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>> were talking about 2% of the worlds oil, yes, its a humanitarian situation, but at the risk of sounding cold, its not on the scale of rwanda, say, we dont have a million people, innocent men women and children whose lives are threatened. this is something much more minor. this is a civil war. in civil wars people get killed unfortunately. this is not a humanitarian intervention, we shouldnt kid ourselves. this is political intervention in a civil conflict, which by the way history suggests of...

Fundamentally divided with places where people are killing each other and places the government is not in control. >> jim miklaszewski, see iraq, afghanistan, eight and ten years respectively. in iraq, this was supposed to be in, greeted like liberators and we were going to leave. >> as yogi berra would say, deja vu all over again. to tear down a couple of facades quickly, one that this is about a no-fly zone, its not. as a matter of fact, u.s. air force f-15s and f-16s today were over libya wit...

Him. i think the administration is hopeful that a number of people around him whether back away and will force him out. but if there is a power vacuum, somebody will fill it. there are a number of people around who can do that in the tripoli area. it wouldnt be necessarily for the whole of libya because eastern and western are great different. but twlld be leadership in the tripoli area. >> what would you say would be the best case scenario if you could look forward in time? >> the best case sce...

Also it raises the importance of an administration having its priorities. youve got a lot to manage with japan, a lot to manage with whats going on in the broader middle east. youve got a lot to manage whats going on in the united states in terms of our economy and deficit. one of the real questions is, why are we doing as much as we are doing in libya? so many of the guests are talking about too little too late. let me give you another idea, david, too much too late. in times of crisis and mult...

Places that there were a few weeks ago when i was here. so things are moving forward. an i think, yes, youre right, people are watching very closely whats happening throughout the region, but it is so starkly different how the process has played itself out here as opposed to other parts of the region. things are moving forward and you see whats happening in libya and bahrain of course, as well. >> ron allen in egypt watching all t all of the act. appreciate it. well go to rio as we were listenin...

This and some of the bigger questions about what comes next. more from our roundtable as the situation in libya unfolds. people have all kinds of retirement questions.

Is intervened in a libyan civil war. >> andrea, to your point, you think part of that outcome is not to rest until gadhafis gone. >> they cannot let this continue. they cant have gadhafi in charge, as the outcome of this. now we are committed. and its very clear from the people im talking to inside the administration that they expect that either his own people will get him or there will be some other way of getting him. either we get him or they get him, but he is going to be ousted. then the qu...

Theyve had over five feet of snow since friday. so big storm, but most of the worst of the weather will be out of here by early monday morning. so things tomorrow will be much tamer. not sunny and bright and beautiful, but more of a showery situation. again a real tough situation now in the mountains and valleys and canyons from here down into l.a. for the next few hours. back to you. >> on the left-hand side are will of our screen, it is normally a trickle. there is basically no water in southe...

>> appreciate it both of you. the pentagon is saying we should expect several more days of bombing in libya, so how will those 59 tacks put our men and women in harms way is this more of that coming up. i needed a coach. our doctor was great, but with so many tough decisions i felt lost. unitedhealthcare offered us a specially trained rn who helped us weigh and understand all our options. for me cancer was as scary as a fastball is to some of these kids. but my coach had hit that pitch before. t...

Know change is not something we should fear. >> joining me is elliott engel of new york. congressman, thank you for joining me. did you have a chance to listen to the speech? >> i did. >> and what did you think? how did he handle what was a very delicate situation, he being in south america and what were watching in will i libya? >> i thought he handled it very well. these trips are planned weeks in advance, so it wasnt as if he could really it off. brazil is an important country so i think he h...