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Seeing right now is a setback for the rebel. some are already suggesting, you know what, with nato taking charge. gadhafis troops are emboldened. they are really going after the rebels, and thats idea rebels are being set back in various places on this date. do you see a correlation between natos taking over and the new setbacks the rebels are facing? >> no, none, but i do see a correlation with the weather, and i understand there was cloud cover in libya today, and that cloud cover increases th...

And buildings barely recognizable and, a grimmer picture, not one home left standing in the town and the fertile beach region the rolling green hills are completely covered with dark mud. ♪ >> gregg: major developments in libya today, al qaeda weighing in on the conflict, urging libyans to overthrow muammar qaddafi and establish islamic rule. the rebels face they daunting challenge on the battlefield, government forces claim theyve captured a very important oil town in eastern part of the coun...

Will avert a government shutdown on friday. at republican insistence, it cuts $4 billion from 2011 spending. [ chanting ] in libya today, rebels say moammar gadhafis security forces tried and failed to retake a town in the capital of tripoli. [ chanting ] libyas leader insists there are no protests against his rule and he denies aiming his tanks and warplanes at his own people. >> they love me, all my people with me. they love me all. >> but if they do -- >> they will die to protect me, my peo...

Protest. they arrest you, they beat you, but the problem, they shoot you. this is no protest. cannot protest. i wish we can protest. we cannot protest. we have to find another way to take this. >> libyan protesters make another land grab. witnesses say think took control of the libyan port city raga today as well as its oil terminal. its in western libya, near the border with tunisia. the united states government is evacuating americans from libya today, by ship, by plane. a ferry is going to ar...

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Forces on the front lines, shoulder to shoulder, with u.s. forces in some of the fiercest fighting, and not a moment too soon. just today, about 400 taliban fighters launched a major assault on afghan police. it happened in the northern province of nurestan, all this comes as the debate continues over what effect the killing of usama bin laden could have on the war in afghanistan and what our strategy going forward should be. of course, we will continue to follow that story here on "happening no...