ground from moammar gadhafi forces. carol? >> ben wedeman reporting live from libya today. the crisis in libya forcing tough debate at the white house. the administration has to decide whether it should remain on the sidelines of this growing humanitarian crisis and that carries big political risks but so did any level of involvement up to and including the use of our military. candy crowley, cnn's chief pli t correspondent is here. how is politics playing into the president's decision-making? >> well, listen. you know, how it's playing into his decision-making is different from, you know, what are the politics of it, so let's start, first, what are the politics of it. you do see some people on the more liberal side saying we need to get in there, we need to help those protesters who are being shot by their leader. we need to help.