killed in crashess across the kingdom. a show of support for egypt as the country prepares to vote on changes to the constitution. secretary of state hillary clinton visiting cairo to push for continuing democratic reform. now in libya, moammar gadhafi is gaining momentum in the push to retake control of the country. his troops are hammering the rebels we hear but this battle is far from over. steve harrigan is streaming live in tripoli today. reporter: the situation in tripoli shows this regime is getting increase -pbg lee confident in its position. we just heard from moammar gadhafi s son that he expects the entire operation to be wrapped up within 48 hours. he beings spebts government forces to take control of the last rebel stronghold, the city of benghazi 630 miles away from the capitol here. over the past 48 hours the fighting has been centered in an eastern city. government tanks have surrounded that city.