. but gadhafi literally pounding his fists in a speech says he ll fight until the last drop of blood. translator: whoever cooperates with foreign countries in order to instigate war against libya, the punishment will be execution. whoever tampers with the country is also punished by executi