since american fire power began targeting forces loyal to dictator moammar qaddafi. and the president is expected to explain the mission to the american people. by is it 10 days too late? michael reagan is a her to of the reagan revolution and chairman of the reagan group. people are saying why haven t we heard from the president to tell us why we are risking american lives in this venture although some on the left said good for him, we didn t need anymore from the president. i say he s got a big job to fulfill tonight when he speaks to the united states of america from the oval office. first of all convince us and put us at ease there there is a reason, there are vital interests in libya. he has to also convince the left that it was okay for him to start a third kinetic war i gets
coalition forces. reporter: at an unrelated event president obama said america s involvement will be limited in length and scope. this will be his chance to lay out for the u.s. military and the nation the way forward when it comes to libya. white house aides say the president will update the american public. the transition to the american commander. what the u.s. will do going forward. they do not believe it sets a precedent for american involvement elsewhere in the middle east. over the weekend mr. obama gave us a bring it a preview on his thoughts. i firmly believe when innocent people are being broughtallized. when someone like moammar qaddafi creates a bloodbath and when the international community
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go to our web site and take our non-scientific you decide poll. should the u.s. go after moammar qaddafi? 14% of you have say yes. you can still weigh in. bill: we have a fox news alert. police on the scene at the airport. a suspicious package located near one of the baggage carousels. not quite sure what s in it if anything. police say they do not think it s related to what we saw last night. did you see this ranging fire last night? look at these pictures. this is at the airport in miami. the fire breaking out in the area where the fuel is kept. it was not near a runway or terminal. this morning there could be flight delays because the airport is running at 40% fuel
co-equal branch of government and general democrats and republicans deserve to put the president s feet to the fire to define the mission. heather: joe you heard the complaints from the right and left, what does the president do, and what does it do with his relationship with folks on capitol hill. it isn t doing a lot with the relationship with people on capitol hill, it one matter. if he stood by and didn t do anything, they d say why is he being weak and allowing muammar qaddafi to kill his own people and that is what they complained about last week. look, that is great thing about democracy, the opposition is going to take shots, even people in the democratic party will take shots but it s not just the republicans who are taking shots, folks on your side of the aisle, too. that s right, because a lot of folks like dennis kucinich