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>> you dont think this is a flareup that these regimes will change and it will be smooth sailing? >> oh, no. you know, all of these regimes have huge pent-up issues that actually are the reasons that drove this spade of revolts to begin with. this is basically a part of the world thats been living outside of history for the last 50 years, insulated by the cold war and all the aid these dictators got from the united states or the soviet union. and then by oil. and as a result, inside they are dee...

Regime changes across the middle east and north africa should be a wakeup call to the u.s., a call to break our addiction to oil. they are risking their lives to topple their oppressors, its not about oil, though, but a lot more. thats part two of my interview with tom friedman. the thing i keep thinking about is the sound, the demonstrators in the square made when they were under attack, direct attack, and they had made these metal barricades and they were banging sticks and stones all night, s...

Surrendering them to this ad hoc government. its not at all clear how much hardware is still available to the people here. there were several large bases in the area, and they do seem to have taken control of all of them. we havent seen any tanks in the street or any aircraft that they have. so its not clear really how much they can really -- they can get their hands on. >> lets hope it doesnt come to that. ben wedeman, thank you for the reports. coming up, cant talk about libya and the entire...

Same thing. i was struck in tahrir square the number of people i would be interviewing. i would say, whats your name? they would say its mohammed with two ms. its mohammed abdul fatah. get my name down. i want to be in the newspaper. theres two very powerful i think voices or themes you heard coming out of these revolutions. one, is we are not afraid of anymore. we have so little to lose. the regime has stripped us of that. the other you hear, and i believe that libyan said it last night, i hear...

Theres two very powerful i think voices or themes you heard coming out of these revolutions. one, is we are not afraid of anymore. we have so little to lose. the regime has stripped us of that. the other you hear, and i believe that libyan said it last night, i heard this in egypt, im now proud to say im a libyan, im egyptian. these people were ashamed. they had been humiliated by their regimes. they looked out at the world, they saw the world going by, and literally one egyptian said to me, i w...

Of history for the last 50 years, insulated by the cold war and all the aid these dictators got from the united states or the soviet union. and then by oil. and as a result, inside they are deeply ossified countries, lacking in real institutions, any what we call civil society. so you crack these regimes and a lot of instability is going to flow out. its going to be a long time before they find their footing. >> its incredible when you look at all the money gadhafi has made from oil, and yet he ...

In the square made when they were under direct attack, and they made these metal barricades and had sticks and stones and were banging all through the night, sending the message to mubarak and their attackers that were strong and were not afraid and were not going to be defeated. we keep hearing this phrase over and over again, the idea that fear has been defeated. a man i talked to in libya kept saying that to me. last night he insisted that we show his face because he wanted to send a message ...

Were continuing to follow developments with the ferry thats waiting to leave tripoli with americans onboard. the greatest concern involves the libyans trapped in their homes, thugs roaming the streets, mercenaries, as well. just moments ago, we got a statement from libyas superior ministry calling on people to turn in their weapons and tell them who gave them hallucinating drugs. joining us now is brian nine, who lost his brother john patrick on pan-am 103. also professor dr. fouad ajami. and ji...

>> after that victory, the u.s. did little to libya to push for reform and did a lot to legitimize gadhafi. heres former secretary of state condoleezza rice and colonel gadhafi. condoleezza rice was the first secretary of state to visit colonel gadhafi in libya. former british prime minister tony blair. heres gadhafi with italys current prime minister. back in 2009 one of gadhafis sons was a become guest at the state department. heres what hillary clinton said back then. >> i am very pleased to ...

Although media has been reporting people trying to cross boarders between libya and egypt. nobody wants to flee, nobody. everybody is staying home. some are even staying out, doing whatever they can for him to end as soon as its possible. >> please stay safe. thank you for talking to us. well check with you again. >> thank you, bye. coming up, well talk to tom friedman from "the new york times" and brian flynn, whose brother was killed in the bombing pan-am 103, and new claims that it was carr...