rain across california in the next couple days. couple more feet of snow in the sierra nevadas but winter storms advisories for the central plains. winter storm warnings in kansas. big storm brewing, colorado through nebraska, iowa, chicago and wisconsin tuesday, wednesday dealing with big storm so winter is still here for some. shannon: thank you for keeping us up to date. shuttle discovery s crew will undock from the international space station for the last time. the crew spent more than a week at the space station installing storage compartments and delivering a humanoid robot. the discoverly will be retired and sent to a museum. the power struggle between muammar qaddafi and rebel groups is heating up in libya. utah passed a antiillegal
it on the hill that said it would have to start with an attack where we take out libya air defenses. is that something we should be considering at this point? i know that the concept of the no fly zone is something that seems to track because it would protect people of libya and our strategic u.s. interest. but we are talking about sustained military effort to enforce this. this is not something that you write out the regulation and then gaddafi says oh, okay, i just won t fly the plane. who is going to help us in enforcing this? there are so many factors, we re stretched thin with iraq and afghanistan all around the world. now we enabled the crisis situation to take place. why? well, previous administrations took libya off the state sponsor of terrorism list. that was a mistake. because gaddafi, like a tiger, he doesn t change his
the other. so in that respect, i believe that there is only one person that is responsible ultimately for our foreign policy. that is the president. i think he has been measured in how he has responded. the same thing applied then to iranian uprising that applies today to the libyan uprising. we can t afford another front or war without assistance of nato, the united nations. maybe other responsible countries in the region. shannon: do you think it s time for us to call on them to partner with us in something, whether it s libya or elsewhere? i m sure that we re doing that. as secretary gates said, you know, it is easy for people to call for implementation of
folks wanted to get in and save the documents. the turmoil in libya sent the price of oil to the highest level in 2 1/2 years because of fears. the obama administration is considering tapping into the u.s. strategic oil reserve to ease the crunch. bill daily tells nbc it s one option being considered. u.s. crude rose $2.51 on friday. sales of major retailers increased last month but higher gas prices could put a damper on sales. the average cost of a gallon of gas is $3.48, up 14 cents from last week. we asked you, do you think the economy is improving? brenda buttner is back to read your responses. mention gas and you get plenty of fuel for debate. you flooded our emails and my
get his perspective on what is happening in the middle east and what extent we should or shouldn t get involved. thank you for joining us today. we appreciate your time. glad to be with you, shannon. what do you make of the situation in libya and that there are lawmakers on capitol hill, floating the idea of us getting involved with a no-fly zone? i agree with chairwoman that we can t, we can no longer afford to be the world s policeman. we need to wait and get the support of either nato or the united states to be able to support the, whatever you want to call them. the rebels, the people of libya. like all dictators, gaddafi is certainly trying to hang on to power. we have to be very measured in how we are going to move forward, if we are going to move forward. we can do it alone but at a