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Made for kind of a multilateral no-fly zone that the united states wouldnt feel like it had to go it alone. so i suspect theyve been just waiting to see what gadhafis next move is before they make another move. >> well, the interesting thing, and ill pose this to you, ed, i also want wolf to weigh in if we have enough time, the conventional wisdom seems to be that moammar gadhafi wont go anywhere, and if he does, the question is how many people will he take out before he goes down? wolf first an...

The magnitude of his crime. the fda has ordered more than 500 different drugs off the market citing possible safety concerns including over the counter cough, cold and allergy meds. the problem? many havent been evaluated by the agency. the agency is giving most companies making or selling unapproved products 90 days to stop making them and 180 days to stop shipping. president obama speaks out on the revolt against libyan leader moammar gadhafi and announces steps to help those fleeing libya...

Making. so my expectation and hope is that they will resolve it without me intervening because it turns out ive got a lot of other stuff to do. with respect to libya. i think you asked about, do i have a doctrine. my approach throughout the convulsions and the sweat through the middle east is, number one, no violence against citizens. number two, that we stand for freedom, and democracy. and in the situation in libya, what youve seen is number one, violence against citizens. and the active urgin...

Are reporting about defense secretary gates comments for example, theres real reluctance to use the military option. whether this continues much longer and becomes more and more of a humanitarian crisis, moammar gadhafi may make this decision for the u.s. and its allies because weve got to underline that. this is highly unlikely to be a u.s.-only action. its going to be in concert with nato, as wolf pointed out. maybe before the u.n. security council. theyre going to be very careful to work with...

That is one possibility. >> yeah, hes considering a full range of military options. he didnt outline what those options in libya, per se, are. he didnt say he would go forward with a no-fly zone which in effect means air strikes first to knock out the libyan air defense capabilities, the radar systems, anti-aircraft guns and all of that. he said hes reviewing all those options. he wasnt asked about arming the opposition, the opponents of moammar gadhafis regime. so he didnt get into that, althou...

Question from an american journalist will be on libya. that will be the moment that well be able to hear what the president has to say. where he stands on this. >> we see some movement there. you know, youre exactly right. yesterday when the president showed up surprisingly in the briefing room, he said, i will take some questions tomorrow. so one would hope that hes going to answer some questions about that. but, wolf, getting back to your point. even the secretary of defense said, talked about...

People and declared he must leave now. he spoke as libyan jets for the second straight day bombed two strategic towns controlled by anti-gadhafi forces. joining me to talk about all of this, international anchor and correspondent michael moems. michael, very tough words from the president. he says i want to make this clear. time for him to go. >> as if hillary clinton hadnt already. very, very direct. i mean he said that gadhafi had "lost the legitimacy to lead," and he must leave. the other key...

Now before i turn over to president calderon, i want to address the situation in libya. the united states and the entire world continues to be outraged by the appalling violence against the libyan people. the united states is helping to lead an international effort to deter further violence. put in place unprecedented sanctions to hold the gadhafi government accountable, and support the aspirations of the libyan people. we are also responding quickly to the urgent humanitarian needs that are dev...

Press is very likely to be about libya. but were expecting two questions from the mexican press, two questions from the u.s. press so you may also see something about this budget fight which has enormous consequences to all of our viewers. >> theyre standing there at the podium bringing the speeches out so they should be out shortly. wolf, bring it back to you. when youre talking about libya here. a huge challenge for the obama administration, especially when it comes to foreign policy, its unli...

All right. checking some of the stories you might have missed today, president obama spent most of the day with mexicos leader, felipe calderone. just a little while ago, at a joint news conference, mr. obama address add international crisis and complimented his guest. >> most recently our governments have spoken out for the human rights of the libyan people. and mexico played a leading role at the united nations in suspending libya from the human rights council. president calderone, this not on...