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Create facts on the ground. so they end up just surrounding benghazi where the rebels are in the east. the government has always stated thats where theyre going next. perhaps thats their objective. theyre going to try to get that done before the international community is ready to really follow through with this resolution, ali. >> the president is coming out right now. lets listen in. well talk on the other side. good afternoon, everybody. i want to take this opportunity to update the america...

No-fly zone over libya. and the united states -- the libyan government immediately responded by issuing a cease-fire, although we have been getting reports from the region that they have not actually stopped fighting on the ground in some places, particularly in misrata. well be following that story. weve got our reporters, bofl blitzer in washington, chris lawrence and nic robertson, the whole team covering this. meanwhile, "the new york times" is reporting the libyan government is holding four...

>> wolf, thanks very much. well continue our coverage. well get reaction from others about the presidents discussion on libya. wolf blitzer, youll see him at 5:00 eastern on "the situation room." were taking a quick break. well return with the coverage of all the other news were on top of. stay with us. to put more information right up front. adding new calorie labels to every single can, bottle and pack they produce. so you can make the choice thats right for you. ♪

Its something that former chairman of the joint chiefs and secretary of state powell used to talk about. ive never understood it. we can say what our interests are, we can say what our involvement is commensurate with those interests, just as president clinton in the bosnia and kosovo conflict said it was worth conducting air strikes to stop serbs from slaughtering kosovo or albanians but not sending in ground troops. you can disagree or agree with it. he wasnt going to send in ground troops. pr...

We will continue to work with our partners in the international community to press gadhafi to leave and to support legitimate aspirations of the libyan people. >> all right. wolf blitzer is standing by in washington as we await the presidents comments. wolf, youve just come back from the middle east. what is it that the president can say now that can make a difference? >> well, its not necessarily the words that are going to make a difference. its going to be the actions that will make a differe...

Provided transportation for us and taken us down there to see how the cease-fire that theyve announced is taking hold. instead, the reports have been that the fighting there has been continuing. weve seen government support -- government -- pro-government reports on television. the government is getting its message out to its supporters that everything is fine. it appears on the ground everything is far from fine. ali? >> chris lawrence at the pentagon, defense secretary gates represent it is vo...

Council imposed a no-fly zone over libya and ordered member states to take all necessary measure to protect civilians. president obama is scheduled to make a statement in half an hour. japanese prime minister naoto kan is calling the crisis at the fukushima plant very grave. japan raised the crisis level to five on a seven-point scale, putting it on par with the 1979 three mile incident in pennsylvania, but still below the 1986 chernobyl disaster in the former soviet union. the new level five ...

Down. hes not going to simply walk away. >> so whats the issue here, when you think back to our involvement in afghanistan and iraq, the u.s.s involvement, what is the issue that needs to best be addressed before the u.s. makes a decision about what role its going to play? >> low jis tick cli its complicated. the libyan air defense system is not that great. the libyan air force, theyve got a few old french-made marriage fighters, theyve got old russian-made migs. they dont have a sophisticated a...

To deploy ground troops into libya. and we are not going to use force to go beyond a well-defined goal, specifically the protection of civilians in libya. in the coming weeks, we will continue to help the libyan people with humanitarian and economic assistance so that they can fulfill their aspirations peacefully. the united states did not seek this outcome. our decisions have been driven by gadhafis refusal to respect to rights of his people and the potential for mass murder of innocent civilia...

Story and she believes that it is very important to report on conflict, on human issues around the world. >> lets get back to the situation in libya with respect to the no try fly zone. wolf blitzer joins me in washington, chris lawrence at the pentagon, nic robertson in tripoli for us. is ha the president walking up to the podium right now? no, its somebody else who might be putting some notes there for the president. nic, lets be clear on this, the un imposed this no-fly zone which is an autho...