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all the world. everywhere i travel overseas, i hear about america being a leader in freedom from young people and business people. i get pleas for america to rise again because they still admire american ingenuity and, yes, even after the financial crisis, they admire american financial power. today the ultimate image of american power, not an fa-18. no. it is this. the iphone 4s. it had its own press conference today to debut. we did the numbers. there are 128 million iphones in the world right now and there isn't a child anywhere i've met who doesn't want one. in china, actually, i...

In libya. new signs the military operation in the region is facing some tough new challenges. barbara starr is here and what are you learning? >> reporter: wolf there was very dramatic hard-nosed testimony today on capitol hill from the top u.s. commander responsible for the u.s. involvement in libya, saying that gadhafi forces are becoming increasingly difficult to target as they are using civilian vehicles, mixing in with local populations, moving next to mosques, schools, hospitals, all the same tactics we saw for years in iraq. and now, all of this today heading to a very dramatic exchange...

Reform. he was among many citizens in this debate on board a boat in the nile river. what happened to the revolution we began in tahrir square, she says. what happened to the revolution we created? ivan watson, cnn, cairo. >> and you're in "the situation room." happening now, pivotal devepments in the air and on thground in libya as nato prepares to take command of the no-fly zone. i'll talk to the american currently in charge of the overall mission, general carter hamm. he's here in "the situation room." also moammar gadhafi now under investigation for possible war crimes and crimes against h...

Enforcing the arms embargo against libya. will take over enforcement of the no-fly zone this weekend and nato agreed in principle to protect civilians starting in the next few days. here's more of my interview with general hamm. he joined us from germany. are you arming the rebels? >> no. >> why not? >> first of all, there's -- i have to authority to do that. suppthort e opposition forces. our opposition is to prevent civilian casualties. nothere's a linkage there. those who are causing civilian casualties are regime forces. when we destroy the capable of regime forces we are doing that, and t...

You're in "the situation room." wee following all the fast-changing developments involving libya this hour. among them, the pentagon says coalion fighter tanks took out seven libyan tanks. and the u.s. ambassador to libya says members of the gadhafi regime are reachg out to mediators to get message out. the m ambassador suggests it ma be a sign of desperation. and president obama talked about the situation by phone with congressional leaders earlier this afternoon. a spokesman for john boehner says the president needs to provide more clarity on the jective in libya and the exact tus.nare of ...