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Antoday, he made some news, he would, next year. well, the opposition rejected that the violence continues on the ground there in libya. defense secretary robert gates saying today the u.s. is extremely concerned about the situation in yemen, calling it the most haven in the world. and we have been covering the situation there in libya. we have nic robertson who is in the capital city of triply, actually gotten a trip today, taken by the government to take a look at a port area that has been s...

International community to destroy his power bases in misrata and destroy his supply lines and disrupt and destroy his communications and command structure. >> are you at all comforted, as a member of the opposition, knowing that operation odyssey dawn, knowing theres a military coalition fight going on in the skies above libya? does that allay any of your fears at all? >> absolutely. we are heartened by that and we are grateful for that, and i cannot tell you how important is that. that is so v...

I think the key country to watch is saudi arabia, from my perspective, the most important country there one we made a long-time ally of. they have many of our weapons systems and i really want and i hope the president is asking the saudis to come in and help us to out with the operation in libya. >> we know he picked up the phone and called the king abdullah of jordan over the weekend. watching to see specifically which countries within the middle east, the arab nations will be involved. i want ...

There be in the air over libya at any given time, chris? >> its hard to say because they dont parcel it out by country. it is a coalition effort. so theyre mixing and matching french jets, uk jets, u.s. jets. and it really dependences on exactly what sort of mission theyre flying. some are still flying these strike missions. others more further towards. eastern part of the country are now in a more patrol area, just sort of over flights. >> were also learning this piece of information. admiral l...

Where is he and should the u.s. be at all concerned about gadhafi unleashing chemical warfare? also, president obama getting hammered from both sides. so, what exactly is the mission? >> it if this goes on indefinitely it is going to be terrible for the united states. >> some lawmakers say the president violated the constitution, now one democrat is threatening to kill the operation. plus, yet another setback in the race to prevent nuclear catastrophe in japan. we are now learning the damage...

Options to influence events in syria, but they seem to be acquiring a momentum of their own with widespread protests being called for on friday on facebook and other social media. randi kaye, cnn. coming up, president obama has said we are in libya for humanitarian reasons specific live. but he also said this -- >> it is u.s. policy that gadhafi needs to go. >> so what is it that the united states is really trying to accomplish? libya? well have that conversation next. in a lab. ♪ in a livin...

Countries. nobody knows where its headed. its just a dramatic time of political upheaval in the middle east and north afr area, perhaps right here the most volatile neighborhood in the world. >> john, lets talk yemen specifically for a second. we know defense secretary robert gates today said he didnt want to talk about yemen, calling it an internal situation. my question is, is that the official policy on all of the different places you mentioned? >> well, obviously were involved, our military ...

Struck in these strikes because they dont exist. the best they can do is a military site they say was a repair and maintenance training facility. because these things that they claim have been hit like schools and hospitals havent been hit they cant prove it and havent been able to show us any civilian casualties either it just shows the weakness of their argument and the lies and propaganda that they are trying to put out, brooke. >> nic, before let you go, i know is 10:15 there at night in lib...

Position of the united states it is in sharp conflict. so, you know, my position is that we need very much not to get ourselves into a quagmire and do what we have to do as quickly as we can without putting american lives in danger and not open up another war. >> i want to ask you just real quickly while i have you here on the house intel committee, some questions about some of the mustard gas that perhaps colonel gadhafi has stockpiled in libya without you know, compromisinging any information ...

Authorities. and theres a daily planning cycle that pilots know in advance what to go up, mixes that can be scrambled, something unusual happens. when the pilots are in the air, they are communicating to their air operations center, they are probably not making any decisions on their own unless something just suddenly comes up. so, if they see targets on the ground, they are probably going to go back to the combined air operations center, ask for verifications to make sure there is no friend phi...