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Again. russian strikes are focusing on four key areas. that is according to a u.s. defense official. whats russias strategy right now, please? >> so don, heres the deal. the main sites are kyiv, and you have iszyum and you have chernihiv and you have the donbas. so these are the four areas right here. so kyiv, chernihiv, iszyum and the donbas region. and the russian strategy to do that is to run as much air power as they possibly can. you heard the talk from john vause about the different sortie...

chairman of the homeland security committee, also with us this morning, cnn national security contributor frances townsend, former bush homeland security adviser. congressman king, give me some more details of this plot as you know this and the man at the center of the plot whom we havent heard much information about. >> soledad i really cant give you all the details. this is an ongoing operation. it was an unmetallic device, i can tell you it involves a number of countries and that at...

I actually think that the most fundamental problem is what to dress. reports are that the rebels are retreating. gadhafi has shown every sign of recalcitrance. hes not going to quit. hes going to stay the course. and therefore it begins with gadhafi and it ends with gadhafi. and ive just looked at the sortie numbers, way up there in terms of number of strike sorties, the number of sorties flown, there is an enormous amount of firepower, of tomahawk missiles being used. thats not going to do it. ...