to the libyan people, of course we should be part of that. therefore, i m very proud, of course, we have the the u.s., we have france, we have the uk but now we actually fourth in line doing something and we have had our flights up in the air this afternoon and they came back very successfully, so i m very happy about that. are you confident that the mission, as it has been outlined to denmark, is one that is about protecting civilians and not ultimately being involved by supporting a revolt? actually, i think very important for us and the parliament this is about protect the civilians, i think we have to bear in mind that this is i think the first time we had the u.n. security council being that clear in asking the international society to protect civilians and create a no-fly zone and do whatever they can to ensure that gadhafi not killing his own. there a difficulty, do you
standard time and it was probably around 21, 2200 eastern standard time last night is when we then started shooting a few more. have any more been shot off today? that i m not aware of. and then one other, the who which nations right now are actively patrolling not fly zone? you re gonna see united states, united kingdom, france at this particular point. and as nations, you have seen fly their airplanes in you have seen canada arrive they get there they set up their infrastructure, their basing requirements, air crew go into crew rest and then we work them into the next next day s flying cycle. so every day, you are going to see more nations start to participate. do you have any sense of how many planes are in the air knew are actively enforcing it? i m not gonna talk about specific tactics or numbers at this time. when qatar will start flying? no we are in the process of relocating them there.
back to our coverage in libya in a moment but now back to the crisis in japan where tests have reportedly found radioactive iodine in a water system in a village near the affected plant. three times higher than the standard there people are being warned don t drink the tap water. the death toll from last week s earthquake and tsunami is up to more than 8400 people now, but remember this, 12,900 others are still missing. workers that the crippled nuclear plant in fukushima are making progress in their battle to cool down the reactor bus japanese authorities say they may need to release more radioactive gas into the air. the crisis also having an impact on food supplies. japan now banning the sale of spinach and raw milk that comes from the area near the plant. also, restricting produce.
that decision where radiation levels were above the legal limit detected in those farmed goods. an amazing story of survival nine days after the earthquake and tsunami. medical workers rescued an 80-year-old woman as you three is and her grandson. the 16-year-old boy crawled climbed onto the roof of their home just in time to alert rescuers. extraordinary story n northeastern japan, entire villages were threatened by last week s tsunami. now, the focus already on rebuilding. one of the hardest hit air jaths the town of ken nash she. reporter: the question for people in the tsunami zone a week after the tsunami is how do you rebuild from this? this appears to have been a residential area, right near the downtown, a fishing village and if you take a look through this rubble what townspeople are trying to do is figure out what they can salvage not very much,
missiles from ships from both of those nations hit targets inside libya. aircraft also coming from many countries, including france, italy i spain, denmark and norway. all right, let s talk a little bit more about the strategy moving forward. joining us now from little rock, arkansas, cnn contributor, general wesley clark. he is the former nato supreme allied commander. all right, general clark, we heard from vice admiral gortney there at the pentagon briefing saying that more nations will be involved in the days to come. to what capacity do you see that happening? i see more nations during the overflights, providing logistical support and so forth and maybe announcing they are permitting overflights themselves as well sending aircraft in but i don t see this as a big combat activity at this point because the hard work has been done and maybe there were some more strikes tonight it is not clear, seems like something was in the air, maybe finishing off the anti-craft sites