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Instead of having his high level conference. the problem is hes talking bullying on saturday. hes talking about no child left behind instead of everything else. yesterday, i was stunned by what happened at the u.n. security council when a vote with five abstaining. it looks like were going to go beyond a no fly zone in libya as france, u.k., lebanon put together a charter to go ahead and help the rebels. >> now were going to get those fighter jets from gutter and united arab emirates and i want ...

From their leader. u.s. officials say the measures authorization now provides a legal basis for countries to carry out airstrikes to protect libyan civilians from qadhafis forces. this vote came hours after qadhafi threatened his own people. he threatened citizens in benghazi and says he intends to show no mercy this vote came days after the arab league voted to support the no-fly zone. the vote was 10-0, russia, china, india, germany and brazil abstaining. al-jazeera broadcast footage of a crow...

Abstaining. then he was very calm about the situation and was very much saying that our priority is to look after the civilians. however, if other countries are arming the rebels, then they are inviting libyans to kill each other. so it was not -- there wasnt a big expression of anger. they were trying to show that theyre taking this in their stride. they said that theyll give more of a reaction once theyve gone through the whole draft and obviously we know this was just a couple of hours after ...

Reacted or given any indication? >> reporter: there was a reaction about 45 minutes after the resolution was made. we were all called, all the journalists at this hotel, and there are 267 of them, were all called into the conference room to listen to a press conference with the deputy foreign minister. he was -- kept his calm but was very sort of defiant. the first thing he said was that he applauded the countries that abstained and named them being china, russia, india, brazil, and germany and ...

Gadhafi. this is the message from the leadership. this is what moammar gadhafis son just told me his father said. he said theyre going to change the tactics around benghazi, that the army is not going to go into benghazi. its going to take up positions around the stronghold. the reason is they expect a humanitarian exodus. they expect people will be afraid of whats going to happen, and he said the army will be there to help them get out. >> im going to ask nic to hold, but im coming back to you,...

Extracted a few thoughts from your book. you say, sex and its pursuit seem to have become such blood sports. their rules so confusing and their standards so exacting that its not hard to wonder occasionally, whether its all worth it. >> did you come to that conclusion before or after abstaining? >> yes, before? >> yes, that was before. i think were an enormous lot of pressure to be sexy, to feel sexual. for women, even our hair has to be sexy. it all gets to be a bit of a turn-off. >> my vow has...

First up, though, keeping them honest. should teaching sex ed be a crime? this is not a hypothetical question. in wisconsin a district attorney has warned teachers that if they use a new state government mandated sex ed course, they could be committing a crime and serve up to six years in prison. this is the letter the district attorney sent out to five school districts. and hes going to be on the program in a minute to defend the letter. but i just want to show you what the sex ed course that h...

A crime and serve up to six years in prison. this is the letter the district attorney sent out to five school districts. and hes going to be on the program in a minute to defend the letter. but i just want to show you what the sex ed course that hes opposed to is actually designed to teach. it was approved by the state government. no republicans support it, i should point out, but democrats passed it. the d.a. is republican, by the way. the course is designed to be age appropriate, and its descr...

Happening in the top box, strained relations between the united states and israel. mike tobin is live in jerusalem. >> reporter: gregg, frorts all over the world are quoting unnamed sources saying the obama administration is considering abstaining when it usually steps in with veto power in the u.n. and protect israel from harsh and critical resolutions, unless israel complies with the desires of the white house. one israeli minister said all of this pressure the obama administration is bringing...

>> the u.s. abstaining from that signature, trump saying he refuses to sign that communique, michelle krasinski. >> right. >> thank you so much. well check back with you. joining me right now, max booth, senior leader at the foreign relations, and an anchor at bloomberg and an anchor at cnn toronto. max, very strong language. from advisers saying there is a special place in hell for trudeau to saying that was a sophomoric move and it was back-stabbing. what does this mean for relations going for...