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Forward on a political process that will lead to the establishment of a president ial Transitional Council that will lead to elections. And we think that it lead to elections. And we think Thatitis Lead to elections. And we think that it is urgent, that it is urgent that he moves forward in that direction and starts the process of bringing normalcy back to the people of haiti. Meanwhile, the violence in haiti is worsening. The un high commissioner for human rights, volker turk, is calling for In...

For example, nigerias president bola tinubu, who is the chairman of ecowas, said he wanted to see an amicable resolution of this crisis. now, a lot of people — even though the international community really wants to see the army step down in nigeria —— in niger and for a civilian government to be reinstated, thats going to be incredibly difficult because the military has really dug in there and says it wont leave power. there have also been sanctions against the military in niger. aid has ...

In west africa roaring back from this threat to use force. for example, nigerias president, bola tinubu, who is the chairman of ecowas, said he wanted to see an amicable resolution of this crisis. now, a lot of people, even though the international community really wants to see the army step down in nigeria for a civilian government to be reinstated, thats going to be incredibly difficult because the military has really dug in there and says it wont leave power. there have also been sanctions ag...

Put pressure on the russians to see bashar al-assad leave power. >> ambassador, you were an ambassador to syria among other nations. do you think that the president of syria, assad, would act and gas his people without getting the nod from putin? >> i think its quite possible. we have to remember that putin and turkey convolksed a piece conference, a conference to have a cease fire not long ago. and the opposition fighters and the assad regime agreed to a cease fire. and assad broke it in the en...

The points by hillary clinton were 18 months from now and since then 5,000 people killed every month, many civilian, many blame the assad regime for those deaths. the french suggestion that international justice should, in fact, come towards the assad regime is the first time weve seen that really as a table as part of a solution here being put down by a member of the security council, a permanent member and that may be about trying to focus peoples minds and discussion about what happens eventu...

Its not like we stepped in and backed off. the rebels utterly depend on u.s. and coalition support. indefinitely. as long as gadhafi survives. if the coalition left and gadhafi was still there, what do you think would happen to the rebels? their dependence on forces was put in relief on thursday. when people supporting the rebels in benghazi held this thank you rally and coalition in the city of benghazi, what happens now? what happens next? >> i than some americans continue to have questions in...

Because while our military mission is focused on saving lives, we continue to pursue the broader goal of a libya that belongs not to a dictator but to its people. now, despite the success of our efforts over the past week, i know that some americans continue to have questions about our efforts in libya. gadhafi has not yet stepped down from power and until he does, libya will remain dangerous. moreover, even after gadhafi does leave power, 40 years of tyranny has left libya fractured and without...

>> while our military foe us is is narrowly focused on saving lives, we continue to pursue the broader goal of a libya that belongs not to a dictator but to its people. now, despite the success of our efforts, over the past week, i know that some americans continue to have questions about our efforts in libya. qaddafi has not yet stepped down from power. and, until he does, libya will remain dangerous. moreover, even a after qaddafi does leave power, 40 years of tyranny has left libya fractured ...

General of nato said nato was still considering whether to take on broader responsibility for the efforts in libya. is tomorrow really the day of this handoff or are there still detas beoedsnt. alof9 tries and entities, theres going to be contradictions and confusion. theres a lot of confusion and contradiction and even dismay coming from capitol hill. thats from both sides of the aisle. the white house yesterday called this not a war, this action in libya, baugh time-limited, scope-limited mili...

Friday. it looks peaceful and it looks calm. our ivan watson right there in the middle of the square where those thousands of protests have shown up today demanding that hosni mubarak leave power. ivan, thank you so much. now, lets travel from cairo to the other egyptian city that has thousands of protesters as well. cnn senior international correspondent nic robertson is in alexandria, and he joins us by phone. nic, i have been following you on twitter. you have been getting more tweets out t...