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Tanks. and this, which is said to be canadian forces, bombing a gadhafi weapons depot. just yesterday, french fighter jets taking off from the aircraft carrier in the mediterranean sea. arab nations are contributing resources, as well. the united arab emirates will send a dozen planes to patrol the no-fly zone in the coming days. and just today, the joint task force released this picture of a qatari jet taking off in support of the operation. back in the united states, pressure has been mounting for president obama to talk to the american people about libya, and we got word he's going to do ju...

Word today from the top commander of the u.s. operation in libya, that nato will take over the mission. general carter ham said the transition of the no-fly zone will happen this weekend, and nato has agreed in principle to also take command of the broader mission of protecting libyan civilians. so what's that transition going to mean? joining us live from brussels, international security correspondent paula newton in tripoli, david kirkpatrick. and in los angeles, former nato supreme allied commander general wesley clark. thank you for joining us. paula, let me start with you. the coalition h...

Company of this network. john bussey, do you know details of the uae's contributions here above and beyond those 12 planes? >> yeah. our nathan hodge who is reporting on this says that there are 12 fighter aircraft. now, this is to be in addition to gutter, which has fielded two fighters and some transport planes. i think, shepard, your point is well-taken that, you know, the skies are basically already clear that the tough work has been done. it is still very significant that the arab league and that arab nations have stopped jawboning about the need to do something about libya and are now po...

It's been somewhat overshadowed by obviously what's happening in libya. but today the white house press secretary jay carney was pushed and he still did not explain why there was no post saleh planning that was confirmed by the press secretary wednesday. yemen is planning for more large scale demos like this tomorrow. carney would only say that the must be peaceful and the u.s. government was simply not in the business in choose hog a new leader should be. publicly the state department is insisting that the ct or the counter terrorism relationship between the u.s. and yemen was not dependent o...

>> shepard: breaking news on fox report. the u.s. taking first step in controlling some control of the operation in libya to nato. secretary of state hillary clinton announcing a short time ago the agreement live on fox report. >> we have agreed along with our nato allies to transition command and control for the no-fly zone over libya to nato. all 28 allies have also now authorized military authorities to develop an operation's plan for nato to take on the broader civilian protection mission under resolution 1973. >> shepard: that means for now u.s. commanders are still in charge of the entir...