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Fredricka. that is still thats very much going on. we went to a sort of higher point, a vantage point, on the outskirts of misrata. we could see on the tallest buildings, there were a lot of people walking around. point out to us as being snipers, those buildings also flute flag of moammar gadhafi. and certainly people tell us that especially in the central town of misrata, people are really afraid to venture out. they said at any point they could be struck by snipers and as you could see if our...

Some sort of underground leak somewhere that is coming from that very, very radioactive water we found in the turbine building. time will tell in terms of finding the source. >> michael, the concern and question, if the sea water is being contaminated, is it inevitable the contamination will engulf or or most of japan? >> when you talk about engulfing all of japan, i think thats probably being a bit dramatic. certainly there is no doubt they detected some radiation, some 20 and 30 kilometers awa...

Now for the first time, were seeing for ourselves whats really going on in misurata. cnn was able to send a correspondent in there and he got remarkable access to opposition forces still fighting in that city. heres what he saw. >> reporter: weeks of urban combat have taken their toll on misurata. badly damaged buildings, streets littered with wreckage. libyas third largest city is under siege by pro-gadhafi forces. were extremely close to the front line right now. were with a couple of the figh...

Pro-gadhafi forces. were extremely close to the front line and with a couple of fighters from the opposition forces. this is in downtown misrata. theres a lot of destruction everywhere. most of the buildings here have some sort of damage to them, pock marks. theres a lot of destroyed cars in the streets as well. we can also see the fighters that were with are very, very tense at this moment. >> lets go. >> reporter: a celebration on a destroyed armored vehicle a step too far for pro-gadhafi forc...

>> reporter: we got into misrata on this boat here that was bringing medical supplies and aid into misrata. misrata is an enclave in gadhafi-held territory. he has a lot of his troops inside the city center. misrata is one of the richest downs in all of libya. now it is devastated. take a look at this. weeks of urban combat have taken their toll on misrata. badly-damaged buildings, streets littered with wreckage. libyas third largest city, the final position strong hold in the west is under sieg...

Into misrata with. they unloaded aid, we went into town and took a look there and now using it to get back out. >> when you were in the town we saw what happened. the fighting started. there was shelling. you were able to size up these opposition forces to gadhafi. did you get a sense they were up to the job of beating his military? >> reporter: i think they would have a very difficult time beating his military especially with the weapons they have right now. i mean, its not only the fact that t...

Seeing for ourselves whats really going on in misurata. cnn was able to send a correspondent in there and he got remarkable access to opposition forces still fighting in that city. heres what he saw. >> reporter: weeks of urban combat have taken their toll on misurata. badly damaged buildings, streets littered with wreckage. libyas third largest city is under siege by pro-gadhafi forces. were extremely close to the front line right now. were with a couple of the fighters from the opposition forc...