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Continued kind of skipped along a little bit but tornado damage all along a big line. now that same line of weather is moving out toward the eastern sections of the country which could be melbourne, palm bay and the like, all the way down toward vero. well keep watching it. it is going to be a big system, a big system for the rest of the day as tornados could come in from the gulf of mexico and continue to move off to the east. right now, no tornados confirmed on the ground. ill keep you updated...

>> so how do you see this playing out? i mean by having the operatives in libya, could the cia really help turn the tide, do you think, in favor of the rebels and perhaps ultimately get gadhafi out of there? >> well, they have short-term past performance success in doing this many times in many places. in the past. as you saw with the very successful operations in taking afghanistan in 2001. the cia is directly equipped to do this with former special forces people. the real issue is always going...

You a live picture of capitol hill. defense secretary robert gates and joint chiefs chairman admiral mike mullen will testify on the libya conflict before the senate armed services committee in just a few minutes from now. no american boots on libyan ground, but u.s. covert agents on the case. the air war is in the hands of nato which draws the line at arming libyan rebels. training those rebels a big job. the pentagon doesnt want. big developments in the campaign now known as operation unifie...

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Even part of the opposition itself. in the last 24 hours as we saw them pushing into the areas loyal to gadhafi, theyve come across residents armed and firing at them, now it would seem gadhafis military as well. regrouping, intent on not just protecting gadhafis hometown of sirte and the capitol of tripoli, but also intent on regaining all the ground that it has lost. arwa damon, cnn, ras lanuf, libya. >> rebel forces are being battered in misrata. witnesses paint a grim picture of the force th...

>> reporter: we also heard the rebels inside the city were calling for the aircraft to come in their support. we were in misrata yesterday. government officials wouldnt let us get into the part of the city where the rebels were. we could see evidence of gadhafi hiding his heavy weapons, tanks, hiding him from the aircraft. we awe tanks hiding under trees. military vehicles hiding into stores. parked literally driven into stores with the soldiers in there. others hiding much as they could outside...

Just a short while ago we were on the outskirts where we heard sounds of explosions, saw smoke rising, and then saw the opposition beat a hasty and panicked -- they say at 8:00 in the morning, they began to come over heavy artillery, tank and rocket fire. they also say that there were snipers in the city. gadhafi loyalists who were firing on them as well. aun able to withstand the barrage, they were forced to retreat all the way back to the oil town of ras lanuf it would seem. they are strupg li...

Plans to arm libyan rebels, quote, at this time. president obama defended the limits on the military mission in libya during his pivotal speech last night. >> if we try to overthrow gadhafi by force, our coalition would splinter. we would likely have to put u.s. troops on the ground to accomplish that mission, or risk killing many civilians from the air. the dangers faced by our men and women in uniform would be far greater. so would the costs and our share of the responsibility for what comes n...

Like this, only a lot better to keep track of the movements on the ground of gadhafis troops and the rebel forces and the effectiveness of their rebel targeting. gl the setbacks for the rebels come just hours after president obama spoke to the american people about the libyan mission. just a while ago the president once again spoke out. this time at the dedication of a new building at the u.s. mission to the united nations. listen to this. >> today we see the nato alliance in command of the arms...

Bipartisan gripe among members of congress who thinks as co-equal branch that werent efficiently consulted. if you asked democrats and republicans you would tend to get the same oons. >> first of all, i dont think the president needs to be a law professor when he goes on tv tonight. i dont think he needs to talk about the constitution and talk about the war powers. i think there was a degree of consultation. you can argue it either way. this was -- you got down to a situation where we had to act...