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Eyewitnesses telling us air strikes began at around 9:30, 10:00 in the morning, that there had been and has been a sustained and heavy artillery bombardment. one person saying that pro-gadhafi forces had set up sniper positions and yet another talking about the increase in civilian casualties saying that an entire family had been killed. a few hours later we were in front of the courthouse in benghazi walking alongside a group of women marching carrying a sign. the message on it very simple. how...

>> well, the common thread is the aspiration of arabs of all ages to want to run their own lives in a world where they can increasingly see how other people are living and see how far behind they are. thats the common domino. but underneath you have two categories, you have what i call real countries like tunisia and egypt. these are very old countries with largely homo genius populations where it could be basically all the kids against dad. all the kids could come together and unite against a t...

If there is to be any action taken against him to try to help the opposition and to protect the civilians, it must be authorized by the international community. >> and she suggested that with the arab league, piers, now saying that they would support a no-fly zone over libya, perhaps, perhaps russia and china would not use their vetoes at the u.n. security council to block a resolution. well see what happens, in the meantime, though, gadhafi is moving very quickly. >> wolf, what did she have to ...

>> on libya the secretary said the united states is basically not going to take any military action by itself. the united nations security council she says will have to ask. she said, look, theres a lot of problems potentially in libya and insisted gadhafi will not win when all is said and done even though all the indications are hes moving very quickly right now against the opposition, but she pointed out that, look, there are a lot of problems around the world. listen to this. >> i get up ever...

Not going to take any military action by itself. the united nations security council she says will have to ask. she said, look, theres a lot of problems potentially in libya and insisted gadhafi will not win when all is said and done even though all the indications are hes moving very quickly right now against the opposition, but she pointed out that, look, there are a lot of problems around the world. listen to this. >> i get up every day and i look at reports from around the world. we have vio...

Had been and has been a sustained and heavy artillery bombardment. one person saying that pro-gadhafi forces had set up sniper positions and yet another talking about the increase in civilian casualties saying that an entire family had been killed. a few hours later we were in front of the courthouse in benghazi walking alongside a group of women marching carrying a sign. the message on it very simple. how many libyans are going to have to die until the united nations can take action and that, p...

Unwilling to recognize the changing circumstances in which he finds himself. what are those changing circumstances? >> well, clearly, netanyahu is facing a new map in the middle east. hes facing a potentially new egypt. libya ya is going to possibly be worse than it was, lebanon and hezbollah is a very difficult place now. theres no question that israel faces profound challenges. my problem, my difficulty with netanyahu is i just have not been convinced, over the years, that hes going to be able...

Bombing and killing his people to stay in power. when you talk about the dominos, are they very different kinds of dominos were seeing here or do you detect a common thread. >> well, the common thread is the aspiration of arabs of all ages to want to run their own lives in a world where they can increasingly see how other people are living and see how fracture behind they are. thats the common domino. but underneath you have two categories, you have what i call real countries like tunisia and eg...

Wolf, before i hear from you, this is the jerusalem post with a very impressive picture of you with the secretary of state. its made a big noise over here, your interview. she was in a very forthcoming mood and quite revealing about a number of issues. lets start with what she said about libya in particular. >> on libya the secretary said the united states is basically not going to take any military action by itself. the united nations security council she says will have to ask. she said, look, ...

For awhile. >> and my special report from the middle east. tonights show comes from here, israel. whats extraordinary when you come here is the proximity of everything. to my right ramallah. to my left jerusalem. just a few miles separating these feuding neighbors. even more extraordinarily this may well be the calmest place in the whole of the middle east right now with the rest of the region exploding in revolution. a perfect time to come here and debate the prospects for real peace. a lasting...