like cowboys in the middle east. and adding fodder for qaddafi s rhetoric, saying that the revolution is a surogacy for the united states. now no-fly is an act of war. for us to get involved and if one of our pilots gets shot down, we d have to rescue him. so we needed the support from the international community before we did anything. megyn: before we get to ben, but chris is saying that s what the no-fly zone will enhail. he is right. our own secretary of state has said that the u.n. no-fly zone will require the bombing of libyan targets and we re seeking an active partnership to not just have a no-fly zone, but more than that.
and bahrain troubles deep shaling by the day. the the s critics saying the president is disengaged at such a critical time. on any given time he and his administration could be on one side or the other. he s ceding that to sarkozy and cameron and the arab league. either he shouldn t have said he wants qaddafi overthrown, or he doesn t want him overthrown, then he should be taking leadership effort. people are getting slaughtered. alisyn: k.t. macfarland is here with more. let s start with where mayor giuliani started, with libya. he says it s not appropriate for the president to be ceding control to sarkozy and cameron. with regard to libya president obama is saying
megyn: a lot of the world s attention has been focused on the nuclear crisis in japan. this is the other story getting less attention. this 68-year-old woman is saying, i came here to look for my nephew, who is 50 years old. but the devastation is so severe, she s struggling to even recognize his neighborhood in the sea of mud and wreckage. these scenes are playing out in towns where tens of thousands of japanese folks are still missing. look at that. this poor woman standing alone in the rubble. time is running out for the rebels in libya, fighting for their freedom, as the united nations holds days of debates about what to do there. on the ground, moammar
qaddafi s supporters are hammering the rebels. rick leventhal is there. there is a slight delay. rick? reporter: one of the large battlegrounds may have fallen. we were there yesterday and it was pounded by an airstrike and the poundings continue throughout today by tanks and heavy artillery. we re hearing that quad qaddafi s troops may be headed to benghazi. quad qaddafi s son said that everything will be over in 48 hours. one of the things we re hearing most from the people is anger
nuclear power and temporarily suspended new approvals tor proposed nuclear plants and has a safety crack down on plants in operation and now 40% of the world s nuclear reactors under construction are located in china and china it has seen no signs of abnormal radiation coming from japan. bill: a bit of a reversal for toyota, a dark spot for the japanese automaker, making a historic rebound after plunging 15% and the devastating earthquake and names forcing the largest auto make to close a dozen plants in japan and now on reports it is reopening the plants the stock gain is this largest ever. alisyn: libya is still on the brink as muammar qaddafi is better armed and the organized military is reversing the tide of change, just over a week ago the opposition seemed capable of