lawmakers on the crisis in libya and our military s role in this fight. they re expected to answer tough questions. lawmakers are said to be unsatisfied with the information. a top nato commander telling a house panel that the u.s. role will be reduced with other partners handling more responsibility. this comes as the libyan rebels lose ground in their fight. qaddafi s troops forcing the opposition to give up ground that they had captured near qaddafi s hometown on monday. the rebels have been driven back by qaddafi s better-armed troops and forced to retreat from key oil towns on the coast. rick leventhal is streaming live to us from ajdabiya. rick? reporter: we ve moved to benghazi because of that retreat, the second in two days
wasn t enough to stop the tanks and armor and troops from advancing. rebel fighters have retreated to ajdabiya and qaddafi forces are still on the move back to the east, despite the gains over the weekend. megyn: thank you, rick. some analysts are getting worried that this struggle could play out for years. qaddafi s holding on. and the u.s. is trapped now in an expensive game of controlling the neighborhood and is considering arming the rebels, rebels who our secretary of state told us, we re still getting to know. it may include terrorists, al-qaeda, hezbollah, fighters that fought against u.s. soldiers in iraq and afghanistan, took the lives of our soldiers, may be part of these rebel groups and we re considering arming them. monica crowley joins us 5
megyn: those questions will linger. hopefully they will be answered when the three senior administration leaders head to capitol hill. we learned that moammar qaddafi could have a new home if he decides to give up his fight to maintain power in libya. the leader has been invited to live in uganda if he goes into exile. that is the first nation to publicly say sit would welcome qaddafi. a spokesman for the country says it s the country s policy to help asylum seekers. breaking news on a frightening incidents in the skies. new reports say officials have indeed found a bullet inside a u.s. airways plane. that plane was grounds after the pilot found the bullet hole in the fuselage.
situation murkier. he claimed we re not interested in regime change, but then again, the mission won t be complete unless we have regime change, which means the deposing of moammar qaddafi. megyn: and hillary clinton said that the nato-led operation will end with the removal of qaddafi. which is it? the commander-in-chief and secretary of defense and secretary of state are singing from different hymnals. this is a bad situation where you have men and women in harm s way overseas. you have to be singing from the same song book and none of the top officials seem to be doing that. megyn: we re trying to clear the way for the rebels. we re trying. they had a setback overnight. we seem to be trying to pave the way. there s a question about who the rebels are, who we re helping, whether there are elements of al-qaeda. there was a quote today saying,
qaddafi. what does america need to hear? michael reagan has some thoughts on that. he will join me live to talk about the man his dad called mad dog, moammar qaddafi. swimming with the fishes? is this a fish? this guy jumped into the water with a shark three times the size of his boat. why did he do that? 12 u.s. states are finding trace amounts of radiation in rain water. we ll talk to a doctor about that and what it means for you 3 minutes away. i m not surprised. it impacts all of us. i can believe it, but it doesn t concern me. i think the level is very low. i would be concerned for myself.