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Enforcing the no-fly zone. the "charles de gaulle" aircraft carrier leaves port sunday, and a refueling tanker is on standby. the uk is deploying typhoon jets, all-weather tornado attack aircraft. and air to air refuelling and surveillance planes. the u.s. won't disclose its operations but that is five combat ships in the mediterranean, including a guided missile destroyer. canada is sending cf-18 fighter jets. it also has a warship on standby off libya's coast. let's go now to cnn's barbara starr for more on the coalition's damage assessment in libya. >> i think at first, right now over lib...

If he is putting his children at risk. but where will he work? the daiichi plant is all he knows. his is an uncertain life. for now, home is a relief shelter in the shadow of another nuclear plant. in a place like this, how can the fukushima workers and their families ever forget their fears? what they've been through and what may lie ahead. these are dark days for japan. but if there's one light for this one man, he is alive and he has his family close. stan grant, cnn, kashiwazaki, japan. so much uncertainty in japan. even revolving around the weather. after a brief warm-up, colder tempera...

All-weather attack aircraft and air to air refuelling and surveillance planes. the u.s. will not disclose its operations but its five combat ships in the mediterranean, including a guided missile destroyer. canada is sending cf-18 fighter jets. it also has a warship on standby off libya's coast. moammar gadhafi himself remains defiant, saying he has a right to fire back at coalition forces. speaking on libyan state television, the embattled libyan leader had this warning for the coalition. >> translator: libya will exercise its right to defend itself according to section i of the united nati...

Nodes, is gadhafi's upper echelon command and control considered a critical node of his air defense? >> the first question? >> when did the tomahawks first get launched in comparison -- >> it was after the french, after the french flew their missions, the tomahawks were launched. about the time of flight of an hour from launch to impact. first impact was 1500 eastern standard final. i'm not going to answer the second question because it deals to future operations. your last question? >> when you talked about you were targeting command and control -- critical nodes, is gadhafi's upper echelon c...

Answered a few questions and through the meeting made clear that no u.s. troops and no u.s. attack aircraft are going to be directly involved in enforcing the no-fly zone and we will start out in "supporting roles," using naval warships or submarines and help out with refueling and surveillance. and the president has a lot going on as you have talked about but he explains why he thinks it is okay to leave walk for a few days in the weekly dress. >> as we respond to the immediate crisis, we will not let up in our of the to tackle the prosecuting challenges facing our country. including accelera...