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Couple? japan became parents, that massive magnitude 9 earthquake struck. not you new family is back home in the u.s. and we'll hear from them coming up. martha: we look at how developments in libya and other things in this world will affect you at the pump.
Official. the president facing harsh cite sphism for his response or lack thereof to what was happening? japan and libya. a brand-new fox news poll shows his approval rating dipping to 49%. you see in february it was 51%. let's bring in juan williams. good morning. glad to have you with us. there has been a lot of discussion about the president hang back on this issue. nicolas sarkozy very much out in front calling on for the no my zone. hillary clinton is getting a lot of the credit for our involvement in the no-fly zone. writes the president on this and does it hurt us? >> the charge that he...
Calls for all necessary measures to be taken, how do you measure the resolve of the international community? what are we talking about here? >> i don't think we'll see ground forces go into libya, but i think we'll see air strikes not just to have a no-fly zone, but hopefully against his tank columns and artillery and his troops on the ground so that the rebels can try and retake some of the territory they recently had. it's unfortunate this resolution didn't come sooner in order to help the rebels out. rick: what do you think would be the first step and how quickly do you think we would see i...
Strike against a rebel camp near benghazi. martha: david, what specifically does this resolution authorize? report it imposes a no supply zone over libya. it says all libyan flights. but if you look at the language of this resolution it's much broader. it says all necessary action can be taken to protect civilians. libya defense and aircraft can be targeted. and u.n. states can target tanks and artillery on the ground. the language is broad. but one thing that is not authorized, no troops on the ground. the u.n. states can use aircraft and missile strikes from ships. france says military actio...
Stopping his deadly crack down on rebel forces and civilians, that is not before we got bad news out of misrata which we'll hear about in a moment, he says he'll lead his country back to safety, at the same time has thumbed his nose at the international community. listen to this: >>. >> translator: the union security council has no mandate and we do not acknowledge resolution. it is not a war between two respective countries and the security council plays a role. martha: all right, rick leventhal joins us live. at the border of egypt and libya. rick, good morning to you. >> reporter: qaddafi, ...