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Of fighting began. if misrata falls, gadhafi will then be in control militarily and economically of about 2/3 of the country and that would put him in a very important position, a very strong position despite hundreds of nato air strikes. thomas, back to you. developing news out of japan, a strong earthquake shaking northern japan. no tsunami alert at this time. no damage or injuries have been reported. of course, were going to keep you up to date as we get more information and pictures coming...

Special envoy sent by gadhafi to talk not only to the greek government but also envoys, representatives of the u.s., france, and british governments about with messages basically from gadhafi about how he sees the situation and how the air strikes should be ended. theres no sense at all that this is about gadhafis end game himself. but it certainly is a good time to be talking about diplomacy now and to be launching balloons because the situation on the battlefield has clearly become a stalemate...

On the day and the battle over about 150 or 200-mile area. there is currently fighting still going on in brega, that important oil port, and even though the rebels have put up their best fighting force, it still looks like its moving into gadhafi forces favor. they have created a crisis team. its something they want to use, a group of individuals who will be reaching out and trying to consolidate and govern the parts of the country now that they control. and it is about a third of the country in...

[ speaking in a foreign language ] [ gunfire ] [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> hello, everyone. this is randi kaye here watching the live events unfold in libya here along with michael holmes. it is 7:00 p.m. in tripoli, where the fight to oust moammar gadhafi just took a potentially momentous turn. within the past 90 minutes, libyan rebels penetrated gadhafis compound which nato war planes have bombed off and on now for months. >> the rebels now have the run of the place. we hav...

Finally got out of range of the fire of the gadhafi force, and i was hearing these strange whistles over my head, and then they intensified and we started to hear more gun fire, so yet, again, we jumped down and hit the ground and looked around and waited until the shooting subsided, jumped back in the car and drove madly away. brooke. >> yeah, i think that my heart would have been thumping out of my chest, but we appreciate someone for rolling on that and getting that video. quickly, why is tha...

Cities, especially like misrata and give the libyan people, they say, freedom of expression and freedom to protest. also, at a news conference today with the leader, the u.n. special envoy to libya who is serving as a mediator, u.n. special envoy yesterday, saying he was in tripoli conveying these conditions. now, whats interesting in the same news conference, the opposition still saying their ultimate goal is regime change. so its not clear how that ultimate goal is squaring with these talks of...

Earlier that secretaryextremely idea, very opposed to it. right now pentagon officials are saying, we have achieved our goal, theres a no fly zone in place. but theyre very realistic about what that can do. f-15s and f-16s, american fighter jets have grounded people in libya and they say they will attack again. they have moved beyond at least at this point in imposing a no fly zone. gadhafi force have not flown in 48 to 72 hours. >> this is nothing w, there always seems to be a bit of a conflict...

Even further away. it was such a dramatic story to be told and we asked this young man why he and his family didnt flee, why they stayed in this location? he said, i refuse to be killed while i was running away, i would rather die on the spot. he was a very interesting young man. although he was very grateful at this turn of events, it still pained him. at the end of the day, these are our libyan brothers and they have been brain washed by gadhafi to believe that we are the ones who are evil and...

Resolution or part of the resolution from the u.n. security council, that demand, but also the libyan governments own immediate and effective cease fire that it claimed it was putting into effect yesterday friday. >> yeah. >> reporter: back to you. >> jim, i want to ask, given that the jet come down and confirmation of rebels its one of their jets, do we know what brought it down? whether it was rebels that were shooting and hit their own plane, whether it was these gadhafi force that is have pu...

Very difficult to ascertain. in ajdabiya and misrata. the latest were getting from ajdabi ajdabiya, gadhafi forces launched an assault on that town as well. the gadhafi force is taking it with nato air support, the rebels came back and took it back. now it seems the gadhafi forces are back on the westerngate of ajdabiya. what were hearing is that theyve been shelling it with long-range artillery. the rebels are talking about somewhere around 0 to 50 kilometers though it seems quite implausible t...