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77.5. this is what economists had expected, not to be so high, but they had expected it to go back up. the big concern, lets talk about oil and oil prices. here we are in february talking about this. normally, we would be doing a segment like this probably prior to summer season. >> exactly, in may. >> yeah. and here we have the price of oil passing $100 a barrel last week in the u.s. national average gas price now $3.35 a gallon. but as we focus a lot on libya and whats going on in the middle e...

Good are these sanctions? how long is it going to take them to really have an impact, or is this just showboating for the international community? >> no, i think its more than showboating. this will have a profound impact on many of the internal audiences that gadhafis got to keep under control. that includes the armed forces. weve seen significant defections from the armed forces to join the benghazi protesters as an example. and i think also the sanctions where it comes to direct actions again...

Lumbering, slow planes. they must have been accompanied by fighter jets, because they were making their way through libyan air space -- thats enemy air space at the moment, of course. there were apparently special forces soldiers on the planes, too to secure the area to keep it safe while the evacuees went across the airport, got on the planes, and then everybody got on the planes and flew away. so, that was the first military operation by the british government to rescue its citizens in libya. ...

Miracle? thats what a couple is calling their survival story after being stuck in a snow bank for five days. hear their amazing story of how they got rescued. going for the gold. thats right. a preview of what you can expect at tonights oscars. predictions on the big winners. star-studded night for you coming up. hi, everybody. great to have you with me. im thomas roberts. alex witt has the morning off. welcome to "msnbc sunday." in libya this morning, the international community taking new ...

Now, to step down. he made these remarks yesterday, less than 24 hours after the white house kind of side-stepped this topic. so, what do you make of the turn-around on this, and the hard turn-around on this, especially timingwise? >> sure. well, you know, the white house has said their greatest concern really was getting those americans that were in libya safely out of the country, and i think the majority of americans that have been accounted for certainly have been. they did not want to get u...

Evacuees were then on their own. they had to pay for their own hotels, make their own bookings on planes and make their own way home. so, thats how theyve been treated. these people here, for instance, 2,000 nationals and 2,000 chinese down the road a bit, they will be taken by bus to the airport and then flown home. but in terms of the maltese, theyre delighted by all this. this is the offseason here. the taxi drivers are happy, restaurants are open. the restaurants are open, by the way, especi...

>> well, i, unfortunately, dont see any clear ending, and neither do most informed observers of whats happening, until tripoli goes under, you know, well over a million people. a very small population in libya, giant land area. so, i think the end game is completely unclear. however, it is inevitable gadhafi gets murdered, his inner circles ejected, and at some point, chaos ensues from which we can only hope does not emerge a government thats a threat to u.s. national interests in the region. >>...

That coming to an end. well be looking drier by the afternoon. but lets head back to the west with our system here. still bringing us some snow showers just north of the phoenix area, down towards tucson as well. l.a., youre drying out. should be a nice afternoon with some sunshine, but again, pretty cool. now, that same system in the southwest begins to work its way east, and this is going to be trouble here for us through parts of the central plains and the midwest, spawning this storm system ...

To make the water we drink, taste a little more, perfect. reduce lead and other impurities with the advanced filtration system of brita. hi, everybody. welcome back to "msnbc sunday." im thomas roberts. big news from libya this morning. a member of the benghazi city council in libya says the libyan cities under rebel control have pointed an ex-justice minister to lead a provisional government, but libyan leader moammar gadhafi is refusing to step down and hes cracking down hard on the centers ...

Be a province of persia. i cannot imagine the saudis will allow bahrain to go into the hands of what they will believe is a threat to their own survival. so, the area to watch is less libya, unfortunately, with this massive personal tragedy unfolding on the libyan people, but im more inclined to say whats going to happen in saudi arabia and bahrain. >> general barry mccaffrey, good to see you this morning. thanks for joining me. >> good to be with you. >> as the uprising continues in libya, prot...