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President is certainly with a full plate of crises right now, and japan very much on enhis mind. as you can see, and he pointed out that he is heart broken about what is going on. i suspect that the devastation and the loss of life will increase in the coming hours. this is a crisis of enormous, enormous importance and the worst earthquake ever in japan, 8.9 magnitude. a powerful earthquake followed by the huge tsunami. so that the work is only beginning to find those who may have survived and to do whatever is necessary to rescue those who might still be trapped. but unfortunately, i suspect ...

>> coming from him is devastating. if gaddafi comes out on tom, we will have missed a magic moment like we did in iran. >> the president defended the pace of his response to the libyan crisis. he said the international community had moved as swiftly as it ever has to impose sanctions on gaddafi and ban weapon sales to libya. late today, the treasury department froze assets it traced to gaddafi's wife and children and several of the senior advisors. tuesday, mr. obama said nato will meet to consider a no-fly zone, with the aides warned would begin with attack on libyan air defenses but british ...

The intensifying conflict in libya and the impact on rising energy prices here at home. that comes as the white house says it will send a government and aid team into rebel-held parts of libya. hillary clinton, the secretary of state says she will meet with libyan opposition members before and during her trip next week to egypt and tunisia, however, on capitol hill yesterday, clinton said that setting up a no-fly zone may not be the answer to the crisis in libya. >> i want to remind people that, you know, we had a no-fly zone over iraq. it did not prevent saddam hussein from slaughtering peopl...

Something? >> i do. because if gadhafi retakes these towns and massacres those who were opposed to him, which is what he will do, what the -- what the libyan opposition will see, what the youth in egypt and across the middle east will see, what every islamic country who has now petitioned the u.n. security council for a no-fly zone will see is that we were asked and we did nothing and gadhafi won the day. >> fouad, there are those who say what people may see are pictures of civilians, libyan civilians killed in u.s. air strikes in an attempt to take out anti-aircraft batteries. >> i think we'v...

Well, the countdown is on to a possible decision whether a no-fly zone would be imposed over libya. we could hear tomorrow from nato defense ministers who are scheduled to meet in brussels to discuss the options. one key component, there are reports that the arab league may voice its support for a no-fly zone. in the town of ras lanuf, ben wedeman reports the opposition is getting desperate and outgunned, inexperienced and under the constant threat of air strikes. >> reporter: he left his clothing store in benghazi to carry a surface-to-air missile but he knows he has little chance of hitting ...