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Couple? japan became parents, that massive magnitude 9 earthquake struck. not you new family is back home in the u.s. and well hear from them coming up. martha: we look at how developments in libya and other things in this world will affect you at the pump.

Official. the president facing harsh cite sphism for his response or lack thereof to what was happening? japan and libya. a brand-new fox news poll shows his approval rating dipping to 49%. you see in february it was 51%. lets bring in juan williams. good morning. glad to have you with us. there has been a lot of discussion about the president hang back on this issue. nicolas sarkozy very much out in front calling on for the no my zone. hillary clinton is getting a lot of the credit for our invo...

Calls for all necessary measures to be taken, how do you measure the resolve of the international community? what are we talking about here? >> i dont think well see ground forces go into libya, but i think well see air strikes not just to have a no-fly zone, but hopefully against his tank columns and artillery and his troops on the ground so that the rebels can try and retake some of the territory they recently had. its unfortunate this resolution didnt come sooner in order to help the rebels o...

Strike against a rebel camp near benghazi. martha: david, what specifically does this resolution authorize? report it imposes a no supply zone over libya. it says all libyan flights. but if you look at the language of this resolution its much broader. it says all necessary action can be taken to protect civilians. libya defense and aircraft can be targeted. and u.n. states can target tanks and artillery on the ground. the language is broad. but one thing that is not authorized, no troops on the ...

Stopping his deadly crack down on rebel forces and civilians, that is not before we got bad news out of misrata which well hear about in a moment, he says hell lead his country back to safety, at the same time has thumbed his nose at the international community. listen to this: >>. >> translator: the union security council has no mandate and we do not acknowledge resolution. it is not a war between two respective countries and the security council plays a role. martha: all right, rick leventhal ...

Trips. that being said we are dealing with heavy stuff right now. is this the time? >> i think it is the time. we have some stalled trade negotiations ongoing with many of these latin countries. and politics has gotten involved and unions have gotten involved to delight. but those trade deals should go through. he needs to take a stand in terms of promoting trade. we have to make a priority out of jobs. most americans would agree with that. i dont have any objection to the presidents trip. the q...

Dont want to leave. >> it is more my children. im scared. >> does it concern you that they found trace radiation levels on people coming back on these planes from japan? from tokyo? >> well, i guess i didnt know that. so, yeah, that is a little concerning. sure, it is. >> i go the other way, i am not concerned and will be minor, if anything, at this point. martha: and, many pilots and flight attendants are using up their vacation time, right now, to avoid flights in and out of there, waiting unt...

Overnight, we were near the libyan-egyptian border and heard gunfire as locals found out about the no-fly zone established by the u.n. and began shooting weapons into the air but as you said the libyan government sort of giving mixed messages at this point, they did declare they would cooperate with the u.n. resolution and declared an immediate cease-fire, saying all military operations would stop. but, a few hours earlier, muammar qaddafis son was talking tough saying they were not afraid of th...

Preparedness taking place. >> reporter: these folks need to expand. like i said. they have donated 200 of these incredible radiation blocking suits and they hope to have them in japan by this weekend. martha: thank you so much. rick: the presidents approval rating taking a hit in recent weeks. how is he handling all the different crises in japan and libya. juan williams will be here. martha: you have seen japans massive quake. but manage the quake strike moments after their little baby was born....

Military intervention in libya. people are gun shie on that. one person who is becoming oft quoted these days as he contemplates a potential run for white house us donald trump. here is what he said about this. take a look at these comments he had to another media outlet. he says you cant have the president of the united states work on his nine ire shots when japan is potentially one of the great problems ever. maybe it concept of asking what he should do. the concept of him flying over for a tw...