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Capabilities. and the factor in determining their success or failure. and at the same time, to say were not going to take him out through military means. and finally, can i say? gadhafi remains in power, itll be a stalemate. we saw a stalemate before operation desert storm. we saw a no-fly zone and sanctions that lasted ten years that saddam hussein was able to remain in power. its not an acceptable solution. >> the thing about north africa and the middle east is trying to compare one country to...

Hurry. volkswagen has to recall thousands of jetas because honking the horn can cause the engine to stall. but we begin with president obama defending the mission in libya. the president says military intervention was necessary to prevent that blood bath by moammar gadhafi against his own people. but he says removing gadhafi by force would be a costly mistake. >> of course, there is no question that libya and the world would be better off with gadhafi out of power. i, along with many other wor...

Night in front of the nation and the world. listen. >> theres no question that libya and the world would be better with gadhafi out of power. i along with other world leaders have embraced that goal and will actively pursue it through non-military means. but broadening our military mission to include regime change would be a mistake. >> joining us now from capitol hill to respond to the presidents speech is the ranking member of the senate armed services committee, former republican presidential...

Preprepared meal. it sounds like an mre or something that comes out of a can. they sleep right on the same facility, mainly on the floor, on floor matter, and they are working three days on and one day off and when they leave, of course, they are carefully scanned and scanned as they come back in. the communications are drastically cut back. reportedly faxs and telephone calls a greatly diminished because they are trying to save power. communication would be a factor you think would you they kee...

A u.s. airways plane is grounded while the fbi takes action. a pilot discovered a small hole in the fuselage yesterday. luckily no problems on that flight. the boeing 737 carries more than 400 passengers. the fbi and the airliner are investigating the cause of the hole. and another car recall in the u.s. volkswagen says its recalling about 71,000 2011 jetas because honking the horn could shut off the engine. volkswagen says its not aware of any accidents or injuries because of the problem, but...

Been damaged a lot worse than first expected. live from tokyo where government officials are calling the situation at the daiichi power plant "very grave." what do they mean? >> reporter: well, theyve got a real problem on their hands and thats too much water with too much radiation in too many places all around that facility and its slowing down all attempts to try to turn the power back on, bring the cooling pumps back online, essentially bring all of those reactors under control because of th...

Measure our interests against the need for action, but that cannot be an argument for never acting on behalf of whats right. in this particular country, libya, at this particular moment, we were faced with the prospect of violence on a horrific scale. we had a unique ability to stop that violence. >> well, the president said that although removing moammar gadhafi by for yce, would be a mistake he would like to see him go. >> of course there is no question that libya and the world would be better...

>> okay. >> to put you guys in a good mood for the morning. also, if you own a jeta. volkswagen recalling thousands of them because honking the horn could shut down the car. 71,000 of these things. >> not as big as the toyota recalls last year, but its irritating. >> and more importantly, im thinking about a college student, you see that cute boy or girl, beep, beep -- that would be a problem, right? you stall out, oh, not a good time. this is an actual issue, and this is happening. volkswagen...

The presidents speech was not enough to satisfy some critics on capitol hill. house speaker john boehner said the presidents speech failed to provide much clarity. arizona republican senator john mccain taking issue with the decision not to remove gadhafi by force. mccain suggesting it gives the libyan dictator encouragement. >> he made a very puzzling comment. and that was regime change by force would be a mistake. gadhafi must have been somewhat comforted by that. if we end up in a situation w...