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Improvement on their part in terms of communications abilities. alisyn: that is a major shift, conor powell, thank you very much for that from libya. bill: same part of the world, new word that al-qaeda has plans to get involved in that war in libya, urging muslims to fight both the nato forces and qaddafis troops. and apparently, this word went out to several countries even before the air war started. well talk to retired major general james spider marks about that and how it could change the f...

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Hands. we want to go straight to diana with more information. >> the rescue operation was in part undertaken by two osprey aircraft based on this ship. they were apparently a mix between a helicopter and an airplane. they take off as a helicopter and flue to the area in northeastern libya where this f-15 crashed. we know that the crash happened because of the technical reasons because of a mechanical failing and not because it was taken out of the sky. and that the two pilots ejected, landing in...

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We also have another correspondent that we can touch base with out of london. atika, what can you tell us? >> reporter: he came out for a brief statement saying military action in libya was necessary, legal and right. saying that it had the backing of the united nations and that it was necessary to prevent gadhafi from attacking his own people. but he did not give any further details on the exact british military role, what sort of british military resources will be brought to bear on this. so w...

Time when the allies are debating what they want to commit and how they want to commit the resources. >> the french seem behind this. the french population isnt skittish right now about military involvement in a country that could become very complicated down the road. >> reporter: i expect we will see polls on this tomorrow, hala, just because sunday is a favorite day for the french to poll themselves. in fact, a poll earlier about two weeks ago, a poll indicated that the french were not behind...

To have moammar gadhafi step down. those are really two separate things at this point. they are watching very carefully. it was a very dramatic time here. you had the people in the room determining what this coalition would do and watching and getting information from their military advisors on what was happening on the ground in libya. that was their determination. now, as i said, the primary thing is to make sure that if it does slow down, if moammar gadhafi does stop that offense, then what i...

Secretary of state, hillary clinton. she was in paris in a meeting with key allies. there is a clear message coming out of the administration in the brief comments that the president made. number one, they are saying there will be unspeakable attrocities committed by colonel gadhafi if the allies did not act. the president made clear this is not unilateral u.s. action. they made it very clear they have international partners and cooperation here. finally, the administration is making it very cle...

Barack obama is in brazil. he is on the first stop of the latin american tour that was planned with the focus on jobs and exports. he is also taking a bit about libya. >> remember brazil was one of the five nations that abstained. it wasnt a no vote, but abstenti abstention. >> we have ed henry traveling with the president. how much did he have to say while in brazil? >> reporter: i think he tried to keep it very brief, fred. he is trying to keep the focus in latin america on trade and the econo...

>> we understand that may happen momentari momentarily. he is in brazil at the moment. somewhere within the next 15 minutes, we may hear from the president. chris lawrence, thank you so much. >> we will be right back. we are taking a break. right back with a lot more from libya and around the world as we continue to follow the breaking news story. do stay with us. [ male announcer ] nature valley sweet & salty nut bars... theyre made from whole roasted nuts and dipped in creamy peanut butter, ma...