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Environment for the brits and the french to operate in, both with rather modest forces down there. we'll keep up awax and other preventive systems to provide them with a safer operating environment. >> go ahead, what wants to jump in? is that you, richard? >> reporter: no, no, we were trying to coordinate here. we are also expecting the president to speak. but i definitely agree with a what general mccafferty has been saying that the first step would be to take out the air defenses. didn't mean to step on your conversation. >> that's actually fine. i appreciate it when you jump in. we are gett...

Libya. so as far as developments, we'll wait to see what decisions are made at that meeting that the prime minister is about to chair. >> and as things stand right now there are a handful of countries that are moving assets into that region but so far as we understand it the united states has promised to limit its involvement to support roles especially for the french and united kingdom. correct? >> yeah. that's right. senior british government sources earlier this week were telling me that they didn't think that anything would happen and obviously it has developed quickly with the u.n. resolu...

And basically the nato command and control structure will be what runs the war. >> it seems very generous of berlusconi to offer up nato's base there. let's go to the map of libya that shows where the rebels currently remain in power. they lost a lot of ground in the last week and the united nations took some quick action once it decided to take up the issue but it's been weeks of dawdling as gadhafi's forces regained an upper hand, pushed them back. so here is where they are in red where rebels still hold power. benghazi is really the most significant city there. what happens now? what do the...

Breaking news now. the french have confirmed that their fighter jets have destroyed a number of military vehicles in libya. they say armored vehicles and tanks. the report from al jazeera is that four tanks were destroyed. this is video of those french pilots preparing earlier today for the military strike. this came, an international agreement after gadhafi's forces broke the cease-fire, fired on the rebel stronghold of benghazi earlier today, and we know that there has been significant military action now with the french taking the lead. let's bring in nbc news military analyst general mccaf...

Government. in bahrain a similar story. saudi arabia the king there is trying to make overtures to keep the violence from happening but these are all allies of the united states and the war on terror important to america's missions and yet they're going through changes. >> yeah. what the united states has done is it's set the model in libya for any other actions. and that model demands, requires, security council action. you will not get security council action to go into yemen or into bahrain or into any other country. largely because the arab league certainly will not support it. now gadhafi...