swiftly mixed the bill or nixed a bill, rather, by house speaker john boehner, meantime, the clock is ticking, so isn t it time to end the political maneuvering and do something to solve the crisis? joining us now, louisiana congressman john fleming a republican and we thank you, sir, for joining us and i know you re very busy today so we appreciate your time. let s get to it, congressman fleming. the house and senate seem to past each other and senator reid s bill will be the same thing in the house. a tit for tat or one calls it a ten miss match, nothing getting done in congress. what s going on? well, remember, that the only bill that was ever passed, which is cut, cap and balance, that would actually prevent a downgrade because the agencies that rate these tell us, it look, it s the debt not the debt ceiling that we re going to rate you on.
of tripoli which is a key shipping support and the commanders have taken control with a message for qaddafi. out. out. out. get out qaddafi. today. shepard: god willing, out today, the rebels will take ajdabiya. and now to the capital of tripoli. what is holding up the rebels? reporter: after a week of airstrikes that established the no-fly zone and targeting qaddafi government forces, the rebels still have yet to take that city and it is, of course, the key crossroads to advance to the west, if they will march on tripoli. despite the airstrikes targeting qaddafi tanks, there is still a miss match in battle power on the ground. qaddafi forces still have tanks and rockets and the rebels just