let s dig deeper on the radical american cleric accused of inciting terror and holy war on the united states. should the u.s. government be able to put him and other american citizens abroad on a list for targeted killing? that is at the center of a lawsuit filed today by the civil liberty groups. our homeland security correspondent jeanne meserve has the details for us. what is going on? well, wolf, here is the deal, civil liberty groups want to bring the suit about the targeting list, but in effect, they say they have to follow government policy. reporter: the government says that anwar al awlaki is an enemy of america, but two civil liberty groups say that in pursuing him, the u.s. government is betraying its own constitutional principles.
were going to publish addresses, and that could have been a targeting list for terrorists. by all accounts now, the government convinced the washington post not to publish the addresses on the website. it looks like you see it there. plenty to see, plenty of locations around the united states where the intelligence community operates. barbara starr for us this morning. we ll get more reaction later in the day. thank you. president obama is expected to tackle the economy and tell republicans to get out of the way in a speech at the rose garden today. the white house says the president will call on congress to extend unemployment benefits for millions of americans, something the gop blocked three times in the past few weeks. you can watch the president s rose garden speech live at 10:30 a.m. eastern here on cnn and cnn.com/live. well, the latest economic push comes as the new poll from politico shows the economy is still weighing heavily on people s minds and weighing down
audio only message on libyan state television, calling on the people of islamic nations to stand with libya, and promising the international coalition he s ready for a fight. we promise you a long drawn war and patience that has no limits. forces send their own message on sunday bombarding gadhafi s compound in tripoli. libyan officials say no one was hurt, but brought western journalists to survey the damage. gadhafi was not a target, a military command and control center stationed there was. at this point i can guarantee he s not on a targeting list. sunday strikes continue with tomahawk missiles and jets. significantly damaging gadhafi s air defense sites and making way for an expanded no fly zone. we now have the ability to patrol airspace over libya, and we re doing just that, shifting to a more consistent and persistent air presence. today after a weekend of what
jen. u.s. he dense defense officials reiterated their war planes are not targeting muammar gaddafi and would not in the near future. at this point i can guarantee he s not on a targeting list. a seenus u.s. offense official didn t rule out he may have been involved in a strike on tripoli. officials say they re anxious to put a face on this mission as soon as possible. officials planning to hand over control in days not weeks. and some arab nations are coming with caveat was how those planes could be used. suggesting with a country the size of alaska it would make a bit more time. weapons could still be heard in the capitol. forces have fired more than 124 tomahawks from the uss
whether they had struck the compound. we have breaking reports that gaddafi s residence, can you guarantee that coalition forces are not the going to target gaddafi? at this particular point, i can guarantee s not on the targeting list. okay. was there a the rest of that is, if he happens to be in a place, if he s expected in a place and we don t have any idea he s there or not. but, we re not targeting his residence. reporter: u.s. officials did not rule out tonight, however, that it could have been british missiles or even french missiles that may have targeted the compound. it depends what the missiles were. if they were cruise missiles they could have within fired from a british submarine in the mediterranean right now. it s reportedly of the 124 tom