for libya for the simple reason that libya is not a member state of the court and there's long as mr gadhafi stays on libyan state retore and this decision cannot be fulfilled in case the decision of the court stays in. that will mean that mr qaddafi inevitably will try to stay in power as long as he can and that contradicts the intentions on the international community the way they are worked out by the security council member states russia included. and the metaphorical noose around gadhafi his neck is so tight he has no other option other than to fight until the last stand according to patrick hayes a london based reporter for online magazine spiked. it does mean that he can no longer decide to go off to a different country and just kind of hide hide away their plans it means now he's literally in a place of death where he comes 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 in this one hundredth day of the libyan conflict now william hague is making these claims today that the foreign service se

at libya it seems very likely it's only a matter of time that that nato will finally get rid of mr gadhafi in libya and will that be called a success for democracy because it will be nato as a victory quote unquote and not the people's and is that a precedent that should be set about how to bring to democracy to the arab world. well i think you're right that if khadafi leaves that nato will declare this successful humanitarian intervention a successful democratization campaign but it doesn't mean that either of those things is true it's my contention and i think it's clear from the facts that this war in libya would have ended months ago if not for the nato intervention and because of the nato intervention people have continued to die by the hundreds in libya and so what that means is that the intervention actually caused more harm than good secondly will it lead to democratization it doesn't appear so libya at this point seems to be divided regionally and along tribal lines and so you've got a bifurcated libya how are you going to knit those two pieces of the country back together again i

and there is some shortage of seafood life goes on in tripoli and people were very supportive of mr gadhafi you were saying civilians have been harmed in these attacks are showing pictures of hospital shots at the moment but nato is claiming it is targeting military targets you were staying there in tripoli that fall under that condition that they were all targeting military targets did you feel saif. well there were a bombing every night you could feel the hotel room shake when the when the bombs they were actually hitting the khadafi military compound which is in downtown tripoli which was not very far from our hotel but we were also taken to the home of qaddafi's son where they killed the son and the three grandchildren and it was quite clear that there was no military value this was a residence. the neighboring residents were also heavily damaged and the embassy of cote d'ivoire was just a few doors down so there was no the only thing i saw in the khadafi compound what was left of it was a petting zoo where khadafi actually was feeding the animals at the time of the attack that's what s

mr. gadhafi, and there were talks in tunisia succeeding abhedeen.there was no such thing as citizenship in the arab world. i used to lecture to my students that when i would go to egypt as an egyptian citizen, i would leave my rights on the plane when i landed in cairo airport, and they would welcome me into egypt because i had more rights on that plane as an american citizen than i did and more recourse to rule of law than i did when i landed in cairo so hopefully things are going to change in all of these places. how significant are the events that have been taking place in the arab world in 2011? incredibly significant. one measure of the significance of historical events someone told me is whether they will be in a generation or two written about in high school textbooks, and certainly i think by that measure, the events in 2011 are incredibly significant. when we speak about the important dates and the history of the arab world in the 20th century in the latter half of the 20th century that i work on, we, of course, mention 1968 in the partitio

mr. gadhafi as a nuclear power, $1 billion in investment.ny decides to completely leave nuclear power ten years from now, the same on economic resolve on libya. don't you think we have a grave problem in terms of europe since the franco-german couple in is the answer to europe as to the economic results? >> we have 1% growth in the first quarter and germany have higher growth. in order to talk about divergence it would be that france would be in a recession and germany -- we are both growing. we have strong growth. it is true that we diverge on different topics. we understand we should renounce nuclear power because our german friends renounced it. so i should turn my back to george pompandreou. because the choice of nuclear power was confirmed by miterrand himself like the other presidents. should we have not gone to libya because our german friends who participated in the summit didn't want to be in it? what would have been the ambiance of the press conference? so the choice between diverging or being a follower. let me choose a third. and

mr. gadhafi out of the country and out of his command and control areas, out of his palaces, are really very important to carry out now. >> and from a process standpoint, a you constitutional standpoint, are you comfortable with how this has all played out, the president using his authority as commander in chief, saying he doesn't need the blessing of the congress? do you even as a matter of fact know how much is this costing the united states every day in libya? >> well, i don't have that figure. >> should you have that figure? >> i'll get it. i'll get it. i think this, that there's a lot of discussion as to whether another authorization of use of force is necessary. senator kerry and mccain had a resolution, a sense of the senate, which i am a co-sponsor of, which i would vote for if necessary. i don't see, because we are playing such a subsidiary role now to nato, that a real authorization of use of force is technically necessary. but this is an age-old dispute between white houses and congresses and probably will continue on. but if the kerry-mccain legislation were to come up, i would c

mr. leader gadhafi.now, people in no matter what line of work who are used to being adored, looked up to, never said no to, isolated and caught in a bubble, are going to have a tenuous grasp on reality. in that regard he has a tenuous grasp on reality. >> what he's shown is he has a pretty strong grip on his country because at the moment -- >> he has a strong grip on himself. what's happening here is that he's trying to survive a pretty fierce nato bombardment and he is not supported by as many people as he would like to be. how do you get him off? creative solutions will have to be found to get him out. >> how do you feel about many see as a hypocrisy? they have all at various stages been allies at some capacity and then they've become the most evil people on the planet. there are observers that look at this that say there's no consistency to the way we deal with these people. >> you know, it was quite easy to go after gadhafi because even though in recent years he's come in from the cold, he was never

mr. gadhafi's future is in the hate? did you support the persecuted to seek arrest or on the contrary, you believe that this kind of future will only make him speak more to the power? >> yeah, well, but the yiewbted nation -- united nations security counsel already answered your question because it's part of the u.n. security counsel resolution that the acts of the gadhafi regime may amount to crimes against humanity, and we also know that the icc would like to issue arrests warrants so it goes without saying that this is the clear position of the u.n. security counsel. >> dubuc? >> translator: al ger iring's an -- al lgerian newspaper. the war someday will come to an end -- okay, so i was saying the regime is doomed and operations will come to an end in libya, the problem arising today unfortunately is observers are talking about some large amounts of weapons traveling to the south, especially how it's a risk of instate or a security risk after the end of the war, won't there always be a security risk in libya? doesn't

mr. blatter. then again, that's what gadhafi said about libya. ouch. one isssuissue, many views. >>> a united nations report says japan underestimated the risk of tsunamis and the hazard they create for nuclear power stations. the international atomic energy agency highlighted the problems that contributed to the crisis at the plant when an earthquake and tsunami struck in march. we have a reporter in tokyo now. >> reporter: basically, this is a preliminary summary of this fact-finding mission of the iaea. this team has been here for the better part of a week now trying to figure out exactly what happened, what lessons learned there are. so in a nutshell this is what they found. japan as response post disaster has been exemplary. the problem was in the preparation. the government of japan did not look at the tsunami risk adequately, the tsunami hazard for several sites was underestimated. for example, the walls around the fukushima nuclear plants, the tsunami walls, they're built to withstand a tsunami wave of 5.7 meters maximum. the waves on that day

having said that i still think that a strong military pressure on the gadhafi regime will facilitate a fruitful political process mr martello of yesterday in fact stated and you just mentioning that that the military conflict doesn't have to be there means that it could be resolved peacefully he's stating that he believes that both the rebels and the regime forces are ready to negotiate that they both think that war is not the way out of this conflict so why are you still bombing libya with this information coming from the russian envoy that both sides are are ready to talk. we are continuing our gratian because we still see gadhafi regime attacking each own population and it's absolutely outrageous and. has mandated an operation to protect civilians and we will continue our operation as long as the regime still attacks on people you know with the russians defense minister sorts of calls yesterday and he believes that troops on the ground in libya are now a possibility do you think there will be troops under your command in the future. we have no intention to put troops on the ground in libya what if gadhafi doesn'

gadhafi goes. no tears shed. do you find it at all striking -- you just heard the nato secretary-general there, mr. rasmussen, saying it's time to plan for the post-gadhafi era. after they dropped bombs on tripo tripoli, 40 of them aimed at the compound of gadhafi. the united nations resolution says nothing about regime change. and yet nato now openly, even though at the beginning it said the mission was not about regime change, openly talking about we're going to bomb you until you go. >> john, it's a really good point. this mission has clearly morphed. it's been done without, you know, without anybody really questioning it. that's one of the reasons why it's important that the russians have turned against gadhafi. because they were the ones who were, you know, along with the chinese who were really protesting the nato mission to start with. and said, you know, this is going to morph and now it's morphed and they're coming with us. a lot of things have changed. you have to say that if we get him, if he is toppled -- and i do think he's going to be toppled, either dead or alive, i think he's going d

gadhafi remains defiant to demands he must step down. >>> first lady michelle obama is back in washington this morning after a week-long goodwill visit to africa. mrsobama's itinerary included a visit to a south african game preserve. daughters sasha and malia, their two cousins and their mother were on the trip. during the visit mrs. obama promoted education, hiv awareness and youth leadership. >>> this morning, did tsa screeners finally go too far with their patdowns. >>> plus a dog whose looks are meaner than its bite, we're talking much, much meaner. >>> first scott pelley with a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >>> the facility is supposed to help veterans so why are some parts being leased to private businesses? we'll show you how the vets are fighting back tonight on the "cbs evening news." s." for pain relief, so, you know... ♪ just use new bengay cold therapy. it relieves pain with a blast of cold. you are so smart. [ male announcer ] new bengay cold therapy. the same technology used by physical therapists. it's a cloud of depression. and although you've been on an antidepressant for at least six weeks, you're frustrated that your

think essentially the same thing that mr markelov is probably doing now which is to see whether there is a way through what we were told from the libyan side is that gadhafi is ready to give up power but he's not ready to leave libya that won't be enough to satisfy the opposition at the moment there has to be a compromise and as i say if russia can find one that's good i think the south africans have a chance they've tried they've tried to persuade gadhafi to accept some solution or other there are legal complications as well as political ones south africa's position is slightly different from that of turkey or russia it's worth trying. rather than looking ahead this look at the present now this nato campaign in libya is aiming to protect civilians but as we heard in that little the report a little earlier the bombings are seen parts of the country's infrastructure destroyed how much patience do you think the libyan people will have with nato those methods. well first of all it's slightly misleading to talk about nato because don't forget that the arab league is also involved we've got our own i would not be jordan taking confidence operations nato operat

official from nato saying that gadhafi is in fact a legitimate target he also told us on thursday that nato will not intervene in syria do you think we can believe what mr rasmussen tells us. there's a big problem isn't there we do sometimes feel with the hi will. very sorry we seem to have it on video from you for now mark live from us via broadband from oxford thanks for that. well our web site r t v dot com we're asking you how you think libya's deadlock should be resolved so far more than sixty percent think nato should withdraw admitting that example has one fewer people fourteen percent say think should continue as they are until the conflict eventually eleven percent think ground forces will resolve the situation and amount of our viewers suggest to you when she said peace keepers and split libya into the line let us know what you think at r t dr. shrouded in secrecy and invite only meeting of the world's political and financial elite is underway in switzerland the annual gathering of the builder group has attracted strong protests to numerous conspiracy theories argues laura m. it has been following the meeting. opposition to the build up a grou

gadhafi's compound has been a frequent target. >>> congressional critics of u.s. participation in libya air campaigns say president obama has exceeded his powers citing the war powers resolution they say mr. obama must get congressional approval to deploy the military for more than 90 days but the white house is fighting back arguing the u.s.'s role doesn't violate any rules. >> the president has acted in a way in a manner consistent with the war powers resolution and we believe that the support for the overall mission, the support for the goal of protecting libyan civilians and holding colonel gadhafi accountable will continue. >> the white house argument does not hold water for a bipartisan group of ten lawmakers. they are suing the president claiming he used the u.n. and nato to bypass congress. >> clearly we're trying to do an end run around the constitution and now it's going to be a matter for the court to decide whether or not they violated that constitution. >> as for the cost, the white house says that as of june 1st the u.s. operation in libya totals $715 million. >>> this morning, congresswoman gabrielle giffords will do something she hasn't done in more than five months, wake

gadhafi's regime and you see a growing unpopular regime. i think time is on our side and the pressure is growing and i believe it will take it to a satisfactory conclusion. >> mr. speaker, i'm absolutely with the prime minister that we should keep up the pressure on the libyan regime. and as he knows we do provide our full support for the mission. but don't the concerns that have been expressed by members of our armed forces point to something very important, which is the need to look again at the strategic defense and security review precisely to make sure that we have the right capability and we have the right focus. no the feign secretary described the arab spring as a more important event than 9/11. but the national security strategy published last year doesn't mention libya, egypt on tunisia. isn't it right in the light of the changes that we've seen to look again at the strategic defense and security review to make sure that we can sustain the conflict in libya? >> i'm grateful for the question because it's an important point. one of the reasons for having a national security council that sits weekly is all the time to ask, are we -- have we got the righ

mr. president. i'm absolutely confidence it's going to happen. gadhafi is finished. ask the people in the country. even his own supporters are reacting out of fear. and the truth is that the vice is tightening because every day that goes by the opposition getting stronger, every day that goes by, he has less ability to manage the affairs of the country itself. i think that if we simply send a message that the house of representatives is contemplating today, it would be a most of infamy frankly, with respect to the house and with respect to our interests. because it would reinforce the all too common misperception on the arab street that america say one thing and does another. we are already spending billions of dollars in the fight against extremism in many parts of the world. we didn't choose this fight. everybody knows that, mr. president. it was forced on us. starting with contracted -- with 9/11. failing to see the opportunity of affirming the courageous commands of disenfranchised young people who have been the greatest recruits for al qaeda, for the extremism, for any of the extremist groups

gadhafi. sued by both republicans and democrats in congress. this is really a political battle over power. presidential power versus congressional power. depending whether a democrat or republican has been in the white house, mr. obama and the speaker, mr. boehner, have taken completely different positions. >> it's completely political. there are very few people who claim to be consistent on this over time at least among the leadership. >> reporter: congress has a couple of options. they can vote to cut off funding for military action in libya, but you there's a democratic plan that is floating around as well that would give the president to the end of the year to wrap up the ground, which the president says he has no intention of doing. expect to hear more about this. >> for more on this, we turn to the host of "this week" christiane amanpour who joins us from washington as well. christiane, good morning to you. good morning, dan. >> what does it all mean? is in any thans the president will go to congress or pull the operation out of libya? >> it's unlikely congress is going to pull funding. it doesn't want to do that when american forces have been historically involved. we talked to senator john mccain, who