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Slated to meet with dr. jibril at the white house today. it is possible the president would drop in on that, the issues there clearly what is going on with gadhafi. have you been told at all about the reports out of tripoli that gadhafi, something may have happened to him? what is the latest coming from there? reporter: it is interesting you put it that way. jay carney was very careful in the gaggle, this is an off camera press briefing about an hour ago, on how he answered that question. he just said, well, you know, from all we don t have any reports to the contrary, to the contrary of the idea that he is still alive. they clearly are themselves in a gathering of information mode. and jibril s issues are he wants recognition, he wants the assets unfrozen so that they can better arm themselves. i was told from administration officials that they still think that gadhafi has considerable firepower, that even though the rebels have had some victories, the airport having been won, t ....
Senate foreign relations chairman john kerry coming to troubleshoot this weekend. he has been able to contain the damage in the past, but he s got a very big mission right now. reporter: yeah, he does have a difficult mission. he s viewed in this country very favorably as a sympathetic figure to the pakistani people. he was here late last year after the devastating floods. he was here again earlier this year to try to help the cia security contractor ray davis to try to soothe over some of the ruffled feathers in this country and he ll be back here again now to try to smooth over what are much more significantly ruffled fath feathers this time around. peter alexander, thank you very much. chuck todd is nbc new white house correspondent, co-host of the daily rundown. chuck, a lot of foreign policy challenges now. the president is going to be meeting with the opposition leader, the libyan opposition leader, dr. jibril. i should not say the president, excuse me, tom donilon, the n ....
Today and in the days preceding it. and grateful for everyone who participated in the conference and in the broader effort in libya. i think we are making a lot of progress together and we could not do it unless we were representing the brother-in-law community as we are. so with that, i d be happy to take your questions. our first question is from andy quinn of reuters. madam secretary. in your meeting today with dr. djibril, i was wondering, were you able to make any concrete offers of assistance to them, either from turning over the $33 million from the libyan funds that have been frozen in the united states, or in discussing possible arms transfers, and told the senate today that the intelligence shows flickers, he called it, flickers of al qaeda in the libyan opposition. how great of concern is that and is that part of the u.s. debate over any particular arms transfers to the transitional council? ....