i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com he s plunging in the polls and in need of a boost. will a new plan help rick perry climb back to the top of the republican race? his rival, herman cain, is leading the pack according to a brand new poll and perry is a distant fifth with cain apparently benefitting from his 9-9-9 tax plan, perry today unveiled his own new tax plan and 20 is the magic number. he proposes a flat tax of 20% for individuals and corporations, but in a twist, perry would let people choose to pay his flat tax rate or file under the current system, which he derived. the size of the current code is more than 72,000 pages. that s represented by this palate right over here and the reams of paper. that s what the current tax code looks like. the best representation of my plan is this postcard. this is is size of what we re talking about right here. taxpayers will be able to fill this out and file their taxes on that.
nations general assembly is underway. absolutely. because the streets are clogged. president obama and the new libyan leadershiping for face-to-face talks at the united nations and the stakes could note be higher. moammar gadhafi reportedly starving citizens. the president arrived in new york yesterday. front and center at the united nations. cnn senior correspondent, u.n. correspondent, i should say, richard roth joins us this morning. so this would be the first face-to-face meeting between president obama and the national transitional council? a good deferment for the obama administration, able to champion at that meeting and with the other diplomats, their way did work, although fighting remains. and helps solidify this new government in libya. the flag actually flew over the united nations monday for the first time, removing that green gadhafi flag. jaleel, of the national council, will be there and libya will have to set out what kind of government it will be. helpin
last remaining stronghold. this is after the rebel lea leaders on the loyalist to surrender or face military action. david piper live in tripoli with the latest. david? reporter: yes, the chief of the national transitional council appeared here in tripoli today. this is the first time he has come here since rebels took the city. jaleel was mobbed by the crowd as he arrived to the airport. his appearance seems to show rebels are about to move their government from benghazi to the libyan capital. the interior minister said the challenge now is to organize the state which will be, he says, harder than the military campaign. the fighting is still going on. rebel forces move to clear them from the remaining towns they hold.
battle to the compound of moammar gadhafi, pushing inside and knocking over statues of the long-time libyan leader. making off with weapons but finding no sign of him or his family. the reuters news agency reports that gadhafi has been heard on a local radio station. now according to reuters in his radio address gadhafi says his withdrawal from the compound was a tactical move. his location is still not known as we ve said. meantime, pockets of fighting remain, including at tripoli s airport. that s where cnn s arwa damon has been reporting. rebels took over the airport monday but it is still a target for loyalist troops. and international journalists are trapped in the rixos hotel in the libyan capital. the journalists including our own matthew chance, remain virtual prisoners being held by troops loyal to gadhafi. cnn s sara sidner was right in the middle of all the the chaos at that gadhafi compound. rebels invited her in as they swept through the complex. the late
opposition is floating a peace proposal. that hand juppened just a coupl hours ago in benghazi. that s where i want to go to cnn s reza sayah for more on the terms. spell it out for me, the cease-fire proposal. is anyone even taking it seriously there? reporter: well, brooke, considering the stated objective of the opposition remains regime change, this is kind of a curious development. it could be significant, it could be empty talk. or it could be some sort of politicmri political ploy. but the opposition says they re open to cease-fire if conditions are met. the announcement made by the top opposition official, jaleel. he says we ll agree to a cease-fire if gadhafi s forces lift the sieges on the cities like misrata and if they give the libyan people the freedom to protest and freedom of