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>> to make it clear, i absolutely agree with you about your interpretation of the u.n. resolution. the words are clear that we can take all necessary measures to protect civilians. the question does make it eye bit dicier if -- a bit dicier if the forces say we are staying in place and not advancing, then the argument is why are you protecting civilians by destroying their forces. look, im with you in terms of where you want to go. what happens if gadhafi is still in power in six months? politic...

>> well, fred, what you did not see when we just took secretary clintons news conference is right before that were told by u.s. officials he was on tshe w phone with the president here in brasilia. as important as that may be, he needs to project the image hes being briefed constantly by top officials, such as secretary clinton. also important to know what kind of message they are sending substantively. you heard it from secretary clinton again and again saying, look, at one point, the u.s. is n...

To secretary sebelius of the health and human services department and he is also on the house oversight committee. congressman, thank you very much for being here. so what leads you to believe that just because theyre giving waivers to some but not others it may be political? >> well, we dont know. thats the purpose of oversight, isnt it? there are at least three levels of inquiries that i think are appropriate: number one, what is the statutory authority for the secretary to grant waivers, peri...

Theyre doing a partly good job. continue to brief people on capitol hill to try to get them to understand why right now, particularly done an a unilateral basis, a no-fly zone is a mistake. nato is meeting on thursday to consider military operations. it would be crazy if this would be a united states operation. >> whats the second story driving the week. >> the second story in the country, the economy and jobs. we had positive job figures last week. the question this week, will there be more goo...

Stakes are too high, politically and substantively, theres no doubt this has to get done. >> before we let you go, psy-ops, when you went to visit war zones and what is that line? did you feel like you were ever being spun by generals? >> this is of course about the "rolling stone" article that suggests theres an afghan general trying to conduct psychological operations on sitting senators. >> well, did you -- what was it like when generals would do this? >> a couple of generals did look at me f...

Counted on for reporting from egypt and the interview tonight is about how egypts president plans to stay in power, kicking and screaming for long enough and the opposition groups start. we have a lot to come on egypt this hour. this is the first night again since january 27th that we have not led with that story. we return to front paging politics with humility that we have been away from the story for most of the last two weeks. that said, despite the acknowledged humility, turned out what hap...

One of the points we make, its actually a column by ron brownstein, is that the president here made a big pivot personally from being a prime minister to a president. and by that, ron meant that in his first two years of office, overseeing a majority coalition, the president acting almost as a prime minister pushed through a pretty robust agenda, unlike anything weve seen since lbj. now with his re-election coming up, hes acting more like a president, moving very hard to the middle. both tonely ...

Paul ryans, at least substantively in sync and, the g.o.p. would make a big deal about the schisms in the democratic part if henry waxman or lynn wolseley were to deliver a response, and the first nationally known politicians elected with tea party backing, governor bob macdonald, republican of virginia, told me last night, the fact the ryan-bachmann overdrive sang a good tune for the g.o.p. because they were so much in tune! bill: what is the acronym on that group? >> reporter: i dont want to k...

Ladies and gentlemen, while only 42% approve of the job mr. obama is doing, historically hes not nearly the worst off. at their lows, ronald reagan was 35% approval to 42 for obama while bill clinton hit bottom at 37% in the months just before the republicans swept away democratic control of the congress in 1994. so historically pollster doug shown joins me. both clinton and reagan recovered spectacularly. it was their congressional colleagues who paid the price. can obama recover more specifica...

42% approve of the job mr. obama is doing, historically hes not nearly the worst off. at their lows, ronald reagan was 35% approval to 42 for obama while bill clinton hit bottom at 37% in the months just before the republicans swept away democratic control of the congress in 1994. so historically pollster doug shown joins me. both clinton and reagan recovered spectacularly. it was their congressional colleagues who paid the price. can obama recover more specifically is this trip to the gulf one ...