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Gadhafi's compound. he explained to me that colonel gadhafi himself was not a target and he's not on a target list. it wasn't a personal attack on moammar gadhafi. he explained that there is certain command and control ability at that compound and in other words moammar gadhafi's ability to coordinate with his forces and that's what the coalition was targeting. we also got some new information just this morning. i just confirmed with british minuistry of defense there was second strike planned for last night and that mission was called off because there was a danger to civilians there. i spoke...

I'm jon scott. now, back to "justice" with judge jeanine. >> judge jeanine: this is a fox news alert. britain now joining the attacks against libya. a uk official announcing tonight that three british tornado jets have begun air strikes. libyan tv also reporting that armed forces command is saying as of now 48 are dead and 15 injured. steve harrigan is leave in tripoli with the latest. >> at least three loud air strikes of incoming fire here in the capital of tripoli. we can't be certain whether they are from the british war planes or perhaps they were cruz missiles coming from u.s. warships o...

I'm jon scott. now, back to "justice" with judge jeanine. >> judge jeanine: this is a fox news alert. britain now joining the attacks against libya. a uk official announcing tonight that three british tornado jets have begun air strikes. libyan tv also reporting that armed forces command is saying as of now 48 are dead and 15 injured. steve harrigan is leave in tripoli with the latest. >> at least three loud air strikes of incoming fire here in the capital of tripoli. we can't be certain whether they are from the british war planes or perhaps they were cruz missiles coming from u.s. warships o...

F-16s to the nato air base in sillica and the uk has tornado jets for ground attacks stationed at bases in cypress. italy is proposing using the nato base in naples as the command center for the coordinated military intervention. let's bring in nbc news military analyst general barry mccaffery. just a question here. if they're targeting armored vehicles or tanks what does that have to do with enforcing a no fly zone? >> you went right to the heart of the matter. the no fly zone was a meaningless political gesture that would in no way protect the libyan people. remember, the no fly zone over so...

Could in fact be strikes that had to be postponed last night. we were told by pentagon officials today that in fact the british tornado jets that had to halt their mission. they seven storm chaser missiles onboard. they were ready to follow up on initial tomahawk strikes on qadhafi's compound. we were told expect they could go back and finish that mission. they to call off that strike on qadhafi's compound when they realized that journalists and civilians were present on scene. they saw live reports from the scene and called it off there. was a lot of consternation in among coalition officials...