the smoke shows there is still nor work to do. young and old demonstrate in yemen. now the president seems to be looking for a peaceful exit strategy. and just take a look at this video for a few seconds. can you guess what it is they re building and why? we ll tell you the answer a little bit later in our show. we begin this hour in libya where rebels fighting moammar gadhafi say his forces are continuing to attack despite the government announcing a cease-fire. an opposition spokesman in the town of misrata told cnn it s been heavily bombarded with more than 60 people killed in the past four days. over tripoli the international coalition against colonel gadhafi continued efforts to enforce a no-fly zone. these were the scenes last night. antiaircraft fire was heard in the skies over the capital.
shepard: the president cut short his trip to latin america now to deal with the military operation in libya. the white house says he will leave al salvador tomorrow, a few hours earlier than he had planned. today president obama says he has absolutely no doubt that the united states will be able to turn over control of the the wan to an international commission. i said at the outset that this was going to be a matter of days and not weeks. and there is nothing based on how we have been able to execute over the last several days that changes that assessment. shepard: today, qatar sent its first fighter jet to help enforce the no-fly zone. the reporters asked the president about his exit strategy. mike emanuel traveling with the president in el salvador. mike, is there an exit strategy?
costly war with no exit strategy. congresswoman barbara lee, your questions are being echoed by so many others today as we re in the third night of bombings there. i greatly appreciate you making time. thank you. glad to be with you. joining me now, time magazine deputy international editor bobby gauche. let s talk about what s happening on the ground. you have heavy artillery raining down on libya but this ragtag group of people, set aside the debate happening in congress regarding the constitution. the end game, possible stalemate, what do you see happening now in this third night as we pass it? what we have among the rebels is a mixture of professionals and amateurs. a small group of soldiers, military units, who defected from gadhafi very early on in this and surrounding them are a lot of young enthusiastic but essentially inexperienced and undisciplined soldiers. how are air strikes helping
they can how you do that from the air i don t know. how are you going to protect civilians if qadhafi remains in power? is our gel to topple qadhafi? then the is our goal topple qadhafi. then the exit strategy. let s say qadhafi doesn t go. do we continue strikes, send in ground troops? do we intervene on the ground our goal is to protect civilians. obama has really bitten off much more than he can chew. of course, let s remember that bush did go to congress to get permission. sean: dick, i think he was dragged into this kicking and screaming that is fascinating to me. i don t think he has his own mind. i don t think he made the decision himself. some very basic questions. what is the standard? do we go into bahrain? saudi arabia?
was to protect civilians. they can how you do that from the air i don t know. how are you going to protect civilians if qadhafi remains in power? is our gel to topple qadhafi? then the is our goal topple qadhafi. then the exit strategy. let s say qadhafi doesn t go. do we continue strikes, send in ground troops? do we intervene on the ground our goal is to protect civilians. obama has really bitten off much more than he can chew. of course, let s remember that bush did go to congress to get permission. sean: dick, i think he was dragged into this kicking and screaming that is fascinating to me. i don t think he has his own mind. i don t think he made the decision himself. some very basic questions. what is the standard? do we go into bahrain?