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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Recent discussion held with Crawford about what Kadhafi is doing to his own people; video of people running in the streets with gunfire heard shown. [CRAWFORD - explains how we got into the city, how Kadhafi forces fired on unarmed people and there is a massacre going on there; recounts ambulances and hospitals being fired on.]
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with CNN's Nic Robertson, Ben Wedeman and Arwa Damon about the unrest in Libya; scenes shown of Robertson with gunfire in the background, blood in the street, from inside hospitals. [ROBERTSON - says it is impossible to get details out of Zawiyah, which is surrounded.] [From Benghazi, DAMON - says the rebel leaders in Benghazi want a no-fly zone; states the opposition needs support before the bullets run out.] [WEDEMAN - says the rebel advance is now a thing of the past: it is an uneven fight and there is not a clear command structure; comments on the passion of the fighters and their desire for Libyan leader Muammar el-Kadhafi to go.]
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(Libya: Ben Wedeman) The desperation of the opposition in Ras Lanuf, Libya, reviewed. [LIBYAN - says it's just talk.]
(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with former State Department official Princeton University's Anne-Marie Slaughter, Johns Hopkins University professor Fouad Ajami and retired Navy Adm. John Nathman about a no-fly zone. [NATHMAN - explains the complications of the US establishing a no-fly zone against a Libyan air defense system; indicates it is urban conflict now; explains the effectiveness of the air defense system.] [SLAUGHTER - says the no-fly zone would help some; suggests we have to try or we will be seen as siding with Libyan leader Muammar el-Kadhafi.] [AJAMI - says it is a popular uprising against a tyrant and part of a larger Arab awakening in the region; comments on the burden of moral power for the US.]
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(Studio: Isha Sesay) Attacks in Cairo, Egypt; the announcement by Mohamed ElBaradei he will run for president of Egypt; the passage by the Wisconsin senate of Governor Scott Walker's restrictions on unions for public employees; the court ruling on Jared Loughner, the Tucson, Arizona, shooting; the resignation of NPR CEO Vivian Schiller†† following controversies reported. The selection of Julianne Moore to play former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin in a movie discussed.
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