that we ll be continuing to fly over the skies of libya for another dozen years. that s not the outcome. anne-marie slaughter, we have seen a lot of activity in yemen, people being killed. should we go in there as well, in your opinion. no. it is important to clarify what the mission is. maybe i think it s more clear than paul does. there were two separate missions here which authorized the use of force to protect civilians. we re going the use force under the resolution and increasingly led by other states to protect civilians enough so that they can, in fact, fight their own fight. u.s.le policy using diplomatic and economic means, all of the pressure we can, is in fact to see gadhafi go. but we are not fighting to see him go. in other words we are not going to use force to actually overturn him. we are going to use force to allow the libyans to do that which is consistent with our policy in yemen, bahrain.
and today she s doing sightseeing with the president. they just visited this slum that s been rehabilitated. she got a performance. the president played soccer. girls were there and kicked the ball around. it s part public diplomacy but part fun. the girls are here because it s their spring break. i m sure they re having a good one. the weather looks beautiful. that s nice. more next hour from savannah. thank you. i m joined by msnbc military analyst. we have been getting a scope of this operation odyssey dawn. he said the campaign is limit. this is not about seeing gadhafi go. if it s about establishing a no-fly zone as indicated, has that been done? if so, what do we do next? well, i think he stated
necessary take out elizabeth yaan air libyan air defenses, perhaps we could listen to what he has to say. but to believe he says being truthful, anybody who believes that, you have a bridge in new york up in brooklyn that they ought to put in a bid on. look, many people fwhaboughtt bridge. nobody i don t think believes that gadhafi is observing the cease-fire yet. the question is if he begins to do so and we do enforce the no-fly zone, do the rebels themselves then undertake an offensive to move forward or i see the potential of a standoff where weeks go by and how do you get out of that? talked about the possibility of negotiation. what is the possibility of a negotiated resolution here? where does gadhafi go? what is the outcome that gets him out of libya and turns power over? i think there s no chance of a negotiated solution with him. you can t believe a word he says. i rather imagine although one don t be absolutely confident of
come in hard, don. so, nic, here s a question, are people there, do they have any reaction, have they even heard about what the president said yesterday about gadhafi stepping down and about sending aid and also sending planes? what s their reaction? is it making them feel stronger or are they even aware of it? reporter: there s a mixed reaction. number one, the government says it s a bad idea and gadhafi s not stepping down and the people realize that and this is the government s message as well, that international intervention here, and u.s. intervention in particular, would mean a very high death toll in the country. and there s certainly concern on the part of some of the protesters that international intervention here could turn this into a very bloody conflict. you have a lot of people in this country who would like to see gadhafi go, at the very least, or reform, rather, at the very
cnn is hearing at least one government building is on fire in tripoli and state tv is ransacked. we are monitoring state tv. they are still on the air. human rights told us 233 people have been killed overall in the violence in libya. cnn is going to continue to follow this revolt in the country which until just a few weeks ago, these kinds of scenes were totally unthinkable. the message by libyans here is gadhafi go. we are having a lot of difficulty confirming independently information come out of libya. no media has been granted visas. there has been a crack down on the internet and phones. the images and communications we are getting from people out there using satellite communications appalling. many people in this country too scared to talk. you are watching the latest. this is cnn.