Page 14 - Lets Talk Libya News Today

Comparative advantages. number three, formation of a new supreme committee for elections andreferendum. four and five, create referendum on a new constitution, holding of parliamentary elections with the new -- and electing a new president here, buried in number five, before the end of the year 2011. well speak a little bit more about this with the former ambassador to yemen a little later on in the show. and also to mohammed jamjoom very much covering whats happening in yemen. i want to talk ...

Force officers on board. the official word from the pentagon today is that the plane experienced some sort of equipment malfunction. we do now know the two crew members ejected. they were recovered and they are now safe and out of libya. i want to get right to the pentagon, get a little bit more on this with chris lawrence live for me there. chris, lets just back up. how was the crew rescued? where are these two members now, and how are they doing? >> well, first off, brooke, how are they doin...

It means that planes, for the most part -- not 100% but for the most part -- can now start to patrol certain areas without the danger of being shot down from below. most of that capability was in his surface-to-air missiles. thats why in that first 48 hours you saw the barrage of tomahawk missiles from the coalition. that was designed to take out some of moammar gadhafis missiles. his air force was in bad repair, not much of a threat. and as the military has said, he really has not flown any air...

Latest updates on this topic.

Latest updates on this topic.

Latest updates on this topic.

Latest updates on this topic.

For the very first time since sunday, and you could call this vintage gadhafi. he is as defiant as ever. listen. >> translator: we will be victor ya yous in this fight! we will not give up. they will not terrorize us. we are making fun of their rockets. the libyans are laughing at these rockets. we will defeat them. in any way, by any method. >> now, in a u.s. military briefing just a couple of hours ago, we were told there was no indication gadhafis forces are moving away from either misrata or...

Brought in just for our visit and one much their jobs it appeared was to stop us filming toward the rebels in the city. >> i want to ask you also, nic, about president obamas speech. first of all, was it shown on libyan state television? secondly, what is the reaction youre hearing to the fact that this whole mandate is not to remove gadhafi militarily? are gadhafi, his forces, relieved at all to be hearing that? >> reporter: i think that there is perhaps, perhaps, an amount of relief that presi...

Really the difficult question, with very few answers at the moment. >> right. i know that is one of the questions, do they arm the rebels or dont they? becky anderson, i thank you for hopping on the phone. we have a special coming up here in a matter of minutes. just in to cnn, were hearing from our reporter on the ground in libya, re reza sayah, just interviewed the mother of this woman, the alleged rape victim who burst into the journalivi journ journalists hotel on saturday. we will find ou...