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Chystia, its not good. but it beats 10. >> for sure. even we journalists can do that math, cant we? >> appreciate your time today. one quick data point to wrap this up. showed you a minute ago the depth of this reception. you heard mark and chrystia talking about the potential to slow the recovery. lets put it into con tek. no doubt the libya crisis is disrupting about a million barrels of oil, gallons oil. but put it into context right now. the 1980 iraq war. much more disruption to the oil mar...

Bombers overhead. hes guys cant even figure out how to fire their anti-aircraft weapons. tell me what its like living here on the front lines. >> well, im so excited, you know. were all ready. were full-time ready. >> youre ready, but are you able to sleep? are you able to eat? >> i havent slept for three days. last night, you can say this morning, i slept for three hours and i think this is enough for me. >> you think so? >> yeah. im fresh now and im ready to do anything. >> early morning here ...

Are fleeing libya are the subject of our outreach. >> shepard: senator john mccain said the u.s. should be doing even more by setting up what he calls a no fly zone over libya. president obama has said every option is on the table, but earlier this week, the defense secretary robert gates pointed out how difficult that is. you cant just send in a few fighter jets to patrol the air. you really have to declare war. for one thing, the first step would be an attack on libya to wipe out its defenses....

Of planes to help with those flights back to their nations of origin. this is a rare example perhaps, shep, of the international community doing what is needed and doing it efficiently and quickly. shep. >> shepard: weve been focusing on libya and that border where you are quite a lot. but there are demonstrations all across the region. >> yeah. friday is obviously the traditional day of prayer in muslim countries, shep. it is also become the traditional day of protests and today did not disappo...

Anti-government fighters prepared to move in on qadhafi held territories. the militia has killed dozens today. live team coverage from inside libya. >> former house speaker newt gingrich is talking about his plan for a possible 2012 white house run. he told sean hannity how he would fix the economy if he was president. all that plus breaking news in the hunt for the east coast rapest, a man on the loose more than 10 -- rapist, a man on the loose more than 10 years. that is all coming up, hope yo...

Caused the blast. one doctor says it happened when people went into the area to retrieve weapons. but others insist moammar gadhafis forces triggered the detonation. fierce fights raging in cities across libya as rebels and the regime battle for territory and against the back drop of violence, some called for the international community to intervene. earlier on studio b, i asked the libyan ambassador to the united states what exactly he wants from the pentagon. i should know the ambassador said ...

Counter attack, they would have no way to see it coming. number three, this is something to keep in mind over the next couple of days. their communication systems are entirely based on cell phones. and as you may guess here in libya, the cell phone companies are owned by none other than colonel gadhafis son and as you might think, sheppard, as these rebels continue to march, if they get closer to tripoli, there is certainly the possibility that those cell phone towers could be turned off, leavin...

Possible. this one day after president obama called and teased them for waiting to unpack that experimental robot. the u.s. is sending relief supplies to thousands of refugees from libya. but some americans are calling for the military to do even more. is it time to set up a no fly zone? plus another live update from libya in our top stories at the bottom of the hour. remember the 20-year-old woman who became a police chief on the front lines of mexicos drug war? she took the job because nobody ...

The united states has full capacity to act potentially rapidly if the situation deteriorated in such a way that you had a humanitarian crisis on our hands or a situation in which civilians were defenseless civilians were finding themselves trapped and in great danger. >> the president has ordered the u.s. of u.s. planes to help evacuate egyptian citizens who fled to tunisia to escape the unrest in libya. also, gadhafi is getting support from hugo chavez who is proposing an international good w...

Ben wedeman will have a live report. well be checking in with him live from inside libya. moammar gadhafi has blamed the unrest on al qaeda. this morning, the second in command delivered the latest in the series of audio messages concerning the uprisings in the middle east. he saluted those in tunisia and egypt saying the path for freedom is still long. he says america wants a democracy that allows arabs to always be weak next to israel. theres new developments this morning in the labor stan...