this follows foreign minister moussa koussa's defection to the uk yesterday. the british government says it is in talks with as many as ten senior libyan officials about leaving the country. gadhafi has posted guards to prevent others from defecting. on the ground richard just talked about this. rebels are still fighting back following days of retreat. for the first time when coming under attack, they fired back with the weapons they had. now, it took a few tries to launch some of the rockets but eventually they figured it out. as nato officially took over military command today the debate over the u.s. military role heated up on capitol hill. senators on both sides of the aisle hammered defense secretary robert gates and admiral mike mullen on whether gadhafi should be a target. and as far as arming and training the rebels gates told congress someone else, not the u.s. can do that. here's how it all played out on the airwaves today. >> as of early this morning, nato pursued command of the entire military mission over libya. >> the pressure on gadhafi is inten

bombing of qaddafi's headquarters. >> moussa koussa was personally responsible for the actual organization of it. the orders to do it clearly came from muammar qaddafi himself. >> reporter: koussa, who defected to britain yesterday, is now being questioned by british intelligence about the inside workings of qaddafi's regime, and scottish prosecutors have specific questions about lockerbie. >> let me be clear-- moussa koussa is not being granted immunity. there is no deal of that kind. >> reporter: families of the 189 americans who were killed in the bombing also want answers. brian flynn's brother, john patrick, died on pan am 103. >> one of the things we've been saying for 22 years is we want to know the truth. why did it happen? who was behind it? how do you hold these people accountable? >> reporter: in 2009, it was koussa who negotiated the release of the only man ever convicted in the lockerbie bombing. abdel al-megrahi was released by scottish authorities on humanitarian grounds after claiming he was dying of prostate cancer. al-megrahi's release drew an angry rebuke from robert mue

gaddafi's foreign secretary aka his secretary of state, moussa koussa. british foreign secretary william hague confirmed it thursday. >> the libyan foreign minister moussa koussa arrived at airport yesterday from that area. his resignation shows gaddafi's regime which has seen significant reductions is fragmented, under pressure and crumbling from within. >> secretary moussa koussa had worked for libya's foreign service for over 30 years. he was joined within hours by ally abdel salem trekki as the highest ranking officials in the gaddafi government to defect. trekki was libyan foreign minister in the 1970s and just finished his term as president of the united nations general assembly last september. question, has president obama stated a clear goal for libya and a clear exit strategy, pat buchanan? >> no, he has not john. he is all over the lot. initially we were told we were going in to protect civilians against purported atrocity about to happen in benghazi. so we attacked libyan soldiers and killed them in enormous numbers over a crime they had not y

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one consolation was the defection of the foreign minister, moussa koussa, to britain. there are unconfirmed reports several more libyan ministers and diplomats may follow his lead. it's also understood that an envoy from tripoli held talks with british officials in london. it seems the representative may have wanted to explore possible exit strategies for the libyan leader. the foreign office wouldn't confirm the meeting, it said its message remains the same. but colonel gaddafi must give up power. it's also hoped moussa koussa will be able to provide invaluable information about the libyan leader. for over 30 years, he was a key figure in his government. british intelligence will now be trying to find out what role he may have played in the lockerbie bombing and whether he has more information about the death of w.p. fletcher, who was killed by shots fired from the libyan embassy in 1984. the government has said moussa koussa has not been offered immunity from prosecution, but if he is charged, there's always the risk it will discourage further defections. >> two sets

he announced a departure after moussa koussa did.and he is someone who brings to the table some knowledges of the way gadhafi works and things like that. how are the defections likely to influence what might happen on a cease-fire? >> well, first of all, it's going to be hard to find somebody to negotiate a cease-fire. these were traditionally the intermediaries between gadhafi and the rest of the world. moussa koussa is by far the most important not all bone he was foreign minister. that's recent. since early 2000 -- >> i think we've just lost our skype shot there. that sounds i know well just from talking to family. that's christopher dickey. we are keeping our eye on developments coming to us from skype. again, the rebels are saying they would participate in a cease-fire if moammar gadhafi pulls his people out of the cities and allows the people to protest which is something gadhafi said he is not willing to do. >>> a new report says an american recruiting company is hiring nuclear power workers here in the united states to help j

moussa koussa was often at qaddafi's side. former minister and former intelligence chief knows the regime's darkest secrets. he fled libya for britain where the authorities say he's being debriefed. not so says his old friend. >> frankly speaking, i was really upset about what happened to moussa koussa. he is arrested by the british authorities. why? >> he's being protected. >> no, never. >> and he's talking to officials. >> no, please. i don't believe that. >> has he told you he's been arrested? has he told you he's been arrested? >> yes. >> have you spoken to him? >> yes, i speak to him every day three or four times, he's under arrest. >> colonel qaddafi's grip on the west of libya is still strong. weeks after this conflict began, there's still no sign of how it will end. daniel griffith, bbc news. >> still to come on bbc news, yemen's anti-government protests claim another three victims. more than a hundred people have now lost their lives there. the death of a man joining the g-20 protests in london has heard an apology fr

. >> do libyan people know that moussa koussa has fled to london and abandoned the regime? is there any way the people in tripoli would know that? >> this environment is like a lot of arab countries in the sense that the official media say absolutely nothing about this. i do not think the official position has moved on from simply saying that moussa koussa was in tunisia. i'm not aware of them saying he went to london. perhaps they have. it is not a formal position. i think everybody with a television set, everybody reads newspapers, everybody's interested in world and international affairs -- i think they will know by now. there are so many sources of information. >> we have to leave it there. thank you very much for joining us from tripoli. still to come on gmt, we will stay in the middle east to look at the role of the internet and social media in mobilizing the big crowds. >> the unrest in north africa has seen thousands of migrants from tunisia and libya flee to the italian island. their arrival in such large numbers has caused a humanitarian crisis. today, a massive o

believed koussa played a key role in the bombing of pan am flight 103 over lockerbie, scotland. >> moussa koussa was personally responsible for the actual organization of it. the orders to do it clearly came from moammar gadhafi himself. a a >> british officials say koussa left his family in libya, and described his state of mind as, quote, fragile. koussa is not being offered immunity. >>> it's reported that japanese government plans to bail out the tokyo electric power company, which owns the crippled fukushima nuclear power plant. a japanese newspaper reports this morning that the government plans to inject tepco with public funds and offer debt guarantees. but will not nationalize the company. tepco just released this video showing the damaged reactor number 4 at the fukushima plant. the video was shot from a crane on march 24th. spent fuel at the reactor caught on fire, and there was an explosion that tore through the reactor's outer wall. tepco has ordered giant water pumps from the u.s. to help cool these reactors. those pumps could also be used to entomb the nuclear plant in concrete, wh

moussa koussa was the foreign minister until he defected. he could give tips. ght 103 over lockerbie, scotland. some people think koussa was the master mind. 270, 189 of them americans killed including j.p. flynn, a student studied overseas. his parents told us what they'd like to see happen to koussa. >> i just want justice to be done. i mean, i want the people who prepared the bombing and who exercised the bombing, i want everybody brought to justice. and i think it's the only fair thing that can happen and put this, you know, behind us. if you don't have justice and, you know, the united states government isn't willing to take that step it's ridiculous at this point in time. and i think it has to be done. justice must be served. >> and, you know, mr. and mrs. flynn fighting for justice for 22 years now. zainer ha verjee is in london au can the parent's pain but british officials are in a pretty tough spot here. >> you know, they really are. they have to hold their noses on this one because they know full well that this is the guy kind of like the black box re

believed koussa played a key role in the bombing of pan am flight 103 over lockerbie, scotland. >> moussa koussa was personally responsible for the actual organization of it. the orders to do it clearly came from moammar gadhafi himself. >> british officials say koussa left his family in libya, and described his state of mind as, quote, fragile. koussa is not being offered immunity. >>> it's reported that japanese government plans to bail out the tokyo electric power company, which owns the crippled fukushima nuclear power plant. a japanese newspaper reports this morning that the government plans to inject tepco with public funds and offer debt guarantees. but will not nationalize the company. gotten into groundwater under-the-fukushima plant. in the u.s., traces of radioactive iodine have been found in milk in two states, california, and washington. but officials say it poses no threat to the public. john blackstone has more. >> reporter: the amount of radioactive iodine measured in milk on the west coast was so small that it did not rise above the normal background level of radiation. still, i

in tripoli, they are saying moussa koussa was ill, exhausted, high blood pressure, diabetes. they say he needed a rest. that they gave him permission to leave and he will return to tripoli. >> sean: steve harrigan in tripoli. back in the united states during a highly anticipated hearing secretary of defense gates appeared to directly contradict the president yet again on libya. this is the second time this week that a glaring difference between the two was put on pull -- put on full display. >> the president: i said america's role would be limited. we would not put ground troops into libya. tonight we are fulfilling that pledge. >> i think we have considered the possibility of this being a stalemate and being a drawn out affair. >> sean: that mixed message comes on the heels of this striking contradiction. >> is libya in our vital interest as a country? >> no, i don't think it is vital interest for the united states but we ly have interests there and it is part of the region which is of vital region for the united states. >> the president: when our interests and values are at

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moussa koussa was somebody who for 15 years was the head of libyan intelligence. for them to jump ship is a significant blow. basically what you're left with, what moammar qaddafi is left with is his sons around him and the people around his sons. it's not a large political base for anybody to survive very long. >> libya is a tribal country. and that doesn't disappear even with all these problems. we're talking about the defection of people who participated in all of qaddafi's murders. this is now regarded as a triumph. maybe they do see he's losing and they're going to jump ship before they get caught. i hope that's true. but libya is a country where qaddafi and qaddafi's tribes will support people against the eastern tribes. >> what allows you say like this? libya is a tribal country and maybe forever? the world is moving even in libya. i want to give you a little information. in the national council of transition you have 11 known members and 20 unknown members. do you know why they are unknown? because they precisely belong to what you call the tribes of qadda

bombing of pan am flight 103 over lockerbie, scotland in 1988, moussa koussa unexpectedly defected tohe uk yesterday. mr. koussa now being debriefed by britain's spy agency mi-6. then ali abdussalam treki, who was recently named libya's new ambassador to the u.n., he announced from cairo today that he too has left the regime. and tonight there are signs that others are following suit. here's what john ray from our british affiliate itv news is hearing in tripoli. >> reporter: there are rumors swirling that four more named ministers including the europe minister and the head of intelligence are also on the point of departure. now, the government spokesman here says any of those figures who are overseas and can't tell us which are away on official business. but the problem is that denial is it's exactly what they told us about mr. koussa last night long after he'd got on that plane to britain. >> the "independent" newspaper also reporting that up to ten member of the gadhafi regime are currently in talks with the british government about wanting to defect. it's the guardian newspaper th

. >>> britain says the defection of libyan foreign minister moussa koussa is a severe blow to moammargadhafi. british prime minister david cameron urged the libyan leader's entourage to follow suit. >> it's a decision by someone right at the very top and it tells a compelling story of the desperation and the fear right at the heart of the crumbling and rotten gadhafi regime. >> koussa is a long-term aide to gadhafi. he arrived in britain on wednesday and informed the british government that he was resigning from his post. in a news conference in tripoli, libyan government spokesman musa ebra ham confirmed moussa had resigned but played down the impact saying it was koussa's personal decision. the commander of nato's libya operations announced on thursday that nato has assumed full command of international military operations over libya. the transfer of authority was strongly requested by the united states and britain which had led the allied operation. nato is dispatching more than 200 military aircraft and 20 vessels to take part in the operation. >>> and welcome back to your weather

moussa koussa has been part and parcel of every major decision gadhafi has made for years. former head of the intelligence. involved in everything. this is one of the closest members of the gadhafi close-knit kabal, if you will. for him to go is far more important than the skirmishes of the 50, 60 people we see moving from town back and forth and whether that matters or not. his defection is a signal about where the winds are blowing around gadhafi. i still think gadhafi is incredibly resilient and we should not underestimate him. but this is a huge loss to the regime. i don't know how he got out of there, but he is a storehouse of intelligence about who matters, who doesn't, where they tilt and who gadhafi has either so seduced or so threatened so that gadhafi can continue to operate without real concern. because one of the questions is why aren't one of these guys turning a gun on him. >> on gadhafi, right. >> and they're all worried about themselves. but this is a huge boost for the united states. >> very quickly, bob baer, when you hear this guy is able to ge away scot-

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moussa koussa to britain, treki to egypt. sources tell cnn gadhafi may be open to dialogue with the opposition possibly even open to giving up power, but only to someone within his inner circle, possibly his son and only after rebels stop fighting. a senior aid is in london for back channel talks with the britts in the opposition capital of benghazi, leaders called on him to back down and step down. that's not in the plan today. rebels are mounting yet another push near a town that's changed hands now six times in six weeks. libya's neighbor to the east, egypt, helped inspire protest throughout the arab world. weeks of demonstrations forced its long-time president hosni mubarak from office. things quieted down for a while but thousands of protesters are back in cairo's tahrir square today. that's where we find ivan watson. egypt was seen as a model, inspiration for so many other uprisings in the region, but has anything really actually changed is our question for you today? >> well, there's certainly a demonstration taking pl

that on the heels of moussa koussa's defection, gadhafi's foreign minister and key adviser who is now in great britain being debriefed by british intelligence. and even members of gadhafi's family, including his son, saif al islam, may be seeking a way out as well. publicly defiant as in this recent interview with nbc news -- >> this is our country. we live here and we die here. >> reporter: but british media speak of secret meetings in london between saif's top aid and british officials. and just how spooked is gadhafi about a possible flood of defections? well, the government has now assigned security guards to shadow each and every major government official just in case. brian. >> jim maceda inside tripoli. jim, thanks for your reporting tonight. for more on all of this, we're happy to be joined tonight by retired u.s. army four-star general, barry mccaffrey, who is, of course, an nbc news military analyst. general, first off, where do you see the momentum right now tonight? and if i can ask, how do you think this ends? >> well, brian, to some extent this is bizarroland. we've got

the minister -- foreign minister, that is of libya, but he's in great britain now, his name is moussa koussa. he is believed to have been deeply involved in the 1988 lockerbie bombing. he's currently being questioned by british intelligence. >>> religious groups are quite upset arch state officials evicted a number of people from a homeless camp. as many as 100 people are now shut out of the facility. that's dale city, virginia, near the clover leaf exit on i-95. jackie bensen is in woodbridge now with more on this. jackie? >> reporter: jim, very few people even knew that these campsites were even there. chopped away in the wooded areas around the ramps for exit 156 the dale boulevard of i-55 was a secret world. unseen by the tens of thousands of motorists passing by every day. it was the last refuge for a few dozen people with no home, no job, and no money. now they've been told to leave by owners of the land, the virginia department of transportation, who say there have been complaints about the camp's creating a distraction for drivers. >> so as you have motorists coming through, may enco

yesterday libya's foreign minister and former intelligence chief, moussa koussa, the most powerful man in the regime outside the gadhafi family, defected to the united kingdom, a choice welcomed today by the british foreign minister. >> gadhafi must be asking himself who will be the next to abandon him. >> reporter: in tripoli, a government spokesman downplayed the significance of koussa's departure. >> i'm not relying on individuals to lead the struggle. this is the struggle of a whole nation. >> reporter: accused of involvement in the lockerbie bombing and the assassination of dissidents, koussa was not given immunity, but he has a wealth of current intelligence, and he's talking. u.s. intelligence officials tell nbc news that the preferred outcome in this conflict isn't a military victory by the rebels, but a power shift in tripoli. brian. >> richard engel in benghazi again tonight after a day with the rebels. richard, thanks. >>> as we've just seen in richard's reporting, it's clear the rebels need help to hold off gadhafi's forces, but for the obama administration, the question he

libya's former foreign minister moussa koussa is expected to attend. secretary of state hillary clinton meets with other nato ministers tomorrow in berlin to discuss the libyan situation. >>> egypt's former president hosni mubarak is being detained by the interim military government for investigation of corruption and abuse of authority. the announcement comes just one day after the 82-year-old mubarak was admitted to a hospital for heart problems. mubarak's two sons are also in detention as part of the same investigation. >>> and an israeli newspaper reports prime minister benjamin netanyahu canceled a proposed meet with teen idol justin bieber. bieber is in israel for a concert. the newspaper reports the meeting was called off because bieber would not meet with children from an area that comes under rocket attack. bieber's camp says that's not true and that the meeting with netanyahu was never finalized. >>> just ahead on the "morning news," a startling report on the number of ex-cons being sent back to prison. >>> plus, why kate middleton is having

it comes the day after moussa koussa arrived in london to defect. we're told he's in a safe zs house being questioned by foreign office ministers, officials, as well as intelligence officials. and the hope is that he will be the first of many more to come. the thinking goes here that with every senior ranking libyan official to change sides, to potentially defect, the gadhafi regime is weakened and so gets a little bit closer to its end. there are reports here that as many as ten senior libyan officials are considering that sort of move. again, no confirmation from the british foreign office on this except to say when they speak to libyan officials -- and they do -- they emphasize that gadhafi must go. and those officials should seriously consider abandoning his regime. >> you mentioned moussa koussa defecting, reports about the aide to saif gadhafi. my question would be sort of big picture here, phil. why uk? why does david cameron appear to have such a dog in this fight? >> reporter: well, britain has certainly, in many ways, led the diplomacy her

ranking libyan officials have now fled the country following the footsteps of the foreign minister moussa koussa. is in tripoli. we know at this moment of at least two high profile defections the country's foreign minister mr mr russo qusay is currently in london where he is meeting with british officials despite the fact that they say they will not grant him immunity and then mr. tricky he's also a former foreign minister of libya he was also an ambassador to the united nations where he served a term as president of the general assembly has also announced his departure now there can be no doubt that this is a psychological blow to the gadhafi regime certainly what we're hearing from london is that the regime is on the verge of crumbling but here in tripoli the government has actually lost all of these kind of suggestions of defections when questioned about what is the defection of the foreign minister the country's spokes person mr mousavi bring him said that this was an old man he was exhausted he was suffering from diabetes and he actually approached the government for a leave of absence in w

a trusted lieutenant foreign minister moussa koussa defected to britain on wednesday and now cooperating with intelligence officers. and british media report a close aide to gadhafi's son saif may be in britt and may have discussed an exit deal for the family. downtown tripoli, most people we spoke to hadn't heard the news but one understood moussa koussa wanting to get out while he could. >> maybe he is afraid of something or something like that. >> reporter: waleed a business student driving around with a weapon issued to all citizens told us defections are not, he is still ready to fight for gadhafi. what are you doing with that thing? >> we are ready! they are coming to attack my country, you know? j where did you get this gun? >> gadhafi give everybody a gun. >> reporter: on the front lines in the east the rebel fighters seem to have plenty of guns, too, but they are disorganized and stalled. the american military announced yesterday that u.s. aircraft will no longer be among the nato planes attacking gadhafi's forces with air strikes, although they could be called back into service

libya's former foreign minister moussa koussa is supposed to be there. his first high profile forum since he defected to britain last month. >>> former egyptian president hosni mubarak and his two sons are being detained while authorities investigate corruption and abuse of power allegations. prosecutors say they'll be held for at least 15 days. mubarak is currently hospitalized with apparent heart problems in sharm el-sheikh but an army helicopter reportedly landed today to take mubarak to cairo. >>> police in one new york town are investigating a tragic murder/suicide. a mother who last night drove into a river with three children on board. it happened last night in newburgh, horrible story on the hudson river. police say that woman let one child, a 10-year-old boy, get out of the minivan before then driving into the water. she and the other children, ages 5, 2, and only 11 months old, all drowned. >>> in long island, police divers will be in the ocean searching for more possible victims of a serial killer. two sets human remains were found on the beac

the defection of moussa koussa is a major blow to the gadhafi administration.s slightly hurt from falling debris. >>> and fewer people are dying on the nation's roads, nearlye were k 33,000 people were killed in traffic accidents last year. down 3% from 2009 that's the leest level in 60 years. experts credit seat belt safer cars and efforts to stop drunk driving. >>> expert panels say there's no need for warnings or commonly used food dye. with the effect of those dyes on children with behavorial problems. the final decision on the warning labels is now up to the fda. >>> also there's some encouraging news in the battle against cancer. the rate of lung cancer deaths in the rate of women has fallen for the 30 in 30 years. mainly due to the fact that fewer women smoke. >>> the poisonous cobra is now back in cap sifttivity this morning. officials say the snake was hiding in the reptile house. the cobra came wildly popular inkast week even had his own twitter account. 270,000 followers. >> you know what no looking under the desk. >>> for for this morning's weather

officials are very pleased about moussa koussa, have we heard him denounce the regime?have you seen the pressure they would hope to get out of a defection like that? >> he came out wednesday night, le by land to tunisia and arrived in london. i think they're trying to get so much live intelligence on where is the inner circle. >> i'm still just stunned. how does a guy just walk out, get on a private plane -- were you shocked he was able -- was -- gadhafi trusted him that much that he was able to pull this off, plan a private plane exit? >> i was shocked, but i think gadhafi was shocked and that's why they're guarding a lot of their senior officials right now. >> i think -- i believe he claimed that he needed medical leave, which would be permitted, but ended up in london. so the plot thickens. thank you. >>> all right. the other big story on the other continent. nuclear fallout. radiation is now seeping into the ground water in japan. is the country's drinking water at risk? >>> plus, surprising good news about the safety of the roads in this country. but first, today's

meanwhile, foreign minister and intelligence chief moussa koussa has defected to the united kingdom. he was one of the country's more powerful men outside the gadhafi clan. despite koussa's resignation, he won't step down because they're affected by power madness, he says. >>> the u.s. just launched an intense search for those missing after the powerful earthquake and tsunami. more than 16,000 people are still unaccounted for. the death toll is at 11,500 now. meanwhile, radiation has now contaminated ground water at the fukushima nuclear power plant. operators say so far radiation has not seeped into wells and rivers that would impact drinking water. >>> as japan deals with radiation at a nuclear plant, the environmental protection agency in this country now says trace amounts of radiation have been detected in milk here in the u.s. the u.s. already stopped imports of dairy products from japan. trace amounts of radioactive iodine were found in samples taken in california. authorities believe radiation traveled by air into pass yurs along the west coast. the epa says a sample would ha

but with the continuing fracture of the gadhafi regime, the leaving of moussa koussa and al treki so far, someone is going to come along and get rid of gadhafi on the other side. gadhafi is going to go away one way or the other, and there's going to be a reconciliation between the east and the west, and they'll bring the country back to one place. we'll see a new libya, but gadhafi's going to have to go away for that to take place. >> jamie, this as other members of the coalition are discussing exile plans and where gadhafi might go possibly. jamie smith, thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> the april fool's day storms is no laughing matter for folks throughout the northeast. forecast calling for up to a foot of snow in some areas. winter storm warnings are in effect for vermont, maine, massachusetts, and new hampshire. up in concord, new hampshire, workers hit the ground running this morning doing what they could do to clear streets and sidewalks of the snow that's already fallen. that is where we find the weather channel's jim cantore. jim, i was looking at your report earlier. the

. >> from what you know from moussa koussa and the others who have defected, we know how powerful theyre but are they an early indicator that the team around him will fracture and that he can be taken out from inside? >> certainly it raises that possibility. and certainly there are all kinds of indicators out there that suggest with enough pressure on gadhafi, the regime might splinter. but we always get back to colin powell's famous line that hope is not a strategy. and while we can all hope that the inner circle does splinter, this is the main problem. it may not. this is why it's pressed on arming the rebels because if it doesn't splinter they have to have a plan "b." >> what is the down side of arming the rebels? i think i know the answer but i want to hear from your expertise. >> there are obvious a couple. the first most obvious we don't know who the rebels are. we've had recent experiences in places like afghanistan where we've gone and armed a group of people and turns out that they weren't very good either. they might be in bed with al qaeda. they might be in bed with iran or

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the reason -- there was a moussa in having houss koussa leave. they would like to break from the inner group, and this is the the tightest in their group that is comprised of a few people. these are people who had agencies -- had agencies and other technocrats. it would like to break but they are afraid for their lives and afraid for their families. i am not sure that one can characterize the current situation as not having more successes. the situation of terror and fear inside tripoli is so great that people who i think that i have known and others have known who would normally -- who up to now would have broken with him are not doing it for those reasons. >> will that situation continue? there was hope in the media or elsewhere that the regime would fracture from inside and shatter part. do think that is likely? >> the actions we're taking along with our coalition partners and what you saw the other day in terms of going after command-and-control centers in tripoli and in terms of our continuing to reach out to these people will send some kind

moussa koussa is warning rebel and government forces to avoid taking libya into a civil war.ds libya should not be divided. >>> back here at home, mitt romney is taking some major steps toward another presidential run. the former massachusetts governor has formed a campaign exploratory committee. romney has been planning a comeback ever since losing the republican nomination to john mccain three years ago. he actually spent $40 million of his own money on that failed presidential run. >>> well, remember the national football league? its lockout does continue but a federal judge has now ordered the owners and players back to the bargaining table. whether they like it or not, they'll begin court-supervised mediation on thursday. basically, both sides are trying to figure out how to split up the league's $9 billion of annual revenue. >>> the hottest super vitamin main help prevent blindness. researchers are saying that vitamin d is a powerful weapon against the leading cause of vision loss in older people. it also may cut the risk for young women in half, also the best source of