gunfire and explosions rocked the capital today. rebels say they re making substantial gains in their fight to seize the capital. reuters reports thousands of rebels were seen closing in on tripoli today. nato says moammar gadhafi s regime is, quote, crumbling. the libyan government denies the rebels are making any gains. but a government official who asked not to be named concedes that parts of the capital and its suburbs are no longer in government hands. in an audio address broadcast on state tv today, gadhafi vowed to fight until, quote, the last blood drops from every man and woman. a fierce gun battle broke out today near the hotel where many international journalists are staying. cnn s senior international correspondent matthew chance joins us live by phone from tripoli. matthew, you were in that very hotel. tell us more about what s happening around it. reporter: fredricka, it s a very bad line. i don t know whether you can hear me right now. it s more than just a
your financial security depends on your job and americans are looking to washington for answers. welcome to your $$$$$. president obama saying this week that he ll announce a new jobs initiative in september. john king is cnn s chief national correspondent. americans need help now. the president apparently is going to offer something next month. what s the delay? next month because the president says he wants to talk to his economic advisers. they re reaching out to ceos. the white house says this will not be a repackaging of things the president has put on the table. ali, you know those well. extending the payroll tax cut, which the administration says will not only put money in pockets, but hope to create jobs, extending unemployment insurance for people out there frustrated and can t find a job. there would be new proposals. the question is, what will they be. here s one question. we know some will involve spending. government spending. house republican leadership have
this hour two american hikers are now facing eight years in prison in iran. iranian state run television says josh fattal and shane bauer were sentenced today. the two have been locked up in iran since they were seized near the iraqi-kurdish border while hiking. a dramatic new security cam video of what happens on the streets of england and what happened during the riots in the uk. the footage showed masked, hooded troublemakers firing at unarmed officers. poli here in the u.s., the so-called west memphis three are enjoying their first full day of freedom after 18 years behind bars. the trio were released from prison yesterday after cutting a complicated deal with arkansas prosecutors. the men were convicted for the brutal killings of three cub scouts in 1992, a crime they have long maintained their never committed. an indiana community is saying goodbye to a hero. funeral services are being held for glen goodrich. goodrich died last week at the stage collapse last satu
case from new york. reporter: this is being reported by state run media and specifically a judiciary source talking with them tell iing the that the two hikers that remain in prison now, shane bauer and josh fattal, have been sentenced as you said to eight years. it is five years for spying as they put it, the words, cooperating with the american intelligence service. and three years each for illegally crossing the border into iran. now, this information, according to the lawyer, for the hikers, they have not officially he s not officially been told this yet, so he s still waiting for that and until then is withholding comment. and a third american was arrested with fattal and bauer. she was leased last year due to medical reasons. a military jet crashed to the at an air show in the united kingdom. it was one of the royal air force s precision aerobatic team, the red aeros. they were performing at a big aviation festival on the coast. no word on the pilot s condition.
we should address? not really, no. you re a politician. yeah. okay. i m being pulled away. you know, we turned down another interview for this. where are you going? you re leaving? absolutely extraordinary, dare i say it, surreal moment. christine o donnell, one-time tea party darling walks out of my studio rather than answering straightforward questions. you ve heard all about the fuss. and if you missed it, tonight we re going to reair the whole interview all over again. i m going to get some of the smartest people in politics and media to weigh in with their verdict. was it christine s day? or was it mine? all right. are we off? are we done? i m not. i m still here. decide for yourself. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening, i m here in san diego where i m doing an interview with presidential hopeful jon huntsman and that will air at monday night 9:00 p.m. eastern. but right now tonight, it s all about the scandal involving me and christine o donnell and t