President Obama will make a statement on Libya at 2pmET after meeting with the Congressional leadership. The four broadcast networks will carry it live.

ABC’s Diane Sawyer will anchor a special report with Jake Tapper and Martha Raddatz reporting. CBS’s Harry Smith will anchor during coverage the NCAA tournament games. Harris Faulkner will anchor on FOX. And Brian Williams will anchor on NBC with David Gregory reporting from the D.C. bureau and Jim Maceda from Tripoli.

FNC launched Fox News Latino, a new website, whilst honoring the 2010 Ailes Apprentice Program graduates Tuesday night at the Water Club in Manhattan. Fox News CEO/chair and founder of the program, Roger Ailes hosted the dinner and Bill Hemmer was the MC. Other Fox Newsers in attendance: Geraldo Rivera, Martha MacCallum, Neil Cavuto, Harris Faulkner, new FNC weather anchor Maria Molina, Dr. Manny Alvarez, and from FBN: Lori Rothman, and Eric Bolling.

The apprentice program, created by Ailes in 2003, awards each student a graduate certificate and a stipend. The apprentices are given monthly meetings with their mentors, exposure to all Fox News platforms through job shadows, and a private lunch with Ailes. The Ailes Rising Apprentice Scholarship also launched that night, which awards $10,000 to one student from each sponsoring school: Hofstra University and St. Augustine’s College.

The night was also the kick-off of Fox News Latino, an English-language website for the rapidly growing Hispanic population in the U.S. Will the website one day turn into a TV channel, like CNN en Espanol? “That’s nowhere in sight,” manager Francisco Cortes told The Miami Herald. “Though, trust me, it’s in the back of my mind.” Cortes himself is a graduate of the Ailes Apprentice Program.

Bill Hemmer, Roger Ailes, Anita Sthalasayee, apprentice, for Imus in the Morning and Tom Bowman, Imus EP and Anita’s mentor.

More photos from the event are after the jump…

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A magnitude 6.9 earthquake, with an epicenter in northern Mexico and felt in southern California and Arizona, struck at 3:40pmPT (6:40pmET) today. CNN reported the news at 6:51pmET during its CNN Newsroom live newscast with Don Lemon. Fox News with anchor Harris Faulkner reported the news at 7:01pm on FOX Report. MSNBC’s Melissa Rehberger interrupted documentary programming at 7:09pm to report the news.

> Update, 8:03pm: The USGS has raised the magnitude to 7.2.

Last night’s “Insider” featured a “behind the scenes” segment about a handful of female Fox News talent, including FNC’s Megyn Kelly and Harris Faulkner and FBN’s Jenna Lee and Sandra Smith. Video below (sorry for the audio sync issue, we didn’t upload it):

TVNewser has learned ABC’s Diane Sawyer and NBC’s Brian Williams will anchor special reports this afternoon for their networks as Pres. Obama makes remarks about stepped up airport security after the attempted attack on Northwest Flight 253 on Christmas Day.

CBS News tells us they will monitor and cover on CBSNews.com. The cable news networks will also carry the statement live.

The president, who has not spoken publicly about Friday’s incident, is expected to make a statement around 3pmET from Hawaii.

> Update: CBS News switched course and carried the statement live from the Marine Corps Base near Kailua, Hawaii. FOX broadcast did as well. The president took no questions. Anthony Mason anchored on CBS. Harris Faulkner anchored on FOX.

WebNewser reports Foxnews.com’s “The Strategy Room” has a new lineup, which moves what used to be a strictly political Web show into more diverse topics.

The Foxnews.com web program begins at 9amET with “The Morning Clique,” hosted by Harris Faulkner, and ends with a 4pmET program, “Last Call w/ Leventhal,” hosted by Rick Leventhal.

In between, the “Fox Entertainment Hour” and “Fox Crime Hour” mix with breaking news and opinion throughout the day.

WebNewser has the full schedule.

• Earlier: TVNewser visits The Strategy Room.