secretary, says this would be dpig big time, effectively an attack on libya because you ve got to go and knock out the air defense system, the surface-to-air missiles, crater the runways and john mccain s got his response. he s very outspoken on that, also recognizing the opposition as the legitimate government of libya. john mccain, the ranking member of the senate armed services committee will be my guest later today in the situation room at 5:00 p.m. eastern. we ll check in with you a little later this hour. another political ticker update in half an hour. you can always hop online to get the latest news off the political ticker. go to cnnpolitics.com or on twitter at political ticker. i want to begin with a story just in from arizona. i know you know who this is, jared lee loughner, in court in tucson, arizona. in fact, he grind when he walked in, all according to our
he s not going to try to mediate some sort of resolution between the nfl owners/players dispute. he said he has some other stuff going on and i think we all agree with him. wolf, thank you so much. another political ticker update in half an hour. you can always go online, go to cnnpolitics.com, and they re also on twitter. go to @politicalticker. top of the hour now. watch this. libya is not like tunisia or egypt. our own ben wedeman says this is becoming a war. i m brooke baldwin, the news is now. moammar gadhafi is now officially on notice. international prosecutors warning, bomb your own people, we ll come after you. so if there is now proof, what happens next? let the battle begin. in two weeks, the government could shut down unless congress makes a deal. well, today something is happening, behind closed doors at the white house.
love the florida sunshine. jess yellin, thanks. go find rick scott, maybe he ll give you a free vacation. palm trees for the weekend. quick update from a political ticker update. fox news and former senator rick santorum, they have parted ways indicating santorum may be making a run for president come 2012. he will be john king s guest tonight. don t miss jk usa 7:00 p.m. eastern. breaking developments in the shooting in germany involving the u.s. troops. also, nine afghan civilians, including children, killed in an air strike, and it s prompting general david petraeus to issue a rare apology. plus, apple introducing its ipad 2. what s new about it? how much does it cost? plus perhaps the most important item about that. someone made a surprise appearance at that event. i m sure can you guess who that was. they are lining up right now. reporter roulette next.
we re about to talk germany, what happened there in frankfurt. wolf, thank you. want to remind everyone we get another political ticker update for you in half an hour. go to cnnpolitics.com for the latest fresh off the ticker news or go to political ticker. two american troops shot and killed at an american airport. who was accused of pulling the trigger and why? i m brooke baldwin. the news is now. libya s defiant leader strikes back. the plane dropped a bomb. moammar gadhafi launches air strikes against his own people. they protest at the funerals of american shoulders shouting anti-gay insults as families grieve. today why the supreme court says westboro baptist can yell hate in public. plus, is getting a pat-down
brothers won it was 35 years ago so to get them back where they belong in victory lane is so cool. i mean, everybody here, they deserve it so much, and they they put their work in, that s for sure. and apparently bayne also found this school. he started in terms of twitter with something like 6,000 twitter followers, jumped to 16,000 in the hour after he ran listen to me, ran the race, won the race and last time we checked he had 25,000. i m thinking that s going up from there. now for the latest political ticker update, she s no, she s not on twitter, gloria borger, trying to get you on twitter. you have. you would have a lot of followers as well. live for me in washington. what do you have on this presidents day. reporter: well, because it is presidents day let s talk about would-be presidents. one of them is haley barbour who is spending this lovely day up in des moines, iowa, his first trip as potential presidential contender. he s meeting with people who