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Government officials to zawiya from tripoli. we have seen army running checkpoints, and once we got into the center of the town of zawiya, a large demonstration, large anti--gadhafi demonstration, people saying hes a blood sucker, that he should leave. they are flying the old flag of libya the opposition has apparently taken control of the center of zawiya. they have taken over tanks, and there are people in the crowd with weapons. we talked to soldier whos said they have changed sides. they are...

>> the gadhafi family has a plan, fight and die. if there is a libya without strong man moammar gadhafi, what would it look like? >> very tribal and primitive. as a result of that, there will be infighting amongst the tribes that can culminate in a civil war. >> ali is a libyan living in london. more confident of his fellow countrymans ability to avoid chaos. >> we will form a government by ourselves. the libyan people will died and do it by ourselves. we will have a government to run the countr...

This morning. how much pressure are these evacuees putting on libyas neighbors? >> reporter: well, lets take janusia. we know 40,000 people crossed the border just since monday. and yesterday, 10,000 libyans amassed on the border. they are in dire straits. this putting more strain on a country thats just undergone its own revolution. and egypt, 1.5 million expats living in libya. they have had bumpy relations over the past 30 years, they have mainly improved, particularly in latter years under h...

Moving in. you have islamism on the rise, and you have absolutely no governance to speak of whatsoever. >> gadhafi deliberately got rid of any alternatives to his regime a long time ago so no organized opposition group. and the army wont step in and take control like in egypt, its divided. gadhafi kept the military unorganized and weak so he could maintain control. one major worry, the oil reserves. it would likely be controlled by powerful rival tribes that the west will have to woo. no matter ...

Line if you will. the area that they say they feel they can control at the moment. its a relatively small area in the center of the city here, but they have a very, very large anti-government flag flying high over the center of city here. the center of the city has fallen to his opposition, randi. >> any specifics on how they feel about gadhafi? >> they feel that hes taken advantage of the country. they feel that he and his family have made money while they have suffered, i talked to one soldier...

Countries ferrying their citizens out on boats and planes. from tripoli, many more people camped out around the airport waiting for their chance to flee. the united nations approved sweeping new sanctions aimed at moammar gadhafi. the resolution includes a travel ban on gadhafi and four sons and several top government ministers. the assets were also frozen. the security resolution allows for an investigation by the international criminal court into the crackdown in libya. it was a unanimous vote...

Power coming to an end? what libya might look like with a new leader, in the next hour. here in the u.s., demonstrators came out across the country to back organized labor in the wisconsin budget battle. >> save the dream! >> whoo! >> this is what it looked and sounded like in denver. rallies organized in all 50 states to support public employees and others in wisconsin who could be affected by the governors cost-hutting budget proposal. in olympia, washington, a couple thousand came out to su...

To pick up egyptians. and it was just announced theyll be sending two ships to try and bring citizens home. >> and just yesterday, the united states state department said they didnt think there were any large pockets of americans there, still trying to get out. is that what youre seeing as well? >> reporter: well, i think its been extremely difficult for anybody to make contact or have communication with citizens of any country inside libya over the last week or some of even now as we hear more ...

Tripoli. so that all of libya will be free. >> theyve had enough of him. its been 42 years and for many, even one more day is too much. zain verjee, cnn, london. >> moammar gadhafis days in power coming to an end? well examine that next hour. what libya might look like with a new leader. unrest in the middle east causing pain at the pump. gas prices jumped 17 cents per gallon as oil prices surged more than 9%. the national average for a gallon of unleaded gasoline is $3.33. analysts expect pri...

Government. also just n. new reports out of libya that qaddafis militia is firing on his own people, and the first major protest in the capitol in days. witnesses say at least four civilians are dead, but the rising opposition is not backing down, calling for this friday to be a friday of liberation. gregg: steve yates is a former national deputy adviser to vice president dick cheney, also president of dc international advisory, he joins us live. mr. yates, always good to see you. >> thank you...