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Every state is having to debate. until you get that under control you wont be able to control the growth of government. jon: i love the line, president obama says we have to retool our economy to win the future. he basically just said that. the only way to do that is to grow the economy that makes things, not the sect their takes things. >> in order to have government have the money to spend on purposes we all would agree with on government, public safety, for example. jon: i like being safe. >>...

Days. we know the president has briefed key lawmakers at the white house but a lot of them have been calling for the president to make the case to the nation about the way forward, and we expect the president will talk about how this is has advanced u.s. interests and how a major humanitarian catastrophe has been averted. gregg: with so much going on in the middle east right now there is the question of what makes libya different from the many other countries in that region that are also experie...

Peninsula. >> a lot of terrorism cooperation from president sal eh, and yemeni services so if that government collapses or is replaced by one that is dramatically more weak, then i think well face some additional challenges out of yemen, no question about it. its a real problem. jenna: that was secretary of defense gates over the weekend. neil livingston has extensive secret op experience. i guess were calling it spet op experience in the middle east, that sounds enough, neil, chairman and ceo o...

To hamas way of trying to con quest and achieve its goals by using force and by killing civilians. gregg: you did more than simply renounce hamas you became a top spy for israel. what did you do for israel? >> well, i worked side-by-side with israeli intelligence, the f.b.i. for ten years and the rain goal was to stop violence, to stop suicide bombers who were trying to kill civilians, and i did as much as i could to stop that. gregg: apparently you have saved a lot of lives in the process. ther...

Been raised up, people are very confused about why hes doing what hes doing. i would go through all the legitimate questions raised about the military mission and coalition and the like and answer them systematically. the goal should be by the end of the speech tonight that americans feel that their questions have been answered, all the the confusing back and forth and gates saying its not in our interest, and obama saying it is in our interests, settle all the confusion, go through the question...

Caveats suggesting that theyll fly in the no-fly zone and enforce the no-fly zone but not strike at any ground target. they really need to make a lot of progress before the u.s. hands over complete command and control to nato in the coming days, gregg. gregg: what about civilian casualties. >> reporter: its stunning reports from our own rick leventhal and rich harlow and theyve come across aeu macing scenes at hospital in eastern libya in which they saw what they think is evidence, and what they...

Morning. >> reporter: its not much better where i am in the northeast. were watching for a new storm in the northeast that could bring in another wintery mix. i want to take you out west, where we had all of this wild weather over the weekend, california, much improved as far as weather conditions goverment for today, mostly clear skies for much of the states. there is still one flood warning in effect across clear lake and this is to the west of sacramento because of flooding still going on. ve...

We are not really talking about the economy any more. how do you see this kind of leading us into 2012 elections? do you see these international issues being the main drivers of the issues that the candidates are going to have to respond to or will the economy and what is happening budget wise also somehow become relevant again? because it doesnt feel that way right now. >> reporter: of course it will shift back again to everybodys pocketbook, and everybodys wallet, and what happens with each fa...

Substantive, lasting changes and thats why it looks like were not going to get a resolution for a short-term spending plan. gregg: it would appear the white house and democrats are prepared to, theyve been talking about it, offer $20 billion in additional cuts, thats on top of the ten already. is that palatable to republicans? i dont see the house, especially the 60 some odd republicans, going for that. >> well, this is where it gets very challenging for house speaker john boehner, because there...

Of ha mat. mosab hassan yousef joins us. why did you renounce everything that your father stood for. >> i witnessed a lot of bloodshed and violence, death of innocent children and women to stand finally and say enough, and no to violence, no to bloodshed any more. gregg: are you talking about the violence and cruelty of hamas? >> exactly. gregg: what kinds of things? >> well, all of us know that hamas is responsible for the deaths of thousands of israelis, many americans, even palestinians, and ...