katie couric set to step down. is she aiming for oprah answer mantle on day time? and charlie sheen. the moments that audiences were on their feet and cringing in their seats. hello, everyone. happy monday. robin roberts on her spring break today. glad to welcome elizabeth vargas. good morning. we were both just on spring breaks recently. the stories with southwest airlines hit home. a flight from oakland to san diego had to be diverted last night. other breaking news. president obama became the first candidate to officially join the 2012 campaign for president. he e-mailed the announcement. in past campaigns, challengers have made the first moves. they ve been the first to dip their toe into the water. not this time. we don t know who is going to be running yet. we have an exclusive with former president bill clinton, talking about whether we should be in libya right now. she talked to him about the clinton goebl initiative. that s coming up. and we hav
here s president hamid karzai and his staff meeting with u.s. officials in kabul, talking about a small florida church whose members say they burned a copy of the islamic holy book. general david petraeus talked about it today. we condemn the action of an individual in the united states to burned a holy koran. that action was hateful. it was intolerant and it was extremely disrespectful. and again, we condemn it in the strongest manner possible. this was an act of disrespect to the muslim faith and to all peoples of faith. it does not represent the views of the peoples or governments of the alliance. we condemn it. our condolences of course go out to everyone who has been hurt in the demonstrations over the past few days. and we call on everyone to remember, that this was the act of an isolated individual. and that the peoples and governments of the alliance both respect and defend the muslim faith and are in afghanistan to support a peaceful future for the afghan people.
landing site, fox news from the air station. plus the money many pact on the airline industry. and it s absolutely taking off with two children inside, and a play house and the weekend turning tragic again when a toddler falls out of the see on a moving roller coaster. also, in daylight and plain sight, incoming fire. our fox news team led by geraldo rivera right in the middle of war, between a rag-tag army of rebels and pro government forces in libya. fox news confirming now, cracks were found in that southwest airlines jet one year ago. that s one year before the rupture in the roof of the passenger cabin in flight friday. they re trying to figure out what went wrong with the boeing 737-300. the cabin holding passengers, opened up and exposed them to the clear blue sky and the need for oxygen. preliminary on sight examination reveals preexisting fatigue along the entire fracture surface. harris: serious injuries to the flight attendants and passengers and people we
colby, as these rebels attempt to push qaddafi forces back we are also hearing, getting much needed help, from veterans of the libyan army, who are now joining the fight. connor powell is streaming life from ajdabiya. hi, connor. reporter: after several days, the rebels have been able to move forward and have pushed some of qaddafi s forces back yar wards and there is a bit of a stalemate developing around the key oil city of brega and the fox news crew returned from there, about an hour or so ago and we were with the front lines with the rebel fighters and saw first hand, they were trying to push forward and we saw lots of rocket launchers and, gunfire, but, for the most part, it is still rag-tag, bunch of soldiers, we are hearing reports that there are some real libyan forces that have defected and are now taking over the front lines but it is sporadic and is the best you can say, there are and are slightly more organized than a few days ago but are disorganized and it
the streets. today, about 200 people demonstrated outside the headquarters of tepco. that s the company that owns the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. protesters told cnn s martin savidge they don t like how the company is handling the crisis and they are also losing patience with the government. i can t believe our government anymore. it s stupid, but i want to escape japan. more setbacks for tepco. its first two efforts to plug a leak of radioactive water in the pacific ocean failed. u.s. house budget chairman wants to make crestic changes to medicaid and medicare. congressman ball ryan is expected to reveal a plan tuesday that sources say would cut medicaid spending by up to $1 trillion. it would also require seniors on medicare to choose from a menu of health insurance plans. critics derided an earlier version of the plan as a voucher program. president obama is getting involved in the ongoing budget battle on capitol hill. he called senate leader harry reid and h