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They dont want any further problems there. the cause of this, still under investigation. but heres the miracle in all of this. you saw the flames. i told you how much fuel was involved. nobody hurt. seriously. in all of this. that really is miraculous. one hundred firefighters battling this, the fire is contained and out at this point, but the damage, being looked at, and then you know, the ramifications of slowing things down, clogging up the travel lines, but nobody hurt. call your airline if ...

Things that people are talking about, addressing social security, tieing a budget to the debt ceiling, not going to happen. theyre waiting for obama to come across and say this is the level of cut im willing to deal with for the rest of the year and thats as far as it goes. jenna: ill see you in d.c. for a couple of weeks. dont anybody, but till be -- but ill be there! thank you. you can get powered up each and every day with chris, foxnews.com, and click on politics. jon: thousands of people ...

[laughter] >> reporter: thank you. jon: thank you. jenna: police in texas are trying to figure out what caused this accident were going to show you. its a big rig crash that -- look at it. it just really takes your breath away. that 18-wheeler hanging over an el sated interstate ramp near fort worth, texas. >> reporter: there is actually a car thats trapped underneath all of that truck. and there were two people who were trapped inside of that. they had to use the jaws of life to extricate those...

Be totally unacceptable. >> it would. that would be viewed as a u.s. loss. even though the president doesnt really want to call this a war, it is a war, and the only way we can now extricate ourselves from the military engagement is through a rebel victory. were now dependent on people with whom we havent bothered to make contact. the only way we can withdraw there this is, frankly, recks taking tripoli. -- rebels taking tripoli. jon: so if ghadafi stays in power, the u.s. loses. >> i think so. ...

About what exactly is happening in the capital of tripoli. jon: nearly a week into the campaign to stop ghadafis forces from attacking civilians, our nato allies are beginning to shoulder a bigger share of the air assault on libya. defense secretary robert gates saying president obama made it clear the u.s. would only run the operation for a short time. meanwhile, we expect an update from the defense department a little bit later this afternoon. jennifer griffin live at the pentagon for us now. ...

Los angeles times reporter joins us live on the phone from tripoli. whats the latest there? >> reporter: its been a relatively quiet day here in the capital today. earlier this morning just before dawn we just heard some massive explosions and some just intense barrages of anti-aircraft fire, tracer fire in the sky. then today they are, basically, theyre having a funeral right now, a mass funeral for people who supposedly died in the coalition air strikes. they say that civilians have died in th...

Call 877-242-usaa. jon: a fox news alert about this new crisis developing in japan, this time in tokyo where fears of radiation contamination from the crippled nuclear plant are now causing folks to hoard food and water. many shelves are empty of basic necessities. no milk, rice, water or toilet paper. meanwhile, two workers trying to

With you about how those people died? >> reporter: i would let the viewers decide that. but, you know, also they say theres been civilian damage to infrastructure. we said, okay, lets go see it. they take us to a port. its a military port filled with military equipment, filled with anti-aircraft fire. it looked like a legitimate target to me if youre enforcing a no-fly zone. and then we asked, well, how many soldiers died here, how many military persian mel? how many civilians? and they said, th...

It happened at reagan airport, right? >> unbelievably this was the second time it happened in two years. apparently it happened once before when a guy stepped out of the control tower, we believe -- they -- he forgot to bring his magnetic pass card with him, door was locked, he couldnt get in. they made mention of this on the air traffic recording. listen up. >> is there a reason its not manned? >> im going to take a guess and say that the controller got locked out. ive heard of this happening b...

Step down immediately. this comes just days after security forces shott and killed more than 40 antigovernment protestors. over to syria, where thousands are now taking to the streets in that very repressive country, theyre defying a deadly government crackdown and demanding regime change as they protest at the funerals of demonstrators killed by police gunfire. reena ninan is live in jerusalem, keeping an eye on it all. >> reporter: jon, this is the biggest protest opposition for president asad...