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Look and talk to regional experts people don't, as you said. they don't know if this is a massive protest, kind of january 25 or smatterings in different cities because people are afraid because saudis cracked down on these things forcefully in the past. if you are the saudi regime and at lessons and how to apply what you have seen in the past couple of months it portends bad things for tomorrow if there are massive turn-outs. you saw mubarak turn it out and not have much success putting down protests. what you are seeing in libya with gaddafi flying fighter jets at will. killing his own peopl...

Washington. we have our panel. steve, we start with you. how big of a deal is this for director clapper? >> the reason it's a big deal here is he said something that directly contradicts the statement in libya. he wants gaddafi to leave, which assumes he won't prevail. the top official in the united states said he thinks he will prevail. the white house scrambled and jay carney tried to defend it and said really clapper meant that gad gad could prevail. but it's not what clapper said. he said he will prevail. by late this afternoon, the white house was, you know, distancing itself significantl...

You didn't know about london. >> and the inaccurate description of the muslim brotherhood. >> heterogeneous group, largely secular. >> that wasn't all. clapper cited a nuclear arsenal named china and russia on the data biden was in moscow touting improved relations with russia. committee members seemed dumbfounded. >> you didn't mention north korea or iran, i thought would be the first two responses to that question. i was taken aback almost. >> they're of great concern. i don't know at this point in time they pose a direct mortal threat to the continental united states. >> which country repre...

>> donald trump is right. >> at the white house, spokesman said that president obama maintained full faith and confidence in clapper. >> he stated what was true. colonel gaddafi is hunkering down. we know that. he made clear we don't view them as a threat. >> director clapper received strong support from two other members of the armed services committee. lieberman and kane who said clapper is doing a "very fine job" and properly gave the committee his honest and straightforward opinion. bret? >> more on this with the panel. thank you. >> the u.s. suspended relations with the libyan embassy in ...

James rosen tells us what clapper said to put him in hot water. >> reporter: a time he's trying to get muammar gaddafi to step down, they told the senate armed services committee he thinks gaddafi will win libya's civil war. >> bret: this is a stale paid back and forth. but i think over the longer term that the regime will prevail. >> reporter: that prompted a furious rebuke and called for clapper's res ig nation from senior republican. >> he couldn't have said a more devastating thing at a more inappropriate time. the president of the united states should say today, gaddafi will not survive. ...