who were killed in the fighting. we've heard from some rebels, at least 24 people were killed since the beginning of this week. the artillery strikes that gadhafi's forces are conducting there, seem to be centering around the center of town and the port area. he's using very heavy weapons in that very, very important town. jessica? >> all right. thank you so much. the european union says it would be willing to put troops on the ground to help with the humanitarian crisis if the united nations requests it. >> brian todd has that part of the story. seems to me that could be a meaningful shift in strategy. what do we know? >> we know they drew up plans to go in on the ground. what they would end up doing in libya is still unclear. >> in misrata, the shelling is relentless. there are horror stories about conditions, and the humanitarian crisis may only gets worse in the days ahead.