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Appear to be opposition figures who were tortured before they were killed by qaddhafi's forces. gregg: jennifer griffin thank you. jenna: the president getting ready to address the people on libya tonight. this is the first military campaign president obama has launched before taking office. some critics contend the speech is over do. let's talk a bit about the timing and the content with bret bair. that is what some have said, that it's too late. why hasn't this address come sooner? >> reporter: well it's a have question, jenna. i think one of the answers to the question is that the mission h...

Don't forget israel in this conversation as we take a look at what is happening in the mideast region, israel being our true ally in the area what will iran, michael, what do you think iran is thinking right now watching what is happening in syria? >> well, i think that for iran this is sort of mixed. were the syrian regime to fall i think that would certainly be concerning for the iranian regime which has used the syrian regime as its closes ally in the region. jenna: do you think it's a possibility that this regime known for its brutality looking back at the father of this current leader. do...

Long it will be, that the majority of it will deal with the operation, and the libyan operation, but that he will talk about the regional influences, and what we've seen in tunisia and egypt and other places. of course it gets sticky when he starts talking about, if he does, syria and yemen where obviously killings are ongoing of protestors against those governments. and the line is if we're in libya will we have to be in yemen or in syria eventually if that killing ctinues? i think defense secretary gates said some interesting things over the weekend, including that libya is not in the vital ...

Drizzle. that is making hazardous conditions but it should be out of the area this afternoon. as you head southward, florida, dealing with thunderstorms, a lot of humidity, and there was a severe thunderstorm watch issued out early this morning, that has expired. that did include fort lauderdale and also west palm beach. so we're going to see conditions continue to slowly improve throughout the day. otherwise the big snower is the extreme cold behind that cold front, 30 in new york, 30 cleveland, 31 cleveland, and 30s across the center of this country, and again, not a lot of improvement comin...

>> let me tell you about carter country. they have been cooperating with the atf from the get go. >> reporter: you assumed they had your back. >> absolutely. we felt we were partnered with the atf in a lot of ways. >> reporter: the operation has since been linked to the death of agent brian terry and 150 shootings in mexico. >> i did not authorize it. eric holder the attorney general did not authorize it. >> reporter: one of the questions that we always ask is who is lying. darrell izza has opened a federal investigation. >> we'll subpoena if we have to, hold hearings if we have some, call in ...