Engulfing Libya News Today

>>shepard: interesting driving while floating accusation? drinking while floating? >>reporter: we learned the commander of one of the two destroyers deployed off of libya and seven other officers have been removed from their command of the uss stout essentially they have been accused of misconduct involving alcohol and the navy relieved the commander and the others for "pervasive pattern," of unprofessional behavior in overseas ports. you cannot make this stuff up and the time cog not be worse. ...

10,000 volunteers, in addition to the regular army that has defected. how many regular army have changed sides they will not say. despite their dedication to the cause, the rebels appear to lack discipline and proper train of command and it was lard to tell who was if charge. individual soldiers were all vying for attention, shouting at the top of their lungs, firing machine guns into the air and nervous journalists ducked for cover. and one of soldiers had a gun jam and he did not know how to c...

The first time this has happened in the history of the united nations and it was unanimous. inside the general assembly chamber during the decision his regime was harshly criticized because it was unanimous vote, secretary-general said that those who commit crimes against humanity will be punished and he said it is our duty to stand up for human rights and the killing, he said, must stop. >>shepard: there were fireworks along the way, though, right? >>reporter: yes, this may have been about liby...

They feel there they have some safety. if libya, there is nothing but chaos. nothing but violence. shep, the figures of the refugee crossing the border are increasing fast, indeed, the united nations now tells us it is up to 75,000 people would have crossed from libya into tunisia a figure that will increase even more quickly if libya does, indeed, move to civil war. >>shepard: thank you from the border, jonathan hunt. we will look at the worlds response to this crisis. today the united nations ...

Forming in the unity of the senate democrats. >>shepard: thank you, as the singing continues in madison, wisconsin. thank you. the senator for answers continues after a monster pipeline explosion turned a california neighborhood into something resembling a war zone. now we learn what the gas company could have done but did not do that might have kept the blast from turning so deadly. details ahead. and a warning from the top banker on what the crisis if libya could do to our economy. for pain? o...

Created more than 10 years ago by muammar qaddafi to celebrate the fact that he was no longer going to be called "president." folks here say this holiday could result in more conflict, more violence. as far as they are concern they will not celebrate until qaddafi is completely ousted from power. >>shepard: thank you from the city of benghazi, tonight. well, the united nations today did something it has never done the 192-nation general assembly suspended libya from the position on the u.n.s hum...

>> he said it started because he was trying to visit his sister. guess she will have to come see him, now. if -- in jail. >> this is the fox report. its the bottom of the hour. time for the top of the news. libyan rebels report brand new gains in the battle against muammar qaddafis forces in the western city with opposition volunteers manning check points to ward off attacks. it is not, however, clear to us how much of the city they actually control. and were told army units and militias loyal t...

And --. >>shepard: he said they have for plans to leave libya and denies reports that the libyan military used air power against members of the opposition. >> we have hundreds of supporters, the whole media and they are free to go any where. show me, one evidence, one witness. >>shepard: what saif said is not true and he warned if the world tried to attack libya the military will be ready and spoke, as he spoke tens of thousands of his people were attempting to get out of that country and escape...

Everything is under control. >>shepard: the world disagrees. as the u.s. military weighing what it would take to own the libyan skies. we would have to remove the air defense capability. >>shepard: new talk of a no-fly zone and another war ship arrives on the scene. 20 government programs to help homeless. 15 agencies overseeing food safety. and 82 different teacher improvement programs. tonight, a new report on regulatory redundancy and plans to save taxpayers some cash. plus, thousands of mile...

And there is the uss ship, a landing platform that will carry humanitarian cargo and be a landing strip for helicopters. >>shepard: explain why they are hesitant on the idea of a no-fly zone. >>reporter: because there is no consensus among europe or nato allies and the libyans have a strong air defense system as noted by general james madison. it would be challenging. you would have to remove the air defense capability in order to establish the for fly zone so it does, no illusions it would be a...