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Organizations so far is unlikely. at the moment, i have not seen any documented evidence of the rebel leadership being tied to al-qaeda. but at the moment we dont have a clear military command and control network so the question is six months down the line, a year, a year and a half, what will the structure look like and will you have foreign fighters begin to make inroads into rebel organizations assuming the fighting lasts that long? >> there is some valid concern for a possible blowback if we...

Fdr. murray reportedly signing on to star as franklin delano roosevelt in a movie version of the british play. it starts shooting in july. >> is that an april fools joke? >> not yet. >> now for the latest in libya where nato is starting to take over military command and rebel fighters are retreating from key oil cities. rick leventhal has been covering this story since it broke. hes live on the phone. my question to you this morning is this -- why after all these weeks of the rebels gaining grou...

Here. hes got a lot on his plate right now with the nfl lockout and a bunch of other stuff. >> he might be the new regis. lets be honest and theyre basically clones. michelle bachmann will be here. shes going to be running for president it seems and shes also embroiled in whats going to be a so-called attack on the tea party by the democrats trying to create a schism between republicans and the tea party. well expand on that. >> and finally, as you can see, screen right, susan lucci will be on o...

Used to fire tomahawk missiles from the mediterranean has now left the area. however will we defeat gadhafi with only four warships. and 107 of the strikes today were by the u.s. look at nato stepping up. the rebels are now closing in on what had been a strategic and symbolic stronghold of libyan troops. the city of sirte. its one of the biggest obstacles on the road to the libyan capital. rebels pushed about 150 miles westward over the weekend. thats significant progress, amid reports that alli...

This morning on "world news now," power play. the change in military command over libyas no-fly zone. >> u.s. military is pulling ck making news in america this morning. the u.s. as the mission gains more support. >> safety concerns about the nations air traffic control system, after one controller admits sleeping on the job. >> and the champion dethroned, duke is dominated by arizona as march madness sweet 16 gets into high gear. good morning, everyone. thanks for being with us today. >> th...

Strategy to bring the world along. >> well, those top white house aides yesterday arguing that the president is leading the operation in libya from a position of strength, while repeating that a handover of the military command will happen in days, not weeks. but with the fourth day of nato talks underway, its members are still bitterly divided on how that command will be structured. james ruben is former assistant secretary of state for public affairs and also editor of "the bloomberg view." go...

The president has also said absolutely no ground troops involved and no u.s. boots on the ground. since the mission isnt quite gelled and we dont exactly know what the end game is and maybe we dont know what the next step is once this no-fly zone is completely established, might that mean that at some point down the line, we will think about american boots on the ground? >> yes. >> as far as special forces and arming these rebels? >> yes, that is possible. once you intervene and put forces in an...

Setting, if you will. what about bahrain? we are there, we have naval bases, we have our fleet is there. and what if the confrontation between the -- between the ruling dynasty in bahrain and the people of bahrain. what if that gets bloody? will we be drawn into it? we dont know. >> as christine likes to point out, the inherent inconsistency of u.s. policy in the middle east continues. four "new york times" journalists detained in libya for nearly a week are writing about their ordeal. we all ...

Serious complications. >> who is going to take over and be in the preeminent role? >> anybodys guess. the brits or the french and they have coalition of contributing nation to make it work. as long as the united states has a presence, we do not is up boardnate ourselves in military command and control structure to other nations. >> the question of whether france or britain, when they will take over the operation, what nato involvement will be, all of these things are unclear right now. its rathe...

Sunday morning, gadhafi, presumably in hiding, sends an audio only message on libyan state television, calling on the people of islamic nations to stand with libya, and promising the international coalition hes ready for a fight. >> we are in a war that has no limits. >> libyan officials say no one was hurt, but brought western journalists to survey the damage. gadhafi was not a target, a military command and control center stationed there was. >> at this point i can guarantee hes not on a targe...