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Assisting the rebels. but what you really need is that noncommissioned officer corps that permeates and provides the eeth those of professionalism. its not there. >> you spent 30 years plus in the united states military. what do the men and women of the united states military want to hear from their commander in chief tonight when he speaks at the national defense university at ft. mcnair here in washington? >> the folks that are in uniform are going to follow the orders of those that are appoin...

Forces move back west towards tripoli. but if gadhafi is to be overthrown, hes going to have to be overthrown by his own people. theyre going to have to rise up. >> do you see that as real possibility? could they do that? and in addition, does anyone really know who represents this opposition? who are they? >> i think the most likely possibility right now is that youre going to see a protracted civil war. because neither the government, gadhafi nor the rebels will be strong enough to win an outr...

Conflict? joining us is kay hagan. senator, thank you for your time today. >> thank you, shannon. >> shannon: i want to ask you, first of all, how you felt about the president moving ahead. many on both sides of the aisle have been critical about him taking the action in libya without coming to you first in congress and what do you feel about the level of involvement now that operations are underway? >> well, we did have a closed briefing, the senators didnd at u.n. security council did issue a ...

Who has been taking the lead over the last three days? its been the united states navy and the united states air force. weve knocked out those surface to air missile sites, the radar sites. weve constructed principally the no flight zone and now the no drive zone. to hand this off to our close friends and allies britain and france it will be difficult. the coalition will be challenged. the rebel army will go on the offensive. we leveled the playing field. we took away gadhafis offensive advantag...

-- time put in place. qadhafi in the past has ignored outside pressure such as an international community. like with egypt and bahrain, close american al lies also erupted into crisis the united states has few contacts deep inside the libyan government. american officials discussing a new flight zone over libya to revent qadhafi from using military aircraft against department yeah stores. such a move would have to be coordinated with nato and require security council resolution which arab govern...

I dont think sending the secretary of state there on monday addresses the crisis that were in now. >> nick, what do you make of that? you know the nato post very well. should there will be higher level meetings and more immediate meetings? >> i agree with bob have much. you have to assume the worst about moammar gadhafi. his ramblings lead everyone to believe that with his back to the wall hes going to go out in a blaze of vicious attacks. if thats the case. if were looking at a looming humanita...

Celebrities. >> julie: there is plenty of celebrities there. >> gregg: even a dog. >> julie: i had two weddings, two for the same man. my producers, now you think you got divorced and married a second time. >> gregg: did you have a no flight zone over the top? >> i did. it was limited to helicopters. planes were okay but no helicopters, news helicopters were everywhere. >> gregg: remember with the white house, it was national guard troops to secure arizonas border. so where are these guys? new d...

>> the pilot as well as the passengers, as well as the aircraft itself want to fly into washington area and as in this case, national airport, have to pick up a federal officer somewhere in an airport outside this area. >> you have to land at an airport outside that restricted flight zone. get screenings, too. >> absolutely. airplane screened. people will be screened. if everything is okay and then you can continue your flight to the national airport. >> is that practical to do at other airports...

The teenage fugitive in washington state, the one police accused of taking joyrides in small planes and more than 50 thefts? police say they believe hes back. his name is coalton harris moore, otherwise the barefoot bandit. hes been on the run since he broke out of a halfway house two years ago. this week somebody landed a stolen single-engine plane near his hometown in washington. were told whoever flew it came close to the restricted flight zone for the olympics and got the wrong code. youre s...

Humanitarian crisis and i think that crisis is going to unfortunately mushroom. well see many, many more refugees and if thats the case, i think the humanitarian imperative, the moral imperative, for the u.s. may be to create a no flight zone or humanitarian enclaves within syria on the iraqi and jordanen borders might be the way to go to save those people. we did face this similar crisis way back in the clinton administration 20 years ago and we waited a long time before we were able to stop th...