p.j. crowley for pointing out the obvious the both we do leaks and the new york times perform the exact same function of leaking classified information to the american people the same function function that newspapers and journalists have been playing for years. now it's the latest battle to consume capitol hill the battle over the budget and a potential government shutdown a shutdown that would not only close down the government here in washington d.c. but also leave those waiting for passports social security checks and medicare benefits out in the cold so have d.c. politicians forgotten about what the actual effects of the shutdown would be on the american people all favor of talking and flavor of lofty talking points and what do the american people the american taxpayers feel about this looming shutdown producer lindsey garfield took to the streets of d.c. to find out. there's been a lot of talk over the past couple weeks about a looming government shutdown of congress can't agree on a budget bill simply stop operating but are people on the street really worried about this let's find out

p.j. crowley as the example he was forced to resign directly after he made his comments and peter querulous the very same cation when he when he finally did resign he made some comments that have become very prescient he said that in this current world we live in an information travels the globe quickly and people in other countries see what we're doing and the chinese come out a couple weeks later with this report that includes point of the treatment of bradley manning as evidence of human us human rights violations and this is not only embarrassing to president obama it's embarrassing the united states obviously we don't mean we say we talk about the markets in freedom and justice our constitution does not mean what it says when we when we're protected from clinical punishment when we're not punished more for trial obama and this this administration is showing the united states to be essentially a hypocrite and p.j. crowley predicted it and that's one reason he left he knew this would undermine our image in the world and we have to think about this in light of so many other things and one

p.j. crowley critical and that's one reason he left he knew this would undermine our image in the world and if you think about this in light of so many other things that one grab scandal torture going on while it widespread war reports from the from the red cross on torture in afghanistan reports recently there have been not couple united states of four thousand pictures of u.s. soldiers posing with afghan civilians have been killed this is really embarrassing and american people don't know the worst of it as a mission there four thousand those four dozen pictures are barely been discussed in the u.s. media and yet the rest of the world knows very well about the afghanis know very well about it so this is quite embarrassing knows that it's not their president obama you know puts his actions were where it was he campaigned saying he was in favor the rule of law he was in favor of transparency in his administration be different from president bush and so far it's different it's worse. of course that new scandal they were talking about with the afghanistan kills they have something we have cov

p.j. crowley his job, but the pentagon's top lawyer acknowledged quantico was no longer suitable for a person not yet convicted of a crime. >> i won't say that his conditions at quantico had nothing to do with this. >> reporter: since july, manning has been held at quantico under maximum security conditions. alone in his cell for 23 hours a day with one hour of exercise, at times forced to sleep naked on the grounds that he might try to kill himself. the army prison at fort leavenworth is the a new medium- security facility where he would be subjected to less severe restrictions. but that will not change the fact manning is facing charges that could send him to prison for life. david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. >> couric: now to what could be a major development in libya. britain said today it's sending 20 military advisors to train the rebels there is, but some members of parliament say they fear the country will get dragged deeper into libya's civil war. british warplanes continue to strike qaddafi's forces. new videos shows them taking out communication facilities near surt. in syria t

p.j. crowley thank you know we accidently pushed the wrong button on the fax machine when we were going to let you know russia know about this what about i mean do you think that there's anything that needs to be of concern between u.s. and russia relations as a result of this case well let's put this in context we have the rest of you are ashamed of the egress the victor boot and the rolling up of these unregistered russian government employees in the united states it looks like somebody in the in the bowels of the justice department and also maybe in the court system because the southern district of new york is notorious it's one of the places that the cia lycee used to hold kangaroo courts and addition the u.s. is record washington d.c. in the u.s. this records from virginia there the price cia courts to try these cases and i think we have to look at the impartiality and i don't think the impartiality is there all right investigative journalist wayne madsen joining us here thanks as always. well america's push for democracy in the arab world could see events spiral out of control as a r

p.j. crowley. a new snapshot of the economy, what the latest unemployment numbers really mean when it comes to housing, shopping, or your chances of finding a job. our top notch panel takes a look behind the numbers. it's spring, it's april, but you can't tell it in much of the country where folks are coping with frigid temperatures and even heavy no. the latest from our severe weather center. it's all new, all live and it's "happening now." jenna: high noon here on the east coast. we have this headline for you a peace offer in libya as opposition forces dig in for heavy fighting. it seems a little counter intuitive. we are fighting and a peace offer. we'll see how it breaks down. i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott. the front lines shift across the sands of libya. jenna: the front lines have really been tough to follow. rebels in the east going for a counter attack moving rockets and heavy equipment toward brega, a key oil town. the opposition offers conditions for a cease-fire. rebels say they will

p.j. crowley, misspeak when he said it's very simple, the u.s. security council resolution passed on libya in that resolution there is an arms embargo that affects libya which means it's a violation for any country to provide arms to anyone in libya? >> that was true of resolution 1970. but it is not true of resolution 1973. the embargo and resolution 1973 apply only to gadhafi and the government. >> so it would be perfectly legitimate and acceptable under the resolution, in effect, today for the united states to -- and our allies to supply arms assistance to the libyan opposition? >> yes, sir, that is permitted by the resolution. >> thank you, sir. and gentlemen, thank you for your service. i know you're tired, and i know you're focused on this, and i appreciate it. >> thank you, senator wicker. senator webb. >> thank you, mr. chairman. gentlemen, i have great respect for both of you and for the way you have handled this military situation in this dilemma for the past several weeks. i appreciate all that you've had to do today in your earlier te

p.j. crowley, misspeak when he said it's very simple, the u.s. security council resolution passed on libya in that resolution there is an arms embargo that affects libya which means it's a violation for any country to provide arms to anyone in libya? >> that was true of resolution 1970. but it is not true of resolution 1973. the embargo and resolution 1973 apply only to gadhafi and the government. >> so it would be perfectly legitimate and acceptable under the resolution, in effect, today for the united states to -- and our allies to supply arms assistance to the libyan opposition? >> yes, sir, that is permitted by the resolution. >> thank you, sir. and gentlemen, thank you for your service. i know you're tired, and i know you're focused on this, and i appreciate it. >> thank you, senator wicker. senator webb. >> thank you, mr. chairman. gentlemen, i have great respect for both of you and for the way you have handled this military situation in this dilemma for the past several weeks. i appreciate all that you've had to do today in your earlier te

p.j. crowley, misspeak when he said it's very simple, the u.s. security council resolution passed on libya in that resolution there is an arms embargo that affects libya which means it's a violation for any country to provide arms to anyone in libya? >> that was true of resolution 1970. but it is not true of resolution 1973. the embargo and resolution 1973 apply only to gadhafi and the government. >> so it would be perfectly legitimate and acceptable under the resolution, in effect, today for the united states to -- and our allies to supply arms assistance to the libyan opposition? >> yes, sir, that is permitted by the resolution. >> thank you, sir. and gentlemen, thank you for your service. i know you're tired, and i know you're focused on this, and i appreciate it. >> thank you, senator wicker. senator webb. >> thank you, mr. chairman. gentlemen, i have great respect for both of you and for the way you have handled this military situation in this dilemma for the past several weeks. i appreciate all that you've had to do today in your earlier te

p.j. crowley, made a statement that governments in the region have to respond to and accommodate sentimentses the people including saudi arabia. i mean, a gray gratuitous addendum as the saudis saw it. i don't think the saudis believed that the united states could saved mubarak presidency. i mean, what did they want us to do anymore than we could have saved the shaw, but there is a sense that we contributed to the humiliation and the or should we say the unseenly haste of which we jetsonned somebody to be viewed as a good guy for a long time. you add up all these things on top of very lingering, but deep rooted sentiments that we, the united states, basically delivered iraq to the iranians, and people are pretty disenchapterred; right -- dis enchanted; right? that's not to say there's a permanent or sustained breach in the relationship. neither country wants it. neither country can afford it. we've been in bad situations in the past. the arms deal with go ahead and it will blow over. >> yes, please, go ahead. >> i wanted to ask the panel about that hack exappreciation scratch a shia muslim an