transportation secretary elaine chao joins the governors in a discussion on infrastructure. this is an hour. [crowd noise] [crowd chatter] good afternoon. i am terror of the development and congress commerce committee. today is closing the plenary session. i want to thank all of the governors for joining us and making time in your agenda. let s get started. states continue to be the debaters of innovation and innovative policy. no place is that more true than policies that states are pursuing to prepare for the nation s transportation networks. as new and innovative technologies truly revolutionize the sector. as we see change occurring at an amazing rate, the governors are reshaping how states consider infrastructure investments. we will examine the challenges and opportunities for states and innovative technology as it becomes an integral part of the nation s infrastructure. i m hoping this conversation will provide a chance to examine policy solutions, spurring the saf
Far, it s not what they backed. so, we ll see how it develops and we will be reporting on this for the next hour-and-a-half. chris, always good to see you. thanks. you bet, thanks. eric: you can catch his full interview, very vital with the admiral, admiral mullen on what is going on in libya, 2:00 p.m. today and 6:00 p.m. tonight here on the fox news channel and you can check your local listing for your local fox station where you live. jamie? jamie: thank you, coalition forces are pounding libya s military, working to take out qaddafi s air defense system and the whole world is watching. what happens on the ground there, also watching, the fallout, the fighting will have, on oil prices. fox senior business correspondents brenda buttner will break it down for us. what can we expect in the markets ahead. [ woman ] when you want a bank that travels with you. with you when you re ready for the next move. [ male announcer ] now that wells fargo and wachovia have come together, what
But we re hearing the stories from people and hospital workers about dozens of people h were killed, many of them civilians, dozens more wounded, and that s what we re going on at this point. we ve had to pull back from some of these areas when the fighting was fiercest. as we come back in, especially here today, we re seeing again the after math, the results of the fighting and the results of the retaliation by nato jets. jamie: do you get a sense of what the capability of that tank is and others that you ve seen that have been taken out? reporter: oh, absolutely. i mean, we ve seen the shelling, the buildings that were she would in benghazi by these tanks, and we ve felt the concussion from their rounds as they fired, and the opposition forces have been telling us repeatedly they have no answer for qaddafi s armor. they had more men, they had the spirit and the will to fight, but they were outgunned and outtrained, but what they were calling for all along is some
Have been successful, but, forces loyal to qaddafi are moving in and they are attacking a rebel-held city. how will this end? what a day-and-a-half it has been. hello, everyone i m jimmy jamie, welcome to america s news headquarter, glad to have you here. eric: i m eric sean and as you watch the events unfold, what will muammar qaddafi do? he remains intent and is surrounded by human shields at his headquarters and the military resources, his resources have been going up in flames and he promises what he calls a long war and is blaming agreece, calling us the colonial aggressors that will be defeated. also claiming that he is going to be handing out more than 1 million armaments to 1 million libyans. rick leventhal is live, on the telephone from libya where he has been in the city of benghazi, rick, what is the situation right now, where you are? good morning, eric and jamie.
You. jamie? jamie: libyan leader moammar qaddafi vowing this will be a long war against the international military forces that are targeting his troops and his assets. what could the ongoing unrest bring? even more turmoil? what is next for libya? that s what we want to know. joining us are the fox news middle east analyst and the author of the coming revolution, the struggle for freedom in the middle east. the title of your book, dr. farris, is perfect for the first question i want to ask you. this is all about freedom in this region. yesterday elections in egypt, the first time in years. the people of libya right now, are they closer to freedom than they were before these strikes began? jamie, that s a great question, and they are at a crossroad. it could go either way, or they can get to tripoli, change that regime, hold elections. that s the short cut.