southern desert. fighters had been chasing the younger gadhafi for more than two weeks to the capital of libya right now, tripoli. what can you tell us about how this all unfolded? reporter: well, we re hearing from senior military officials among the revolutionary fighters who are telling us that the capture took place after a stake out, an 18 day stake out deep in the southern deserts of libya. we understand that is where saif gadhafi was hiding and they tell us they believe he was trying to make his way to neighboring niger. now after 18 days of this stake-out they finally moved in on a convoy at about 2:00 p.m. local time and after a gun battle that took place for about two hours they say that saif and members of his entourage surrendered to the revolutionary force and after that he was taken to the western mountain city where the fighters captured him came from where he s being held now in an undisclosed location. what s the overall reaction from ordinary people in t
environment clean. well, then there are excessive regulations that unnecessarily increase the cost for consumers and small businesses. and those excessive regulations are making it harder for our economy to create jobs. the congressional calendar is so full it appears congress won t even consider the jobs bill until october. the u.s. supreme court will review the case of texas death-row inmate duane buck. justices want to know whether a racist comment tainted his sentencing hearing. testified that blacks and hispanics are more likely to commit a future crime. buck s attorney doesn t dispute that he shot and killed two people in 1995, a third woman survived. i forgave him, yes, sir, i forgave him in 1995. i feel that justice will prevail. duane buck was eating what he thought would be his final meal when the supreme court called off last night s execution. amnesty international plans 300 vigils and rallies across the country tonight for troy davis, the georgia man face
united states has put some boots on ground in libya, eight of them. despite repeated assurances from the president that wouldn t happen. officials say four u.s. troops are in libya, not battalions troops. they are there to help assess damage on the embassy. statement released from district attorney gadhafi claiming the rebels are surrendering libya to foreigners. not clear where he may be. one of his sons is now in neighboring niger. officials there intend to detain saadi gadhafi who crossed over the border over the weekend. the website described it as a good to see you michael. you make anything of this? it is part of the gradual process of gadhafi s regime falling apart and any hope of
he ll lay it out thursday night to congress and the nation. democratic sources telling us tonight it calls for about $300 billion in tax breaks, incentives and other spending offset by equal amount of budget cuts. it s being described as a make or break moment for the president. we ll discuss it along with mitt romney s competing plan which he unveiled today. first jessica yellin. reporter: democratic sources in discussions with the white house confirm that $300 billion figure has been the working figure for the jobs package for at least a week now. it would mean as you say 300 billion in both spending and then cuts. the white house has said that this will be a revenue-neutral package. so that would mean that in addition to outlining the new spending, the president will also outline some cuts on thursday in his speech. but he would then put out a more detailed package later explaining more of those cuts when he makes his proposal to the deficit super committee. and i should
incentives and other spending offset by equal amount of budget cuts. it s being described as a make or break moment for the president. we ll discuss it along with mitt romney s competing plan which he unveiled today. first jessica yellin. reporter: democratic sources in discussions with the white house confirm that $300 billion figure has been the working figure for the jobs package for at least a week now. it would mean as you say 300 billion in both spending and then cuts. the white house has said that this will be a revenue-neutral package. so that would mean that in addition to outlining the new spending, the president will also outline some cuts on thursday in his speech. but he would then put out a more detailed package later explaining more of those cuts when he makes his proposal to the deficit super committee. and i should point out these numbers could change between now and thursday, anderson. just so i m clear, is that $300 billion in new spending and then an e