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The president to arrive. the motorcade to arrive, very shortly. obama in chile. "cnn newsroom" continues right now with randi kaye in for ali velshi. hey, randi? >> hi there. thank you. a weekend of action, now comes the patrolling of a no-fly zone over libya. thats the word from africa. u.s. militarys africa command describes phase two of an allied campaign to protect libyan civilians from their own government. the action phase include add cruise missile strike on the heart of moammar gadhafi...

Thats where libyan officials took us to just a couple of hours after we heard explosions and saw smoke in the compound, randi. >> did gadhafi do you think expect it to come to this? does the government appear the least bit intimidated by whats happening in the last couple of days? >> reporter: well, they would say no. they would point to all their supporters, and weve seen perhaps maybe several hundred to a thousand come out around that palace compound. they would point to that and say no. but w...

That the plan that had been developed in great detail extensively prior to my departure was put into place. jim, ive forgotten if there were any other elements of that question. but ive tried to be as thorough as possible. >> arab support, sir. >> well, look, the arab league specifically called for a no-fly zone before we went to the un e uniteed nations and i think that was an important element in this overall campaign. >> but will they be part of the mission? >> absolutely. we are in consultat...

He said so many times over the past couple of weeks, that gadhafi must go. even though thats the u.s. long-term goal for gadhafi to go, the u.n. security council resolution, resolution 1973 stops way short of that. it calls for the protection of civilians, for a no-fly zone. it doesnt call for regime change. so theyre very sensitive about their public statements, making it clear that this is the immediate goal, to protect libyan civilians and to get this no-fly zmoen place. i dont think hes goin...

This is why staying in afghanistan was such a big mistake. as long as this doesnt lead to an only pags, then i think the west is not going to inspire the kind of opposition that those wars have inspired. but that depends to a great extent on what happens in the next few weegss, whether gadhafi is able to hold out or not and whether his people are able to throw him out or not. >> let me take you down the road to rom p and speculation. if we accept that the allied powers learned the mistake of the...

Oil, money and food in your mouth. he wants to get to the heart of the libyan people to get them to stop even though he has support. >> reporter: well, i think the question is, is he coming from a position of power when he says that? and certainly hes coming from a position of nominal power. state television acknowledged yesterday for the first time that there had been clashes, that there was unrest. they showed ransacked government offices in benghazi and blamed it on foreign elements. gadhafi ...

What is it he knows that we dont know? thats what some people are going to be thinking. he managed it seems his exit and get out of the country thats going to be a big challenge for other people to do. theyll be looking at it. they will be looking at him and thinking is he making the right move? is he going to be on the right side of history? a lot of people are concerned about their backgrounds catching up with them and being in the wrong place when the regime changes. >> what im also sort of f...

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Saturday, gadhafis forces assaulted southern benghazi. at least 95 people were killed according to hospital officials. residents eyewitnesses were telling us they themselves saga doffys troops on top of vehicles, mounted with automatic machine guns spraying buildings indiscriminately, firing into buildings. people in the opposition managed to drive gadhafis forces out but everyone we talked to felt a slaughter, a massacre at their hands was effectively imminent. on sunday then we saw fighter jet...

Can actually see this mission ending with gadhafi still in office. >> certainly that has a lot of people shaking their heads. all right. general clark, lets get to you. what is the next step, after hearing this pentagon briefing what is the next step for the united states? >> well, i think the next step is really diplomatic. the military has done what it was asked to do. it may or may not have destroyed all of gadhafis air defenses. there are some reports from the reach than say that he managed ...