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Libya / Uprising / US #989695

CNN Evening News for Tuesday, Mar 08, 2011
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Breaking news out of Libya of a new explanation from leader Muammar el-Kadhafi for the cause of the rebellion and the issue of a no-fly zone over Libya reviewed; statement from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton quoted.

(Studio: Anderson Cooper; White House: Ed Henry) The position of the White House on Kadhafi and the possibility a no-fly zone with pressure on the administration to act and what Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Clinton are saying discussed.

(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with author Benjamin Barber, Johns Hopkins University professor Fouad Ajami and national security contributor Fran Townsend about Libya; inset video from Sunday shown. [BARBER - says he supports any effort to overthrow Kadhafi's regime; comments on possible action via the U.N. or NATO, but we usually wind up standing alone and look like imperialists.] [AJAMI - says this is unarmed people facing the armed Kadhafi regime and the US has a moral burden; states the Libyans are asking for air cover and we need to save an embattled population.] [TOWNSEND - outlines the problems with letting this chaos continue; states we don't know who is the opposition.]

Reporter(s):
Cooper, Anderson;
Henry, Ed
Duration:
00:12:10

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