switch tower. power, so we re going to be back to where we were in april-may 2003 in iraq and that s what concerns me. this has been always the end game, and i m delighted to hear by the way that the president is concerned about it as well. but you re going to have a counterinsurgency there, and who is going to counter that? clearly the rebels have shown that they re not strong enough to do that. martha: you raise great points about who these rebelses are composed of, the al-qaeda influence and the drawn out war on the ground, a lot of things though contend with. thank you very much. great talking with you as a. billion bill just when we thought this was stabilizing, you ve got all these headlines this morning that will determine at leaft in the near term the outcome in libya. martha: you can see it go back and forth for some time. bill: the desert winds are blowing back and forth and are blowing again today. meanwhile in wisconsin, the union debate is back on center stage, the hea
take over command of the operation, that after the president last night told us that would be the case. so we await the next move for nato and also the rebels and qaddafi on opposite sides of that war in libya. martha: and look at how long saddam hussein hung on in his situation. we re going to talk to den ceno about that in a few minutes. mole early, here at home, take a look at this. can this crazy math problem actually decide which teacher should stay and which one should go? a major school district thinks that that can work to separate the good teachers from the bad teacher as they get ready for a slew of teacher layoffs in this country. we re going to talk to the superintendent, picking taking on the union. that s coming up. bill: also i mentioned this, martha, nato delaying handing over power in libya. we are live in ras lanuf on the ground there, and the fighting that continues today. we would like to invite or call upon the american president barack obama and all the wester
the midway point between the east and west in northern libya and says qaddafi forces are digging in with heavily armed check points, watch that battle. martha: among those reacting to the speech last night, former vice presidential candidate, sarah palin critical of what he said about libya last night. watch this: i think that was a profoundly disappointing speech because it proved the obama doctrine is full of chaos and questions and is dodgy, dubious and a good question, that you ask, greta, because we re not hearing from our president, what is the end game here, and, with qaddafi still in power, if we re not going to oust him via killing or capturing, there is no acceptable end state. martha: that she said and we ll talk about that, coming up with dan senor, and see what he thinks about sarah palin s assessment and his experience in iraq and whether or not there are similarities as to what is going on this libya, coming up on america s newsroom, bill.
the most radioactive rainwater there to get the same aid kwroe activity that you would get in a single cross country flight. bill: talking about battles across the country in ohio, and wisconsin we find one american town on the verge of going broke, laying off half of its city workforce. costa mesa, california. union leaders are up in arms about the possibility of that. one of them is with me now, nick barridino general manager of the orange county employees association. is this going to happen, half the workers going to lose jobs in the sum stpher. we certainly hope not. there is no good understanding really what the budget deficit is yet. what has been happening is the city council has been changing the numbers, first they had a $1.4 million gap, that was filled. then they came up with another number, and on friday they came up with another number. so it s very difficult to tell
fact because they could make mortgages unaffordable for many americans and, because of what you mentioned, the high down payment. the new rules recommending homebuyers put down at least a 20% down payment. now, before the market melt down, many americans were getting into new homes, very low down payments, or no down payment whatsoever and the new rules also call for strict income requirements, for homebuyers and all of that a result of the dodd frank financial overhaul bill, passed last summer and, the rules are only a proposal at this point and there will be a period of public comment before they are made final. bill: what impact would it have on the market overall? as you know, we re struggling to get it back to the firm footing, steve. reporter: absolutely. yeah. since it could make mortgages out of reach for many would-be homebuyers it probably will not encourage a lot of home buying and critics say could further damage and all ready fragile housing market. obviously these rules