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Needs to do that. what is really critically needed and what i think the u.s. really can do is to continue to be involved in the air strikes to do some jamming of libyan military communications and civilian propaganda and to hit the heavy artillery and the armor that libya has. >> because you write in your column in "the new york times" that the u.s.le should jam the radio and tv broadcasts of gadhafi -- of the libyan government, if you will, because thats helping him and his war against the oppo...

Over this 18-day uprising and we have the latest headlines from reporters on the ground. egypts military weighing in on the crisis issuing a statement this morning calling for an end to emergency rule but only when the current crisis passes. they also talk about ensuring justice in court cases and in disputed parliamentary seats and free and fair presidential elections. >> protesters marching on the presidential palace overnight. the palace surrounded by soldiers, police cars, military thanks an...

Countries that may be in fear and the whole region will go into chaos and its worth noting that these leaders are major allies to the u.s. >> reaction today from beirut. thank you so much. also this morning the bbc claiming iran is jamming persian language tv broadcasts following rolling coverage of anti-government protests in egypt. iranian authorities are accused of blocking reformist websites and detaining opposition supporters. these arrests come after irans opposition leader called for a ra...

>> reporter: anderson, ive been with state television since 1989, and i worked with nile tv since the very beginning. ive been very fortunate, because the freedom at nile tv is slightly higher than on the other arabic channels, because we have a different target audience. nile tv broadcasts are in english and french, so the message is directed at the more elitists, or the educated members of society, not the illiterates. and as you know, in egypt, where approximately 35% of the population is ill...

Weve been -- its been a difficult day, lets just say that for reporters on the ground. an extraordinary thing happened today. theres a state run television channel which has a news program called nile tv. one of their main anchoring resigned saying she no longer wanted to be part of this disinformation, essentially. she joins us now. her name is shahira. also joining me is heather moray with human rights watch, which has also come under great pressure here. shahira, why did you give up your job ...

With human rights watch, which has also come under great pressure here. shahira, why did you give up your job as an anchor? >> anderson, ive been with state television since 1989, and i worked with nile tv since the very beginning. ive been very fortunate, because the freedom at nile tv is slightly higher than on the other arabic channels, because we have a different target audience. nile tv broadcasts are in english and french, so the message is directed at the more elitists, or the educated me...

Ive been very fortunate, because the freedom at nile tv is slightly higher than on the other arabic channels, because we have a different target audience. nile tv broadcasts are in english and french, so the message is directed at the more elitists, or the educated members of society, not the illiterates. and as you know, in egypt, where approximately 35% of the population is illiterate, television is one of the main sources of information. now, i felt that, you know, i had done sensitive storie...

Signals from civilizations that would be quite far away. theres to danger in that, of course. you tune in the radio, you dont have to worry about the deejay jumping into your home and giving you a hard time. thats a completely harmless sort of thing and interesting because it would tell you whether earth is really, really special, or whether there is enormous quantities of life out there. >> larry: but, david, one thing is has done with stephen hawking about it, it has opened many eyes, hasnt it...

We all say, of course, our broadcasts have been already been detected by now. when seth, himself, has calculated and most of the astronomers have calculated that our tv broadcasts actually dissipate pretty soon after their leave our solar system. its these narrow beams that are being sent out from taxpayer-paid observatories. like arasibo and in ukraine that are causing the fuss. without consulting the taxpayers, without consulting the governments, without consulting fellow scientists at all in ...

Of course what aliens ought to be like. we all say of course our broadcasts have already been detected by now. when seth himself has calculated and most of the astronomers have calculated that our tv broadcasts actually dissipate pretty soon after they leave our solar system. its these narrow beams that are being sent out from taxpayer-paid observatories like aricebo and ukraine that are causing the fuss. without consulting the taxpayers, without consulting the governments, without consulting fe...