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Isnt professor fouad ajami great? we talked about oil at the top of the program. the price today briefly hitting $100 a barrel on news out of libya. tom friedman of "the new york times" might put it, were all as jumpy as an addict who doesnt know where his next fix might come from. i spoke with him earlier. tom, just looking at libya first, knowing what you do about gadhafi, do you think hes going to be able to hold onto power? >> thats really hard to predict, anderson. one thing we know about t...

See her meeting with gadhafi in libya the first secretary of state to ever do that. >> i think we go back to what we were talking about. that low point in 2004 during which the western leaders, who waged the iraq war, president bush and prime minister blair had decided that they would give a waiver, they would give a plea bargain to moammar gadhafi. and lets remember something about gadhafi. hes a murderer, but hes also a cunning fox. you dont rule a country for 42 years without being a very cle...

It represents the aspirations of people who are seeking a better life. as one libyan said, we just want to be able to live like human beings. we just want to be able to live like human beings. it is the most basic of aspirations. that is driving this change, and throughout this time of transition, the united states will continue to stand up for freedom, stand up for justice, and stand up for the dignity of all people. >> president obama today. but keeping them honest, the u.s. and europe has a l...

Get their hands on. >> lets hope it doesnt come to that. ben wedeman, thank you for the reports. please stay safe. join the live chat at "ac360." you cant talk about the region without talking about oil. tom friedman talks about an addiction to oil. keep it coming and keep it cheap and the world will turn a blind eye to whats going on in the region. thats what he said our policy basically has been over the years. well talk to him coming up. more insight on libyas uprising from dr. fouad ajami ...

Call to break our addiction to oil. the egyptians, libyans and others who 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 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 wer...

Isnt professor fouad ajami great? im so glad he agrees to be on our program every night, because i learn something from him every night. we talked about oil at the top of the program. the price today briefly hitting $100 a barrel on news out of libya. tom friedman of "the new york times" might put it, were all as jumpy as an addict who doesnt know where his next fix will be coming from. we spoke earlier, tom friedman and i, about addiction, oil, and how the libyan revolution may end. tom, just l...

Segment. you get to choose the news. libyas government is intensifying its brutal crackdown on protestors. state tv showing video of them being rounded up in tripoli. the streets are deserted. people are scared to come out after leader muammar gadhafi called on supporters to attack anyone suspected of being with the opposition. his hold on power is confined mainly the to the capital and the western part of the country. the oposition holds cities across the mediterranean coast in red. that in...

So president bush and prime minister blair made a deal with moammar gadhafi and made it seem that the iraq war has paid dividends. i say this with a heavy heart, because i was a supporter of president bush. but i think that was in error. then came further years of indulging this terrible man, moammar gadhafi. and we now see the harvest of the bargain weve made with this character. >> its interesting, fouad, because with mubarak, the bush administration had this sort of name and shame policy wher...

That. ben wedeman, thank you for the reports. coming up, cant talk about libya and the entire region without talking about oil. tom friedman talks about an addiction to oil. keep it coming and keep it cheap and the world will turn a blind eye to whats going on in the region. thats what he said our policy basically has been over the years. well talk to him coming up. more insight on libyas uprising from dr. fouad ajami jill dougherty on the evacuation of americans. and brian flynn, a man whos...

Throughout it, all the regime has been trying to blame outsiders, especially america for the uprising. 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 pills. gadhafi says american drugs are being used to poison libyan minds. the ministry is promising anyone who gives themselves up will not be harmed. joining us now is brian flynn, who lost his brother john patrick on pan-am 103. also professor...