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Weapons. these are professional looking soldiers in the proper uniforms, with standard issued weapons. not only at the check points but two heavy artillery pieces at each check point. one checkpoint had four tanks on it. the security level were seeing tonight appears to being stepped up with the expected protests on friday. anti-government protesters have said they will use the friday prayers at noon to stake protests because they say the mosques are the only place they really feel safe, and it ...

Around that town, and that has raised great fears amongst the residents that the military is going to launch some sort of a counterattack. weve been hearing reports that residents have been trying to beef up their defenses, setting upper barricades, really trying to dig this. weve seen a small trickle of refugees coming across here. mostly foreign workers from egypt to bangladesh, some from south korea, as well. many of them saying that they have to flee the violence. as they were coming through...

Of defecting army units trying to reclaim the city. still muammar khadafy denied the regime has lost control over any cities east of the capital. >> the civilian authorities are still there. and they in power. the government is supported and we are there to reorganize ourself again and fix their affairs. >> likes i have never seen before. >> tracking the humanitarian crisis, fox news correspondent jonathan hunt estimated 50,000 refugees have fled from fighting. >> anything of value, they take at...

Of defecting army units trying to reclaim the city. still muammar khadafy denied the regime has lost control over any cities east of the capital. >> the civilian authorities are still there. and they in power. the government is supported and we are there to reorganize ourself again and fix their affairs. >> likes i have never seen before. >> tracking the humanitarian crisis, fox news correspondent jonathan hunt estimated 50,000 refugees have fled from fighting. >> anything of value, they take at...

It was easier and it was safer and they have very little with them, as you can see. anything of value they did have was stripped from them at the check points, being run by muammar qaddafis militias, on the road from tripoli to the border. they had very little to begin with and have virtually nothing, now. and, for the last few days, bill, we have been kept several hundred yards from the actual lybian side of the border and today the cameraman and i managed to get up to the border and there are ...

Question, he said that he thought that they can hold on. they can continue. he said look at the situations in sudan, for example, look at the situation in algeria. he made it sound as if they believe firmly that they can continue to hold on, they can build some kind of bridges, that somehow they can make all this better. but no. the strange thing about tripoli right now is its much quieter than it would be normally and not a city thats -- that you can see it seething with anger and the answer fo...

The kids at check points, machine guns and so on and thats about as physically courageous as anything you can imagine and keeps his cool and hes not alone, lots in that category. thats the good kind of reporting. >> from time to time-- andrea i was going to say its having. libyan officials say theyve invited cnn and others to come to take tours and head of cnn says thats news to me. they doesnt seem to be communicating. i think that these networks and the united states and elsewhere are still ve...

To supporters. and cracking down on people. supporters are setting up check points in tripoli, a city largely deserted, people say theyre afraid theyre going to be shot. this is why. take a look at the amateur video, said it showed gadhafi hired killers firing on demonstrators after friday prayers and the security council less than an hour to discuss possible sanctions against libya. keep it on fox, well have it all and pro union groups are organizing a pro rally on what they call a national day...

The kids at check points, machine guns and so on and thats about as physically courageous as anything you can imagine and keeps his cool and hes not alone, lots in that category. thats the good kind of reporting. >> from time to time-- andrea i was going to say its having. libyan officials say theyve invited cnn and others to come to take tours and head of cnn says thats news to me. they doesnt seem to be communicating. i think that these networks and the united states and elsewhere are still ve...

Violence? are they having trouble getting out of libya and across the border? >> varying stories, john. it depends on when people set off on the main highway. it should be about a three-hour drive. one told me it was the easiest and quickest he had done it. there were fewer check points and he wasnt stopped. but thats not the experience of others. gom sot turn back. this is a town that has a will the of oil refinery capabilities. thats where the forces went and shot off a crowd early in the morn...