government resistance. if that s all that comes out on this entire debate, is that a win for the white house? i think anything is a win for the white house after ignoring this issue four years straight and under the bush administration. if any kind of legislation will be a win because there s been so little done on it over the past 10, 15, 20 years. as we mentioned earlier. president obama will be making gun control at least part of the state of the union address on tuesday. earlier this morning you reported that a constituent there of illinois congresswoman whose son was shot to death last year will be a guest at the state of the union address. what s with the thinking here? do we think that personal appeals like this, do they work? it could, because part of what we re talking about here is the battle for public opinion to push some lawmakers over the edge and to supporting something if not the background check measure and the assault weapons. so democrats are teach trying to
through the bahamas, the turks and caicos. we re told there are reports of widespread damage in some of the southern islands there. as the storm moves here, tens of millions of people watching very closely along the east coast, the entire east coast to see exactly where it goes, lynn. all right. kristen there for us in north carolina. thanks. let s get to libya now where rebels are on the hunt for moammar gadhafi, placing a bounty for his capture. all of this as battles continue with loyalists vowing to fight on. brian mooar is in washington with the latest. good morning. reporter: good morning, lynn. gadhafi s whereabouts still unknown this morning as libyan rebels continue to crush the last pockets of government resistance in the capital of tripoli. there s a $2 million bounty now on gadhafi s head, but gadhafi, through that audio message, is urging supporters to march on to