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Opposition, the rebels, citizens being slaughtered by gadhafi. why not do the same in yemen where 52 protesters were shot in the streets on friday, why not in bahrain where people were shot in the street? can you explain the selectism? >> well, i think the president is applying a case by case approach. so in bahrain, for instance, where if the rebels took charge, it would have been a real benefit for iran. when the saudi troops went into bahrain, we winked and said okay. in yemen, where the government has not been so effective but trying to fight al qaeda, we weren't so anxious to see the

Retaliated against us there. >> that's clearly a major issue and something that will be looked at down the road. but the u.n. resolution is clear where that is at this point. and again, to be able to have the arab league be a part of this, one of the first times they have really approved sanction against an arab country, that's a major issue right now. >> so as of now it is a humanitarian mission but you reserve the right, congressman, to escalate it to go after gadhafi -- >> well, there's not a reserving of right. what we're doing from the united states point of view, we cannot put boots on g...

Make it appear that the u.s. is committing acts of atrocity against libyan civilians. don't know if that's been done yet, but these are according to u.s. intelligence reports this morning. >> mick, i'm glad you brought that up. i just read your note there in our file. u.s. military officials telling you, jim, that u.s. intelligence says gadhafi's chief of staff ordering bodies moved from morgues and placed at fresh bombing sites. all right, jim, thanks so much. we appreciate it. >> okay, willie. as we reported, there's been an apparent setback overnight at japan's fukushima nuclear plant. th...

Who -- such as al qaeda that will come back and also be a problem to the security of our country. that's a major issue for us. >> i have to ask you here, congressman, about what the standard is for american intervention because a lot of people watching this, what's happening in libya, are saying, wait a minute, 52 people were shot dead in the streets of yemen on friday. we have same thing happening in syria, in bahrain. if this is about a moral stand, if it is a humanitarian mission, why not there? what's the difference? what should people know about that distinction? >> i think there is a big...

Pro-gadhafi forces further from home base last night though it is unclear where gadhafi is at this hour. rebels celebrated after u.s., british and french planes demolished libyan tanks and took out air defenses. overnight the opposition said it had regained almost 40 miles of territory. colonel gadhafi appears to have escaped harm in the attack on his administration building. he has though warned of a long war and said he'd open up the government's arsenal to arm his supporters. on sunday defense secretary robert gates reiterated that the u.s. has no plans to send in ground forces and says t...