the british government has sent the hms cumberland to benghazi. from there, our correspondent reports. >> a passage to safety thanks to the royal navy. they come from across libya after news of the hms cumberland arriving. even though the port is the -- firmly in opposition hand, there are people here to step passport. some of these people have traveled hundreds of miles across libyan territory. some have come from benghazi. they're all glad the royal navy has come to rescue them. >> since last week, we of been almost imprisoned in the house, if you like, making sure we were not involved in anything going on. >> there was gunfire all around. we felt we were in a doughnut where we were. all the smoke was happening at the military installations all the way around. it started with simple gunfire and it got worse with heavy artillery fire and things. >> in the center of benghazi is evidence of the bitter battle the opposition fought to control this city. this was the military base from which colonel gaddafi's forces shot at protesters. thousands of pr

despite criticism of britain's slow response, the captain of hms cumberland insists they made all speed to get here. >> from all points of view, we have reacted very quickly. it was three days ago. we headed up to crete. we got a whole heap of stores and extra personnel. >> there are british and other nationalities here as well. as they come on board, there is a surge of relief. >> we are coming from a war zone to get on a british ship as an american. i never thought i would look at the union jack and say, wow, really good to see the union jack. >> in a few hours, they will be in malta. for most of them, it cannot come soon enough. bbc news, benghazi. >> and british charges ruled that the founder of the wikileaks web site julian assange should be it provided to sweden, where he is facing allegations of sexual assault. two women have accused him of rape and sexual molestation. his lawyer says the charges are politically motivated and will appeal. >> julian assange has thrown everything at attempting to persuade a judge to block his extradition. his lawyer is one of an experienced legal t

i am rett courier and i live at 324 cumberland street which is around the block, around the corner, and i drive by this property with some regularity but i am here today because i have been a remember of the dolores heights improvement club and i have been very aware of the special use district and the guidelines that they have in place to protect the character of the neighborhood and to protect the open green space inside the blocks. and i find that to be, i mean, that is a wonderful, fabulous thing about my neighborhood. and so i think that the restrictions and the guidelines of the special use district haven't been observed and i don't know enough about this particular project, but it does strike me that there's a terrible precedent that's going to be set. and it affects the whole neighborhood and that's why i came down here to speak to you all today. i hope that you will listen to what all of my neighbors have been saying in the last few minutes. thank you for letting me come to speak out of turn. president olague: thank you. we have two more d.r. requesters. >> good commissioners.

"cumberland" came into shore this morning. people queued to get on board. some had been living in the town others made perilous journeys from miles away across the desert or along the coast road. the children don't understand the danger they've escaped. their parents do. >> it was very, very frightening we're all right now. we could hear machine guns, we could hear the bombs falling and then after... the shelling was very bad. we could see the building from fire and people were dying. >> reporter: water engineer dave skiner from barnstable has nothing left but what he's wearing. everything in his compound was looted. >> we just left let the guys in. they started kicking the doors down and we said, well, just open the doors and say "come in, take what you want." we ended up in one of the villas and there was a dozen british ex-presidents there and we were fortunate in as much that we had two women with us and i think the benghazi culture, they respect the woman and every time they knocked on the door, which was about every 15 minutes all through the night, t

you look down and there is a lot of roof decks and people across cumberland behind me have a roof deck so it's pretty common. also regarding -- i mean, it's san francisco, and in my bedroom i can literally lie in bed and look in about two different living rooms of different people's homes. so we close curtains because it's san francisco and i am used to that. i was born here. the last thing is i'm just kind of -- i have had some -- there is that email string or discussion with the dolores heights club and i was the one who actually was doing those emails because i found out that the club -- i had questions about how the club was run. and i just think that i'm not quite sure why they are really involved in this considering that they felt like thethey feln the proposed project for all reasonable and fair and makes sense. it is not a huge project. i was told the improvement club came about to prevent the demolition of single-family homes to build large apartment complexes. this is so far from that i am surprised they have gotten themselves involved, especially with the fact that the club

cumberland. you saw the frigate dock. gavin, where have the 207 evacuees gone now, do we know? >> there are 60 british evacuees. there are 120 foreign nationals from 25 different countries. >> i think we have lost that line to gavin. the united nations has warned ivory coast is on the brink of a new civil war as post election violence gos to other areas. forces have clashed with reporters of watt ra, who is nationally recognized as having won the election. david emblem reports. >> fearing for their safety, residents streak out of the district of avid john, a city in territory controlled by incumbent president laurel bagbo. thoughs leaving talk of gun battles and explosions -- translator: we heard gunshots until 4:00 in the morning. we could not sleep and we're tired now. >> we're living hell. it is hell. we are tired. >> a man rest is spreading with gunshots reported in the capital. a town in the west is also said to have been taken over by those pointing to oust mr. bagbo. he's been refusing to step down since november's presidential election. the u.n. and foreign leaders want

we grew up with jeremy in cumberland, rhode island.picked up the accent. >> jeremy: but i was formed by my early time there. [ laughter ] >> actually though -- the von bulough connection. >> which is a nice rhode island story. >> jeremy: of course, yeah. is he still alive? >> he's brilliant in that. >> but sunny isn't, is she? >> no, she's not. >> no, no. >> jimmy: thanks for bringing the party down, jeremy. i appreciate that. [ laughter ] >> by the way, this is like a real show. we thought you were doing a podcast. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: no, i have a talk show. this is on national television. >> i'm stunned by this. >> jimmy: this is ridiculous. >> i thought it was like a -- >> jimmy: he and bobby -- >> jeremy: does it go on the television? >> jimmy: jeremy, this is not a radio show. >> it hits some markets. >> can you get it on your iphone? >> jimmy: most markets. >> it's like a huge thing. >> jimmy: it's a giant thing. people can see you, yeah. [ cheers and applause ] >> oh, my god. >> jimmy: if people don't know these guys, they ar

hms cumberland and a to messrs. wilkes de vie. -- hms l [unintelligible] i chaired three meetings over the weekend. there's a security is looking at a strategic picture. not least to look at other risks to british citizens in countries in the wider region. there will be lessons we wish to learn from this evacuation including hiring a charter aircraft to use of defense assets, and the need for greater redundancy. an important decision was when to extract our embassy. this was taken at the meeting on friday and carried out on saturday. after the remaining civilians have been extracted and in parallel with the start of the desert operations which were planned for multi, our judgment is the rest to british citizens has been growing and the americans, french, and germans suspended operations of their embassies. britain retains the consul in tripoli and in benghazi. turkey will after british interests. the house will want to put on record thanks to all those who made the rescue effort possible, the skill of the pilots and

srchlts come cumberland" some u.s.d 50 oil refineries from houston to minneapolis to los angeles to philadelphia that use hydrofluoric acid, putting some 16 million unsuspecting americans at serious risk. >> worst case scenario is a major accident in a highly populated area. and thousands of people are impacted. >> reporter: that hasn't happened but in the last two years there have been 29 fires and explosions at refineries using hydrofluoric acid, which is key to making gasoline cleaner and more efficient. >> i think our safety record can be improved but it's not -- it's not a bad safety record. >> reporter: but our investigation found a crisis brewing, with aging equipment and a poor record of maintenance. after an accident involving the chemical at this sunoco refinery in philadelphia. investigators found the company failed to correct an established history of tube leaks dating back to 1973. just this week, texas fined citco $300,000 for safety violations at that refinery that ld to that last accident. now officials

. >> the british sent a warship to cumberland to help with the evacuation of citizens from libya. the united states has a very -- kearsarge and the red sea. is there any thought right now and moving u.s. naval assets to the coast of libya and if not, why not, to show the flag in that way? >> i would refer you to the defense department for how we deployed our forces and i think when you talk about this -- when you talk about the british ship, i believe you said to evacuate his people, we have evacuated americans and i am not sure what the question is getting at. >> the question is why has the united states not used military assets to show the flag and to show possible support for the rebellion in libya? >> jonathan, i would just point to the steps we are we are taking into the fact that we are not taking any options off the table in the future and i will leave it at that. >> the united states, does the united states called the north american council meeting? >> i don't know. thank you, guys. >> on the cr. >> i will take one question. >> republicans in the house and house and democr