said that despite what you hear, libya is united with one goal. they ve seen what extremists can do to countries in afghanistan and other places. in libya, we don t have so many sects or identities. we re libyans. we have a moderate islam. and they would be like to be democratic. reporter: rebel forces undermanned, undertrained, but, megyn, they say they have the resolve and that s still strong today. megyn? megyn: rick leventhal, thank you. meantime, there are serious questions about who these rebels are in libya that the u.s. is fighting to keep alive. the questions arising this morning are about whether or not the folks are a better alternative to qaddafi. take a look at this video we ve obtained of some of the rebels.
nato members and the involvement of some arab states. former secretary of state rumsfeld says that s why the white house has not asked congress for approval or furnldsing. i suspect they didn t go to congress because they didn t know what to ask for. they didn t know with clarity and precision what they wanted the congress to approve. the coalition clearly has not come teen agreement as to what their mission is. reporter: the pentagon says it can conduct this operation out of its existing budget. congress has been on vacation and the president returns tonight from a trip to central and south america. megyn: according to the president, the noose is tightening around the neck of moammar qaddafi. nato warships patrolling off the coast of north africa enforcing the embargo on libya.
we re heading up, $3.55 national average, they have to go up. eventually, it will work its way to the pump. when it works its way to the pump, it works its way to the trucker. when the trucker fills up his gas tank with diesel at $4 a gallon, it costs him $1,000 to fill it. he has to charge more to ship. so prices are headed up everywhere. i don t know if it s a massive amount is there room to come down when things settle down? sure, but will it go back to $80, $85? prices will still go up. megyn: you cannot pay sc for your gas, food, clothes and not feel the pinch. absolutely. megyn: thank you, sir. you re welcome. megyn: we saw a new show of defiance from libya s leader. libyan tv broadcast what it said was moammar qaddafi is a
qaddafi s air defense capability and set the conditions for an effective no-fly zone. i know the nightly news cannot cover a humanitarian crisis that thankfully did not happen. about it is important to remember that many, many libyans are safer today because the international community took action. now, of course challenges remain so long as qaddafi continues to direct his forces to attack his own people. the united states will continue to support this mission as we transfer command and control to nato. megyn: just as she is speak it crossings the wire that nato, the nations that are part of nato have failed to aggrieve on giving the western alliance control of military operations in libya. there has been an onbeing problem with having nato take this over because turkey doesn t want it. they think it will tick off the
our engagement. really, millions? there is no international coalition because none was put together before we went in. there s a food fight going on within nato now. before this is done, we may end up disbanding nato and moammar qaddafi will be watching on the sidelines. is the strategy to remove moammar qaddafi from power or is it not? will we be looking at a joe biden-two state solution? who is leading this mission? the u.s. is talking about stepping aside and letting somebody else take the reigns, but nobody else megyn: there was a report out of france that they were punishing for a steering committee. what do you make of that? i think that the french and the british have a lot at stake here, megyn. they provided qaddafi with a lot of his funding he s used for mercinaries.