where we can use our diplomacy. diplomacy needs to be backed by something. what we have with the trump administration is a tariff-based diplomacy. in the middle east we ve seen the limits of that. the no-fly zone idea, perhaps vice president pence and secretary of state pompeo will have that in their arsenal. thank you, you appreciate your expertise, appreciate it. coming up, the journey of gordon sondland. how the businessman turned trump supporter turned diplomat has emerged as a key witness in the impeachment inquiry. it s democratic debate night in ohio. how will joe biden respond to the president s attacks on his and his family? and oh, yeah, hunter biden spoke this week. we ll talk with a top campaign staffer. mpaign staffer.
the development in libya and it was a big development this week when france decided to recognize the transitional government and the opposition of libya as the government. yes, and france is distancing itself from the united states and germany, and the uk and france on one hand and the united states and germany on the other. they are more enthusiastic about the no-fly zone idea, and the united states is a lot cooler on it, so it is going to be interesting to see how much violence and bloodshed it will take potentially for all of the countries to get together within a nato framework and with u.n. backing to do something militarily in libya. i want to introduce the viewers in the united states and around the world, i m ali velshi with hala gorani with this historic disaster. we are still on the lookout for high waves on the west coast where the beaches have been closed all night, and within the past few hours, six or seven-foot waves hit hawaii, but no reports of injury or serious
the ground and stop it from attacking its own people. mike emanuel, live from the white house, what s the latest on this no fly zone idea? it s interesting, we ve heard the president talk about humanitarian concerns about libya, we heard him condemn the violence, taking about what nato is considering. here s the president: in the meantime, we ve got nato, as we speak, consulting in brussels around a wide range of potential options, including potential military options. in response to the violence that continues to take place inside of libya. reporter: yesterday his chief of staff saying people talk about a no fly zone. it s not a video game. and secretary of defense gates has been outspoken in terms of being against the idea because of the tremendous commitment of military resores and putting american lives at risk so it is quite a dilemma at the white house and we ject jay carney, the white house secretary, to get questions on this when he briefs us.
them into position in large part to let moammar gadhafi know that the u.s. and u.s. military and its allies are watching very closely, and prepared, if necessary, absolutely necessary, to take the kind of action it might take to prevent the killing of civilian in libya. more importantly, you heard secretary of state clinton and the u.s. ambassador to the u.n., susan rice, say this morning, they stepped back a little bit from the no-fly zone idea and said that one of those ships, the kearsarge, a helicopter carrier in the red, sea, likely to head into the mediterranean in the next day or so would be used for humanitarian services to deliver supplies, water, food, medical aid, as opposed to any actual military operation. mik, thank you so much. jim miklaszewski live from the