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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with former Bush national security adviser Stephen Hadley and retired Gen. James "Spider" Marks about arming the Libyan opposition. [HADLEY - outlines what Obama is trying to do to strengthen the opposition; notes someone has to do the hard work on the ground.] [MARKS - says arming must be done, but there must be some degree of training; notes air power is the key ingredient.] [On CBS, OBAMA - says we have a clear sense of who they {opposition} are.] [Secretary of State Hillary CLINTON - says we are getting to know the transitional national council.]
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper; Tripoli: Nic Robertson) The situation in Tripoli with reports of kidnapping off the streets, the presence of government minders, the renewed offensive by Kadhafi's troops, which may be a direct response to President Obama's speech, the whereabouts of Kadhafi's family discussed.
(Studio: Anderson Cooper; Ajdabiya: Arwa Damon) The status of the intense fighting in Ras Lanuf as Kadhafi's forces are regrouping, how much land the rebels lost in retreating today and the issue of street-to-street combat that could be civilians-against-civilians discussed; inset video from Misrata shown.
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Earlier interview with a Libyan man from Tripoli about Eman. [Voice of MAN - says she is a hero for overcoming fear.]
(Studio: Anderson Cooper; Benghazi: Reza Sayah) What was learned about the woman, Eman, from interviewing the family, who made extreme statements against Kadhafi, the significance of the defiant message from the family defending Eman's honor discussed.
(Studio: Anderson Cooper; Tripoli: Nic Robertson) What the Libyan government is not saying about Eman's whereabouts, the significance of her story to the uprising, how the government is trying to control the narrative of what is happening here discussed.
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(Studio: Tom Foreman) The developments in the fight inside the nuclear plant, the reports on radiation levels reviewed; diagrams shown of the threatened reactors where there may be a partial meltdown with the sprayed-in water now contaminated.
(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with CNN's Sanjay Gupta and former nuclear power plant operator Michael Friedlander about the nuclear crisis in Japan. [GUPTA - downplays concerns about low levels of radiation being found in the US; comments on the working conditions at the reactors.] [Voice of FRIEDLANDER - worries the company is unable to stay ahead of developments at the reactors; explains how contaminated water is normally handled; states the global community has to support the plant workers and the US military has supplies available.]
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(Studio: Isha Sesay) New turmoil in Syria with the government resigning and a pro-government rally in Damascus; an attack on a government business in Tikrit, Iraq, in which a CNN freelance journalist was killed; the Education Department's fining of Virginia Tech for waiting too long during the 2007 shooting rampage on campus; the lawsuit by the parents of John Carmicheal, who committed suicide a year ago after bullying in school; the drop in home prices and home sales and the return of the SeaWorld orca who killed a trainer a year ago reported.
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