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Sitting on the fence or being able not to go out in the street and are hiding will see that who is going to win the battle is who they're going to go with. they've got to be very careful here. if they side with, you know, outside of gadhafi's world, they could get in trouble if he is able to follow through. but if the success and the backing of the coalition shows that there is a world support for the rebels, i think that will make a big difference in which way people vote. >> alec frazier, president of turner properties, great to get your insight this morning. >> good morning. glad to be here...

All of them in position to launch these cruise missiles. but defense chief robert gates says it will not be long until the u.s. military goes from a lead role to a support role. >> we expect it in a matter of days to be able to turn over the primary responsibility to others. we will continue to support the coalition. we'll be a member of the coalition. we will have a military role in the coalition, but we will not have the preeminent role. >> chris lawrence is live at the pentagon. you're getting new reaction about that attack on gadhafi's compound. what are they saying this morning? >> exactl...

The president personally called king abdullah of jordan this morning. a secure conference call between president obama and secretary clinton is planned as they work out the next steps of this operation. the u.s. played the lead role in "operation odyssey dawn" over the weekend but that won't last much longer. responsibility will be handed to french or british very shortly. >> we expect in a matter of days to be able to turn over the primary responsibility to others. we will continue to support the coalition. we'll be a better of the coalition. we'll have a military role in the coalition. but...

Defenses were done, then you could send in. save casualties on the civilian side and on the pilots side. >> just to give people a sense of how careful allied forces are trying to be in this. they halted a mission because they received information that civilians were in the area. this crossed within the last hour, they said, that decision to do that underlines their capability of protecting civilians. is this keeping people on the side of the coalition on what's going on right now? >> one thing is that people are realizing the fact that the accuracy of missiles and the accuracy of the manned ai...

Evacuated. officials do not know what is causing the smoke this time. his air defenses are crippled and a four-story building in his compound is in ruins but where is moammar gadhafi? that's one of the big questions in libya this morning after the co coalition launched more than 100 cruise missiles. nic robertson is live for us in tripoli. any indication where gadhafi is right now? >> reporter: at this moment we don't. the compound that we were taken to last night where there was the damaged building hit by a missile, two missiles indeed, there was no indication then that he had been around ...