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Well explain. congress back in session tomorrow, but can they make a deal to stop the government from shutting down? good sunday to you. im peter alexander. welcome back to msnbcs extended live coverage this sunday. here is the very latest at this hour from libya. witnesses report heavy coalition air strikes on the libyan capital of tripoli has night has fallen there. that is a live picture. it is 10:00 p.m. their time. anti-aircraft fire has been reported as forces return fire. libyan state t...

Airplanes will be available if theres any kind of increase in the pace that has to be done operationally from air to ground or air to air defense. >> okay. but general, with this no-fly zone in place, certainly the air defenses have been crippled libyas army, but were w were launching ground attacks now. when does the military portion of this end and it becomes just maintenance? >> thats a great question. you dont know at this point. none of the people in command know. the politicians dont know....

We see hundreds more fighters pouring in. this is a british war plane launching devastating attacks on gadhafis tanks near ajdabiya. the combination of air power and reinforcement proves decisive. this morning, rebels recapture ajdabiya, the first significant process since the western military campaign began. richard engle, nbc news, ajdabiya. >> were going to go with ajdabiya. meantime, in there is still no clear word on when america will take a back seat. discussions are still continuing over ...

From mubarak. heres the problem, hillary guess with mullens and gates disagrees with hillary. obama shifted his opinion. i dont have confidence in him. this policy is incoherent. he seems to be too little, too late, ill advised and doesnt have the political or moral courage to do this right. tell me where im wrong! >> i understand your concern and i share those concerns. and it is incoherent when you say gadhafi must go and then say that the mission is only there for humanitarian purposes. but w...

I expect they wont be used for ground attacks against -- air attacks against gadhafis ground forces. weal reconnect with paula and double check that. lets bring in retired general. what do you make of this arrangement that was announced and the little bit more detail we got from paula newton? >> frankly, i was shocked when i heard it. it will make things more difficult for the commanders on the ground, not easier. thank god we have commanders -- in the nato supreme allied commander. because they...

We want to go beyond the headlines now for a closer look at what is happening with the military in libya. gadhafis forces are keeping up ground attacks after six stays of air strikes, but retired army major general spider marks. thanks for being here with us. >> my pleasure. first of all, what do you make of the military operation so far? if you can even say whos winning, whos losing? >> i think if you look at the applicational force by the coalition, it was phenomenal. it was put together reall...

This talk wouldnt have taken place if theyre not going to be participating in lets call it patrolling libyan air space to deter the gadhafi air forces from flying, to enforce the no-fly zone but when it comes to protecting civilians, the broad mission president obama spoke about yesterday, when he spoke to the american people about this mission, and the air to ground attacks that would be involved, that is attacking armor and attacking gadhafis forces thats hard to say them doing at this point. ...

Until president bush got impatient.orif years and did effectively contain him until president bush got impatient.f years and did effectively contain him until president bush got impatient. years and did effectively contain him until president bush got impatient. >> let me remind people the northern no fly zone with the kurdish armed forces protected the north. the southern no fly zone, they came in and murdered thousands and thousands of shiites while we patrolled overhead. so it was a no fly zo...

F-16s to the nato air base in sillica and the uk has tornado jets for ground attacks stationed at bases in cypress. italy is proposing using the nato base in naples as the command center for the coordinated military intervention. lets bring in nbc news military analyst general barry mccaffery. just a question here. if theyre targeting armored vehicles or tanks what does that have to do with enforcing a no fly zone? >> you went right to the heart of the matter. the no fly zone was a meaningless p...

Because the rebels simply arent reliable enough to stay and provide any type of cover. our hotel was shut down because it wasnt safe enough to be there. in addition to the ground attacks, marching across eastern libya, khadafys air force is pounding away. >> just went off right next to the checkpoint. we dont know if anybody is injured. unbelievable, secretary day in row. you can see the smoke coming across. everybody was running for cover. it was just five minutes we were down to the check poin...