will speak with former fbi special agents coleen rowley. all of that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the obama administration has urged a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit challenging the administration's assertion that it and assassinate u.s. citizens anywhere in the world. earlier this year, the obama administration authorized the cia to capture or kill anwar al loti, an american-born cleric who is believed to be hiding in yemen. with the help of the american civil liberties union and the center for constitutional rights, his father asked a federal judge to issue an injunction and force the administration to publicly reveal its criteria for determining who can be assassinated. in court papers filed on friday, the obama administration asked the court to dismiss a lawsuit without hearing the merits of the claims citing state secrets. the aclu and center for constitutional rights criticized the obama administration's stance. in a statement, the group said -- a military tribunal will begin today f

actress, coleen has been in it since 1978.many got to know her as barbra ryan and she got to know her tv family like her own family. >> it was the most difficult thing to let go of besides letting go of barbra ryan, was letting go of my as the world turns family. >> coleen relied on her family when she battled tongue cancer. she convinced her producers to raise awareness. >> i was diagnosed with this and went through what i went through in order to get the word out. >> now that she is closing this long chapter of her life, coleen feels like she is feeling her fans in th lert. >> everything that they have gone through, the craziness and laughter and the marriages and the divorces. >> your love gives me strength. >> and the affairs. it's going to be very difficult. >> but the last show won't let her fans down. >> i just wept when e read it. and it is saying good-bye. >> and there is life after oakdale. she is working on a one woman's show and hoping to make it back to broadway. ashley morrison for cbs news, new york. >>> soap op