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To escalate in these other nations, could the u.s. intervene in even more countries? lets talk about it with elise jordan, former speech writer and former adviser to u.s. secretary of state condoleezza rice. if we intervened in libya because mommar qaddafi was hurting his own people, why not sir dwra? -- why not syria? >> we havent defined why this is in the strategic interest in of the -- strategic interest of the united states. this is more of an issue for their regional security in terms of a...

Think our country is setting amongst these other countries as well like bahrain, like saudi arabia, for example? >> i do believe libya is different. this is a man who has -- a man who has been responsible for blowing up jetliners, who has demonstrated an appetite for militarily confronting the united states and the west, and the scale of the potential -- >> jenna: ambassador, i dont mean to interrupt you here but based on what you just said, based on the fact that we do know that about him, then...

Military action in northern africa. already the president faces new political pressures here at home over the american objective in libya. lets talk about it with bret baier, anchor of "special report". bret, youve heard it, the president is getting heat from the left and right on this intervention in libya. >> reporter: thats right, jon. i mean, there are lawmakers now speaking out about that congress needed to be better informed from the beginning, that from the left, that this is not the righ...

Jon: fox news alert breaking news out of colorado a dangerous wildfire burning more than 500 acres in the foothills west of golden, on the west side of denver. it is threatening to spread right now. fire warnings posted as very strong and gusty spring winds kick up these flames. well have more on this colorado wildfire in the next hour of "happening now." take a look as well at how weather conditions will affect the battle to try to get it put out. >> we will continue to support the coalition, b...

Set to try the cases are selling faction. how they believe the obama administration may be working to keep these cases out of gitmo. all new, all live "happening now." and good morning to you im jon scott. jenna: im jenna lee. were so glad you are with us. we are here in the fox newsroom. happening right now we have a fox news alert out of libya. the u.s. navy releasing grand new video of the punishing nighttime assaults on qaddafi forces. they are using b.-2 stealth bombers, jet fighters and to...

Preemptively in self-defense. why not syria, bahrain, yemen. stphaot argument that susan rice and others were making to the president apparently is that you could have another rwanda genocide on your hands in libya if you dont do something. >> that is absolutely right. youre right to point that out. they were concerned what the world would see is genocide on a mass scale of all the tribes that were against qaddhafi and all the rebels and their families, but it does set up a precedent. now im not...

What the outcome is. the only favorable outcome now is qaddhafi gone, jon. jon: he bombed a german disco tech that killed a couple of service member. in punishment for that ronald reagan went after qaddhafi, bombed his tent compound, almost got qaddhafi that day ended up killing his daughter ace recall. this is a man who has dug himself in, clearly has bunkers and so forth all over libya. he has pillars of support in that country despite the bombardment that he has endured over the last couple o...

>> this president should advice us. i think he will notify us, that gives us the opportunity to review what hes done. like lindsey if there is a proposal coming before the congress then i would have no difficulty in supporting the actions to date. >> reporter: senator reid was talking about republican lindsey graham of south carolina who said he didnt think the president would consult congress or would need to to keep the no-fly zone. then came word from john boehner and he made it very clear th...

Forces. if there is any person that is going to result in qaddhafis demise right now it looks as if its going to be qaddhafi himself. jon: do you think his own people will take him out essentially. >> reporter: god i hope so. i think the rest of the world is holding their breath. hes been in power 41 years, hes been able to survive six attempts at his own live, some by his own peep. hes bunk erring down and resolving to fight. im not sure we have a real handle on the internal workings inside of ...

Need to work through outside of libya and japan now. jenna: 138 billion. >> 138 billion gallons her year. jep jen do you have any of those in your back yard? >> no! i priced in my next years heating oil supply now, if you could. jenna: we just got out of winter! >> its a lot of money. jenna: eric bolling "follow the money", thanks. as always. jon. jon: a wildfire, raging in the colorado foothills, just west of denver right now. firefighters are working to prevent flames from spreading to nearby ...