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And there is the uss ship, a landing platform that will carry humanitarian cargo and be a landing strip for helicopters. >>shepard: explain why they are hesitant on the idea of a no-fly zone. >>reporter: because there is no consensus among europe or nato allies and the libyans have a strong air defense system as noted by general james madison. it would be challenging. you would have to remove the air defense capability in order to establish the for fly zone so it does, no illusions it would be a military operation, it would not being telling people not to fly airplanes. >>reporter: most import...

Security council resolution provides no authorization for the use of armed force. there is no unanimity in nato for the use of armed force. and the kinds of openings that have been talked about in the press have their own consequences. >>shepard: and secretary gates went on to say that with u.s. troops fighting and dying in iraq and afghanistan it may not be in our best interests to get involved. coverage of the crisis in the middle east tonight, fox report correspondent jonathan hunt is live from the border of libya and tunisia. but first, jennifer griffin is at the pentagon. what are the nav...

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Sending them back to shore. our senior correspondent rick leventhal is live with the news in louisiana's beach tonight. there is one ship that shouldn't have a bit of trouble from the looks of the thing. >> right. right, shepard. a massive vessel. the world's largest oil skimmer has arrived in louisiana. it sits on the mississippi river near venice and is ready to be deployed. the tie within taiwanese tankerw called a whale. it's 3 and a half football fields long and 10 stories high. it's been retrofitted with a dozen events to take up oily water every day. supposedly separates the oil from th...