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They'll come to some kind of a deal. in the meantime, one of the big issues are what they call these riders, and these are things that really don't have anything to do with the budget, like killing planned parenthood, killing npr funding, this kind of thing. so, they have to work their way through these riders that the house republicans attached to the budget and then they'll come to an agreement. >> you talk about john boehner kind of putting himself in a corner. how about the president having put himself in a corner when it comes to libya and saying that gadhafi must go? >> it's a problem fo...

That would include surveillance, reconnaissance, electronic jamming and refueling. u.s. combat aircraft in the area are also prepared to respond to assist the nato combat operation over libya, if needed. joining me live from washington, d.c., msnbc military analyst, retired u.s. army general, barry mccaffrey. general, good morning, sir. >> good morning, alex. >> so, with the u.s. handing over the combat missions to nato, where does that leave the rebels without the u.s. air strikes? >> it certainly is a very curious war. we flew the preponderance of these missions, u.s. navy flew the preponder...

>> my pleasure. in libya the u.s. ended combat there. u.s. air force and navy craft will continue to fly support missions including surveillance, reconnaissance, electronic jamming and refuelling missions. combat aircraft are prepared to respond to assist the nato combat operation over libya if requested. joining me live from washington, d.c. military analyst, retired general barry mccaffery. are the nato nations that will continue any enforcement of the no fly zone capable of doing what the rebels seem to need them to do? >> hard to imagine with the prepond rens of conducting the strikes ov...

Weeks. they're talking months. and the problem with that is, of course, until they figure out what to do with all that water, either pump it out to a barge or ship or some sort of outside container, they can't get those waters into the actors themselves, boots on the ground to do the work needed to hook everything up and keep the reactors stable for the long term. that's the latest from here, alex. back to you. >> lee cowan, thanks so much, from tokyo. now in libya, a new approach for the u.s. today, ending its combat role and taking a back seat to the nato forces. the u.s. will now carry ou...