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She and her siblings, the seven sons have been circling wagons and hunkering down and they say they are going to protect their familys power inside libya? do you think this is a sign they are confident they are going to be able to stay in power? how do you read that? >> i think its safe to say that theyll stay in power, but its not clear that theyll be able to last over the long-term. >> we lost fran townsend. well, we will hopefully try to get her back, if we can. were following another story a...

Hunkering down in a ditch outside than trying to seek shelter in one of these mobile home structures, martha. martha: so tragic. jonathan, thank you very much. jonathan serrie in the hard-hit north carolina this afternoon, and theres a new system of dangerous weather that were being told is now moving across the middle part of this country. shay ryan joins us now in the fox weather center with that part of our story this afternoon. shay? is. >> reporter: yeah. we have some good news. earlier tod...

He needs to go to put the american stamp and face on this. >> you know this better than anybody, the nuances of this. he does not want this to be an american war. >> absolutely not. in fact, that was one of the arguments for not cancelling the trip. he did not want to be cancelling everything and hunkering down and being barack obama against gadhafi. he was greeted as he was arriving by a letter that was issued by the speaker of the house, john boehner. heres the operative line. many members of ...

One another. i nkn tt see fuy soedo stowar he needs to go to put the american stamp and face on this. >> you know this better than anybody, the nuances of this. he does not want this to be an american war. >> absolutely not. in fact, that was one of the arguments for not cancelling the trip. he did not want to be cancelling everything and hunkering down and being barack obama against gadhafi. he was greeted as he was arriving by a letter that was issued by the speaker of the house, john boehner....

Profile. its those forces debating with one another. i dont know that its been fully resolved to just how far he needs to go to put the american stamp and face on this. >> you know this better than anybody, the nuances of this. he does not want this to be an american war. >> absolutely not. in fact, that was one of the arguments for not cancelling the trip. he did not want to be cancelling everything and hunkering down and being barack obama against gadhafi. he was greeted as he was arriving by ...

>> we believe that gadhafi is in this for the long haul. i dont think he has any intention despite some of the press speculation to the contrary of leading. from all the evidence we have that wed be prepared to discuss in closed session, he appears to be hunkering down for the duration. i think longer term that the regime will prevail. >> secretary of state hillary clinton has announced she will meet with opposition leaders. the u.s. is suspending relations with the libyan eambassy in washington...

We dont think he has any intentions, despite some of the speculation to the contrary, of leaving. from all evidence we have, which well be prepared to discuss in a closed session, he appears to be hunkering down for the duration. >> secretary of state hillary clinton today in a separate congressional hearing cautioned against military action. >> the united states acting alone would be stepping into a situation whose consequences are unforeseeable. >> nbcs jim maceda is live in tripoli. whats the...

No longer has the legitimacy to lead libya and should step down. a live report from tripoli just ahead. [ gunshots ] many people in tripoli are hunkering down in their homes. and heres a perfect reason. shootings have been reported with alarming frequency. we dont know exactly where this happened. the person shooting this video on friday apparently was hit by gunfire, causing him to drop the camera. we dont know if that person survived or not. thousands of foreign nationals are fleeing libya...

And now its in control of tribes that no longer seem to be supporting moammar gadhafi because, kyra, he comes from a minority tribe and he has relied on the tribal system to keep him in power and if they pull that support, he cant withstand it, and what it seems like he is doing is hunkering down in tripoli and making his last stand. >> good point. hes losing his grip in parts of libya and were seeing whats happening tripoli, and now the tribal areas where he used to find support, its not happen...

>> we are getting out of focus. this has been nothing but focusing on the egyptian --. >>shepard: no here, no question that part of it, they have a treaty with israel, but have you thought about what binyamin netanyahu is thinking? >>reporter: the concern should be there but we have a point how we can move and accept and if our government and the arab world reach out to support the new free elections, israel will, and we will see a different reaction from the arab, from the generation population...