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(Zawiyah: Nic Robertson) The fighting in Zawiyah shown. The situation now in Zawiyah where the army seems to have the upper hand and how it appears the army is holding back discussed; inset video from Misrata shown.
(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with "New York Times" reporter David Kirkpatrick about the fighting; gunfire heard. [KIRKPATRICK - says the source of the gunfire is unknown, that the real battle is in Sirt, how the army is working in Zawiyah.]
(Studio: Anderson Cooper; Benghazi: Arwa Damon) The need for an international no-fly zone and targeted air strikes to allow the civilian rebels to move forward, the extent of the military organization of the rebels and their will to win discussed. [President OBAMA - comments on Libya.]
(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Kirkpatrick's "New York Times" article mentioned.
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with Johns Hopkins University professor Fouad Ajami about Libya. [AJAMI - outlines what the Libyans want in this war of attrition; quotes a Libyan blogger: we are nearly there; suggests this is the moment of reckoning for President Obama's administration; reviews the US missions of rescue in the region.]
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) The message to Libya from President Obama noted. [OBAMA - says we will stand with the Libyan people in the face of violence.]
(Studio: Anderson Cooper; Washington: Jill Dougherty) How the administration is considering options: humanitarian, arms embargo, a no-fly zone, arming the rebels and ground troops discussed.
(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with FrumForum.com David Frum and CNN's David Gergen about the US and Libya. [FRUM - outlines the realities of what would happen if Libyan leader Muammar el-Kadhafi survives; suggests arms are already flowing to the opposition; notes why the no-fly zone is a bigger threat.] [GERGEN - says Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have said Kadhafi must go, so the US cannot retreat, but will have to act; compares the situation in Libya to that in the Balkans under President Bill Clinton.]
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with Johns Hopkins University professor Fouad Ajami and American University in Cairo president Lisa Anderson about Egypt. [AJAMI - shows a newspaper headline about the storming of the state security building that shows another easy side of the Mubarak regime; notes the problems for Egypt after 60 years of military autocracy.] [From Cairo, voice of ANDERSON - says the people are getting down to the job of a new government in Egypt; explains the mission of the million woman march tomorrow: representation and equality; notes this is not a hostile generational transition.]
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(Studio: Isha Sesay) The apology from Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai for the deaths of Afghan boys in a US-led attack; the announcement from President Obama that military commission trials will resume at Guantanamo Bay to prosecute terrorists; the drop in the stock market; the firing of actor Charlie Sheen from "Two and a Half Men" reported; Sheen's statement to TMZ quoted. The Sheen story discussed; scenes shown of Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans with Anderson Cooper there with Kelly Ripa. Anderson's hitting of the millionth follower on Twitter noted.
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