united states and allied nations began bombing libya striking forces loyal to , libyan leader muammar gaddafie obama administration said the strikes were needed to enforce a no-fly zone and to protect libyan protesters who took to the streets as part of the arab spring. inside the obama administration there was a deep division over , whether the united states should intervene militarily. one of the most hawkish members of obama's cabinet was then secretary of state hillary clinton. the "new york times" has just published two major pieces looking at clinton's role puing for e bombinof libya. e speciareport ititled, "t libya gamble." a momen we wille joined scott sne, one the report's co-ahors, bufirst, video package produced by the "new york times." >> hillary clinton's role in the military intervention that ousted muammar gaddafi in libya is getting new scrutiny as she runs for president. the u.s. relationship with libya has long been complicated. colonel gaddafi who ruled from hunting 59 to 2011 was an eccentric dictator link to terrorism. when he gave up his nuclear program a decade ago and

-backed military intervention ousted longtime dictator muammar gaddafi in 2011. to see our segment on then-secretary of state hillary clinton's role in the libya intervention, go to democracynow.org. israeli authorities say they have shot dead two palestinians they accused of opening fire at cars in jerusalem and wounding one person. separately in the occupied west bank, israeli soldiers shot and killed palestinian they said tried to stab them. the attacks came a day after a palestinian allegedly went on a stabbing spree near the city of jaffa, killing u.s. student and the attacks coincided with a visit by vice president joe biden over a possible increase in military aid to israel. in oregon, local officials said police were justified in fatally shooting right-wing militia spokesperson lavoy finicum in a standoff in january. video shows finicum screaming, "you back down or you kill me now." but the local sheriff said fbi agents are under investigation for firing two shots at finicum and the not disclosing the shots to investigators. maryland's highest court has o

muammare death of gaddafi in 2011, libya has been a failed state controlled by militias.cellor angela merkel faces a big test on sunday after a campaign focused on her open border policy for refugees. three german states will hold elections. merkel is not expected to quit even if her democratic party loses all three votes. but resistance to the refugee policy would increase. japan is marking the fifth anniversary of a deadly earthquake and title wave. more than 18,000 people were killed in the disaster on japan's northeast coast. three nuclear reactors at the fukushima power plant melted down. the cleanup continues. the japanese government estimates it will take at least 40 years to complete. global news 24 hours a day, powered by 2400 journalists in more than 150 news bureaus around the world, i'm nejra cehic. tom? feel.t is a risk-on after we saw the oddest of days yesterday. futures up big, dow futures up 161, 17,000 61. 110 --ng to called 1.1086. stronger, really beginning to break out. news this morning -- on to the next screen. the vix, 18.05. to negativeear goes 0.