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Weekend. she was 75. those are your headlines today. >> well, we heard for the longest time, were going to have action in libya which now we know, theres not going to be troops on the ground. we did see reports at least a week ago that c.i.a. was on ground assessing the situation, finding out who the rebels were and, perhaps, lasering targets to help the air strikes. now, today, we have confirmation. >> we certainly do. a couple of weeks ago, the president of the united states signed a finding a...

Then you know we wont need as many air traffic controllers awake or asleep. >> right. so you say it is a -- it is a management problem. ultimately, though, for the flying public, should we feel safe? >> yeah, i think you can. you have to understand, too. we have had the safest period in aviation. i took over as chairman in 2001. we had a horrible crash in december of that year. since that, a large aircraft. weve had problems with commuters and weve addressed that with some corrective language. b...

We know. secretary clinton said the other day were getting to know the rebels and then you have senator mccain who was immediately on board in supporting them. so what will you ask secretary gates? >> well, that question will come up, im sure, many times today in the testimony that they do before the senate armed services committee. you know, here we are, were operating under the u.n. security resolution to be sure that we protect the civilians we have an arms embargo, no-fly zone and to be sure...

>> secretary of defense robert gates and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff admiral mike mullen are going to testify today in front of the senate armed services situation in libya and as the six week revolt continues against qaddafi, the question of arming the rebels will be front and center. will there be congressional support for that possibility? one of the members of the senate armed services committee joins me now, democratic senator from north carolina, kay hagan. good morning to you, s...

Like. im a method actor so im going -- i was living -- >> i do understand more than you know actually. >> i was living off past makeout experiences. so -- >> really? >> have a little more on that in a couple of minutes. in the meantime, a lot going on right now in libya. >> i dont know if we can top it. anyway, here we go. more back and forth between libyan government troops and the rebels and our own rick leventhal live for us in benghazi. good morning to you. >> good morning, gretchen, steve, ...

>> we had heard that. and weve heard that they were moving last week and going house to house and terrorizing civilians there. weve also heard that for every tank, there are eight or 10 pickup trucks and thats how theyre moving around the country. so not really a surprise there. and the opposition fighters say that qaddafis troops will do anything to win this war. >> all right. rick leventhal live from libya. last week on this program, we told you that colonel david hunt had suggested that there...

Started hearing from the u.k., france, italy, other of our nato allies. this was in their vital national interest. >> i dont think its vital interest for the united states but we clearly have interest there and its a part of the region that is a vital interest for the united states. >> so thats back to my original point, senator, that there seems to be mixed messages coming from this administration. do you see that? >> you know, what were doing, were working now with an international coalition. ...

Its a quiet day for baseball. yes, the san francisco giants will host a championship banner and the team that replaced them here in new york after they left the mets put part of their team up for sale. the wilpon family is asking for $200 million, get you 40% of the game. major league baseball has already loaned the club $75 million. we didnt really even know about this. the mets lost $50 million last year. can you imagine buying 40% of the team and not getting a say in any of their deals? >> wo...

Burning car. dustin elliott jumped into action after seeing the police car crash into a tree and explode. >> and i grabbed under her shoulders and pulled her out of the car. and got her out here on the ground. >> the deputy broke her vertebrae but will make a full recovery. wow. those are your headlines this morning. >> all right. coming up straight ahead, we have a lot more coming your way. in fact, this. youve heard the republican reaction to the presidents handling of libya. after the break, ...

We dont know. but what is said the reason we are kind of caught off guard in the intel department is because about eight years ago, we stopped surveiling libya because they said, ok, were going to give up our nuclear weapons program. thats why it stopped and thats why we had to start it again quickly and thats why the c.i.a. and the mi-6 actually is over there. >> i love the president thats doing this. the mi-6 is there extensively on the groundworking hard because it shows his savvy and hes out...