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Have no mercy and no pity. no mercy on his own citizens. here is why this matters to us. left unchecked we have every reason to believe that qaddafi would commit atrocities against his people. many thousands could die. a humanitarian crisis would ensue. the entire region could be detake hraoeuzed endangering many of our allies and partners. the calls of the libyan people for help would go unanswered. the democratic values that we stand for would be overrun. moreover the words of the international community would be rendered hallow. that's why the united states has worked with our allies and pa...

Military operations would be brought to a conclusion. megyn: what are your thoughts, sir, on the likelihood us getting drawn in? that is a concern we've heard from many. it's one thing this we are part of a united nations assault on libya enforcing a no-fly zone to try to prevent moammar gadhafi from killing his own civilians. it's quite another if this fails or it goes onto a point where it looks like a long, drawn out military conflict. megyn: the history of our military engagements is that we enter them for huge public support with abstract objectives that then cannot be realized in a time ...

The lead on these expected military operations. dr. henry kissinger former secretary of state thank you very much for being here. megyn: good to talk to you. megyn: all the best, sir. joining me on set is a woman who us aoed to work for that man for seven years. kt mcfarland, our national security analyst. it's so great to get with someone with his expertise and perspective on this k. t. the take away seems to be, fine if we're going to go protect the lives of civilians there who are being brutally slaughtered by qaddafi, beyond that is a different question. megyn: secretary kissinger is brill...

They tell us japan is very different. unlike chernoble fukushima did not erupt in a large plume into the upper atmosphere that would travel very quickly. and secondly the amount of radioactive material is much less. >> by the time it gets here whatever radio activity was let loose in japan it's going to disperse over the six days and 5,000 miles it took to be here. >> reporter: risk is proportional to dose. experts tell us the amount of cumulative radiation that we are likely to see here in california, hawaii, alaska is probably no more than a chest x-ray or maybe a flight from l.a. to chicago...

For us as we expect the president to announce military action by the united states in conjunction with other military partners coming into libya. >> when i agreed to do this i didn't know the president was going to speak in a few minutes. i don't want to look as if i'm second-guessing the president. megyn: understood. >> i support the effort to save civilian lives and to prevent civilian massacres. i am very uneasy about any military engagement that goes beyond this and that would involve us but it might involve us in a military campaign in libya, and before i would support that i want to know...