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Article: The US has blood on its hands in the Libyan flood - This article talks about the latest developments in Libya and suffering of the Libyan people because of the Libyan floods and the US invasion 2011

Manufacturing construction start to come back more? >> you know, you talk about the issue of real estate. that is that key leg that has been pulling back the economy. at what point will we see jobs actually benefit the rl estate maet wh a youseeing? what numbers do we need to see? >> the housing market has been this real drag for some time. this last round of housing data has been pretty weak so it doesnt look like construction is going to be a driver of growth for sometime to come. maybe the en...

We were hearing earlier that the president had signed an authorization for secret aid to the rebels over the last three weeks. what do you know about what he did sign there? >> he signed whats known as a presidential funding. which is a classified memorandum basically that allows to do things that they couldnt do publicly. it seems in this case what hes authorized is nonlethal aid. so money, communications gear, computers, walkie talkies, but not weaponry. not explosives, not missiles. that migh...

>> thats exactly right. typically the cia will have people at the embassy who are undercover in a literal sense, but practically speaking are there just going to dinner parties, trying to make contact and monitor the libyan government. then they have paramilitary operatives. they function kind of like what we think of in the movies of guys going in behind enemy plains and plain clothes with long beards. the guys are on the ground with libya now are the bearded variety. not the sitting behind the...

I just found out a short time ago that they arrived there several weeks ago, which means that while the debate was happening back here about should the u.s. get involved, how should the u.s. get involved, there were already cia personnel on the ground in libya -- >> what were they doing there? >> a lot of it was outreach. frankly, we know so little about who these rebels are. a lot of what we know is worrisome. they come from a part of libya that is known for being a hotbed of islamic extremism....

Backpack that fire invisible laser people at a target so that a plane flying overhead can hit that target precisely. right now in libya, we have some operatives with that equipment. theres a much larger number of british, mi-6 and special air service, their most elite units. the british right now are doing more of that operation than the u.s. is. >> might it still be possible at this moment, although its been said by the administration that no arms have been given to the rebels, that that may be...

Mark tapscott and karen hunter. were going to be watching very closely what happens on the hill today when secretaries clinton and gates go to talk behind closed doors. ill be investigating with my colleague richard engel from libya "rage and revolution, the mideast in crisis." what would possess a teenage honor student to pistol whip her mother? unbelievable. also, what babies babble, do they understand each other? or is this a couple members of congress in the future?

Good for you. only 16% of the people they talk to think that their congressman should be re-elected, thats democrats and republicans. we have this tremendous disconnect between what the majority of the american people want to see happening in washington, and what the people in washington and both parties are trying to do. they dont meet together. as long as that happens, everybody, democrats and republicans, are going to see the poll numbers are in trouble. >> americans seem clear about, an over...

Lot to do with it. his approval rating has dropped to 42%. 48% disapprove. by a large majority, 58% to 29% said the president has not clearly stated u.s. goals in libya. heres what the president told brian williams. >> but for us to take this limited action, limited both in time and scope, to ensure that potentially thousands of people were saved, in a neighborhood that could be profoundly destabilized, libya borders on egypt and tunisia. two countries that are going through peaceful transitions...

Shouting "kill the bill." president obamas approval ratings plummet to the lowest point ever in one poll as he faces criticism over libya. and tax to the max, the three-party series as you prepare your tax forms for uncle sam. we have the five most overlooked deductions. and that is hail, the size of a quarter falling in new orleans. much of the southeast is dealing with heavy rains, strong winds and the northeast is expected to start april with a noreaster. >> say it. >> can i say bill ka...