surrendering them to this ad hoc government. it s not at all clear how much hardware is still available to the people here. there were several large bases in the area, and they do seem to have taken control of all of them. we haven t seen any tanks in the street or any aircraft that they have. so it s not clear really how much they can really they can get their hands on. let s hope it doesn t come to that. ben wedeman, thank you for the reports. coming up, can t talk about libya and the entire region without talking about oil. tom friedman talks about an addiction to oil. keep it coming and keep it cheap and the world will turn a blind eye to what s going on in the region. we ll talk to him coming up. more insight on libya s uprising from dr. fouad ajami
international norms and every standard of common decency. this violence must stop. the change that is taking place across the region is being driven by the people of the region. this change doesn t represent the work of the united states or any foreign power. it represents the aspirations of people who are seeking a better life. as one libyan said, we just want to be able to live like human beings. we just want to be able to live like human beings. it is the most basic of aspirations. that is driving this change, and throughout this time of transition, the united states will continue to stand up for freedom, stand up for justice, and stand up for the dignity of all people. president obama today. but keeping them honest, the u.s. and europe has a lot to answer for in its willingness to turn a blind eye to what gadhafi has done to its people over nine
why doesn t anyone realize who they re dealing with. no one had any shame or recognition of that fact. i think what we were talking about earlier tonight about the regime now and the fact that the both the sons have now said there s going to be rivers of blood flowing in the streets, these are guys that we were hosting at the state department months ago. brian, appreciate you coming in. fouad, as well. jill, thank you very much. coming up, tom friedman says what s happening is the mother of all wakeup calls for the united states about ending an addiction to oil. that story is next. we ll talk to tom in an extensive conversation. later, the death toll rises from the earthquake in new zealand. we ll hear from a former u.s. senator that was there with his wife. his wife came very close to losing her life. an extraordinary story when we continue.
reporter: numbers are not clear. actually, what happened was that after the civilians took over the city, there were a lot of people who basically treated themselves with contents of the army s arsenal. and we watched today as several young men brought in some fairly heavy machine guns and were surrendering them to this ad hoc government. it s not at all clear how much hardware is still available to the people here. there were several large bases in the area, and they do seem to have taken control of all of them. but it s not clear. we haven t seen any tanks in the street. we haven t seen any aircraft that they have. so it s not clear really how much they can really they can get their hands on. let s hope it doesn t come to
there were several large bases in the area, and they do seem to have taken control of all of them. but it s not clear. we haven t seen any tanks in the street. we haven t seen any aircraft that they have. so it s not clear really how much they can really they can get their hands on. let s hope it doesn t come to that. ben wedeman, thank you for the reports. coming up, can t talk about libya and the entire region without talking about oil. tom friedman talks about an addiction to oil. keep it coming and keep it cheap and the world will turn a blind eye to what s going on in the region. that s what he said our policy basically has been over the years. we ll talk to him coming up. more insight on libya s uprising from dr. fouad ajami jill dougherty on the evacuation of americans. and brian flynn, a man whose brother was killed on pan am flight 1032, 22 years ago.