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City of misrata. the capture of the location is key for the rebels fighting the forces of libyan leader, moammar gadhafi, since it would provide important access for humanitarian aid. the united nations says there is a massive crisis in the making. three quarters of a million people have left the country in the wake of the civil war there. monita is live with more. where are the libyan refugees going for the most part? >> for the most part, they have been going to ton eeunisia, lib malta. 750,00...

Busloads of troops representing libyan leader moammar gadhafis army are in misrata. we are also told by eyewitnesss that these troops represent some sniper activity that has been taking place in misrata. we are joined on the phone by a council member of misrata. we are not revealing his identity for his safety. he is calling in to give us his eyewitness account. you have to speak slowly and clearly for us because i understand our signal may not be perfect. >> okay. several bus loads, at least ni...

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Heres some of the top stories making news this morning. u.s. astronauts have bid a final farewell to colleague ace board the international space station. "atlantis" separated from the station this morning, and is scheduled to return to earth on thursday, marking the end of nasas shuttle program. a rare meeting was held between u.s. officials and representatives of libyan leader, moammar gadhafi, at an undisclosed location this past weekend. according to the state department, diplomats delivere...

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Violence in syria. we have not been in favor of any regime change. >> reporter: unlike libyan leader, moammar gadhafi, who many leaders despise, u.s. allies like israel and saudi arabia are pressuring the u.s. to go slow, fearing bashar al assads departure could make way for a more regime. and in trying to tell syria what to do could backfire. >> you dont want the president to call for something that then doesnt happen. you dont want to have the president demanding something happen and not doing...

Governments of the alliance both respect and defend the muslim faith and are in afghanistan to support a peaceful future for the afghan people. >> the church claims to have burned a koran last month. fridays attack on a u.n. headquarters and violent poe tests that followed have so far killed more than 20 people. the conflict in libya is no quick fix. today, former national security adviser, jim jones told cnn that the international coalition cannot pull out of libya until moammar gadhafi is ou...

Technical problem. >> he told us we had two minutes. were already over. >> i learned that i have the script to the lost episode of way too early. i see that as a tuition bill. >> we are 20 over. wrap it up. >> if its way too early, what time is it? >> its "morning joe." have a great weekend. well, positive job report out this hour. the unemployment rate ticks down slightly to 8.8%, ready for this. thats the lowest in two years. 216,000 new jobs. in libya, as the u.s. ends its air combat role, ...

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