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Situation. >> you are very knowledgeable of this region based on your experience here. why does the arab league want gadhafi out? >> gadhafi is an erratic individual, he is heavily criticized a numb other er of l and made no friends. it's not surprising he has a hard time gaining support. so i don't think that he's going to be able to turn the corner with the arab league. >> let's say that the united states and brb gets whpresident what he wants and gadhafi steps down. what will be the power vacuum in libya? >> first of all, i'm not convinced that gadhafi will easily step down. there's too muc...

Before we go, a quick programming note. stay with nbc and msnbc throughout the day for continuing coverage of the conflict in libya. our rebroadcast we should point out on msnbc airs at 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. eastern today. that is all for today. we'll be back next week. if it's sunday, it's "meet the if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com here's what we know right now on msnbc. piercing the night sky where

It's about 9:30 p.m. anti-aircraft fire has been heard. libya's armed forces observing a cease-fire. and the just is saying a no fly zone is in place. the strikes expected to continue. the military force not stopping pro gadhafi forces. regime troops attacked misrata by tank earlier take. and then also today, the arab league criticizing the strikes saying it wanted only the no fly sew and not the intense bombing on the ground. the lead secretary general says he will call a meeting to reconsider arab approval 37 and more jets are being employed to help enforce the no fly zone. this video was re...

Richard haas, let me pick up with you. the issue that was on the table is, what if now the opposition feels emboldened and they're now on the move and civil war starts again? what position does that put us in? >> that's exactly what's going to happen. we don't know what the political agenda of these people are. the tribal makeup of libya is so complex. i hope the people making the decisions in the administration have a real feel for what is going on and what are going to be the political agendas of the people we may be empowering now. the one thing we know is this thing now has a new lease on ...

Circumstances. >> well, we're living firmly in 90%. yet leadership tests how he'll be defined are very much by these tests. >> to follow up on what helene said a little bit, both secretary gates at the pentagon and admiral mike mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs, gave president obama an escape hatch when it came to libya. when just two weeks ago secretary gates warned that to launch any kind of air strikes, impose a no-fly zone, had unintended consequences of a second and third order, david. we haven't even seen the first order consequences yet that probably lie ahead. >> general hayden, wha...