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at ally bank you never have to deal with an endless automated system.an talk to a real person 24/7. it's just the right thing to do. joining me from new york, mike baker, form ir covert operations officer. mike, great to have you on. >> thank you very much. >>> let's talk about moammar gadhafi. if he's still alive and we're having from our government he very much believes he's still there in tripoli, is there any possible way for him to sneak out of the country? >> well, sure. i mean, there's still supporters. i think what's happening right now is a number of people are laying low, sitting on the fence, trying to make sure they understand who at the end of day will be winning. he does still have support. he certainly has dollars scrolled way. with that, there's always a possibility that he could make his way out of the country. it's unlikely at this point. there had been talk that he had moved to algeria a short while ago. i don't think that's credible at this point. so it certainly appears he's holding up in tripoli. probably still trying to figure out

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at ally bank you never have to deal with an endless automated system.can talk to a real person 24/7. it's just the right thing to do. >>> you have been sounding off on the talk back question. carol costello is back with some of the responses. what are folks saying? >> today's "talk back" question, does hollywood making a bin laden movie warrant an investigation? >> it does, if it's time for political persuasion. release the film after the elections and there should be no corruption of the voting process. and this from jonathan, why is this even a topic. have to turn a positive into a negative and say things that may not be correct, and things that are unsourced and say them over and over and over again. and this from dirk, maybe we should investigate how much time investigating finding things to investiga investigate. and this from max. of course we need an investigation. anything to get our legislators from running the government into the ground. we will be with you in a couple minutes. >> they're not holding back, not today. thank you again. >>> two c

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