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Without either more they nato attacks on gadhafis forces, it is hard to see how the opposition can defeat gadhafis army. earlier today in london, secretary of state clinton said that arming the opposition is legal under the u.n. resolution authorizing force in libya. and heres what president obama told nbcs brian williams this evening. >> im not ruling it out, but im also not ruling it in. were still making an assessment partly about what gadhafis forces are going to be doing. >> theres the ques...

Earlier today in london, secretary of state clinton said that arming the opposition is legal under the u.n. resolution authorizing force in libya. and heres what president obama told nbcs brian williams this evening. >> im not ruling it out, but im also not ruling it in. were still making an assessment partly about what gadhafis forces are going to be doing. >> theres the question, though, who we would be arming. the president acknowledging there might be opposition elements that might be unfrie...

Unrelenting bombardment and we heard from saif al-islam gadhafi. im looking at cars passing through the check point. civilians and fighters. all of them fleeing away from what appears to be an advancing libyan army. >> ben, what about benghazi? thats been the second largest city of libya of the opposition forces where the opposition has established itself. where france has gone ahead and recognized this opposition as a legitimate government of libya. how secure, how safe are the opposition eleme...

Speaker of the iranian parliament, he served two nonconsecutive terms. these guys are not opposition elements. they havent been opposition elements for all of their lives, in fact, theyre establishment popticians. what they do have theyve rebranded themselves over the last year and a half, theyve come out as the figureheads as what is known as the green movement, the movement of grassroots opposition that happened after the fraudulent election of mahmoud ahmadinejad to the iranian presidency. so...

Talks for instituting a no-fly zone. how far along are those talks? >> as secretary clinton said in geneva today, these talks are under way with our partners in nato and elsewhere. we have made clear that is it an option that were considering and considering actively and seriously. >> are you prepared to offer material support to the anti-government rebels in libya? >> well, we are first of all in communication with all sorts of elements of libyan society, civil owe sight, leaders of all sorts t...

Moammar gadhafi may be more isolated than ever in his battle against opposition forces. his power base, that would be in the capital city of tripoli, now described as an island in a nation swept up in revolt. cnns senior international correspondent nic robertson is joining us from the capital of tripoli with the latest. nic? >> well, wolf, government officials here say that theyre not an island in a sea of revolt merely that they control 3/4 of the country and that the opposition elements contro...

Are difficult times, we need to be honest and the truth is important. today i will only say the truth to you. we all know that there are opposition elements who live abro abroad, and they have many friends and support eers and people connected with them inside the country. thats not a secret. there are people inside libya who are opposing us. they started copying what took place in egypt, and using the so-called facebook revolution. the event of 17th of february, the event that happened, the peo...

That went into place now two hours ago. >> and you mentioned that part of the reason might be that he doesnt live there. he lives in vienna, austria, and came in two days ago as the protests reached their increase and now he is under arrest. his political aspirations may not match his desired sort of goals or the goals that he set for himself. so this is also something that we need to watch out for. and the other opposition elements in egyptian, the muslim brotherhood joined protests today. >> l...

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Beaten back from places they only retook days ago, tonight the obama administration says its open to the possibility of sending them weapons. these are pictures of fighters pulling back from bin jawad after coming under heavy fire from gadhafis forces. without either more they nato attacks on gadhafis forces, it is hard to see how the opposition can defeat gadhafis army. earlier today in london, secretary of state clinton said that arming the opposition is legal under the u.n. resolution authori...