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Your stuff, peter, that al qaeda is losing in the region right now. explain why. >> it was already losing, wolf, even before the events in the middle east that weve seen. any number of public opinion poll shows support for al qaeda, bin laden, suicide bombings dropping. but the events in the middle east underlying al qaedas relevance. were not seeing people in the streets of cairo or tripoli or tunisia carrying banners of bin ladens face. and theyre not spouting kwooids venomous critique of the ...

Find more on the blog. >> jack cafferty, thank you. evacuating libya. why have british citizens gotten out while american citizens wait and wait and wait? er ] succeeding in todays market requires more than wishful thinking. it requires determination and decisive action. go to e-trade and get unbiased analyst ratings and 24/7 help from award-winning customer support to take control of your finances and your life. tap into the power of revolutionary mobile apps. to trade wherever. whenever. life ...

President didnt say anything for the first few days of the crisis. he was reportedly concerned about the safety of americans inside libya. it turns out not saying anything is not necessarily a bad thing, at least according to a new gallup poll. while 66% of americans think the united states should play either a leading or major role in resolving international problems, 32% say the u.s. should be a minor player or not get involved at all. and thats up from 23% just two years ago. and at the highe...

Cnns john zarrella has been watching this unfold. briefly set the stage -- unfortunately we dont have john zarrella yet. hell tell us what else is going on soon. this is "discovery" that took off just a few moments ago. were watching all of this very, very closely, and well certainly have much more coming up on this story. so far so good for the space shuttle "discovery." in the meantime, lets check whats happening in libya right now. breaking news happening there as well. antigovernment prote...

France flew 165 citizens to paris on an air force blane from central libya and russia evacuated some of its citizens to moscow. the state department insists it really is bad weather. weve been unlucky one officials tells cnn. as soon as the weather clears, they say theyll have the ferry out of there, and are hoping for another charter plane in on friday. wolf? >> you know, ive been told, maybe suv the exact number, there are thousands of american citizens in libya right snow, 150 or 180 that may...

Been faced in before. its very, very sad and very depressing moment at that time. everybody was crying and was uncontrolled. >> volunteers visited the hospital, giving flowers to the wounded. a small token o gratitude from a city becoming accustomed to the hard-won freedom. >> ben is there in benghazi amid all the horror, are they at least getting comfortably optimistic, ben, that georgia d gadhafis days in libya are numbered? >> thats what they hope. thats what theyll tell you. theyre under no ...

Economic sanctions and to exempt libya from an anti-terrorism law to allowed victims of terror to seize government assets. paul blumenthal has written extensively on the lobbying efforts. it seems like they really went from is zero to 60 where they had no lobbying to really ramping up their efforts. >> they absolutely ramped up their lobbying efforts really fast. a lot of that is because the economic sanctions came down. they were removed as a state sponsor of terrorism by the international comm...

Sanctions. they want to impose rather than the general statements without pensioning gadhafi by name come prg the white house. >> its interesting. they say in this case with libya its the european nations that have more sway that are in position to put pressure on gadhafi. >> they have a lot more say. were watching this closely. heres another story were following. were u.s. senators psychologically tricked into backing more funds and troops for the war if afghanistan? bomb sell allegations promp...

Them, so did hollywood. so super stars were paid big money to perform for them. now there are calls to reimpose the economic sanctions on libya coming from among others, senator john kerry, head of the senate foreign relations committee. hes called the prak koun beyond despicab despicable. >> were getting from the white house another statement saying the president has called -- has spoken by phone today with the leaders of france, britain and italy. theyve issued a statement the leaders discusse...

[ shouting ] the mans brother said it was take nn the aftermath of an attack by gadhafi security forces that killed several protesters, wounded others. some of the security forces are said to have been captured by the demonstrators. libyas second largest city was torn from the grip of moammar gadhafi is now controlled by opponents of the regime. some have paid a truly terrible price. ben wedeman is in the eastern city of benghazi. youve seen firsthand the victims of the violence. viewers are abo...