muammar qadhafi. international judges in the haag are mull it over for crimes against humanity. the international criminal court says he can link qadhafi, his son, and his brother-in-law to widespread attacks on libyan civilians. these warrants always come after a war or conflict. not during. it could be looking at a first here. of course, you'll hear it first here on cnn. >>> congresswoman michelle bachmann, in her word is in it to win it. she will announce it today. she'll do it in iowa. listen to what chris wallace has. >> are you a flake? >> well, i think that would be insulting to say something like that because i'm a serious person. >> but you understand when i say that that that's what the rap on you is? >> well, what i would say is that i am 55 years old. i've been married 33 years. i'm not only a lawyer. i have a post-doctorate degree in federal tax law in william and mary. i have worked in scholarship and work in the united states federal tax court. my husband and i raised five kids. we've r

that is the message that qadhafi needs to hear. it is a message that qadhafi's opponents, fighting to liberate their nation, need to hear, and it is a message that america's friends and allies need to hear. so let's debate this authorization but then let's vote on it as soon as possible. mr. president, i want to thank my colleague from massachusetts for his hard work on this resolution. i understand he will be introducing it immediately. and, mr. president, i hope that the majority leader of the senate will schedule a debate and vote on this resolution as soon as possible. it is long overdue. mr. president, i yield. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. kerry: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. the senate is in a quorum call. mr. kerry: i ask unanimous consent that the proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. kerry: i see another colleague who is waiting for time. i would like to proceed for such time as -- i

qadhafi is on the hopes.ato has limited capacity, but if the american congress tells qadhafi we're out of the fight, i'm afraid that that's going to give him a sense of hope he doesn't have today. and what does it matter if he stays? i think logically you can expect if he outlasts nato, t arab spring is over. we can't go into syria, but he will take it out on h people. i think it will affect the price of oil. that will be the end of nato because nato taking on qadhafi and losing is going to be very hard for that organization to go off to another war and be taken seriously. so senator mccain, i hope that we can survive this week,hat cooler heads will prevail, and i'm going to tell joe allen, when you come to get confirmed for this job, please let us know if you're having to make hard decisions because of a lack of resources, give the president that information, let congress know so we can adjust the strategy. i hope the president is right and that we're both wrong, but general cain and general petraeus have co

qadhafi is on the hopes. nato has limited capacity, but if the american congress tells qadhafi we're out of the fight, i'm afraid that that's going to give him a sense of hope he doesn't have today. and what does it matter if he stays? i think logically you can expect if he outlasts nato, the arab spring is over. we can't go into syria, but he will take it out on his people. i think it will affect the price of oil. that will be the end of nato because nato taking on qadhafi and losing is going to be very hard for that organization to go off to another war and be taken seriously. so senator mccain, i hope that we can survive this week, that cooler heads will prevail, and i'm going to tell joe allen, when you come to get confirmed for this job, please let us know if you're having to make hard decisions because of a lack of resources, give the president that information, let congress know so we can adjust the strategy. i hope the president is right and that we're both wrong, but general cain and general petraeus

qadhafi was at the gates of bengazi. amid all of our present arguments about legal and constitutional interpretations, we can't forget the main point. in the midst of the most ground-breaking geopolitical event in two decades, as peaceful protests for democracy were sweeping the middle east, with qadhafi's forces ready to strike at the gates of bengazi, with arabs and muslims in libya and across the region pleading for the u.s. military to stop the bloodshed, the united states and our allies took action and prevented the massacre that qadhafi had promised to commit in a city of 700,000 people. and by doing so, we began creating conditions that are increasing the pressure on qadhafi to give up power. yes, the progress towards this goal has been slower than many had hoped, and the administration is doing less to achieve it than i and others would like, but the bottom line is this: we are succeeding. qadhafi is weakening. his military leaders and closest associates are abandoning him. nato is increasing the tempo of its ope

officials have accused colonel qadhafi of war crimes while saying rebels were also guilty of similar abuses speaking out american television russia's ambassador to the un to tell you can says media must decide its own future and that's something no intervention can force. in running the cations that the start which will produce a genuine libyan political process if you simply keep dictating things from the outside by supporting the rebels by saying that this person has to go this person has to stay bringing somebody in announcing that some particular individual is legitimate the other is more legitimate then you have to come to just the country. we don't believe as i was trying to say that is foreign capitals determine who is the interview the country and what is happening going to happen there has to be a political process so our idea is that there must be a cease fire out as quick as possible because it can produce a situation where civilians and. are going to suffer any longer. later this hour and the resident asks is a college education the us really needed when the country is st

have lie criminally irresponsible libya's colonel qadhafi officially charged with the killing of anti-government protesters you know national criminal court also wants copies son saif and another close aide in the dock for the deaths at the beginning of the popular uprising libyan officials have reacted to the charges saying the court has no authority and lacks legitimacy. every. troubled waters ahead a fleet of ships carrying humanitarian aid bound for gaza gets ready to leave greece . israel says it's gearing up to intercept the convoy after withdrawing earlier threats to bad and deport journalists sailing with the flotilla in may two thousand and ten nine peace activists were killed when israeli commandos stormed aid ships also destined for gaza. led public anger. or growing at tokyo's handling of the fukushima nuclear disaster as fifteen people living outside the exclusion zone are diagnosed with radiation poisoning the government has stepped up health checks but official figures have been met with skepticism and mistrust following conflicting reports from authorities the meltdown of the rea

qadhafi.whether qadhafi stays or fails, that's very likely going to be the future at some level in libya. and this is not a place for american troops to be sent in order to sort out this mess. if other nations decide to do so, i certainly have no objection. but our military is stretched too thin. our economy is too fragile. and the reasons for us to continue in this effort are too ill-defined. so it's important for the congress to step in, mr. president, and to clearly define the boundaries of our involvement. we should be saying, without hesitation, that no american ground personnel should be introduced into libya now or in the future. we should also be insisting on fair and open communication from this administration to the congress rather than the stonewalling that has characterized the past three months. mr. president, this is not a political issue for me. rather, it's an issue of how our government is structured. and i would submit that this issue has historical consequences. our three br

and the fate of colonel qadhafi is the focus of talks between russia's envoy to libya and the governmentin tripoli the meeting comes hours in moscow attempts to. negotiate an end to the country's civil . war those are the headlines now it's time for us with the sports i mean wow you cause some footage to show here looks like a vancouver ice hockey fans need to learn how to lose gracefully tell you what really i thought when i saw the pictures for the first time it was to greece rights groups going earlier in the program but it's not after an ice hockey game and you're going to see the crazy scenes just a whole range of us. have you with us this is sports today i mean these are some of the stories we're covering this hour. fire away two more managers receive their marching orders in the russian premier league making it a total of seven coaches in just three months. stanley cup riots chaos in vancouver after a local color squander their chance of an n.h.l. title against newly crowned champions the boston bruins. net busters a full schedule of midweek action in the russian premier league se

the fate of colonel qadhafi is the focus of the talks between russia's and wait to be the government in tripoli the meeting comes as moscow attempts to negotiate an end to the country's civil war. the greek promises a reshuffle of his cabinet after violin and his charity protest. hundreds of bands of their anger at plans for a new public at securing more international financial aid for the country. of iranian president's pledge not to pursue a nuclear deterrent artie's spoke with iran's envoy to the un's nuclear watchdog he told my colleague there's no question his country's nuclear program is peaceful. now iran is promising transparency and constructive interaction with the un's nuclear watchdog a few days ago the e.u.'s foreign policy chief baroness ashton called on to iran to prove its peaceful atomic intentions this during an exclusive interview with us here at r.t. and we can now talk to iran's envoy to the international atomic energy agency ali asghar soltanieh thank you for joining us today the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov has told the press in our star no the presid

be easy because of his government has repeatedly strongly rejected the possibility of the colonel qadhafi standing down while these is the major and the most important among all the radicals people who come with conditions the un something else done something that indian nation because they are saying to the libyan people you do not know what is good for you we don't know who to choose for you so if you are really interested in peace what you do is you come and see the future of libya should be decided by libyans the russian peace mediators the rival coincides with an intensification of nato has a minute. activity here in libya we are actually not allowed to leave the hotel where we're staying now in the center of tripoli but from here we can see and hear that nato has intensified its strikes on colonel gadhafi is military arsenal here in the states he just days ago the alliance expanded its air war against because the operation and for the first time started to use an attack helicopters a mission for the research foreign secretary has declared optimist in the rebels in benghazi himself t

i think it's very unfortunate the way that colonel qadhafi responded to the legitimate concerns of the lives of the one demands of his his people kept for more democracy informal but suspicion government for more openness the right way to respond to such. demand is to actually address the real concerns that people have not to take the tanks into the streets not to call your citizens rats and not to attack them and this is what happened particularly in benghazi and if it hadn't been fully very quick and very rapid reaction of some countries members of nato or the united nations with the u.n. security council resolution and with a nato operation we would have seen a massacre of one proportions extent so i think that the operation in libya is right it is legitimate because it's based on the. u.n. security council resolution and it is just because it protects the people from libya now you asked me about the final how do we get out of that question that question is very much a political question and i think the international community has laid very clearly what are the requirements what are

thereafter but in any case clearly they saw a goldmine in khadafi when the fund controlled by colonel qadhafi nearly empty goldman ponied up all first to recoup losses from working to the journal libya would get five billion dollars worth of goldman shares in return for making a report seven billion dollar investment in the securities firm libya agreed to buy the banks debt with the promise of a lucrative annual six percent return for twenty years gaven knew it was about. and there they were showing showing these libyans a piece of junk which was themselves libyan sovereign wealth fund officials are reportedly accusing goldman of misrepresenting investment deals and making trades without proper authorization but others proudly admit playing fast and loose with his money american real estate and reality show tycoon donald trump boasts that he lied to n.b.c. eally the libyan leader in the past i read to them a piece of land he paid me working there for one night and he's everywhere do his work but only here a few years and then i do it with a new story and we should be doing we send over new jo

in libya another three months the alliance chief says the decision is meant to signal to colonel qadhafi that the coalition is determined to fulfill the u.n. mandate to protect the libyans but independent journalist james corbett says nato is not telling the truth about its campaign. maybe surprising one on one end that gadhafi has held up as long as specially given the extent of the onslaught against him and the attempts to assassinate him and the killing of his son and grandchildren and i think that was perhaps not foreseen in the original action that was. the idea of protecting civilians by bombing civilian populations is on its face ridiculous and in itself exposes that this is not about humanitarian intervention and that lie has been that has been thoroughly exposed i think by the fact that the initial no fly zone turned pretty much overnight into a bombing campaign which turned into a campaign which we were promised was not to overthrow the regime and to get gadhafi out of there so i think it's just a lie after lie and i think that pretty adequately exposes the fact that this is no

be easy because of his government has repeatedly strongly rejected the possibility of the colonel qadhafi standing down while these is the major and the most important among all the radicals the russian peace mediators the rival coincides with an intensification of nature as a military activity here in libya we're actually not allowed to leave the hotel where we have stayed now in the center of tripoli but from here we can see and hear that nato has intensified its strikes on colonel gadhafi as miter arsenault here in the city just days ago the alliance extended its war against the conductor regime and has for the first time started to use an attack helicopter as a mission for the research foreign secretary has declared activist in the rebels in benghazi himself that they had no operation against gadhafi here in libya. last beyond christmas rush is very concerned about this saying that made his actions illegally operative into the sambo ground operation more and more this is something russia is strong to pace through and russia has always been strongly opposed to insisting on diplomatic a

when the fund controlled by colonel qadhafi nearly empty bugman pointed out all first to recoup losses according to the journal libya would get five billion dollars worth of gold and shares in return for making a report seven billion dollar investment in the securities firm libya agreed to by the bank's debt with a promise of a lucrative annual six percent return for twenty years gave me knew it was about to hit into a nosedive and there they were selling them these libyans a piece of junk which was themselves libyan sovereign wealth fund officials are reportedly accusing goldman of misrepresenting investment deals and making trades without proper authorization but others proudly admit playing fast and loose with kentucky's money american real estate and reality show tycoon donald trump those that he lied to and deceived the libyan leader in the past i reckon from a piece of land he paid we were very. pleased the way it was written all year after three years i don't want to do it amused but what we should be doing much of our new job you want to use the word scrap or a square root of n

eight meeting in france that's colonel qadhafi has lost its legitimacy and should step down no one can predict how successful this special piece of the russian federation will be here in libya but one thing is clear that will definitely not be easy because of his government has repeatedly strongly rejected the possibility of the colonel gadhafi stands in town while these is the major and the most important of all the rivals the russian peace mediators the arrival coincides with an intensification of nato is a military activity here in libya we're actually not allowed to leave the hotel where we're staying now in the center of tripoli but from here we can see and hear that nato has intensified its strikes on colonel gadhafi as miter arsenal here in the city just days ago they alliance extended its war against the khadafi regime and has for the first time started to use an attack helicopter as a nation to research foreign secretary has declared after visiting the rebels in benghazi himself that they have no operation against gadhafi here in libya. last beyond christmas russia is very con

coalition voting to extend its intervention in the north african country now the un accuses a colonel qadhafi of war crimes would have the rebels are guilty of similar abuses . france are deployed low flying combat helicopters to the country the move has brought operations closer to the ground complete concerns over an imminent land based offensive and as russia's foreign minister pushing the boundaries of the un that mandate in libya may lead to future resolutions of them losing their impact. and we expressed our opinion over this escalation of the military operation we think what's happening is a shift towards a ground operation this would be very regretful because the violations of the security council resolution already taking place i'm old enough to think about the gadgets used towards us decisions. but nato had hoped for a quick fire result in libya but that never happened and he. says that means it could only lead to plan b. but bombing of the regime into submission. if the us is getting worse for the west in libya i think when they first thought they could kind of swoop in two months

the fate of colonel qadhafi russia's and void to levy a hold stocks with officials in tripoli trying to mediate an answer to levy a civil war and the future of its leader. and the greek government teeters on the brink of collapse after a violent protest in golf athens in the face of deeper public cuts to the string king economy. and it's the white knights in russia's north and that means it's time for the fifteenth annual st petersburg international economic conference for debate and discussion this time around russia's ascension to the world trade organization and the creation of a team ten billion dollars private equity fund i might try to live in st petersburg well of all this and more in our business report. this is are you coming to live from moscow with joshua welcome to the program two of the world's biggest and fastest growing economies russia and china are meeting in moscow gas is one of the main sources of discussion as moscow becomes a vital supplier of energy fueling the massive growth of its eastern neighbor because he knows our reports on the other shared interest the t

as they are saying advantage in libya drags are without great fear of colonel qadhafi status have taken a dark turn his loyalists have begun using cluster bombs they are weapons that dispersed many mines would stay active for decades and sarah for three quarts it's embarrassing for spain because the supply traces back to them even though the country's been banging the anti-war drug for years. just one strike a cluster bomb can spread thousands of smaller explosives over wide areas fired into populated areas as they were in misrata recently he always guarantees civilian deaths one of the many reasons more than one hundred countries have fans their production the markings on the shells found in the libyan city belong to spanish company insta lovers and there were arms twenty's that are prohibited that were purchased by the last three that were used against the residential area. and they were produced by a spanish company and finance just vanished banks cities how did this get out the forces come to acquire spanish made armies in two thousand and seven in stiller's and made the most of the

the fate of colonel qadhafi russia's envoy to libya holds talks with officials in tripoli trying to mediate an end to libya's civil war and the future of. worldwide news live from moscow this is. a welcome to the program and i want to camera mounted in the russian republic of north has discovered an explosive device attached to his car the vehicle was used by all these crew for reporting in the north caucasus region our correspondent now joins us live from capitol. can you bring us up to date what are the latest details that you know what happened finding a bomb underneath. well everything happened this morning when i called my cameraman. this. morning he was getting his car for ammo and when the mechanics of the car they saw an explosive device stuck to the. car and at the moment i mean i'm you know he's being questioned by police representatives and the whole area of the garage is being blocked off by special forces well i spoke to him less than a know where you go and they ask him whether he thinks as he sold the explosive device himself whether he thinks that the size of this explosive

the fate of colonel qadhafi russia's envoy to libya holds talks with officials in tripoli trying to mediate an end to libya's civil war and the future of its leader. worldwide news live from moscow this is r.t. research a welcome to the program and i want to eat cameraman in the southern russian republic of north of here has discovered an explosive device attached to his car and it was used by all to use crew for reporting in the volatile north caucasus region our correspondent we're going to call tonight right now joins us live from an officer he has a capital. so can you bring us up to date i what are the latest details that you know what happened finding a bomb underneath the kind of man's car. well everything happened this morning when i called my cameraman i mean i'm you know he told me this morning he was getting his car for ammo and when the mechanic said left the cart they so an explosive device stock the. cart and at the moment i mean i mean of being questioned by police representatives and the whole. area of the garage being blocked off by special forces well i spoke to him less t

rather voting to extend its intervention mandate in the north african country the un accuses colonel qadhafi of war crimes but admits the rebels are guilty of similar abuses iraq britain and france have deployed low flying combat choppers to the country but the move has brought operations closer to the ground it's prompting concerns over an imminent land based offensive by the us russia's foreign minister warns of pushing the boundaries of a u.n. mandate in libya may lead to future resolutions losing their impact. and. we expressed our opinion over distance collation of the military operation with what's happening is a shift towards a ground operation this would be very regretful because the violations of the security council resolution already taking place are more than enough to think about did choose towards you and decisions. about the claim from the outset the libyan opposition was a puppet of western interests and the christian item says that nato is continuing one bomb and of libya only gives credence to his claims about. what they are effectively saying to get that for years we're go