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Controller and the ntsb will be investigating as well as the faa. what the controller did at the radar facility was located in a remote location that controls all the traffic in the washington, d.c. area, until it lined up another runway and they go over to the tower frequency is this is controller there, just as we heard, instructed him to land at a different or uncontrolled airport and i would point out, u.s. airlines operate in one or two uncontrolled airports routinely. heather: lets be more...

The u.s. has an existing command structure. we did cruise missile strikes and stealth bombers and using intelligence assets. we wrapped around that the french and british with their own systems. each of these countries has its own national command center. and then they were operating through a u.s. command structure and then nato is behind that and nato could pull all of this together. then theres a desire to bring in nonnato member states like qatar and hopefully the emirates and so the questio...

Libya in the last 18 or so hours. these were actually first launched operationally during operation desert storm. a total of 159 tomahawks have been fired into libya by the u.s. since the operation began on saturday. the missiles are being fired from american navy ships in the mediterranean, that includes this one here, the "uss barry" one of two guided missile destroyers there. the u.s. also had three submarines in the mediterranean firing cruise missiles. this has more than 346,000 officers on...

In misrata, libya, they say people are still being slaughtered in spite of the military air strikes. this is youtube video and claims to show an attack on civilians by gadhafi supporters. the blast tosses the camera. cnn cannot confirm who was responsible for this attack. here is an interesting visual we want to share with you. these are satellite images of a libyan city outside of tripoli zawiyah. on the right one month later, that building is simply gone. the intelligence source who provided...

Missile destroyers there. here is a look at it, about 500 feet long, 346,000 officers on board, the u.s. also had three submarines in the mediterranean firing cruise missiles but one hooz since left the area. finally, lets show you and talk a bit about the "uss mt mt. whitney." this is the command and control ship for the u.s. navys sixth fleet. the crew about 700 or so, carries on board guns, rockets. itses the command center for the coordinated operation going on right now. liaisons from the o...

After weve been talking with nic robertson and wesley clark, theyre walking us through what could be happening. i think its important to point out they cant specifically target gadhafi, this is all about making sure -- protecting the civilians within libya. they can target of the radar, the communications kbimt, military tanks, et cetera, but they cannot go after gadhafi specifically. >> thats correct under the reading of the u.n. security council resolution. but as its been said, hes in a comma...

Airplane got shot down. there a theres -- the tomahawks are very ak raxt i think people see that across libya. they know that the coalition is being very careful. >> and this seems to many people that it came together very quickly. how have these coalition forces been on a job like this before? how were they able to pull this off together so quickly/. >> theres a term pour the roman armies way back when exorcise, so the term exorcise is something they do over and over again not just with themsel...

Haul and that in the next days we will see a transition where others will take the lead. what do you make of that time line and those words? >> well, lets me add something to chris point, he talked about process. what made me extremely uncomfortable the president going to latin america. secretary gates going to russia, and leaving admiral mullen to explain to the country on multiple tv interviews sunday why we were attacking another country with u.s. military power. you know, that was inappropri...

The u.n. resolution. let me show you a map now of where the rebels are still in power. benghazi is the one place that we keep talking about but there are some other cities here now, misratah, there is one on the far eastern border nearly with egypt where the rebels remain in power, but in tripoli its moammar gadhafis forces that still maintain power and have been regrouping and over the past week have pushed rebels farther and farther back until they reached benghazi which was one of their final...

Italys prime minister silvio berlusconi is now proposing to use a nato base in italy as the command center for all the operations against moammar gadhafis forces in libya. he thinks that it should be the nato base at naples and he says for the time being italy is making the bases available if they request it if military intervention is possible. meanwhile the united kingdom is also taking a strong partnership role in this action. were monitoring the latest developments from our london bureau. wh...