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Government checkpoints on the route and telling us other checkpoints and they dont know who is controlling them. they say men with weapons. people dont want to talk about the situation too much when they get out here but they are describing a very scary situation, a situation they say is calm in the capital, but a false calm, if you will, because the government has such a lockdown on there right now, kyra. >> nic robertson, continue to check in with us. excuse me. bring us an update there about ...

In libya, another city falls. third largest city now under opposition control but to hear it from the gadhafi family, hey, everything is normal to them. plus five dollars a gallon. were talking about gas. and that is how much it could cost by this summer. well tell you if libya has anything to do with it or not. ♪ one, two, three, four ♪ you say ♪ flip it over and replay ♪ well make everything okay ♪ walk together the right way ♪ do, do, do, do

Opposition control of the east is a big development and this is where most of libyas oil production is located. still colonel gadhafis threat of not going down without a fight cant be easily dismissed. the show of force as libyan state tv broadcast images of gadhafi supporters rallying on the streets of tripoli just last night. libyan government is not allowing western journalists into the country so we go to fionnuala sweeney in nearby cairo now. first off, there are hundreds of u.s. citizens i...

That particular piece of land. he has pitched tents in italy and france and opponents of this regime are saying its time to look whats going on inside this country. when the attention of the world is on it but the cameras of international journalists are not inside of its borders, and its very important that we keep our eye on it with all the resources that we have inside of the country, bring out as much information that we can. we have reports flying around, very difficult to confirm, that the...

Echoing sentiments, didnt the president elude to that as well on the road? hes like we got the house and, you know, its not a sure thing. >> well thats right. it is a reality and i think part of the motivation for that is to accept the reality. i mean theres a little credibility on the line when everybody from political analysts charlie cook to democrats on the hill are saying it is in play, the house of representatives. i mean we should really keep in mind whats at stake here. yes, bill clinton...

Joined the treaty last week, it means that we havent said that,. >> as far as the american people, you will agree that, you do have a stockpile of chemical weapons? >> that is why we joined the international agreement in order to get rid of -- >> reporter: the hard part comes next, jenna. actually destroying or shipping out of the country a thousand tons of chemical agents. they will need a cease-fire to do to safely get to the seven locations currently controlled bit rebel opposition. so some o...

Landing at a military base in yuma, arizona, and passengers relived those terrifying moments in the sky. >> like an explosion, at least, but all of a sudden theres a big sun roof in the middle of the plane, big old hole, see daylight running through it. >> all of a sudden the oxygen masks dropped and everyone was just trying to get the mask on and it was scary. >> ntsb investigators found evidence of structural fatigue and widespread cracking in the planes fuselage, despite the fact it underwent...

Attacks on the coasts in the west and east. lets look at a little bit of the fighting here. this town under opposition control, but listen to this. you see anti-aircraft fire in the sky. you see rebels on the street loading machine guns here. the opposition forces trying to hold the city. obviously you can hear jets flying over head. vigorous attacks for the government back here in the east. a bizarre appearance it was at a tripoli hotel where a foreign journalist is staying. we can show you whe...

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