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Tom brady is a tremendous quarterback and they did a great job converting 0en a fourth and 16. all of a sudden they throw one in the end zone, its up there. thats nerve-racking. we completed a hail mary this year. i was hoping it wasnt going to be another one, wouldnt be completed tonight for them. great job by our defense, stepping up, getting the sack, doing some great things. >> defense played great throughout the playoffs. giants defensive star justin tuck who forced that safety, osi umenyio...

Tough new sanction on syria coming from the white house this afternoon, but these arent just the general sanctions against the country. they single out senior officials. this is an attempt to stir the regime, a crackdown on the protesters, a protest thats seen hundreds killed since mid-march. i want to go live to the white house to brianna keilar. why are they going after assad and these other officials? >> reporter: brooke, its certainly a stepping up not just of the redrick but really in a ver...

what happened in this raid, but they seemed very, very concerned about the next raid and the one after that and that those kind of raids are going to be much riskier with how much information is now out there. >> we have from my perspective gotten to a point where we are close to jeopardizing this precious capability that we h e have, and we cant afford to o do that. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com this this fight isnt over. when you extend that to the military and their families...

In this op-ed, theyre saying you cant protect civilian it is gadhafi remains in power. >> i do believe its a little bit of a policy shift in the right direction. its basically saying number one, gadhafi must go. number two is a signal that nato is going to intensify its military strikes or its military participation. i think its also -- its kind of a rejection of the african presidents who had just been in there, calling for a cease-fire, but had left fuzzy whether gadhafi would stay or go. so i...

You cant protect civilians if gadhafi remains in power. >> i do believe its a little bit of a policy shift in the right direction. its basically saying number one, gadhafi must go. number two is a signal that nato is going to intensify its military strikes or its military participation. i think its also -- its kind of a rejection of the african presidents who had just been in there, calling for a cease-fire, but had left fuzzy whether gadhafi would stay or go. so i think its a stepping up. its b...

The mission is supposed to be to protect civilians. in this op-ed, theyre saying you cant protect civilian it is gadhafi remains in power. >> i do believe its a little bit of a policy shift in the right direction. its basically saying number one, gadhafi must go. number two is a signal that nato is going to intensify its military strikes or its military participation. i think its also -- its kind of a rejection of the african presidents who had just been in there, calling for a cease-fire, but h...

In this op-ed, theyre saying you cant protect civilians if gadhafi remains in power. >> i do believe its a little bit of a policy shift in the right direction. its basically saying number one, gadhafi must go. number two is a signal that nato is going to intensify its military strikes or its military participation. i think its also -- its kind of a rejection of the african presidents who had just been in there, calling for a cease-fire, but had left fuzzy whether gadhafi would stay or go. so i t...

>> well, they are the most powerful ones that have been introduced by iran into the conflict in afghanistan on the side of the taliban, obviously. the rockets have a longer range and are more lethal. this is a stepping up of the pressure by the iranians against coalition forces in afghanistan. martha: some of the reporting suggests that this is a serious escalation by iran for their involvement with the taliban that you just mentioned. what can we make of that serious escalation? is it because i...

Kuwait in 1991, bosnia in 1995, kosovo in 1999. afghanistan from the taliban in 2001. iraq from saddam hussein in 2003. all these were american operations, and then you bring people along. people are waiting for president obama. he is the one who can make all the difference. the europeans will not lead. they will follow the lead. >> fouad, stay with us, were going to talk about remarkable things developing in egypt over the weekend we want to talk about. also tonight, tough words from gadhafi ...

The europeans will not lead. they will follow the lead. >> fouad, stay with us, were going to talk about remarkable things developing in egypt over the weekend we want to talk about. also tonight, tough words from gadhafi and his regime from president obama. right now, just words. nato stepping up surveillance flights over libya. will nato, will the u.s. and its allies actually intervene? two sides weighing off on that. also next door to libya, important new developments in egypt, protesters...