protect the united states, qaddafi still has to go. i mean, this is a guy who is a state-sponsored terrorist, and has made threats again the u.s., and particularly now we re in the crosshairs of this guy and i do think that you ve got to see this thing to the end. and i know lawmakers feel frustrated, rightly, that they weren t consulted enough, but i think they need to keep their eye on the ball here. rick: ron, not only did the president not go to congress for approval before he acted, he doesn t seem to have any plans to go to them in the future, either. at least according to what we re hearing from some administration sources. and now we re getting word of this directive that the president signed, putting cia operatives on the ground to let them deal directly with the rebels. is the president overstepping his authority? yeah, who thought that was a good idea, to leak that the same day that secretary of state clinton and secretary of defense gates were meeting with the hill intell
this. what do the family members hope to achieve with the additional fund something. the total cost of the memorial was expected to reach $60 million when it s all done, $20 million has been raised privately, the state of pennsylvania, giving in 18.5 million, and congress has already provided $10 million. now, the 3.7 million that the families are asking for right now will help to build the next phases, which include key components of the memorial s infrastructure, visitors center, and eventually what you see here, a tower of voices, which will house 93-foot tall wind chimes. no one will be able to replace them for us. you know, we will live with that pain. but one way that we ve been able to live with that pain is to work hard to ensure that there is a proper and fitting memorial to the actions and the individuals that were on flight 93. reporter: the meeting this month between members of the house interior appropriations sub committee and family members was a chance to keep th
alarming radiation levels, and details about this being detected outside japan s evacuation zone which we have circled in red for you. the radiation, found about 25 miles away from that nuclear power plant and facility. dominic d-natale is streaming live from osaka, japan. dominic. reporter: we are now hearing that we ve found higher levels of radiation, some 25 miles from the fukushima plant. remember the exclusion zone is 12 miles at the moment, that is where people are being evacuated from the area, and now it s that 19 miles is being recommended to get people to leave or actually stay inside their houses. it s 25 miles from the plant, and they are going to have to at m point reexamine how contaminated this area is and whether they should extend that but for now the government saying they have no immediate plans to evacuate people from that area despite there being now 4000 times the the levels
it did. i mean, when you can shape meat into bones and not have the bones in them, how does it get any better than that. my son loves those strawberry smoothies. you might as well just give up, turn out the lights, the show s over. thank you. all right. funeral plans are still being finalized for elizabeth edwards who died of cancer tuesday morning. her death came a day after he thanked her supporters. norah o donnell is nbc s chief washington correspondent and she is in chapel hill for us this morning. what do we know about the final memorial plans for elizabeth edwards? well, good morning, chuck and savann savannah. i ve spoken to sources who say funeral plans are being finalized this morning, so we should know soon about a
todd fisher confirmed to cnn his mother passed away after rushed to the hospital with breathes proble problems in the afternoon. they were working on memorial plans for carrie fisher. at one point, todd said debbie reynolds said i miss carrie fisher and todd said she is with carrie now. that is basically how todd fisher relayed to us what happened. debbie reynolds, she would be the queen if carrie fisher is the princess. part of hollywood royalty. she got her start at a young age in singing in the rain. she was a star of stage and screen and plays. she was somebody who had a terrific complex life off screen. including her marriage to eddie fisher. let s look back on the life and