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Know. al qaeda is operating there. its uncertain who will take over. >> white house officials have been debating if president obama needs to make a major address really outlining his vision for the middle east policy. do you think its the right time for the president to lay this out? the formal plan? >> theres a drift in the administration over how to deal with each revolt individually, but what ultimately are the core strategic interests the united states has. which i dont believe libya is one ...

This morning fires were still sering at gadhafis compound. u.s. drones attacked over the weekend, hitting targets in misrata, a city where rebels after two months of fighting have now pushed gadhafi forces back to the border. u.s. lawmakers are debating what to do in syria as they attack its own people. >> i hope this resos any illusions about him being a corporate former and our ability to do business with him. its obvious that hes a brutal dictator bept on doing whatever is necessary to remain...

Worked together to cut $78 billion from spending in the current year. so i think our track record of finding a way to work together is actually better than people give it credit for. this is a much bigger challenge. i think if we look to the next several months, we do have to be realistic. im not sure anyone imagines that all of the specific pieces of legislation would be agreed to in the time frame weve discussed. i think one could have an agreement on an approach. and some initial pieces of it...

"newsroom." we check in with brianna keilar in washington. if you thought the budget battle last week was tough to watch, well, it was just a warmup for this week. were going to be seeing the house debating and voting on the 2012 budget which is a republican proposal to overhaul medicare and medicaid. ill have more at the top of the hour. >> reporter: im stephanie elamb in new york. have you been to the gas pump lately? ouch! its really getting expensive. were not at all-time highs. well look ...

>> 48. >> my god. >> its old. what are you going to do? >> what are you going to do. >> now, finanow,financier, inte and morning analyst, steve rattner. nice to have you. and also member of the blue dog commission and house budget committee, steve schuller. nice to have you. >> why dont we start with the congressman. will there be a government shutdown? >> i guess when the adults want to show up and start debating merits, were debating over .5% of the federal budget, when we have some $14 trilli...

Will be the number one issue. >> thanks to both of you. i talked about the budget proposals on the republican side as well as what this means for the 2012 presidential election with the rnc chairman just a little bit earlier. let me ask you a little bit of big picture. clearly, the deficit and budget are going to be the key issues in 2012, at this time four years ago there were nine republicans already in the race. why the hesitation on the part of big-name rms epublicans to g in against barack ...

Lets follow the breaking news this hour. libyas civil war, britain now confirming that moammar gadhafis foreign minister is in london. he has resigned his post saying he cant and won represent the libyan government anymore. reuters, meanwhile, is reporting that president obama has signed a secret order authorizing support for the rebels fighting to remove moammar gadhafi. nato and coalition members have raised concerns that any weapons they give to rebels might wind up helping al qaeda. lets bri...

Sacked the governor of the southern province where protests have erupted. european leaders are debating what to do about portugal. thats the country where the prime minister has resigned. jose sack tees h-- jose socrate stepped down after the turmoil that will take place at the summit in brussels. in japan two people working at the quake-damaged nuclear plant in the countrys northeast have been hospitalized after stepping into contaminated water at the site. thats according to officials who ...

Welcome back, this is "world one" live from london. >> coming up on 6:00 a.m. in new york, 11:00 a.m. in berlin, 7:00 p.m. in tokyo. here are our top stories -- >> human rights activists in syria say 21 people have died in clashes between protesters and security forces in the past week. local television is reporting that the government has fired the governor of dahra, the southern province, have protests have erupted. european leaders are debating what to do about portugal now that the country...

We have to stop spending the treasure of the united states in these military adventures and start taking care of things here at home, bill. >> bill: so you are willing to be-to sit by and watch qaddafi slaughter his opposition and you know he would. >> im not willing to be the policeman of the world. thats my opinion. im saying if he is going to take action against libya. he cant do it on his own. he is not a king. is he a president. he has to abide by the constitution which doesnt give him unil...