key here in tripoli. when we heard that roar we jumped up at 5:00 in the morning to see what it was. new weapon, new sound. in the dark when you can t see it, that fear factor is multiplied. back to to you. shepard: remember, we are not at war despite the fact that our jets are hitting military positions and killing military personnel on the ground and that they re shooting back outer jets, we are not at war. that s what the white house was telling lawmakers as american missiles were falling on libya. and the wreckage of a u.s. fighter jet was smoldering on the ground in libya. now president obama cutting short his trip to latin america by a few hours to deal with the military operation and the opposition to it on capitol hill. team fox coverage continues now. wendell goler at the white house. wendell, it s coming from all sides now. how does the white house answer this question? how do they insist that we re not at war in libya. well, the short answer, shep, is they don t answer t
all that water. but the threat of a catastrophic meltdown still looms large all of this. we have team fox coverage with jennifer griffin on the effort to get americans out of the danger zone here. first to greg palkot who is streaming live from the city south and west of our location inland here. greg, how long until they get the emergency power cable up and running? do we even know? shep, from what we are hearing, it would be in just the next couple of hours. being plugged into reactor number 2, basically because that s the only reactor where the proper roof over it. it could supply important power for a variety of mechanisms in that reactor. especially the water cool lent pumps. that s key to all of this. that water cooling pump is not a done deal that that will actually work. the quake shut the reactor down last friday. the tsunami, which followed the quake swamped the diesel motors that worked and operate those cool lent pumps and there is no
we ll go back to him throughout the hour. air strikes that british forces called off last night after they learned that journalists were at qaddafi s compound. one reporter who was there says he did not feel that the libyans were using them as human shields. he is nick robertson from cnn. he said they just wanted to show them the damage at the compound. team fox coverage continues. jennifer griffin at the pentagon. jennifer, the timing of the show and tell of the damage certainly was of interest. what more do we know about what happened? well, what we know from british sources is that british tornado jets were loaded with seven storm chaser missiles and they were preparing a second wave of attacks on qaddafi s compound when they realized that journalists were there. so, after those first two tomahawks which were fired from british subs landed, they were going to follow one these tornado strikes. when they saw the journalists, they called off the strike and they called off the strike.
people running for their lives behind them the incredible wall of water destroying everything in its path. japan s prime minister calls this the worst crisis. as i mentioned, since world war ii. we have team fox coverage this hour and james has the latest from washington on the u.s. effort to help. but first we will get to the pacific coast of japan. what is the latest on the nuclear situation there to the north? reporter: well, it is happening again, up the coast from where we are, the massive complex of nuclear reactors has been targeted, hit by both of earthquake and tsunami. the technicians this night are trying to avoid yet another hydrogen explosion at this reactor, the nuclear rods have been exposed, partly exposed and the risk of a meltdown at this reactor we are told is very real
he was supposed to take over for libya s u.n. ambassador who resigned a few weeks ago. tonight, the replacement is out thereof, too. defecting. is he now in cairo and says libyans have the right to quote freedom, democracy and a good life. just yesterday libya s foreign minister turned up in the united kingdom bringing 30 years of qaddafi s secrets with him. moussa koussa is one of the most sought of a of the regime. fragmented, under pressure and crumbling from within. shepard: scottish prosecutors are now asking to talk to this muse is a could you about the le bombing. officials are not giving him any immunity. team fox coverage continues. the fox report chief correspondent jonathan hunt in the newsroom. he is reportedly talking to the brits any way and could have a lot to say. he certainly could have a lot