so-called gulf of tonkin incident at all but the story was a fabrication created by the us national security council. me as a name even as the national security council met me american aircraft were being sent to destroy several areas of our country. in reality the second you call for talk and incidentally never happened. was the whole basis of this moral fraud and alive perpetrated at the highest levels of our government we must ask ourselves that as we survey the damage that was done to our country and especially the damage done to the vehicle. ever made sure to go down or dragon or baron are going to ask yourself what's going to happen all right. if canada you thought he could finish the vietnam situation with special forces johnson's approach was brutally simple he figured if he could kill enough of them they would cry uncle in the simplest way to kill us with their park. bombing. that occurred over. the border. into. the primary tool that the u.s. used in the vietnam war was aerial bombardment that is how the most people were killed both north and south the us to use napalm. they used white pho

s decision to levy sanctions. >> onlookers reacted with surprise as the united nations security council voted to levy strong sanctions against libyament even china's representative agreed to the sanctions to place international travel bans on libyan leader, moammar gadhafi, his family, and members of his inner circle to freeze the family's assets and to refer the case to a war crimes tribunal for an investigation of possible crimes against humanity. >> this is a clear warning to the libyan government that it must stop the killing. >> the vote followed a day of meetings, interrupted as meetings of the council conferred with their governments about the language and scope of the sanctions. saturday, president obama made his strongest comments to date on the uprising, saying in a private phone call to germany's chancellor, that gadhafi should step down and leave the country. in libya, thousands of desperate travelers crowded tripoli's airport, also planes rescued more than 150 civilians from libya's desert. many of them oil workers. >> i wasn't scared, it was just not knowing when we could

and terry iran sanctions and what is the united nations security council if this is true is it ready o live the searches in terms well i think that the position has been made very clearly again by the security council and by the international community and the members that are taking part in these sanctions that it's all dependent about iran satisfying all the conditions that the putting to civil nuclear energy apparently up to now the international atomic energy agency has not been fully satisfied has not had enough answers to its own questions has not been able to visit all the sites that it wanted to visit we are just in the process of waiting the new report from the international atomic agency which will see what it says i cannot in advance. say anything about a report from this international organization that will be certainly very important in determining the position of the members of the security council but just the fact that iran the say that it's satisfying the international atomic energy condition is not sufficient it has to do so as for negotiations with the best of my kn

he also served on the national security council staff. tom malinowski, let's start with the president. he said he was instructing his administration to explore the full range of options. what should those be and with w what urgency? >> i think where we need to start is understanding that there isn't anything that's going to convince qaddafi himself to come out of the bunker. as we heard, he's going to fight till the end. but the fate of libya is not in qaddafi's hands it's in the hands of the men who have to decide in the next day or two whether to follow his orders and those are the people who can still be influenced to make the right choice. >> lehrer: how? >> through economic sanctions. the administration working with its european allies could stop very, very quickly, virtually all of libya's international financial dealings, transactions banking transaction through threats of international prosecution. there's already serious conversation about taking libya to the international criminal court. through providing assistance directly to

. >> the reason you have a national security council and national-security staff is to plan. one thing that has come up again and again and again, confirmed with a resounding thud by rumsfeld, was that there was absolutely no planning for what we would do after we invaded. there was none. that is not a small thing but that is an almost unbelievable bridge and the responsibility lies, i think, primarily -- of course with bush, but also his national security advisers brought condoleezza rice was just know where to be found. maybe it is because rumsfeld and jenny undermine her -- and cheney undermine her. talk about a process not working. >> it still doesn't address the question of going to war against iraq when the attack came from afghanistan. >> at least at this end of the table, we did not think it was a good idea -- >> i remember that. >> we never thought it was a good idea. as odious as saddam hussein was, he kept allocate out, it was a check on al qaeda a --. he kept al qaeda out, it is a check on al qaeda. he was awful to his own people, but in our national security inte

i will call somebody at the national security council that i trust. i might also ask the chief of staff to make sure i got the same answer. then you know those two have to talk. >> the most common question is who tells you what to say? no one tells you what to say. >> or everyone tells you what to say. >> it is of to the press secretary to be a reporter. >> what is the biggest mistake? >> that was it. >> i am sure you could put a montage together and it would be horrible. [laughter] >> funny you mention that. [laughter] >> it is a burnout job because you have the press banging on you to get me everything, don't tell me you don't know the answer. you have other times where you are not going to. especially after 9/11 a lot at it was the security-related. it was covered by aljazeera whether the u.s. would move security forces on to th ground. we have pre deployed our troops. [laughter] >> but aljazeera wasn't the only one. >> in the american media there was a report that we capture the bad guy. regularlysecretary's have to confront things on a background

would i like us to go further and have a full you nations security council resolution? yes, i would. i think that would be good. >> cameron says he would like to see the u.n. resolution send a clear warning to colonel gadhafi and the libyan armed forces that what they are doing is wrong. >>> as violence continues to flare up in libya, european nations are taking measures to evacuate thousands of their citizens from the country. the european commission estimates there are about 10,000 eu citizens in libya. member governments are coordinating efforts to speed up the evacuation. >> the preparation of the evacuation have started with the member states, and the commission stands ready to support member states through the moppering and information centers so-called mrnic improvi transport capacities and identifying additional evacuation means in particular by sea in the next hours and days. >> france sent military aircraft and so far pulled out 400 people. >> translator: given the situation in the airport, with everything canceled, we didn't know if we were going to be able t

you've heard of the un security council, the national security council, but have you heard of the councilf dads? it catches the attention, doesn't it? it's the title of a book by well-known best- selling author bruce feiler, but the concept itself is fascinating. it's a humanistic initiative that i think only he can fully explain, and he does it very well. here he is. bruce feiler, welcome back. you'll recall that when we did your book abraham, we started with a quote. let's do it again this time with the council of dads. i'm going to go to chapter 18 and string together three different quotes. here we go. first quote: "bonaventure cemetery, just east of savannah, has two side-by- side stone gates at its trance. the gate on the left has two chiselled stone pillars capped with female figures cradling crosses. it is known as 'the christian gate'. the gate on the right has similar stone pillars topped with stars of david. it's called 'the jewish gate'". now i'm going to skip a bit to the next page: "i gave the attendant my surname. she disappeared into a musty back room, then returned moment

. >>> the united nations security council could vote today to place sanctions on libya. last night protesters gathered once again for the demands. >>> overnight republicans in wisconsin state assembly passed a bill that would take away collective bargaining rights. that brought a sharp response from democrats. the controversial bill now goes to wisconsin state senate, but 14 democrats are still in neighboring illinois refusing to vote on the measure. >>> here in california governor jerry brown is trying to sell lawmakers on his new proposed budget plan. >> when folks say no vote, not american. it's not acceptable and it's not loyalty in california. >> the governor med his case in front of a special committee in sacramento. he's pushing for a special election in which voters will decide on tax rescission. reps say they will fight it. >>> the debate over benefits has one state watchdogging calling for change. the commission says california needs to freeze pension benefits for current state workers. the agency is recommending california move over to a 401k type of plan for

united nations security council is meeting this hour to discuss the situation in libya. one of the strongest calls for it to take action has come from libya's own deputy ambassador to the u.n. he has abandoned the regime and describes muammar gaddafi as a madman. we will keep you posted about developments in new york as soon as we get them. the u.s. ss it will impose unilateral sanctions on libya. the announcement came after news that the e.u. is set to deploy its own set of sanctions. a formal decision is expected early next week. the german foreign minister held talks on the issue with his italian counterpart on friday. the e.u. package is said to include a ban on arms and other goods that could be used to harm civilians as well as a travel ban and assets freeze for members of the gaddafi family. i spoke tour correspondent a short while ago in brussels. i asked if he could confirm that sanctions would be in place by next week. >> yes, something like that. i doubt that will affect colonel khadafy one iota. it is all the european union can do to express its displeasure.

the urgency and seriousness of the such a question has been underlined by the eu, united nations security council, they african union, the arab league, and a wide range of international actors as well as the high commissioner for human rights. the key u.s. pleased to see that many of these organizations -- the eu is pleased to see the many of the organizations are condemning these actions. the high commissioner may be clear that the state has an obligation to protect the rights to live, the gritty, and security of its citizens. the eu endorses that each state has the responsibility to protect its population from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against amenity. the group of special procedure mandate holders issued a joint statement on the 22nd of february calling for -- saying that grows human rights violations could amount to crimes against a manatee. a call for an international inquiry will it continue to ensure that the interest of justice are served. in addition, the secretary general of the oic express concern over the latest developments, while the leader of the league of

response to increasing violence unleashed by moammar gadhafi's crumbling regime, the united nations security counciliscuss the possibility of imposing sanctions on libya. >>> the saudi arabian college student in texas who allegedly bought bomb making materials online and planned attacks in america is expected to make his first public appearance to face charges in a new york court. >>> and former beatle george harrison would have had his 61st birthday today. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. cbs pulled the plug on "two and a half men" for the season and what is next for charlie sheen? and meredith is live from hollywood as final preparations get under way for sunday's academy awards. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today o

just listening to the response and we heard earlier today the united nations security council has condemned the force against civilians. are you satisfied with what you are hearing from the west? >> i welcome what i am hearing but i do not think it is enough. now, gaddafi is committing crimes against humanity and murdering libyans. committing the crime of fouwar. the militia and army is fighting his own people, using ships to bomb benghazi. it does not stand for the occasion. >> he was very defiant in his message earlier today. do you think this is -- he is not going anywhere and he will stay there until his last dying day in libya? >> that is what makes it urgent for the international community to move swiftly to protect the civilians in libya. and the libyan people. >> do you agree that will happen? he will stay there completely defiant? >> i cannot predict what gaddafi will do on this occasion. he made his appearance very clear that he would destroy the country and he would use all force which he has and he has used all kinds of methods to try to divide people and make some issues betwee

some estimates more than 1000 people have been killed in libya and that's why the united nations security council held an emergency meeting saturday to discuss sanctions as punishment against a government cracking down on its own people. the sanctions could include freezing gadaffi's assets and an arms embargo against libya's government. >> we are encouraged by the support. >> reporter: the security council could also refer the crackdown to an international war crimes tribunal. scott goldberg for cbs news. >>> a family tradition ending after more than 60 years. what takes the place of the markets. >>> we are headed to the deepfreeze. we will talk about the weather coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> a popular san jose market is shutting its doors tonight after more than six decades. the market will be closed for good at 6:00 p.m. that's just about 15 minutes from now. the family-owned grocery store has been sold to the small chain leanardi's supermarket. the brothers want to retire. the new store will have italian roots. so far an opening date has not been set. >>> the last conversation lawren

also in new york, the united nations security council started urgent deliberations on sanctions to punish gadhafi's regime for its deadly attacks on protesters. and in yemen, hundreds of thousands of people call for the president's ouster there in rallies across that country. it was the largest display of anger with the leadership in yemen. it came on the same day that two powerful chiefs from the president's own tribe withdrew their support for him. the president initially offered to hold talks with protesters and promised he would not use force against them. but yesterday troops opened fire on demonstrators, killing four and wounding 43. >>> still to come at 5:00 -- >> it's freezing. absolutely freezing. but it's worth it. >> what had hundreds of stg ppin adownplnd tg stripping down aaknd tin gheak t plunge on this very cold day? hey marcel, watch this! hey marcel, watch this! ♪ hey marcel, watch this! yeah, marcel! -marcel! -hey marcel! are you listening to me? marcel! [ male announcer ] only at&t u-verse lets you follow your favorite channels on one screen. just $29 a month for the fi

watch and wait and he will be huddled with his advisers on air force one and members of the national security council traveling with him. >> it do we know what is happening behind the scenes? we know that vice-president joe biden spoke to egyptian leaders had made it clear they want to see progress. he talked about looking -- he talked about lifting the state of emergency. president mubarak said that would only be done with the situation is stable, which suggests it could be a long time to come. but we can imagine the behind- the-scenes conversations, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff has been speaking to the chief of staff here almost on a daily basis. >> i think the most important thing behind-the-scenes has been the military to military contact. the united states has seen the egyptian military is absolutely key and we see statements -- >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold, get the top stories from around the globe and click-to-play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of "bbc world news" online. >> funding was made possible by the freeman f

and united nations security council which voted this weekend to impose sanctions on libya. >> i can't remember a time in recent memory when the council has acted swiftly and so diseasely on an urgent matter of international human rights. >> for the first time, khadafy's son spoke with christiane ammanpour and said that their father has launched air strikes against his own people are wrong. >> show me a single attack, a single bomb or single casualty. libyan air force destroyed ammunition sites. >> they estimate 100,000 libyans have fled the country. there is two front focus for those that remain, in the east, they are hoping in the west that tripoli will fall, as well. >> a spokesman for the council says he hopes that will happen in the coming days, if not the coming hours. >> muammar khadafy cops to insist he will not leave. while he remains, oil prices are on the rise. last week saw the largest one week increase in the past two years. >> new zealand's prime minister announced that the massive earthquake that hit the city of christ church could cost about $15 billion. death toll from

the united states has vetoed a draft united nations security council resolution condemning israeli settlements in the west bank. this is a resolution put forward by a palestinian leadership and by arab countries. the u.s. said the issue should be resolved in direct peace talks but in the two sides. there was a risk the resolution would harden attitudes. >> our opposition to the resolution before the council today should therefore not be misunderstood to me and we support settlement activity. on the contrary, we reject in the strongest terms the legitimacy of continued israeli settlement activity. for more than four decades, israeli settlement activity in territories occupied in 1967 has undermined israel's security and corroded hopes for peace and stability in the region. >> american ambassadors did it -- susan rice there. barbour, this is standard american diplomatic posture, i guess, to shield israel, but it is really not going to go down well on the arab street, is it? >> no, the timing very bad. americans fought tooth and nail to try to get palestinians to drop the resolution. they offered

. >> reporter: onlookers reacted with surprise as the united nations security council unanimously voted to levy strong sanctions against libya. even china's representative agreed to the sanctions to place international travel bans on moammar gadhafi, his family and members of his inner circle. to freeze the family's assets and to refer the case to a war crime's tribunal in the hague. >> this is a clear warning to the libyan government that it must stop the killing. >> reporter: the vote followed a day of meetings interrupted as members of the council conferred with their own governments about the language and scope of the sanctions. saturday president obama made his strongest comments to date on the uprising saying in a private phone call to germany's chancellor gadaffi should step down and leave the country. 150 civilians were rescued from the libyan desert. many were oil workers. >> it was just not knowing when we could get out or not was the biggest thing. >> reporter: back in the country they fled libya's embattled government began handing out guns to supporter and sent out armed pa

. >> the united nations security council is calling for an immediate end to the violence. >>> back in the bay area a 94- year-old driver who ran into a pedestrian this afternoon may have been blinded by the sun. san francisco police say that the suv's driver hit and critically injured a woman while turning at anza and park presidio. the driver is okay. police just re-opened park presidio about half hour ago. >>> some other bay area headlines. because there has been so much shoplifting, there might be a permanent police presence at one of san francisco's main shopping centers. cops say they respond to westfield mall several times a day, which is on market street. that strains police resources. so top brass are considering adding a police substation there. westfield does have its own security force, but its job is mostly to monitor areas outside the stores. >>> we have seen as i say the play on words. we have seen pictures of a brain on drugs. now we are getting a look at the effects of cell phone radiation on brain activity. dr. kim mulvihill joining us with details on that. kim. >> re

the national security council was. and the combatant commanders were. >> let me move to one final question on iraq. there's a remarkable, almost throw-away moment in the book. you describe a national security council meeting in october of 2003, where you were told that saddam hussein, according to one report, was paying $60 million for his agents to target the president's daughters and your daughters. what did you think? and what did you do when you heard that? >> of course, the president and his family had secret service protection. my family did not. and it was a somewhat awkward moment in the meeting. the president -- i believe george tenet raised that. >> he said you have to take it seriously. >> he said you have to take it seriously because we had killed saddam hussein's sons. and one ought not to be surprised that that kind of activity was being generated in iraq. there was not much i could do. and i -- my children did not have protection. and -- >> what did you feel? >> concern. but i'm realistic. i mean, i was s

. >>> the united states nations security council meets this morning to discuss libya. nearly the entire delegation it to the u.n. broke ranks with gadhafi calling on him to step down and leave the country. and libya's ambassador to the united states said that the demonstrations should not back down. >> i know it is very difficult, but it they have a very good experience of what happening in egypt and tunisia and they should not compromise. >> he said the reports of warplanes firing on citizens triggered his decision not support the government. >>> here at home, a bus accident in the mountains of east los angeles killed the driver and injured nearly two dozen teenagers. emergency crews had to creep down a 20-foothill side to reach the bus which was on its way home from a church retreat on monday. police say the bus driver just lost control, hit a car, and then plunged down the hillside. last night church members gathered to mourn the driver and pray for the injured children. >>> this morning in chicago, voters go to the polls to elect a new mayor. former white house chi

. >>> this morning, the united nations security council is expected to meet to discuss the crisis in libya. for days, police have been cracking down violently on protestors demanding an end to colonel moammar qaddafi's 40- year rule there. witnesses say there are scores of bodies in the streets of the capital, tripoli. qaddafi appeared on tv today to dispel rumors that he had left the capital. numerous officials have resigned and some air force pilots have defected. libya is africa's largest oil provider and the upheaval there may already be having an impact on gas prices. the price for a barrel of crude just jumped to $105. and the average price per gallon in the bay area just spiked by about 9 cents in a single week. last night, we found a station in pleasanton that was selling regular unleaded for $3 .63 a gallon. and it's affecting the plans of drivers now. >> i actually didn't fill it all the way up. >> so you're filling up just enough to get you to stockton? >> yes. >> pump prices have jumped here almost 20 cents since january, a 63-cent increase over this time last year. >>> t

he came to the meeting of the national security council where we discussed the security situation in northern ireland. we will do what is necessary to make sure the security and police and everything else is properly funded. i have to say i think it's right now that these issues are devolved that there's greater decision-making, greater effort to put money into the front line in northern ireland itself but, of course, we always stand ready to help when necessary. >> thank you it, mr. speaker. the prime minister may well visit the maternity department at fairfield hospital when he was leader of the opposition. last week, despite our pledge to keep it open and despite -- despite the very useful new criteria issued by the department of health, the nhs in the northwest decide to continue with the closure decision which was taken by the party opposite. will my right honorable friend ask for help ways in which we can keep our pledge? thank you. >> i'm very happy to discuss with my right honorable friend the issue that he raises. he knows what we have done is introduced far tougher steps be

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and neither does the united nations security council, which voted this weekend to impose sanctions on libya. >> i can't remember a time in recent memory, when the council has acted so swiftly, so decisively in unanimity, on an urgent matter on international human rights. >> reporter: for the first time, gadhafi's son spoke with christiane amanpour. and said allegations that his father launched air strikes against their own people is wrong. >> show me a single attack. show me a single bomb. show me a single casualty. the libyan air force is on sites. >> reporter: the u.n. says 100,000 libyans have fled the country, trying to escape the violence. in the east, the national libyan council has formed to help cities that have taken control from gadhafi. while hoping in the west, that tripoli will fall, as well. a spokesman for the council says he hopes that will happen in the coming days, if not the coming hours. moammar gadhafi continues to insist he will not leave. and while he stays, oil prices are on the rise. last week, we saw the largest one-week increase in the past two years. rob? >

position of the international community by the way it was expressed as you know by the united nations security council in a joint statement of the security council and now this is about what's happening in libya so my. direct answer to you is that yes we have a very good cooperation. on these matters. but question yes please could you identify yourself for those who don't know you yet. i guess that the folks you're going to interfax will say to the so you are sure you already said something about this but i would like you to ask again but the events in the arab countries how this can affect. what you know what europe's economy you mentioned high oil prices for the global economy what consequences schools vance might have and with. another question that. mr putin will in the. european partners tell you about the third package you said that some solutions may be possible one. those solutions more than even you get you. all right on the negative consequences for the global economy because of what is happening in north africa that's what you're seeing right now about having seen dollars a barrel you're go

. >> alan: the unite ed nations security council voted to stop libyan leader moammar gadhafi's deadly crackdown on protesters by sanctioning him and his five children. the agreed to an arms embargo and a travel ban and asset freeze of gadhafi's family. there are reports that more than thousand people have been killed since protests erupted last week. yesterday, almost 200 americans were evacuated to mall tamp the white house issued a statement in response the violence. when a leader's only means of staying in power is to use mass violence he has lost hemmity mass si to rule and needs to do what is right for his country by leaving now. [chanting] >> alan: in san francisco's u.n. peninsulas sacks hundreds hundreds showed their solidarity. members of the bay area arab communities called for justice and liberation for libya, bahrain, yemen, and called for moammar gadhafi's resignation. >>> the death toll from new zealand's earthquake has been raised to 146. new zealand's prime minister is calling it the country's worst disaster ever. more than 200 people are still missing and rescue crews

he came to the meeting of the national security council at which we discussed the security situation in northern ireland. we will do what is necessary to ensure that security, the police and everything else are properly funded. i think that it is right, now that these issues are devolved, that there is greater decision making and greater efforts to put money into the front line in northern ireland itself, but of course we always stand ready to help where necessary. >> the prime minister might recall visiting the maternity department at fairfield hospital in bury when he was leader of the opposition. last week, despite our pledge to keep it open and despite the very useful new criteria issued by the department of health, the nhs in the north-west decided to continue with the closure decision that was taken by labour. will my right honorable friend discuss with the secretary of state for health the ways in which we can keep our pledge on this matter? >> i am very happy to discuss that issue with my honorable friend and with the secretary of state for health. as he knows, we have introd

united nations security council meets tomorrow to consider actions against gadhafi regime including possiblesanctions. >>> art contest for kids is drawing google into a big continue about privacy. the contest was for kids to design a new doolingt like these for the google home page. company initially asked parents to provide the last 4 digits of their children's social security numbers to prevent cheating. but some critic question whether that search site was over stepping privacy boundaries. google drop the request. >> ruling by the state supreme court has cleared the way for the demolition of oldest home in palo alto after more than a decade of legal battles. adobe house owned by a woman pioneer of 34 women who owned land in california back then. attorney for the property owner says they will likely tear down the abandoned building within a month. >> prince performed his third concert at the oakland arena tonight. no problems that we hear of this evening but at last night show a fan was beaten up after he caught a guitar he threw into the crowd. that's not the end of the stor story. we exp

yesterday the united nations security council passed a resolution putting sanctions on the government and authorizing the criminal court to investigate. as the rebel forces continue to advance toward the capitol some members of congress are urging further action in spelling out what more can be done. >> we could impose and could have imposed a no fly zone. they would have stopped flying, using air power and helicopters to continue these attacks. >> reporter: mccain and liberman called on the united states to recognize a provisional government if formed by the government. > tensions in behrain are rising as protesters demand the king step down. they paralyzed the capitol city. an opposition leader is calling for the overthrow of the king. officials have offered to talk but so far demonstrators have rejected negotiations >> the prime minister of tunsia stepped down today. he expressed hope his leaving signals a new and better era, waves of street protests triggered it he was seen as to close to the former president who fled last month during the first wave of protests. egypt is marking