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That country are fueling debate in washington. one senator says its time to step up the pressure on moammar gadhafi. >> my recommendation to nato and the administration is to cut the head of the snake off. go to tripoli, start bombing gadhafis inner circle, their compounds, their military headquarters in tripoli. >> a fellow republican, john mccain, agrees with the call for intensified air strikes. in fact, hes urging president obama to step up u.s. involvement in nato air strikes. also this m...

News. a closer look at the massive damage done to moammar gadhafis compound in tripoli. three buildings in the complex suffered heavy damage, four people were reportedly injured. nato war planes bombed it this morning. it is not clear where the libyan dictator was, however, during the attack. over the weekend, gadhafi forces stepped up their assault on rebel troops in misrata. youll know theres been heavy fighting there. doctors say 32 people were killed, dozens more wounded over two days of she...

Witnesses say that soldiers are breaking into homes. bodies lay in the streets. and snipers are shooting at anything that moves. syria says its cracking down on quote armed criminal groups. explosions rocked the libyan capital of tripoli today. nato unleashed some of the heaviest air strikes in recent weeks. state-run tv reports the strikes flattened a building in moammar gadhafis compound. republican senator lindsey graham says nato forces should directly target the gadhafi government. >> my ...

Another this nash says they did save his place. >> have to come from somewhere else, they probably would have got over here and burned this house up, too. >> shepard: nobody hurt. california a college student north of san diego says she believes somebody stole her service dog which helps her with anxiety. the woman claims a man startled the dog outside a laundromat and it ran off. she and her boyfriend have been putting up fliers asking for help. she says a woman did call claiming she saw the do...

Lindsey graham, who joined mccain on his trip, says the u.s. needs to go right after gadhafi. >> it is leading to a military stalemate. right now, theres just not enough momentum by the rebels, even if theyre better armed to break through to tripoli. theres not deep support for gadhafi. my recommendation to nato and administration is cut the head of the snake off. go to tripoli, start bombing gadhafis inner circle, their compounds, military headquarters in tripoli. >> senator joe lieberman echoe...

Destroyed. that battle tempo has been greatly reduced. there was this symbolic and dramatic attack on gadhafis compound today. there have been other attacks on his compound. this was just with bigger bombs. >> we heard johns mccain side with the rebels over the weekend and say we have to help them, but heres lindsey is graham. >> says leading to a stalemate. theres just right now no momentum by the rebels. theres not deep support for gadhafi. so my recommendation to nato and the administration i...

United states needs to go after gadhafi directly. >> it is leading to a military stalemate. right now there is just not enough momentum by the rebels even if theyre better armeded to break through. there is not deep support for gadhafi, so my recommendation to nato and the administration is to cut the head of the snake off. go to tripoli, start bombing gadhafi inner circle, their compounds, their military headquarters in tripoli. >> cut off the head of the snake. senator joe lieberman also calle...

Against the president and his authoritarian regime. over 30 peop0 people have been d since the demonstrations gab. the white house today released the following statement, quote, the united states is pursuing a range of possible policy options, including targeted sanctions to respond to the crackdown and make clear that this behavior is unacceptable. in libya nato forces bombarded bow mar gadhafis compounds in the heart of tripoli destroying offices but reportedly causing no casualties. nbc chief...

Campaign is limited because theyre not well trained. the way to get this over quickly is to go after the inner circle in tripoli, in my view. so lets have two strategies. make sure that gadhafi forces lose on the battlefield, better equip the libyan rebels, have more air power coming to their aid so they begin to win on the battlefield, and put pressure on gadhafis inner circle in tripoli by going after their compounds and their sanctuaries. >> more from senator graham later in the hour on a key...

Gadhafi. so my recommendation to nato and the administration is to cut the head of the snake off, go to tripoli, start bombing gadhafis inner circle, their compounds, their military headquarters in tripoli. the way to get gadhafi to leave is have his inner circle break and turn on him. thats going to take a sustained effort through an air campaign. i think the focus should now be to cut the head of the snake off. thats the quickest way to end this. >> heres the problem. the u.n. resolution calls...