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This plan? >> let's go back. we'll start in the eastern mediterranean where now for several days there's been five u.s. navy warships equipped with tom hawk miladainian tomlinsott. very lethal and precise. it would be a huge problem if that were to happen. that's the first thing. this show of force in the red sea is more about presence. there's no expectation that those fighter jets off the deck of the carrier nimitz will be used. this is sending a message to assad and the region that the u.s. military is still there. politically, it's still awaits a decision by congress. >> all right. thank y...

Starr is with us now. barbara, there's a different dynamic now to the syria crisis. how's it playing out at the pentagon? >> reporter: well, fred, as i think you would expect, they're looking at where all the ships are. they may switch a few ships out. they won't leave everybody sitting there but have the same number, the same fire power. four to five destroyers. tom hawk missiles on them both. guided by precise gps satellite coordinates. so they will have to keep after this. if they see syria forces on the move, dispersing, they will be retargeting the missiles which they know how to do very ...

That kind of thing, trying to make it much harder for a u.s. missing strike to make a difference. we're also hearing they have moved out some of their chemical weapons. that complicates it in terms of the united states being able to target their weapons. what they don't want to hit is a dump they don't know about and release the chemicals into the air. here in israel, the way the u.s. acts about this issue is seen as a litmus test, so there is a lot of intense interest in how this goes in terms of what it might mean for a strike on israel and what it means in terms of the broader, regional sta...

we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." gunfire, honking horns, celebrations in cities across libya, marking the death of gadhafi. we're following all the breaking news this hour. the man who ruthlessly ruled the country for 42 years was killed today outside his hometown of sirte. he was 69 years old. president obama said his death marks the end of a long and painful chapter for libya. >> one year ago, the notion of a free libya seemed impossible. but then the libyan people rose up. and demanded t...

It takes a lot of money to wage a war. not surprising. it sparked debate over who's going to pick up this tab for enforcing the no-fly ne over libya. our carol costello has more on the talk back. i imagine a lot of people weighing in on this, becse this is a very -- it's a humanitarian mission but also it's an expensive missi as well and possibly long term. >> that's right. an expensive mission for the united states in particur. but maybe it will all work thou. the united states is steps away from turning over the libya problem to nato and our allies, but the u.s. is a big part of nato, and we...