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The use of force to protect civilians. secretary of state hillary clinton says the u.s. is not impressed by promises. she wants to see action. witnesses response intense shelling in the city of misrata. one resident urged the international community not to fall for the roos of a cease-fire. >> he will tell the world that he has declared a cease-fire and underground hes going to kill as many as he can and gain territorial advantage so he can improve his bargaining position. but there is no bargai...

Window. im moving closer to the window so maybe you can hear the she shellishel shelling. this war criminal has to be brought to justice. we called up on the russian community to bomb him into submissi submission. hes killed the libyan people and wasted their resources. >> the no fly zone probably wont be put into effect immediately. how do you suppose that moammar gadhafi will deal with that? >> he will tell the world that he has declared the cease fire and on the ground hes going kill as many ...

Its broken up. the players wanting to know and want to seat books. the players say were making you lots of money, we want to share in increased revenue. >> that is correct. the $9 billion pie is the issue, absolutely. >> where are we now? i know theres a flurry of meetings. working with negotiators. i assume today is a busy day. everybody is trying to work to what is a settlement, as opposed to a lockout? >> thats right. a high-takes chess game. on one hand, in washington, d.c., you have the med...

Senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell and theyve gotten their invitations and plan to accept them, notwithstanding what you just heard john boehner complain about, that being they dont know what the democrats or the white house position is going to be, the republicans have put down a house bill that passed, 61 billion dollars worth of budget cuts to current spending and a significant -- billion dollars, significant reduction in spending, first time ever real cuts in the budget could take place...

Tomorrows big question tonight. we asked you about wisconsins budget woes. 94% side with governor walker. the unions got 6% of the vote. 0% of you are still undecided. there are a lot of equivocation out there. it fits with rasmussens poll. the people support the governor. we had this guy on tonight saying no -- they are out of touch. what do you think the unions are missing in this debate? >> im not sure. i see this as a power grab. i think collective bargaining power is less about protecting t...

Tomorrows big question tonight. we asked you about wisconsins budget woes. 94% side with governor walker. the unions got 6% of the vote. 0% of you are still undecided. there are a lot of equivocation out there. it fits with rasmussens poll. the people support the governor. we had this guy on tonight saying no -- they are out of touch. what do you think the unions are missing in this debate? >> im not sure. i see this as a power grab. i think collective bargaining power is less about protecting t...

Things until later on. jon: so the idea is treasury secretary tim geithner, for instance, said the sky will fall if we dont raise the debt ceiling. republicans are trying to say, no, it wont. >> well, right. and just like a household might do, you pay some -- if youre short on cash, you pay some bills before you pay others. now, the united states government is current libor rowing about 40 cents for every dollar that it spends. republicans are saying some things have to be paid first. just as a ...

The ante keeps going up and up. can the republican leadership keep their team in check so they can have a credible bargaining position with the white house? jon: there is fear among republicans that if they dont take a tough stand right now in advance of this vote of raising the debt ceiling theyll have a rough couple of years under the president. >> reporter: sure, jon the people im talking to and the hill, the republicans say, this is the moment, if we back down now and do not get serious cuts...

Because rates on the whole have risen so much because credit is so tight. the best bargaining position that you can be in is to make sure that you are good borrower, that you carry a -- pay your balance off on time, your credit rating is good and that you have other cards with lower rates. if you call up your card company and say i have another card that has another rate, threaten them with that and see what they do. >> ive had friends do that. you can really negotiate. they want to keep your bu...

Be going in front of this committee without cutting some kind of a deal, right, kheus. >> reporter: we are not done yet. i would imagine the final minutes now until we get to this hearing will probably be given over to continued negotiations between not only speaker pelosi and her team, but also from between rangel and the four democratic members particularly of the eight-person ethics panel that is going to bring forward what is essentially an indictment today. they are going to bring forward t...