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League countries. >> also the pentagon briefing is coming up at 3:15 and we will be taking that live. i mentioned earlier today that were going to see secretary gates delaying his trip to russia. he wants to stay in the states at least for another day and manage this more hands on before he leaves so well wait and see what the perspective is from the pentagon. chuck, thank you for keeping tabs on the presidents perspective there in brazil. appreciate that. let me bring in former general barry mc...

From your vantage point, how optimistic is the arab world that they can stop the violence toward civilians in libya? >> this is a, you have to understand whats going on in libya in the context of the wider middle east. the middle east is going through an incredible period of flux with revolts and uprisings and revolutions from north africa stretching all the way to the arabian peninsula. all arab governments are in the cross hairs right now, very unpopular with their people. there have been succ...

The case of libya by getting the u.n. resolution, by getting the support of the arab league, and having nato, thats the cover there. thats the model going forward. and i would be surprised if you see that model, them somehow move away from that model when dealing if this ends up being a humanitarian crisis. this libya model is the obama doctrine. this is what he ran for president on. this is what he has been talking about rhetorically since he took office and he is putting it action. >> chuck to...

People are fleeing benghazi east toward tobruk where i am and i suspect well see wounded people in the hospital here tomorrow. >> reporting from tobruk, libya, lindsey, thank you very much and take care. cohost of the daily rundown chuck todd is traveling with the president. chuck, the presidents in brazil but he made a very strong statement today about the willingness of the united states to support the military effort. how far is he willing to take our troops? >> reporter: its clear there is g...

Conference in tripoli from gadhafi saying he wasnt going to attack his people. >> men, women, and children are the primary concern when the united nations decided to act the thing they said was the cease-fire must happen immediately and must protect the civilian population of libya. nbc news chief correspondent of the daily rundown chuck todd is traveling with the president in south america. were just getting news now that the defense secretary robert gates is delaying his trip to russia because...

Have pulled back to the outskirts of benghazi but its not at all clear whether that was in reaction to this no fly zone or whether it was the usual tactic used by pro gadhafi forces to punch in and then retreat only to go forward again and engage the rebels. french planes as we said are now in place. the question now is how will moammar gadhafi react to what is clearly a new chapter in this developing situation? im jim maceda, nbc news, reporting from tripoli. now back to you. >> and a reporter ...

Urgency. secretary of state hillary clinton was asked about this when she was in paris as well. the interesting thing is theyre talking about protecting the civilian population a day after. for instance in yemen there were dozens of protesters killed by a sniper there. is this going to be -- is it going to put the obama administration between a rock and a hard place when it comes to what may turn into similar action in other middle eastern countries? >> well, there was a reason why they made thi...

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