involvement in libya. i want to go straight to the white house, straight to brianna keilar who has this report. brianna, i don't know if you have it in your hand, what are you learning? >> reporter: you know, brooke, i'm not sure what has gone up to the hill at this point but i did just get off a call with senior administration officials but the sort of crux that the president will make for why he's not in violation of war powers act resolution is something that was discussed. and i can talk to you about that. and with argument, this isn't really a surprise to some experts, especially one that i spoke to yesterday. it's basically that they welcome the white house -- the white house welcomes authorization from congress, but doesn't feel that it needed it, to be consistent with the war powers resolution. and to be clear, what that law says, is that the president can commit troops overseas for up to 60 days. and then if he doesn't have authorization, those troops need to be withdrawn, within 30 days. well, th

people in libya show reporters damage in their neighborhood. they claim nato air strikes hit their homes and injured civilians. hear about a secret note given to a journalist that put their story in doubt. >>> and third, party chaos. yes, a sweet 16 party with a social media lesson. how one teen accidentally invited thousands of party guests. and the chaos that forced her to flee her own party. you can vote by texting 22360. text 1 for afghanistan drawdown. 2 for faked air strikes. or 3 for party chaos. winning story is going to air later this hour. >>> cnn crews on the ground now in tripoli are reporting 35 nato air strikes today. and there are reports that some targeted moammar gadhafi's compound. now, the libyan leader took to state tv with a defiant message. that happened just a short time ago. i want to bring in our dan rivers who joins us in tripoli. dan, tell us about this message from gadhafi. what did he say, how was it delivered? >> reporter: yeah, it was a message of defiance, again, suzanne. he's been on state tv talking about we wi

involvement in libya, gates favors the same wait it out philosophy. he says u.s. and nato forces are winning. >> i think this is going to end okay. i think gadhafi will eventually fall. my own bet would be he will not step down voluntarily, but somebody will make that decision for him. either his military or his family. >> reporter: but congress wants answers, putting the president's feet to the fire over nato action in libya. insisting lawmakers should be allowed to vote on u.s. involvement. but some republicans are embracing the end goal. >> so from my republican point of view, the president needs to step up his game to libya but congress should sort of shut up and not empower gadhafi. >> the end game in afghanistan and libya will be left to his successor at the defense department. cia director leon panetta. he'll have to carry on gates's hunt for big cuts in defense spending. fred? >> sandra endo, thanks so much from washington. >>> jobs, jobs, jobs. it's on everyone's mind these days. our career coach says it's all about training, next. i don't always have tim

one of the big ones has to do with libya. a lot of news on libya this week. and speaker boehner alerted the president in a letter a little earlier this week saying that as of sunday, tomorrow, that he would consider the president in violation of the war powers resolution if the president didn't seek congressional authorization for having u.s. troops involved in libya. the white house came out and said they weren't going to seek it, they felt that they were within the law to not seek that congressional authorization. that's one big issue. also, we're in the middle of these debt ceiling negotiations that are going on. vice president biden has been up on the hill talking with republicans and democrats. he is, as you know, fred, in this as well as ohio governor john kasich who used to be a member of the house budget committee. the timing is just intriguing. >> it certainly is, brianna. later, when we get more images, hopefully we can see whether there are smiles there on the golf course given this kind of potential friction you just spelled out for us. >> reporte

we begin in libya with nato is investigating libya's claim that a nato strike killed nine people. they took journalists on a tour of the neighborhood today and a nato spokesman spoke with our t.j. holmes. >> we had on this occasion we are looking at this matter. and we have to look carefully because nato were operating in tripoli last night. they were operating in northern tripoli. and therefore, we have take it it. it was tutting a huge risk on the viflans in the area. at the end of the day our pilots are very well trained and we use sophisticated, precision guided weapons. let's be clear. you can reduce risks in every way possible. >>> else where are in libya, hospital records indicate that at least eight people died, most of them rebels in fighting. >>> robert gates today confirmed that the u.s. is holding preliminary peace talks with afghan rebels. hamid karzai confirmed it. gates described the discussion with taliban rebels as very preliminary. >> real reconciliation talks are not likely to make headway until at least this winter. i think the taliban have to feel under milita

see now sees her life being outside libya. she doesn't feel safe there from gadhafi's loyalists who might be able to get to her even if she was in the east of libya. she's got her sights now firmly set on getting to the united states if she can on some sort of refugee program. she's a lawyer. she wants to continue her legal studies and she sees the united states as being the best place for her. she really wants to put this part of her life behind them, much as she's got family and friends back in libya. it's what she really would like as well is just to get over this horrible stress and strain that she's been put through. none of this -- none of it -- is what she wanted from the moment of that gang rape to all the sort of shuttling between countries. it's -- she wants a normal life. she wants what all of us want. it is just eluded her for the past few months now. >> nic, how likely is it that she would be able to go to the united states? does she have support? >> she certainly seems to. we know that secretary of state hillary

military mission in libya. also house speaker jon boehner is demanning that the president explain the u.s. operation by friday. he said the president -- if the president doesn't get authorization from coming by sunday, he could be in sky lags of the war powers act. congress passed the war powers act in 1973, in the aftermath of the vietnam war. it sets a 60-day deadline for the president to get approval after deploying troops to hostile areas. if the president doesn't get approval. the mission must end within 30 days. that 30 day period ends sunday. >>> the white house insists it's complying with the war powers act. the obama administration could send reports today. i want to bring the white house correspondent, reanna keiler, seems to be the latest move, pressure on the white house to do something before this deadline. first of all, is there any reaction to the possibility of members of congress actually filing this lawsuit now? >> at this point, we don't have reaction on that, that's sort of a new development

involvement on libya in the libya offensive. let's get straight on our cnn correspondent on capitol hill. tell us more. >> reporter: the answer is the house does not support authorization for the president's mission in libya. it failed pretty dramatically. 123-295. the fellow democrats were interestingly pretty split, but republicans voted no to the question of whether or not congress should authorize limited force in libya. this is something that republicans put on the house floor in order to show the president does not have support for this mission, this nato-led mission in libya because of the way the way he dealt with congress and not come to congress and sought authorization. this is the first of two votes we will see today. probably in a little bit more than an hour, we will see an important vote. that will be whether or not to defund, sharply defund parts of the military mission, at least the combat part of the mission. that is also expected to be a blow, a big blow to the president. it's expected to pass. so this is a do

involvement in military operations in libya. speaker john boehner and other lawmakers were not satisfied with the white house's response to questions and growing concern here, that the president can d not adequately consult with the congress on libya. >>> i'm in new york. a critical week ahead for wall street with the federal reserve set to meet. no major changes are expected on interest rates but investors are waiting to hear how the feds plan to tackle the challenges of the slowing economic recovery. since the central bank's last meeting, job growth has slowed, stocks have stumbled and prices have rizs. so a lot of ahead for the market today. jeff will cover it all on "cnn money." >> that's something else we'll be keeping a close eye on this week on the economic front, the debt crisis in greece that has the potential to van impact here in the u.s. and a lot of places around the world. meanwhile, small businesses have been hit hard by the economic downturn. experts say a sign we're digging ourselves out of economic hard times i

military operation in libya. the house turned down a resolution today that would express support for the american involvement. this is a live picture you are seeing. you are seeing ron paul speaking on the floor right now. a live picture, and he is a republican presidential candidate as well. they're expected to vote on another measure that would severely respect for the military funding in libya. we will have live coverage of that for you when it happens. >>> president obama is hoping to come to an agreement with senate leaders about cutting the deficit. he will hold separate meetings monday with harry reid and mitch mcconnell in hopes that ending the stalemate on the debt ceiling. the white house will discuss a ways to find a bipartisan solution. advisory president biden expected to be at both meetings. >>> and president obama at a fund-raising event in new york last night he said out right that gay and lesbian couples should be awarded equal rights but did not go as far as using the word marriage. new york sta

on libya, he was -- not libya. on afghanistan, he was asked to define victory in the war in afghanistan. he would not say the word victory. he said he believes we succeed on two points. one to make sure al qaeda could not attack the united states, and two, to make sure the afghan people could protect themselves and in that way we could be successful in our mission. were you satisfied with that explanation, seeing on the heels of the attack we just saw in kabul? >> no. when he was asked about afghanistan and the drawdown, the president pivoted to talking about al qaeda, and that's because he has seen successes there, especially the killing of osama bin laden. but the recent attacks have been conducted by the taliban, and not once did he mention the word taliban. what you were waiting to hear is you would suspect with the two attacks yesterday, he would have been very clear that we're not going to negotiate with them while they're blowing up hotels and civilians. not a word. he was not pressed on it but he did not vo

pthese are two countries on different pages when it comes to the global policies of afghanistan and libya, but today, it was all about accentuating the positive. >> there is hardly any global issue where we don't consult one another. i have said before, i always value angela's intelligence and frankness and approach to issues, and i trust her. and as she said herself, it is fun to work together. it has been again fun today. even as we have addressed some very urgent challenges. >> brianna keilar live there for the white house, and brianna, the things that president obama and chancellor merkel a agree on are the fun parts to quote the president are the easy part, but i want to talk about libya, because the chancellor, wanted five nations to abstain from the national security council's vote to abstain from the air strike, and is that an issue today is? >> well, the reporters tried to get at that in the press conference, but no way that we saw president obama and chancellor merkel airing any of the thorny disagreements even though germany did not vote on the resolution, as you mentioned, and

military options in libya. the speaker, john boehner, a lot of other republicans and a bunch of democrats as well are not happy the president has gone beyond 90 days with the u.s. nato military operation in lib wra without getting formal congressional authorization. they'd like to see the war powers resolution used in this particular case. the u.s. has spent by the end of september, will have spent about $1.1 billion launching bombs, missiles and other weapons at targets in libya. they say the war powers resolution applies. the white house says these are not, quote, hostilities, as defined in the war powers resolution. that debate goes on. sort of an embarrassing setback to a certain degree for the white house today. on another issue, the white house did announce that the president starting monday will take charge of the negotiations with the republicans and the democrats in the house and senate to deal with this debt ceiling, as you know, and all of our viewers by now know, the treasury department, timothy gei

just one more, the war powers debate in libya. that continues to brew with people on both sides saying the president shouldn't have done what he did. lots to talk about. notably domestic and international at the same time. >> all right. jill dougherty, we will take that live in the next hour. you can see it here on cnn. what should the president say to the nation that is confronting so many issues right now? we will get advice from david gergin. what would he advise president barack obama if he were there next to him? >>> sarah palin was the star attraction at the premier of "the undefeated." as you know, many analysts are saying, there might be more behind the movie here. cnn's joe johns is joining us from pella, iowa where the movie was shown last night. some say this is her way to say she is running for president, but it did not happen. >> reporter: everyone had something complimentary to say. should she choose to get in, she could have her pick. there were people who said she had been characitured about the news media over the

is tapping into the oil reserves because of the crisis in libya. the energy department says it will release 30 million barrels of oil to offset the supply reductions. 27 other countries will also release 30 million additional barrels. the crisis in libya resulted in the loss of about 1.5 million barrels of oil per day. >>> the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff say afghan security forces are making big strides and taking the lead in some cases in afghanistan. admiral mike mullen told lawmakers that president obama's decision on troop withdrawal are more risky than he initially would accept. >>> casey anthony's mom may take the stand today and we'll take you live to orlando right after this short break. ck fast with t. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums discover aveeno positively radiant tinted moisturizers with scientifically proven soy complex and natural minerals. give you sheer coverage instantly, then go on to even skin tone in four weeks. aveeno tinted moisturizers. and today, we're re-

military involvement in libya. some of the questions we expect to be answered today, why the president hasn't sought congressional authorization for having troops. the white house has said they are in compliance with the war powers resolution that says he can have troops overseas for or abroad for up to 60 days and, after that, if he doesn't have congressional authorization, they need to be pulled out within 30 days. friday is the deadline for that. that is where that letter came from speaker boehner yesterday. also, some of the other questions, what is the goal in libya? how does the president hope to achieve it and what is the government going to be? a lot of tension between congress and the white house and we have seen it come to a bit of a head today. >> we have this congressional picnic that is going to be there on the white house lawn. i can just imagine what the dinner talk is going to be. this could be a little awkward. >> yeah. you know, let's be honest. a whole other going on over the deficit reduction ta

. >>> we've heard the accusations of widespread rape in libya. now there may be proof. >> after weeks of hearing of these cell phone rape videos, we for the first time have a copy of one. >> horrifying moments of one woman being assaulted. this is a cnn exclusive. >>> some of the weapons u.s. troops use are being made with counterfeit parts, and they're coming from china. i'll speak live with one senator about why the chinese are refusing to help investigate. >>> and -- the moments that really matter. >> i was hoping that we would make it home in time for father's day. welcome back. the feds have sent out a warning that terrorists could be targeting specific americans, including people from the government, people within business, members of the media even. we're gathering the facts right now. more on the potential hit list and who's behind it. first after the three weeks of the drip, drip, drip of revelations, growing calls to leave, the inevitable has happened. anthony weiner resigns for sending lewd pictures of himself to women he met online. t

he needs the nato commitment for the operation in libya. so it may be a candid bob gates but candid at a very awkward time. kyra? >> no doubt. barbara starr at the pentagon, barbara, thanks. >> i guess we could only imagine how gates speech went over with the nato council. we have a former commander to tell us what he thinks. so, general, you know, gates is being pretty direct here. he is basically saying, hey, nato, you are not pulling your weight. is that fair? >> it is fair. i think it has been going on ever since the fall of the berlin wall. i think what has to happen is nato is not a club. it is a military alliance. it has commitments. it has obligations. what you have to do is match those requirements or missions with resources. nato has not been doing that. libya is a good case. >> so let me ask you this. i'll just be blunt. is the mission here to sort of destabilize gadhafi and his forces or is the mission here to kill him, to take him out? >> i think you have to be very clear and clarity of mission is extremely important. i think s

gadhafi has ruled libya since 1969. his government is expected to ignore the warrants. >>> to yemen which remains in a state of unrest. president has been in a hospital ever since he was wounded in an attack earlier this month. he continues to cling to power despite numerous demands he steps down. cnn's nick robertson is the only western network reporter in yemen. there were reports that sala would make a public appearance in yemen or saudi arabia. do you know if that's happened? >> reporter: it doesn't appear as if it's going to happen right now. we've had a presidential adviser saying in the middle of last week that president sala was about to come back. the adviser then said that saleh would make a public statement. it wasn't clear if he would do it in saudi arabia or in yemen. earlier ted, we hoday, we had t principal spokesman saying that's not correct. no public statement by the president, but what it does is sort of a drum beat to those loyal to president saleh that he is under pressure to step down and he's igno

got involved in libya. why not syria? and this just in. cnn has finally gotten in the country to see for ourselves what is going on there. we have new video just coming in from syria. ♪ you love money ♪ well, you know i love it too ♪ ♪ you love money ♪ well, you know i love it too ♪ ♪ i work so hard at my job ♪ and then i bring it home to you ♪ ♪ i love money in my pocket ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] with amazing innovation, driven by relentless competition, wireless puts the world at your command. ♪ i thought it was over here... ♪ [car horn honks] our outback always gets us there... ... sometimes it just takes us a little longer to get back. ♪ >>> time now for the help desk where we get answers to your financial questions. joining me is greg mcbride, a senior financial expert and linette is founder of the advice column. i have money sitting in a savings account. my bank wants to invest it in a commodities basket for five years. the gains have been 6%. the principal is fdic-insured. is this a wise move? >> if you ha

>> we're going to talk about what is going on in libya, among other subjects. the top state official department, jeffrey felton and i'm going to ask, as it changed from not just protecting libyan people gadhafi forces but going beyond even regime change and is the mission not a kill to as sas nate, to target moammar gadhafi and kill him and get him out of the way. we have questions for jeffrey. he's going to be joining us live in the next hour. i think our viewers will want to see this interview. >> wolf, thanks so much. meanwhile, to our viewers, have you heard about the tracy morgan controversy? we've gotten an apology as this thing continues to escalate. >>> trending today, tracy morgan's stand-up has been perceived as an anti-gay rant rather than a performance. morgan would pull out a knife and stab his own son if he found out the boy was gay. today he issued a statement, an apology. he said, i want to apologize to my fans and gay and lesbian community. i'm not a hateful person and don't condone violence behavior among others. my friends know what is in my

. >>> libya says nato air strikes kill innocent civilians. now, it claims to have shot down an allied apache. nato says not so fast. it was an unmanned drone. >>> wrestling the job of his former boss. jon huntsman is specked to announce he is running for president. we will be there live. >>> five days after disgraced congressman anthony weiner announced he will quit. today it becomes official. his resignation letter will be read into the record ending this chapter of his cessting scandal. >>> the longest war in u.s. and tomorrow will mark the beginning of the end. president obama due to announce the long awaited details of how many u.s. troops will be leaving afghanistan. right now, nearly 100,000 americans are serving in uniform there. that is twice the number of u.s. troops when president obama took office. last year alone, the war cost americans taxpayers $120 billion. most importantly, more than 1,600 u.s. troops have died in that war. dan lothian at the white house. dan, we just got new information on the president's announcement. i unde

taking a tough stand against the president on libya. some members are saying that the leadership wants doesn't go far enough. what are you hearing? >> reporter: it is fascinating. you're exactly right. there was a meeting that wrapped up among house republicans. we heard this last night, is to have a vote, a couple of votes tomorrow on libya and the most important vote was planned to be -- it was a resolution to say that u.s. military troops would be removed from hostilities in the libyan mission, that they would not be allowed to engage in hostilities. guess what? that was not strong enough, according to several republicans. we're told this by our intrepid producer outside of that meeting. she says there's a lot of frustration, saying not far enough, not tough enough. we're told that they are going to toughen up that language and that congress wants to use the power of the purse and that the u.s. would defund any kind of military option that is engaged in libya right now that has anything to do with the hostility. this is a very intere

her yesterday back to libya. activists say al obeidy arrived with a black eye and bruises on her legs. the u.n. refugee agency calls her forced return a violation of international law. >>> former bosnian serb war commander ratko mladic made his first appearance before a war crimes tribal at the hague today. he refused to enter a plea on charges that he ordered the massacre of thousands of muslims during the bossy nan war. his demeanor was described as defiant and combative. >> translator: i would like to receive what you've read out just now, these obnoxious charges leveled against me. >> assisted suicide advocate dr. jack kevorkian died today in detroit. kevorkian helped more than 100 terminally ill people end their lives during the 1990s. earning him the nickname dr. death. he went to prison in 1999 for eight years. kevorkian gave his last tv interview to cnn's dr. sanjay gupta and it happened a year ago this month. >> any regrets about anything? >> no. >> none? >> no. no. the only regrets i have is i could hav

military involvement over libya. opponents led by house speaker john boehner accuse the president of violating the war powers rule. mr. obama sent a report to congress saying permission is not needed because u.s. forces are not engaged in hostilities and are serving in a support role. the 1973 law says presidents must end a mission after notifying congress unless lawmakers give the okay for the operation to continue. >>> another celebrity is speaking out against same-sex marriage. on the same day that the new york state assembly approved a same-sex marriage bill, former giant's receivers warned of dire consequences if the legislation became law. its today's sound affect. >> if they pass the gay marriage bill, you know, and i guess you can say my peace is in god's sovereignty. what i know what will happen if this comes forth is this will be the beginning of our country sliding towards, you know, it's a strong word, but anarchy. >> he made the comments in a video released by the national organization for marriage which

it's not clear who will represent libya in the talks or when they'll begin. earlier this month the united nations declared gadhafi a legitimate target. that followed more than two months of nato-led bombings in libya. >>> the flooding in minot, north dakota is not expected to get any worse than it is now. the swollen source river has krefed and will slowly recede over the next week. up to 4,000 homes have been flooded to some degree representing one-third the city. residents have been ordered to boil their tap water before drinking or cooking. >>> now that vice president joe biden's budget talks have collapsed, president obama is getting directly involved

mccain says he backs military action in libya and is adamant that the u.s. mission to afghanistan continue. >>> music fans are mourning the loss of clarence clemons today. the saxophonist was bruce springsteen's side kick for almost 40 years. he was influential in establishing the sound of the e street band. at 6'4", clemons towered on stage. he died from complications of a stroke he suffered last week. clemons was 69. >>> in other news, tomorrow, new york could become the newest state to legalize same-sex marriage. the state assembly approved the measure last week. the republican controlled senate is expected to take a crack at it before it goes on recess. the measure will likely face a tougher battle amongst the conservative lawmakers. same-sex marriages are currently legal in the district of columbia and five states, including massachusetts, connecticut, iowa, vermont and new hampshire. >>> many same-sex couples, as you can imagine, are hoping the bill will pass. that includes a new york couple who has been together for more than 60 years. they're sharing

you have libya, gas prices, economic, what's the story? >> the world we're getting from the administration, and they did this in conjunction with the international agency, so it was a global move. they say it's because of the supply shrinkage we have seen due to the unrest in libya. libya is a small, small oil exporters, about 2% of the world's oil, but they say they're losing about 2 million. they say this is in response to libya. but this is also a political move. this comes as we got bad news from the fed on the state of the u.s. economy, and what chuck schumer says, this is a shot in the arm that american consumers and the u.s. economy needs. what this means is next month, if not sooner, you're going to see your prices of gas go down. that's what we've seen happen to oil all right. already crude was down more than 10% this month alone. right now today, it fell almost 4.5% largely on this news. right now $3 puff 91 on average. the thought, the thinking is that if energy prices, your gas prices go down, you're going to spend more money o

libya really is small and insignificant when you compare it to syria. big country, major country in the region. big economy. pretty strong military. and then also you have to pull together a coalition. the u.s. -- there's no way the u.s. is going to do this independently. at this point even the countries in the region are kind of fearful of taking action because if you touch this hornet's nest, what will happen next? let's say if assad goes, a lot of fear that the next thing that could happen in syria could be another iran. and so, you know, everybody's holding back and they say it's a terrible situation. but what you're going to see, you know, are you going to see some type of military action? it could take a while. >> it's one thing to hear these harsh words, the drum beat of abuse, and quite another to actually take action. jill doherty following the action out of syria in the state department. >>> then there's this whole other story. this blog. it was the gay girl in damascus plog. so the trials and the tribulations of this lesbian writer turned out

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she has been forced to return to libya, but in an area that the rebels control. we bring in nic robertson in the hague to explain the update on where al obeidy has been forcibly deported from the country where she was once considered safe and vocal in speaking about the rape charges. nic? >> reporter: suzanne it seems eman al obeidy can't get a break, she spent a month in qatar taken there by the rebels. once she escaped libya, why qatar because qatari authorities heavily support the rebels. she'd been disappointed with the rebels, frustrated they were trying to perhaps she felt maybe use her a little bit while she was just trying to recover from the emotional strain of everything she had been through, the rape and the pressure of living in tripoli, not knowing, she said, if she was going to die from one day to the next. what had happened was she had asked the united nations high commission for the refugees to give her refugee status, they granted her that status and her parents had come to visit her but it seems the qatari authorities had put her under essential

involvement in libya. so while there isn't, shall we say, a lot of teeth behind it, maybe, it's a strong statement coming from not only the president's own democrats but also republicans as well. i should say that the white house has issued a response before the vote happened before calling these resolutions. >> hugo chavez and off the venezuela coast is just a harmless wind farm. rafael and super specific cities and have you translate and let's listen to the sound bite first. >> so you don't even have to speak spanish. he's not being serious. he's talking with a very straight face and says we have missile launchers here in venezuela and they are pointed towards washington, new york, and miami. and he's very serious and then at the end, he kind of smiles a little bit and says, by the way, this is a joke. it's really his way of criticizing a report that is in a newspaper saying that venezuela that is working closely with iran to buy and build missile launchers and he says in reality what the satellite must

and then the other issue is libya. it is so intriguing the timing of this round of golf because tomorrow is 90 days after president obama initially notified congress he was sending really troops into this operation in libya. and this week, speaker boehner said to the president, sent him a letter saying his thought on the matter and the thought of many members of congress was that the white house was going to be in violation of the war powers resolution for not seeking congressional authorization, something the white house said they don't feel legally that they need to do. so some pretty important issues of national security and the economy that could have been discussed on the golf course and, again, we're still awaiting the scores and we'll bring those to you as soon as we get them, fred. want to see who won, of course. >> brianna keilar, thanks so much, at the white house, appreciate that. sticking with politics today is the final day of the republican leadership conference in new orleans, the biggest gop gathering u

that meeting is in abu dhabi, considering plans with libya, without abu dhabi's charge. the international support, traditional government will succeed him. if you're wondering why we focus on the video, you can see that's the wife of embattled congressman, anthony weiner, huma abedin is the wife of the embattled congressman, new reports surfacing today that she is pregnant. she is traveling with secretary of state hillary clinton. as we've reported, one of clinton's closest aides. former president -- actually kate bolduan on capitol hill now, as she's monitoring the pressure that seems to be growing by the minute. now we're getting this statement from representative schwartz, came and talk about this earlier this morning. coming forward, saying he should definitely resign. let's talk about why her call to action, we shall say is so significant right now. >> yes. this is a congressman from pennsylvania. our viewers might not know her so much on the national stage but she is significant in this regard, in this aspect and her calling for congressman weiner to resign because

. >>> as fighting continues in libya pressure is mounting at the u.s. capital. house republicans want to limit the u.s. involvement to a noncombat role. and senators john mccain and john cakerry are opposing the legislation that would allow the president to continue without that approval. >>> and then the violence in libya is raging on. civilians now are getting caught in the cross fire. we have a report from misrota. >> reporter: this boy is burned and in shock, and somehow he manages a weak smile from his hospital bed. and earlier in the week a rocket slammed into his district. his 14-year-old bother was not a fighter but died like so many others in the last four months, without rhyme or reason. he was killed here instantly while washing his hands at the sink before evening prayers. his uncle rushed to the scene when he heard the blast. i found this place was on fire, he recalls. he was here. i threw water on him and then took him to the ambulance, but he was already dead. dinner from the night before is still on the stove. a family's life frozen in time by a

worked closely with officials in europe and libya to get her out of libya and provide her with the support needs. >>> and the fighting in syria is the deadliest. opposition protesters clashed with government troops in the northeast of syria. a television station there says that 120 security forces were ambushed by what they called armed gangs who reportedly set government buildings on fire. we are working to get confirmation on the figures and more details. so stay tuned for that. >>> to arizona where crews are fiting the third largest wildfire in that state's history. look at these images with me. the massive fire near the arizona/new mexico border has already destroyed just about 200,000 acres. pushed along by strong winds, dry temperatures, but here's the tough number here, right now, the fire is zero percent contained. zero. the winds are picking up more and more than 2,000 people have had to leave their homes. arizona governor jan brewer calling this fire horrific. we know that there are a couple of other fires burning in the southeast part of the state, but chad myers, i want to brin

. >>> planning is under way for a libya without moammar gadhafi in charge. secretary of state, hillary clinton and other members of the international community are meeting today in abu dhabi. their aim is to build support for libya's transitional government, even though gadhafi is bowing to fight for the death. >> groups say hackers breach computer systems and viewed customer information last month. the company said it affected about 1% of bank card customers. the hackers got to see name, account numbers and contact information, but the bank said social security numbers, and card security codes, were not compromised. >>> more details now on the growing calls by democrats for congressman anthony weiner to resign. one college said weiner has disgraced the congress and to add to the uproar, there's a new explicit photo that has now turned up on the internet. i want to bring in cnn congressional correspondent, kate bolduan. obviously there seems to be a lot of pressure that is mounting. do we think there is a breaking point. do we think the congressman will be a

. >>> delegates from the african union are meeting again to try to hammer out a cease fire in libya. and who is not at the negotiating table? libyan leader moammar gadhafi. they did not specify who if anyone is representing libya. >>> the venezuelan government denies reports that hugo chavez is in critical condition. a spanish language newspaper in the u.s. cite intelligence sources as saying chavez has prostate cancer. they say the president is recovering from surgery in cuba. >>> greg allman has been making music for over four decades but all of those years of life on the road finally caught up with him. in today's human factor, dr. sanjay gupta gives us a peek into his battle with hepatitis c and liver cancer. >> rules of the day were don't mess with my wife, don't sit on my harly and do not mess with my -- ♪ >> reporter: rock legend greg allman the good old days were filled with great times and great music, a lot of this at the big house in make con, georgia. >> we thought we should go find us a big huge house, what we called a big huge hippie crash pad. >> reporter: today that

fighting near misratah, libya, today killed at least seven people according to to a hospital spokeswoman there. among them a woman who died when a rocket struck her home. also today, a rebel spokesman says his fighters killed about 100 troops loyal to moammar gadhafi in fighting west of tripoli. >>> new images today of gadhafi, libyan state tv has shown video of the libyan leader playing chess. it identifying his opponent as the president of the world chess federation. during the video the camera shows a tv screen displaying today's date. there's no word on where the video was shot. >>> elsewhere in libya today, a rebel spokesman says they've confiscated a secret military document. he claims it spells out a plan to attack misratah with more than 11,000 troops and clear the city of opposition forces. cnn has seen the 15-page document but can't vouch for its authenticity. no acknowledgment and no comment from the libyan government. >>> look at that plume of volcanic smoke and ash shooting high from the sky from southern chile. it's causing major problems as far away as australia and new ze

and then the other issue you have is libya. just this week, speaker boehner sent a letter to the white house saying that the president would in his view and in the view of many in congress be breaking the law if he didn't seek congressional authorization for having u.s. troops involved in the operation in libya and the white house at this point not seeking that authorization, fredricka. the president and the speaker, they shared a golf cart and anyone who plays golf knows that is a lot of one on one time where you got to find some things to talk about. we may not find out if these things came up, fred, but, you know, you can kind of see how they would and certainly some of the big agenda items we heard jay carney, the white house press secretary say they may come up, we think maybe they'll come up. >> all right, yeah, they can't just be talking about the weather during that golf court ride. we'll check back with you when it is a little quieter there at the white house. brianna keilar, thanks so much. appreciate it. >>> also tod

presence and effort in libya for one year. it does stress the lack of support amongst members of congress for putting ground troops there. but this is, as i said, is a pressure to count what is going on in the house. senate majority leader harry reid says the measure has the support to pass but in the house take up a similar measure and does not have the support to pass, we are told, by aides. regardless how it shakes out it's really clear evidence of the division that we are seeing in congress on this issue, if we can, listen here to one republican on the issue. >> what i've encouraged leadership in the past and i will encourage them now, is to say that the white house has violated the constitution, violated the law and congress must step up and say we will withhold all funding. not just boots on the ground done in the past but for all funding going over to the war-making apparatus that this administration has put our men and women in harm's way over there. >> reporter: house republican leaders are going to bring to a vote an

to libya now. libya's complaining about another target chosen by nato. the government session an air strike friday hit a university in tripoli. nato denies the charge. the only targets on friday were military vehicle storage facilities. the alliance has admitted to strikes on friday. >>> former congressman anthony weiner, in trouble. heckled during his resignation speech over his sexting scandal. have lenaamericans always been intolerant of scandal? we're going to ask dr. wendy walsh next. >>> when it comes down to it, what kids learn at home is just as important as what they learn in school. that was true in the case of chris gardner, whose best selling book was made into a hit movie. our christine romans has his story in tonight's edition of "smart is the new rich". >> don't ever let somebody tell you you can't do something. >> you'll recognize him as the character played by will smith in "the picture suit of happyness." it was based on his best selling book of the same age. but chris gardner did not rest on his laurels. every stay he's hoping to pass

involvement in military operations in libya. speaker john baner and other lawmakers were not so satisfied with the white house's response to questions and growing concern up here that president did not adequately consult with the congress on the ongoing efforts in libya. some lawmakers have threatened to use the power of the purse possibly defunding the operation as an option. >> reporter: john huntsman former declares his candidacy for president on tuesday. he announces at liberty state park in new jersey with the statue of liberty as his backdrop. later in the week, three other republican white house hopeful, santorum, ron paul and herman king speak at the national right to life conference. >> reporter: a critical week ahead for walt wall street with the federal reserve set to meet. investors are waiting to go hear how the fed plans to tackle the challenges of the slowing economic recovery since the central bank's last meeting job growth has slowed, stocks have stumbled and prices have risen. also ahead this week, the latest h

. >>> in libya, nato air strikes rocked the capital. the white house says don't let your ears feel you. this is not a war. that is the defense to a lawsuit filed yesterday by several lawmakers. they say the president actually broke the law by not getting congress sign off on the military action. brianna keilar is at the white house. you have your hands on the report. give us the headlines. >> reporter: yeah, this is the report. 32 pages yesterday that the white house sent over to congress, kyra. a big headline has to do with cost, because we hadn't seen exact figures until this went up to the hill. 715 million dollars, that's the cost so far, through june 3rd for u.s. military involvement in libya so that stands to reason it's closer to about 800 million dollars now. and there is a projected cost for going through the end of september. that would be $1.1 billion. the other big headline here, the president's legal rational for why he hasn't sought congressional authorization to have troops committed abroad as the war process the law says

lawmakers accuse president obama of failing to consult congress over the military effort in libya. the without is defending the legality of that mission. this internet video is said to show unarmed warriors. cnn cannot verify the video, but our arwa damon says she spoke to a woman who witnessed the bloodshed and she's now on the run. >> i come here. the circumstances are so difficult. i'm pregnant. i cannot be here for such things. every day when we have protesters, military and the army come to them and kill them in front of our eyes. >>> the stanley cup is shipping up to boston. for the first time in already four decades, they won the nhl championship last sneak in a victory over the canucks on their home ice. >>> angry fans responded by torching cars outside the arena. >> this is wrong for the city. this isn't the reputation we want. >> the defense began presenting its case today in the casey anthony murder trial. anthony is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter caylee. defense lawyers say they want to question a convicted felony who served time for kidnapping. no word yet

that's something that's going on, but there's also this issue of libya. isn't it extraordinary that as of tomorrow, the speaker has warned the president that in his view and of the view in many in congress, the president will be in violation of the war powers resolution for not seeking congressional authorization to have u.s. troops involved in the operation in libya. and here they are, one day before that, playing golf. it's pretty extraordinary. >> it is extraordinary. and like you mentioned, they're getting quality time, as you put it, riding around for five hours or so in a cart together, on a golf course, but what is the white house really saying about this? certainly, the optics here are important and how this is going to be perceived, maybe a little cooperation to show they can at least get along, stand each other, if you will, but is the white house saying they expect the president and the speaker to actually try to have good conversations and maybe even hammer some things out? >> reporter: you know, i don't know if they're going to hammer some th