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The 2,000 firefighters not really able to get ahead of many of these big blazes. but today they've had a bit of some good luck. cool temperatures, a little bit of rain this morning is allowing them to get closer to the fires with bulldozers, actually put some of these fires out. they expect these fires to eventually kick back up so at least for today though they're getting between some of those fires and the homes. to show you how intense some of these fires burned, behind us was an old general store and service station. it burned to the ground over the weekend. witnesses said the fires got as...

Oil. libya has to sell its oil one way or another, it's really about need for american protection in the world. people need american protection and they complain about the protector, the nature of the world in which we live. >> speaking of oil, we discussed this, general kimmitt. i'm concerned based on what i'm hearing from u.s. officials, there is deep nervousness, gadhafi, if he's going down will start doing what saddam hussein did in kuwait and start blowing up his oil fields and there would be an environmental and economic disaster in the mediterranean. >> certainly, whoever takes over aft...

Oil. libya will have to sell its oil one way or another. it's really about the need for american protection in the world. people need american protection and they complain about the protector. it's the nature of the world in which we live. >> but speaking of oil and we discussed this, general kimmitt. i'm concerned based on what i'm hearing from u.s. officials, that there is deep nervousness that gadhafi, if he's going down, will start doing what saddam hussein did in kuwait, mainly start blowing up his oil fields and there would be an environmental and economic disaster in the mediterranean. ...

Citizens near nuclear plants that are on or near earthquake falls, everybody is going to have a lot more questions than they had before. and they deserve very thorough science-based answers. >> you met with a japanese foreign minister. >> yes. >> is there anything he asked of the united states that the u.s. can't deliver on? >> no. he's been very forthcoming in thanking us for the assistance we and other nations have provided. the government of japan has been grateful publicly and privately for our civilian military help. but the extent of what they are dealing with is unlike anything any of u...

Coming to there, but nonetheless you can see the heat signatures all around moscow. just a cup offensively weeks ago they were saying there were about 67 fires and about 240,000 firefighters that were spread out across the country to put these fires out. they've been so stating. and at various times the airport has been open. at various times it's been closed just because visibility is so bad. if you can imagine the particulates in the atmosphere, and we know from iceland and the volcano there that particulate matter in the atmosphere can wreak havoc on jet aircraft engines. this has really be...