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Bunch of fascists, and said they were laughing at their bombs and missiles. "we are ready for the fight, whether it be a short one or a long one" he said in his first public appearance in more than a week. while on the battlefield the conflict was shaping up to be anything but short. gadhafi's forces were still in control in ajdabiya. the we bells on the outskirts unable to penetrate tanks, despite nato fire power from the air. in misrata, another flashpoint rebels were holding out, despite another day of tank and sniper fire, reportedly killing at least 40, including children. gadhafi's force...

Bbc, ted koppel, tom ricks, and nbc news white house captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning. good morning. the president will address the nation about u.s. involvement in libya tomorrow night in response to calls for him to clarify the u.s. mission there. meanwhile, day nine of u.s. and allied air strikes libya as rebel forces advance and manage to take control of the strategic city of ajdabyia in eastern libya, a celebration by rebels there yesterday. opposition forces have now made their way from their stronghold city of benghazi to their port town of brega, overtaking ...

The rebels retreat and try and assault again. rebels say they need more help, not just from the air. they want advisers on the ground. richard engel, nbc news, on the front outside of ajdabia. an aftershock jolted fukushima prefecture this morning. workers were evacuated from the plant again today after a plume of black smoke rose from reactor number three. officials reconnected power to the reactor's control room, but power still has not been restored to the cooling system. it's not clear what caused the smoke or whether any radiation was released. japanese officials are warning tokyo's 13 ...

The people of benghazi. we're considerably far away from there. the air strikes have destroyed all the forces that were threatening the city. now the air strikes are helping an advance by the rebels. if the air strikes stop, then the rebels will no longer be able to advance and this could become a long, drawn-out stalemate. >> in ajdabiya, richard engel with the very latest. richard, thank you as always. as part of the president's effort to more explain the mission in libya, hillary clinton and secretary of defense robert gates sat down here with me yesterday. secretary clinton, secretary ga...

>> reporter: it means that so far the allied air strikes have allowed the rebels to advance. it they've moved their front lines about 50 miles forward in the last 24 hours or so. and behind me it's clear to see why. western air strikes destroyed by our count at least 20 tanks and other armored vehicles just in this area alone. the rebels came through. i'm on the outskirts of ajdabia now. they have found that gadhafi's forces in the area have been destroyed and now they are pushing even further west. they are likely to get past brega and get to ras lanuf and get to sirte before they find the ne...