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Reaction from washington. republican house speaker john boehner calling on the president to better explain the objectives in libya. david joins us from. >> lawmakers are pleased that we are in libya but some are critical to the approach. we got a statement from john boehner, he knows what is happening today but he wants to know what is next. president is commander in chief but the administration has a responsibility to define for the american people the congress and our troops what the mission in libya is, better explain what the role is in achieving that mission and make clear how it will be ...

Or any gunfight. this is not easy but this is the easiest part of what may turn out to be a rather prolonged campaign even though they now have agreements from at least one arab country to join this coalition. >> gregg: look, the president stated objectives and he stated it yesterday is that we want to protect the libyan people. has he shifted away from what was his stated policy of regime change? >> it strikes me that he has. the commitment there won't be one single ground troop put on the ground. no u.s. military personnel involved on the ground in libya, the rather confusing outcome of the ...

Role you mentioned, of course, the united states in control, right now, command and control as you mentioned but we'll be handing that over. what about from the beginning of this? in terms of president obama and the united states? do you think it was a mistake we did not take a leadership role, officially? >> i do, in the sense of moving towards action earlier at the united nations and i think there was a window of opportunity, a week to ten days ago but i think it is sensible, at this point, to try to form the kind of broad-based coalition that will lead to support from arab allies and others...

Officials say qaddafi himself is not targeted but had not been seen on television in two days, making his reports now, very yeah, the telephone, back to you. >> gregg: steve, live in tripoli, keep us posted. thanks. oil prices shot up more than $100 a barrel when the protests first broke out in libya and now are skyrocketing again as bombs rain down on the nation. are oil stocks a good investment? ceo of bell rock capital, author of the book "don't buy the bull" joins us, good to have you. thanks. >> thanks for having me. >> gregg: what about that? any time a market is driven in part by fear, ...

>> heather: the decision to launch a military operation in libya, coming only after the arab league threw support behind the plan. but so far have you noticed the arab league is not doing anything in terms of military action? why some say that makes america look weak. we'll talk about that after the break. with similar safety features as the chrysler town & country. the difference between theirs and ours is that all our safety-tech features come standard and most of theirs are optional. we don't think saty or technology should be optional. ♪ now well-qualified lessees can lease the 2011 town...