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good morning, we re happy you re with us this morning. welcome to early start , i m zoraida sambolin. we re bringing you the news a to z, get it? big story in d.c., roger clemens to be judged by a different group of people, baseball writers, the men and women who choose the hall of famers after he was acquitted on all of the charges in his perjury trial yesterday. the rocket denying all along he ever used performance enhancing drugs. yesterday his attorney insisted again that his legendary pitching career is not tainted. i hope those in the public that made up their mind before there was a trial will now back up and entertain the possibility of what he has always said, using steroid and hgh is cheating and totally contrary to his entire career. joe johns is live in washington and so, joe, long fight, four years, millions spent. big investigation. big prosecution and i suppose a big headline today a bad two weeks for the doj, first john edwards and now this. it ....
we re live on the las vegas strip where in just four hours, the republican hopefuls will face off in a cnn western presidential debate. tonight, herman cain is the candidate to beat. since the last debate one week ago in new hampshire, herman cain has continued to rise in the polls and is now the front-runner for the republican presidential nomination. he is joining me now. he s here in the situation room. we re in las vegas. mr. cain, thanks very much for coming in. how does that feel to be called the front-runner running for the nomination? the way it feels is that you got this big bull s eye on your back so that keeps gets bigger. it feels great, but as you know, the challenge is how do we continue that momentum and we believe we know how to do it. they re all going to come after you tonight. i m ready. have you been practicing? what are you doing? what i always do. in other words, i make sure i know where i stand on all the solutions i m putting on the t ....
viewers in the united states. we begin with breaking news out of libya. the sun is rising on what appears to be a new day in libya. however the square is quieter now. snipers would be in that area of the city. here are the latest devel developments. broadcast yet another pep talk to his supporters. tro i am with you, alongside with you in this fight. we will not give up. it appears that gadhafi s body guards did not share his conviction. insists that nato fighters returning the city into a held fighter. blamed nato for all those who had lost their lives in the fighting. every drop of libyan blood is the responsibility of the western world. and especially nato s countries. so we will hold mr. obama, mr. cameron morally responsible. for every single death that takes place in this country. nick one of the astonishing things is the way the libyan army has dissolved, especially in tripoli zits. what lie with the can you tell us about it? sort of a ring of steel ....
they re advancing toward moammar gadhafi s compound. ro ro nato said today fwa daffy s regime is, quote, crumbling. the libyan government denies any rebel gains and in an audio address on state-run tv, gadhafi vowed to fight to the end. reporter: you remember the million marches. i am with you. alongside with you. in this fight. we will not we re not going to give way or give up. a fierce gun battle broke out today near a hotel where many international reporters are staying. cnn s senior international correspondent matthew chance joins us now from tripoli. you have been staying at that hotel. give me an idea what you and other journalists are feeling about your safety with the gunfire surrounding the hotel. reporter: we re holed up on to one of the upper floors at the hotel. the gunfire, fredricka, isn t just outside the perimeter of the hotel. it s all over the city. the whole city is in a kind of mayhem as armed groups, rebels, gadhafi loyalists battle it out ....
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