ties with al qaeda. the lifg said we do not agree with bin laden s vision of the world and ultimately they split completely. we worry about gadhafi and the threat of terrorism but i think from the short to mid term here there is no al qaeda threat. the longer term issue, ed, is if there is ongoing instability in the region and in libya in particular will that instability create an opportunity for al qaeda elements to infiltrate in. we re nowhere near there yet. gadhafi says these rebels are puppets for al qaeda. who are these rebels? are they just libyan nationals that want freedom? well, from everything we ve seen so far i think the answer there is yes. they are people. they are very secular in nature, ed. this is not an islamist movement. we ve seen nothing about any type of radical ideology that s been put forth by the rebels so it is truly secular and what they re looking for is the overthrow of a government creating a representational government. i think the challenge we have
wolf, before i hear from you, this is the jerusalem post with a very impressive picture of you with the secretary of state. it s made a big noise over here, your interview. she was in a very forthcoming mood and quite revealing about a number of issues. let s start with what she said about libya in particular. on libya the secretary said the united states is basically not going to take any military action by itself. the united nations security council she says will have to ask. she said, look, there s a lot of problems potentially in libya and insisted gadhafi will not win when all is said and done even though all the indications are he s moving very quickly right now against the opposition, but she pointed out that, look, there are a lot of problems around the world. listen to this. i get up every day and i look at reports from around the world. we have violence in cote d ivoire and in the democratic republic of the congo and
you have your life with another. huh. but when you bundle them all together with nationwide insurance. . they all work together perfectly and you could save 25%. wow. it s all in the wrists. nationwide is on your side today secretary of state hillary clinton made a surprise visit to tahrir square in cairo, site of the egyptian revolution. wolf blitzer has been traveling with her and joins me now. wolf, before i hear from you, this is the jerusalem post with a very impressive picture of you with the secretary of state. it s made a big noise over here, your interview. she was in a very forthcoming mood and quite revealing about a number of issues. let s start with what she said about libya in particular. on libya the secretary said the united states is basically
predator drones in any number of areas to whack all kinds of bad guys, leaders or no leaders. i m not recommending this. but leaders are a different order. i mean, there is an executive order about that. right. but do you think that is actually a covert policy that might be under way? i don t. what i think may be under way given the fact that there don t seem to be borders any more in this country and journalists can get in and all kinds of other people can get in to help organize. we have to be very careful. american fingerprints, with this kind of sensitivity to colonial and foreign intervention, libya in particular, carry a price. right now we have not seen anti-american activities. certainly our own richard engel or other people on the ground have not seen any evidence of that. they ve been welcomed by most of the rebels not to say there aren t some bad actors mixed in, easily mixed in. but this could easily turn. it could. we didn t see it in tunisia and
discovered they will make their way to the pump. i think this summer you will see $4 again. we haven t seen that in two years. but i think $4 a gallon at pimp is inevitable. megyn: what toss it do the consumers in america. reporter: it crushes the consumers. it costs consumessers billions of dollars. you take it from the consumers ability to spend on tv or food or anything. then you ship it overseas to countries saying great we ll take your oil money, no problem. megyn: libya in particular appears to have shot the market up. reporter: libya is an opec member, very important producer in the world oil markets. supply and demand 83 million barrels a day. libya accounts for $1.8 million