and we had a group that's come together, the t.n.c., which has really performed pretty well, qaddafi's losing territory. there's squeeze on. there's an embargo. >> rose: how long can he survive? >> i don't know the answer to that. >> rose: is it a stalemate? >> i don't think it's a stalemate because i think he ntinues to lose ground and be pressured and he has smaller and smaller parts of the country he controls. >> rose: it's inevitable he will be gone? >> i think so. >> rose: okay. you went to saudi arabia. the president sent you there. i assume with a letter for the king. >> yes. >> rose: where does that relationship stand? >> we discussed earlier there was a tremendous amoun of change and tumult that erupted in the middle east after the eventsn tunisia in january of this year and it led to the downfall of president mubarak who had been a a fixture in the middle east. >> rose: his military was close to our military. >> that military-to-military relationship i think was critical. we... a lot of engagement with them about their protecting the statemen about their not engaging in viole

council as the country's government until an interim authority isn't ways united states will recognize the t.n.c. as the legitimate governing authority for libya and we will deal with it on that basis in contrast the united states used to take up the regime as no longer having with authority in libya more than thirty nations for would suit now with diplomatic recognition the u.s. will officially be able to fund these don't position it can use some of the thirty billion used dollars of the regime assets frozen in american banks russia has condemned in their open decision to explore those behind the recognition are fully siding with one political force in the libyan civil war this again just means that those who took this decision are pursuing a policy of isolation in this case they actually should have triple the storage of . russia ain't going to build tripoli and benghazi urging both sides to get to run the negotiation table meanwhile we need a secretary general pulled in the line says numbers to certainly aircraft to deliver strikes from libyan targets so far two months of need involvement hav

foreign minister and i discussed at length and compared notes today on our respective diplomacy with the t.n.c. we very much appreciate the diplomatic work that russia is doing through its special envoy. we are still getting contradictory signals from colonel gadhafi scamp he has yet to meet the red lines that are set by the international community to cease violence against his people withdraw his forces and step down from power. so although neither of us can predict to you the exact day or hour that qaddafi will leave power. we do understand and agree that his days are numbered we will continue to work closely with our international partners including russia to increase the pressure on him and his regime and we will keep looking for a way to achieve a cease fire. there and the military action give the libyan people a chance to plot their own way forward and i think both sergey and i believe that the united nations needs to be in the lead and needs to be helping to organize the international community so that we are ready when that does finally happen. and i would like to add that. for sure th

. >> until an interim authority is in place, the united states will recognize the t.n.c. as the legitimate governing authority for libya and we will deal with it on that basis. in contrast, the united states views the qaddafi regime as no longer having legitimate authority in libya. >> sreenivasan: the libyan uprising began in february. the battle has since hit a stalemate, with qaddafi controlling the capital tripoli and much of western libya. the rebels control the east, with nato enforcing a no-fly zone and hitting government targets. on wall street, stocks managed a late-day rally, after a rough week. the dow jones industrial average gained more than 42 points to close above 12,479. the nasdaq rose 27 points to close above 2,789. for the week, the dow lost more than 1%. the nasdaq fell more than 2%. after a four-year flight, nasa is ady for a rendezvous with the giant asteroid vesta. the unmanned "dawn" spacecraft has flown 1.7 billion miles, and if all goes well, it will enter orbit around the asteroid tonight. it is expected to search for clues about the solar system

national council as the country's government until an interim authority is in place the united states will recognize that t.n.c. as the legitimate governing authority for libya and we will deal with it on that basis in contrast the united states used to conduct the regime as no longer having with authority in libya more than thirty nations for would suit now with diplomatic recognition the u.s. will officially be able to fund it in gaza based opposition it can use some of the said to be un use dollars of could darfur regime assets frozen and american banks russia has condemned them merican decision to all of those behind the recognition are fully siding with one political force in the libyan civil war on this again means that those who took this decision are pursuing a policy of isolation but in this case that solution of trouble is not only to go. russia maintains a concept called tripoli and gardley site to get to run the negotiation table meanwhile neither secretary general pulled in the alliances numbers certainly aircraft to do this straight some libyan targets so far who months of meaningful demand have

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>> there are talks that the t.n.c. saying that gaddafi might be able to stay in libya. does the u.s. seek any position on that? >> from our perspective, first things first. we need to know that this guy is ready to end the violence and pull back his forces and step down from power. that's what we are focus odd at the moment. >> what's the opinion of the state department on the russian s' attempt to have some type of negotiations incheweding the chest talks? >> again, the talks need to lead to the result that we have been seeking that libyans are seeking, an end to the violence, pullback of his forces and a recognition by gaddafi that it is time for him to step down from power and to go. we are watching all of these efforts and waiting for some of these efforts to succeed and get the message to him. >> you support the russians trying to do this? >> we are interested in getting to the results of gaddafi understanding that he needs to step down from power. to the degree to which the russians are sending the same message today that we are sending, we are supportive of that >