answers. gregg: as president obama prepares to address the nation tomorrow night on why we re involved in libya, new word, airstrikes in the capital of tripoli. heather: we begin with the conflict in libya on a day that saw the rebels claim four more cities, fox s steve harrigan in tripoli, reported a short time ago, 8 loud explosions ripped through the night sky and reports there was no anti-aircraft response from qaddafi s forces. we ll get a live report a little later this hour. first the political rang gambling over libya at home. official word today nato is taking control of all aerial operations in the country, a key demand of the obama administration. on the eve of the president s address to the nation, let s go right to caroline shivley with the latest from washington. what does all of this mean for the u.s.? it means the chain of command starts with nato, not the u.s. and could take up to three days to completes the handover, until
officials have not ruled out the tomahawks, that is what kicked off the entire operation, the 114 tomahawks, filed fired from u.s. warships off of the coast. now, as far as the end game goes in all of this, he says it is possible the end of the operations, qaddafi could remain in power. the one last thing i want to tell you about, one ally, russia, is now calling on the u.s., french and the brits to stop the no-fly zone and stop bombing areas they say are in civilian areas and mullen, however says the missions will continue. jamie? jamie: certainly looks like it will, caroline shivley, live at the pentagon, thank you very much. let s get more details on the potential military strategy, where it is now and where it may have to go. lieutenant colonel robert maginnis, retired from us army. colonel, good morning. good morning, jamie. jamie: thanks for being with us. thank you. jamie: it looks like we re engaged, still in a supportive role. what will it take for that to stay t
guns, bigger weapons and better armor but have held strong, held fast, even when most of benghazi was evacuated yesterday, as the shelling got fierce, the rebels for the most part stayed behind and they were defending their city and remain and are today, celebrating what they believe is victory. eric: the skies may be in control and the ground not so much yet. rick leventhal, spectacular work from benghazi and now on the move and we ll get to him later on during our newscast, throughout this morning, thanks very much. jamie: the attacks are creating a no-fly zone over libya and this is what the u.n. ordered and it is done, what mike mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs told fox news this morning, 18 hours into it, american forces are still engaged and the military says control will shift to european and arab nation and let s go to caroline shivley, live at the pentagon, where is the fighting, caroline, focused right now?
crowd is out here, how much they want to get they re voice heard and names on the air, a lot of passion on every side, and no indication that this is going to end any time soon, harris? all right, the badger state, i see on some of those signs, what is happening in wisconsin could mean trouble for labor unions across the country, wisconsin was the first state to grant public employees bargaining rights in 1959. since then, those rights have spread to other states and now the question of tackling state budgets by making cuts to those unions trickles across the unions and other governors are considering targeting public sector unions as a way to balance their crippled budgets, our caroline shivley is live in washington, with some of the fact and figures, of labor unions as they stand today. caroline? reporter: harris, wisconsin has a big problem, a $3.6 billion deficit.
united states is playing it out with our allies. so, we are playing a very dangerous game of chess right now, and we must be very, very careful, because it could destroy a 35-year strategy that has been both republican and democrat in the middle east, if we re not careful. chris: jamie: we need to be. thanks so much. thanks. eric: president obama is about to dress big business and is set to address the u.s. chamber of commerce today and meanwhile relations between the president and the chamber have not been the warmest but the turnover in the congress and the white house, the tone seems to be changing. caroline shivley has a report live from washington. what will the president talk about when he addresses them. reporter: probably a tense room, coming from both sides, really, reviewing things that have happened over the past few months the chamber helped republicans win back the house with most of their $50 million