>> andrea: let's pour salt in the would.arah palin who reacted as most tea partiers would when they heard they were called terrorists. with greta van susteren. >> i'm used to being called racist and insighter of violence and things we have nothing to do with, but to be called terrorists because of our beliefs because of the vice president is appalling, vile. >> andrea: monica? >> monica: the president of the united states, we just mentioned gabrielle giffords, right after she was shot, president gave a well received speech in which he imploreed people to have a new civility and use new tone. now we have the vice president of the united states calling the majority of americans terrorists. >> greg: he didn't call them terrorists. >> bob: give him the benefit of the doubt. we'll talk about the tea party more, right? >> andrea: the tea party growth -- >> eric: not only the growth, but do we have to understand what the tea party has done. they have changed politics in america. forever. forever. >> bob: you are stoked. >> eric: no

economy -- >> andrea: says who?bob: are we going to have a bunch of greek immigrants coming here like you, so we'll have more of you here? >> andrea: my father came to this country, he couldn't make money in greece. he saw he couldn't be successful and he came here and didn't take a nick from the government. he was so poor, and he started off working in the kitchen of a restaurant and he made all of his kids do the same. we worked, worked, worked and not take a penny from the government. it's why i believe what i believe. if more people were like that and not under the let's all be under the government, reaching and gragging, we'd better off. >> bob: he made you work 22 hours a day. >> andrea: i'm better off for it. >> greg: i went to her diner in the town. it had great rice pudding. >> andrea: great rice pudding. you were there! >> greg: yes. >> eric: 9.2% unemployment right now. tomorrow morning at 8:30 in the morn, department of labor statistics will put out the number for last month. a lot of people on the stree

you like it, andrea, personally? >> andrea: i don't like it. she wasn't topless.e anything. >> kimberly: not in this photo. >> andrea: to me this is a little girl playing dress up, in high fashion, this is french "vogue." which is what it does? can it get creepy like toddlers and tia areeas? absolutely. they're known for doing it is. it best role mod? probably not. but not a lot of 10-year-olds look at french "vogue." >> kimberly: but look at this photo here where she wears a red dress on a tiger skin rug. this is not a good idea. do you wonder why there are pedophiles and psychopath going around. >> bob: that wouldn't be appropriate for you. let alone, the stuff that drives me crazy. i know everybody thinks you're a liberal and you think it's a good idea. i don't. i a 16-year-old daughter and i fight constantly to not dress up. she gets ridiculous magazine. all the, you know, you go past a high school in america today and at a lunch break and you think you are in a house of ill repute. >> andrea: look at the photos. >> bob: it's terrible. >> greg: do you see anyb

tough medicine. >> andrea: that is right.lus plan bloated the discretionary spending that upsets democrats do mestic spend willing hit the viewers at home the quickest. the defense spending probably not as much. i think that will be a powerful leveraging tool for the democrats to push for tax increaseswa do you want, republicans? do you want defense cuts or tax increases? >> greg: it always comes down to the polarization, defense, versus domestic. the left prefers to increase dependence through entitlements. that's why they want domestic spending. whereas everybody else in america wants to increase the defense, because that is how you preseven independence. it's about independence versus dependence. >> bob: everybody else in america? >> greg: everybody else. except for you, bob. >> bob: no, no, no there are is a lot of people who get social security and medicare that might think it's an important thing. one thing that is going to happen, the debt committee if you call it that, has to report the revenue increases, the taxes ha

that's next on "andrea mitchell reports." my doctor told me calcium is best absorbed in small continuous amounts. only one calcium supplement does that in one daily dose. new citracal slow release... continuously releases calcium plus d for the efficient absorption my body needs. citracal. >>> topping the headlines right now on "andrea mitchell reports," the men known as the west memphis three convicted in the 1993 killings of three 8-year-old cub scouts will be freed from prison after nearly 20 years. an arkansas judge ruled today he accepted a deal in which the men would change their plea from guilty to not guilty an odd ma thooufr that will result in their freedom. >>> bank of america is slashing 3500 jobs and working on plans to cut thousands more. bank of america is making this move after its share price fell by 50% this year. >>> this is the image that is galvanizing people today. the mysterious figure skater. the young girl, the grainy image was found on a snapshot buried in an urn in one of the scandalous mass graves

>> let's ask andrea one thing.k people through the fed announcement today, they are going to basically keep the interest rates where they are for two years. to me that is a pessimistic view of what they think will happen in the economy. i don't think we should celebrate that. >> the market did. >> look what has been happening. fear driving the market. that's why they did it. cashing is crawling for anyplace to find itself. the criticism of the president is right on. i do think he looks confused about this. he is looking going i did what any good liberal would do. i said and did all the right things and smart liberal. now liberals that came out with the scathing editorials are saying we have annexo stennial crisis -- an existential crisis. >> if you knew dana millbank was coming to the press briefing you knew the next morning would not be a good one. what he said, in a column in the "washington post," that president obama, "he delivered his statement on the economy but needs a portrait of abraham lincoln but that wa

>> that's right, andrea.hat's what i've learn from the campaign, the campaign had an opportunity, andrea to indicate their preference. and the photo that ran on the cover was not among the batch that the campaign sent back to "newsweek." >> well, some people are saying, clearly it was an attempt to get some buzz, which it has, but some people do believe that it is sexist. there haven't been too many male candidates portrayed this way. this issue isn't going away not anytime soon. thank you, jamie. good luck out there. we'll talk to you later. >> thank you. >>> and what political story will be making headlines in the next 24 hours? that's next. be sure to follow the show online. [ ben harper's "amen omen" playing ] we believe doing the right thing never goes unnoticed. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? whose non-stop day starts with back pain... and a choice. take advil now and maybe up to four in a day. or choose aleve and two pills for a day free of pain. way to go, coach. ♪ >>> s

andrea? >> kerry, this is such scary stuff. you are the expert on hurricanes all the way up the coast. florida may be spared this time, but your warning is really well taken. thank you so much. and you be safe. >> reporter: sure. >> we're joined by the weather channel's brian norquist with the latest on who may be hit the hardest. brian, you got your attention last night. i was here last night when your alert went out to all of us. what are you seeing with the storm track? you've been all over this. >> andrea, unfortunately, i'm not seeing anything different than i've seen for the last few days. this has the making of the hurricane of our lifetime, in terms of the impact on people from north carolina all the way through new england. having studied hurricanes for a loong ti long time, i've been looking, along with many other people, at the worst case possibility that tens of millions of people could have a direct impact. unfortunately, this is the kind of storm we can't absolutely say that tha

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andrea. >> kate snow, just appalling. we've been showing the pictures of your trip as you've been talking to us on the phone. kate, be careful out there and thank you so much for everything that you're doing as you report from kenyasomalia. >> reporter: thank you. >> coming up at 1:00 today we'll have more on this ongoing tragedy with the director for mercy corps, one of the witnesses at that senate hearing. >>> coming up next here, shocking news about the number of people right here in this country who need help putting food on the table every day. the united nations is now also condemning syria's murderous crackdown, but why won't the international community do anything to stop the human rights violations by the regime? this is "the daily rundown" only on msnbc. ♪ ooh baby, looks like you need a little help there ♪ ♪ ooh baby, (what) can i do for you toy? ♪ [ female announcer ] need help keeping your digestive balance? align can help. only align has bifantis, a patented probiotic that naturally helps maintain your diges

. >>> hi andrea mitchell. coming up next on "andrea mitchell reports."java joes where the 2012 republican presidential candidates are slugging it out ahead of the ames straw poll. we have an interview with chuck today, charlie cook and iowa pollster anne seltzer. plus former iowa first lady, the democratic challenger in a key congressional race here. "andrea mitchell reports" live next from des moines coming up in 15 minutes right here on msnbc. >>> police in mexico have found the three grandchildren of a california congressman nearly four years after their mother reportedly abducted them. she and her current husband are under arrest, were paraded in front of the media. she had a joint custody agreement with her ex-husband, brian miller, the son of congressman gary miller. she's now facing three years in prison for fleeing the country with her children in 2007. >>> 80-year-old billionaire george soros is being sued by his 28-year-old exgirlfriend who claims he broke a promise to buy her an apartment and he roughed her up in the process. >> she's a ravish

>> it does, andrea. a day after the earthquake, business is pseudo back to order in washington, d.c. there were two monuments damaged in yesterday's cake. the washington monument closed indefinitely to tourists because of a sizable crack on the west top of it right up where that point is. it's unclear as to how big the crack is. how much will have an event on the structure. it's being closed to tourists. the national cathedral a few short blocks from where you are in the studio. a beautiful edifice, often known as the nalgs's church. lost three of the four pinnacles. that's closed as there is a review of the structural soundness. the united states capitol a few paint chips on the ground there. a few committee rooms in the rayburn building nothing major. all in all d.c. was able to brauf through it. an interesting thing from folks at the national zoo they talk about the reaction of the animals at the national zoo, the lemurs knew about the earthquake 15 minutes before it hit sounding their alarms. we migh

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we need to pick up the pace of recovery, andrea.sident obama has begun to turn this economy around. what we need is republicans and democrats to come together, sit down, compromise on addressing our long-term deficit, making sure that we ask for some sacrifice both from the wealthiest and fortunate americans, as well as the cuts that the middle class will endure. we need to make sure that we protect social security and medicare, which every republican candidate has pledged to end as we know it. >> congresswoman, most of the white house and outside political advisers to the president suggest that mitt romney would be the toughest general election candidate. now this process starting here in the straw poll may not produce the strongest general election candidate. but what are the mitt romney strengths that concern most democrat democrats? >> i'm having trouble hearing your whole question. could you repeat it again for me, please? >> since the white house and campaign advisers -- obama campaign advisers are -- could be the toughest to

president of the council and foreign relations, richard haass, host of "andrea mitchell reports," andrea mitchell. thanks for being us with early this morning. >> great to be here. >> joe and mika have time off this week so you are stuck with me. today is vacation day for the president. there's a lot of hand wringing of whether or not he should go. talk about what he did over the last three days and what he will do when he gets back. what is the strategy between the bus tour and the speech? >> the white house is trying to, for the next act, trying to train the debate in a different way, come in, give the president a stronger hand. the bus tour was a place holder to try to tell people he's out of there, listening to the american people, trying to position himself to be outside washington candidate and comes back and lays down the big marker talking about a speech of job creation and deficit reduction. republicans were aggressive yesterday, showing the change in how fierce the battle has become over the issues. it's the middle of august. the president talks about the plan coming. the repub

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>> yes, andrea.s high profile and protracted debate over the last few months, and even when it gets solved and that is in quotes, there is going to be a long-lasting political impact to assess. i think that you saw a lot of votes today as you mentioned keeping an eye on the primaries, and i heard you and chuck talking about kirsten gillibrand protecting the left flank and lindsey graham protecting his right flank and opposing and orrin hatch protecting the flank as well as he is up for vote in 2012. and we look at t.a.r.p. as a vote that defines in some ways how you view the government and how you view that the government should be doing, and it is a vote that opponents tom so m s the people voted no will bring up, but we have not heard the last of the vote on the campaign trail, and now everything switches from congress to campaign. both 2012 presidential as well as house, senate races where these people are on record now with this vote. >> right. >> it is going to be a fascinating next 14 months or

andrea?rtin fletcher, thanks. >>> michele bachmann has been electric in iowa, drawing big crowds as she crisscrosses the state ahead of this weekend's straw poll. but can she attract a broad enough appeal within her own party outside of iowa while staying true to her staunchly religious conservative background? that's a key question. according to a new profile of bachmann in this week's "new yorker." we are joined by the author of that report. ryan, fascinating details that you found in all of your reporting, in your interviews with michele bachmann, because there have been religious candidates before but she seems to have a fiercely religious view. is she trying to soften that now that she eventually, were she to become competitive, wants to appeal to more mainstream voters? >> yeah, you're right. we've had pat robertson in 1988 do very well in iowa. we have had candidates with this sort of ideological makeup that bachmann has. so she is trying to broaden her appeal, right. ever since she go

>>> good day i'm andrea mitchell live in new york today. rick perry comes out swinging and judging from the white house response that may suit the president just fine. democrats are gauging just how the governor's texas heat might play in a general election with voters as the president wraps up his midwest tour today with new details on a white house economic plan. we are told to expect that right after labor day. chuck today is nbc news chief white house correspondent and has been riding the obama bus tour through the midwest and also with us dan bawls correspondent at "the washington post" who's been all over iowa on rick perry. first of all, chuck, what do we know about what the president is planning to unveil? we understand it's after labor day. how would this be different from what we heard before? >> reporter: as jay carney described it to me early this morning, think of it as two plans. a jobs plan. he's going to do it all in one speech. but a jobs plan that puts together all in sort of one form all of the pieces of legislation that

. >> andrea mitchell in for chuck todd. have a great weekend. >>> what women the i am packet be on markets after the dow plunging more than 500 points. as markets fall, disapproval of congress soars. 82% disapprove of the way congress is doing their job. harry reid announces a bipartisan deal to reopen the faa. 74,000 transportation and construction workers can get back to work. a short term fix after labor day they'll be right back where they started, gridlock. it's friday, august 5th, 2011 and this is "the daily rundown." and we begin with the jobs report providing some small relief, a silver lining i guess to what has been a gloomy economic picture. 117,000 jobs were added last month, that brings the unemployment rate down to 9.1%. mark zandy is chief economist of moody's anl lit ticks and joins me now. the reaction is going to be some relief but it's still not enough job creation to even keep up with the pace of population growth. mark, what's your take? >> well, you're right. but i'll have to tell you, i feel relieved

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beside that the muscle rock, the next promenade to the north and san andreas fault. >> muscle rock is what? the middle ground? >> in the fog. >> the bunch is just coming out. >> it's the point furthest south. >> okay. and why is that important to us? >> muscle rock is where the san andreas fault comes into san francisco cocaine and city a nd -- county and city. >> this is -- >> coming out into the water. >> going into the water, and out past fill rock and frank, where are we going from there. >>çó port race, it comes up between valleja so,. >> that's balinsa and point rat fault comes in between those two. >> okay. how far offshore is the fault where where we stand? >> about a mile and a half to two miles offshore. >> i have a question. i always hear that earthquake shaking and earthquake hazards are increased the closer you are to the fault. do you think that's right? >> that's correct. >> okay. so we're pretty close here, so that means that should the fault rupture on the san andreas fault, we have more potential damage than if you're further away based on if the soils were uniform.

the san andreas is the main fault. there is the hayward fault. the difference between the two is that the san andreas is predominantly offshore. the hayward fault actually crosses beneath populated areas and poses a larger threat. as we speak, there is a 67% probability of a major earthquake on one of these faults in the next 30 years. it is of major -- high probability. it is a magnitude 6.5. the 1906 was 7.9. the 1957 earthquake was 5.7 on the san andreas. the loma prieta was 7.1. it was so far with it we got a little effects of it. that is the overview of the geology. >> i would like to setup a wonderful old chart of san francisco from the 1850's and 1860's. let's look at this northeast corner of the city. it is really interesting. i am sure that frank has a lot to say about it. the thing i find absolutely surprising about this is that there is this large area called mission bay. out in the middle of the bay is mission rock. many of you have been to mission rock resort. this is part of the shore line now. look how far off shore it was in the 1

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>> reporter: well, you know, i don't know, andrea. i do know that it's very clear that the debt ceiling had to be increased. i think everyone came to that conclusion pretty quickly. and because of the sort of ran gor over the debate and how long it took for policymakers to come together that has done very significant damage to the economy. i can't even imagine what would happen if they hadn't done it by august 2nd. i think everyone realizes that the debt ceiling had to be increased. there really was no choice. i'm surprised we're even having that discussion. >> that has been the surprise to a lot of people in washington and out. and certainly in new york. and the markets today, mark? last look at the markets? are things kind of quieting down? >> reporter: well, you know, there's still a couple hours to go here. given the last few days it could end up anywhere. it feels better. i think there was a fair amount of panic. that panic is fading. some of the better economic views has helped. hopefully we'll get good additional news over the

. >> reporter: andrea, how much can change in 24 hours. the city now full of celebrat n celebratio celebrations. people are still streaming in firing their guns in the air. families are arriving into the city flashing the victory sign. it's not quite over. there are still pockets of fighting, still pockets where gadhafi loyalists are held out mostly around gadhafi's presidential compound. most of the city about 80% according to rebels has now been taken. now this all began yesterday when rebels decided that the hour had arrived and they decided to march on the city. thousands of rebels left the town and walked into tripoli. they walked 20 miles, 30 miles. when they got to the edges of tripoli in this enormous wave of enthusiasm, gadhafi's troops simply melted away. they decided they weren't going to fire on to their own people. fire into these crowds of rebels just approaching en masse walking into the city. we saw gadhafi's troops had just dropped their uniforms on to the streets and blended back into the population. it's not over yet. ga

we did this in the 1990s, andrea, you remember it.d it without a constitutional amendment. we balanced the budget. we created 21 million new jobs. and all i ask is that these people sit at a table in a reasonable way and negotiate in a reasonable way. >> that was john kerry earlier today. coming up, praying with rick perry. the politico briefing is next right here on "andrea mitchell reports." [ coughing continues ] [ gasping ] [ elevator bell dings, coughing continues ] [ female announcer ] congress can't ignore the facts: more air pollution means more childhood asthma attacks. [ coughing continues ] log on to lungusa.org and tell washington: don't weaken the clean air act. >>> with the economy in trouble, communities in crisis, people are adrift, we need god's help. that's why i'm calling on americans to pray and fast like jesus did and as god called the israelites to do in the book of job. >> rick perry inching closer to a presidential run is convening his day of pray and fasting tomorrow. in a football stadium the texas governor i

i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. mike exclusive interview with house democratic leader nancy pelosi straight ahead. now that the house and the senate are going home, the president is heading back to chicago to raise money for his re-election campaign and to start celebrating his 50th birthday, which occurs tomorrow. chuck today is nbc news chief white house correspondent and host of "the daily rundown." charlie cook is an msnbc political analyst. this just in they say the president is taking the budget team out for burgers on the hill. >> taking him for beers. >> more than burgers. >> we don't know exactly what they're ordering yet. the prez obama burger is marmalade, roquefort cheese. the michelle melt is carmelized onions, ruby tomato on a frosted wheat baked bun. >> i don't think michelle would allow the mayo on the president obama burger. >> they need a break, but everyone needs a break. but chuck, how does the president pivot? i interviewed nancy pelosi we're going to be playing that next. the fact is they're tr

thank you, andrea. now over to jim miklaszewski, we have reports of northern atlanta georgia says that the earthquake was felt near them, and the chicago bureau is saying they are receiving calls from indianapolis, and people saying they also felt tremors, there and what can you report from your vantage point, because i assume you are near the pentagon, mick? >> well, i was in the pentagon and in the nbc office where i'm talking to you now. and you know, it started out as a just a shimmer for a couple of seconds and i sort of cocked my head and thought that is odd and then it started to shake for five to ten seconds and knocked some books off of the shelf, but i have to tell you that this is a solid concrete building. and the last time i felt that kind of tremor in this building was on 9/11 when american airlines flight 77 slammed into the building, and that is the first reaction of some of the people in the building, oh, my god, it has happened again. but when it continued for five to ten seconds, peop

joining me now, chuck todd, and nbc's andrea mitchell, the host of "andrea mitchell reports" here on msnbc. so, chuck, this is an interesting and certainly iwould say, the most challenging task john boehner has had as speaker of the house. he's going to have to try to sell to members of his caucus, especially tea party members -- well, let's remove the tea party members. some of the more conservative to moderate members who have concerns about this package. a deal that maybe they find even less palatable than the last one they voted on? >> well, yes. look, that's the bottom line. democrats were told to be prepared to find 90 to 100 votes. leaders pelosi and hoyer think they can get the 90 to 100 votes. do the math. subtract that from 216. that tells you approximately minimum what republicans need 120, 125. for speaker boehner's politics is he comfortable going with a bare majority of the majority and going with this and endorsing it. i think at 8:30. i'm told it's an informational phone call. but i'm not being told what kind of information. is he delivering information as in more det

up next "andrea mitchell reports." andrea, good to see you. >>> good to see you, contessa. thanks.ill keep an eye on the famine. a day after the debt deal, we'll talk exclusively with house democratic leader nancy pelosi. plus chuck today on 2012 politics as president obama hits the road to chicago right now he's out to lunch taking his budget team out for burgers. >>> ten days to go for republicans and the iowa ames poll. and chris countries joins us on the famine crisis. "andrea mitchell reports" up next. >>> i'm meteorologist bill karins with your business travel forecast. cooler weather and clouds today for the mid-atlantic. that will include some showers and thunderstorms. the heat continues in the middle of the country all through the deep south. incredibly hot. temperatures are going to be as warm as 99 today in atlanta. detroit, chicago, you're on the cool side. look at dallas near 110. look at dallas near 110. have a great day. booking a flight by itself is an uh-oh. see if we can "stitch" together a better deal. that's a hint, antoine. ooh! see what anandra did? booking y

. >>> good day, i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. the president's sleek new million dollar bus rolled into the tiny town of peosta, iowa, population under 1500, day two of his campaign style listing tour. he is trying to reconnect with the farmers and small town americans. some of those hardest hit by the recession. you can see the room there where they're waiting for the president to come in very shortly. he's going to be having a town hall meeting there. republican challenger rick perry is meanwhile just 15 mile ace way today in another part of iowa. joining me now perry's fellow governor and successor as chairman of the republican governor's association virginia governor bob mcdonald. it's great to see you today. what are your thoughts so far about the way this is shaping up? rick perry coming out firing all guns and going after ben bernanke. do you think that's the right tone to take? he said that if bernanke comes to texas he says we treat them ugly in texas. some felt it was threatening. what do you think about the tone so far

what happens next, andrea. >> finding the fugitive gadhafi.inding him because he remains a symbol for the final resistors. asserting civilian control. the rebel leaders are trying to head to tripoli to put their stamp on the capital city. it's an important symbolic moment. the u.n. and u.s. treasury. as we found in 2006 when there was a brief moment, i was there with bill richardson, the envoy. they were trying to rip the sanctions to spur a possible reengagement. it's difficult. once they are in place, legally it's very difficult to take the steps, to agree to release money. they don't want to have exposure legally down the road. they found $30 billion in assets. only 10% are liquid assets, then reduce it to what they can get their hands on. they are trying to get $1 billion or $1.5 billion to get started. >> the hunt goes on for gadhafi. the 2012 presidential race. former florida governor, jeb bush, a guy a lot of republican people wish would run. this morning, republicans going too far with their criticism of president obama. here is govern

we could have a long -- >> isn't that amazing, andrea?> yeah. >> this could end up being like a nomination like we had in the democratic side in 1976. you remember when jimmy carter won in iowa. and really dragged the fight throughout the summer with people like jerry brown. we don't really see those type of campaigns anymore. most of the campaigns are like the republican one was four years ago. john mccain won florida, then he won new york, connecticut, and a couple of other large states, winner take all. it was over. really over by february. this really could drag out into the summer. what's going to be so fascinate being that is i suspect you're going to see two tightly controlled campaigns from mitt romney and from rick perry. these are people that will are not going to be going on your show very much. one of the top fox hosts was complaining in ames earlier this week that it's impossible to get mitt romney for an interview, as well. so if they have to fight for three, four, five, six months into 2012, it's going to be fascinating to

with us today, howard fineman, nia-malika henderson, andrea mitchell and michael duffy. first off today, the switch boards led up this work with protests over grid look. at the polls. the most motivated republican voters are not fallen to house republican tactics. 73% of voters blame president obama, not the house republicans. and republicans think that debt cash will help them defeat the president. here is how they'll play the president's failure to win the day. bargain on thecc1: they'll claim the president showed weak leadership, that he was not the post-partisan compromiser, he that is still a big spender and probably most crucial, they'll tie this crisis to the jobs crisis.cc1: howard, right now there is a lot of heat all over the place, a lot of it against the right, the tea party people. come next year, how will the conservatives and the republicans use this whole deal over the debt against the cc president? >> well, thecc1: president's gr vulnerability is that he is somehow irrelevant. really s weak and notcc1: dealings the finalcc1: on the budget crisis, that ti

host of "andrea mitchell reports." good morning, all. >> good morning. >> andrea, i want to get to you. rebel fighters in tripoli are taking to the streets as the 32 year regime of moammar gadhafi is ending. fighting has broken out at the compound of the libyan leader. government tanks opened fire as emerging from inside the complex. gadhafi's youngest son is leading forces into tripoli. the top diplomat in london said they control 95% of the capital city. the final assault was part of a coordinated plan. the rebels living inside tripoli. nato reports combat air patrols over libya will continue until all pro-gadhafi forces surrender. little resistance from the regime. libyas information minister struck a defiant tone about the future of this battle. meanwhile, the international criminal says gadhafi wants to be the heir. a source close to gadhafi's inner circle as he tried to escape deskized as a woman. libya's prime minister has fled the country. in south africa, earlier report that is two planes landed in tripoli to

andrea?hings that is striking and brought home in your reporting is that the extraordinary number of people, the percentage from rural america contributing and participating in the military compared to the rest of the country. i was talking to the agricultural secretary and he says 44% of the people in the military come from rural america compared to 17% from the rest of the country. it's disproportional. >> yeah. you do, the working class communities and middle class communities, this is a long tradition. i add one more statistic to that. a number of the young men and women serving are in families that served in vietnam or world war ii before that. the idea of going into the military is not exceptional to them, it's routine in their lives. they feel it's part of their obligation. in other instances, they get the opportunity for education with the g.i. bill or a skill they would not get otherwise. we have a military made up of people coming from outlying areas, small towns like big timber, mo

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