it was a big surprise. president obama is a good man. we have seen the people of libya take a courageous stand. the future of their world will be determined its people. no one can say for certain how that change will end. but i do know the change is not something we should fear. this is a fox news alert. what a difference a day and a half makes. early yesterday the rebels in benghazi were making what they feared would be the last stand against the forces of the libyan dictator who is vowing to hunt them down without mercy. qaddafi is in hiding the heavily fortified compound has been hit again and hit hard. welcome to the show everybody. i am geraldo rivera.
crisis. british warplanes, like the one you see here, are heading to bases offseas to potentially enforce a no-fly zone over libya, this as the united states and its international partners are sharing new and serious doubts about qaddafi s commitment to the cease-fire. it was originally a french-sponsored resolution, french and the brits. the u.s. got on board yesterday and it passed and now the president is being criticized and defended by both parties. it s not breaking down along ideological lines and there are a lot of concerns about whether the united states can afford this effort, whether this turns into nation-building, whether the president needed to go to the congress to get permission to do this and he, himself, may have suggested when he was a
martha: we saw qaddafi s reaction there. how did the rebels opposing him react to the u.n. yesterday? rick: rebel forces were closely monitoring what was happening at the united nations. people were gathered around television sets. when the resolution passed, people erupted into cheers. they celebrated with fireworks. all see an interesting turn of events at the united nations. the libyan deputy u.n. ambassador who denounced the qaddafi regime says the resolution will make people in libya feel safer. this is a mess and to the libyan people that they are not alone. it is also a clear mess and to colonel qaddafi and those
so not a perfect solution. but might it work this time around? we ll talk about the chernobyl solution for japan. will it work? rick: a california power plant is sending a huge shipment of boric acid over to japan. military personnel from vandenberg air base helped load boric acid onto a cargo plane. we are the on air force in the world that can do what we are doing right now. this happens day in and day aught all over the world by america s air force. we are trying to get supplies there on time to do our part. rick: rick sent tons of boric acid to japan as well. martha: qaddafi s government
government there, moammar qaddafi. again word that they will be released later today. so that s good news. we are getting some brand-new fox news poll on the libyan crisis. 65% of registered voters say they are opposed to our military getting involved with libya. martha: we want to hear from you. has president obama in your opinion done a good job handling the situation in libya? we just saw susan rice, the libyan ambassador. decide what you think. we ll see what the viewers are saying. and in the meantime, more from the middle east. this fox news this morning crossing the wires out of yemen. we are getting reports of security forces with killed 31 of the protesters. the attack during an