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Keyboarder crossing in tunisia. give us the relevance of that. we hear the back and forth trying gain ground in separate cities. why is it important that a border crossing possibly in the hands of rebels? >> it gives rebels better access to one of the other key towns in the area that then puts them closer to tripoli within 140 miles of tripoli. so, gadhafi forces fled, some went across the border into tunisia we're told, and this place, i mean, it's about 140 miles southwest of tripoli, it gives a better strategic positioning. meanwhile, of course we continue to see what's going on in misrata,...

>> janet shamly ann in dallas, thank you very much. we continue to follow breaking news from egypt where demonstrations today turned violent in large part because pro-mubarak supporters went into the crowd, a massive entree into tahrir square where some were on camel and some on horseback and many wielding whips. they charged these anti-government demonstrators on the ground there and we're hearing that some of the attackers now may be plain clothes members of the hated police force. we are looking at these barriers. nbc's richard engel describes them as sort of the what has become a turf war ...

Favorites scoring key wins and now the question is: how will the newly elected members of the tea party impact the g.o.p. establishment? will they caucus separately? and now to washington, dc from the newsroom. i heard rand paul saying we will caucus separately and i wondered, well, what does that mean? >>reporter: i don't know how that works. the tea party activists met today in washington, dc and held a news conference and said last night's vote was historic. and brings new blood and new energy to washington. the tea party positioned themself to hold considerable influence after the impressi...