jennifer griffin continues team fox coverage tonight. jennifer, some very serious matters to consider here. that s right. and the pentagon continues to push back and warn of the dangers of trying to set up a no fly zone. frustrating both democrats and republicans on capitol hill. we are spending over half a we are spending $500 billion, not counting iraq and afghanistan, on our nation s defense. don t tell me we can t do a no fly zone over tripoli. libyan diplomats at the u.n. urged the rebels h however, to ask formally request them to set up a no fly zone, to request a no fly zone through the u.n. they said if that formal request comes, they will try to push it through the security council, shep. shepard: now to the military, the warships are either there or on the way there. but it appears this is more a humanitarian effort than anything else. is that right? that s right. if you look at the two ships that passed through the suez canal today, the uss ponte on the one hand
military action. nearby, the military also bombed military camp on the outskirts of adabya. we re going to nic robertson in just a moment. again, we re hearing about obviously the opposition being fought by gadhafi and his forces. we ll get our nic robertson, who s joining us in a short time. the aerial bombings by the libyan military have led some to propose the united states consider imposing a no fly zone over the country. but admirable mike mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff has called that option a, quote, complex operation. the u.s. has located two ships in the mediterranean sea for humanitarian relief and capability of emergency evacuations. one is the usskearstat. it went through the suez canal
online with enough money to see if they can buy a ticket there. wolf? diana magnay reporting. let s check some other hot spots in the region right now. [ chanting ] in bahrain, tens of thousands of people marched in the biggest anti-government protest since unrest erupted there last week. this despite attempts by bahrain s king to reach out to opposition leaders. at least five protests were reported today in yemen, including one that turned violent. student demonstrators overturned a car and set it on fire after discovering weapons inside, apparently brought by government loyalists. egypt s military caretakers went ahead with a controversial move allowing two iranian warships to enter the suez canal today. that hasn t happened in more than 30 years since iran s islamic revolution.