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thriving in sudan and around the world. communist china rediscovers an ancient age. and theres no stopping the running of the bulls in chicago. details in our sports update. we begin with libya and plans for a possible no-fly zone over the country are being considered carefully as the world looks for ways to stop the violence. british, french, and american officials at the united nations have drawn up a draft text that refers to an air exclusion zone. now, its one of the options ...

how they operate moving forward. and they will be held accountable for whatever violence continues to take place there. >> lets take a closer look now at how the civil war is playing out in some of the days more dramatic images. libya, large in its land mass. but remember, as weve been telling you, the battle is really up here. these strategic coastal oil and gas producing. benghazi in the east controlled by opposition forces to gadhafi. some of the fiercest fighting on this day here i...

gadhafi forces launch new air strikes today against rebels holding the oil town of ras lanuf. rebels say they kept control of misrata but gadhafi tanks are on their doorstep. one rebel pleaded for help during a conversation with my colleague, anderson cooper. >> we need medical support because we are very bad. we are in short of medical sport. >> why are you talking -- >> somebody to come to -- >> give us some things to protect ourselves, protect our family, protect our children. >> yo...

possibly trying to get safe passage out of the country saying hell leave, but wants immunity. arwa damon joins us now on the phone with details of this from the center of the resistance, benghazi. this doesnt seem to mesh with his rhetoric over the past days and weeks. is this real? >> reporter: well, t.j., that really is what everyone here is trying to figure out at this stage. now, what we know from some of the opposition leadership is that theyre saying that via intermediaries, they...

outgunned opposition forces are trying to hold off army troops and hold on to territory. and assets and momentum which has been gained in the past three weeks. momentum, however, now seems to be on the armys side. but we havent heard of any big, new military victories in libya. i do want to point out two other cities, benghazi where the leadership is headquarters and zawiya in the far west, where theyre bombing government fighters with tanks and warplanes but still failing to retake th...

everything. in "studio b." but, first from fox at 3:00 in new york, muammar qaddafi reportedly gaining ground now in the effort to crush the libyan uprising. and air power is the dictators biggest advantage. government war planes launching new strikes from above target the rebels in the oil port and adding pressure on the international community to set up a no-fly zone. is that the right thing to do? there is word muammar qaddafi has recaptured one city which is 30 miles to the we have...

to a stunning admission on capitol hill, the obama administration apparently admitting its double-counting savings under the new health care law. heres the exchange from kathleen sebelius and congressman john shimkus. >> it has 12 years in the medicare trust fund according to the actuary and the $5 billion represents the slowdown in the rate of health care from what was projected to 8 percent. >> im sorry, is it medicare, is it using it to save medicare or using it to fund health care ...

president whos visiting a school in boston where he is expected to speak about education and carry the future. as we await his arrival at the podium, im joined by nbcs chief education correspondent, rehema ellis, live from boston. good afternoon, welcome to the program. >> reporter: thank you, martin. good afternoon to you. >> why did the president pick tech boston, and what do you think hes going to say when he steps up to the podium today? >> reporter: there are a couple of reason hi...

not, instead of talking about the economy, these fellas talked about god, gays and abortion. is this the fight the party really wants to use to beat president obama next year? thats our top story tonight. then we jump into the political battle raging in wisconsin two polls now show the governor out there, walker, his negative poll numbers are spiking upward and voters want a compromise from the guy. can the democrats use this attack by him on unions to rally their base? plus, congr...

good evening. if you bought gas this weekend, if you filled up today, if youre a commuter, you need gas this week, you will feel this increase in gas prices nationwide. everyone will, and it affects the prices of almost everything else. of course its being driven by oil prices, up again today. oil closed above $105 a barrel now. the average price of gas nationwide, thats unleaded regular, $3.51 a gallon. thats average, but its no comfort if where you live youre paying more. its a big s...