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Sarkozy said in london tomorrow the international community will come together to support a new beginning for libya. a new beginning in which the people from libya are free from violence and owe pegs, free to choose their own future. with us the british ambassador to the united states. thanks for coming in. how do you carry out that hope, that aspiration, to see a libyan people free when we don't know, first of all, what's going to happen when this conflict reaches tripoli. second of all, what would happen if gadhafi were gone? what do we know really about the opposition and the opposition lea...

Other countries say wait a minute, the united states, france, great britain, nate oer -- nate oerks the u.n., they have shown if we resist strongly enough and if there's any force used against us, maybe the u.n. will come down and call for the intervention by the united states and others. so we've got real policy issues and presidential issues. >> and once the defense secretary says it's not in our vital national interests to intervene in libya, how do we then say as you're pointing out that we shouldn't intervene in syria, in yemen, in bahrain? >> well, this is the big issue, i think, for bah...

Rid of gadhafi, although that is not the mission, that this opposition group is not strong enough to create a central government and you could have something analogous to what we saw after afghanistan. the blowback where even if we were to arm these rebels, we could see the same munitions used against us, al qaeda could move in. how could we prevent tha eventuality? >> i think libya has a number of long-standing interests in terms of europe and the rest of the world. they'll want to maintain their relationship with the rest of the world and they can't do that, clearly, with the present regime ...

Nationwide. security forces responded by opening fire on protesters in at least six locations. the government of syria is blaming armed gangs for the deaths of a dozen people. and in egypt, ousted president hosni mubarak is essentially under house arrest in his beach side retreat. the military council has banned mubarak and his family from leaving the country, despite earlier reports that he had fled to saudi arabia. in libya, nato has agreed to take over air strikes against libyan ground forces to protect civilians, part of the broader u.n. mandate. rebels are capitalizing on the protecti...

Nation's most successful families. s.e. johnson iii charged in a schaubing case of sexual abuse involving a family member. plus bikini backlash. there's outrage over this bikini featuring a padded push-up triangle top made for girls as young as 7. does that send the wrong message? it's today's gut check. supported by western air strikes, libyan rebels have made dramatic gains over the past few days. pro-gadhafi forces have now put up very little fight, melting away as the opposition advance. with me now, former nsa and cia director, general michael hayden, now a principal with the chertoff...