tripoli, if the passion in benghazi is anything to go back, is that once the sun sets there will be more demonstrations, and this ramping up to be quite an evening in tripoli for the citizens and the security forces of moammar gadhafi. fionnuala sweeney covering the libyan protests as best she can from cairo. as we watch the protests on our sligstelevisions, it may se that the protests blend together. tom foreman takes a look at a movement started in egypt and tunisia that is spreading across the arab world. reporter: if you look at the countries in the middle east with problems right now, they all have slightly different reasons, but they also have commonalitities. chief among them, large, young
bloomberg beyond his city limits. he is a billionaire, a republican, a democrat and can you spell coalition. are you saying you are not looking at the possibility of running. no. i m not looking at the possibility of running. would you change your mind? no. no way, no how? no way, no how. iraq commander david petraeus said no to commander in chief. and no, no, a thousand times no from the country s top diplomat. are you planning to run for president once again? no. no. i am not. reporter: really, no kidding? she repeats it early and often. i have said it over and over again. you are done with elected office? i am. i m very happy doing what i m doing. i m not in any way interested in pursuing anything in elective office. reporter: the constant pursuit of an answer other than
figure this out on their own time. both chambers are off all week. let s go to white house correspondent dan loathian. not much time to hammer out a short-term spending plan. reporter: that s right. the deadline approaches march 4th, when the continuing resolution currently funding the government expires. the last time we saw anything like this happen was in 1995, and lawmakers are trying to make sure that doesn t happen again. we heard on the sunday morning talk shows some of the lawmakers involved in negotiations saying that they hoped they could reach a compromise, but there are still a lot of sticking points here. republicans want deep spending cuts, and democrats think some of the spending cuts are excessive. we saw over the weekend where house republicans passed this spending resolution looking for $61 billion in cuts, and senate democrats saying this doesn t stand a chance of passing. meanwhile, president obama amid the finger pointing is urging caution considering what s at
cause cervical cancer and teens should pay extra close attention to this warning since many are under the impression oral sex is not anything to worry about. flu has reached the epidemic level in the u.s., according to the centers of disease control. we are told the flu is circulating in all 50 states. each year 200,000 americans are hospitalized with the virus. 37,000 people will die. cdc encourages vaccinations for people over 6 months old. health experts say talk to your doctor before getting the shot. we are a year away from votes being cast in the 2012 election. some big name politicians are saying no way, no how to running. a new reason to check your mailbox. the invitations have been sent for the impending royal wedding of prince william and kate middleton.
mayor? he will know real soon. paul steinhauser is working the story for us. today is the last full day of campaigning for the candidates. tomorrow is the election day. the winner will succeed long-time mayor richard daley. the polls indicate he is by far the overwhelming favorite. will the former chief of staff to barack obama win over 50% of the vote, and if he does, he avoids a runoff in april. a lot of attention tomorrow on chicago. all right. big political book releases and more than just about selling books, right? isn t it that way in the world of politics? mike huckabee, the former, saw governor, thinking of running for the white house. his book comes out, and guess where the book tour takes him? the crucial early caucus and primary states. scott brown, the senator from massachusetts, the republican senator from massachusetts