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Reports about certain towns that have been taken over like, for instance, madrata, we were told by the libyan government that its under libyan government control. at the same time, we have the rebels there saying, no. its not under their control and then about a hundred kilometers away from ben ghazi they, again, we were told that its under libyan force control but yet they took a gaggle of press there yesterday and only took them up to the gates of the city and not inside. so its, you know, not...

Council has voted to allow the u.n.s member nations to take military action against libya. the vote opens the door for the united states to begin air strikes against libya at any time. the "new york times" reporting u.s. officials in the obama administration began to believe a no fly zone by itself would make no difference. these officials, "the times" reporting says began pushing for whats called a no drive zone, specifically the use of u.s. military air strikes to cut down gadhafis ground forc...

Have been taken over like, for instance, madrata, we were told by the libyan government that its under libyan government control. at the same time, we have the rebels there saying, no. its not under their control and then about a hundred kilometers away from ben ghazi they, again, we were told that its under libyan force control but yet they took a gaggle of press there yesterday and only took them up to the gates of the city and not inside. so its, you know, not easy to say whether its going to...

Arming the rebels, then they are inviting libyans to kill each other. so it was not -- there wasnt a big expression of anger. they were trying to show that theyre taking this in their stride. they said that theyll give more of a reaction once theyve gone through the whole draft and obviously we know this was just a couple of hours after the resolution took place, just a couple hours after gadhafi came out and warned the people of bin ghazi there had been no compromise. >> was there any response ...

military action against libya. the vote opens the door for the united states to begin air strikes against libya at any time. the "new york times" reporting u.s. officials in the obama administration began to believe a no fly zone by itself would make no difference. these officials, "the times" reporting says began pushing for whats called a no drive zone, specifically the use of u.s. military air strikes to cut down gadhafis ground forces to tanks and heavy artillery. the u.s. push for...

council has voted to allow the u.n.s member nations to take military action against libya. the vote opens the door for the united states to begin air strikes against libya at any time. the "new york times" reporting u.s. officials in the obama administration began to believe a no fly zone by itself would make no difference. these officials, "the times" reporting says began pushing for whats called a no drive zone, specifically the use of u.s. military air strikes to cut down gadhafis g...

Draw crowds in tripoli. he was speaking in green square blowing kisses to the crowds saying gadhafi is one of you and the people should joy and rejoice. a very different kind of demonstration here in benghazi, the second largest city in all of libya, and there were, perhaps, 10,000 people or more in the center of the city today. they were denouncing gadhafi. they were actually even holding rats in cages saying he is a rat. they were calling him a monkey. theyre saying he must beç overthrown. s...

Get a 6.3 under the city and that city really shook last night. >> chad myers, well stay in touch to get the very latest. thank you. lets go to libya and what is surely the bloodiest of the regional uprisings against auto caratic leaders. moammar gadhafi who has ruled by edict since 1969 has been on libyan television twice in the last several hours both times to signal that he is not going anywhere at least not willingly and not alive. the long speech that was reportedly made from a compound t...

Hour 20 i think. >> one of the things you look at this country, it is a very tribal country. >> it is . >> how does that play into whats happening? >> when you look at the eastern side, benghazi, 1,000 miles from the capital tripoli, completely different tribe -- you can see it there -- theyre all different tribal areas. what has happened in the last few dies weve seen evidence that the tribes have turned against gadhafi. his tribe is based in and around tripoli, that sort of area of the country...

Ambassador to the u.s. made a statement that would have been thought unthinkable a few weeks ago. thats our sound effect for today. >> i am calling for him to go. i am calling for him to go and leave our people alone. tripoli is now under gun fire. it is burning. the eastern part is under the control of the people. but if the regime manages to hit tripoli and managed to control tripoli, then bin ghazi and the other cities in the west, that they will return back again and they will hit again. >> ...