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Which people will act including those around colonel qaddafi. i think we should take stock of where we are and how we got here and how many times the international community called on qaddafi to end the violence against his own people and to take demonstrable steps to end the aggression and pull back and time and time again, starting with the first resolution 1970, through the succeeding time period, there was no evidence that he intended to do so despite various claimms that were made . if the ...

So let me just underscore the key point. this is a-international effort. the world will not sit idly by while more innocent civilians are killed. the united states will support our allies and partners as they move to enforce resolution 1973. we are standing with the people of libya and we will not waver in our efforts to protect them. thank you. >> okay, hillary clinton there speaking to reporters and the rest of the world right now alongg side other leaders that are meeting in france to talk mo...

On the ground tells a very different story. colonel gadhafi continues to defy the world. his attacks on civilians go on. today we have been monitoring the troubling reports of fighting around and within benghazi, itself. as president obama also said, we have every reason to fear that left unchecked gadhafi will commit unspeakable atrocities. it is against that backdrop that nations from across the region and the world met today here in paris to discuss the ways we can working together implement ...

It was action that was spearheaded by the ferrrench. they were the hawks from the get-go and recognized libyan rebels as being able to talk for the libyan people and then we saw the united nations go forward with the resolution. ive just received in, from the news wires now, russia saying it regrets the decision by western powers to take military action in libya. is that surprising to you? >> no. what surprised me is that the french and i mean the russians and the chinese abstained and the u.n. ...

Was talking to a very senior british contact who was suggesting to me that in libya what was happening with gadhafi would just play out. that nothing could be done. then there was that u.n. resolution and things have changed dramatically. one of the things im being told is although the u.s. are taking if you like a back seat to some extent here, that the change of view by the united states government in support of this was absolutely crucial as you expect, frankly. >> okay. live in london for us...

States is acting with a broad coalition that is committed to enforcing united nations security council resolution 1973, which calls for the protection of the libyan people. that coalition met in paris today to send a unified message, and it brings together many of our european and arab partners. this is not an outcome that the united states or any of our partners sought. >> reporter: key part of the presidents message right there, that this was not something that they sought, number one, but num...

Along the u.n. resolution 1973? >> im sure he does. to give you an example at a summit meeting in african country. when the head of the u.n. of egypt and discovered how everybody was voting against egypt over the peace treaty against israel by deposit one million dollars in briefcases. that is why they voted against him. this the small thing he is capable of doing. im quite sure he can take on the world. >> jamie: the u.s. has made clear that we havent taken unilateral action. we are being suppo...

Still been, correct me if im wrong, colonel, the united states has been calling the tune on these military operations over the last 30, 40 years. >> its pretty well set no matter who happens to be -- >> as you said, the united nations would have to hand over the authority to nato to lead this and at this point when those french jets took to the air, they were as french jets not operating necessarily -- >> under whose sanction are they doing that? as the united nations formerly said, you sarkozy ...

By while more innocent civilians are killed. the united states will support our allies and partners as they move to enforce resolution 1973. we are standing with the people of libya, and we will not waver. >> nbcs mike vaqueiera, what more did she have to say? >> reporter: its been an extraordinary series of events. and the secretary landed in paris just this morning. she ran immediately to the hastily called summit at the palace where nicolas sarkozy hosted world leaders from canada, italy, gre...

Come? and london rolls out the red carpet for the president, but did the queen dis him when it was toast time? the back story there. good morning, everyone, its wednesday, may 25th, im savannah guthrie in new york. >> and im chuck todd here in london where savannah, president obama and prime minister cameron just finished a joint press conference, one of those lovely two and twos, as youve been oh so familiar with in the past. the main subject matter for the press corps was libya. heres what t...