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Coptic residents in Libya have dwindled for years after several notorious attacks.

No love lost between these two groups but al qaeda and yemen grow in strength in the country because of all this sectarian tension. theyre recruiting greater numbers of sunni tribals. more resources than almost anytime before and the most active group when it comes to plots against the u.s. homeland. they have bomb makers building more and more sophisticated devices to try to target u.s. aviation. >> its interesting. lets look at the attack in tunisia that occurred two days ago right before this...

And tsunami. the numbers are pretty startling. they keep climbing every day. right now the latest official toll, 7500 dead, 11,700 missing, 450,000 still remain in evacuation shelters. the government has been trance fix order the nuclear problem there has been criticism they havent been addressing the humanitarian side. they are working on that now too. >> jamie: thank you so much greg palkot, live in japan zbloox. >> kelly: we are still awaiting a statement from the president obama. military op...

Well will be speaking. >> kelly: well look forward to that. meantime, we have a fox news alert -- and that is this. we are expected to hear from president obama shortly on the rapidly unfolding crisis in libya. president is in brazil today addressing a summit of business leaders. when he talks to us well be getting it as tape. mike is reporting live. what is the presidents message on libya right now? >> its evolving as things change. but there is new information as the hours go by. we have a hea...

If you look at recent history you will see that our planes have logged a lot of miles over libya. 1981 is when he laid claim to the big chunk of the gulf of sidrah. two fighter jets were aggressive and the libyan jets ended up being shot down. five years later the united states navys sixth fleet sailed over the imaginary line of water calling it the line of death. we sank two ships. 1989 we shot down two more jets to present technicality the john f. kennedy. in between those, president reagan or...

But so far the french reaction has sent a strong message that other attacks could take place other than the french later. that would reverse it. if that is done, all those that have been supplying and supporting khadafy with all sorts of resources are thinking twice. they will see the international community in action against khadafy forces. >> jamie: many citizens, not just those in libya that are awaiting justice. could this be it for him? >> i think if the opposition is enabled and trained an...

Doesnt go that he will launch terror strikes against the u.s. and europeans. he has done so before. he survived the last 42 years and he is the castro of the middle east. we have no indication they are planning to target him directly. >> jamie: near the bottom of the hour. news is breaking by the minute. well check back with you as soon as those statements coming out. also at the pentagon. thank you so much for your report. were gunning to take a quick break. well be back with much more. very fl...

Third submarine. those tomahawks have been fired as weve report. again. u.s. will be in lead that will be termed as odyssey dawn is the name of operation and they will transition command and control to the coalition forces. we expect that arab nations will step up and be involved in this. we will announce their involvement in the coming hours and days. but right now, we can report that italy, france, the united kingdom, canada and the u.s. are currently involved in the setting up the no-fly zone...

That. with fascinating insight into muammar khadafy. >> thank you. >> kelly: we are getting breaking details. were going to go to jennifer griffin with more details from there. >> reporter: we can now report there are 11 u.s. warships in the mediterranean. they are part of a coalition of 25 naval warships that are off the coast of libya. all will be involved in this coalition that will be setting up a no-fly zone. the tomahawk missiles were launched within the last hour. we do not have reports f...

Perhaps you, explain to us why you are called the former ambassador to libya? >> i resigned race month when khadafy he used the tanks against the libyan people who decided to raise against the dictatorship regime. they were holding peaceful protests and then he used what he had at his disposal. i cant understand and the women and children are suffering and being killed. i cannot stand it anymore. >> kelly: we recall the vivid images of people taking to the streets of benghazi when they went out ...