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This plan? >> lets go back. well start in the eastern mediterranean where now for several days theres been five u.s. navy warships equipped with tom hawk miladainian tomlinsott. very lethal and precise. it would be a huge problem if that were to happen. thats the first thing. this show of force in the red sea is more about presence. theres no expectation that those fighter jets off the deck of the carrier nimitz will be used. this is sending a message to assad and the region that the u.s. milita...

Starr is with us now. barbara, theres a different dynamic now to the syria crisis. hows it playing out at the pentagon? >> reporter: well, fred, as i think you would expect, theyre looking at where all the ships are. they may switch a few ships out. they wont leave everybody sitting there but have the same number, the same fire power. four to five destroyers. tom hawk missiles on them both. guided by precise gps satellite coordinates. so they will have to keep after this. if they see syria force...

That kind of thing, trying to make it much harder for a u.s. missing strike to make a difference. were also hearing they have moved out some of their chemical weapons. that complicates it in terms of the united states being able to target their weapons. what they dont want to hit is a dump they dont know about and release the chemicals into the air. here in israel, the way the u.s. acts about this issue is seen as a litmus test, so there is a lot of intense interest in how this goes in terms of ...

we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." gunfire, honking horns, celebrations in cities across libya, marking the death of gadhafi. were following all the breaking news this hour. the man who ruthlessly ruled the country for 42 years was killed today outside his hometown of sirte. he was 69 years old. president obama said his death marks the end of a long and painful chapter for libya. >> one year ago,...

It takes a lot of money to wage a war. not surprising. it sparked debate over whos going to pick up this tab for enforcing the no-fly ne over libya. our carol costello has more on the talk back. i imagine a lot of people weighing in on this, becse this is a very -- its a humanitarian mission but also its an expensive missi as well and possibly long term. >> thats right. an expensive mission for the united states in particur. but maybe it will all work thou. the united states is steps away from t...

Collateral damage. and a house was danieled in that collateral damage. they couldnt find it or show it to us. we cant say it didnt happen all of all these days, they are still not able to show us tangible evidence there had been such injuries, wolf. >> normally in the last several days sip the air strikes started. u.s., french, british they drop a bomb or tom hawk, the libyans respond with tracer fire, antiaircraft fire. correct me if i am wrong, most recently we havent seen the libyan response,...

Jenna: certainly a lot going on, but were going to begin with the international effort to enforce a no-fly zone over libya. president obama speaking with mideast leaders trying to shore up participation in this and clarify at this point a few days in leadership roles on military attacks on those libyan forces. were so glad youre with us, im jenna lee. jon: and im jon scott. coalition forces pounding libyan targets with dozens more tom hawk missiles but suffering the loss of a jet whose crew mana...

Set to try the cases are selling faction. how they believe the obama administration may be working to keep these cases out of gitmo. all new, all live "happening now." and good morning to you im jon scott. jenna: im jenna lee. were so glad you are with us. we are here in the fox newsroom. happening right now we have a fox news alert out of libya. the u.s. navy releasing grand new video of the punishing nighttime assaults on qaddafi forces. they are using b.-2 stealth bombers, jet fighters and to...

We are not ruling out strikes against valid targets when and if the need arises. martha: there you have it, u.s., british and french planes blasting a line of progadhafi tanks on the ground and this is -- this is what is left of the compound, part of it, anyway, a pile of concrete, unbelievable images that we are getting in of that, the libyan leaders whereabouts at this point unknown. bill: martha, were trying to piece this together and trying to figure out over the last 24 hours what the allie...

Bill: that is the challenge because youre trying to figure out will there be a slaughter or not, if gadhafi moves to benghazi does he wipe out civilians, its the only take on 50 rebel fighters in pickup trucks. thats what we were told would havment so youre trying to balance this and figure it out. the other thing weve been told is that the united states will hand off this, quote unquote, war to our nato allies, within a short period of time. is that days? is that weeks? do you believe thats pos...