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Simply the way it is john i just go back to the issue of justice charge. is there a similar willingness to look at allegations of war crimes committed by the coalition in syria im still international report that was prime the facia evidence that several coalition attacks killed and injured civilians may flouted international humanitarian 1st be investigated the 1st of all im not a lawyer but. international humanitarian law is not law. it is a political theory if its international what is interna...

First. we believe by hitting barzah, weve attacked the heart of the syrian chemical weapons program. im not saying theyll not be able to reconstitute it. not saying its going to continue. this has dealt them a very serious blow. i think thats the core of what im saying. second point is how long did the attack last? an operation like this has many, many elements from a 0400 time on target which all of our missiles impacted within a minute or two of that. several hours before you begin to launch t...

First in what is described as a diplomatic dash this week. he is meeting key allies to try to form an international coalition in the war as he described it against isis. he wants to be the middleman. he feels it is not coordinated properly. he has david cameron today and president obama tomorrow and angela merkel on wednesday. then moscow to meet the russian president as well to try to bring everyone together in syria. he wants them all to come together in the military action against them. of co...

The u.s. has gone after the vehicles, the islamic state uses to smuggle lucrative crude oil. the plans for the raid predate the terror attacks and target a source of income that brings in tens of millions of dollars each month for isis. also yesterday, the "uss truman" deported from norfolk, virginia, one of ten super carriers in service, it will be used in support of coalition attacks on isis. and declaring france is at war, french president francois hollande issued a call to arms during a ra...

We are also reporting that a justice minister in brussels has said that arrests have been made in conneblg koconnection with tt attack. and we welcome in barry mccaffery, and welcome, sir. the president of france francois hollande has said there will be a swift military response, and what should be done in addition to what is already done by isis and what the response would look like militarily? >> minimal. the french have minimal to bring to bear, and part of the aircraft is coalition attacks a...

If this is what gradual looks like, that is really something. this whole area is covered with water. its turning into a lake the spot where they just had a press conference, the goal is to release some of the pressure on the levees to make sure that baton rouge and new orleans stay safe. heather, back to you. >> heather: we appreciate it. thank you very much. >> gregg: moammar khadafy calling nato crusader cowards, that is a quote. this is the first time we heard from him since airstrikes hit hi...

>> neil: colonel qaddafis army pushing rebel fighters back for a third straight day but they say the regime is crumbling from within. this is a straight shooter, steve harrigan from tripoli. >> a steady day of retreat for the rebels heading back towards benghazi the stronghold. that is where the coalition attacks began. from the rebels performance on the battlefield it is clear they will into ed a lot of help. they are ju outnumbered by government forces 10. secretary gates saying it would likel...

Mahmoud ahmadinejad and the i ayatollahs take similar action as far as iran is concerned. i think we can call this the obama doctrine. >> and he also made it clear what the limits of this mission is as he sees it and the u.n. security councilman date that though the u.s. does want regime change in libya, does want to see gadhafi out, that is not the goal of this mission, the goal of this mission is to protect civilians, even though largest u.s. interests would like to see gadhafi on the move. i ...

Whether it would be over by the end of the year so we are hoping for more details as the day progresses but i think its hard to ascertain how long this campaign might continue, zain. >> cnn diana magnay reporting, thanks, diana. another look at how the rebels advanced. operation held areas are here marked in yellow. areas under control are marked in green. on friday the rebels were in control of benghazi. colonel gadhafi was in charge of tripoli, raz, sirte and ajdabiya but then anti-gadhafi f...