Lets Focus On Libya News Today

Zone. i think thats not ideal and its not what anybody intended from the very beginning. but im telling you, i think were stuck with that. >> colonel jack jacobs. jack, great to see you, as always, thank you. lets focus on libya and the budget battle with ourç politil panel. julian epstein and doug heye. gentlemen, good morning. the two big topics, i want to start with the budget. julian, there are three key players here. if the government does shut down can the white house and democrats suc...

Missiles fired overnight at critical defense systems in libya. and president obamas decision to take military action seemed to come only after secretary of state hillary clinton decided it was the the right step. not everybody in the administration was all on board. and at this time chris wallace joins us right now from our nations capital. >> hi, guys. >> steve: what do you think? >> i think thats with all due respect simplifying it a little bit. i think there were a variety of actions. first o...

A trickle, almost no oil is coming out because of the oil ports there, and also the poem who produce the oil from libya are expatriates, calming from saudi arabia, france, great britain and producing oil in the oil field and this is our war were getting out of here and the oil fields are kind of left on their own and production went back down to zero. and the thought of oil production pushed up if there were a cease-fire, no one believed it. with the new news, a bombing attack, coordinated bombi...

The world said, wow, that was pretty impressive show of power. and prices went down, but this looks more longer and drawn out and that would be, very, very bad for oil prices. >> yesterday we know that the average price of a gallon of gasoline was $3.54, national average, today you say its up to 3.55. so, what do you forsee? >> i think whats going to end up happening with that national average, again, thats oil, thats gasoline prices at the pump across the nation on a national average. already, ...

>> ali: im alisyn camerota. chairman. joint chiefs of staff says the no-fly zone is in effect over libya and the ultimate plan is not to oust muammar gaddafi. >> steve: meanwhile as the united states and allies, pound the targets. gaddafi is promising a long, drawnout war and calling the strikes an act of terrorism. we have a live report from rick leventhal. >> and a teenager and an 80-year-old woman found alive days after the earthquake. "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ >> thanks for joini...

All right. while they say that there are no intentions of putting boots on the ground or military, u.s. military service personnel on the ground in libya, if you want gaddafi brought to justice, theres a possibility that somebodys going to have to go in there and get him. >> well, i dont think it should involve americans. france has already recognized the libyan transitional council as a government of libya. the u.s. has suspended its relations with the gaddafi regime. there are many other ways ...

Were consistent that we gaddafi out. >> steve: ive got bad news, mike mullen in the last hour, said at that ousting gaddafi was not a goal of the united states. >> i would hope the president would clarify that to say that under the military action, but certainly if the evidence is there, gaddafi is indicted for war crimes, including pan am 103, and our sanctions are applied, there should be softening of the power to have the goal of the president initially announced be successful. weve seen this...

Health care from everybody and we cant. he simply doesnt want to face the tough special interests, because after all, he wants to win a second term. as far as social security goes, hes like speaker boehner to be the one to suggest the retirement age so he can basically be the heavy. the president doesnt want to do the things that leadership requires. tell the american people the facts, the things they need to do to succeed. because it would make him unpopular. this is no hair i truman. >> brian:...

Terror master, terror cells, and terror hits, that he might try to pull something off against the west? >> well, look, two things, number one, he is already saying that this is going to be long. what part is going to be long? not the regular one. if hes transforming his forces into insurgency and he has enough networks worldwide to describe harm to the west. >> waleid phares, thank you for the insight. you were ahead of the curve on this one. well enjoy talking to you again. >> thanks. >> brian:...

Out. >> thanks, brian. >> brian: all right. coming up straight ahead. ten minutes before the bottom of the hour. president obama not the first to call for gaddafis stepdown. >> this mad dog in the middle east has a goal of a world revolution, muslim fundamentalist revolution. >> are we finally completing the mission to bring him down? do we even want to? president obama is taking a hard line on libya only after secretary of state hillary clinton took the lead along with ambassador rice. reaction...