he said germany shares the same goal as the rebels, which is a libya without gadaffi. >> hhe was there to tell the rebels tha tthey support the battle against gaddaffi. until now this was seen as one representative of the people of libya. now this is the sole representative and they are opening -- in bengazi. >> it is crucial to help the country for the people of libya. [gunfire] >> for the rebels, the goal is a long way off. in west libya, they have held misrada, but heavy shelling keeps them from gaining further ground. col. gadaffi appeared on libyan television, metting with the -- meeting with the president of the chess association, showing that it is far from checkmate. >> hillary clinton is telling african nations to stop supporting the libyan leader. she has said that african countries could face similar revolts unless this is enacted. and that there will not tolerate repressive governments in the age of the internet and social media. the city in syria's northwest was the scene of heavy fighting. and troops loyal to bashar al-asaad. and there are images of a mass grave, with gov

part of an effort to drop bombs on gadaffi's compounds. >> reporter: but the white house insists it is complying with the war powers act because there are no u.s. troops on the ground. >> and i believe that president obama has complied with the law consistent in a manner with virtually all of his predecessors. >> reporter: the united nations is pressing the rebels for details on how they would run libya if gadaffi stood down or was ousted. an outcome many lawmakers feel is necessary. >> our standing in the world goes down. >> reporter: the debate over the mission in libya is expected to intensify this week as some lawmakers have sued the white house and others bring legislation to end u.s. involvement. susan mcginnes for cb c cbs5. >>> as of this weekend there were 27 homicides in the city this year. the highest in 20 years. police believe at least half of those murders are gang related. >>> and it is not easy growing up in east oakland where violence and death are everyday occurrences and it is even harder for some kids to get an education. this weekend as don knapp shows us east oakl

no place for color gadaffi in libya's future the russian envoys messages he meets loyalist officials in tripoli to broker peace amid a rebel a nato assault that a few supporters say he's not prepared to step down before a cease fire is in place. the lawyers for alleged international arms dealer victor boot prepare to challenge a new york court on the legality of research tradition to america and russians been awaiting trial since his arrest in thailand over three years ago. brings up to date for the moment here on three. innocent half an hour now next week some of the trail of u.s. military bases left behind after every conflict washington is involved in that's our special report. on. well how they get the money to make them and who's giving it to them and why to protect us from what these are all questions that somebody like obama should have been asking and. it just didn't happen the empire it was it was designed. and those bases just came along like you know some terrible cancer. when you see how much money is at stake in the in the operations that go on every day it's phenomenal

and refuses to recognize its legitimacy has came in response to the issuing of arrest warrants for gadaffi into his confidence by the hague drive you know and many libyans believe neighbor leaders also be held to account for their actions. the road from the capital tripoli to greg is lined with the aftermath of war towns abandoned as the population flowed the going bald and. this is what's left of the civilian airport in the siege of. home to one of the country's key oil refineries the last plane took off from this runway just hours before it was hit. in space and it's only heating the targets of military value will go straight these telecommunications power so fifteen minutes west of the town of that's been fixed for you in a times like this is a sign. of strikes and they've also accidentally burned two cars and killed two civilians since brand there is no t.v. in this area and as we can see the phone light has also been disrupted. there is no water and no leaks research which used to be heaven this man says has become hell is home now feels unfamiliar. i have nine children and i send the

in this reported lander gadaffi says he's ready for ceasefire talks it's a thought if it's authentic do you think the u.s. will actually go for that. it's very difficult paul. the u.s. and its major allies britain france to accept any kind of ceasefire with colonel gadhafi because they have repeatedly said that any settlement can only follow is leaving office leaving power on the other hand we have signs that in fact there are fact channels between gadhafi and the rebels some of the rebel leaders who were in discussions with the nato leaders last week have said that they also talked with some and some. have a problem that is in charge of the bombing of the politics on the ground in the bench will be decided by libyans who are not necessarily the nato leaders would like so you don't think the congress would go for something like that even if it would stop the blood sad. mr ahmed can you hear me well it's a good oh. he's trying to really play a public relations or is saying who are the people who are. i want to have a cease fire i want him because he's pushing in a sense trying to put

could actually prolong the conflict there and you say shut off all escape routes that would encourage gadaffi to stay in power for as long as he can and as some say would lead to further bloodshed. well i think that that's true i mean it doesn't mean that he can no longer decide to perhaps go off to a different country just kind of hide hide away there in a very discreet plan and that means you know he's actually in a place of death where he can't escape so yes i think the conflict could be prolonged as a result of this but i mean i think fundamentally the thing i find very striking is this one hundred three of the libyan conflict now william hague is making these claims today that the foreign secretary of the u.k. saying that the i.c.c. warrant shows why. he has lost all of its mysie and should basically give up immediately and the idea that the icy seas arrest warrants actually removes any kind of legitimacy from gadhafi i really find horan's really it should be always the libyan people who decides whether to give that gadhafi is legitimate or not so it should be for an international court

resolution justifies the action because its head of the military gadaffi is an essential part of the command structure this comes as fresh air strikes and plumes of smoke over the libyan leader's compound and nearby worth repairing the world libyan rebels will get these one billion dollars in assistance money promised by donors including the us britain france as well as some arab states starting israel the notion of reports the only thing some libyans have received are injuries inflicted injuries rather inflicted by nato. has been within has. the doctors have performed any a miracle and the young girl is back home with her family she took her mother's pills to kill herself. if someone wants to kill me and i'm going to do it myself. but who wants to kill the teenager so most native city tripoli has been under constant bombardment by nato forces for three months they have been fooling around the city with a population of around a million no one can ever say when or where the next one would land. this weekend the most intense and very idea that there have been sixteen nato airstrikes in

gadaffi is an easy target. he doesn't have many friends in the world who will come to his rescue. nobody in the west wants to do anything to stop him. so basically aside from getting sanctioned the two do whatever he wants. i don't see any reason why he did not have to do it. i hope i am wrong. i would love to be wrong. >> i don't think anybody knows how that will come out but that challenge from the muslim brotherhood they thought was serious watching the air force cadets to be blown up and there was a lot of grumbling but for the field artillery to be used in the city of connaught? fifteen lowered 20,000 times. that memory has not died. but it would not have has a wide variety. any intelligence service of the road from beirut and serious certainly has been dominant over the years. with the ties of family and business. they will not be it resolved by a change in regime. so we may have a role to play with the responsible one to see the area is so for the region as well start to move as a more general piece. do think they could survive a general piece? >> >> guest: there is a gener

she might share the belief that gadaffi need to step down for the sake of his own people.articipation, if you look at where we were three months ago and where we are today, the progress that has been made in libya is significant. our goal there was to protect the libyan people from a potential slaughter. we have done so. in gauzy is free from the threat of the regime. they are hunkered down. they are in a situation even forcesthrostill threaten, have been pushed back. what you are seeing is a trend of the regime forces being pushed back, being incapacitated. you are seeing defections, often high-profile members of the government and the military. i think it is a matter of time before he goes. each country that is part of this coalition is planning a different role. we did a whole bunch of stuff at the front end. there and enabling them to take out some of the most significant firepower. now we are in a more supportive role. we did discuss germany's role. will be a lot more to do when they do step down. they will get the libyan people back on their feet. economic, political

do you feel confident that we have a plan for what we would do post-gadaffi? >> coming out of egypt and also in europe last week, i am encouraged that there are countries and organizations that are very specifically looking at this. we need to do that. i am more in courage and confidence -- encouraged and confident in this and that there are civilian leaders and military leaders to recognize the challenge that you just described. what i have not seen yet is the kind of comprehensive collected view of how they will run the country. they recognize that internally. their focus on this is improving. i think we are at the beginning of that. there is a long way to go. i am more positive than i was a few weeks ago. there is a lot been brought to the table in terms of international focus on this from our government as well as many others. i feel we have a long way to go. >> one of the actions taken by nato was to resolve that nato would not be in the lead in any transition and that the secretary general would be in the communication with the contact group and the u.n.

from, what do they seek to have, what are they going to bring to the table that is different than gadaffi? .. >> that's what is lacking out of washington, d.c. it is such a desire to say wow this was a great democratic uprising. i don't see a george washington over there. i don't see a thomas jefferson. i don't see a madison. i don't see women getting any type of freedoms in egypt. that's my concern. so the story has not been written when it talks about egypt. >> two more. >> so we experience the irony of trying to remove, i guess that's the goal and mission in libya, the dictator who cooperated the war on terror and ended his weapons of mass destruction, while we've been appeasing the dictatorship in iran that's sponsoring the war on terror and using weapons of mass destruction. two more questions. would you care to comment on it's companion piece to the last. would you care to comment on the state of our relationships with israel, perhaps the >> and iran with a leader who stood in southern lebanon. they said we are for the elimination of the zion state. i mean how much more do we need t