week and they say they can produce as many as 100,000 to 130,000 barrels of oil a day. possibly up to 300,000 barrels of oil a day within the next week and they say they already have a deal with qatar. one thing that the rebels also are doing, when they come across some of the tanks, partially destroyed by the air strikes, they re loading those tanks on to flat beds and bringing them to benghazi and other places and trying to fix them so they can use the tanks themselves. again, harris, dramatic progress and rebel fighters tell us they re now just 330 miles of tripoli where gaddafi is firmly in place and hopes of pushing to reach tripoli as soon as possible. harris. harris: thank you very much. president obama set to talk to the nation on libya tomorrow night and n.a.t.o. approved the plan to take care of aerial operations and any ground attacks in libya. and earlier today, secretaries hillary clinton and robert gates making the rounds on the
sunday morning talk shows to explain the administration s position including why we engaged the military when we did. here is secretary clinton. in libya, when a leader says, fear nothing, show no mercy and call the air force attacks on its own people. that crosses the line that people in the world have decided they could not tolera tolerate. caroline shively is live in washington this evening and what does n.a.t.o. taking control of the aerial operations mean for the united states? it s important, harris, because taking control of the ground attacks was the last important piece for n.a.t.o. to command. they had already agreed to run the no-fly zone and enforce the arms embargo and u.s. officials have been itching to hand over control, but it could take another three days for n.a.t.o. to take full control and secretary gates says operations can still be running the end of the year, but xkt the u.s. drawdown of resources to begin in the is
friends and our arab partners as very vital to their interests. no guarantees whether gaddafi will survive as libya s ruler and secretary clinton says an international conference on tuesday will layout strategies. harris, back to you. caroline, thank you very much from the studio. with the president speaking tomorrow night, our shepard smith will anchor live coverage right here on the fox report. 7 p.m. eastern, the president expected to speak about 7:30. it seems like it s a part of health care, the new law for reform that could have gotten mixed. and thanks to ballooning medicare costs the first time since 2009, senior citizens for social security were about to get higher benefit payments, they re called cost of living adjustments to cover the rising cost of gas and food, but wait, there s a problem. hire medicare costs to food and benefits. liz macdonald a here to
osoko japan. this just has come in, and this is fluid so i want to keep you informed. miyag iech miyagi pre-fecture. they ll pay attention to how the tsunami comes in at high tide and could boost the waves, one thing they re watching. 6.5 magnitude quake sit off the shore of japan and a tsunami warning in place, advisories in effect for coastal regions of japan. no damage expected so far, but they will watch to see if it comes in with high tide. that could boost the height of the wave and bring more problems and we ll continue to follow the the developments out of japan after this warning has been issued and bring you the very latest as it comes in. now to the ongoing fight for libya s future. anti-government rebels head toward the capital city, tiply. how close are they? we ll check in. stay with us. i can t get rid of these weeds, or these nasal allergies.
he near future. i would say from tactical purposes the implementation of the no-fly son is complete. now, it will need to be sustained, but it can be sustained with a lot less effort than what it took to set it up. u.s. will still be participating in all areas of the fight, but no longer head of command. harris. harris: i saw this question come up, why get involved in libya and stay out of syria, people are also in harm s way and protests against the government. reporter: a huge question all over for the administration today of course. gates said libya did not pose imminent threat to the u.s., begging more questions, but he he says there was a bigger reason to go in, including revolutions and tunisia and egypt and here is secretary of state hillary clinton. they didn t attack us, but what they were doing and gaddafi s history and the potential for the disruption and instability was very much in our interests as bob said and seen by our european