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President Obama to Announce Afghanistan Plans; Terrorists Escape in Prison Break; 'Countdown to Zero': Film's Mission is to End Nuclear Threat; Surge Forces Expected Home By Summer 2012; Alcohol, Sleeping Pills and Valium; White House Misses Solar Panel Install Deadline; Gore Blasts Obama on Environment

Aired June 22, 2011 - 16:00   ET

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BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN ANCHOR: After a deadly robbery and a frantic manhunt, pharmacies across the country are now on high alert. They could be the next target.

I'm Brooke Baldwin. The news is now.

A prison break in one of the most dangerous countries in the world. Now dozens of suspected al Qaeda terrorists are on the loose in Yemen. We're going to take you behind the escape.

The clock is ticking. Thousands of people in one state must leave everything behind.

Floodwaters in North Dakota are being called historic, catastrophic, and they are rising right now.

Plus, booze, Hitler, and videotape. One of the world's most famous fashion designers is facing the music. Sunny Hostin is on the case.

Also, can the world get rid of every single nuclear weapon? Some people are pushing for it, including Her Majesty, Queen Noor of Jordan. I will speak with her live.

Welcome back. And hello once again. I'm Brooke Baldwin.

Four hours and counting, folks, we're four hours away from President Obama's prime-time televised speech on America's longest war now, the war in Afghanistan. And we expect the president to essentially undo the troop surge he ordered in 2009 and then carried out just last year.

Sources say the president plans to have 10,000 fewer troops in Afghanistan by the end of this year. And as you can see there, that number will fall by an additional 20,000 by the end of 2012.

Let's go straight to Washington to Wolf Blitzer.

I know we're all waiting, Wolf. We're going to be watching the president's speech. This is major political and foreign policy test here for the president, because it's a delicate dance. He has to try to begin winding down the war and convince a very war-weary public that it's in our best interests to keep fighting and funding the war. What are you going to be looking for tonight? How does he handle this?

WOLF BLITZER, HOST, "THE SITUATION ROOM": Well, I'm going to be listening very closely to hear if he talks about money tonight, how much that this is going to cost this year, next year, 2013, 2014, because even with the withdrawal of the 30,000, 33,000 or so troops that were sent in, in surge in the aftermath of his West Point speech in December 2009, you pull all of those 30,000 out let's say between now and next year, there are still going to be about 70,000 U.S. troops that will remain in Afghanistan in 2013, 2014. And some congressional sources suggest that the long-term plan is to keep 25,000 U.S. troops even beyond 2014. So, there are a lot of troops that are still going to be there. It's going to cost hundreds and billions of dollars. And at a time of economic distress here at home, there's going to be strong opposition to even accelerate this withdrawal, Brooke, a lot more quickly.

BALDWIN: Yes. I was talking to Congressman Thornberry out of Texas a moment ago, and he was talking about how there may never be a point where there -- there will always be some sort of American boots on the ground there and there will always be some sort of funding that is necessary to keep those guys and gals there.

I also want to talk about some numbers, Wolf Blitzer.

Guys, let's show Wolf's tweet from earlier.

You were tweeting numbers in terms of troops. So, here we go. You say, Afghan numbers, 100,000 U.S. troops, 40,000 NATO troops, 300,000 Afghan military and police vs. 100 al Qaeda and maybe 25,000 Taliban.

Wolf, why was that important for you to point out?

BLITZER: Well, it just doesn't -- it doesn't really on the surface make any sense. And that 25,000 number, it may be high. There may be 10,000 or 15,000 or 20,000 Taliban roaming around Afghanistan right now.

If there are 300,000 police and military personnel that the Afghans have now trained, they say they have that robust force, why does the United States still need 100,000 troops, at least right now, another 40,000 NATO troops to stay there?

And some more numbers -- and we might get dizzy listening to all these numbers.

BALDWIN: Yes.

BLITZER: Remember, Brooke, there are almost another 100,000 U.S. contractors who work in Afghanistan, about 80,000 or so contractors. Now, about 30,000 -- I will give you the exact numbers -- 19,000 of those contractors are U.S. citizens. About 22,000 are third-country citizens. About 47,000 are Afghan nationals, Afghan citizens. Many of those U.S. contractors, private citizens, who serve there, they make a lot more money salary-wise than the U.S. military personnel. So, that's additional cost that is in this equation as well.

So, the question I was asking is, why do we need 400,000 good guys, supposedly, the U.S., NATO, the Afghan, to fight maybe 20,000, 25,000 bad guys? On the surface, it doesn't make any sense.

But I'm going to speak to some military analysts, include General Wesley Clark, a former NATO supreme allied commander, and ask him -- ask him why the U.S. needs that robust force, that huge military presence in Afghanistan, when the opposition, the enemy, if you will, is relatively modest.

BALDWIN: Talking to our Nic Robertson a moment ago, he said, having been in Afghanistan very recently, when you speak to Hamid Karzai and others, they say they are not ready and they don't have their own troops for the backfill.

Wolf Blitzer, we will --

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BLITZER: Well, they have 300,000.

BALDWIN: They do. They do. But this is what Nic said they say, that they say they are not prepared.

Wolf, we will talk to you a little later in the hour, and you can talk to me about this Senator Manchin interview I was sort of watching behind my shoulder for your show coming up later. Thank you so much.

And don't forget to watch President Obama's prime-time address to the nation tonight 8:00 Eastern right here on CNN.

And if it's interesting and if it's happening right now, you're about to see it rapid fire. Let's go.

A collision narrowly averted at New York's JFK Airport. A Lufthansa jumbo jet -- here's the animation -- heading towards a screeching halt because of that Egypt Air plane pulling on to the runway. So it's not clear exactly how close physically those two planes get, but at takeoff speeds, the pilot would have had seconds to react.

I want you to listen to the control tower as air traffic controllers turn frantic.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: American 158 heavy. You are ready to go.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Egypt Air 986 heavy.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Cancel takeoff plans. Cancel takeoff. Cancel takeoff plans.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Lufthansa 411 heavy is rejecting takeoff.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All traffic is stopped right now.

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BALDWIN: FAA is investigating.

Also, a physics professor is arrested, accused of running an online site promoting prostitution. Police say David Flory had been operating the site called Southwest Companions for three years. He allegedly told officers he did it as a hobby, didn't make any money. The site had about 1,200 clients and 200 prostitutes.

Some of you probably recognize this guy. This is country singer Glen Campbell. He has just revealed to "People" magazine that he is now suffering from Alzheimer's. The Grammy winner, now 75, has been battling short-term memory loss for years, but says Alzheimer's diagnosis came just about six months ago. He's planning a final tour this fall and wants his fans to be aware of his condition.

A Wal-Mart shopper fed up with crime, she tries to stop three brothers from stealing beer -- the whole thing caught on camera.

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MONIQUE LAWLESS, WITNESS: I told the cashier, do something. They are leaving. And she couldn't do anything. So I just told her, watch my purse.

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BALDWIN: Take a look at these guys. Here it is. They grabbed beer, walked right out of the store without paying. And that's when the woman stomped on the windshield. Here she goes up on the car, stomp, stomping away, before the suspects then took off. Police later caught them after a chase. The woman is A-OK.

To Michigan, where a 7-year-old leads police on a car chase.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Believe it or not, I just passed about a 5-, 6-year-old kid flying down the road with a red Pontiac Sunbird.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: OK. It was a red Sunbird?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.

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BALDWIN: Police say the boy took his stepfather's car to go see his biological father. We're told he hit speeds about 50 miles an hour -- 7. When officers caught up with him, they said they had to help him put the car in park. The boy's stepfather was not home at the time. Mom was asleep. Police say she could face charges because she's in charge of her son.

And take a look at this. An MTA bus driving down a street there in Queens, New York, it loses a 400-pound tire. Check it out. Wheel, there it goes, flying off, barely missing the white car there that is parked, slams into the building. Fortunately, the bus was empty and the sidewalk clear of people.

Now to Fenway Park in Boston, top of the sixth. Padres player hits a foul ball. Check this out. Fan makes the catch in his beer. We have got to watch that again. I hope this thing goes on a loop. And like any true baseball fan, he doesn't let the beer go to waste. Here we go again. Watch it. Watch it. There he goes. In the beer cup. Nice move.

So, how dangerous are fireworks? The government wants to show you.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Five, four, three, two, one.

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BALDWIN: And now watch the man getting blown up. Well, if that doesn't put a damper on your summer fun -- ouch. That will leave a mark. Yes, that is the special show the government puts on each and every year before the Fourth of July right there on the National Mall.

So in case you don't know explosives are dangerous, ladies and gentlemen, now you know.

And now -- oh, and kids, too. Stop.

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BALDWIN: And now this: former Vice President Al Gore on the attack, and the target is a huge surprise. As you know, he endorsed President Obama during the campaign, and now Gore is blasting the president and using some strong words against him. We're going to tell you why ahead.

But up next: A gunman walks into this pharmacy, pulls the trigger, kills four people. And, as the frantic manhunt continues, there are now warnings across the nation. Pharmacies are targets. And they are on high alert -- how this affects your neighborhood next.

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BALDWIN: You know, there was a really horrible crime committed in New York this past Father's Day. Take a look at this video with me. You see this guy? Long Island police say surveillance video shows him robbing a pharmacy.

Take a good look. He allegedly kills four people point blank before taking all of the OxyContin that he could stuff in that backpack there and walks right out.

Among the dead, a 17-year-old who would have been going to prom this week. Also killed, a woman who was engaged to be married this fall, and took the lives of two men who had children and grandchildren.

It is horrible, but here is the reality. Ever since OxyContin has hit the market, pharmacies have become targets of armed robbers. Most of them demand just the OxyContin. They don't want the cash, they don't want other drugs, just OxyContin.

I want to bring in Steve Kardian, he's a former police detective.

And, Steve, before we talk about the why here, when you heard about this fatal shooting -- it's my understanding it was a very small, you know, not a chain pharmacy, small place on Long Island -- were you surprised?

STEVE KARDIAN, FORMER POLICE DETECTIVE: No, I'm not, Brooke, because that type of a pharmacy is what we refer to as a soft target. It's an easy hit, it's easy access. You see how we went in. You know, we see that these drug-crazed criminals, people that are addicted to the opiates, are very determined, desperate, and they do irrational things.

BALDWIN: So when you Google, you know, you can Google the phrase "pharmacy hold up" and you can get like 86 pages of results nationwide, they go all the way back to 2001, all for OxyContin. And here we are, I know that prescription drug abuse is up, are these types of pharmacy crimes up, Steve, and, if so, why now?

KARDIAN: We're looking at, in the past five years, at least 1,800 cases of pharmacy robberies, not even in addition to the burglaries. This is going to replace the bank robberies. And what we're seeing is that OxyContin is such a powerful drug that it can be resold on the street, one bottle of 60 tablets, 60 to 80 milligrams, can go for $5,000.

Now the opiates are so highly addictive, they are a Schedule 2 drug, the DEA regulates and follows and tracks these drugs very, very closely. They are very dangerous, they are highly addictive and people that are stuck on them do very desperate things.

BALDWIN: Well, you know, you talk about the DEA, I know that the DEA, the U.S. Attorney's Office have been cracking down on catching some of the more major players stealing these prescription drugs. DEA has also been holding national prescription drug take-back days where they go to people's homes and you can pull out unused pills and turn them in. But that only addresses one issue.

I mean, what really is the root here? Is it the addiction? Is it the drugs? Is it the pharmaceutical companies that the doctors who are maybe are overprescribing? What is the root issue?

KARDIAN: Well, we are an addictive society and we're seeing that this medication is being distributed rather easily.

With regard to the pharmacies, we're seeing that they are soft targets. We see the pharmacist has now attained the role of a physician. He needs to talk to patients about interaction to drugs. So it's an open area. The only thing between you and thousands and thousands of drugs is a small barrier.

So I can envision in the future seeing it much more like a convenience store or a gas station overnight store where they are in an closure because they have to be. Because they are a soft target, he can walk right in, he can jump over that counter. The Schedule 2 drugs are supposed to be locked up, but they are accessible. In this case, he walked away with more than a month's supply.

BALDWIN: I realize this can happen in any pharmacy, soft target chain, you know, anywhere in the country and I know that some of the pharmacies just down the one from this one are already adding cameras and armed guards. You know, they're frightened.

Steve Kardian, appreciate you coming on. Thank you.

Well, the feds have warned terrorists in Yemen are right now plotting attacks against America. You know that. Well, now they're about to get a little help. Dozens of suspected al Qaeda fighters are on the loose after this daring prison break. Find out how it went down and whose hunting them. We'll get you a live report next.

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BALDWIN: Going "Globe Trekking."

You know, this next story almost sounds like a plot out of some kind of movie thriller, only the implications are very, very real. Suspected al Qaeda militants linked to plots to kill Americans make this bloody escape in Yemen. A Yemeni soldier and a prisoner were killed when armed militants attacked the jail with heavy artillery, now dozens of suspected terrorists are among those free.

Our Mohammed Jamoom is live in Abu Dhabi with more on this.

And, Mohammed, do we even know how this happened in the first place?

MOHAMMED JAMJOOM, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Brooke, we were told throughout the day from security officials in Yemen that this was a two-pronged attack. That there were suspected al Qaeda militants that attacked the prison from the outside in the city Mukallah (ph), and there were also militants on the inside that attacked prison guards and that had dug a hole, a tunnel, and has escaped that way. There's still confusion as to exactly how it went down.

But just in the last little while, we've got an announcement from the Interior Ministry in Yemen that it was 63 members of al Qaeda that escaped during this jail break. A lot of concern as to what this means, the implications of it, not just for Yemen but as well for Yemen's regional neighbors and the U.S.

But also, beyond that we're told that these suspected members of al Qaeda, maybe they are high level, maybe they are not high level, they're not sure just yet. But the officials in Yemen are quite worried about what this means exactly for the country right now -- Brooke.

BALDWIN: Just so I'm hearing you, because we were couching it by saying "suspected al Qaeda members," but you're hearing from Interior Ministry, 63 members of al Qaeda.

And if you can just bring this home to an American audience, I mean, obviously this is news that no one wants to hear, but particularly in Yemen where we have counterterrorism measures in place to try to track down some of these al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, this is horrible news.

JAMJOOM: Terrible news not just for Yemenis but for Americans as well. One of the primary concerns about Yemen is whether or not al Qaeda will try to take advantage of all of the political strife and turmoil and chaos and violence that's going on in that country.

We've heard repeatedly over the last several weeks expressions of concern from Yemeni officials and American officials because towns have been seized by al Qaeda-related militants, there are clashes that have been going on in certain provinces, many people have wondered if because there is a power vacuum in Yemen that al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula could try to take advantage of that.

Now that not mean that large swaths of the country are being taken over but the concern is how much can al Qaeda exploit it. Now people say, analysts say there is probably only about 700 al Qaeda members in Yemen, but Yemen is used as a base for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. That's the most active, most threatening, most dangerous wing of the al Qaeda network.

And the concern is that they have tried to launch attacks against the U.S. and regional neighbors from Yemen in the past, what might they try to do now -- Brooke.

BALDWIN: It's very concerning. Mohammed Jamjoom, thank you so much for that. Sixty-three members of al Qaeda out.

Coming up next, is it realistic that countries give up their nuclear weapons, every single last one of them? There is a major push to bring all the leaders of armed nations to the table. Folks, this has never happened before. But will that change? My next guest has some ideas. Her majesty -- what a thrill here -- her majesty, Queen Noor of Jordan is going to join me next. Stay here.

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BALDWIN: It has been described as chilling, it's a horror film to end all horrors. Talking about a new documentary, it's called "Countdown to Zero," it's part of this international campaign to phase out the use of stockpiles of nuclear weapons and it's being screened at the Global Zero Summit in London. You have more than a hundred international leaders, they're discussing ways to completely eliminate nuclear weapons in the project. Very near and dear to the heart of this woman, Queen Noor of Jordan. Her majesty is an international humanitarian activist.

Your Majesty, it is a pleasure to have you on, it is an honor.

And I know this is a charge that is very, very important to you. For people who are not familiar, Global Zero, what does that mean?

QUEEN NOOR, JORDAN: Global Zero literally is calling for a global effort to eliminate all nuclear weapons worldwide, recognizing that probably the greatest threats to the world today, world community anywhere you might look, is both climate change on one hand but particularly the immediate threat of the proliferation of nuclear weapons and nuclear materials.

BALDWIN: We know that there are nine nations in total here who have nuclear weapons. And, you know, in terms of your mission and Global Zero, we're moving in the right direction with ratifying the START Treaty and the U.N.'s National Security Summit adopted that unanimous resolution calling for essentially global zero, for the elimination of nuclear weapons.

But my question to you, You Majesty, is this, it's kind of like being part of a draw, who puts their gun down first?

QUEEN NOOR: Well, part of the progress, in addition to what you just named, is the progress taking place with the United States and Russia. The START Treaty ratification was part of that progress, and it's significant because those two countries possess the vast majority of the approximately 23,000 nuclear weapons that are in the possession of these nine nuclear states.

So the cutbacks, beginning with the United States and Russia, and another series of cutbacks that they -- both states could easily make, will lead us, we believe, to the next critical step which we're focusing on in this summit, which is to bring all of the nuclear states together for the first time in history to negotiate universal, non-discriminatory, the phased elimination of all these nuclear weapons. No state would be put in jeopardy during this process. All states would work together to that end.

BALDWIN: I see, you're trying to get everyone to come to the table. Everyone, we mention START Treaty and of course, that's Russia and U.S., but there are nine countries who have these nuclear weapons.

And also as part of this, there is this documentary. I just want to play a portion of it, if I may, you're calling it "Countdown to Zero. Let's watch a piece.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We estimate that there are about 23,000 nuclear weapons in the world.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Various groups have been focused on acquiring weapons of mass destruction, in particular, nuclear weapons.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All the black markets seizures that I'm aware of --

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BALDWIN: Now, that was just a piece of it. I know, your majesty, that your generation and others are very familiar with ducking cover.

NOOR: Exactly.

BALDWIN: But maybe this is for the younger generation. Am I right?

NOOR: This is for the generations that since the Cold War in particular have not really understood that this problem -- most generations perhaps don't realize that this problem has only continued.

Proliferation has continued. There are now 50 percent more countries in possession of nuclear weapons and they are worth the end of the Cold war. And with the proliferation of nuclear weapons and materials, the risks that terrorists will acquire those materials rises with every day.

And with every new state that acquires nuclear weapons, that's a stimulus to other states to feel, well, if these weapons are need for the security of the most powerful nations in the world, then they must be needed by us as well. And this is the vicious cycle that we're caught in today, the multilateral negations bringing everyone to the table together, is really probably the only way to break through that impasse.

BALDWIN: I know this is near and dear to you and people can Google global zero very easily and get involved as well --

NOOR: And may I add --

BALDWIN: Yes.

NOOR: -- if they can sign petitions at cutnukes.org. Petitions demanding that the leaders of the nuclear states work together towards zero and relieving the world of this, of the weapons that date back to the Cold War where they may have had some value during that period, but don't address today's threats.

As I mentioned, nuclear terrorism amongst them and on top of that, a recent study shows that the nine nuclear states over the next decade will be spending $1 trillion, 100 billion a year to maintain these arsenals.

Money that should go to health education, green energy development, and other critical programs that are being cut. The United States spent 60 percent of that $1 trillion over the coming decade.

BALDWIN: I hear your passion and I feel your passion about this all the way from London, but I have to ask you since I have you on about the extraordinary events happening in the Middle East and North Africa in the last couple of months and I know that you work with refugees international.

It's a serious -- specifically, it's a very tough story for us to tell. We were able to get one of our correspondents into Syria just briefly and back some of those refugee camps on the border with Turk. I want to play you a piece of sound. I just want your reaction.

This is a woman, actually she's a pregnant woman. She's too fearful to show her face but here's what she told our correspondent.

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NOUR, SYRIAN REFUGEE: I come here, this circumstance is so difficult. I'm pregnant. I cannot bear such things. I have a nervous breakdown. Every day when they have protests in the street and the military and the army come and kill them in front of our eyes.

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BALDWIN: So how do we get the world to unite with Syria and help those refugees like that woman when this is a story in a country they won't let us in to tell their story, to get the pictures?

NOOR: Well, the pictures are coming out any way and the issues of the refugees, such large numbers of refugees seeking shelter over the border in Turkey.

And the large numbers of people who have lost their lives during this period is so tragic and the pictures are coming out, the international community is obviously trying to work with Syria. And I certainly hope and pray -- I actually have Syrian blood.

My father's family is from Syria. So I feel a particular agony over what we're seeing on a daily basis and I pray that this will be resolved as soon as possible, that there are genuine efforts being made to bridge the impasse.

And to move the country forward on a more peaceful and on a track that will provide the citizens of the country and leadership of the country an opportunity to work together to develop power sharing, to develop respect and safeguarding human rights and economic, political, and other opportunities for people to participate in the decisions that affect their lives and in building a new country.

BALDWIN: Her majesty, Queen Noor, coming live from London, I appreciate it very much.

NOOR: Thank you very much.

BALDWIN: Thank you.

Still to come here after the break, we're getting some breaking news from the White House. We'll share that with you in a matter of moments.

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BALDWIN: We're now less than four hours away from the president speaking addressing the nation with regard to troop drawdown out of Afghanistan.

I want to go live to Brianna Keilar who's been working the story for us at the White House. Brianna, we know that the number is 30,000. That's the number that will be out of Afghanistan by the end of 2012, but now you're learning specifically when?

BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Specifically when, Brooke, this is going to be the headline of President Obama's speech.

All 33,000 of the surge troops that President Obama announced in December of 2009, we've learned from a senior administration official will come out of Afghanistan by the end of next summer so no later than September of 2012.

That would be 10,000 troops being pulled out of Afghanistan this year, 2011, and the remaining 23,000 of the surge troops pulled out no later than September 2012. This is more than initial reports.

We were hearing yesterday that it would be all of the surge troops out of Afghanistan by the end of 2012. So certainly this takes this -- this allows U.S. forces in Afghanistan to continue through two sort of summer fighting seasons, but this is somewhat significant.

We should point out, Brooke, that this will keep about 70,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, remaining there until they are supposed to come home in 2014. This is a faster recommendation than what I just told you about than the Pentagon had asked for.

Pentagon officials, commanders on the ground had suggested only about 5,000 troops coming out by the end of this year and support troops, the kind of troops that they wanted to come home.

So I think the perspective here, that you're going to be hearing from President Obama in this speech and that we're hearing from the White House is that they are coming from a position where they feel like they've made a lot of successes.

They've been able to deliver on the promises that the president has made and that's what you're going to hear him say later tonight, Brooke, when he justifies these troops coming out.

All of the surge troops, 33,000, coming out by September 2012, a senior administration official tells us, Brooke.

BALDWIN: Brianna Keilar with the headline there, three and a half hours ahead of the president. Brianna, as always, thank you.

Also in Washington, want to take you to Capitol Hill because Republican House leaders are meeting today about Libya. They are trying to deal with their own position on America's military involvement in that country.

Speaker John Boehner has been one of the harshest critics on President Obama and what is happening in Libya, our involvement. But just this week, Senator John McCain said that the Republican Party needs to come out and endorse the mission.

Let's go straight to senior congressional correspondent Dana Bash. Dana, we know the Republicans, they had a meeting a short time ago. You know, taking a tough stand against the president on Libya.

But is sounds like some members are saying that the leadership wants doesn't go far enough. What are you hearing?

DANA BASH, CNN SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: It is fascinating. You're exactly right, Brooke. There was a meeting just a short while ago that wrapped up among House Republicans.

What they planned, we heard this first last night, is to have a vote, a couple of votes actually tomorrow on Libya and the most important vote was planned to be -- it was a resolution to say that U.S. military troops would be removed from hostilities in the Libyan mission, that they would not be allowed to engage in hostilities.

Guess what? That was not strong enough, according to several Republicans. We're told this by our intrepid producer outside of that meeting. She says there's a lot of frustration, saying not far enough, not tough enough.

So we're told now that they are going to toughen up that language and say, that Congress wants to use the power of the purse and that the U.S. would actually defund any kind of military option that is engaged in Libya right now that has anything to do with the hostility.

So this is a very interesting development. It sounds like to be honest, the House Republican leadership are still trying to work out the language on how they are actually going to write this, whether it would just be a resolution, which doesn't have the force of law and whether it will have the force of law.

That's all being worked out, but the bottom line is there's so much frustration, particularly inside the Republican Party in the House with the way that the president has handled Libya.

That what the House Republican leaders had planned did not go far enough. So it really is fascinating sentiment that we're watching grow here in Congress.

BALDWIN: As you mentioned, using the power of the purse there on Capitol Hill. Dana bash, thank you very much.

Coming up here, he was caught on video saying that he loved Adolf Hitler. Well, today, one of the world's most famous fashion designers takes a stand in his own trial.

And he's not talking about what happened that night, but he's issuing blame. Sunny Hostin is on this interesting case. She is next.

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BALDWIN: Now to the next chapter in one of the most mediocre rises and falls in the world of fashion. I'm talking about British designer, John Galliano. His talent took him really to top of his craft, designing for the House of Christian Dior. But his mouth brought a sudden end to his soaring career and today, it landed him smack dab in a French courtroom.