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To get away with. hes a student. hes watching what is happening. gadhafi at this point is digging in. hes not going anywhere else. i think he recognizes that the resolve of nato to remove him from power is not there and as long as its not there, hes going to push the initiative and try to regain total control of libya. >> so were talking about prolonged stalemate. is that what you assess? >> its a prolonged stalemate unless nato snatches it up. obama has said that regime change is not the object...

With the senate majority leader, harry reid. you know, the united states has frozen $33 billion in libyan assets, gadhafis money, basically, here in the united states. u.s. taxpayers so far spent about 6 to 700 million launching tomorrow hawk cruise missiles, fighting the gadhafi forces on behalf of the rebels, if you will. should the u.s. keep a running tab of how much its costing american taxpayers to liberate libya and deduct whatever it costs from that $33 billion? would you be open to that?...

Thats already $160 million. >> so the bottom line is we can carry this out in the context of the existing pentagon budget. well konltd to work with that. and as you said, its obviously a very legitimate set of questions. we think its a good opportunity to continue the conversation. its important to bring the country along. obviously the president is solely has this responsibility to deploy the troops overseas. he thinks its important to bring the congress along on this effort. well continue to w...

You are going to have to find out where to find those dollars somewhere else budget. we dont have anymore money to give you. >> reporter: the obama administration says it is not asking congress for anymore -- any more money yes. for now, they can fund military action in libya with existing funds, a spokesperson says but how long that will last, depends on unanswered question and that is how long the military operation in libya would last. >> my proposal, i dont know if anybody wants to listen to...

Some of their signal-jamming planes to disrupt colonel gadhafis ability to communicate with his forces. >> heres what ive been thinking about, as far as the money is concerned. keep a running tab how much of this is costing the u.s., the nato allies and some of the other arab countries who might be participating and once gadhafi is gone, and presumably sooner rather than later, you take the money from him, his sons, the billions of dollars that they have stollen from the libyan people, its an oi...

Increasing for middle income americans. it worked for him once. theyre hoping it can work again. >> all right, gloria. a lot of excitement between now and november 2nd. >> yep. the murder of aid workers in afghanistan including americans. the taliban now taking responsibility. but there are tough questions about their tactics and their motives. stand by. wait until you hear the running tab on the bp oil disaster in the gulf. we have new information coming in to "the situation room." and were...

1099irs form to anyone to whom it pays over $600 over a year. small business owners say they will be swamped with paperwork. >> its going to be a tremendous amount of recordkeeping, and lots of paper flying around just to validate these payments. >> reporter: a republican member of congress agrees saying the laws impact is oppressive. he has 90 cosponsors for a measure to repeal the provision. >> if you go to a hardware store, buy a meal, go to a hotel you have to keep a running tab. think about...

And said i want to sendep him money . they get a code and shahzad goes back and picks up the money. >> how do they track this? it is like a honor system . no numbers. >> the two wahalazar czar dont work out the amounts. they keep a running tab and at some point. >> pay me when you can. >> it may be in good and not even money. >> services and other thingings. >> and the c.i.a. has a tall task to track them. >> best thing to do is track down the people and interrogate them as much as possible and ...

Nobody cares. >> i think if these things pile up, pab, p helps -- it helps us fill time. does it keep a running tab, or does he say, i like this guy more than this guy? >> i think some of these things will contribute to an over all impression. it is harder for the president to control the message or choose the message, but at the same time, the democrats controlled the presidency and both houses of congress. the point is it is impossible for any president to get anything accomplished because thi...

>> i think if these things pile up, pab, p helps -- it helps us fill time. does it keep a running tab, or does he say, i like this guy more than this guy? >> i think some of these things will contribute to an over all impression. it is harder for the president to control the message or choose the message, but at the same time, the democrats controlled the presidency and both houses of congress. the point is it is impossible for any president to get anything accomplished because things have becom...