my view of this thing, if republicans and democrats acted as swiftly and worked together as well as these two groups have and i m outside of it now, if they did work the same way that the controllers and faa, we would have a lot of problems solved quickly. bottom line is it is always helpful for passengers to be safer. so we appreciate the steps being taken. tangs for joining us. for the latest on sky safety you don t want to miss fox news sunday. chris wallace lands an exclusive interview with secretary of transportation ray lahood tomorrow here on fox news 2 p.m. eastern and again at 6 p.m.. check your local tv listings for stations in your area. major developments in libya. new reports of rebels mounting fierce opposition in several key cities. gadhafi s forces reportedly unleashing a devastating new weapon, targeting rebels and
gadhafi has thousands of mercenaries from chad fighting alongside his government forces. a, do we know if that s true? do we really have a sense of what gadhafi s forces look like, how large they are? reporter: we don t have confirmation if that s true, but we don t get around the whole of the country and we certainly don t get to see inside the military bases or very much of the army here. so it s very hard to tell that kind of information. could they be crossing the border from the south, could they be held out in the desert somewhere? we don t have access to that kind of information. on the battlefield, it s very interesting. the limited glimpses that we ve had reveal an army that is perhaps doesn t have a huge
starting with just the fact of recognize thing is a war of momentum. right after the strikes began, the momentum shifted back to the opposition. it looks dangerously as though it s tilting the other way now. the u.s. would have joined qatar and france and other countries and recognizing this provisional government, i think it would send a powerful message to gadhafi that the end is coming. from what we understand, there are cia officers on the ground trying to understand, i guess, make contacts with the opposition, figure out who the players are. how does it work, though, to actually train a force on the ground? you say you ve done it. what kind of time does this take? what kind of manpower does it require? because these are folks in many cases, there s about a thousand who have actual some level of military training, but by and large we re seeing young kids
to british authorities. do we know how that s going to play out? well, anderson, what i assume will happen, i don t have any doubt the president, remember made a statement in one of his interviews that the inner circle around gadhafi was crumbling. we ve got to assume now that intelligence and diplomatic sources were reporting when he made that statement to him that they were preparing for moussa koussa. there could have been discussions about whether or not he could have any of his finances that we could bring with him, what would his status in terms of a criminal defendant be, would he be free from extradition. so you think he was in contact before tunisia? he should be handled by the british intelligence service and they will share the information they glean from him with american officials. we re told he went i think through tunisia. so you think they would have been in contact with him even
recognizing this is a war of momentum. right after the strikes began, the momentum shifted back to the opposition. it looks dangerously as though it s tilting the other way now. the u.s. would have joined qatar and france and other countries would have come along and recognizing this provisional government, i think it would send a powerful message to gadhafi that the end is coming. bob, from what we understand, there are cia officers on the ground trying to understand, i guess, make contacts with the opposition, figure out who the players are. how does it work, though, to actually train a force on the ground? you say you ve done it. what kind of time does this take? what kind of manpower does it require? because these are folks in many cases, there s about a thousand who have actual some level of military training, but by and large we re seeing young kids and shopkeepers, many of whom don t know how to operate weapons.