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>> well, the no-fly zone can be imposed in isolation. all that will do is afford some measure of bombardment from the sky. you still require attacks on ground forces to really protect civilians. but youre quite right to note were getting mixed signals. is the intention merely to establish a buffer zone around benghazi and therefore contain colonel gadhafi? or is it to make sure that containment doesnt last indefinitely via regime change? if regime change is the objective, it cant be done through...

Its always tough to read him. this could be the cagey gadhafi as our guests and reporters have spoken about. it is very hard to read how hes going to play this. wait it out, hope that there can be some buffer zone established, see if he is the target of aggression personally and then plead his case to the world. one final note, there is a major u.n. vote on something called the responsibility to protect. gadhafi may say theres no legitimacy for this action, but all of the nations did sign on to ...

Of course, the opposition, people in libya are saying that he is the problem. he needs to be removed. >> right. the primary objective of the no-fly zone is to protect civilians. that is going to entail neutralizing the defenses. it has a lot of wiggle room. it is talking about arming the opposition. it talks about using frozen assets of gadhafi to help the libyan people. the no-fly zone is a first step. you know what the u.s. officials and allies are talking about are to create the buffer zone. ...

That -- they were having a buffer zone of area they felt was continuing to be safe and we arent just hearing radiation is detected outside of the zone now, they are saying hi levels of radiation have been found, 18.6 miles away from the zone, and, michio kaku talked to us moments ago and has relatives that live in tokyo and he says it is his understanding american citizens are told they should you know -- should leave the country. not mandatory, but, that it is recommended. in his words and jenn...

That made it much harder for the court to say, look, this was a harassment of any kind. because there was no direct contact during the service between the protesters and the -- and the people who were mourning. that might have made the case different in was some sort of confrontation. >> so, this is another interesting issue. does this said precedent at the state and local level? what i mean about that, in some places theres a 500-foot buffer zone theyre theyre forced to add here, at places like...

Quite yet. but you get the sense quite often these days, we see it all the time, a lot of times we see 5-4 decisions, and when you see and t 8-1 decision, there is a strong opinion on one case and thats what were seeing right here. they really sympathize, you could hear it in oral arguments. but what it comes down to, where to draw the line between free speech and privacy, ruth bader ginsburg, i remember her struggling saying how close is 00 close if people want to protest or speak out at a fune...

Dismantle broadcasting equipment. i asked the minister of information yesterday would he please put a statement out that the foreign press is to be respected, that we are here to do a job, to cover the story, to cover the facts. we have no agenda other than to do our job. he promised me that he would put that out on state television and state media. certainly today, the situation is much calmer all around. whether its about journalists or about the protest, the army is deployed to give a bigger ...

Is much calmer all around. whether its about journalists or about the protest, the army is deployed to give a bigger buffer zone between protest rs and liberation square and there have not been the pro-mubarak protesters coming to try to break up the protesters in the square. its totally different today. >> i know you have more of this on "nightline" later. thank you for taking the time to join me. >> thank you. >> when we come back, a tense night in cairo and a young woman, her family under fir...

Harassing them, sometimes hurting them in the streets. we were surrounded by angry mobs, for instance, on two days. also people who went into hotels and started to take and dismantle broadcasting equipment. i asked the minister of information yesterday would he please put a statement out that the foreign press is to be respected, that we are here to do a job, to cover the story, to cover the facts. we have no agenda other than to do our job. he promised me that he would put that out on state tel...

Place they get their news, believe it. in addition, we believe there were people who deliberately targeted journalists, who were looking for them, who were harassing them, sometimes hurting them in the streets. we were surrounded by angry mobs, for instance, on two days. also people who went into hotels and started to take and dismantle broadcasting equipment. i asked the minister of information yesterday would he please put a statement out that the foreign press is to be respected, that we are ...