doorstep of gadhafi s hometown of sirte. rebels facing heavy rocket fire. we re live from libya. with radiation still on the rise and plutonium now in the soil, how do the japanese keep the reactor from melting down while preventing toxic water from leaking out everywhere? i m chuck todd. good morning, everyone, i m savannah guthrie. also this morning, will the supreme court permit a massive sex discrimination suit against walmart to proceed? it s a giant case with big time implications for working women. we ll get to that. we re going to begin with a developing story this morning out of syria. less than an hour ago state television reported that the entire syrian cabinet has resigned. this comes amid the country s worst unrest in decades and an increasingly violent crackdown on protesters right there. as of now the syrian president bashar al-assad is not stepping
gadhafi leaves this country peacefully? there are discussions going on and resolutions being presented it looks like. the libyan people will not discuss anything more than gadhafi has to leaf the country. inga daffy may realize for the first time i think the crisis start that there is a real crisis, before he say my people, they love me, they will fight for me. but now i think he realize there is a real crisis. he has two options. either to leave peacefully it s clear that u.s. off officials aofficia officials are hoping those around gadhafi will start to peel off. we ll see the writing on the wall and the coalition around gadhafi will crack. is there any evidence in your mind of that happening? yes, it is happening. i think that there are a lot of communication within the gadhafi circles. many of them have relation within the united states officials here. i think they understand it is doing its best to try to find an exit for gadhafi and bloodshed which will lead for nothing,
sirte is gadhafi s stronghold. it is the hometown of his tribe. he has a great deal of tribal support in sirte. if sirte were to fall the rebels would be right on tripoli s doorstep. there are indication that gadhafi is digging in in sirte which could prove to be a decisive battle. and of course tonight president obama will address the nation laying out t caseor u. action in by and the way forward. this speech comes as nato takes command of the fight. what is the end game for the u.s.? republican congressman mike rogers is chairman of the intelligence select committee. he has supported u.s. involvement in libya so far. congressman, it s good to have you here. so far from what you see of what the u.s. military has done in libya, does administration have the policy right? well, the no-fly zone i think was clearly right. but it was it s more than just the u.n. resolution. the chemical weapon stockpile there and we know it s there, i ve seen it personally. other weapons that concern
gadhafi, no way he will go back into libya. no way to do that. what can you tell us about gadhafi? people have the perception that he is more than a dictator, more than cruel, but perhaps crazy. do you think he is a rational actor? i think it s very hard to define people in history like ga daf daffy. he is unpredictable. you can t trust him. you don t know the next step he is going to do. he s a very shrewd politician. he trusts nobody. i think he s just a devil on earth, to be honest with you. this man is very he doesn t only want to control cities, but he s killing people for nothing, for he s just revenge. this is his nature, you know. and yet you worked for this man. i worked for libya, not for this man. you never find any change, any historical change in any place
calling early on for a no fly zone. the arab league was ahead of the president s leadership on this. i believe all along we should have had a no-fly zone. i think what the speaker has talked about is what is next? there s a lot of confusing and conflicting information coming out of the administration. i hopefully he ll set that straight because from a national security perspective we have to be run one flight, one team here when it comes to making sure our national security interests are met. some republicans have suggested that the u.s. should take gadhafi out militarily. that is something that the u.s. the obama administration has taken off the table. what s your view on it? well, what happens if he pulls back tomorrow and we have a split country between where the rebels are and where gadhafi is? does that mean there are no continued military strikes? it raises a lot of questions. i think many, i think speaker john boehner s concern was great, now you ve laid out this strategy