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>> one subject, sir. >> first of all, i think its very easy to square our military actions and our stated policies. our military action is in support of an international mandate from the security council that specifically focuses on the humanitarian threat posed by colonel gadhafi to his people, not only was he carrying out murders of civilians, but he threatened more. said specifically, we will show no mercy to people who lived in benghazi. and in the face of that, the international community r...

That means we have to go everywhere, if we go anywhere. i hear that at home, its called the perfect is the enemy of the good. you can do it all so you do what you can. you go into situations where you can do the right things because there are many areas you cant because there are too many alliances. where you have a free hand, you do something good. i dont believe you do anything good because you cant do everything good. thats an argument for doing nothing ever. >> i dont want to fight anyone el...

President. once the ju dash yediciary asce they have to assume the punishment according to rule of law. we dont have the same basis but if we had them, we would act exactly the same way. and -- or the same presumptions -- and i would like to say, finally, that today, the subject of democracy, of human rights, has no borders, does not recognize any border, and that is progress of this 21st century civilization. and that is why chile supports the initiative of the united nations through its securi...

Involvement in libya. a couple of weeks ago, surprisingly then, decided to abstain from vote on resolution 1973, authorizing action in libya. why did they do that? we talked them into it, basically, which is very difficult to do it. so it took a lot of diplomatic effort to get them more or less out of the way. there was a polite fiction on the very first day of the attacks that in fact the french were leading and there were lots of pictures of french attack planes and so on. in fact they did par...

Segment of the world to the united states. but as we wait, chris, the hot-button issue, when we would like to hear, what people are watching, certainly want to hear on this day, comments the president could make regarding libya and what, if any, questions he might receive on whats happening in libya right now. >> well, thats right. i think the first question from the first american correspondent to be given the opportunity to be will libya, perhaps chuck todd. i do think there will be follow-ups...

Hes received some criticism for taking the trip with all thats going on right now. ed henry traveling with the president joining us on the phone right now. ed, good morning to you once again. we know the president wants to talk a lot about trade and economies and jobs between the u.s. and latin america, but will libya also be on the agenda, as well? and do you expect any more statements from the president on libya? >> reporter: well, i think its very likely well hear from the president at some p...

Going on over libya. thats going to dominate the interest and i bet you dominate the questions. >> you know, pat, the economic issues, the questions and the focus that is so important to the united states, will the president then -- is that difficult for him as we watch this live briefing to the left of the screen right here? how does he maintain both the importance of his trip focusing on the economics, yet now address the issues that are happening in libya? >> well, this is very tricky because...

Just moments ago. we pekt to be -- while that is happening we want to try to understand what is it exactly that sarkozy was mentioning and that is this no-fly zone over the skies of libya. military analysts and retired army prohas been with us all morning. we have seen the video of the plane going down earlier and now we have confirmation from the french president. help us understand if you will, what they are now starting to do there. >> well the whole idea is to block off a region or the popul...

Conclusion, which means that we will have to go to strike operations within the next 24 to 48 hours. theres a real window here. he wins or loses within the next 48 hours by either going forward regardless of the u.n. resolution or if he backs off, now its a whole new ball game. >> stay with us, dan. i want to bring our msnbc analyst here, pat buchanan, karen finney, theyre with us. karen, what do you expect the president to be saying in libya? >> well, i think what youre going to hear from the p...

Why not get away and book a royal caribbean cruise at royalcaribbean.com today? >> we have gun operations. allied forces and planes and now we expect president obama to speak in brazil. these are the podiums that we are waiting for him to come to. he is expected to talk about that statement as well as the operations in libya. also we are watching another set of microphones where we expect secretary of state hillary clinton to be speaking very shortly. she is in paris meeting with 20 other leader...