question from an american journalist will be on libya. that will be the moment that we ll be able to hear what the president has to say. where he stands on this. we see some movement there. you know, you re 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 he s going to answer some questions about that. but, wolf, getting back to your point. even the secretary of defense said, talked about no fly zones and what have you. he doesn t want this and gloria i know you re, you re wanting to get in on this. look like an attack on the libyan people and an attack on the government. it s kind of extraordinary to me. because the secretary of defense is way out there on this. yes, as wolf said, he would salute if he were ordered to be part of a no-fly zone. but he has said, make no mistake about it, you d have to bomb libya, and it s very clear that the military is reluctant to go this a
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 hadn t already. very, very direct. i mean he said that gadhafi had lost the legitimacy to lead, and he must leave. the other key thing that came out of what he had to say though is he s authorizing american military airlifts to get some of these refugees who have left libya back to their own countries. there s a lot of foreign workers in libya, places like bangladesh, thailand and korea and they want to get back home away from all of this. 180,000 people the u.n. says have fled either to the east or to the west of the country just getting out. mr. obama again saying you know, full range of options on the
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 developing. tens of thousands of people from many different countries are fleeing libya, and we commend the governments of tunisia and egypt for their response, even as they go through their own political transitions. i have, therefore, approved the use of u.s. military aircraft to help move egyptians who have fled to the tunisian border to get back home to egypt. i ve authorized use a. sincht d. to charter additional civilian
press is very likely to be about libya. but we re 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. they re standing there at the podium bringing the speeches out so they should be out shortly. wolf, bring it back to you. when you re talking about libya here. a huge challenge for the obama administration, especially when it comes to foreign policy, it s unlike anything that we have seen. there s no precedent here for it. and they were criticized for their handling, not having a singular message about egypt. they ve been stronger on libya, but this is really important for the administration and for foreign policy. let s not forget, don, no-fly zone over the air space of libya has to begin with air strikes by the u.s. or nato, or other powers, destroying the anti-aircraft radar capabilities of the libyan military. otherwise the u.s., the nato je
all right. checking some of the stories you might have missed today, president obama spent most of the day with mexico s 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 only reflects our commitment to the shared values of freedom and justice and rule of law, it s also another example of mexico s global leadership. as you said in your address to our congress last year, that mexico is standing tall.