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Of libya a day after the foreign minister, moussa koussa, quit and led to england. a british newspaper says a second senior libyan adviser is in london for secret talks with officials. the man is a close aide of colonel gadhafis son. a u.k. spokesman refused to confirm or deny the reports. [ gunfire ] >> these are some of the latest pictures we are getting from inside libya. bullets and bombs rocking the desert outside the town of ajdabiya thursday. the rebels are armed but dont seem to have any...

Hi, this is "world one" live from london. im zain verjee. here are our top stories -- theres been heavy fighting in the ivory coast main city, abidjan. theres been a final push to oust the defiant incumbent, laurent gbagbo. take a look at these pictures. theyre the latest that we have from outside the presidential palace. its come under attack from rebel forces earle friday morning. mr. gbagbo was not there at the time. rebel fighters in libya are regrouping in the town of ajdabiya after they ...

Morning. ill stay on this deadly situation that happened at worthington high. back to you. jon: lets hope they keep the lid on any more trouble. jenna: breaking developments on libya as secretary gates makes there wont be any military boots on the ground any time soon but he refused to speak to cia activities in libya and this comes a day after we learn the president signed a secret order authorizing covert support for the rebels and that the cia sent small teams of operatives into the eastern p...

As we try to butt in other sanctions, diplomatic means. >> responding to both of those questions, one of the big differences between now and the 40-year reign, literally the entire world is against moammar gadhafi. the arab league, the u.n. hes going to be isolated in a way he has never been isolated before. he has been resilient but never tested to this level. his ability to govern and maintain power in libya is going to be affected by the fact that the outside world has frozen him out. hes goi...

"wall street journal," are we at a point where we cant bear the cost of another disaster? steve moore is a senior economic writer. are we at that point yet? >> if you talk about the curse of the huge budget deficit the $1.6 trillion deficit. the $13 trillion national debt, one of the tragedies of this situation is you look around the world, jenna, you see whats happened in japan, the upheaval in egypt, and syria and libya. you have to ask the question is the united states prepared for another cr...

Deposing the qaddhafi regime, as welcome as that eventuality would be is not part of the military mission. jon: congressman duncan hunter is a member of the armed services committee, also a marine combat veteran and i should say congressman you support what the president has done here in libya, right? >> yeah i actually do. the way that im looking at this. if you took president obama out of this picture and you put in another picture, say president reagan or bush, i dont think that wed be seeing...

Agree to a goal for spending but are they closer to passing an actual budget? after months of violence american-born al-qaida leader anwar al-awlaki breaks his silence on the uprising in the middle east. what he has to say about that. its all live on "happening now." here is a headline as we hit high noon on the east coast. the u.s. sends cia teams into libya, nato takes control of operations there. were glad youre with us, im jenna lee. jon: im jon scott. the cia is sending small teams into eas...

Magazine, its a lifestyle magazine, if you will kind of a martha stewart living for english speaking would be jihaddists. the cover story in this edition is by anwar al-awlaki who is the first american on the cias kill or capture list. he says the unrest in the middle east is a boon to al-qaida, and he calls the libyan leader a lunatic. testifying on capitol hill a short time ago the defense secretary said the chances of al-qaida cementing its foothold in south africa seems remote. >> im no grea...

Would have far to big a cost. the rebels dont want foreign troops on the ground in libya. that changes the equation in a way and in some ways benefits qaddhafi and would create long term problems. the goal is to use the military to stop qaddhafis forces from inflicting civilian casualties and to have freedom of movement. for the past few days there have been weather problems in libya, our nato forces have not had as much access to the ground forces they would like. the secondary goal is to use d...

Presidential finding, jenna, allows the cia to undertake activity that is will allow them to influence event necessary a foreign country, in this case, libya. but then, once again the president might limit what theyre able to do and we dont know exactly what that is now. i dont believe that theyre providing arms. at least thats what the administration is telling us. but they may decide to make contact with the rebel groups or they may decide to watch and see whats going on. of course they might ...