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>> democrats to to be careful too so they dont look like they are running benghazi. >> they are not running them. that is one of the weird things about this process. the republicans are running all the committees doing the investigation but the energy is on the democratic side. it shouldnt be about interference. the president poisoned the well making the equation to his own legitimacy. >> the financial implication is something to keep an eye on. does this administration, does the president respe...

About -- raising questions about where we go from here. what do you make of that? >> as much as i like richard, i disagree on just about every point. lets look at it in terms of where we were a week ago. where we had a week ago we didnt have a u.n. resolution. then we get a u.n. resolution that is supported by remarkable coalition of countries, including lebanon and colombia, nigeria, other countries. and then saturday, the first troops, the first planes are in the air. thats only 3 1/2 days ago...

>> thank you, mr. anderson, thank you very much. >> a voice from misurata. now the latest from arwa damon in benghazi. and in tripoli, david kirkpatrick from "the new york times." arwa, you were on the front lines hours ago outside abdijaya. what did you see there? where are the rebels? >> reporter: well, anderson, theyre only a short distance away from the northern gate, but that is where they appear to be slightly bogged down. the air strikes have allowed them to advance this far. theyve been ...

Havent. weve also heard various reports that weapons have been coming from egypt and some other countries. weve been asking the opposition leadership, their military leadership about this. theyre denying that any sort of government is sending them weapons, that they are receiving weapons from the outside. what we do see is opposition fighters alongside the main routes here going from benghazi to abdijaya trying to put together whatever weapons theyve managed to recuperate from gadhafis forces fo...

Better be prepared to step in. could be the arab league or the french. but you are ultimately going to need an awful lot of military help on behalf of the opposition. if you succeed, youre going to need probably some kind of peacekeeping force. the one thing we could probably predict, if the opposition ever does get rid of gadhafi, then their one common thread will have disappeared and for all we know, theyre start fighting among themselves. gadhafi never allowed an army to really grow up that h...

Resolution. then we get a u.n. resolution that is supported by a remarkable coalition of countries, including lebanon, colombia, nigeria, other countries. then saturday, the first planes are in the air. thats only 3 1/2 days ago. in 3 1/2 days, we have stopped gadhafi in his tracks, we prevented a massacre in benghazi. we are making progress and enabling the rebels to make progress outside of other towns as we just heard. in tripoli, people are starting once again to make clear that they really ...

French. or some other european. but you are ultimately going to need an awful lot of military help on behalf of the opposition. and then if you succeed, youre going to need probably some kind of a peacekeeping force. theres going to be a security vacu vacuum. the one thing we could probably predict, if the opposition ever does get rid of gadhafi, then their one common thread will have disappeared and for all we know then, theyll start fighting among themselves. youll have to provide some nationa...

Richard raising many of the questions about where we go from here. what do you make of that? >> i disagree with about every point. lets look at it in terms of where we were a week ago, where we didnt even have a u.n. resolution. then we get a u.n. resolution that is supported by a remarkable coalition of countries, including lebanon, nigeria, other countries. then saturday, the first planes are in the air. thats only 3 1/2 days ago. in 3 1/2 days, we have stopped gadhafi in his tracks, we preven...

They are striking yes air strikes have helped a lot. >> what makes you think it is a matter of time before you defeat the gadhafi forces? >> ammo. >> yes. >> thank you very much for talking to us. stay safe. >> thank you, mr. anderson, thank you very much. >> a voice from mizrata. now the latest from benghazi and in tripoli david kirkpatrick from the "new york times." you are on the front lines hours ago outside of dab dab. what did you see there, where are the rebels? >> well, ander son they ar...

Theres going to be a security vacuum vacuum. the one thing we could probably predict, if the opposition ever does get rid of gadhafi, then their one common thread will have disappeared and for all we know then, theyll start fighting among themselves. youll have to provide some national order. gadhafi never allowed an army to really grow up that has a national reach. this is -- even if were successful, this is going to be extraordinarily messy. >> people say we know who the opposition is. look at...