>> we don't want to have a long conversation on darfur. the united states could have gotten involved. what made it complicated was the splintering of various groups and the fact that you had two separate conflicts, one in the south and one in darfur in the west. and some of the things that you might have done to deal with darfur could have led to the unwinding of the north-south agreement. it was an awfully complicated agreement. i take the argument that obviously one of the reasons we care about libya is its oil. it produces about 2% of the world's oil. i don't think that's the real reason the united states is involved here. it's in part because some people did see this as a potential humanitarian crisis. i think they misread the situation. i also believe the administration is worried that if they don't act in libya, somehow that will lead to a turning of the tide against progressive or pro democracy forces throughout the middle east. again, i think that's a misreading of the situation. i believe libya is essentially a one off and ironica

so it is important to end the war in darfur.hey're enjoying this in the house and we unite them first. from their, that is about it. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> thank you for having me. i will be brief and i'm sure we will have time for a question and answer. four main points i want to make. it is important just to pause where we are right now and recognize the process we have been through the referendum largely successful and if you go back six months or so there were a lot of predictions of gloom and doom and return to a civil war and we are not out of the woods yet and my fellow panelists talked about many complicated issues that need to be sorted through. clearly this is a sticky issue but it is worth noting that this has been a largely peaceful, successful process. credit for that goes largely to the sudanese and some secure decision asmaking in north and south. the international community has done well including the u.s. government and the u.s. has gotten its act together and done a good job speaking wi

darfur. >> why libya? >> and --. >> and libya, by the way happens to have oil and darfur doesn't. >> european oil. >> and i think that goes to the european allies and others. >> there are other people who can deal with this besides us. we are trying to hand it over to nato. but we led the charge and there was not a clear mission of when we would stop leading the charge. who would take it over. that is a very risky way to enter any type of military action. >> are we talking about this because of what happened with president bush in iraq. there was faulty information he did not think he needed to --. >> the discussion is taking place now, because we don't want to get ourselves into that situation. >> wait. wait. >> she is right to raise the bush analogy. but i think something is far more serious here. yes, this is war. this is not a quiet zone. we have bombed the hell out of these folks. this has also done some good. benghazi was about to be overrun. that is some good that has been done. but let's weigh out

he said the only time he ever met the prime minister was to ask for help for darfur. >>> this comes to us from new york city where some of the nation's best and brightest got a surprise visit from the commander in chief. president obama made an unscheduled stop at the new york city science and engineering fair after a speech at the museum of natural history tuesday. he toured the displays from the city's largest high school research competition, which boasts more than 1,000 participants. students got to show off their cutting edge designs, shake hands and bump fists with the nation's leader. can you imagine that, bill, just the president stopping by. >> you have the science fair showing off your exhibit and all of the sudden you hear the big crowd, rush of camras. >> doing the fist bump with obama, come on. >> fist bump with the president. >>> i'm veronica de la cruz and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> england's royal couple are popping off the pages, literally. that's because they're featured at paper cutouts and pop-up features in

. -- he comes from our for -- darfur in sudan. his cell phone was confiscated. >> they screened at us. they beat us. i don't know why. we could hardly take any of our belongings with us and they were shooting. >> refugees keep arriving at the camp. they are happy to have escaped libya safely. they said they did not just fear the fighting but also the rebels who threaten to refugees they thought were gaddafi mercenaries. >> i am not a mercenary and i've never fought for gaddafi. we were only there to earn money. >> more than 9000 are living in a camp that sprang up in a matter of days. this house is mostly sub-saharan africans and bangladeshis. the number of refugees has been growing. in contrast to the early chaotic days, the camp now appears well- organized. 40 people have been passed for trash collection alone. -- been tasked for trash collection alone. finally, i enough toilets. while hes preparing for further expansion, he wants to avoid giving the impression that a permanent camp is in the making. fears are growing that tunis

we're still focused on darfur. we're the largest supporter of the african union forces taking the fight to al shabab that is allied with al qaeda. i could go around the world and point to where our diplomatic efforts coincide with our security challenges and what our military is doing in places where our military is not present where we are the only representation of american power. it is up to congress to make this decision. as i said in my opening remarks, every time we pull back, we have paid a bigger price. that is what i worry about. >> it has an impact on our chocolate industry. that is a big industry in new jersey. we are interconnected financially. >> thank you, mr. payne. the subcommittee chairman on asia and the pacific. >> thank you madam chair. madam secretary, is good to have you here. i represent the 16th congressional district of illinois, not too far from park ridge. 26% of our manufactured items are exported. we have over 10,000 jobs directly related to foreign direct investment from denmark, swede

. >> i'm from sudan and darfur. >> reporter: many of the pupils are refugees. >> almost every student is running away from something. >> reporter: one of the film's stars is 12-year-old esther from south africa. her mother was murdered, her father's life threatened. >> i don't have any other place to go to. >> reporter: the film ends beautifully, but in real life, not every story has a happy ending. about 120 of the students here face deportation. they're illegal immigrants. and one of them is esther. life is hard. she and her father live in one room. she gets up alone. her father cleans houses, starting 4:30 in the morning six days a week. last-minute homework with her best friend. so far from hollywood. but helping win the oscar has given esther a voice, and what a voice. >> i'm a fighter, and i can fight for my rights. >> reporter: hundreds of israelis rallied today to stop the refugee children from being deported. the law says children in israel for more than five years can stay. esther has been here four. >> if they step an inch in this house and to say that they will deport me,

concerns about potential success have so far prevented the international community from intervening in darfur, even though there is strong consensus that atrocities continue to be committed there. he acknowledges that not acting in a particular situation can also be a moral failure. >> if yohavehe ability to intervene and to stop an injustice or stop an atrocity and don't, i think you do have moral culpability as a result of that. >> reporter: the moral questions are getting increasingly complicated, and casey says they're not going away any time soon. >> if history's any guide, we're going to see more of these failed states and more of these sort of nascent civil wars, and we're going to be asked a lot more to intervene in these kinds of conflicts. >> reporter: all the more reason, he says, to stay vigilant in doing the moral calculus. i'm kim lawton in washington. >>> meanwhile, u.s. officials continue to search for effective responses to the ongoing political and military upheavals in other parts of the arab world. secretary of state hillary clinton visited egypt and tunisia, urging govern

people dying left and right and you haven't heard anybody say they want to send military force to darfur because there are those now. i think the agitation britain and france are going to uses this as an excuse to recolonize libya and take their own lives and i think that by lifelong will be a first step and a military operation against libya because then it will provide the land through and they american brian got shot down and. where they shot on one of our shirts. just give me an excuse to invade them because the no fly zone starts with a military operation and i believe they're just looking for an excuse to go into libya and is going to. look at us and say oh this is the third middle eastern country this is the third arab country we. and on the way in just a few minutes the website there put government secrets on the map way before we hear leaks. but what's lurking behind these doors the pioneering online whistleblower gives us a guided tour of new york to explain his paranoid leasing. and us vice president joe biden is in moscow two years after russia and america decided to reset th

people dying left and right and you haven't heard anybody say they want to send military force to darfur. i think jason britain and france uses this as an excuse to recolonize libya and take their own lives and i think that by. first that military operation against libya because then it would provide excuses for them doing american like that shot down and. where they shot on one of our ships. just gives an excuse to invade them because the no fly zone starts with a military operation and i believe they're just looking for that. and it's going to. look at us and say this is the third middle eastern country this is the third arab country to be the base. here as far as president joe biden is in moscow two years after russia and america decided to reset their relations he was one of the key drivers of the change in direction and wants to upgrade what's already been achieved to a never before seen level charlie's following his visit. this trip to russia is an attempt to see where relations stand midway through president obama's term and to try a feel for the progress in resetting relations th

astern countries are aware of the important role libya's plain in supporting peace and africa and darfur and other unstable spots personally i play a significant role in establishing peace in those regions of africa besides libya has investments in europe so the west is not interested in provoking on rest in our country on the contrary he said the situation in libya unstable al-qaeda will establish its rule was another laden will arrive and libya will get transformed into another afghanistan millions of refugees will fill europe to make the whole mediterranean region suffer al-qaeda were declared a jihad in northern africa and the west would be forced to fight and counter dangerous challenges which in turn will evoke a new crusade or worse here and hell is there any specific date or number because that was it for her as the bandits left the oil producing regions they tried to do damage by destroying all reservoirs it took us days to put out the fires that started with damage was dealt with in the regions where the bandits have managed to gain a foothold and asked to store weapons and alc

people dying left and right and you haven't heard anybody say they want to send military force to darfur. what it is now boy i think it's the agitation britain and france again uses that as an excuse to wreak on eyes libya and take their own lives and i think that by. would be a first step and a military operation against libya because then it would provide it still is for them doing a american buying that shot down and. where they shot it on one of our shared so we'll. just give them an excuse to invade them because i know lies on that starts with a military operation and i believe that they're just looking for an excuse to go into the and basically going to look good the united states they are going to look at us and say oh this is the very middle eastern country is the third arab country to meet even basic during this period of unrest in the arab world saudi arabia america's staunchest ally in the region has been largely spared in part thanks to a strictly enforced ban on public protests later today artie's paedo of valen gas to discuss the what the future might hold for the middle ea

into news of the week bloodshed in libya as current darfur launches a fresh offensive against rebel forces as a fight for the country rages on. unrest in the oil rich arab world stands shock waves through the u.s. economy as a protest see fuel prices soaring. hillary clinton throws down the gauntlet to the u.s. media to up its game against other countries and international media outlets including our team. and many britons are parents of boycott of the approaching nationwide census outsourced to a controversial u.s. firm over fears over their personal fight and over scenes. those who top stories of the week i'll be back in about fifteen minutes time and italia will now give us the latest sports news. thanks very much you're watching the sports of day and here is a have lines says scott has a need to travel to cross the dot going to ask the russian to both super calculator on today will look i have to pass a big game of the new season. russia down and out of the davis cup while spain progress into the waters with these of the expanse of lonely rain belgium. and also look at most of demolish

russia's insist on the bloodshed for the darfur now the situation to sit down and host talks of its outsmarts. broadcasting live from the center of moscow this is our jail where it is just after seven o'clock in the morning just after six o'clock in the morning in libya where in multinational force has launched a series of strikes against colonel gadhafi forces in libya the coalition is calling it operation odyssey dawn. the libyan government has demanded an urgent meeting of the united nations security council in a brief statement issued late saturday evening colonel gadhafi said libyans will confront what he called the attacks of the colonial crusader libyan state television. is reporting a hospital in tripoli and fuel storage depot in misrata have both the libyan government reports there have been civilian casualties after one hundred twelve cruise missiles were launched by the american and british navy jets from a number of countries have at times colonel gadhafi ground forces the french president was the first to order strikes around the rebel held city of benghazi to prevent attacks aga

any serial human rights abuse or like a darfur is a wonderful thing to do but there are a lot of motivations going i mean cut off use clearly nuts when he says that al qaeda is sleeping pills into their nescafe you know whatever i like you. i mean it's good stuff. but drugs in the nescafe i don't think it's at the root of this thing but there are real questions asked about who exactly are the opposition i don't think we know that yet i am i going to thank you very much for joining us tonight thank you. ok so it's time for show and tell on tonight's program now last time we want to know if you thought that a no fly zone should be implemented in libya and we got quite a few responses from our audience so here's what some of you had to say sharon jones thinks it should be implemented saying it should have already been done gavin irvine reply cut off he will do what he wants with weapons that we sold him and last thinks of the no fly zone wouldn't work he say he says i think a no fly zone would only aid the opposition and the people would suffer for their i don't want any intervention over there

ground troops not blackhawk down kind of scenarios and if things go well maybe we can still stop to darfur and ultimately get him out of power there and let the people libya have their country and i'll stick with you charge and what does going well what does that look like i mean if the rebels set up a government that ends up being some sort of islamic hard line called the fundamentalist government would that have justified what we're far away i think we're far away from that in those different representatives and that's certainly been an issue here is no one is exactly sure who is the leader of this group and there's not one single person has come forward but i'd say that we have to one win a dictator threatens to start killing his own population that's not the first decision we need to make that we make that decision after we dismantle his ability to kill that population so if we take out us what happens we take out his military capabilities so he cannot strike the civilians which means he could not survive if those attacks well he won't survive there and then we have to start working wi

. -- he comes from our for -- darfur in sudan. his cell phone was confiscated. >> they screened at us. they beat us. i don't know why. we could hardly take any of our belongings with us and they were shooting. >> refugees keep arriving at the camp. they are happy to have escaped libya safely. they said they did not just fear the fighting but also the rebels who threaten to refugees they thought were gaddafi mercenaries. >> i am not a mercenary and i've never fought for gaddafi. we were only there to earn money. >> more than 9000 are living in a camp that sprang up in a matter of days. this house is mostly sub-saharan africans and bangladeshis. the number of refugees has been growing. in contrast to the early chaotic days, the camp now appears well- organized. 40 people have been passed for trash collection alone. -- been tasked for trash collection alone. finally, i enough toilets. while he is preparing for further expansion, he wants to avoid giving the impression that a permanent camp is in the making. fears are growing that tun

we are concerned about darfur. we cannot give up tough sanctions on the regime until the transition is concluded in self suzanne -- south sudan. upl soak the we could step our support for it -- i also hope that we can step up our support for the transitional government. i think that we can secure that area. i will stop there for a moment to give you an opportunity to answer. >> i appreciate you listing the cuts, because obviously those will have a dramatic impact on our ability to wield our power. that is what i am interested in. i am interested in results for america. if we are going to people empty- handed, or we are having to close offices or cut the program so that we do not have a relationship that enables us then to turn around, as we did with the egyptian military and say, hey guys, remember us? we trained you, we worked with you, here is how we think you can do it. we will be weakened. that is the bottom line. it is not like there is no competition out there. iran is competing with us. china is competing wi

darfur, south sudan, uh... - to be ahead of the curve, but, uh-- - let's be careful.keep our people alive and keep them safe, so we need to worry, but on the other hand we can compensate by following the advice of our governments, by planning, by not putting them in dangerous areas. and if we do put them in dangerous areas, there are ways you can hire local consultants, local advisors. you have to cherry pick where you put your assets. but you have to... you have to stay out of regions where there's intolerance. this is kind of the recipe. and also-- - where westerners are not welcome--clearly not welcome. - yes, and where there's hatred against westerners, you have to be careful. there's dangers everywhere. there's dangers in large cities in north america, as there are dangers in those countries. but, you know, the more and more i know people, the more and more i can tell you, people in general, they're good people. the viciousness, it exists, but it's not that hard to understand it takes a certain time to know the field. so, you know, my first trip to saudi was scar

see we didn't step in in darfure we also didn't help the people in rwanda. the last time we did try to police a situation such as this was in somalia and we all know how that ended.n the iry that's probably why we haven't o intervened in the ivorugy ch oas even though there are more than a million people a flood homes and hundreds of thousands have crossed into neighboring countries. other nations such as franceaddg wanted to take the lead onthem o addressing the libya situation. i believe we should have alloweb them. the president's address made it clear to me the libya action and humanitarianism and more aboutyu realizing.resolution secretary clinton -- while secretary clinton has continued to refer to senate resolution 8a is a senate endorsement of the president's establishment of ano no-fly zone if you can put up a chair, please. i'd like to point out to the american people that thisd. talking point is very misleading.one this is what she said. she said the united states senate called for a no-fly zoneo mission is on the brink of having been accomplished

really as a group to try and prevent another genocide, another event like darfur. really, the strength of what commercial satellite imagery can do is it provides greater openness and transparency, because the data is unclassified and can be shared. >> reporter: digital globe is also keeping an electronic eye on the entire region, documenting the uprisings in several north african countries. >> so this is the state tv and radio building in downtown cairo, the scene of quite a few of the protests, and you can see here these are all tanks and apcs and a roadblock down there, as well, where they've set up a perimeter all around this facility. and so, very clearly, with the detailed resolution of our imagery, you're able to get a very good and accurate perspective on just what the context of the scene is. >> reporter: woods says the resolution is good enough to pick out this specific group of people in pearl square in manama, bahrain. >> interestingly enough, there's a very large group forming up here in this dark area. this dark area here is what we believe are actuall

it is eloquently silent about darfur. from the left because there is no money.his is how things will change. they have no options. this is a change. this is a change. >> that reminded me that george bush said no nation building in the campaign and obama said he would shut down guantanamo. you also read about convention. why do we go through all this is what they promise on all sides they don't follow through on? >> part a it is the disconnect the between elites and the regular people. the differences at a 40-year high. most americans don't want to do nation-building. most elites are not aware of how bad things are in the country. they literally don't understand. they are not in that situation. it is the mccain argument. one we use the military? if you have a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. that is a good managerial argument but it is poison. everybody gets dragged in because the people in washington, from this background. the advisers want to take the present by the shoulder and lead him by the shoulders. >> i have a book here that you wrote. "called th

i will say this, it's eloquently silent about darfur now from the left because there is simply no money. who is going to go do what on what terms? this is how things will change. they will tack with the wind not because they like it but because they have no options. this is a change. brian: when i was listening to you it reminded, and you have written about this, that george bush said no nation building in the campaign and barack obama aid -- said i'm going to shut down quaptquant, get out of iraq -- guantanamo, get out of iraq and on and on. why do we go through all of this if what they promise on all sides they don't followthrough on? >> i think, and it's back to an yerl -- earlier clip you had, part of it is the disconnect between the elites and the average person. the pew numbers are really good on those. it's at a 40-year high right now, the difference. most americans don't want to do nation-building, don't want to be the policeman. most elites because their jobs aren't on the line aren't aware of how bad things are out in the country. they don't unts -- understand. they say well,

muslims have been slaughtering christians in darfur for years.never went in there to save people. the bottom line is the law was broken. you need to go to congress before you wage war. truman did it, johnson did it, and bush did it. three of the previous four were democrats. you could argue bush was a democrat, too. he spent like a democrat and he started an unsustainable social program like a democrat. and now we have obama, who ignores the constitution at every turn. i think impeachment should be started. host: jim, i want to get your reaction to "the washington post" editorial. they say it is legal. they write this -- "from hostage rescues to humanitarian relief to enforcement of no-fly zones." "presidents have ordered forces without prior congressional authorization. president obama did not need a vote of congress. this could change, however, if the operation mutates into something longer and more ambitious, as wars are often want -- often wont to do." host: jim, what do think? caller: i guess i think, at this time, when we are going through

muslims have been slaughtering christians in darfur for years.e never went in there to save people. the bottom line is the law was broken. you need to go to congress before you wage war. truman did it, johnson did it, and bush did it. three of the previous four were democrats. you could argue bush was a democrat, too. he spent like a democrat and he started an unsustainable social program like a democrat. and now we have obama, who ignores the constitution at every turn. i think impeachment should be started. host: jim, i want to get your reaction to "the washington post" editorial. they say it is legal. they write this -- "from hostage rescues to humanitarian relief to enforcement of no-fly zones." "presidents have ordered forces without prior congressional authorization. president obama did not need a vote of congress. this could change, however, if the operation mutates into something longer and more ambitious, as wars are often want -- often wont to do." host: jim, what do think? caller: i guess i think, at this time, when we are going throug

in africa they are helping to midwife the birth of a new nation to resolve the situation in darfur and they are leading the fight against global challenges like nuclear proliferation and around the world they are providing essential humanitarian assistance preventing the spread of cholera in haiti and distributing food to refugees in kenya and providing shelter to flood victims in pakistan. this is not the time for america to pull back from the world. just last week the house sent us a resolution for 2011 that imposes draconian cuts. the budget would cut humanitarian aid by 50%. aand putting thousands of lives at risk. it would cut two-thirds of the fund devoted to increasing resilience to climate change in the most vulnerable regions of the world. this means over 400,000 people would have received a life- saving treatment will now leader on waiting lists as their hiv diagnosis becomes a death sentence. it would cut food and education for the world's poorest children. there is something about these cuts that i think does violence to the judeo-christian ethic by which so many claim to b

we did not step in when there were genocide in darfur. and, as a matter of fact, there's a story today -- and i would ask unanimous consent to have this story put into the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. ensign: the headline says: darfurese feel betrayed by libya no-fly zone." see, we didn't step in in darfur. we also didn't help the people in rwanda. the last time we did try to police a situation such as this was in somalia, and we all know how that ended. that's probably why we haven't intervened in the ivory coast, even though there are more than a million people who have fled their homes and hundreds of thousands have crossed into neighboring countries. other nations, such as france, wanted to take the lead on addressing the libya situation. i believe we should have allowed them to do so. the president's address made it clear to me that our military action in libya is less about humanitarianism and more about realizing a multilateralist fantasy. you see, while secretary clinton has continued to refer to senate re

darfur and rwanda. there are bigger issues than president obama taking his family to work with him.t: looking at the international effort in libya, this peace talks about the vanguard of war efforts. -- piece talks about the vanguard of war efforts. let's look at a comment from twitter. louisiana, independent line. caller: i am angry over all of this. we have no declaration of war from congress. we are going along with everything the you in a says. it is so similar to iraq. when we first went over there, we were told that the babies were being thrown out of the incubators. now they tell us they are shooting people in the hospital. we do not need to be over there. we need to keep our noses in our own country, which has fallen. we do not need to be in libya trying to steal their assets and oil. host: the speaker of the house weighed in on this. let's hear from senator lindsey graham on fox news discussing the u.s. role. >> we used to relish leading the free world. now it is almost like it is an inconvenience. i want to be a good partner. i want the arab world to see us as a strong, ef

but also by the proper course of what was happening in sudan and southern sudan and in door for -- darfur it is hard to get them to change their behavior. as the least we were trying. the chinese took advantage, and the west was not willing to do to get economic advantage. over the long term, it is destructive of the long-term chinese interests. i would expect them to go into this new role and act in ways that contribute to the smooth functioning of the international system, not a nearly defined a short-term position. host: next caller, washington. caller: my son is a bronze star recipient who served three tours in iraq. i was wanting to promote and sell solicit -- and solicit your comments on the idea rather than subsidizing and supporting corporations like black water, we take that money and give incentives to people to step up and boost our recruiting efforts so that we can have the defense is necessary to defend our country in the light of things like libya and egypt. guest: thank you and your son for your service. you hit the nail right on the head as to why we do have security contr

list, it seems odd since i have only met berlusconi once and that was in an attempt to get aid into darfuromeone of george clooney's stature, fame, looks, comes in and says she's lying, berlusconi is hoping that will have great sway. >> reporter: berlusconi, who currently is on trial in a separate corruption case, denying wrongdo iing, calling it a political plot against him. stay tuned while the plot thickens and could get messier. the thing is even if a judge does approve them to be called as legitimate witnesses to the case it's not as if anyone is going to force them to come here and testify. matt? >> michelle kosinski in italy for us this morning. thank you very much. >>> let us get the latest forecast now. the weather channel's maria la rosa in for al. >> you mentioned earlier that we have to talk about snow. let's look at what's potentially an april fool's storm. tomorrow morning starting at -- tomorrow evening starting at 8:00 p.m. we have a wave bringing snow to the interior. the second wave has the wind and rain along the coast. potentially moderate to heavy snowfall, >> good mor

two million children and depriving over 18 million people the food that keeps them alive in haiti, darfur, afghanistan, guatemala, ethiopia, kenya and much more. we would be turning our boongs countries where we made commitment to boost the production of farmers so they could free thems of u.s. and international food aid to feed their own people. enough, mr. speaker. enough. this isn't a question of charity, it's an issue of national security. what happens when desperate people can't find and afford food and the anger from people that see no future for their children except poverty and debt. ski president obama to stand up for his programs and fight for them. i ask the white house to hold a global summit on food security. i ask the media to wake up an grasp the shortsightedness of these cuts and i ask my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to fund these programs so they can be successful. it really is a matter of life and death. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina, mr. jones. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. jones: thank you v

but also by the proper course of what was happening in sudan and southern sudan and in door for -- darfur it is hard to get them to change their behavior. as the least we were trying. the chinese took advantage, and the west was not willing to do to get economic advantage. over the long term, it is destructive of the long-term chinese interests. i wld expect them to go into this new role and act in ways that contribute to the smooth functioning of the international system, not a nearly defined a short-term position. host: next caller, washington. caller: my son is a bronze star recipient who served three tours in iraq. i was wanting to promote and sell solicit -- and solicit your comments on the idea rather than subsidizing and supporting corporations like black water, we take that money and give incentives to people to step up and boost our recruiting efforts so that we can have the defense is necessary to defend our country in the light of things like libya and egy. guest: thank you and your son for your service. you hit the nail right on the head as to why we do have security contracto

. >> so let's go back to your comments -- syria, bahrain, yemen, the next darfur, the next rwanda. does he have to act in all of those cases? >> well, i don't know. i think it is conditional but i also think this is the beginning of the end of something, which is really important, and it cries out for a national review, a bipartisan review of our policies in the middle east and our stakes there. i think that ought to be the second act that we see very quickly coming here before too long. we're not hearing from the saudis for example. we are getting some assistance from the uae, the united arab emirates. so there are a lot of people who are holding their cards very close to their vest right now and we have big stakes in that part of the world, primarily because of oil. >> you mentioned something to me when you first walked in the studio this morning. you said that you haven't in your memory, you can't recall a time where a president has faced a confluence of events like the confluence of events taking place right now. just explain that well, in my adult lifetime and as a reporter he

darfur and rwanda. there are bigger issues than president obama taking his family to work with him. host: looking at the international effort in libya, this peace talks about the vanguard of war efforts. -- piece talks about the vanguard of war efforts. let's look at a comment from twitter. louisiana, independent line. caller: i am angry over all of this. we have no declaration of war from congress. we are going along with everything the you in a says. it is so similar to iraq. when we first went over there, we were told that the babies were being thrown out of the incubators. now they tell us they are shooting people in the hospital. we do not need to be over there. we need to keep our noses in our own country, which has fallen. we do not need to be in libya trying to steal their assets and oil. host: the speaker of the house weighed in on this. let's hear from senator lindsey graham on fox news discussing the u.s. role. >> we used to relish leading the free world. now it is almost like it is an inconvenience. i want to be a good partner. i want the arab world to see us as a strong

we did not step in when there were genocide in darfur.and, as a matter of fact, there's a story today -- and i would ask unanimous consent to have this story put into the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. ensign: the headline says: darfurese feel betrayed by libya no-fly zone." see, we didn't step in in darfur. we also didn't help the people in rwanda. the last time we did try to police a situation such as this was in somalia, and we all know how that ended. that's probably why we haven't intervened in the ivory coast, even though there are more than a million people who have fled their homes and hundreds of thousands have crossed into neighboring countries. other nations, such as france, wanted to take the lead on addressing the libya situation. i believe we should have allowed them to do so. the president's address made it clear to me that our military action in libya is less about humanitarianism and more about realizing a multilateralist fantasy. you see, while secretary clinton has continued to refer to senate res