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Pentagon briefing, the commander of the joint stas can force of odyssey dawn says moammar gadhafi is not yet in compliance with the u.n., speaking from the uss mount whitney, navy he says the united states is working closely with britic and french of n way. elsewhere in libya, two us air force crew members are safe after they ejected from their fighter jet this morning. the airmens f-15 e-strike eagle crashed. it was on a mission against a gadhafi missile site. a developing story out of egyp...

Thats been opened. the president will be judged on how successfully this gets resolved. >> of course, you have the president and the pentagon repeatedly committing to enforcing the no-fly zone and protecting the civilians. that was the u.n. mandate. should it go farther? should the allied forces do something to get rid of gadhafi the way that john mccain wants. my big question, should allied forces actively help the rebels fight gadhafi? share your thoughts with me on facebook. my e-mail is cont...

People here are taking at face value gadhafis claims about the number of civilian casualties, which as far as i am concern is just outright lies. >> we are covering the story from tripoli to washington. jim maceda is in tripoli and john harwood at the white house. lets begin. jim, i understand you got a look at the naval base that was hit. >> thats right, contessa. we just came back from a trip to that naval base. it wasnt very far east. it wasnt east at all of tripoli. it is right on the port o...

U.n.s no-fly joan. perhaps the allies should think about fighting alongside rebel forces or training and organizing them. frankuiit, we arog thright ing in libya. the rebels a outgunned by gadhafi loyalties. no american ground forces are necessary. they alone can defeat gadhafi. fred francis writes, what would be the point in all this killing and expense if were simply going to return that libya to gadhafi? arthur pedicini reports. of course, i want to hear from you on any of the stories that we...

Is accompanying this military operation. >> there is a growing rift in the coalition over who should be in control. >> no apparent cooperation. some people want to turn it over to nato, the maiamericans and t brits. >> french president ruffled feathers by announcing publicly that french fighters were in the air before his international counterparts were briefed. whoever is in control, arizona republican senator john mccain says, there is only one way to end it. >> a stalemate is a very, very bad...

>> when they say handing over control to a coalition authority, we dont flow who that is. neera, the consensus is that gadhafi is a bad guy and should not be in power. >> it is, as the president said, united states spoil for him to not be in power. he is a person who has delegit mo that is a different goal than actually protecting people. i think the problem for j.p. is on one hand, he is arguing that we can have mission creek and you can end up aiding the rebels and doing these other things. on...

Abouted tone that has been taken. perfectly evident that t vast majority if not nearly all civilian casualties have been inflicted by gadhafi. its almost as though some people here are i taking at face value gadhafis claim about the number of civilian casualties, which as far as im concerned is just outright lies. >> secretary gates there talking about russia, saying hes curious about russias stance. a new gallup poll finds 47% of americans approve of military action in libya. disapproval number...

The rebel fighters? >> look, we have a humanitarian crisis. that is what has sponsored this incredible outgrowth of international support ranging from our european allies to our arab allies. whats holding this together is strong support for a mad man killing and slaughtering his people. that objective is being achieved on the ground. benghazi was on the throws of being overrun. that has been stopped in its tracks. i think we can debate ultimate goals. if we do get to that layer of a goal where w...