nic robertson will join us in a moment from tripoli. also, elyse laughette, our state department correspondent. she's been to this compound, our matthew chance joins us from london as well as retired generous general russell eun array. general, you have been in these situations before. as you and i have talked here on cnn, moammar gadhafi is not the focus of this mission in terms of hitting him. it is, according to the allied forces, according to the u.s. president barack obama an others, it is is to keep the people of libya safe. they're there for the safety of the people. does this change anything now that moammar gadhafi's compound has been stuck? >> i don't think so. i think the commanding control was always on the list, the intent to hit it. not him directly. i would suspect when we went into this we have a no target, no shoot list, restricted fire zone which designates mosques, buildings such as hospitals and his headquarters was on that no target list. but remember last night and early tonight you saw air defense weapons from tha

cnn's nic robertson covering that part of the story for us.is in tripoli, our senior international correspondent, getting in place so we can speak to him. you see him in a corner of your screen. as soon as nic is available to speak to us, we will get him live. if you can, nic, jump in when ever you're ready. i'm not sure if his camera can hear us. if so, weighed love to see the pictures we saw before and have nic talk over them. >> reporter: heavy anti-aircraft gunfire. as i was reporting to you just a little earlier, the gunfire came after we heard several loud explosions here. it is in the city, now, about 2:35 in the morning heavy anti-aircraft gunfire seems to be subsiding at the moment. it has come, quite literally within the last 10 minutes, it was very quiet in the city. we had sporadic gunfire, then a couple loud explosions, followed by that heavy anti-aircraft gunfire which subsided for the moment. this is what we're hearing in the city at the moment. >> nic robertson as the skies of tripoli were lighting up last night with gunfire. >

this is from the camera where nic robertson is.ic robertson, continue, please. . >> reporter: yeah, hearing the loud gunfire and explosions here in the city. this gunfire seems to have followed on from several loud explosions which could have been missile explosions. don, what i'm going to do is get myself to where that camera is if you can just give me about one minute. >> nic, you go ahead and get into camera position and we're going to let our viewers listen as you get ready. we will be very transparent. this is all breaking now. nic robertson in tripoli, he is joining us by telephone, but he's going to get himself in camera position. what you're looking at though is tripoli, and it is believed to be gunfire happening in tripoli and possibly mortar fire. and as nic robertson has been reporting, this all happened, it seems to be no response to that coalition, the allied forces, of course, the u.s. being one of them firing on libya today and also french aircraft in the air in place. britain sending in aircraft as well, france also

robertson and that also the right of empty robertson to give his personal religious views as supportedy the scriptures. for too long, the silent majority has wered silent when we ought to be speaking up in support of these constitutional issues. and that -- i just think we need to publicly get to moving and get the people fired up. >> now, your resolution calls robertson a hero, but let me play devil's advocate a little bit here. even his family said that his remarks were coarse. >> i agree. >> you would agree with that. do you think in that case that. >> i don't greet with the way in which he said some of the things. i don't agree with putting the bestiality in the conversation because that's completely foreign to the issue that he started out on. and also, i don't believe in what he had to say about the african-americans. that he grew up having no complaints about their life. we understand they didn't complain because they were afraid to. and we've got that behind us, i believe. i didn'tdon believe in either of those issues but the other issue he spoke upon, that's still a relevant i

we want to bring in at this point, nic robertson who is in -- it's richard roth. to the united nations and richard roth in new york. you know we're waiting on something from moammar gadhafi, in the hotel where the journalists are, nic robertson included from tripoli. while we wait for that lets get the very latest from you as to what the u.n. security council is doing at this point in and around, for example, a no-fly zone for libya. >> reporter: yes, having been a reporter in libya and receiving word that colonel gadhafi might speak. you never know. could be one hour or minutes or you're taken somebody else the situation is different, no-fly zone actually brought up for the first time behind closed doors with the full security council. one of many options discussed in informal consultations by the 15 nations. it's inching along as an idea. secretary of state hillary clinton of the united states being quoted in an interview as saying this no-no-fly zone or any other action has to be coming from the international community, from the united nations, not just the uni

robertson is a staunch christian. but not all publicity is good publicity. we have brian stelter. woe have entertainment pr and brand specialist marvet, and host of "the 11th hour." don lemon. brian stelter to you, first, i want to begin with a&e. they got on this like, boom, four hours after "gq" and he's on hiatus, indefinite hiatus. >> the backlash has been tremendous. i was wondering if a&e would say something new, maybe they would change their stance, defend themselves, but nothing. no comment from a&e. i think they're trying to weather the storm out there on the internet, but i think the robertson family might comment. i'm not sure what they might say. maybe they'll defend their father, say they have a good relationship with a&e. >> i'm going to say they're getting their ducks in a row. >> boom. >> they need to do that. >> the word hiatus. that tells you something. >> how do you make of the fact they jumped on it, so they jumped on it, but then, where do they know from there? >> they jumped on it and now they're

but nic robertson, it's certainly a time also to remember david haynes. what more can you tell us about him? >> well, we're now hearing from the british prime minister, who is tweeting. he says the murder of david haynes is an act of pure evil. my heart goes out to his family, who have shown extraordinary courage and fortitude. and he goes on to say, we will do everything in our power to hunt down these murderers, ensuring they face justice, however long it takes. david haynes came from scotland, from a town of perth, 44 years old. an aide worker for a frencho aie organization, working for them for about ten years. worked in many countries around the world, trying to help the less fortunate people. he was picked up after a day working at a refugee camp, looking at how to establish another refugee camp inside syria. and just as he was driving out of the country back towards turkey, that's when he was picked up. it happened very quickly, very professionally, according to people who saw this, who witnessed it. and he was paraded before the camera following t

a&e said it was troubled by what robertson told "gq" and last night robertson released a statement sayingare different from me. we are all created by the almighty and like him i love all humanity, end quote. joining me, russell moore from the southern baptist liberty commission and michael angelo editor at large of "huntington gay voices." michael, thousands of people today are supporting robertson and petitioning for his return. the republican governor bobby jindal of louisiana just issued this statement saying in part, this is a free country and everyone is entitled to express their views. in fact, i remember when tv networks believed in the first amendment. it's a messed up situation when miley cyrus gets a laugh and phil robertson gets suspended. is he right, michael? >> well, it's really interesting. i don't remember governor jindal putting out a statement calling for martin bashir of msnbc to keep his job after he made what were seen as disrespectful statements against one woman, sarah palin. i don't remember him calling for martin bashir to keep his job. this man has attacked an en

>> and cnn's senior international correspondent nic robertson amid the chaos and in the line of fire as egyptians and libyans line up against their governments. the stories behind the stories you saw right here on cnn. it's going to happen this hour. i'm don lemon. you're in the cnn "newsroom." >>> the most powerful tornado to hit st. louis in more than four decades of view from a surveillance camera inside st. louis airport at the moment it hit. people just barely getting to cover as the gusts go through the hallway there. the tornado's winds reached 166 miles per hour, or more. >> get down! >> as you can imagine, panic inside the terminal as a tornado bared down. the airport is operating at a very limited capacity, only a handful of incoming flights. a live report from the airport just seconds away here at cnn. the airport wasn't the obviously spot to take a pounding. nine communities, impacted. 750 homes damaged. some of them blasted to splinters. incredibly, no reports of deaths or serious injuries. people had a 34-minute warning ahead of that tornado. the national weather servic

nic robertson, cnn, london. >> and a reminder. cnn's nic robertson and fran townsend, former homeland security adviser under president bush, will join me for the entire hour to discussde how bi laden's message has turned viral. but first, the question now, whether the u.s. in some way is elevating the status of anwar al awlaki, the new bin laden, and whether the death sentence hanging overis his head has actuallylp helped him raise mon and recruit new terrorists. >> i think that many authorities in yemen believe that we elevate him further if we actually do kill h. >> the potential making of a martyr. when we come b k. you can make it in just 14 minutes. mmmh, orange chicken. great. i didn't feel like ing out anyway. announcer ] wanchai ferry. restaurant quality chinese in your grocer's freezer. we get double miles on every purchase. echo! so wearned a trip to the grand canyon twice as fast. uh-oh. we get double miles every time we use our card. i'll take these. no matter what we're buying. plus the damages. and since double miles

a&e suspended robertson from filming and robertson issued an apology.y of online support, the network reinstated him to the show, saying they decided to resume filming with the entire family. his son willy addressed the issue of his father's initial comabouts. >> we learned a lot and we decided to move on, and family is happy and ready to go. >> a lot of this may have come down to money. with 14 million viewers per episode, "duck dynasty" is a&e's top rated show, and forbes magazine estimates their endorsements and merchandise brought in $400 million in 2013. >> ultimately, it comes down to audience because the adder vuz s and groups are going to follow what the audience says, and they say, we like the guy. >> pamela brown, cnn, new york. >> cnn's attempts to get comjts from a&e and the robertsons about the latest video were unsuccessful. new episodes are scheduled to air starting january 15th. >> if a pair of socks weren't enough to raise your eyebrows on christmas day, how is this? a gift from the obama family. problem is, it was meant for someone els

nic robertson is in tripoli. he's joining us by telephone but he's going to get himself in camera position. what you're looking at is tripoli, and it's believed to be gunfire happening in tripoli and also possible mortar fire, and as nic robertson has been reporting, this all happened, it seems to be, in response to the coalition and allied forces, of course, the u.s. being one of them, firing on libya today and also french aircraft in the area in place. britain sending in aircraft as well. france also helping out in this. and they will all join the coalition forces in the air at least. president obama, the u.s. president has said no ground forces. he's not promising that now. let's listen in a little bit to the firing and the unrest in tripoli. [ gunfire ] >> for those of you just tuning in, i want to welcome our viewers in from around the world. you're watching cnn's breaking news coverage, the unrest in libya. what you're hearing, firing going on in tripoli right now. cnn's nic robertson covering that part of

for putting someone like phil robertson uppen on a pedestal.ng conservative. and having him sit down with gq magazine and being appalled by what he believes? >> there's wrong with being a bible thumping conservative, maria. >> i'm not saying that it is. i'm saying we should not be surprised by what he said. a lot of people do believe be that. is it offensive to many people? absolutely. but we should not be surprised by what he said and a & e shusd understand that. and they have the freedom by the way to protect their brand in the way that they're doing in suspending him. >> let's argue about the matter at hand. some conservatives are rallying around him. right will? >> right. >> and sometimes politicians have a tendency to rally around too quickly. some might argue they did. because now this tape of what robertson said in 20 so 10 at a church has surfaced. icht you to listen to that before you comment. >> women with women, men with men, they committed indecent acts with one another. and they received in themselves the due penalty for their per

we've got ben wedeman, arwa damon, nic robertson, kimberly dozier.t to get your thoughts as somebody who lived in the region and spent so much time in iraq about this notion of the caliphate and whether it has much support amongst those that you know. >> no, michael, it doesn't. and i think it's fair to say that the vast majority of muslims do not support the notion of the creation of an islamic caliphate nor do they want to see themselves living under the kind of draconian islamist laws that an organization like isis is trying to impose on the population. even if you look at what is happening in iraq right now and the fact that isis has gained so much momentum, so much territory. yes, other sunni insurgent groups are right now fighting alongside it, along with the sunni tribes, it's not because they subscribe to that ideology. and you can look at them as them fighting alongside isis or you can look at it as them simply fighting the predominantly shia-led government. because at this point in time they feel like they have no other choice. again, the v

robertson was a convicted sex offender.eaking the law by not telling local law enforcement where he was living. >> i don't understand how they could have a man like that as our supervisor. >> do you think what happened to you could have been prevented? >> yeah, i do. yes, i do. and that's where it makes me a lot of times so angry. >> this woman came to this town, because she was looking for work. she wanted to help clean up the beaches, and she needed a job. she has four young children, and it was important for her to get hired right away, and that's exactly what happened. robertson was her supervisor, and she told us time and time again, "i trusted him, because he was my boss. i respected him. he was the person who was put in charge of me." >> you just weren't feeling well that day. and he offered to drive you home. >> yeah. >> and you thought he was a nice enough person to make that offer, i guess. >> yeah. he was my boss. so i thought it was all right. >> she says robertson asked to use her bathroom. and when he came out

is morally wrong. >> it wasn't only evangelicals defending robertson.ocates joined in the fight saying like it or not, he had a right to say what he said and shouldn't be punished for it. do they have a point? are they too sensitive? can't we agree to disagree and just leave it at that? here to talk about this and a lot more, michael, editor and chief of global grind.com and ben ferguson, host of the ben ferguson show. thank you for joining me. michael, let me start with you. was this the right move? how long should phil robertson stay out of the show? >> it's the right thing. certainly he has a right to say what he wants. he didn't say it was a sin, he compared it to bestiality. he later said homosexuals were evil and murderers. he has the right to say what he wants but we have the right to say what we want, too. if we don't appreciate it and respect it we can get him off the show. itis what we did. >> ben, what is your take? >> first of all, if you read the article, he did not compare homosexuality to bestiality. he listed 11 different sins that he sa

there was a lot to lose for a & e and the robertsons.naged to make it a quiet settlement buried on a friday of a holiday weekend and hopes the franchise keeps generating money for them. >> we know it was a hit show, millions of people were watching. but this seemed to have put it, i guess, heightened its awareness among the viewing audience out there. it probably has more viewers now once that season were to resume, than it did by virtue of the publicity, do you thing? >> it could. the show was already growing by leaps and bounds, 1.8 million viewers and now 11.8 million viewers. people will be curious to watch the show. the show will still be a huge hit, still make a lot of money for a & e and the robertsons. in the end they'll all be happy. >> there have been lots of controversies this year on television. 2013. "duck dynasty" got right in there at the end of the year. but there are other things much more prominent in your view. and among them, there goes that miley cyrus again. >> yes, she's arguably the top tv moment of the year or ma

we'll go live to cnn's nic robertson in a mom. first nato members just agreed to take over the full scope of the military mission in libya. cnn's paula newton is in brussels. paula. >> reporter: fredricka, this is a significant step for nato. we've done the arms embargo and started take take over on the no-fly zone, this is the crucial stuff, the stuff that can get confusing and murky on the ground about how best to protect civilians. there was a very contentious and heated week in nato. finally some agreement. listen to nato secretary-general. >> this is a very significant state which proves nato's capability to take decisive action. in the past week we have put together a complete package of operations in support of united nations resolution. by sea and by air, we already enforcing the arms embargo and no-fly zone. and with today's decision we're going beyond. >> reporter: the united states will now be able to pull back, as president obama had envisioned. that means a lot of the planes in the next few days that the united states

their point is, here's phil robertson comparing gay people to terrorists.least using those terms in the same sentence. and yet, a&e seems to be bringing him right back into the business where they were ten days ago. i think we'll continue to hear from those groups. they will continue to push for signs that phil robertson and the whole "duck dynasty" family is showing tolerance and supporting unity. i don't know if we'll actually see the family in those public service ads, though. a&e hasn't commented on whether phil robertson will film one of those, for example, but having the psas is definitely a way to signal to these groups that a&e understanding their concerns. it's a weird, delicate dance that television networks have to do. >> it is indeed. brian, thank you so much. of course, you're likely talking about this and a host of other things on "reliable sources" tomorrow at 11:00 a.m., yes? >> absolutely. we'll see you then. >> we'll be tuned in. thank you so much, brian. >> thanks. >>> a big year for business news, as wreell. bad news at blackberry, bitco

>> if i could, i would, nic robertson. >> you're very funny. >> nic robertson. >> no, it could all bet. >> it could all be lost. i feel the drama. i don't want to hold you too much longer. i want you in that cab. not that i'm, you know, i'm favoring you. i have love for brian and lisa as well. nic robertson, wish you love. >> i feel so sorry for them. >> nic, thank you very much. we're going to let him go. this thing is not finished. we'll talk to lisa. somewhere on a train, and brian todd is somewhere on the interstate in between both of them, in between new york and washington, d.c. who has the best chance? we're going to talk to the other two, lisa and brian, after this quick break. the great race home continues. store and essentially they just get sold something. we provide the exact individualization that your body needs. it's the ultimate sale on the ultimate bed. come to the sleep number store and discover the only bed clinically proven to relieve back pain and improve sleep quality. when we actually lower the sleep number setting to get the sleep number bed to conform to them,

nic robertson, let me turn to you. in terms of recruiting efforts, you know, when you see a horrible video like this which now is the third one we have seen, does that inspire those who want to be radicalized and want to fight alongside isis? >> the anecdotal evidence we're getting here in britain from people involved in deradicalizing young men who want to go to syria and fight is affirmatively yes. in the past few weeks, they are saying that even more people are converting to islam, and joining the fight. or want to join the fight. or want to go to syria. so this is something that really stimulates them. these are young men that are learning a radical version of islam, a completely incorrect version of islam. they're often learning online. they're learning in small groups. they're motivated for something different in their lives. and they see these videos, see these killings, and for them it stimulates them. and the real concern is, they will go and then they will come back. so you can imagine the sort of -- if you h

but -- [ inaudible ] [ inaudible ] >> we lost our signal with nic robertson.en we're able reestablish that we'll continue our conversation. but for now, at least six explosion there is in tripoli. and as you just heard, nic explaining, he believes it's the government, their anti-missile defense systems that are under way. and let's listen in right now. seemingly gunfire there, gunshot there is. >> reporter: in the sky here from three or four different places, fredricka. we can hear the anti-aircraft guns firing. we can hear the anti-aircraft guns firing in the distance. we're seeing the tracer fire, light up the sky. coming from two or three different directions here. this is tripoli's air defenses, trying to take down coalition aircraft. that they fly over the city. on previous nights, we've heard the jet fighters flying over the city. that's what gadhafi's gunners are trying to do right now, bring down the fighter jets. and we've heard six loud explosions a few minutes ago, fredricka. >> nic robertson, thanks so much. keep us posted on that. all of this taki

a dick robertson is in jerusalem for us. we're now hearing what about an injury on the ground as a result? of the intercept interception of these rockets and missiles coming in from iran over jerusalem, the shrapnel coming down and injuring someone. what do we know about that? >> a 10-year-old boy wolf south of jerusalem in there, negative area. so not not in the city, but of course the danger is they're very severely injured is what medical authorities are saying at the moment that he has injuries to his head. now, these do appear to be shrapnel injuries from the interceptor missiles. and i remember standing in storage watching the interceptors perhaps a mile, a mile and a half away. and then quite literally a minute later, you could hear the shrapnel from intercepts a mile hello, myelin or hathaway tinkle to the ground. tinkle. as they impacted that the tarmac road that was close to us that the shrapnel could travel such a distance. and when we went out to look at it and see what it was, it was tinkling on the ground. thes

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nic robertson is there and he is going to tell us what he is seeing.s this the same you are seeing before or more sustaineded? >> what we are hearing here, michael and frederica -- >> [ inaudible ] into the sky there. this does appear to have been in response to a missile strike of some kind on the ground here, probably two strikes is what we think. we certainly heard two [ inaudible ] one came right in the middle of all that anti-aircraft gunfire and you could actually feel, where we were, could you feel some of the percussion, reverberation coming from a quite heavy explosion sort of in the distance under the trees where our camera is pointed right now, michael. >> yeah, nic, give us a sense of the geography, where you are, what's and you are, what might have been a target. >> [ inaudible ] precisely what might have been the target here. looking in the general direction toward one of the palaces that's used by moammar gadhafi, one of the largest palace complex and that sounds to us as if that was [ inaudible ] explosion came from. this is the same pl

. >>> and "duck dynasty" star phil robertson anti-gay comments got him fired from the show but fans are fighting back between the network and the show. can anyone win this one? >>> all those stories in a moment, but right now we're following today's spacewalk. two nasa astronauts are trying to fix a critical cooling system pump on the international space station. without the system, they've had to turn off some of the station's important electronics. so, the two astronauts were scheduled to spend about six hours outside the station today. but that has been extended. they're getting so much accomplished. nasa says the astronauts are getting more done than expected. they're way ahead of schedule already. and they actually could finish it all by monday. >>> and now the fierce storm here on earth. that's hitting much of the u.s. on this first official day of winter. and it couldn't come at a worst time. more than 94 million people are expected to travel for the holidays. the forecast is a virtual treacherous weather. rain, damaging winds and possible tornadoes threatening the south. one twi

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fred pleitgen is in place of nic robertson.er i talked to nic robertson about his time in libya, how the story is being seen here in the u.s. during one of his visits back here to the cnn headquarters in atlanta. we have with us a rare visit from nic robertson, senior international correspondent. a lot of people recognize him from our international work. you've been watching some of the coverage here in the u.s., reading the papers as well. are people getting the right, is it possible even to get a good sense of what's happening in libya given the view you've gotten out? >> if you read and look at everything you've got a good overall picture. if you're there on the ground you feel it differently and see it slightly differently because you're living it and breathing it, it's every minute of the day. i think perhaps the thing that people forget about libya is how big it is, 6 million people, about maybe 1.5 million in the eastern country, 4.5 million in the west where gadhafi is. if there were a wide, it would be barbaric, tribal

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and now, cnn's senior international correspondent nic robertson talking about life there on the ground in libya, and the disturbing images he has witnessed. nic getting a little built of a break away from libya, here in atlanta, and cnn headquarters. he will be joining me live in studio coming up. >>> but first, this a developing story and tragic story, an os r oscar-nominated photojournalist has died in misrata. cnn confirmed this death within the past hour. for more on the story, i want to go to barbara starr standing by at the pentagon. barbara, all of our condolences out to his family. and tell us who he is, and what he was doing there. >> well, brooke, this is a lovely man. this is tim heatherington, a 41-year-old oscar-nominated photojournalist and filmmaker. tim is very well known to many of us here at cnn, but perhaps best known within the u.s. military community for his collaboration with sebastian younger on the oscar-nominated documentary "retrepo" and the two of them lived for months in the toughest combat in afghanistan and made a documentary film about a unit. it would tu

but robertson has plenty of defenders. spent time with the robertsons calling it a free speech issue on her facebook page. and louisiana governor, bobby jindal issued a statement calling the robertson family, "great citizens." a petition to bring her back to the show has more than 19,000 signatures so far. >> you stay married to one for 40 45, 50 years, you learn to go with the quirks. >> reporter: though a&e says he's in hiatus not clear if he'll be in the premiere episode of season five. anderson cooper, cnn, new york. >> the robertson family called into question the show's future. in a statement the family said, we're disappointed that phil has been placed on hiatus for expressing his faith, which is constitutionally protected right. we have had a successful working relationship with a&e but as a family we can't imagine the show going forward without our patriarch at the helm." not the only popular tv show facing legal troubles these days. the guy that helped create the "walking dead" is suing amc. getting pretty ugly.

nic robertson is on the scene for us. something the president said raised an eyebrow, at least with me. he was asked in a follow-up question, how long will the u.s. remain in charge? when will the transition to others take place? he said several days. he said, days not weeks. then he emphasized several days. i don't know whoo he means by several days. earlier in the day i had been hearing the days, not weeks was already obsolete, given the complexity of this operation. the u.s. was going to remain in charge not just for a few more days but perhaps for weeks right now. so we need some clarification. was the president giving the final definitive word? had he been formally finally briefed by his military commanders that there was no way this transition could take place over a few days, it's going to take a few weeks? those are questions we'll have to work on to see if when the president says it will take days, not weeks, then he said several days for the transition to take place, whether he was up to speed on what's going on

nic robertson is there. you've heard gun shots there and there were signs of tear gas and other indicators of real problems there in alexandria. >> reporter: the problems that are emerging are very much like ben describes in cairo. here the army only present in very small numbers in the center of the city and a very weak position, not prepared to take on the crowds, not willing to even stand up and stop them when they climb on their trucks, when they climb on trucks to celebrate. we have heard gun shots, we've seen just below the balcony here, someone being pulled off by a small mob. a lot of the people have gone off the streets now, but there are still small nods of men walking around the city not observing the curfew. if you look at the group of men, one of them will be holding or two of them will be holding sticks in their hands and there is that real anxiety here as well about a lack of police force, police stations destroyed, no police force in evidence. and as you go around the city, neighborhood watch

it was their site. >> robertson was arrested and charged with battery as a sex offender. he told police the sex was consensual. >> yes, he's in jail. but you've got a victim here. what's she going to live through the rest of her life? it's just going to be pure hell for her. that's what it's going to be. >> it could have been prevented in my professional opinion. >> and you warned them. >> yes, ma'am. >> reporter: how does something like this just change everything for you. >> i go through anxiety, you know. i'm angry. i feel dirty, scared. i'm scared. >> reporter: abbie boudreau, cnn, pascagoula, mississippi. >> she didn't go to the police right away because she was afraid she was going to lose her job. a month after the incident she was laid off. aerotek said she was one of many laid off and it had nothing to do with what happened to her. >>> too close. some spectators hit by a race truck. coming up, we'll look at yaud roef road racers. i don't want you going out on those yet. and leave your phone in your purse, i don't want you texting. >> daddy... ok! ok, here you go.

nic robertson, stand by for us. we're getting -- we're trying to turn some video for you of japanese officials speaking just moments ago there about this apparent beheading. as soon as we vet we will bring that to you. let me go back to jurmanah jurmanah kuratchi in ahman. could you you'd please speak to what nic was saying isis trying to destabilize jordan here and wondering if they were real hi sincere in saying we will release these two hostages the jordanian pilot and japanese journalist if you give us back this female convicted terrorist. >> reporter: that is absolutely been the feeling here poppy, that the only reason that isis brought up sajida al-rishawi was after japan had set up this crisis center here to try and negotiate the release of its own hostages. of course choosing jordan because the country is believed to have those indirect channels here that it has been using to try to secure the release of its own hostage, the jordanian pilot, and because of its position regionally and the ability to talk to i

senior international correspondent nic robertson is in tripoli. arwa damon is in eastern libya. our senior white house correspondent ed henry traveling with president obama in south america right now and atika shubert in london and here in the u.s., barbara starr joins us from los angeles and retired general wesley clark will offer his analysis, as well. >> let's get straight to nic robertson standing by in tripoli in the thick of wit the gadhafi loyalists. earlier you were talking about loud blasts of anti-aircraft fire. what's the situation right now in tripoli? >> reporter: it's quite quiet. eerily quiet. we are hearing a few cars driving by on the road. the occasional sound of ma shun gun fire but short and sporadic. we heard several loud explosions followed by intense bursts of heavy anti-aircraf gun fire. and then a couple more explosions. and then those heavy bursts of gun fire again. we can't tell -- not able to tell what exactly caused the very large blasts but they did sound very similar to cruise missiles in their sort of size, sound and feel that the explosions had b

nic robertson was there.n us to talk about just how fast this country is unraveling, and what it is like to watch a city spiral out of control. in less than ten minutes, personal finance expert suze orman will be answering your money questions. so two ways to send your questions. post them on my facebook.com/suzannecnn. or tweet them #suzannemalveaux. alison, we always love good news. want to hear good news from you. what do we know about foreclosures? in 2011 the number of foreclosures went down. there are 1.9 million homes foreclosed on in 2011. that's a big improvement. there were 3 million homes foreclosed on in each of those years. so you're able to see the improvement. the level that we're at right now, we're at levels from 2007. all right. here comes the bad news. the biggest reason why we're seeing the number of foreclosures fall is because of the robo signing scandal back in 2010. the there are still processing delays, so banks are taking their time, they're making sure they go through the paperwork

that were offended by some of what phil robertson said. is here is phil robertson comparing gay people to terrorists and yet a&e seems to be bringing them back into the business where they were ten days ago. i think we will continue to hear from those groups and they will continue to hear from those signs showing tolllerance and supporting unity. i don't know if we will see them in those public service comments though. having them is a way to signal to these groups that they understand their concerns. it is a dance that television networks have to do. just by talking to a helmet. it grabbed the patient's record before we even picked him up. it found out the doctor we needed was at st. anne's. wiggle your toes. [ driver ] and it got his okay on treatment from miles away. it even pulled strings with the stoplights. my ambulance talks with smoke alarms and pilots and stadiums. but, of course, it's a good listener too. [ female announcer ] today cisco is connecting the internet of everything. so everything works like never before. ♪ maybe i'm

represented and where we go from here, i want to bring in cnn's international correspondent nic robertson. nic, this was a huge development. why was awlaki such a threat and a priority for the snus. >> he was an intellectual. he was smart. he was well educated. he knew how to sort of manipulate his audience and the

>> you know, it's interesting, nic robertson, after our colleague, nic robertson, after the christmas attempted plane bombing from the underwear bomber, went in the uk and had a test by a scientist with a capful, a pen cap filled with the same explosive used in these bombs, petn. these bombs were much larger than the tests nic had the scientists run and it blew a hole in metal twice the thickness of a jet fuselage. i think we have to presume, based on that and the statements of john brennan today with candy crowley, that there is no question that this t 1200atq0v10 >> i've been a republican 25 years. it's the party i'm most comfortable. i reach to it as the liberty wing of the party. and even if i ran as a democrat, i don't think i would have have had much traction challenging nancy pelosi. it's only as a republican i can challenge her on the issues on which she's most vulnerable. >> so you're actually left pelosi on many. irs, even though you're republican, you're for legalizing marijuana. she won't say how she's voting on prop 19. you've criticized her for not making the repeal of "

senior international correspondent nic robertson is in toronto today. so nick, you spoke with rob ford's brother who is also a toronto city council member. what does he have to say about all of this? >> one of the things that's important for the family at the moment is just how much is being brought up about the mayor and how much that discredits the family. so the family's always looked up to the father who had a short but fairly popular political career here. that's the family's legacy. i asked the mayor's brother doug, what is all of this doing to the family's legacy? >> i think our legacy is going to be pretty solid based on how rob performs. you're going to look at a family that doesn't need to be doing this, that has actually sacrificed massive amounts of time, money, their business to serve the people. >> are you worried about his health with all this additional stress? not just the public, not just the counselors, but the families here too. >> well, i'm confident that the

customers wanted robertson back. what were they supposed to do? >> they are a corporation and corporations typically don't move on their own individual sentiments nor do they move based on politics. they often move based on money. they want it maximize shareholder wealth and maximize with a show that has 14 million viewers and they did the financially correct thing to do. i think it was morally wrong. i think politically wrong. but i think they made a decision that most companies would make. when you say, what were they supposed to do, i think they were supposed to stand with the community. stand with the many lbgt supporters in their fan base and viewership base. that was supposed to cost them money. they shouldn't be driven by profit motives. >> they said things that offended a lot of americans.

nic robertson, amazing work.ining us live. >>> you want to know what it's like, going up against irene? you showed us. we have some of the best cnn ireports,ireports, and pretty amazing pictures. we appreciate them, and we will show you more just ahead. >>> we are checki ing stories making news later. the white house briefing at 12:30 eastern is expected to cover damages of hurricane irene. and then senator from oklahoma will endorse governor from texas rick perry for president. and then michael jackson's doctor conrad murray has a court date at 12:00 p.m. eastern. and first we will check in with gary tuchman in flooded brattleboro, vermont. >> well, kyra, the landlocked canadian border town of vermont is suffering from the tropical storm that came through yesterday. take a look at the art studio, heavily damaged because of a raging rapid that used to be a creek. we will have the story at the top of the hour. >>> and i'm jason carroll at penn station, the nation's largest transit system was shutdown over the week

nic robertson and jerusalem, what are you seeing? what are you hearing >> in dissents in the sky had third big detonation i'd see a lot of trace of iran rockets. i've seen at least a dozen rockets tracer fire intercepts, lighting up the sky here >> this is a familiar sight for you, nick, and for those of us who have been following this war it is neck. does this look the same as the iron dome intercepts that you've been seeing for the past few months, how different is this >> it's a little different. it's hard for me to assess. there's a sirens now >> guys, so we on and those are the sirens. nic robertson, you are on air those are the sirens that are sounded by israeli authorities warn residents. in this case of drew in jerusalem of incoming rocket fire. what you're looking at their life pictures of jerusalem, the hills of jerusalem, just before 2:00 local time in the morning it has been several hours since we first reported that iran had launched more than 100 drones at israel from iranian territory, followed shortly thereafter by cr

nic robertson joins us now from london with more on the story.ic, thank you so much for joining us. even you, i think, were surprised by some of the reporting, what you uncovered once you started on to this story. >> yeah. it's story? >> yeah, it is surprising, because these -- the libyan government and this group fought a really intense war and even though the libyan government doesn't like to accept it, back in the 1990s, a lot of the prisoners in this group were murdered inside jail. so, there has been a huge trust deficit there, if you will, this group was trying to kill moammar gadhafi, trying to kill his son. so the very fact they would get together and talk about it and then come up with something that is so radically different to all these groups aligned and close to al qaeda in the past is huge. some of these guys involved in writing this document are really respected on the insides of al qaeda and the taliban. these guys have clout and weight. so what they say really carries for something. >> so the question is, will this make a differe

thanks so nic robertson.ou can catch all of "american al qaeda," an "ac 360" special investigation with nic robertson later tonight, 8:00 p.m. eastern here on cnn. and see it tomorrow night at the same time only here again on cnn. >>> if you're going to do something right, well, then, do it right. that's exactly what one man did when he heard the disappointment in the voice of michael jackson's ex-wife, what he did that is drawing hundred of visitors to jackson's california grave this weekend. we'll tell you about that. >>> and how do you surf if you have no legs? this week's cnn hero can teach you a thing or two when it comes to that. ♪ we love getting our outback dirty. because it seems like the dirtier it gets, the more it shines. the subaru outback®. motor trend's 2010 sport/utility of the year®. a heart attack at 57. that was a rough time. my doctor told me i should've been doing more for my high cholesterol. ♪ you should've listened. you're right. now i'm eating healthier and i trust my heart to lipitor

phil robertson's suspension from "duck dynasty," well, it didn't last too long. a&e reinstated the reality star. the network suspended him after he made controversial comments about homosexuality and race. i asked brian stelter, host of cnn's "reliable sources" about how the "duck dynasty" star's comments became politicized. >> the show's become politicized. i don't think that's going to go away anymore. i think that's the new normal for the show, which may or may not be a good thing over the long term. i think we'll find out when we start to see the ratings in january. yeah, i think we have to separate what phil robertson said to "gq" from the show itself, because lots of people can enjoy watching "duck dynasty," which is a lighthearted, family comedy, and not agree with what he said to "gq." i think what we'll find out next year when the ratings come in is whether viewers hold the show accountable for what phil robertson says or not. >> and glaad reacted saying, "if dialogue with phil isn't part of next steps, then a&e has chosen profits over african-american a