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Provided transportation for us and taken us down there to see how the cease-fire that they've announced is taking hold. instead, the reports have been that the fighting there has been continuing. we've seen government support -- government -- pro-government reports on television. the government is getting its message out to its supporters that everything is fine. it appears on the ground everything is far from fine. ali? >> chris lawrence at the pentagon, defense secretary gates represent it is voice of caution on this saying this isn't as simple ascending planes up there, even though it seems...

Council imposed a no-fly zone over libya and ordered member states to take all necessary measure to protect civilians. president obama is scheduled to make a statement in half an hour. japanese prime minister naoto kan is calling the crisis at the fukushima plant very grave. japan raised the crisis level to five on a seven-point scale, putting it on par with the 1979 three mile incident in pennsylvania, but still below the 1986 chernobyl disaster in the former soviet union. the new level five designation severe damage to the core. despite that, japan's 12.4 mile evacuation zone is not being ...

Down. he's not going to simply walk away. >> so what's the issue here, when you think back to our involvement in afghanistan and iraq, the u.s.'s involvement, what is the issue that needs to best be addressed before the u.s. makes a decision about what role it's going to play? >> low jis tick cli it's complicated. the libyan air defense system is not that great. the libyan air force, they've got a few old french-made marriage fighters, they've got old russian-made migs. they don't have a sophisticated air force. they don't have a sophisticated air defense system. what they do have is a readine...

To deploy ground troops into libya. and we are not going to use force to go beyond a well-defined goal, specifically the protection of civilians in libya. in the coming weeks, we will continue to help the libyan people with humanitarian and economic assistance so that they can fulfill their aspirations peacefully. the united states did not seek this outcome. our decisions have been driven by gadhafi's refusal to respect to rights of his people and the potential for mass murder of innocent civilians. it is not an action that we will pursue alone. indeed, our british and french allies and member...

Story and she believes that it is very important to report on conflict, on human issues around the world. >> let's get back to the situation in libya with respect to the no try fly zone. wolf blitzer joins me in washington, chris lawrence at the pentagon, nic robertson in tripoli for us. is ha the president walking up to the podium right now? no, it's somebody else who might be putting some notes there for the president. nic, let's be clear on this, the un imposed this no-fly zone which is an authorization for member countries to do something. nobody has done anything yet. in response to that,...