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Underway and missile strikes are confirmed from the u.s., no ground troops and no aircraft as of yet. thanks. >> gregg: delivering new comments on the situation in libya. well have a live report on what the white house says the u.s. role will be in all of this and president obamas message to qaddafi. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

Libya has grown. im deeply aware of the risks of any military action no matter what limits we place on it. i want the american people to know that the use of force is not our first choice and is not a choice that i make lightsly. we cannot stand idly by when a tyrant tells its people there will be no mercy and forces step up their assaults on cities like benghazi where innocent men and women face brutality and death at the hands of their own government. we must be clear, actions have consequence...

>> heather: fox news alert. pentagon holding a briefly about the situation in libya. we are awaiting more details. you heard president obama speak on that moments ago. we will wait and see what the pentagon has to say specifically that the u.s. is doing. we do know they have concerns that missile strikes have begun. >> gregg: so what does america think about libya? fox polls are out. joule jewel july has that. >> as the situation unfollowed we asked voters their opinion on military intervention....

Aircraft to distinguish between friend and foe? how will they be able to do that? >> that is incredibly difficult. you have to have people on the ground to eyeball what is actually happening. what khadafy is going to do is put his military and civilian vehicles, unless you have a no-fly zone all the way to benghazi, youre going to have troops that are moving as far away from tipoli all the way into benghazi and then they will be able to control the rebels and the game is over. >> heather: thank ...

Statement and offer you all to ask a few questions about operational matters. this will not be a lengthy engagement. >> good afternoon, thank you for coming everyone. as you know we are leading edge of coalition military operations designed to enforce united nations security resolution 1973 in libya. the goal of pliagsz are twofold, first to prevent further attacks by regime forces on libyan citizens and opposition grouped in and around benghazi. second to degrade the regimes capability to degra...

Take 6 hours before the u.s. gets the bomb damage assessment and once they know the surface-to-air soviet era defense systems, once they know they are out theyll send an air force global hawk to take pictures of the bomb damage assessment but listen to the vice-admiral a while ago in the briefing room: >> earlier this afternoon, over 110 tomahawk cruise missiles fired from both u.s. and british ships and submarines strapped more than 20 integrated air defense systems and facilities ashore. >> re...

Jordan, united arab emirates and adequater they say arab participation has been crucial so far. >> heather: the french, they have taken the most visible lead today. what are they doing? >> molly: n car car hosted the meeting today in paris it indicated afterwards that french fighter jets at the time was patrolling the skies above a key rebel stronghold in libya would have to take a more aggressive position. >> our effort will oppose any aggression by colonel khadafy against the population of ben...

And see approach before the multi-lateral agreement was reached how will the world community react to president obamas latest positioning in just the latest international situation that of course being libya? >> well, i think the world is happy that the american trumpet finally sounded but are alarmed it is so unteconcern and the oba administration has not laid out any suggestion or plan as to what it ultimately intends to do. is the mission to protect a couple of the remaining enclaves from mua...

Question, secretary of state clinton said no ground troops and president obama repeated it, we heard it again in the pentagon briefing, do you think that we can accomplish our task and our goal with aircraft alone? >> likely not. we didnt in bosnia or southern iraq. likely you have other nations have special operating forces, that i would be incredibly surprised that if they are not in benghazi. they have high technology capabilities to talk to people all over the world and, of course, the aircr...

Attacks and they were to take out a fixed anti-aircraft placements, but those are manned by human beings and people live near there and im sure the casualties are quite high but we have crossed the rubicon and are using military force on behalf of the people seeking independence in libya. >> heather: and we should say the majority of those air defense system sites were along the coast there in libya. we have also been told that this is actually the first phase of a multi-phased operation. the fi...