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Themselves with al qaeda. so unless the situation truly implodes and al qaeda can take advantage of that, frankly, i wouldn't worry about it. besides, if al qaeda does establish bases there we will pound the living you know what out of them as soon as we identify them so i do not believe this is a long-term threat. >> roger, what does pan am 103, how does that play into this? a former justice minister under gadhafi said he had evidence gadhafi himself ordered the bombing of this 747 over lockerbie, scotland. >> there is no doubt in my mind that gadhafi had a direct role in it. he still has blo...

Shows 75% even of tea partiers support the no fly zone but sort of the same two-thirds deeply disapprove of obama's handling of the situation in libya. you make sense of that if you can. i can't. >> what about mr. boehner? he says that the united states has a moral obligation to stand with the libyans and this is the same guy who won't stand with the unemployed in this country, the 99ers what about that moral obligation? i've been listening to you talk about the numbers and remembering what dr. king said about every bomb we drop overseas exploding here at homes and thinking about the millions ...

Of the libyan people. these are the two men secretary of state hillary clinton met with last week. according to the financial times, the people, those two men represent in libya are lawyers, academics, businessmen, and youth who participated in the february 17th revolution and formed committees to organize themselves and run cities and towns. joining me now to talk about all of the threat about al qaeda in africa, former white house counterterrorism official and now a terrorism analyst for msnbc news, roger, good to have you with us tonight. >> good evening, ed. >> al qaeda is in 70 countries....

Fund, the operating budget of the pentagon to do this. this really didn't need a special allocation of funds. >> well, continuing resolution you could put an amendment in that would be a restrictive amendment that would essentially stop the president from being able to spend any funds for the operations against libya. >> so moving forward, president obama has done this. what are the -- what is the political downfall with his base on this? your take on that? >> you know, i have to tell you, i mean, i'm so focused on the constitutional aspect i really haven't thought much about the political asp...

Situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation. still, the white house insists tonight that this is a legal operation. national security adviser thomas donlin told reporters today while consultation with congress is important, quote, the administration welcomes the support of the congress in whatever form that they want to express that support. joining me tonight is congressman dennis kucinich of ohio who has got some serious problems with our activity in libya. congressman, good to have you with us tonight. >> thanks, ed. it's kind of mr. donilon to welcom...