britain's defense minister says they are gaining momentum against moammar gadhafi forces. i'm talk to him next about what is going on, the mission, and whether or not nato is targeting moammar gadhafi for an assassination. right now we're getting grim reports from fighting and shelling in the besieged city of misrata. and joining us now from benghazi, lala is with the washington post. you just got out of misrata. i know it was a very tense and dangerous situation there. what impacted you the most, lala, what you saw there? >> we saw at the hospitals there, people overflowing, doctors working 24 hours a day, children coming in, 4-year-olds, 8-year-olds with shrapnel wounds and a city that is truly under siege. >> was there any areas, any pockets where it was safe to be?