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Limited pocket of the center. sure, they were attacked. but significantly, the rebels have also taken over a part of territory on the other side of tripoli, close to the tunisian border. so if there is more momentum, they could pincer in and squeeze around gadhafi, but that happens, yes, this could take months, perhaps even longer than that. >> okay, thank you so much, richard engel in benghazi, libya. when we come back, let me finish with the two kinds of republicans out there today. theyre b...

Today in libya, nato forces attacked gadhafis personal compound in tripoli causing heavy damage. a libyan government spokesman called it an assassination attempt. the u.s. military said he was not the target. nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in benghazi, libya. richard, is that to be believed they were not trying to knock off gadhafi by going after the personal office? >> reporter: its very hard to see how it wouldnt be perceived that way if you are in libya. imagine if a fo...

Sure, they were attacked. but significantly, the rebels have also taken over a part of territory on the other side of tripoli, close to the tunisian border. so if there is more momentum, they could pincer in and squeeze around gadhafi, but that happens, yes, this could take months, perhaps even longer than that. >> okay, thank you so much, richard engel in benghazi, libya. when we come back, let me finish with the two kinds of republicans out there today. theyre becoming clear. dont know what ...

The war powers act. goes beyond the u.n. mandate. goes beyond the purpose of nato. were in a brave new world of military action here. >> let me ask you about the nato resolution. you know, last week we had heard that americas -- americas role was going to be scaled back about win days if not -- within days if not in weeks. we saw last weekend with the air forces that we used a much bigger presence with the a-10s and ac -- i think its 130s, do you think we are now overstepping that initial missio...

Is on the tape. libyan tvs record as a reliable source speaks for itself. in this tape, the woman is asked repeatedly to see an official doctor and to make a statement to police. then they ask her to tell her story on libyan state tv and she refuses. >> translator: i want the world to know that the scandals that are taking place in libya and the shame brought to us. >> translator: what shame are you talking about? if from the beginning you had gone to the police, it would have been better than g...

Hours that may have come from the reactor core. plutonium is a heavy metal. it doesnt travel very far. so i think the hope here is that most of the radiation is contained to the area immediately around the plant. the worry is that either it gets down into the ground water and then travels outside of the plant area, or that theres a subsequent explosion, a steam explosion, something inside the reactor, and then that like chernobyl would carry up material up into the atmosphere and be spread by th...

And it is focused on libya but it is a melt down of north africa and the middle east, the entire region and the president failed to recognize and establish for the american people it transcends libya and assuming we make inroads there we have a bunch of other countries that surround libya and israel that are hot spots. martha: alan, whether the president likes it or not, this is the foreign policy centerpiece that is unfolding on his watch. does he need to put it into comprehensive terms and say...

After gadhafi, you start bombing. then other autocrats say, hey, you know what, im trying to give up power here. but the u.s. is going to bomb me anyway. im going to go for broke. >> no, this is not an easy negotiation -- >> now we need to mediate a way out. the italians are talking about finding a way out. you know whats going to happen -- i spoke to one expert on this region today, and shed youll have to say a lot of amnestying of people around gadhafi if you want to see a transition and a way...

Enough to get over the top and get rid of gadhafi. >> youre buying into military hype that this stuff is surgical, its easy to do. all sorts of things go wrong. >> unintended consequences. >> then theres the intended ones. youre telling me that obama last night -- why were pretending that he was being honest like hes different from every other president. were not putting ground troops in, ground troops are in today. come on. do -- look -- was lbj not hosing us? >> i dont want anybody to think i ...

She clearly was simple threatic to the plaintiffs here. >> thats right. and one difficulty that joe sellers had -- and it seemed almost unfair -- and this is such a beginning stage. its ten years old and the legal system moves slowly. but it was like the justices saying, well, why havent you proved your case yet? all hes asking is to be able to make the case, much less to make -- to have proved it at this point. >> the point is also that the plaintiffs are trying to use statistics to show that a...