helped guide our coalition. without putting a single u.s. service member on the ground we achieved our objectives. and our nato mission will soon come to an end. this comes at a time when we see the strength of american leadership across the world. we have taken out al qaeda leaders and put them on the path to defeat. we are winding count war in iraq and have begun a transition in afghanistan. now work in libya with friend and allies we demonstrated what collective action can achieve in the 21 1/2 century in the 21st century. above all today belongs to the people of libya. this is a moment for them to remember all those who suffered and were lost under qaddafi. and they look forward to the promise of a new day. i know the american people wish the people of libya the best in
ac-130 and 810 war hogs will not be used in a couple of days. shepard: we have been hearing that qaddafi s son was in the united states. what do we know about that visit. we know a little more tonight. we know that the state department representative met him at the airport and was with him through the entire visit. that it was organized through pentagon officials through the air force that he went to the national defense university as well as to the air force academy. he met with the dean s of faculty there. and this was an itinerary, again, planned by the air force. he was supposed to be shown planes lock keyed martin and norfolk grummond planes hopefully with the idea he would buy those planes. he went home early after two days after the libyan uprising had started to basically command the 32nd brigade. one of the most notorious brigades under qaddafi. shepard: we are reading in
special procedure rule 11. we learned the justices will consider that petition which can fast track that case straight to the supreme court april 15. we could know how they vote that day or the following monday. we could find out whether the case will be fast tracked. in any case. scholars believe one of the cases will wind up at the supreme court next term right in the middle of the 2012 election. megyn: another fox news alert. a busy day. new signs that libya s government may be crumbling under qaddafi. the man tapped to represent libya at united nations has just resigned. less than 24 hours after the foreign minister fled to europe. we are waiting for secretary of defense robber gates an robes and mike mullen. rick leventhal is streaming live