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But there was some optimism on the senate floor this morning. >> spoke with the white house this morning, there's conversations going with the white house and the republican leadership in the house. and i think that this matter, with a little bit of good fortune, could move down the road in the next day or two to get us to a point where we can have something done. >> nbc's luke russert covers capitol hill for us. and luke, some positive words from the majority leader. we saw boehner respond to the president's address on libya. but how quickly does he need to shift his focus back on to the ongo...

Get it. well, president obama made it clear last night that our involvement in libya is a humanitarian mission, not an operation to specifically remove gadhafi from power. but if gadhafi did choose to leave and seek exile, where would he go? here on the flip side we take a look at behind some of the other well-known deposed leaders who fled after their reign wasut short. let's start with the very latest. hosni mubarak couldn't hold control of egypt but he's staying relatively nearby at sha sharm el sheikh. saudi arabia has a history of providing a home for deposed leaders, most recently tuni...

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>> jamie, it was clear last night the president wanted to reinforce the international agreement on this action in libya. so does that mean that we're not going to make this same move in other countries, be even if there are atrosties being committed, like genocide in sudan going on right now and the fact that we can justify being in libya, but we can't justify being in sudan. so what are the limits of the obama doctrine? >> well, there are limits to america's ability to control what's going on in the world or to act every time a slaughter or an atrocity takes place, which occurs in africa, in ...

The pressure on and deepen the isolation of the gadhafi regime. this includes a unified front of political and diplomatic pressure that makes clear to gadhafi, he must go. >> i want to bring in former state department official and now bloomberg vice executive editor, james reuben for more analysis on the president's address in libya. jamie g to see you. the republican response to this speech came quickly. senator mccain, in particular, wasn't pulling any punches. take a listen. we'll talk on the other side. >> he made a very puzzling comment, and that was, regime change by force would be a mis...