time the number of casualties that have come out of those clashes today. however, they have been able to push a bit forward, they say, in the city of misrata, taking over the airport, a very important thing because as you know the port where the ships were coming in had been heavily damaged, difficult to get humanitarian aid there. they're hoping to use that airport for humanitarian aid. they are also saying that they've been able to push rebel forces back past the airport a bit and taken over a civil defense building. so those are two victories there in misrata, but certainly this city is still besieged, it is still seeing clashes, and there are still residents there who fear for their lives. >> real quick here, we saw images earlier, state tv of gadhafi alive and well, it appears. what does seeing these pictures mean for this particular battle? >> reporter: i think what you're seeing here is there's ban lot of speculation because for about 12 days since the air strike that killed his son and other family members in tripoli you