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They put carpets on the street and then they will put oil on those carpets and set that on fire and managed to stop the thanks with that because the thanks caught fire when they tried to roll over that. those are the means that the opposition uses. right now as you said, a lot of the neighborhoods change sort of sites several times a day. its very difficult to ascertain who in fact is in control. i would say at this point in time, the opposition controls more of misrata than the gadhafi forces d...

Those civilians still left in misrata are suffering. 12-year-old muhammad and his 15-year-old wroer were wounded when mortars hit their parents home. muhammad lost several fingers on his left hand and his whole right hand. their father swears revenge. gadhafi should be killed, he says. hes not a human. he should be killed. but for now, the medical staff at one of the few functioning hospitals are struggling to keep many of the wounded alive. they lack even the basics, anesthetic, operating tools...

Western europe, i suspect they wouldnt be as interesting a country for not war. the rebels retreating after an offensive launched by gadhafis troops. the big question now, in world capitals in washington to paris, should we arm the rebels? >> what it appears the rebels need is military equipment, some of their equipment dates back to world war ii. are you ruling out u.s. military hardware assistance in. >> im ruling it out, but also not ruling it in. were still making an assessment, partly about...

Msnbc. first after, am i too cynical in saying, listen, our first interest in the middle east is energy, the reasons the western europeans are so loud is because they get a lot of oil from libya. >> i think thats too cynical. joe pretend to know the full answer, but i think obama will be judged ultimately on whether gadhafi is gone when the dust clears. anything we have to do quietly or publicly will redowned to his benefit. >> are we escalating a war here? >> the white house hasnt actually gone...

>> listen, thank you. well, get what the other half is. you dewith china and olympic, youve dealt with the american trade deficit. lots more ahead on this definition. what the trucker here told us this morning about the cost of doing business. how does 900 a tank for a $1,000 job sound? also, the quest for a better, smarter, safer nuclear technology, but first the politics of the presidents new energy plan. is it a good plan? and can he pull it off? libya, new debate about arming the rebels ag...

Jurisdiction should take over, an investigation should be conducted and ideally wed see preparations made for democratic elections in libya. >> getting back to what chris mentioned, that gadhafi could remain in power even after all of this, president obama has said that its time for him to go and now you have the attacks on libya. if hes still in power after all this, will that make the united states look weak? >> well, he wont be in power, i dont think, after international criminal court invest...

The coalition has nine other members and nato may take the lead, though that is a delicate issue and far from resolved. in the meantime, libyan fighters have not gone away. weve heard from misrata, east of tripoli, that gadhafis tanks and snipers have unleashed, quote, absolute destruction and carnage. a spokesman says theyre shooting people in the street. a poll shows support for the mission x,. 70% do not favor sending in ground troops. i want to turn to cnns nic robertson, who is in the lib...

Place that have created one of the most powerful international consensuses around the isolation of mr. gadhafi. and we will continue to pursue those. but when it comes to our military action, we are doing so in support of u.n. security resolution 1973, that specifically talks about humanitarian efforts, and we are going to make sure that we stick to that mandate. i think its also important, since were on the topic, that i have consistently emphasized that because were working with international ...

Of the cruise missiles. how accurate are these? >> i think we saw last night, how accurate they are, a building in the middle of the compound for gadhafi, two tomahawk missiles came through the roof. it wasnt a targeting of the compound but a specific building within the compound. both missiles came through the top. if i were a gadhafi command and control person somewhere across the country and i saw that this happened, i wouldnt sleep in a building at all tonight. >> i think it was a message. >...

Hasnt been heard from since his weekend vow of a long, drawn-out war. and coalitions strikes continue, a senior american commander says they are generally achieving goals in libya. general ham, general of the u.s. african command says the main focus of the mission continues to be to protect libya and civilians. he says there is no communication with rebel forces and also says that gadhafis forces are showing little will or capacity to fight and are moving south away from the main opposition ci...