reza, as you said, he got a hero s welcome. the opposition and the forces and rebels are desperate for any sign that the united states will come back in a big way. did senator mccain indicate that he felt he could actually persuade the president to take any of the steps? recognition is the stepsen that people were waiting for. did he say whether we were any closer to getting there? reporter: he said he was going try. we asked if he would press harder. he said i ve been pressing harder. so it is unclear what s going on happen. it s important to remember he s not speaking for the administration. this is an influential congressman, certainly, mr. obama respects him. he s listened to him before, but it s unclear whether he s going heed some of these suggestions. all right, reza. thank you for that. everybody s attention focused on libya day by day. res a we ll be talking to you in the day, head. thanks so much. i m joined by richard haas and outer of war of necessity
tonight, the u.s. footprint in libya looks a whole lot different than it did 48 hours ago. senator john mccain made a visit to benghazi today and met with libyan rebels. he s the highest-ranking u.s. official to set foot in libya since the civil war there began. this on the heels of yesterday s announcement, the u.s. drones would deploy into libya, but mccain says that s not enough to even the playing field between the rebels in moammar gadhafi s forces. what would a deeper involvement look like? cnn international correspondent re reza sayeh joins us from ben gaez. what did he tell you about the military involvement in libya. his mission is for the u.s. to do more. get more involved and that s certainly what the opposition wanted to hear. they were very pleased with his visit. he outlined the plan included in that plan. he said the u.s. should finally recognize the interim government
tonight, the u.s. footprint in libya looks a whole lot different than it did 48 hours ago. senator john mccain made a visit to benghazi today and met with libyan rebels. he s the highest-ranking u.s. official to set foot in libya since the civil war there began. this on the heels of yesterday s announcement, the u.s. drones would deploy into libya, but mccain says that s not enough to even the playing field between the rebels in moammar gadhafi s forces. what would a deeper involvement look like? cnn international correspondent reza sayeh joins us from ben gaez. what did he tell you about the military involvement in libya. his mission is for the u.s. to do more. get more involved and that s certainly what the opposition wanted to hear. they were very pleased with his visit. he outlined the plan included in that plan. he said the u.s. should finally recognize the interim government in the opposition as the
reza, as you said, he got a hero s welcome. the opposition and the forces and rebels are desperate for any sign that the united states will come back in a big way. did senator mccain indicate that he felt he could actually persuade the president to take any of the steps? recognition is the stepsen that people were waiting for. did he say whether we were any closer to getting there? reporter: he said he was going try. we asked if he would press harder. he said i ve been pressing harder. so it is unclear what s going on happen. it s important to remember he s not speaking for the administration. this is an influential congressman, certainly, mr. obama respects him. he s listened to him before, but it s unclear whether he s going heed some of these suggestions. all right, reza. thank you for that. everybody s attention focused on libya day by day. res a we ll be talking to you in the day, head. thanks so much. i m joined by richard haas and outer of war of necessity
deepening involvement in libya signals otherwise. now we re sending in drones. what exactly is our mission there? plus, new polls show americans have a dismal view of how we re doing and where we re headed. what does it mean for the president and more importantly, for your wallets? will cane is joining me tonight for that and the robinhood approach, should the rich be forced to serve the poor? one popular leader wants to make it the law of the land. i ll have more on that as well. but now to tonight s top story. our continuing investigation of donald trump s net worth. last night we delved into this, sworn testimony given by trump in a deposition we managed to get our hands on. it comes from a case brought by trump against tim o brien, author of the book trump nation. tim o brien claims that trump s net worth is only, i say only $150 million to $250 million and that made donald trump angry. one thing is abundantly clear from the case, trump s statement, especially his finan