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Which will allow it to do international flights, probably to the caribbean. >> finally, jim, you said we should probably rest a little easy. still when youre flying, you have no control. a lot of people are afraid of flying, and tomorrow morning, a big commuter day. again, for the average person, you may say rest easy, if youre finding holes in planes and you have an emergency landing where you have to come down really quickly, that doesnt bode well for most people who have to fly. >> it depends...

Airtran flies 717s in addition to the 737s. >> finally, jim, you said we should probably rest a little easy. still when youre flying, you have no control. a lot of people are afraid of flying, and tomorrow morning, a big commuter day. for the average person, you may say rest easy, if youre finding holes in planes and you have an emergency landing where you have to come down really quickly, that doesnt bode well for most people who have to fly. >> it depends on what were looking at and whos keepi...

Good reporting. raging bat unless libya today and a surprising round of talks. opposition leaders laying out some conditions for a truce with moammar gadhafis forces, including an end to the siege in misrata and freedom of expression for the libyan people. the rebels say their ultimate goal is regime change. weve just received a response from the gadhafi regime. lets go to tripoli. cnns senior international correspondent nic robertson is joining us. nic, whats the response from the libyan regi...

Particular the western powers, those behind nato, europe, the united states, france, britain, ready to talk to any of those he said who are serious about peace, but he completely dismissed any possibility it appeared that the government would try and follow up on what were hearing from the opposition. this conditions-based cease-fire. the government here appears continued with its intent to push itself eastward. just spoke with a source close to government and he said that what the government vi...

On what were seeing, to confront a professional army like the gadhafi army. >> they would definitely have to rely on the nato air power if thats going to happen. all right, thanks very much for that, reza sayah in benghazi for us. the rebels want them lifted as a port of any truce. but the gadhafi regime trues that as a nonstarter. and joining us from tripoli, our own nic robertson. nic, is there any optimism at all that any of the back channel, front channel talks will really result in a ce...

Saying it was impossible for the government to pull out of the towns that he says the opposition is told they have to do as part of a cease fire. on the surface at at least were not seeing it. i am talking to people that say there is some kind of diplomacy going on. but to be perfectly honest, wolf, its hard to see it at the moment. but certainly there appears to be some kind of space opening for diplomacy when were hearing this talk about possibilities of a cease fire. wolf? >> in the last day ...

Planes overhead and also nato planes striking targets in misrata. wolf? >> i think theres been a change in the rules of engagement since nato took full command as opposed to the united states. well continue to watch that part of the story. fred, thanks for your excellent reporting. its not just misrata. the brutal fighting raging across eastern libya right now. theres also all the sudden talk of a potential cease fire. the regime is rejecting truce terms offered by the outgunned opposition, but ...

Libyas third largest city misrata surrounded by moammar gadhafis fighters. the regime just rejected the conditions of a cease-fire offered by the opposition. nato-led air strikes to enforce the no-fly zone had been on hold for a couple of days due to bad weather. jim zogby is the author of the important book "arab voices, what they are saying to us and why it matters." hes also the founder and president of the arab-american institute here in washington. jim, thanks very much for coming in. >> ...

Re-election headquarters in chicago. and, i take look at the latest ppp polling results, the president leads every, single potential g.o.p. contender. again, that doesnt bode terribly well for republicans, does it? and ep, given the presidents incredibly weak approval rating. >> well i think you are right. in that sense, in the sense this is a midterm for the president and the president has a four year term and people had written off reagan and bill clinton and people had written off jimmy carte...

Building, is set to expire. the question on the table, does he have the maneuverability, political flexibility at home to go back and say, the president of the united states said we must not do this right now, we must extend the moratorium. the settlers have said, if he does that, they will build anyway. >> well, i do think that on israels side, theres very little pressure for an agreement that i can determine. theres no domestic pressure. israel seems to feel like the settlement -- the situatio...