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>> geraldo: back live with our special two hour report on the situation in labia. libya. we are joined by lieutenant general tom mcinerney and the former state department official on the lower left. general mcinerney, comeman nunez made the point if you are not going to send ground troops in why telegraph it. are you concerned about that? >> yes, i am, geraldo. and he brought up what are the objectives. we havent unified the country we hind this and we know the problems can happen even when you ...

How many times the international community called on qaddafi to end the violence against his own people and take demonstrable steps to end the agress. aggression. through is succeeding time period there was no evidence that he intended to do so despite various claims that were made. >> geraldo: continuing with our special two hour report on the commencement of hostilities in libya. british planes, american planes, french planes all involved. 114 cruz missiles launched against 20 different sites ...

>> geraldo: greg palkot in japan. thank you, greg. we will check back with japan in our second hour. go back now to the crisis at hand. although the president is obviously -- has obviously been briefed hour by hour on the situation in libya. the first family did spend the day in brazil where the president is talking economics. >> several key points of emphasis. limited military action involving an international coalition and reiterated that he is not planning to send in u.s. ground troops. durin...

>> we cannot stand idly by when a tyrant tells his people that there will be no mercy and his forces epiup assault on cities where innocent men and women face brutality and death at hands of their own government. so we must be clear. actions have consequences. and the writ of the international community must be enforced. is the cause of this coalition. >> geraldo: the president today just before the president colonel qaddafi rallying the people, i guess. right now most of the heavy metal even th...

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Civilians in libya. >> geraldo: that i think with all due respect to the president remains to be seen. but craig, do we have any idea of the time table of the turnover from a u.s. commander to nonu.s. or international commander? >> i dont think there is anything set in stone. it could be days, it could be weeks. he is taking care of the initial stages of operation odyssey dawn but until the coalition forces pick a coalition commander he will be in command for the continuing operations in libya. ...

It. i want the american people to know that the use of force is not our first choice. and it is not a choice that i make lightly. >> it is not clear how long the military action will need to go and whether it will convince the libyan dictator moammar qaddafi to lead. the u.s. officials are helping the american role in all of this will be using its significant military firepower up front. the timing of this is interesting. coming 8 years to the day after the launch of the iraq war. white house ai...

The civilians -- qaddafi must go. we cannot live with qaddafi any more. 42 years is more than enough. >> geraldo: do you approve of then, mr. ambassador, american nato and or other arab forces on the ground in libya? foreigners coming to invade your country to get rid of the dictator? >> they are not invading our country actually. we asked them to come to help us. so you approve of it, you want us to move in there with boots on the ground despite the fact that the president is saying -- >> well,...

Anything that you need visibility for. we are looking at clear skies in the tripoli international airport. temperatures in the low 50s. and those winds out of the west at 7 miles per hour. and as far as benghsdi region, similar temperatures as well. clear skies and winds blowing at 10 miles per hour. the winds will be increasing in tripoli as we head into the later hours on sunday. could be picking up in local regions and blowing that around. high temperatures will continue to rise in the upper ...

Congressman kevin nunez. you are a member of the house intelligence committee. tell us your reaction to the american led efforts so far? >> thanks, geraldo, for having me on this evening. my concern to start out with is there a loo lot of confusion especially here in the united states with my constituents and in the congress there is confusion. we dont know how we got to this point. the president has been relatively quiet. meetings have been taking place at the united nations with you the vote, ...