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Freedom of the press that the world was applauding. now the world seems to have in fact not provided the no fly zone that the people were asking for, very distracted by the disaster in japan. and this is why people are so worried that moammar gadhafi is on the offensive, he does have superior firepower and if he gets here, people will pay a very high price. >> so how long can the rebels hang on? are they still well armed? >> well, they have wasted a lot of their ammunition just firing it in the ...

Fighting on their side, trying to convince them to stop wasting their ammunition by firing it in the air and rather firing it at the enemy. there still is not a command structure in place to direct these people. these young men who many of whom have no military experience. so what we saw today was, lots of arguments among them. should we stay? should we go? should we pull back to the rear. >> how long would they be willing to stay before they perhaps even run out of firepower? >> well, this is t...

>> obviously the opposition forces dont seem militarily organized. is there a general in command of them? is there somebody actually sending out order and they are executing orders or are they just driving up to where they think the front is deciding what to do on their own? >> there are people who are trying to send out orders, but it seems by and large nobodys listening. i cant tell you how many times, anderson, i have seen men, former senior officers in the libyan army who have come over to t...

Command structure. and as far as we can tell, there isnt one emerging either. because all of these men in the front, come with little groups of friends to join the fight. but nobody is directing them. anderson? >> so ben, what is to stop gadhafis forces from, okay, just marching out to going to benghazi? >> well, i think whats stopping them is on the other hand, this huge enthusiasm, this great determination of these men to fight. its hard to describe in words the passion they have, the hatred t...

Rebels face? i mean, what lies ahead? >> well, the main challenge is disorganization. there doesnt seem to be a clear command structure. another challenge is the fact that most of these men have no military experience whatsoever. some have received just a few hours of training on the weapons theyre using, and theyre using serious weapons, surface-to-air missiles, anti-aircraft batteries. they have no experience. the other problem is the fact that their supply lines are expomes e exposed to the a...

That he planned for the day the units may defect to opposing forces, as many of them have now. he deprived the units in the east of the best training and equipment. he give that to other forces, like the 30-second brigade. >> that brigade for years have been receiving the most sophisticated equipment out of any in the army. communications equipment, weapon riff. it retains the finest tanks and the best skilled and best trained personnel. >> its also backed, analysts say, by mercenaries. they say...

Boats to clean up a potential mess afterwards is real. and even that he wasnt sure about. >> i hope its being implemented. i called the head of the epa two days ago. she had just given a waiver to the federal law, but we still dont have notification that the smaller boats are on the trailers and headed to the gulf. on the bigger ships we have no response to our request. >> what is the barrier to that? who is that request into? >> i think they have a command and control problem. i get complaints ...

On two fronts because this is not just an environmental nightmare but a public relations catastrophe for bp. bob dudley joins us live from houston this morning. mr. dudley, youve just been officially pointed president and chief executive officer of bps gulf coast restoration organization. you will report to tony hayward who remains ceo of overall company but in terms of handling this oil spill, now that youre in charge, what are you going to do differently than tony hayward was? >> well, the fir...

From democrats and republicans. that is, a bit of a sigh of relief that he is the one who theyre putting in charge. senator levin told me hes somebody who has solidity not just with policy and how to kmd command just an effort but has the support of the troops which in talking to many of these members of congress who have been very, very worried about this over the past 24 hours, thats one of the things ive heard among the most, that is the concern that what general mcchrystal did had a major tr...

For morale of the average soldier in the short term. general petraeus is quite popular, impressive, has a big reputation and it shows that the president is really committed to this and is sending the most famous, the most respected general that he has in his arsenal to the war zone. in the command structure, it will be some what discorrukru d. theyre his friends. they came here to support him. >> and from that perspective, a little earlier when i was talking to colonel jack jacobs, i said how do...