rebel forces in libya have taken a beating this week. they say they now desperately need backup and need it now. but there s no official time line for the no-fly zone mission to begin and no word from the white house about the level of america s commitment. let s bring in the host of cnn s state of the union, and candy crowley live from washington this morning. what can and what do we expect the west to do right now about moammar gadhafi? reporter: well, we ve certainly been told by some western european countries that they want to do this quickly, whatever this is. we also know when secretary gates was on capitol hill being very cautious about this idea. this was pre the u.n. vote. saying let s be really clear about this because a no-fly zone begins with an attack on libya s anti-aircraft mechanism. so whatever it is that libya has, it could bring down any planes that were enforcing a