jeff merrifield former commissioner with the nuclear regulatory commission. good morning. we re going to check as they re trying to hook him up so he can have his sound. is he able to get it back to we think? we ll get back to him. we ll have more on that coming up. a lot of other news i m sorry. do we have it now? we don t. nato now in charge of enforcing the know fly zone in libya. but the u.s. says they re still heavy involved and there s no clear exit strategy. this operation has already saved many lives, but the danger is far from over. as long as the gadhafi regime threatens its people and denies the united nations, we must remain vigilant and focused. for the latest we go to nbc s jim maceda in tripoli for us. i understand members of government are meeting in
united states will step back from that leadership role in days. nato is meeting now to figure out the next steps and britain will host a meeting next week to figure out where the coalition is going with the operation. let s talk more about this with general wesley clark. welcome, general. thank you, carol. so the president says that we have this exit strategy. yet all of these meetings are taking place. it just doesn t seem logical. well, he is expressing the intent of turning over the military operation leadership to a different organization. obviously, the u.s. would still maintain control of its own assets and we would plug or assets, our time lines and our requirements into a different coordination mechanism. it could be nato, it could be something else. above that the french are saying there should be a political council that decides on the broad course of policy. it s really a question for the united states. the u.s. military has done fine. we have accomplished the mission
so it s clear there are a lot of lawmakers who still feel they haven t gotten enough answers. i think it all mostly boils down to what you re talking about, which is what is the exit strategy? what is the end game? how is the u.s. going to get out? we ve heard from the white house it s days, not weeks, for the u.s. to turn this over to allies. but given the fact that nato is struggling to figure out how to take the ball and run with it, how to deal with the no-fly zone moving forward, there s still a lot of gaps about whether the u.s. can safely hand this over and all will be well. the white house pushback is essentially, look, they have these questions, but the president sat down with leaders of both parties here at the white house last friday before all this began. and if they had these questions, they should have presented it to the president last friday, carol. so i was just going to ask you, i know he did that, and he publicly told us he was going to do that. he was going to con
clinton will be making some comments in the next hour, but i did speak to a senior administration official who said, yes, this expected deal is seen as a positive step. this no doubt will remove some of the pressure from the administration. there have been a lot of questions asked about the u.s. mission there in libya. there have been questions asked about the cost and the u.s. footing the bill for this. in addition, there s also been a lot of controversy about, you know, what s the exit strategy for the u.s.? this will tend to relieve some of the pressure. the bottom line is that the administration has been very clear about this mission, saying that it s a narrowly focused mission that would not be extended, and that they would move from the leadership role to a supporting role. so that s what we ll see from the u.s. going forward, wolf. but gloria, as narrowly defined as the military mission is, authorized by the u.n. security council, the president, the secretary of state, they ve
back about one of the big stories of the day, president obama is facing growing criticism over his handling of the air strikes in libya. he hasn t made any public statements about the strategy in libya since then. so it brings us to the question today and our carol costello. the president says the u.s. has an exit strategy for libya that will take place this week and that has them scratching their heads. exit strategy is one thing, but what exactly is the entrance strategy. it didn t take long for a bain boehner says the president committed u.s. military sources to war without clearly defining for the american people the congress and our troops what the mission in libya is. democrat nancy pelosi sent her own letter cautiously supporting the president.