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>> reporter: he justified this operation as one that was necessary, legal and right. here's what he said. >> tonight, british forces are in action over libya. they are part of an international coalition that has come together to enforce the will of the united nations and to protect the libyan people. we have all seen the appalling brutality that colonel gadhafi has meted out against his own people. and far from introducing the cease-fire he spoke about, he has actually stepped up the attacks and the brutality that we can all see. so what we are doing is necessary, it is legal, and it is right....

Police say more than 7,600 people have died since the massive earthquake and tsunami struck last week. nearly 12,000 people are still missing. the japanese government is considering halting the sale of food from areas near the nuclear plants that have been in trouble after abnormally high levels of radiation were found in milk and spinach produced there. workers are racing to restore power to the cooling systems at the plant's six reactors. authorities hope that getting the electricity back on will stop radiation from leaking preventing the worst case se r scenarios from unfolding. >> i'm jona...

I assume, a lot of them have those stinger shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, which would -- very mobile and they could take down a plane. they could get lucky and do it. chris, thanks very much. chris is going to stay with us. jon, this is a war, for all practical purposes. it was a civil war. but now it's expanded. >> and we have called it a no-fly zone that the united nations resolution established. but essentially, the u.n. wrote a blank check for everything short of an army of occupation. so in many ways, the no-fly zone is the first step and this is the first day. but there could be ...

Is all in. and they're not going to stop until in the end gadhafi is gone. >> in fact, wolf, it's fair to say they did it diplomatically or with a certain amount of guile letting the french introduce the resolution and letting the french fly first into libya and carry out the first attack. as we've seen in the last few days and the last few hours, the u.s. has provided a lot of the diplomatic and now the military muscle. >> there's a lot of muscle under way right now. i suspect it's only just beginning. overwhelming force, that's what general colin powell used that phrase during the first gulf...

But, again, they're going to have to wait to assess that damage to see exactly how much was done to his capability. as for the no-fly zone that you're looking at now, they've decided to only enforce it in the more populated northern areas along the coast where colonel gadhafi's forces are concentrated. one of the primary differences in, say, doing it this way versus trying to cover the whole country is flat-out cost. the cost of establishing a no-fly zone over this part of the country is estimated to be somewhat just under $100 million a week. to do it over the entire country of libya, that co...