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Initial operations have been very effective, taken out most of his air defense systems, some of his airfields. yet, there is still, i think, a great deal to be done. >> so they will take out more air fields? >> well see. weve seen some of that. we also struck some of his forces on the ground into the vicinity of benghazi. he was attacking benghazi yesterday. so put a halt to that at least temporarily. and now well look to cut off his logistics lines. he has his forces pretty well stretched from ...

Northern coast. most of the targets related to qaddafis air defenses and airfields. as the sunrises over tripoli in the west and rebel held benghazi in the east we begin with steve in the capital city of tripoli. one of our best and our bravest. steve, describe the situation there about an hour ago when the cruz missiles finally arrived there in tripoli? >> geraldo, we suspect they were cruz missiles. it was definitely, incoming and big and quite loud. three thunderous explosions here in the lib...

And we dont see any indications of any kind of large-scale massacre at this particular point in time. >> lets look at the map here and talk about both the geography and some of the strikes. these are, according to the defense department, where some of the strikes are, obviously tripoli, which is where gadhafi is, in benghazi you dont see any strike points on that particular map. we know from our reporting out of our own folks at the pentagon that b-2 bombers were deployed, dropping some 40 bombs...

Was rescinded and we dont know how it squares with the khadafys announcement that he was going to arm all libyan people to fight the imperial invaders. >> harris: what is it that you are seeing there? i know its targeted and going for airfields and trying to knock out khadafys air capabilities there. have you witnessed any kind of damage? caller: they keep talking about damage and civilians being killed but we have not seen extensive damage. in fact indonesia news team this year and sneak out of...

Then what well do is well move that c.a.p.ing capability, those aircraft over time further to the west. but most of those strikes took out his air defenses and hit his airfields. >> is there more to be done to limit his capacity to either attack planes or to attack rebels? >> some of the engagements yesterday included attacking his forces on the ground in the vicinity of benghazi. clearly the objective will be to attack those forces and ensure that they are unable to continue to attack the innoc...

He was obviously able to watch for some time the military buildup going on in kuwait and elsewhere. he could see everything that was being arranged in front of him and didnt really believe until the last minute it was going to happen. and then it did. i think gadhafi here has a hard imtime imagining what will be coming his way. gadhafi asking himself the question if hell be targeted. more likely coming to the conclusion that it will target his air force on the ground. his radar systems, his airf...

It could open up authorization to attack qaddafis assets and airfields. this action came from the arab league, lebanon, britain and france and picked up steam when the obama administration said they would be willing to go jobed a no-fly zone to potentially authorize airstrikes. the administration hoped for a "swift and meaningful action" today. its not clear if russia or china will support the measure or abstain. the russians have been calling for a cease-fire, but the french foreign minister is...

Shore. if the radiation gets bad enough, are we going to have a situation where we are reluctant to send in our troops on the search and rescue missions? >> i think we are already reluctant. we have 15 ships off share in the u.s. navy fleet. nobody in the world knows more about nuclear power reactors than the u.s. navy. they have a massive capability with the marines included in providing humanitarian assistance which they are doing along with lots of u.s. air lift, the district u.s. army engine...

Last surviving world war i veteran laid to rest today at arlington national cemetery with full military honors, buckles was 110 when he passed away. another big story this morning concerns libya. gadhafi supporters recaptured the last rebel-held towns south of tripoli. secretary of state hillary clinton met yesterday with opposition leaders, the first high-level talks between the obama administration and the leaders. andrea mitchell, host of "andrea mitchell reports", she is traveling with sec...

Earth in order to transfer that energy directly to the water column and, of course, with the shaking reaching the populated areas. >> all right. mr. applegate, we appreciate you. i dont think youre going to go too far. wed like to check back in with you this morning, but thank you. >> sure thing. all the military personnel in japan has been accounted for. our barbara starr live at the pentagon with new information. i know youd been talking about the u.s. mobilizing for this event. what else is...