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On well iraq is great to have you along everyone we begin this broadcast in libya where the battle to win control of the capital tripoli is reaching militias opposed to libyas u.n. backed government are closing in on the capital tripoli they forced the closure of the citys only functioning airport and thousands are reported to be fleeing the city all the militias are under the command of military strongman huffed or this man that you see here behind me he backs a rival government in the east and...

Bag governments are closing in on the capital tripoli while they forced the closure of the citys only functioning airport and thousands are reported to be fleeing the city all the militias are under the command of military strongman khalifa haftar our he backs a rival government in the east and says hes conducting a war against terrorists is that but his opponents say he wants to set up a military dictatorship while the u.n. back government in tripoli meanwhile says its forces are mounting a cou...

And well iraq thank you so much for your company everyone we start off in libya where the battle for control of the capital tripoli is raging while militias opposed to libyas u.n. back to government are closing in on the capital tripoli they forced a closure of the citys only functioning airport and thousands are reported to be fleeing the city while the militias are under the command of military strongman half. while he backs a rival government in the east and says hes conducting a war against ...

South so they can plant crops and find feet since. floods and droughts climate change become the main driver of mass migration you can write any kind of peace not if you want and probably most of them to come to. the climate exodus starts a full thirty s. on t. w. . in libya clashes between rival forces outside the capital tripoli have escalated between fighters supporting the un backed government and those loyal to eastern military commander khalifa haftar at least fifty one people have been ki...

Those federal responders seated behind me and 10,000 on the ground are doing everything in their power. please understand, without a functioning airport, this is a difficult situation to get all of those meals and commodities in. that said, we were prepared for this disaster from the get go. its not like we just showed up after this all happened. there were commodities staged on that island. there were thousands of personnel staged on that island to respond immediately. we responded to those imm...

Certainly the incoming rockets that have reached jerusalem have gotten to open ground or been shot out of the sky by the israelis. here relatively peaceful. but things outside of jerusalem are very frightening. >> lets talk about the warning from hamas to airline to stay away from the main airport there in israel. tell us more about what we know about that and what that implies. >> reporter: yeah. this was some sort of 24-to 36 hours ago and a couple members of cnn staff have come in over the pa...

You can see it, but its just debris really everywhere. this is actually, though, now a functioning airport. the marines who arrived for the first time yesterday are going to be in here actually turning this into a 24-hour operation. for that you need runway lights, you also need radar. were going to get both of those in the very, very near future. meanwhile, people are also using this as a place to get relief supplies, the stuff thats coming in here, the food, the water thats coming in here is g...

What they will recommend to the president. >>shepard: after that, we have to know what the afghans want, right? >>reporter: that is right. a key point is that the state department has just started negotiating status of forces agreement, what we remember as the sofa agreement that was the sticking point in iraq when the pentagon wanted to keep u.s. forces behind and they could not come up with a deal for soldiers and troops left behind so the united states pulled out come completely. a reason the...

else from the cnn team and other networks from around the world who gathered over the last few weeks to report on the libya story from the rixos hotel, that last bash of pro-gadhafi control in the libyan capital, they are now free. they are driving through the streets of tripoli headed to a safer location. they were running out of food, they were running out of water. hopefully -- well, hopefully theyll be able to have a regular meal, call their loved ones, have a glass of water, take ...

Im taking extra precautionary measures, feeling well go and hopefully my husband will join us later this evening or tomorrow morning. >> greta: why did you pick there and how sure you can get a train? >> it is buy a 40 minute taxi drive to osaka. we are hoping if need be we are close to another functioning airport. >> greta: war the japanese saying about the safety of this nuclear facility? >> it is interesting. they are not talking much about it. it is hard for us to as ex-pats and americans we...