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Libyas leader moammar gadhafis in control of the capital. nato fuel tankers, local media are reporting that as many as nine people have been killed and up to 16 tankers destroyed. the vehicles carry fuel to the coalition troops in neighboring afghanistan. a 20-year-old student from saudi arabia is due to appear in texas today to answer charges that he wanted to make a bomb. authorities say he was researching and acquiring chemicals to make an explosive device. he allegedly researched several pot...

Buchanan and norah odonnell and sam stein and joining the conversation, my dad, former national security adviser, zbigniew brzezinski. author of "america and the world." and of course, in new york, willie geist. were going to be talking to -- hello, willie. that was a good "week in review." >> you hated that because of the number one story. >> correct. thank you for clarifying. we will be talking to my father about afghanistan, about the libya/bp connection and not bristol palin, chris, not ev...

An investigation of the british government and the american government, every other person, everybody had a role in this because it really does stink. >> and, you know, sam, at the time, at the time, it was a lot of people were saying that, we need an investigation right now. >> yeah. >> even the british government admitted they wanted good relations with libya and wanted oil. >> in a way it was sold to the american public as a compassi compassionate release from prison for this ailing man. >> d...

I just came back from mongolia. i flew there on a south korean plane. as i was thinking about the past on my way to mongolia, i thought of the south korean plane full of passengers, including a u.s. congressman who was shut down by the soviets. should we have gone to war with the soviet union some. >> no, i dont think so. i think it was a stupid order. >> one is stupid and the other is vicious? >> it was a planned prepared premeditated mass murderer. >> i dont know why -- >> told shoot it down -...

Doesnt this stink to high heaven? >> but look. they rushed to libya and competing with each other. that, unfortunately, is a fact of life. >> but can you make a moral comment -- >> you going to reduce foreign policy -- >> not reduce it to that. >> elevate it to morality you will be isolated and bogged down and making decisions which is damaging to your long-term survival. >> i know how the world is structured but should there not be a moral compensate component to american policy? >> it has to b...

That happen, i think they need the auxiliary wells to get that pressure off. >> that this will hold it until the auxiliary wells go in sometime in august. >> the worst thing if a second leak erupted and then a real catastrophe. >> you break the crust of the ocean floor. >> which would be a nightmare. another big story developing now out of bps problems which i think causes a lot of problems not only for bp but also the administration. >> i agree. >> the british government, everybody. >> stood by...

Commercial interests in the region and although libya wanted that agreement to secure the release of the lockerbie bomber it never materialized. instead, megrahi had a release after a doctor said he had three months to live. he is still alive. still, secretary of state hillary clinton is pledging to investigate allegations of bps involvement in megrahis release in exchange for a lucrative oil exchange with libya. i dont see it any other way. this was a dirty deal. >> bp put out a statement yeste...

In exchange for a lucrative oil contract with libya. this is the shot we saw, dad, when this guy was released and much to the dismay and reopening of wounds for 270 families who have lost people in the lockerbie bombing situation, and he is still alive and this is -- i dont see any other way to see this, but a dirty deal that has been done. >> well, you, obviously, underestimate the miraculous recovering powers of libyan medicine. >> right. its the health care system! see? we should have turned ...

Resisting going into court. dont stop the drilling, offshore drilling. >> 73% of the people oppose a ban on it. not just now. a long-term ban on drilling. >> i give you another reason to get off our addiction to oil. bp now admitting to lobbying the british government to carry out a prisoner transfer agreement with libya but not for the release of the lockerbie bomber. bp says it was concerned that any delay to negotiations would damage its commercial interests in the region. and although libya ...

Question at the bottom of your screen. i want to know what you think. the al qaeda connection. what does the war in libya mean for terrorism here? at what price? every tomahawk we fire costs nearly $1.5 million. ill tell you what i think of the economic impact of going into libya. and questions of constitutionality. the white house insists they are playing by the rules but has the president crossed the line? >> the president is acting outside of the authority of the constitution. >> congressman ...