destruction of houses destruction of infrastructure his other cities where people are living with sibelius are still living today despite the war are they still livable but this again as i told you we have no international presence and we have to be very mindful of the national staff of the united nations organizations in in libya we should not put them on harm's way and i think that is . very consciously made decision there are some reports about the damage that was made to some of my houses and buildings in the towns where. active warfare took place and you know when active military conflict takes place between the rebels and the government it's always something that makes an impact on civilian population and this is what happened to reduce so that civilian population will have access to protection and to ford and trails and other services that have to be provided to the population anyway. the original flash appeal for the libyan crisis which requested more than one hundred sixty million dollars is sixty two point four percent funded so far how soon will it be funded completely and who a

also saying what we wanted was sibelius protection and no more not more civilian deaths we know that it is really crucial for some. i was happier but i know what i'm afraid looking after rather. i'm afraid because after rapid there we've simply one other time but it's always good to get your take on what's happening in washington and we will be back to you of course throughout the course of the day as well here on earth are you going to carry a correspondent in washington. well coalition forces stress the mission in libya is strictly humanitarian and claud money came from the european strategic intelligence and security center believes that's what they should limit the operation. we have to focus on one thing the operation and. the question of what will happen in libya after all this is clearly the problem of the league and it's a problem of the nation i consideration it's a problem of the leadership the leadership of the been busy concealer i tell you we don't know what is diluted political leadership of the been busy concede it's extremely costly will cost the gates a treadle count

he did ask kathleen civilians, the secretary of hhs -- kathleen sibelius, the secretary of the hhs, to come up with solutions that are acceptable for the governors and the administration. host: you wrote that republican and democratic governors are equally exercised about rising medicaid costs but are divided over how washington should respond to them. break it down for us. how do the republican governors want to deal with inverses the democratic governors? guest: republicans have gone back to an idea that has been around since the 1990's. they want to convert the medicaid to block grants. they want to get funding from the federal government on a quarterly basis and matches your percentage, on average about 57%, coming from the federal government. republicans want to get that in the block grant which would give them more control over who gets to sign up for medicaid and what services are offered. right now have to follow in lot of rules from the federal government. none of the 22 democratic governors have asked for a block grant. they want wiggle room within the rules to help control c

secretary sibelius, i said, yes, sir.our problem in this whole debate on medicare cuts -- >> that does not include $500 billion -- there is an issue on the budget because your own actuary has said -- you cannot double count. they are attacking medicare on the cr when their bill, your law, at $500 billion in medicare. use the same money for what? state you are funding health care? your own actuary say is you cannot do both. my simple question, i have 26 seconds left, what is the $500 billion cuts for, preserving medicare or funding health care? which is it? >> sire, the affordable care act has 12 years in the medicare trust fund, and a $500 billion represents a slowdown in the growth rate of medicare over 10 years from what was projected at 8% -- >> so is that medicare, or is it a fund for health care reform? which one? >> both. >> so you are double counting. i yield back my time. >> thank you madam secretary for being here. i want to start by reacting to some of the other comments that were made. it was doctor burgess who