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Boeing 777 yesterday. kudos for the cabin crew getting all passengers out. questions as well about what led to all of this as flight 2276 began its takeoff. according to the faa a fire in the left hand engine prompted the crew to abort the takeoff and take steps to snuff out the flames. tonight, however, a source close to the investigation tells us the planes fire suppression system didnt work. they want to know did it simply not function? or did the fuel line rupture make the fire too big to co...

You off and get the lobe lib ya where jim maceda is on the ground in tripoli where in the last minutes we have heard more explosions from western coalition forces and warplanes above. jim, give us a sense of what youre hearing tonight. >> reporter: hi, peter. about an hour or so ago, first we heard six relatively distant thuds but with a pattern. then it was quiet far while. there was no anti-aircraft artillery fire or very little responding to the first six explosions. e co rndf ur haen aut hfn...

Andaan andaand adbjabia. but there has been a certain degrading of gadhafis forces. his tanks were driven out last night of misratah, but then they went back in in the middle of the night. theyre back in there today, fighting again. so status quo there in ajdabiya. the battles gone on for several days. gadhafis forces still control the inside -- the interior of that city. the rebels are still on the outskirts. and despite air strikes that have allegedly taken out a number of pro-gadhafi troops, ...

Pentagon. thank you, jim. lets get to libya now. coalition air strikes have provided rebels with some much-needed breathing room, but apparently not the room to advance on tripoli. jim maceda is live in the capital. what are you seeing today? >> reporter: hi, there. well, here in tripoli, if we can start with tripoli, there were a number of air strikes overnight. a small number of explosions that we heard, even less aaa fire, anti-aircraft artillery fire -- explosions. was understand one milit...

Re-election campaign apparently stands to benefit. a neby lead over the yet to be named republican front-runner. reid wilson is editor in chief of "national journals" hotline and they join us now. carol, this is your poll. i guess it shouldnt come as a surprise that president obama is the candidate benefiting from the lack of a consensus candidate on the republican side. what did the poll find? >> well, among registered voters, 47% say theyd prefer to see obama re-elected. 37% say theyd prefer t...

Tunisia, its just to have it framed in terms of one of these organizations that require a consensus decision is not going to happen. >> howard, last thought from me. when told no fly, think its an easy. sort of halfway between going to war and not. in effect, if you go halfway to war, its like being half pregnant. we go into that war situation, we kill libyans and civilians by accident and were in that war and even hawks say you have to hit the ground and hit the air fields and hit the aaa fire,...

When told no fly, think its an easy. sort of halfway between going to war and not. in effect, if you go halfway to war, its like being half pregnant. we go into that war situation, we kill libyans and civilians by accident and were in that war and even hawks say you have to hit the ground and hit the air fields and hit the aaa fire, its serious business. the idea of the no-fly zone is somehow antiseptic and doesnt kill people is dishonest. if we go to war, we better win it and win it fast. the a...

Germany as well. foreign minister there says he requires more information. hes skeptical about the idea. while there are other allies supporting this, notably the french who are coming out in strong support which is a contrast with the way they responded to events in egypt and tunisia, its just to have it framed in terms of one of these organizations that require a consensus decision is not going to happen. >> howard, last thought from me. i think the american people think its an easy one. sort ...

Clinton very, very clearly saying yesterday to congress that the no-fly zone is just -- carries too many risks unilaterally. we wont do anything on our own. chris matthews, interestingly last night former president clinton at the newsweek daily beast delineates a much more muscular policy and reflects his own background and felt regret we did not in the clinton years, the united states did not act more quickly on rwandrwanda, on koso kosovo. >> they did on somalia and it was a disaster. we have ...

And 5 million more facing foreclosure this year, protesters want state governments to put even more pressure on the banks to help those who were illegally evicted. but ongoing government efforts to stabilize the housing crisis are also under fire. republicans want to roll back two new obama administration programs, aimed at getting foreclosure victims back on their feet. saying that theyre a waste of money. so where does this leave the average homeowner? and how do they protect themselves? the c...