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10:00 p.m. eastern here on fox. fierce have street battles in libya raise fears of a massacre. western libya today, rebels flying their flag from the muzzle of a tank. celebrating control of a major city 30 miles outside of libyas capital. the opposition claims they beat back pro-qaddafi forces after a surprise attack. fighters declare their next stop of the heart of qaddafi regime, tripoli. >> go to tripoli. go to now tripoli. >> i need head of qaddafi. head qaddafi i need. >> theyre gatherin...

Across the middle east. welcome back, everybody. forces loyal to colonel moammar qaddafi firing at crowds in the city of tripoli. this as a wave of civilian rebelled repelled an attack by qaddafi troops now controlling a key oil port. so far russia, still vowing to block a potential nato air embargo. all of this sending crude costs sky high. oil is hovering at $100 a barrel after dipping down to $84 two weeks ago. what do you think caused that? eric bolling is the host of "follow the money" on t...

Declaration to deal with the flooded roads, bridges, homes and businesses. floodwaters in ohio are receding for now. several hundred homes across the state suffered damage, but residents say that they have seen worse. >> not as bad as the other one, but still bad. i wish something could, do i think it will, no. theyve had four years. what have they accomplished? >> it goes down faster than it comes up. megyn: this is the third major flood to hit northwest ohio, at least in this city, in the last...

Country. they attacked anti-qaddafi forces there today. the latest reports is that they managed to repel the army that attacked them. clearly, its an ongoing battle and colonel qaddafi has decided to retake some of the important towns in the east. he seems intent on pushing his country to civil war. the u.n. saying that some 180,000 people across libyas borders, the figure at the border, 85,000, and they want to get home. the international community is providing aid. its not coming quickly enoug...

Megyn: forces loyal to libyas leader reportedly talking a key oil port town with bombs. now the u.s. is raising new concerns that this crisis will spiral out of control, making libya a safe haven for al-qaeda. jonathan hunt joins us on the phone from the libya-tunisia border. jonathan? >> reporter: colonel qaddafi was back on state television this morning and he remains as defiant as ever. he says he will fight "to the last man and last woman." and hes warned against u.s. or international interv...

Country but qaddafi is not loosening his grip on trip he despite an antigovernment demonstration today there. in the west of the country the battle for libya could be won or lost. the antiqaddafi forces have taken control of some cities but we hear fresh reports in the last few minutes of pro qaddafi militia roaming the streets. there is a long way to go in this and it is anybodys guest would will come out on top. >>shepard: are they mercy -- mercenaries? or members of the standing army? >>jonat...

Weeks, even for months. meantime, the tensions that are right across this region, boiled over once again today on the tunisia libyan border and men attacked our camera position and other international media on that border covering that refugee crisis and the men attacked the cameraman and tried to steal cameras and kicked over all sorts of camera equipment and the camera positions we had to leave the area because the security was not good enough. those men got their way and did not want anybody ...

Megyn: they wait to get married. we have breaking news. the white house announced moments ago that the united states is going to level sanctions against libya after reports of protesters being shot by pro qaddafi forces. >> in the past few days its been frustrating when you have been able to question american officials about what we are doing. and maybe havent gotten all the answers we want. i discussed this with the president a few hours ago, an hour ago. the purpose -- the focus that he has is...

Authorizes american drones in the fight against pro qaddafi forces. they have taken control of central mizrati but pro qaddafi forces still control 80% of the city. senator john ensign handing in his resignation today. hes under investigation for having an affair with a former staffer and helping her husband get lobbying work. that was the allegation. in a statement, he denied any wrongdoing but said "i will not continue to subject my family, my constituents or the senate to my further rounds of...

Time. but the strike hit what was a large library and other residential parts of this compound. 45 people were injured including 15 that were seriously injured. nato picked up the pace their air strikes in tripoli. this comes as relationship cans like lindsey graham have called for nato to do more to break this stale meat on the ground in libya. pro qaddafi forces continue to shell and attack civilian populations in the city of mis. there armisrata. there is a heavy feeling here that nato needs ...