strategy for the libyan leader. and turning now to japan s nuclear crisis and some positive signs this morning. a long robotic arm used to spray water on one of those crippled reactors has apparently helped to lower the temperature significantly and also lower the chance of more radiation escaping. also power lines have all been hooked up in all six of the plant s reactors but it could be days or weeks before the cooling systems can be checked and started up. there are new concerns this morning about japan s water. tests show radioactive iodine in tokyo s tap water is at two times the safe limit for babies. in the meantime, japanese authorities say the number of dead from the disaster is now at nearly 9,100. almost 14,000 people still remain unaccounted for. despite the devastation, abc s akiko fujita found some hope. reporter: the sound of cranes signaled progress. in kamaishi, japan. crews lift debris from the roads, residents clear out homes battered by the tsunami. this man c
forth. sean: thanks to him. [ unintelligible ] came out today we have no exit strategy. armed forces in the u.s. says we have no exit strategy. rule one after iraq, always have an exit strategy what is going on sean? sean: what is our purpose. every time here s a humanitarian crisis as president obama was saying we are going in. that s a mistake. here s a problem i see emerging. i refer to time magazine and rolling stone magazine and ap in cairo and sky news. who are the rebels we are helping? steve harrigan talked about this earlier. watch this and watch what they say. these are rebels, america, france and britain are helping. allahu akbar!
to the alliance. whatever that alliance is. we don t know at this time. in the meantime pro car davi forces ratchet up attacks in an eastern city of that country, stopping rebel groups there, but the international air strikes continue and now we have reports that those attacks forced pro qaddafi forces to withdraw tanks from another rebel-held city in the west. a whole lot goes on there today, jon. jon: the libyan leader remains as defiant as ever, appearing from his compound in tripoli and vowing to win the historic battle. now there s word, though, that mommar qaddafi may be planning his exit strategy. secretary of state hillary clinton, weighing in on that on abc s world news with diane sawyer . this is what we hear from so many sources, diane, it is a constanto. today? today, yesterday, the day before. some of it, i ll be very, you know it s my personal opinion some of it is theater. a lot of it is just the way
forth. sean: thanks to him. [ unintelligible ] came out today we have no exit strategy. armed forces in the u.s. says we have no exit strategy. rule one after iraq, always have an exit strategy what is going on sean? sean: what is our purpose. every time here s a humanitarian crisis as president obama was saying we are going in. that s a mistake. here s a problem i see emerging. i refer to time magazine and rolling stone magazine and ap in cairo and sky news. who are the rebels we are helping? steve harrigan talked about this earlier. watch this and watch what they say. these are rebels, america, france and britain are helping. allahu akbar!
last night on o reilly people that support president obama want to see him as a reluctant warrior, but yet he was the one that gave us the surge in afghanistan. we still have troops in iraq. we re dropping drones in pakistan that are killing innocent people. and now we see a what i would say, a rush to another war in libya. at some point, you have to agree, whether he s reluctant or not, he s giving us a lot of wars for a peace president. megyn: and let me follow up. the committee said, one of the criteria was he is somebody that prefers dialogue and negotiations. conservatives supported bush going in in the name of peace to iraq and afghanistan. why like that obama increased our troops there by 30,000 at a cost of $1 million a year. i don t like that we re spending $600,000 permissionle having launched 110 of them. i don t like that we don t have an exit strategy. i don t like that he hasn t