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Well, we're hearing dramatic new details from those four "new york times" journalists who were taken captive by the pro-gadhafi forces in libya. >> they were eventually released, but only after enduring six days of assaults and terrifying threats. they sat down this morning for an exclusive interview on nbc's "today" show. >> i think i was the first to be pulled from the car by a guard who was kicking and punching me. no more than two steps out of the car, you suddenly realize the rebels are firing. they're firing straight past you. you can see people running for cover. there's a guy pointing ...

W i know the chairman of the house intelligence committee has expressed some reservations. it's unclear who exactly these rebels are. what's your view of this issue? >> i'm concerned we don't know who the rebels are and that al qaeda and other terrorist organizations, even though they may not be present in large numbers now, will take advantage of the disruption in libya and come, as they have, in iraq and afghanistan. foreign firefightghters come frr places to participate in this civil war. so i think we need more information and i hope we get it before we commit ourselves further. >> senator...

Thursday. >> well, nato took control of all air operations over libya this morning, this as four different congressional hearings on libya are planned for this morning and afternoon in washington. defense secretary robert gates and admiral mike mullen are testifying about libya right now in front of the house armed services committee. tea partyers will rally on capitol hill today at noon urging fellow republicans not to compromise on spending cuts, as they are trying to negotiate a federal budget for this year. and the opening bell has rung on wall street after a day of gains yesterday. dow ...

24 years as being the head of libya that he's a murderer, he's atyrant, he's oppressing and murdering his own people and we need to eliminate him, now that the president has started this military intervention, basically without consultation of congress and informing us what he was going to do. but we need have a more row abuse debate in the congress about what the objectives are. we need to know what the president's plan is. he has not told us what his plan is other than to hand the hot potato off to nato. >> 22% of the budget. let me ask you this, senator, do you believe -- would you like to ...

"back to the future"? we're not there yet. >> thank you for being here. we'll have you back for a longer discussion. april fools' came earlier, is it really snowing on major league baseball's opening day? although, opening day in march, i don't like that. it's a snow job. we'll get the check on the weather forecast and the baseball forecast, coming up. but first, our washington speak, sasc, you'll hear this one on capitol hill. it refers to the senate armed services committee. we know how washington loves its acronyms. of course, defense secretary gates and admiral mike mullen, chairman of...