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And republicans on board. barney frank and rand paul, great ten-year plan, bipartisan, to cut the defense budget by $10 trillion and keep this country secure. >> tim, let me turn it back to you. katrinas point is well taken. republicans as well as democrats, left, center, right, everybody looks at the defense budget. secretary gates looked at it and said $178 billion that he saw that could be cut over a couple years. why hasnt that been part of these continuing resolutions as proposed by the rep...

They are discussing a wide range of issues, including the current upheaval sweeping across the middle east, as well as north africa. of want to bring in two of our correspondents for perspective. foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty, and cnn jerusalem chief kevin flower. thank you for joining us. both sides hope to accomplish something with todays meeting. well start with you, kevin, in jerusalem. the united nations is on the verge now of sanctioning a political state. thats going to hap...

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>> absolutely. ive been saying this for year. ive been saying it to the government. we say the leader of state sponsored terrorism are coming after you. we tell them were not saying. but we are going to come in and eliminate them and leave and allow people to figure the way. thats the only way you stop this. sanctions will never work. gaddafi will never be affected by that. look at castro. he has never been affected in over 50 years. absolutely, the message should be to any leader of the country...

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Those who have moved south left new york state. >> is that right? so a lot of people going back to the south, i guess, presumably where atnd least the weathers warmer and theres a better life. >> reporter: absolutely -- well, absolutely. soll, ill say that. >> coming from the south, right, exactly. >> im in atlanta today, too, was im a northern boy. thanks so much, jo hn zarrella. >> sure. >> we do appreciate it. im just getting some breaking developments out of capitol hill. more on what the ...

Half ago and spoke to the syrian people, we promise that some of those who have been detained will be released. you heard, though, joe, from the protest organizers, they dont believe them. >> and it doesnt look like there will be much mo them, at least in what these current statements are coming out. >> absolutely. >> i want to talk more about mohammed jamjoom in abu dhabi. we have seen that once the genie is out of the bottle, the longtime rulers have been unable to stuff it back in. are we a...

>> there were four gentlemen at kennedy center last night, four living former presidents, paying tribute to bush 41 and could have given him advice about unintended consequences and how things dont always go as you expect when you become president of the u.s. >> absolutely. absolutely. its amazing stuff to see all of them together. yeah, i bet -- im sure they would not change places with him if they could right now, andrea. >> dont think they would. all right. thank you very much, chris cillizza...

Analysis of whats happening there today, richard. but certainly it is one could expect coalition forces to be moving to assist the operation and defense. >> nic robertson in the libyan capital of tripoli, thank you. >> richard, initially in the operation odyssey dawn, we were hearing about french and british planes above the skies of libya. were hearing more about the united states role now. maybe getting more involved than initially thought. moving beyond firing cruise missiles from navy ships ...

Speech this is a man not afraid of television cameras, not afraid of being seen on television, not afraid of talking to crowds and rallying them. not afraid of being seen. the speech, we dont see him. we see that golden fist crushing the u.s. fighter jet. it rather gives the impression he doesnt want to give any clues where he is, richard. >> nic robertson in tripoli this morning, thank you. the united states is playing a major part in operation odyssey dawn. several american ships and submari...