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Ship originally designed for a normandy style marine invade the beach type of operation. today its a ship that has mass commander and control capabilities and able to take together all of the coalition nations, various aircraft, various times and put them into a manner that they can be able to do it safely and be able to allow the potential for the development as it comes out in libya. as you say how it unfolds. but at least its been done safely to start with. >> some mideast analysts have said ...

Evacuated. officials do not know what is causing the smoke this time. his air defenses are crippled and a four-story building in his compound is in ruins but where is moammar gadhafi? thats one of the big questions in libya this morning after the co coalition launched more than 100 cruise missiles. nic robertson is live for us in tripoli. any indication where gadhafi is right now? >> reporter: at this moment we dont. the compound that we were taken to last night where there was the damaged bui...

System is all but crippled this morning. a four-story building in his compound is also severely damaged. since saturday, a barrage of cruise missiles have hit libya, more than 120 of them. live on the front lines in tripoli, a place that has been subject to a lot of missiles this weekend. good morning, nic. whats the situation on the ground as you know it? >> reporter: ali, its been pretty quiet here for the last 12 hours or so. occasional bursts of anti-aircraft gunfire. but the huge explosions...

Gadhafi himself. in fact, it wasnt a personal attack on him, but we feel its a legitimate target because he does have these command and control abilities out of that place. lets take you back a little bit to tell you what led up to that strike last night. this all started with missiles flying from u.s. and british ships on saturday. they fired from the mediterranean sea for one reason. thats because the first target was colonel gadhafis long-range ballistic missiles. those have a range of 150 to...

For the rebels to be able to utilize the best resources so that libyans are controlling their own destiny. >> the other question is whether or not what libya looks like in the weeks and months to come. includes gadhafi still in power. mike mullen also said theres a chance he could stay. its within the, you know, the hands of the libyan people. do you see that? and there was some criticism of that. i think it was senator liberman who said if he stays, that makes us look weak in the eyes of the wo...

What would have been this week on your show and all the other shows a report about a massacre occurring inside -- in benghazi. so there is, you know, a limit to what america can do. and as far as the analogy to bahrain, its been made, youre absolutely right, but i dont think its a fair analogy. bahrain is a very, very different place than libya. and gadhafi is a uniquely dastardly figure in the community. >> thank you so much for joining us and giving your perspective. >> its been great having y...

Teenager. he and his grandmother were trapped in their kitchen after the earthquake. they survived by wrapping themselves in towels, eating yogurt, and drinking water. >> amazing. well, now to the latest in libya where coalition forces are bombarding gadhafis forces. the weekend assault so fierce that moammar gadhafis air defense system is all but crippled this morning. since saturday, a barrage of cruise missiles have pounded libya hitting key gadhafi defense installations as well as the resi...

Shouldve canceled his trip. it was long set up, been in the works for a long time. latin america is important to us. brazil is a huge, huge country. one of the advantages of modern technologies and capabilities is the president can move around the world and still be commander in chief. secondly, i think it is fair to say that the president has not done a lot of talking to the american people about the use of force. he made a brief statement on friday in the afternoon. he had a couple of comments...

Act to it. >> once your room is booked, you only have to worry about ash clouds and the threatened transport strike. cnn, london. >> surprised jim didnt mention the weather either. or did i miss that? in just a few hours from now, the united nations security council will be meeting to discuss libya. well take a look at whats happening on the ground to anti-government protesters and also to expatriots. also new zealand considers the economic costs of the earthquake in christchurch. more ahead...

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